DrakenKnight
@drakenknight.bsky.social
Xennial cat dad, Critter, gardener, fantasy & sci-fi nerd, former chef now living the administrative office cubicle life. TTRPG enthusiast. Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. My pronouns are Punch/Nazis #Antifa
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DrakenKnight
@drakenknight.bsky.social
· Jan 30
Hi, I'm Draken! If you like occasional food posts, cute cats, memes and such, welcome!
If you tolerate, rationalize, or turn a blind eye to fascism and bigotry, fuck off.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
If you tolerate, rationalize, or turn a blind eye to fascism and bigotry, fuck off.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
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MAJOR: The Trump Administration has been caught lying about the D.C. shooting suspect.
The truth: He was vetted by Trump. He had a CIA badge, worked with the CIA in Afghanistan, and granted asylum by Trump in April.
Spread this everywhere. Subscribe to support my work, even on Thanksgiving:
The truth: He was vetted by Trump. He had a CIA badge, worked with the CIA in Afghanistan, and granted asylum by Trump in April.
Spread this everywhere. Subscribe to support my work, even on Thanksgiving:
Major Update: The Trump Administration Caught Lying About D.C. Shooting Suspect as CIA Ties Exposed
Good afternoon, everyone.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
MAJOR: The Trump Administration has been caught lying about the D.C. shooting suspect.
The truth: He was vetted by Trump. He had a CIA badge, worked with the CIA in Afghanistan, and granted asylum by Trump in April.
Spread this everywhere. Subscribe to support my work, even on Thanksgiving:
The truth: He was vetted by Trump. He had a CIA badge, worked with the CIA in Afghanistan, and granted asylum by Trump in April.
Spread this everywhere. Subscribe to support my work, even on Thanksgiving:
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I'm thankful for my ICE whistle.
November 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I'm thankful for my ICE whistle.
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No one shld lose sight of the fact that the Guard was only in DC as part of an extended political messaging stunt. The shooter is guilty for the attacks/carnage. Donald Trump is responsible for them. This is the collateral damage of Trump abusing his powers as President.
Pirro: "These Guardsmen and all who are here to protect the District are the line that separates a civilized society from a barbaric one."
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
No one shld lose sight of the fact that the Guard was only in DC as part of an extended political messaging stunt. The shooter is guilty for the attacks/carnage. Donald Trump is responsible for them. This is the collateral damage of Trump abusing his powers as President.
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This is an incredibly powerful piece, impeccably researched, and everyone should take the time to read it. It clarifies a lot of things I’ve instinctually felt but haven’t quite had the words to describe.
We have a “poverty trap” and it’s driving the destruction of social cohesion.
The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This is an incredibly powerful piece, impeccably researched, and everyone should take the time to read it. It clarifies a lot of things I’ve instinctually felt but haven’t quite had the words to describe.
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Since, @uscisgov.bsky.social , YOU fascists screwed up and granted this suspect asylum, which outside body will you cede control to - since you're not even any good at the 1% of your job that isn't terrorizing Americans?
November 27, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Since, @uscisgov.bsky.social , YOU fascists screwed up and granted this suspect asylum, which outside body will you cede control to - since you're not even any good at the 1% of your job that isn't terrorizing Americans?
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By his own standards and his insistence on scapegoating and blaming, Trump should either explain why he and his administration granted Asylum to the DC shooter suspect SEVEN MONTHS AGO, fire Noem and Homan and apologize - or Trump should resign
November 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
By his own standards and his insistence on scapegoating and blaming, Trump should either explain why he and his administration granted Asylum to the DC shooter suspect SEVEN MONTHS AGO, fire Noem and Homan and apologize - or Trump should resign
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Who's going to tell sadist Stephen Miller that the alleged DC shooter was granted asylum by HIS OWN ADMINISTRATION.
I dunno, Steve, sounds like you just said Trump doesn't love this country and you're going to "send him out" 🤷🏼♂️
I dunno, Steve, sounds like you just said Trump doesn't love this country and you're going to "send him out" 🤷🏼♂️
November 27, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Who's going to tell sadist Stephen Miller that the alleged DC shooter was granted asylum by HIS OWN ADMINISTRATION.
I dunno, Steve, sounds like you just said Trump doesn't love this country and you're going to "send him out" 🤷🏼♂️
I dunno, Steve, sounds like you just said Trump doesn't love this country and you're going to "send him out" 🤷🏼♂️
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Why did Trump invite a man who shot the National Guard?
Am I doing this right, MAGA? I am, right? I'm following your logic.
So, yeah, Donald Trump should be blamed entirely.
Am I doing this right, MAGA? I am, right? I'm following your logic.
So, yeah, Donald Trump should be blamed entirely.
