The Tactless Gnome
@hoppy75.bsky.social
Shameless Democratologist. Army Veteran.
Just working to keep us on the rails. No filters. No Tact.
MAGA is the new U.S. Fascist party. Know how your Representatives voted! Believe their actions, not their lies!
Just working to keep us on the rails. No filters. No Tact.
MAGA is the new U.S. Fascist party. Know how your Representatives voted! Believe their actions, not their lies!
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Reminder: 335 days until Midterms (Nov 3, 2026). What GOP has done so far:
- Vote Against: veterans, teachers, disabled, elderly, women, minorities, & immigrants
- Vote FOR: Tax cuts for rich, protect pedophiles
- Trump: City invasions, tariffs, pardon bribes, foreign bribes, illegal boat strikes
- Vote Against: veterans, teachers, disabled, elderly, women, minorities, & immigrants
- Vote FOR: Tax cuts for rich, protect pedophiles
- Trump: City invasions, tariffs, pardon bribes, foreign bribes, illegal boat strikes
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Unbelievable.
“Defense officials have been arguing the two survivors were legitimate targets because they appeared to be radioing for backup
“But Thursday, Adm. Bradley acknowledged that the survivors of the initial strike were in no position to make a distress call.”
www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
“Defense officials have been arguing the two survivors were legitimate targets because they appeared to be radioing for backup
“But Thursday, Adm. Bradley acknowledged that the survivors of the initial strike were in no position to make a distress call.”
www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
Exclusive: Survivors clinging to capsized boat didn’t radio for backup, admiral overseeing double-tap strike tells lawmakers | CNN Politics
The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat in a secondary strike against a suspected drug vessel in early September did not appear to have radio or other communications device...
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Unbelievable.
“Defense officials have been arguing the two survivors were legitimate targets because they appeared to be radioing for backup
“But Thursday, Adm. Bradley acknowledged that the survivors of the initial strike were in no position to make a distress call.”
www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
“Defense officials have been arguing the two survivors were legitimate targets because they appeared to be radioing for backup
“But Thursday, Adm. Bradley acknowledged that the survivors of the initial strike were in no position to make a distress call.”
www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
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Hochul spent months saying she wouldn’t raise taxes.
But with Mamdani’s win, Albany has been flooded with tax-the-rich demands and New York’s governor may be reconsidering.
But with Mamdani’s win, Albany has been flooded with tax-the-rich demands and New York’s governor may be reconsidering.
Hochul edges toward tax hikes after Mamdani win
The New York governor has flipped her positions in the past as the political climate changes.
www.politico.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Hochul spent months saying she wouldn’t raise taxes.
But with Mamdani’s win, Albany has been flooded with tax-the-rich demands and New York’s governor may be reconsidering.
But with Mamdani’s win, Albany has been flooded with tax-the-rich demands and New York’s governor may be reconsidering.
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Wow, Adm. Holsey didn't leave of his own accord, Hegseth pushed him out. What looked like the SOCOM head resigning rather than do war crimes now looks like SecDef canning him to facilitate war crimes.
Congress should have him testify, and would've already if war-crime-sympathetic GOP didn't run it.
Congress should have him testify, and would've already if war-crime-sympathetic GOP didn't run it.
Exclusive | Hegseth Asked Top Admiral to Resign After Months of Discord
The relationship between the Pentagon chief and Adm. Alvin Holsey had been rocky since Trump’s inauguration.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Wow, Adm. Holsey didn't leave of his own accord, Hegseth pushed him out. What looked like the SOCOM head resigning rather than do war crimes now looks like SecDef canning him to facilitate war crimes.
Congress should have him testify, and would've already if war-crime-sympathetic GOP didn't run it.
Congress should have him testify, and would've already if war-crime-sympathetic GOP didn't run it.
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Patel on J6 arrest: "When you attack American citizens, when you attack our institutions of legislation, when you attack our nation's Capitol, you attack the very being of our way of life."
December 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Patel on J6 arrest: "When you attack American citizens, when you attack our institutions of legislation, when you attack our nation's Capitol, you attack the very being of our way of life."
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Republicans are shamelessly lying to us.
A boat that size would have to refuel over 20 times to be "bound for the United States." And where would they do that in the middle of the Caribbean?
A boat that size would have to refuel over 20 times to be "bound for the United States." And where would they do that in the middle of the Caribbean?
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Republicans are shamelessly lying to us.
A boat that size would have to refuel over 20 times to be "bound for the United States." And where would they do that in the middle of the Caribbean?
