Amateur Renaissance Man
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Been ‘round many blocks. Former USMC, Cop, CDC field rep, DoD. Tired; so Adj English Prof...Thus, my endless patience. Write bad fiction. 👎 proofreader. 🇺🇦 🏳️🌈. racism/hate 🟥. Kindness/caring 🟩. Hubs, Beagle Dad. 1 left hand for me, 1 for the 🌏.
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The first incident of civil unrest gives Trump the predicate he wants to declare a National Emergency. That power allows him to use the military against civilian populations, give orders to local law enforcement, override the courts & Congress, & mute the media.
It will be the beginning of the end.
It will be the beginning of the end.
HHS is cutting millions in American Academy of Pediatrics grants to reduce SIDs deaths, prevent birth defects, & early autism detection
HHS: they “no longer align w the dept’s mission or priorities.”
This came after the AAP sued RFK over vaccine policy.
It’s a bad time to be a child in America.
HHS: they “no longer align w the dept’s mission or priorities.”
This came after the AAP sued RFK over vaccine policy.
It’s a bad time to be a child in America.
December 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
HHS is cutting millions in American Academy of Pediatrics grants to reduce SIDs deaths, prevent birth defects, & early autism detection
HHS: they “no longer align w the dept’s mission or priorities.”
This came after the AAP sued RFK over vaccine policy.
It’s a bad time to be a child in America.
HHS: they “no longer align w the dept’s mission or priorities.”
This came after the AAP sued RFK over vaccine policy.
It’s a bad time to be a child in America.
So let’s castigate flag/general officers, change base names, minimize women, fire senior serving officers, and design battleships … RATHER than concentrate on important things like 👇 👇 👇
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/c...
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The Pentagon and A.I. Giants Have a Weakness. Both Need China’s Batteries, Badly.
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December 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
So let’s castigate flag/general officers, change base names, minimize women, fire senior serving officers, and design battleships … RATHER than concentrate on important things like 👇 👇 👇
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The child has a new project, “the aesthetic design” of a weapon that has no useful life in the 21st Century’s battle space.
They are the same as my old truck towed 155mm Howitzers. DOA on the battlefield.
They are the same as my old truck towed 155mm Howitzers. DOA on the battlefield.
Trump unveils a new class of Navy battleship named after himself.
The bizarre reaches new heights. Pity the sailors that are aboard the USS Delusional, USS Pedo Prez, or the USS Cruel F’ing Dude - all named after Trump.
He said he would help design them.
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The bizarre reaches new heights. Pity the sailors that are aboard the USS Delusional, USS Pedo Prez, or the USS Cruel F’ing Dude - all named after Trump.
He said he would help design them.
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Trump unveils a new class of Navy battleship named after himself
President Donald Trump on Monday said he will oversee the development of a new class of Navy “battleship” — named after himself.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The child has a new project, “the aesthetic design” of a weapon that has no useful life in the 21st Century’s battle space.
They are the same as my old truck towed 155mm Howitzers. DOA on the battlefield.
They are the same as my old truck towed 155mm Howitzers. DOA on the battlefield.
Trump unveils a new class of Navy battleship named after himself.
The bizarre reaches new heights. Pity the sailors that are aboard the USS Delusional, USS Pedo Prez, or the USS Cruel F’ing Dude - all named after Trump.
He said he would help design them.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
The bizarre reaches new heights. Pity the sailors that are aboard the USS Delusional, USS Pedo Prez, or the USS Cruel F’ing Dude - all named after Trump.
He said he would help design them.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump unveils a new class of Navy battleship named after himself
President Donald Trump on Monday said he will oversee the development of a new class of Navy “battleship” — named after himself.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Trump unveils a new class of Navy battleship named after himself.
The bizarre reaches new heights. Pity the sailors that are aboard the USS Delusional, USS Pedo Prez, or the USS Cruel F’ing Dude - all named after Trump.
He said he would help design them.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
The bizarre reaches new heights. Pity the sailors that are aboard the USS Delusional, USS Pedo Prez, or the USS Cruel F’ing Dude - all named after Trump.
He said he would help design them.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
3 days after releasing a large tranche of Epstein docs containing few mentions of Trump, the DoJ disclosed thousands more files that included ref him.
The docts were available for several hrs Monday on the DoJ website but were taken down ~ 8 p.m.
F’cuse me?
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The docts were available for several hrs Monday on the DoJ website but were taken down ~ 8 p.m.
F’cuse me?
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Second big batch of Epstein files includes many mentions of Trump
After a first batch of Epstein document had few mentions of President Trump, the Justice Department disclosed thousands more with many references to the president.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:00 AM
3 days after releasing a large tranche of Epstein docs containing few mentions of Trump, the DoJ disclosed thousands more files that included ref him.
