American troops killed an American citizen on American soil. Is that ok? We're 1/4 of the way to Kent State. Pretti & Good aren't being investigated. We're in a surveillance state. What are we doing? Land of liberty my ass.

US politics has always been about bullies. It's more akin to boxing than politics. Always has been. On both sides back through the mid-19th century or before. Always about the physical, not the acumen to serve. Good, bad, both sides. It's always been WWE lite. Rarely about who is best.

Woulda been cool if dems accepted the NY primary WINNERS half as fast as they're cutting off Platner. But I don't vote in either state, so I largely try to keep these opinions to myself. But nationally, dems need to DO BETTER!!!

I just had a convo with stepdaughter, asked what she would change if she had $50bn. Giving back, solving hunger, remedy homelessness...none of them cracked her top ten. We're fucked.

Is it wrong for me to want EVERY Gazan, Palestinian, Lebanese, Ukrainian child to be safe? Is that so hard to want? Why can't we do it? My home is open

Tomorrow is "ttrpg" day. Let's make it a "Trump free day" and try not to mention him or his antics. Let's have a day of joy without him ruining it. Let's live. Fuck Trump. Don't let him have everything. Enjoy your weekend.

AI is just the new Wikipedia. For specific things, use it as a guide. A "jumping off" point. And always triple check it. But it's really not for creatives. It cannot replicate humanity. Don't let it.

Trump, Johnson and other republican heads spoke at a conference today. During business hours. Don't get me wrong, dems do it too. But is that their job? What, exactly, are WE paying them to do? We're paying them to raise more 💰 for themselves. What do we get? Such bullshit.

Haiti. Y'all ever been? I have. A few months after the quake I went on a security gig. Cholera. Tent cities. Tire fires. Killings openly in the streets via gun & machete. It's worse now. Poorest country in the west. Yes, let's send refugees back there. This US regime has no idea. Sick fucks.

Cellphones and other devices in the microwave for meetings. NO cellphones or devices on operations. Got it?

What happened to the Army NCO Corps? How did we allow a piece of shit like Hegseth fail forward all the way to SecDef? I've trained so many young officers, day one is dropping their hubris. This fuckstick is in over his head and global security is worse for it. He needs a removal.

Thanks to Musk, we have no "soft power" anymore. No carrots, only stick. And Trump has no idea how to handle the stick. We are lost.

JD "patsy" Vance is the GOAT. As in scapegoat. If he had half a brain, a bit of spine, and maybe a testicle left, he would walk. His boss just said on an international stage that he'll be hung out to dry. His political career is over. But oh, that sweet greasy Thiel $ is so tasty.

I quit coffee (and basically all caffeine) back in 2016. Newsdays like today make me thankful for that. I can skip straight to copious amounts of vodka.

Elect more women. They'll admit their imperfections. But they'll fix shit. ELECT MORE WOMEN!

So i'm gonna guess Hegseth is out soon. What fresh hell to deal with next?

The ongoing dispute with the local raccoons appears to be at a stalemate. Negotiations have broken down though thought to be productive.

We don't need to defeat 20k ICE agents. We need to make it so they don't want to be ICE agents anymore.

@petebuttigieg.bsky.social My good sir, my family needs your help. S. Duffy's transportation department wants to take my mother's railroad pension away. She has dementia and her pension is the only thing keeping our heads above water because of expenses above our income. Help us.

@jennyhagel.bsky.social your hair on Seth's show tonight is fantastic.

This may sound odd, but i've always wanted to be a forensic anthropologist. Did all my undergrad work towards it. Got interrupted by war. It's still a dream. I just don't know how to continue my path now. Anyone got any hints?

There are thousands of veterans who want to help save this country. They need leadership and direction. I'm looking at Austin, Milley, Mattis, Esper, et al. Your oaths didn't expire. Step up, your country needs you.

Hey Canadians... Is it just me, or does Pete Hoekstra have an immensely punchable face?

Interesting that CNN is using footage of Israeli AH-64's in their b-roll. They really do want our militaries integrated. War crimes for everyone!

VETERANS salute for the National Anthem. NOT politicians who avoided serving their country with several deferments. Further proof that Trump is a disgrace.

A🧵 I'm a middle aged, white, cis/het male. Because that's what I'm comfortable with in my skin. Happily married, 3 adult daughters, 3 grandkids so far. I wasn't always this way... Back in the 80s-90s I was a prolific slut. I did regular check ups at Planned Parenthood to keep my health in check.

Home of the brave? Land of the free? My ass. Take a scroll through headlines and see that your freedoms are being taken away bit by bit. And bravery, now, has taken a back seat to weak compliance to the Trump regime. Stand up. Use your voice. Be brave.

