@piquedpensioner.bsky.social
Retired clinical psychologist, no longer circumspect about opinions.
For democracy & rule of law.
Against lawless psychopathy & predation.
Decency matters. 🍁
For democracy & rule of law.
Against lawless psychopathy & predation.
Decency matters. 🍁
1944: If by some chance those seamen had been rescued, they would have been a renewed threat to the Third Reich & Der Führer. Therefore, we killed them all.
Didn't work then. Will it work now?
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NEWS --> Tons of fresh detail on what video of the strike shows: Rep Adam Smith says two men are sitting on capsized boat, drugs aren't visible. Rationale officials gave for killing is they *may* have been able to keep trafficking.
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
Hegseth Defense Collapses as Dems Reveal Horrific Video Strike Details
The ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services committee tells TNR after watching the video: “This is a big, big problem.”
newrepublic.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:26 AM
1944: If by some chance those seamen had been rescued, they would have been a renewed threat to the Third Reich & Der Führer. Therefore, we killed them all.
Didn't work then. Will it work now?
bsky.app/profile/mark...
Didn't work then. Will it work now?
bsky.app/profile/mark...
Megyn Kelly is thrilled to hear there's video.
She's never been so eager to satisfy her sadism.
Hegseth, fellow vile human, will likely invite her for a private film festival.
She's never been so eager to satisfy her sadism.
Hegseth, fellow vile human, will likely invite her for a private film festival.
December 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Megyn Kelly is thrilled to hear there's video.
She's never been so eager to satisfy her sadism.
Hegseth, fellow vile human, will likely invite her for a private film festival.
She's never been so eager to satisfy her sadism.
Hegseth, fellow vile human, will likely invite her for a private film festival.
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Hegseth stonewalled IG, refusing 1) to provide his phone for IG to probe other uses of Signal; 2) to sit for interview w/ IG. We only know about Yemeni Signal chat b/ Waltz added Goldberg to it by mistake. The scale and scope of Hegseth's security breaches still remain unknown even after IG report.
Officials reported the Secretary used additional Signal chats for DoD business. IG couldn’t verify content because he refused to provide phone access.
December 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Hegseth stonewalled IG, refusing 1) to provide his phone for IG to probe other uses of Signal; 2) to sit for interview w/ IG. We only know about Yemeni Signal chat b/ Waltz added Goldberg to it by mistake. The scale and scope of Hegseth's security breaches still remain unknown even after IG report.
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"Trump admin moves to keep fact-checkers out of the country" sounds like an Andy Borowitz bit but alas
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
"Trump admin moves to keep fact-checkers out of the country" sounds like an Andy Borowitz bit but alas
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They got their…
December 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
They got their…
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents...w/ those crackpots & fools whose lack of intelligence & creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.”
“…Extreme contempt for facts... (believe) fact depends entirely on power of man who can fabricate it.”
-H. Arendt
“…Extreme contempt for facts... (believe) fact depends entirely on power of man who can fabricate it.”
-H. Arendt
December 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents...w/ those crackpots & fools whose lack of intelligence & creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.”
“…Extreme contempt for facts... (believe) fact depends entirely on power of man who can fabricate it.”
-H. Arendt
“…Extreme contempt for facts... (believe) fact depends entirely on power of man who can fabricate it.”
-H. Arendt
No one mocks Marco Rubio...
like Marco Rubio mocks Marco Rubio.
like Marco Rubio mocks Marco Rubio.
December 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
No one mocks Marco Rubio...
like Marco Rubio mocks Marco Rubio.
like Marco Rubio mocks Marco Rubio.
Oh, you must read the whole thing, not just the excerpts.
(From DM, site of only "Ivanka's taut abs in haute couture" Trump news.)
CBP/ICE behavior will get ever more horrific:
sadism, psychopathy, racism, predation, incompetence...
Sturmabteilung thugs
Miller/Homan/Noem/Trump say: "American Heroes"
(From DM, site of only "Ivanka's taut abs in haute couture" Trump news.)
CBP/ICE behavior will get ever more horrific:
sadism, psychopathy, racism, predation, incompetence...
Sturmabteilung thugs
Miller/Homan/Noem/Trump say: "American Heroes"
ICE's messy hiring spree brings in unfit and illiterate recruits
ICE recruits with no experience are being fast-tracked into the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Georgia, where instructors are astounded at their incompetence.
www.dailymail.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Oh, you must read the whole thing, not just the excerpts.
(From DM, site of only "Ivanka's taut abs in haute couture" Trump news.)
CBP/ICE behavior will get ever more horrific:
sadism, psychopathy, racism, predation, incompetence...
Sturmabteilung thugs
Miller/Homan/Noem/Trump say: "American Heroes"
(From DM, site of only "Ivanka's taut abs in haute couture" Trump news.)