November 27, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Why did Trump invite a man who shot the National Guard?
Am I doing this right, MAGA? I am, right? I'm following your logic.
So, yeah, Donald Trump should be blamed entirely.
Am I doing this right, MAGA? I am, right? I'm following your logic.
So, yeah, Donald Trump should be blamed entirely.
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The nonviolent moment was *not* peaceful.
The point was to draw out state violence, and be willing to face batons, water cannons, jail, and worse.
And Martin Luther King still got shot in the head— other civil rights leaders assassinated.
And now, civil rights progress is being rolled back.
The point was to draw out state violence, and be willing to face batons, water cannons, jail, and worse.
And Martin Luther King still got shot in the head— other civil rights leaders assassinated.
And now, civil rights progress is being rolled back.
retaliating tooth-tooth when bigots bring violence feels good in the moment
strategic non-violent civil disobedience wins in long term👇🏼
certainly do what you need to do in an individual encounter
I’m talking more about how to win in long term & end this madness
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bsky.app/profile/owas...
strategic non-violent civil disobedience wins in long term👇🏼
certainly do what you need to do in an individual encounter
I’m talking more about how to win in long term & end this madness
👍🏼👍🏼
bsky.app/profile/owas...
One central lesson of 1960s civil rights protests is that activists can “dramatize injustice” through strategic “narrative construction,” essentially creating compelling stories in the media with clear heroes and villains. More in this thread: bsky.app/profile/owas...
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The nonviolent moment was *not* peaceful.
The point was to draw out state violence, and be willing to face batons, water cannons, jail, and worse.
And Martin Luther King still got shot in the head— other civil rights leaders assassinated.
And now, civil rights progress is being rolled back.
The point was to draw out state violence, and be willing to face batons, water cannons, jail, and worse.
And Martin Luther King still got shot in the head— other civil rights leaders assassinated.
And now, civil rights progress is being rolled back.
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I'm tired of responding to bad-faith MAGA outrage, which always distracts corporate media, centrists, & those who feel they must indulge their temper tantrums.
They're blaming all of us now for the National Guard shooting.
Just say:
"Fuck Off, Release the Epstein Files, and Happy Thanksgiving."
They're blaming all of us now for the National Guard shooting.
Just say:
"Fuck Off, Release the Epstein Files, and Happy Thanksgiving."
November 27, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I'm tired of responding to bad-faith MAGA outrage, which always distracts corporate media, centrists, & those who feel they must indulge their temper tantrums.
They're blaming all of us now for the National Guard shooting.
Just say:
"Fuck Off, Release the Epstein Files, and Happy Thanksgiving."
They're blaming all of us now for the National Guard shooting.
Just say:
"Fuck Off, Release the Epstein Files, and Happy Thanksgiving."
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This could give Trump his opening to go for the Insurrection Act and Martial Law.
He's desperate and his falling in the polls and can't escape the economy or the Epstein Scandal.
A cornered rat will chew through anything and anyone to stay alive.
He's desperate and his falling in the polls and can't escape the economy or the Epstein Scandal.
A cornered rat will chew through anything and anyone to stay alive.
November 27, 2025 at 1:29 AM
This could give Trump his opening to go for the Insurrection Act and Martial Law.
He's desperate and his falling in the polls and can't escape the economy or the Epstein Scandal.
A cornered rat will chew through anything and anyone to stay alive.
He's desperate and his falling in the polls and can't escape the economy or the Epstein Scandal.
A cornered rat will chew through anything and anyone to stay alive.
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These two things are true:
1) Shooting National Guard members is horrific and criminal.
2) So is putting National Guard members in harm’s way to score political points.
1) Shooting National Guard members is horrific and criminal.
2) So is putting National Guard members in harm’s way to score political points.
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
These two things are true:
1) Shooting National Guard members is horrific and criminal.
2) So is putting National Guard members in harm’s way to score political points.
1) Shooting National Guard members is horrific and criminal.
2) So is putting National Guard members in harm’s way to score political points.
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Those who do not remember history are doomed to be tried by it.
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Those who do not remember history are doomed to be tried by it.
What in the actual fuck?!?
Kegsbreath is absolutely giddy about the shootings and nearly salivating at the idea of escalating things by calling up more guards for a deployment a fed judge found illegal last week.
Kegsbreath is absolutely giddy about the shootings and nearly salivating at the idea of escalating things by calling up more guards for a deployment a fed judge found illegal last week.
Pete Hegseth says Trump has asked him to add 500 more National Guard troops to Washington D.C.
It's unclear why he seems to be smirking throughout much of this.
x.com/dowresponse/...
It's unclear why he seems to be smirking throughout much of this.
x.com/dowresponse/...