The docts were available for several hrs Monday on the DoJ website but were taken down ~ 8 p.m.
F’cuse me?
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
The docts were available for several hrs Monday on the DoJ website but were taken down ~ 8 p.m.
F’cuse me?
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
The US has always been described as an aspirational country.
BlueSky tells me that broad aspiration for a better, fairer, lawful life and country still exists, but …
What in the hell do MAGATs aspire to? What can their long-term hope possibly be?
BlueSky tells me that broad aspiration for a better, fairer, lawful life and country still exists, but …
What in the hell do MAGATs aspire to? What can their long-term hope possibly be?
December 23, 2025 at 3:42 AM
The US has always been described as an aspirational country.
BlueSky tells me that broad aspiration for a better, fairer, lawful life and country still exists, but …
What in the hell do MAGATs aspire to? What can their long-term hope possibly be?
BlueSky tells me that broad aspiration for a better, fairer, lawful life and country still exists, but …
What in the hell do MAGATs aspire to? What can their long-term hope possibly be?
For FAX, this ain’t bad. Jack Smith wants the 2nd Vol of his report (the classified docs case) released to the public.
He has since taken Judge Cannon to the 11th Circuit (the appellate court).
She has delayed long enuf. I want to read this one.
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He has since taken Judge Cannon to the 11th Circuit (the appellate court).
She has delayed long enuf. I want to read this one.
www.foxnews.com/politics/dem...
Democrats ramp up calls to release Jack Smith’s special counsel report on Trump classified documents case
Nineteen House Judiciary Committee Democrats are filing an amicus brief demanding release of Jack Smith's sealed report detailing Trump's classified documents investigation.
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December 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
For FAX, this ain’t bad. Jack Smith wants the 2nd Vol of his report (the classified docs case) released to the public.
He has since taken Judge Cannon to the 11th Circuit (the appellate court).
She has delayed long enuf. I want to read this one.
www.foxnews.com/politics/dem...
He has since taken Judge Cannon to the 11th Circuit (the appellate court).
She has delayed long enuf. I want to read this one.
www.foxnews.com/politics/dem...
Junior Trump: But Dad, you can’t bring Kimberley home as Ambassador to Greece. It would cause a jealous rage from my newest grifter fiancée.
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Trump administration abruptly recalls over two dozen career ambassadors
A senior State Department official called it a bid to ensure adherence to the “America First” agenda while others called it a devastating blow to America’s diplomatic corps.
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December 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Junior Trump: But Dad, you can’t bring Kimberley home as Ambassador to Greece. It would cause a jealous rage from my newest grifter fiancée.
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The same freaking day, & Johnson - who will be toppled as Speaker before the 2026 midterms (my prediction) - knows Trump is a danger.
Except for the pedophile Dennis Hastert (1999 to 2007), Johnson is Hx’s weakest Speaker. Not good to be 1 step above a pedophile, but it does have resonance today.
Except for the pedophile Dennis Hastert (1999 to 2007), Johnson is Hx’s weakest Speaker. Not good to be 1 step above a pedophile, but it does have resonance today.
If this doesn't motivate you to vote in the Midterms, nothing will.
December 22, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The same freaking day, & Johnson - who will be toppled as Speaker before the 2026 midterms (my prediction) - knows Trump is a danger.
Except for the pedophile Dennis Hastert (1999 to 2007), Johnson is Hx’s weakest Speaker. Not good to be 1 step above a pedophile, but it does have resonance today.
Except for the pedophile Dennis Hastert (1999 to 2007), Johnson is Hx’s weakest Speaker. Not good to be 1 step above a pedophile, but it does have resonance today.
If they had changed their name to the “The American White People’s Museum Run for & by Rich White Patriarchs (or AWPMRRWP), Trump would have left them alone.
Then, they could have “underground railroaded” all REAL Hx to secret safe places until 1/21/29.
I loathe them.
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Then, they could have “underground railroaded” all REAL Hx to secret safe places until 1/21/29.
I loathe them.
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
Trump executive order to force changes at Smithsonian Institution, targeting funding for programs with 'improper ideology'
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on the Smithsonian Institution that targets funding to programs that contain what he calls "divisive narratives" and "improper ideology."
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December 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
If they had changed their name to the “The American White People’s Museum Run for & by Rich White Patriarchs (or AWPMRRWP), Trump would have left them alone.
Then, they could have “underground railroaded” all REAL Hx to secret safe places until 1/21/29.
I loathe them.
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
Then, they could have “underground railroaded” all REAL Hx to secret safe places until 1/21/29.
I loathe them.
