"The day of the jerk"

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the conclusions I have drawn from this about a lot of leftist media guys are both uncharitable and entirely correct

I got to the 101st Airborne in early 2010 and the Division CSM was being... encouraged.... to retire because he had just gotten something like his third or fourth DUI. By the time I got to Fort Bragg in 2013, I knew people who got kicked out for DUIs before their court cases even finished.

Do we know why, exactly, Platner left the Army National Guard in 2012? Definitely possible he only had a three year contract. But it's also definitely curious that 2012 was the year that the Army was starting to crack down on extremist tattoos and had a flow chart that included pictures of skulls.

The Trump administration unveiled a new proposed rule that, if implemented, would forbid grant recipients from using federal funds to help Americans register to vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

it's been like this since 2016. Bernie Sanders more or less made "are women bourgeois" an open question within leftist politics, and this is downstream of it.

My statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed a War Powers Resolution to force an end to President Donald Trump’s war with Iran:

⚡️ Rutte: Ukraine is currently so successful that Putin can only organize a May 9th parade with an official decree from President Zelenskyy.

Oof. Apparently Platner's team tried setting up an interview with Dave Portnoy, aka the founder of Barstool Sports and an avowed Trump supporter. It...did not go well.

This is absolutely nuts: hackers are hijacking high-profile Instagram accounts by simply asking Meta's AI chatbot to change the email on the account. Meta's AI does it, hacker gets password reset code, they're in. A staggering security issue www.404media.co/hackers-simp...

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i see all these folks with imposter syndrome and i really feel for them. as an actual imposter, i cannot imagine what it's like.

I’ve been talking up David Costello since the day Gov Mills suspended her campaign. I was livid that a rando w/zip diddly in public service experience was even *considered* for this post. My party should not have given Graham Platner the time of day. I knew that from jump.

In 32 days he becomes 1st American man facing court over Epstein files, not because he’s in them but because of "crime" of organizing an Epstein Files Egg Hunt in Manhattan, NY to expose Epstein class. Follow his Insta @disrupt politics so u don't miss a name n demand justice 4 victims #epsteinfiles

One year ago, Little Chance moved in with myself and Hank. She'd had a tough life on the streets and had been stabbed twice in the stomach. Nobody deserves this safe home more than her, and although she might seem lucky, it's myself and Hank who count ourselves to be the luckiest.

“They have an amoral, self-centered, abrasive, unapologetic lout who gives them permission to be their worst selves, why can’t WE have that???” Because we’re supposed to be the fuckin’ good guys. Next question.

I just think it’s very weird - but probably not surprising - that the same “progressives” who had a list of reasons for refusing to accept Hillary & Kamala as progressive Dem leaders are now freaking out about “purity tests” for racism, sexism, & homophobia w/ Graham Platner.

A. Will he? He literally hasn't done fucking anything for anyone in his life but jerkoff to warcrimes. Literally everything you *think* he thinks is something he's never talked about or done anything about until being puppeteered by the assholes who brought us Fetterman

#Fellas! @fellaraktar.bsky.social has arrived!

This is a key argument against how all detention is being done in this country, immigration and otherwise. Sen. Kim is spot on here. It’s a choice.

Platner turned down a debate with David Costello, eye opening.

Not just turned down, but bailed on the *previously scheduled* debates the moment Mills suspended her campaign.

The discourse about this on tumblr has been wild. Many non-American folks insisting that if there are roads, certainly they can walk to the stadium. Americans begging them not to, simply because DEATH and DISMEMBERMENT are possibilities. The consensus is that someone will get arrested or die.

Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking today: Active Voting Rights Cases: 155 Active Redistricting Cases: 44 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 77 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 73 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 27 www.democracydocket.com

Also he’s a Nazi. Graham Platner is a Nazi.

*covering up my SS tattoo on the app used for hitting on teenagers* how DARE you report this

Affairs are politically relevant because if you are constantly sexting randos you are an unusually blackmailable person; also do you think it’s a coincidence that Chinese spy tried to honeypot Swallwell, with everything we know now

I just saw people on Reddit pressuring a rural teenager to come out and telling them it’s their duty because we need people in the fight, and that to me is fucked up. No one has to come out. You can choose safety. That’s literally not my business. We gotta stop eating each other.

If you believe that not voting sends a message, you’re wrong. It just shows you’re out of touch. If you want change, you must go to the voting booth. Voting is your constitutional right to make changes to your government. Register to vote, help a neighbor, help someone get ID and register to vote

If you’d told me on January 7th 2021 that everyone in this picture would be pardoned and be paid $1 million each for reparations, I’d have said you were insane. It turns out that it’s American voters that are insane.

Close-up images of the Orion Nebula Image date: 11 January 2006, 16:00 These are six views of the Orion Nebula which pinpoint some of the region's most interesting features. Orion in miniature [top left] A massive star is illuminating this small region, called M43, and sculpting the landscape o...

I absolutely *LOVE* JWST images of nearby spiral galaxies. And when they're used to affirm and explore our understanding of how stars form in gigantic clusters? <non-ironic chef's kiss> My thoughts: badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/jwst-sees-... 🔭 🧪

It's hard to argue with this question.

Trump is the biggest fool in the history of history.

How low can you go? This low. #pinks

I have been saying the fates of Ukraine and the US are inextricably linked. I may not be the most erudite, but a lot of maga money and influence as well as backing is tied with the Kremlin. Get rid of one and the other will topple like a domino. #DonatetoUkraine #SlavaUkraini

Trump is stealing your entry fees to national parks.

JUST IN: Judge Carl Nichols (Trump/DC) denies preliminary injunction in 3 suits seeking to block Trump's March executive order for citizenship verification for voting. Judge says harm too remote, for now. Doc: ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

Oh look, SpaceX has been awarded a $2.29 billion contract from the US Space Force for space data network development. #FuckOffEverything #collapse

A federal district court Tuesday blocked Alabama from using its 2023 congressional map in this year’s midterm elections, after plaintiffs in a long-running legal challenge asked the court for an emergency order halting the last-minute gerrymander. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

ICE Pepper Sprays Sen. Andy Kim Who Joins Jim plus Glenn Kirschner and FL Dem for Governor David Jolly open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...

Today is now the hottest day in May on record for both England and Wales with Kew Gardens provisionally reaching 35.1°C and Cardiff Bute Park reaching 32.9°C 🌡️

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