@treefrogjohn.bsky.social
Once upon a time rock promoter and Yippie journalist. Then a career designing and validating computer motherboards and microprocessors.
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Sounds just like Chapter 15 of Mein Kampf.
December 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Sounds just like Chapter 15 of Mein Kampf.
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DHS gave a $1 billion contract to a politically-connected donor whose company had never received a federal contract before, in a process led by a political appointee to DHS who had held a senior position at a MAGA-linked org (the American First Policy Institute) which gave the guy an award in 2024.
DHS fast-tracked $1 billion contract to pro-Trump donor’s company
A DHS official leading the process previously worked at the America First Policy Institute, a pro-Trump nonprofit where the contractor’s CEO was a donor.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
DHS gave a $1 billion contract to a politically-connected donor whose company had never received a federal contract before, in a process led by a political appointee to DHS who had held a senior position at a MAGA-linked org (the American First Policy Institute) which gave the guy an award in 2024.
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CBS News has these 2 stories online ...
Dec. 12: "Trump says leaders of Thailand, Cambodia agree again to stop fighting"
Dec. 13: "Fighting rages on Thai-Cambodian border despite Trump's ceasefire claim"
Which one is displayed on CBS' homepage? The out-of-date one that makes Trump look good.
Dec. 12: "Trump says leaders of Thailand, Cambodia agree again to stop fighting"
Dec. 13: "Fighting rages on Thai-Cambodian border despite Trump's ceasefire claim"
Which one is displayed on CBS' homepage? The out-of-date one that makes Trump look good.
December 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
CBS News has these 2 stories online ...
Dec. 12: "Trump says leaders of Thailand, Cambodia agree again to stop fighting"
Dec. 13: "Fighting rages on Thai-Cambodian border despite Trump's ceasefire claim"
Which one is displayed on CBS' homepage? The out-of-date one that makes Trump look good.
Dec. 12: "Trump says leaders of Thailand, Cambodia agree again to stop fighting"
Dec. 13: "Fighting rages on Thai-Cambodian border despite Trump's ceasefire claim"
Which one is displayed on CBS' homepage? The out-of-date one that makes Trump look good.
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Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
December 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
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Apparently every Chinese academic in any field of “interest” to the PLA is getting their visa rejected for, more or less, presumptively being a spy. My friend’s visa is denied because she studies “neuroscience.” What she actually studies is jaw pain - but ICE is flatly rejecting all appeals.
Just got the word that the Trump administration is throwing a brilliant medical researcher friend of mine out of the country because they’re Chinese. Insane and unreal. Literally doing research in the US to help the US
December 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Apparently every Chinese academic in any field of “interest” to the PLA is getting their visa rejected for, more or less, presumptively being a spy. My friend’s visa is denied because she studies “neuroscience.” What she actually studies is jaw pain - but ICE is flatly rejecting all appeals.
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Trump: The stock market is booming! Only I could do this and it’s all because of me!
December 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Trump: The stock market is booming! Only I could do this and it’s all because of me!
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Right out of the textbooks. Literally "Them."
November 29, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Right out of the textbooks. Literally "Them."
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Sure, his politics are "not nearly enough kids are dying." Yes, he looks like Salisbury steak that's been left out in the Mojave Desert for 3 weeks in July. Yes, he sounds like Rod Stewart getting his balls crushed in a vise at the end of a 3-week bender. So surely he must write really we...
November 22, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Sure, his politics are "not nearly enough kids are dying." Yes, he looks like Salisbury steak that's been left out in the Mojave Desert for 3 weeks in July. Yes, he sounds like Rod Stewart getting his balls crushed in a vise at the end of a 3-week bender. So surely he must write really we...
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Is the is really what you want our country to be? This is sickening. #TrumpGoons. @democrats.senate.gov
November 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Is the is really what you want our country to be? This is sickening. #TrumpGoons. @democrats.senate.gov
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Trump seal of approval for news seems problematic
November 3, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Trump seal of approval for news seems problematic
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Hey, remind me what happened after the Roaring 20s?
Dancers at Trump’s Halloween party as people begin losing food stamps under his administration
November 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Hey, remind me what happened after the Roaring 20s?
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Paxlovid from Pfizer costs $15 to make and now retails for $1500.
Insane
Insane
November 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Paxlovid from Pfizer costs $15 to make and now retails for $1500.
Insane
Insane
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October 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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"Slash American healthcare or we starve American kids" is one hell of a pitch
JOHNSON: “.. The pain register is about to hit level 10.”
@politico.com #Shutdown
www.politico.com/live-updates...
@politico.com #Shutdown
www.politico.com/live-updates...
October 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"Slash American healthcare or we starve American kids" is one hell of a pitch
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NEW: “ICE, their secret police, is their tool,” said a human rights attorney who directed DHS’ ombudsman office under Biden.
“Once they have that power, which they have now, there’s nothing stopping them from using it against citizens.”
By @davidmcswane.bsky.social @hannahallam.bsky.social
“Once they have that power, which they have now, there’s nothing stopping them from using it against citizens.”
By @davidmcswane.bsky.social @hannahallam.bsky.social
How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...
www.propublica.org
October 18, 2025 at 10:07 AM
NEW: “ICE, their secret police, is their tool,” said a human rights attorney who directed DHS’ ombudsman office under Biden.
“Once they have that power, which they have now, there’s nothing stopping them from using it against citizens.”
By @davidmcswane.bsky.social @hannahallam.bsky.social
“Once they have that power, which they have now, there’s nothing stopping them from using it against citizens.”
By @davidmcswane.bsky.social @hannahallam.bsky.social
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October 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Somehow it's only "demonizing half of the country" when Democrats mildly criticize Trump supporters. This just doesn't count
Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."
October 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Somehow it's only "demonizing half of the country" when Democrats mildly criticize Trump supporters. This just doesn't count
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I forget-- who controls the White House, Senate, and House?
October 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I forget-- who controls the White House, Senate, and House?
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When you drag a woman by the hair, beat her and force her to kiss your flag, that’s how you tell the world you are the Good Guys
October 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
When you drag a woman by the hair, beat her and force her to kiss your flag, that’s how you tell the world you are the Good Guys
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Thread from August 2024, Army pamphlet warning against American fascism from 1945.
In March of 1945, the US Army issued this "fact sheet" to guide conversations with soldiers on the topic of fascism, paying particular attention to the ongoing threat that domestic fascist movements posed to the US. Their analysis of what a homegrown US fascism would look like is interesting.
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ORIENTATION
FACT SHEET
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WAR DEPARTMENT-WASHINGTON 25, D. C. • 24 March 1945 FASCISM!
Note For This Week's Discussion:
Fascism is not the easiest thing to identify and analyze; nor, once in power, is it easy to destroy. It is important for our future and that of the world that as many of us as possible understand the causes and practices of fascism, in order to combat it. Points to stress are: (1) Fascism is more apt to come to power at a time of economic crisis;
(2) fascism inevitably leads to war; (3) it can come to any country; (4) we can best combat it by making our democracy work.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:miczfsfixolk42l7343z3bpd/bafkreigaks7wgy4rvmszhobeed7hlaqap4mynkhqketipzolmesislssci@jpeg)
October 3, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Thread from August 2024, Army pamphlet warning against American fascism from 1945.
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Oh FFS live out your Black Hawk Down fantasies on a computer.
Chicago: “The Border Patrol official said that snipers rappelled down from helicopters on top of the apartment complex, as a precaution from potential violence.”
Trump’s Chicago ICE Crackdown Intensifies With Drones, Helicopters and Trucks
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Oh FFS live out your Black Hawk Down fantasies on a computer.