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
Wah! Who’s the idiot now? Someone should tell me, bc w these two, I can’t tell.
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Elise Stefanik Tried Everything to Please Trump. He Still Jilted Her.
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December 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Wah! Who’s the idiot now? Someone should tell me, bc w these two, I can’t tell.
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OMG. Get the knives out! I don’t remember Vance announcing.
I wonder if his wife is happy w/this?
Erika Kirk Endorses Vance: The widow of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk endorsed Vance for the 2028 presidential, promising to throw the weight of Turning Point USA behind his bid for the WH.
I wonder if his wife is happy w/this?
Erika Kirk Endorses Vance: The widow of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk endorsed Vance for the 2028 presidential, promising to throw the weight of Turning Point USA behind his bid for the WH.
December 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
OMG. Get the knives out! I don’t remember Vance announcing.
I wonder if his wife is happy w/this?
Erika Kirk Endorses Vance: The widow of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk endorsed Vance for the 2028 presidential, promising to throw the weight of Turning Point USA behind his bid for the WH.
I wonder if his wife is happy w/this?
Erika Kirk Endorses Vance: The widow of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk endorsed Vance for the 2028 presidential, promising to throw the weight of Turning Point USA behind his bid for the WH.
Officials in Denmark and Greenland on Monday reacted with anger to President Trump’s decision to appoint a special envoy to Greenland, as he intensifies his efforts to take over the semiautonomous Danish territory.
Another distraction, or just the diminished mind of a very sick man?
Hard to tell.
Another distraction, or just the diminished mind of a very sick man?
Hard to tell.
December 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Officials in Denmark and Greenland on Monday reacted with anger to President Trump’s decision to appoint a special envoy to Greenland, as he intensifies his efforts to take over the semiautonomous Danish territory.
Another distraction, or just the diminished mind of a very sick man?
Hard to tell.
Another distraction, or just the diminished mind of a very sick man?
Hard to tell.
When will this moronic administration accept that he is deranged?
Yeah, I know. Never … as long as they get something for themselves.
Yeah, I know. Never … as long as they get something for themselves.
December 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
When will this moronic administration accept that he is deranged?
Yeah, I know. Never … as long as they get something for themselves.
Yeah, I know. Never … as long as they get something for themselves.
In this moronic administration, only their coverups are transparent.
Basically, the Deputy Attorney General of the United States taking the 5th on national TV to avoid answering why he did one of the most disgusting things any DOJ official has ever done in US history.
December 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
In this moronic administration, only their coverups are transparent.
JFC, he’s back on the Greenland obsession.
Sorry, Denmark and Greenlanders. He’s such a dick.
Sorry, Denmark and Greenlanders. He’s such a dick.
Jeff Landry is a moron with zero foreign policy experience, knowledge, or qualifications. ZERO. Nothing. More insanity.
December 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
JFC, he’s back on the Greenland obsession.
Sorry, Denmark and Greenlanders. He’s such a dick.
Sorry, Denmark and Greenlanders. He’s such a dick.
But it’s the best anyone has ever… or it will be better in two weeks…or tariffs reduce prices next year…or we’ll have more money than…
As long as his obsession is only money (not education, health, etc.), we lose
THERE’S MORE TO F’ING LIFE, Trump. You will never understand & it will bring you down
As long as his obsession is only money (not education, health, etc.), we lose
THERE’S MORE TO F’ING LIFE, Trump. You will never understand & it will bring you down
December 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
But it’s the best anyone has ever… or it will be better in two weeks…or tariffs reduce prices next year…or we’ll have more money than…
As long as his obsession is only money (not education, health, etc.), we lose
THERE’S MORE TO F’ING LIFE, Trump. You will never understand & it will bring you down
As long as his obsession is only money (not education, health, etc.), we lose
THERE’S MORE TO F’ING LIFE, Trump. You will never understand & it will bring you down
I’m no expert, but maybe you should concentrate more on making a better, more feature-rich than 2005, phone?
Saving minuscule width, length, thinness, or weight doesn’t mean squat to users. Features do.
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Saving minuscule width, length, thinness, or weight doesn’t mean squat to users. Features do.
news.sky.com/story/apples...
Apple's AI chief steps down as company falls behind in tech race
John Giannandrea, the current senior vice president for machine Learning and AI strategy, will be replaced by former Microsoft AI executive Amar Subramanya.
news.sky.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I’m no expert, but maybe you should concentrate more on making a better, more feature-rich than 2005, phone?
Saving minuscule width, length, thinness, or weight doesn’t mean squat to users. Features do.
news.sky.com/story/apples...
Saving minuscule width, length, thinness, or weight doesn’t mean squat to users. Features do.
news.sky.com/story/apples...