November 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
What in the actual fuck?!?
Kegsbreath is absolutely giddy about the shootings and nearly salivating at the idea of escalating things by calling up more guards for a deployment a fed judge found illegal last week.
Kegsbreath is absolutely giddy about the shootings and nearly salivating at the idea of escalating things by calling up more guards for a deployment a fed judge found illegal last week.
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Across America, families are having to cut back on their Thanksgiving dinners because prices are simply too high.
When Trump & his White House try to lecture & gaslight us about how costs are coming down, do not fall for their con — believe your own eyes.
When Trump & his White House try to lecture & gaslight us about how costs are coming down, do not fall for their con — believe your own eyes.
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Across America, families are having to cut back on their Thanksgiving dinners because prices are simply too high.
When Trump & his White House try to lecture & gaslight us about how costs are coming down, do not fall for their con — believe your own eyes.
When Trump & his White House try to lecture & gaslight us about how costs are coming down, do not fall for their con — believe your own eyes.
"the Trump administration’s promotional videos of its bombing campaign on suspected drug smuggling boats."
That's a lot of words being used to describe "Snuff Films"
I seriously cannot wait for Nuremburg 2.0 and every one of these cruel monsters to get their due
That's a lot of words being used to describe "Snuff Films"
I seriously cannot wait for Nuremburg 2.0 and every one of these cruel monsters to get their due
Boats already stopped in the water. People about to die. Clues to drone and manned aircraft fighting systems.
—Findings of our freeze-frame study of the Trump administration’s promotional videos of its bombing campaign on suspected drug smuggling boats.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
—Findings of our freeze-frame study of the Trump administration’s promotional videos of its bombing campaign on suspected drug smuggling boats.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
What the Pentagon’s Attack Videos Reveal About the Boat Strikes at Sea
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"the Trump administration’s promotional videos of its bombing campaign on suspected drug smuggling boats."
That's a lot of words being used to describe "Snuff Films"
I seriously cannot wait for Nuremburg 2.0 and every one of these cruel monsters to get their due
That's a lot of words being used to describe "Snuff Films"
I seriously cannot wait for Nuremburg 2.0 and every one of these cruel monsters to get their due
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"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 AM
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
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I'm blessing your timeline with this image, because I know that you will have occasion to use it, and more frequently than any of us would like to admit. Use it responsibly, friends.
November 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I'm blessing your timeline with this image, because I know that you will have occasion to use it, and more frequently than any of us would like to admit. Use it responsibly, friends.
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NEW: ICE has torn up its $180M cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program and is now guaranteeing private surveillance firms at least $7.5M each, with potential payouts reaching $281M per vendor. The change signals a shift from “pilot” to full-scale outsourcing of street-level investigative work.
ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms
Immigration and Customs Enforcement lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
NEW: ICE has torn up its $180M cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program and is now guaranteeing private surveillance firms at least $7.5M each, with potential payouts reaching $281M per vendor. The change signals a shift from “pilot” to full-scale outsourcing of street-level investigative work.
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NEW: ICE had initially planned a limited pilot program to hire bounty hunters and private investigators for immigrant tracking.
The agency has now scrapped that plan and is going all-in, removing the program’s spending cap and offering up to $280M to any given contractor.
From @dell.bsky.social
The agency has now scrapped that plan and is going all-in, removing the program’s spending cap and offering up to $280M to any given contractor.
From @dell.bsky.social
ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms
Immigration and Customs Enforcement lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
NEW: ICE had initially planned a limited pilot program to hire bounty hunters and private investigators for immigrant tracking.
The agency has now scrapped that plan and is going all-in, removing the program’s spending cap and offering up to $280M to any given contractor.
From @dell.bsky.social
The agency has now scrapped that plan and is going all-in, removing the program’s spending cap and offering up to $280M to any given contractor.
From @dell.bsky.social
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🚨🚨🚨 NEWS >>>
November 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
🚨🚨🚨 NEWS >>>
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Mark Kelly knows exactly what political violence looks like. The fact that the Pentagon is investigating him for urging troops to refuse illegal orders, even as Trump calls for political enemies to be punished, shows how dangerous this administration has become.
Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Mark Kelly knows exactly what political violence looks like. The fact that the Pentagon is investigating him for urging troops to refuse illegal orders, even as Trump calls for political enemies to be punished, shows how dangerous this administration has become.
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Please amplify, friends, and raise your voices. The world lost an entire generation to AIDS. Heads up @oneaid.bsky.social @friendsofusaid.bsky.social @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social
1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
November 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Please amplify, friends, and raise your voices. The world lost an entire generation to AIDS. Heads up @oneaid.bsky.social @friendsofusaid.bsky.social @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social