CBP/ICE behavior will get ever more horrific:
sadism, psychopathy, racism, predation, incompetence...
Sturmabteilung thugs
Miller/Homan/Noem/Trump say: "American Heroes"
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Kristi Noem and Tom Homan hiring the best and the brightest for their new ICE Army. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
December 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Kristi Noem and Tom Homan hiring the best and the brightest for their new ICE Army. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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So far, in less than one year, Donald Trump has issued over TEN TIMES as many pardons as he did in his entire four-year first term. That’s a lot of criminals released onto our streets.
December 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
So far, in less than one year, Donald Trump has issued over TEN TIMES as many pardons as he did in his entire four-year first term. That’s a lot of criminals released onto our streets.
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Sen. Roger Wicker says there’s footage of the Navy killing the shipwrecked Venezuelans. What a tease, Senator. When is someone going to upload the video to PornHub?
by Megyn Kelly
by Megyn Kelly
December 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Sen. Roger Wicker says there’s footage of the Navy killing the shipwrecked Venezuelans. What a tease, Senator. When is someone going to upload the video to PornHub?
by Megyn Kelly
by Megyn Kelly
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December 4, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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If after we blow your boat up you still float, you are a witch, so we can kill you. If you drown you are not a witch.
December 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
If after we blow your boat up you still float, you are a witch, so we can kill you. If you drown you are not a witch.
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and all based on a lie
December 4, 2025 at 10:31 AM
and all based on a lie
In other news, over half of Americans see Trump as enemy of America, surveys find.
Half of Europeans see Trump as enemy of Europe, survey finds
Nine-country poll finds half of people believe risk of war with Russia is high and three-quarters want to stay in EU
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:09 AM
In other news, over half of Americans see Trump as enemy of America, surveys find.
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“It’s a big club and you ain’t in it.”
December 4, 2025 at 2:34 AM
“It’s a big club and you ain’t in it.”
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It’s true that Trump is weak. Unfortunately the press who cover him are weaker.
December 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
It’s true that Trump is weak. Unfortunately the press who cover him are weaker.
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Or put different, he’s pardoning people at SEVENTY FIVE TIMES the annual rate of the Biden presidency
So far, in less than one year, Donald Trump has issued over TEN TIMES as many pardons as he did in his entire four-year first term. That’s a lot of criminals released onto our streets.
December 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Or put different, he’s pardoning people at SEVENTY FIVE TIMES the annual rate of the Biden presidency
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1/ Trump criticizing a group of people who he claims "complain, complain, complain." Let's look for examples of a person from another group who does nothing but "complain, complain, complain."
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
1/ Trump criticizing a group of people who he claims "complain, complain, complain." Let's look for examples of a person from another group who does nothing but "complain, complain, complain."
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If you MAGAphiles contribute $5 like JD Vance, Marco Rubio, and Karoline Leavitt surely did, you, too, can win a rare medal representing one of the greatest honors in Trump World.
(Bonus: Certifies you as among biggest dumbasses in Trump World.)
(Bonus: Certifies you as among biggest dumbasses in Trump World.)
Trump tells supporters they can get this same medal he claims he gave to “JD Vance, Marco Rubio, and Karoline Leavitt” if they send him money
December 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
If you MAGAphiles contribute $5 like JD Vance, Marco Rubio, and Karoline Leavitt surely did, you, too, can win a rare medal representing one of the greatest honors in Trump World.
(Bonus: Certifies you as among biggest dumbasses in Trump World.)
(Bonus: Certifies you as among biggest dumbasses in Trump World.)
Back in April, it was easy to be "psychic"
This administration is entirely predictable about corruption.
This administration is entirely predictable about corruption.
Under indictment for corruption?
Following trail blazed by Blagojevich, Adams, Menendez, et al.?
Democrats charged with crimes quickly go MAGA.
Henry Cuellar must be positioning himself for a pardon.
(Bonus corruption points: Wife's name is Imelda.)
Following trail blazed by Blagojevich, Adams, Menendez, et al.?
Democrats charged with crimes quickly go MAGA.
Henry Cuellar must be positioning himself for a pardon.
(Bonus corruption points: Wife's name is Imelda.)
December 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Back in April, it was easy to be "psychic"
This administration is entirely predictable about corruption.
This administration is entirely predictable about corruption.
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Trump announces a pardon of Henry Cuellar: "I am hereby announcing my full and unconditional PARDON of beloved Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar, and Imelda. Henry, I don’t know you, but you can sleep well tonight — Your nightmare is finally over!"
December 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Trump announces a pardon of Henry Cuellar: "I am hereby announcing my full and unconditional PARDON of beloved Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar, and Imelda. Henry, I don’t know you, but you can sleep well tonight — Your nightmare is finally over!"