Politico (1/7/25): “Industry executives have said access to domestic oil fields hasn’t been a problem.”
That they are not using (thousands of leases on federal land), (it is) proof there is no burning need for more public land to drill
We don’t need the oil. It’s a Trump obsession 4 regime change
That they are not using (thousands of leases on federal land), (it is) proof there is no burning need for more public land to drill
We don’t need the oil. It’s a Trump obsession 4 regime change
US Blockades Venezuela in a War Still Searching for an Official Rationale
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US Blockades Venezuela in a War Still Searching for an Official Rationale
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December 22, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Politico (1/7/25): “Industry executives have said access to domestic oil fields hasn’t been a problem.”
That they are not using (thousands of leases on federal land), (it is) proof there is no burning need for more public land to drill
We don’t need the oil. It’s a Trump obsession 4 regime change
That they are not using (thousands of leases on federal land), (it is) proof there is no burning need for more public land to drill
We don’t need the oil. It’s a Trump obsession 4 regime change
No one s/b surprised that they bent over.
Q: Who owns CBS?
A; Paramount.
Q: Who wants a merger deal?
A: Paramount
Q: Who needs WH endorsement?
A: Paramount
Q: Who is best buds with Trump?
A; The billionaires at Paramount.
Easy-peasy. It’s all explainable. Trump wants to hide this.
Q: Who owns CBS?
A; Paramount.
Q: Who wants a merger deal?
A: Paramount
Q: Who needs WH endorsement?
A: Paramount
Q: Who is best buds with Trump?
A; The billionaires at Paramount.
Easy-peasy. It’s all explainable. Trump wants to hide this.
So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
December 22, 2025 at 7:45 AM
No one s/b surprised that they bent over.
Q: Who owns CBS?
A; Paramount.
Q: Who wants a merger deal?
A: Paramount
Q: Who needs WH endorsement?
A: Paramount
Q: Who is best buds with Trump?
A; The billionaires at Paramount.
Easy-peasy. It’s all explainable. Trump wants to hide this.
Q: Who owns CBS?
A; Paramount.
Q: Who wants a merger deal?
A: Paramount
Q: Who needs WH endorsement?
A: Paramount
Q: Who is best buds with Trump?
A; The billionaires at Paramount.
Easy-peasy. It’s all explainable. Trump wants to hide this.
Huh. No-da? Gosh, CBS executives bend over and grab their ankles whenever a phone rings? Who woulda thought!
Is journalistic integrity subject to politics? Is weak-kneed cowardice now spelled C-B-S? Well, bless their hearts.
A new outrage every day.
Is journalistic integrity subject to politics? Is weak-kneed cowardice now spelled C-B-S? Well, bless their hearts.
A new outrage every day.
Share and tell CBS to air this! Sharyn Alfonsi, the veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent who reported a segment about migrants sent to the El Salvadoran torture prison CECOT, just sent a blistering letter to colleagues, sounding the alarm that Bari Weiss spiked the story for political reasons.
December 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Huh. No-da? Gosh, CBS executives bend over and grab their ankles whenever a phone rings? Who woulda thought!
Is journalistic integrity subject to politics? Is weak-kneed cowardice now spelled C-B-S? Well, bless their hearts.
A new outrage every day.
Is journalistic integrity subject to politics? Is weak-kneed cowardice now spelled C-B-S? Well, bless their hearts.
A new outrage every day.
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A since-deleted tweet by former KKK grand wizard David Duke is nearly identical to the statement today made by Vice President JD Vance
December 21, 2025 at 11:56 PM
A since-deleted tweet by former KKK grand wizard David Duke is nearly identical to the statement today made by Vice President JD Vance
Much smarter people than I am (not hard).
December 22, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Much smarter people than I am (not hard).
The year Trump broke the federal government
How DOGE & the WH carried out a transformation of the nation’s bureaucracy.
e.g. Elon on X: ““We spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper. Could [have] gone to some great parties. Did that instead.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
How DOGE & the WH carried out a transformation of the nation’s bureaucracy.
e.g. Elon on X: ““We spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper. Could [have] gone to some great parties. Did that instead.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
The year Trump broke the federal government
How DOGE and the White House carried out a once-unthinkable transformation of the nation’s sprawling bureaucracy.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The year Trump broke the federal government
How DOGE & the WH carried out a transformation of the nation’s bureaucracy.
e.g. Elon on X: ““We spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper. Could [have] gone to some great parties. Did that instead.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
How DOGE & the WH carried out a transformation of the nation’s bureaucracy.
e.g. Elon on X: ““We spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper. Could [have] gone to some great parties. Did that instead.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...