A boat that size would have to refuel over 20 times to be "bound for the United States." And where would they do that in the middle of the Caribbean?
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ICYMI: Here's some of the ways Florida Democratic leaders delivered for you ✅
December 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
ICYMI: Here's some of the ways Florida Democratic leaders delivered for you ✅
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When even Newsmax’s legal analyst says your order was a war crime, you’ve got a problem. Pete Hegseth must resign and face a real investigation.
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
When even Newsmax’s legal analyst says your order was a war crime, you’ve got a problem. Pete Hegseth must resign and face a real investigation.
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"Hegseth said Tuesday that he wouldn’t trust deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller to babysit his kids, when asked about it on a podcast hosted by Miller’s wife"
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Pete Hegseth Tells Katie Miller to Her Face That He Hates Her Husband
Pete Hegseth didn’t mince words when discussing Stephen Miller.
newrepublic.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:48 AM
"Hegseth said Tuesday that he wouldn’t trust deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller to babysit his kids, when asked about it on a podcast hosted by Miller’s wife"
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"Violence and racist abuse by guards against migrants were commonplace, Amnesty said, adding that one of its own staffers witnessed a guard violently slamming a metal flap of a door to a solitary confinement room against a man’s injured hand."
Detainees at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ facing ‘harrowing human right violations’, new report alleges
Amnesty International finds immigrants at Florida facility were shackled and left outside in metal cage for up to a day
ablink.editorial.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
"Violence and racist abuse by guards against migrants were commonplace, Amnesty said, adding that one of its own staffers witnessed a guard violently slamming a metal flap of a door to a solitary confinement room against a man’s injured hand."
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BREAKING: The Pentagon released an 84-page report on Pete Hegseth’s use of Signal to discuss military strikes. It found he risked putting troops in danger.
Pentagon releases report on Hegseth’s Signal chats
The agency watchdog investigated whether the Defense secretary violated the agency’s standards for sharing classified information and put troops in danger.
www.politico.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
BREAKING: The Pentagon released an 84-page report on Pete Hegseth’s use of Signal to discuss military strikes. It found he risked putting troops in danger.
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Top Dem Calls ‘Double Tap’ Video ‘One of the Most Troubling Things I’ve Seen in My Time in Public Service’
Top Dem Calls ‘Double Tap’ Video ‘One of the Most Troubling Things I’ve Seen in My Time in Public Service’
Rep. Jim Himes told reporters about the "troubling" video he saw while hearing from Admiral Frank Bradley about the Sept. 2nd boat strikes in the Caribbean.
The post Top Dem Calls ‘Double Tap’ Video ‘One of the Most Troubling Things I’ve Seen in My Time in Public Service’ first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
December 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Top Dem Calls ‘Double Tap’ Video ‘One of the Most Troubling Things I’ve Seen in My Time in Public Service’
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Until He’s Dead Or In Prison, EVERY Election Must Be A Referendum On Trump: Two days ago, Trump unleashed the ugliest, most bigoted stuff about brown and black immigrants. About Somalian-Americans. And his entire cabinet just sat there and nodded. Yesterday, he unleashed even uglier stuff about…
Until He’s Dead Or In Prison, EVERY Election Must Be A Referendum On Trump
Two days ago, Trump unleashed the ugliest, most bigoted stuff about brown and black immigrants. About Somalian-Americans. And his entire cabinet just sat there and nodded. Yesterday, he unleashed even uglier stuff about Somalian-Americans. And the Congress people and business executives just stood there and nodded. Silence is complicity. The entire Republican Party owns his racism, bigotry, and cruelty. So every election for the foreseeable future must be about him. Period.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Until He’s Dead Or In Prison, EVERY Election Must Be A Referendum On Trump: Two days ago, Trump unleashed the ugliest, most bigoted stuff about brown and black immigrants. About Somalian-Americans. And his entire cabinet just sat there and nodded. Yesterday, he unleashed even uglier stuff about…
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Liberalism must be willing to argue—unapologetically—that it provides more good, more justice, and more freedom for society than MAGA’s illiberal alternative. Liberalism must stop apologizing. Stop excusing. And fight. lnk.thebulwark.com/3MmSrEl
Liberals: Stop the Masochism
Why liberalism romanticizes the Forgotten Man and is reluctant to take its own side in the fight against authoritarianism.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Liberalism must be willing to argue—unapologetically—that it provides more good, more justice, and more freedom for society than MAGA’s illiberal alternative. Liberalism must stop apologizing. Stop excusing. And fight. lnk.thebulwark.com/3MmSrEl
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We are so far off the playing field here we can't even see the stadium.
