Author | Lightnews

Reposted by Bills Fan Rich from Clarence

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 25m

My take: The Venezuela strikes are being orchestrated by Miller, Vance, Hegseth and Rubio. Trump had no idea until he learned about it a short time ago on Fox News. Now he's offering his own opinion.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1h

Trump says he is not considering strikes within Venezuela reut.rs/4otkhgg

Trump says he is not considering strikes within Venezuela

President Donald Trump on Friday denied he was considering strikes inside Venezuela, even amid reports that the United States may expand its counter-drug campaign in the Caribbean.

reut.rs

13 40 150

Bills Fan Rich from Clarence @rmcgil.bsky.social · 4h

Epidemic made in the USA, deadly Fentanyl coming from China, but yes we will strike Venezuela’s military and this will totally help

Very Cool

1

Bills Fan Rich from Clarence @rmcgil.bsky.social · 4h

Straight to the front of the queue

1

Bills Fan Rich from Clarence @rmcgil.bsky.social · 5h

Both my wife and you saying this, dang

1 1

Bills Fan Rich from Clarence @rmcgil.bsky.social · 18h

For me that was playing Silent Hill 2 with my friend and his older brother. I was clutching a pillow the whole time!

1

Bills Fan Rich from Clarence @rmcgil.bsky.social · 18h

I played Turok when I was very young, maybe 5. I didn’t make it to level 2.

Quest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.social · 18h

What was the first game that was so "scary" that you had to turn it off and couldn't finish it?

I had a thing with aliens when I was younger and the jump scares of Ground Zero Texas ruined my whole weekend rental.

1

Bills Fan Rich from Clarence @rmcgil.bsky.social · 23h

For the machine is eternal

a glowing skull in a gear with the words `` connected '' underneath it .

ALT: a glowing skull in a gear with the words `` connected '' underneath it .

media.tenor.com

Bills Fan Rich from Clarence @rmcgil.bsky.social · 23h

Yeah

Bills Fan Rich from Clarence @rmcgil.bsky.social · 23h

I would support this

Bills Fan Rich from Clarence @rmcgil.bsky.social · 23h

Oh, she knows

Bills Fan Rich from Clarence @rmcgil.bsky.social · 1d

“Oh hey it’s Robert McNamara oh hey it’s the inventor of the Hydrogen Bomb”

1

Bills Fan Rich from Clarence @rmcgil.bsky.social · 1d

These are so rad*

*I am a nerd

1 1

Reposted by Bills Fan Rich from Clarence

Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 1d

Books on the subject you should read:

- Jeff Lewis's 2020 Commission: a actually plausible sketch of how Donald Trump bumbles into a (limited) nuclear war with North Korea
- Command and Control: a fact based history of US nuclear weapons whoopsies
- Arms and Influence: *actual* deterrence theory

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

hmm really not a good time psychologically to be reading “nuclear war: a scenario”

15 28 190

Bills Fan Rich from Clarence @rmcgil.bsky.social · 1d

I think there is a chance they’ll be reminded in some form, but man. It’s dark seeing people decrying food pantries asking for donations…

Bills Fan Rich from Clarence @rmcgil.bsky.social · 1d

Start lectures by telling one lucky student “smokes, let’s go”

1

Bills Fan Rich from Clarence @rmcgil.bsky.social · 1d

Not really worth your time; and I enjoyed it at publication

1 4

Bills Fan Rich from Clarence @rmcgil.bsky.social · 1d

One thing you see over and over again is Democrats saying “people are really going to suffer when SNAP benefits are cut” and Republican voters respond “Hahah shouldn’t those losers be working for food”

And yet we have to pretend that the gop cares at all about human suffering

2 4

Reposted by Bills Fan Rich from Clarence

Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 1d

Democratic politicians need to rapidly reorient themselves to the idea that states likely *will* need to fund services like these going forward

Mariano said the rainy day fund would quickly run dry if it were used to support federal programs that are running out of money, which includes heating assistance and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. Replacing SNAP alone would cost roughly $240 million per month.

“It's the federal government who is choosing not to fund these things. This is the first time SNAP hasn't been funded in any of these government shutdowns, and that's a choice that the president has made,” the Quincy Democrat told reporters.

9 30

Bills Fan Rich from Clarence @rmcgil.bsky.social · 1d

I mean if you’re tearing up the White House grounds; you might as well take the chance to expand any bunker complexes underneath.

Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 1d

TACO is NOT building a ballroom.

He is building a bunker.

Booze Allen is not an architecture firm.

It’s a defense contractor.

3

Bills Fan Rich from Clarence @rmcgil.bsky.social · 1d

Common British L from The Economizer

Reposted by Bills Fan Rich from Clarence

Chris Brockett @chrisbrockett.bsky.social · 1d

The presumption that facial recognition is definitive is a recipe for horror stories.

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 2d

New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

Ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie G. Thompson said in a statement “Mobile Fortify is a dangerous tool in the hands of ICE, and it puts American citizens at risk of detention and even deportation.” He also said “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien. ICE using a mobile biometrics app in ways its developers at CBP never intended or tested is a frightening, repugnant, and unconstitutional attack on Americans’ rights and freedoms.”

1 5

Reposted by Bills Fan Rich from Clarence

Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 1d

“Deal”.

bsky.app/profile/poli...

Politico @politico.com · 2d

Trade deal: South Korea will invest $350 billion in the U.S. and in exchange, the U.S. will lower the tariffs on South Korean goods to 15%.

Read more details on the deal that Trump says is "pretty much finalized" 👇

Trump says South Korea trade deal is ‘pretty much finalized’

“We came to a conclusion on a lot of very different items,” the president said after meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung.

www.politico.com

6 7 69

Bills Fan Rich from Clarence @rmcgil.bsky.social · 1d

The more I read of this piece the more convinced I am that the author is simply doing psychic damage to herself

2

Bills Fan Rich from Clarence @rmcgil.bsky.social · 1d

Slainte

17

Bills Fan Rich from Clarence @rmcgil.bsky.social · 1d

It’s even better when the previous thing he said was that he likes to make lists of his favorite sweet desserts

1 4