I love the non-violent protests. But there's gonna be a time when it's not enough. There's gonna be a time another tier is needed. Not necessarily violent yet, but to break infrastructure. It will be painful, but necessary. We're gonna have a few shit years, but it can work. Help your neighbors.

Yep. The first mass shooting i attended was at an ethnic fest in Toledo OH back in the early 90's. Put my people on a wall til they could get into the VFW. Then waded into the bullshit. Got hit with everything, chairs bottles bricks. Secured the gun. We were just bystanders. Look out for people.

A few years ago, DHS put me in a room at an airport. I had a pin on my hat. That pin was my Army rank. I missed my flight. I also had a metal barrel pen and they provide magazines in flight, which can be much more dangerous. What would I do, poke them to death? All bullshit.

We don't solve any problems in the USA, we punt them for someone else to deal with. -infrastructure? Paint & sparkle til it falls on someone else's watch -homeless? Bus them to a different city -immigrant? Deported to a 3rd party country There's so much more. But let's not get to the roots. Nope.

Maybe WE THE PEOPLE, class action as a country, should establish an extrajudicial private prison with no due process for the government personnel (from the ICE line to the Presidency). Remove their health care, feed them maggots, take their freedoms & rights. See if they can bribe their way out.

A lazy Sunday for the Tuxedo Gang (outdoor cohort).

Proposal: ANYONE who is employed by DHS and its agencies, as well as private detention contractors...from entry level to CEO/DHS secretary/AG...MUST spend 2 weeks incarcerated in a facility under these "STANDARDS" with NO SPECIAL TREATMENT prior to hiring/appointment. Things would change quickly.

If the victors write the history, how much history have we simply lost? I'm having issues about unreliable narrators. Because this regime is evil, hasn't even won, and is rewriting everything in front of our own eyes. How much have we lost already? How much are we willing to lose?

Ok US ARMY... It's common now to call ICE the internal "ARMY". How do you feel about that? My brothers in arms of all races, creeds, and colors, how can ANY of you all be okay with any of this?

Mr. Cloud (General Cloudstrike Warkitty if we're being formal) sleeps with his tongue out.

Animals & people are sleeping. Edible on board. Gonna smoke a bit & listen to mellow stuff. What a shit day. Wanna start a revolution?

Memorial Day: If you've never done it, you want to know what war is? -stupid -boring -terror -not knowing anything -occasional shooting -incoming daily -picking up body parts -trying to rebuild THAT IS WAR. Why do we continue to do this? None of it makes sense. STOP.

Put aside slavery for a moment and hear me out: This country was built on the hard labor of minorities. Thankless bloody work of Blacks Hispanics and Asians. In wars they all fought for our country. They died next to us next to me. And all they wanted was a fair shake. We have failed. Memorial Day.

This post ain't about me. But i've done too many dignified transfers. I've run too many honor guards/salutes. I've put too many young people into body bags. One is too many. We're doing it exponentially. We need to stop. For all the ones we've lost. Peace and equality for all. For all who we've lost

My "tuxedo gang" of porch cats brought me 1/2 a chipmunk today cuz they love me. Guess they know Memorial Day is my most revered yet least favorite holiday. Let's all strive for peace and equality. Best way to honor those who died for it.

CBS radio is gone now. Good night and good luck. Motherfuckers.

I made several Israeli friends in my life. Middle East, Mediterranean, Caribbean. My best friend enjoyed his olive trees. He was a psychiatrist. He had a good life that he would spend to help others. He was killed on 10/7. Not by terrorists. But by fellow Jews. Hannibal initiative.

Observe. I can't stress this enough. OBSERVE, ANALYZE, LEARN. Watch any LEO/MIL response to anything in your area. Log their tactics, vehicles, and identities if you can get them. This is bigger than Minessota. Bigger than LA. It's your back yard.

I was a Gen X latchkey kid. Dad's passed. Mom refuses to admit (Alzheimers) that they basically left me alone from 8-18 yoa because they were working and then blowing off steam. I delivered them smokes over 2 mile walk when I was 12, in a blizzard on foot. In the 80's, good parents. So, yeah.

RE: Kegseth's commencement speech @ USMA yesterday... When I was deployed, we had a 1st SGT that talked about our gov't backing us on "war crimes". Several NCO's refused. Several NJP's. Several rank reductions and 45/45's. But our IG complaints got him removed. Small price to pay.

I saw "mash" end. I saw Cronkite and the other trusted news titans retire. Now it's Colbert. There is no news and little satire anymore. You will not get news unless it's independent. We're so fucked.

Let's do this Colbert. Take it down.

I'm so sick of this "epidemic of male loneliness". Go outside and be a person, not some brojack asshole gaslighting women because you don't know how to function in polite society. Stop listening to the Tate brocasts. It's your own fault. Leave the rest of us alone. Incel fucks.