December 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
We are so far off the playing field here we can't even see the stadium.
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The military's position is that the guys clinging to the charred wreckage of an exploded boat in the middle of the Caribbean were still so singularly focused on transporting drugs that they had to be blown up www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec... @alexhorton.bsky.social
Republicans begin to tighten the screws on Hegseth’s Pentagon
Adm. Frank M. Bradley is set to meet with lawmakers Thursday to discuss the boat strike he oversaw that killed 11 people, including two who died in a follow-up attack.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The military's position is that the guys clinging to the charred wreckage of an exploded boat in the middle of the Caribbean were still so singularly focused on transporting drugs that they had to be blown up www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec... @alexhorton.bsky.social
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The USG has a new explanation on why they (now admittedly) intentionally killed 2 shipwrecked men. It does not pass the laws-of-war smell test
Worse for Hegseth, NYT: "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved contingency plans for what to do if an initial strike left survivors."
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Worse for Hegseth, NYT: "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved contingency plans for what to do if an initial strike left survivors."
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U.S. Military’s Boat Strikes Planning Takes On New Significance
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:25 AM
The USG has a new explanation on why they (now admittedly) intentionally killed 2 shipwrecked men. It does not pass the laws-of-war smell test
Worse for Hegseth, NYT: "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved contingency plans for what to do if an initial strike left survivors."
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Worse for Hegseth, NYT: "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved contingency plans for what to do if an initial strike left survivors."
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Speaker Johnson thinks Americans worried about affordability need to just “relax”
December 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Speaker Johnson thinks Americans worried about affordability need to just “relax”
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This may be the most depressingly accurate description of how worthless Trump is. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
The President Who Never Grew Up
Instead of focusing on governing, Trump spends his days chasing entertainment, attention and renovation projects that reflect a presidency stuck in adolescence.
www.politico.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This may be the most depressingly accurate description of how worthless Trump is. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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i made a video about the president's gutter racism against somali-americans and how a scandal became a smear became a call for de facto ethnic cleansing
Donald Trump’s racist attack on Somali Americans
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
i made a video about the president's gutter racism against somali-americans and how a scandal became a smear became a call for de facto ethnic cleansing
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President Trump pardons the former chief executive of the entertainment venue company Oak View Group, months after he was indicted on a federal conspiracy charge.
Trump pardons sports executive charged by his Justice Department
Tim Leiweke was indicted in July in connection with conspiracy to rig the bidding process to develop an arena at the University of Texas at Austin.
nbcnews.to
December 4, 2025 at 10:20 AM
President Trump pardons the former chief executive of the entertainment venue company Oak View Group, months after he was indicted on a federal conspiracy charge.
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A top Pentagon officer whose abrupt retirement came as a shock to his colleagues was reportedly forced out after repeated clashes with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Real Reason for Pentagon Pete Commander’s Shock Retirement Revealed
Reports initially stated Hegseth had nothing to do with the officer’s abrupt exit.
trib.al
December 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
A top Pentagon officer whose abrupt retirement came as a shock to his colleagues was reportedly forced out after repeated clashes with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Reminder: 335 days until Midterms (Nov 3, 2026). What GOP has done so far:
- Vote Against: veterans, teachers, disabled, elderly, women, minorities, & immigrants
- Vote FOR: Tax cuts for rich, protect pedophiles
- Trump: City invasions, tariffs, pardon bribes, foreign bribes, illegal boat strikes
- Vote Against: veterans, teachers, disabled, elderly, women, minorities, & immigrants
- Vote FOR: Tax cuts for rich, protect pedophiles
- Trump: City invasions, tariffs, pardon bribes, foreign bribes, illegal boat strikes
December 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Reminder: 335 days until Midterms (Nov 3, 2026). What GOP has done so far:
- Vote Against: veterans, teachers, disabled, elderly, women, minorities, & immigrants
- Vote FOR: Tax cuts for rich, protect pedophiles
- Trump: City invasions, tariffs, pardon bribes, foreign bribes, illegal boat strikes
- Vote Against: veterans, teachers, disabled, elderly, women, minorities, & immigrants
- Vote FOR: Tax cuts for rich, protect pedophiles
- Trump: City invasions, tariffs, pardon bribes, foreign bribes, illegal boat strikes
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