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Cav(R), Gentleman Rogue

@combatcavscout.bsky.social

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AKA Dubanka. Military, IR, FP, dumb jokes, superheroes, spirited flirt, bigot smasher, retired soldier, field grade hater, DYLF. “Dangerous devil.” “Oozes sensuality.” He/him.

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Cav(R), Gentleman Rogue @combatcavscout.bsky.social · Apr 23

I don’t give to or promote online fundraisers for individuals unless I know the recipient personally. Please don’t ask me to. I prefer to give money to charitable organizations. It’s not because I don’t trust individuals to use the money wisely or think them unworthy, it’s because scams are rampant.

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 4h

Y'all told these motherfuckers it was OK to let trans people lose their rights. Now they're banking on people letting them abandon everyone who looks vaguely Latino as well as actual immigrants. Who are y'all advocating for moderation gonna abandon next?

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 8h

Durbin on whether Democrats can use reining in ICE in Chicago as a precondition to rein in the government says “can’t do that. It’s gotta be health care all the way.”

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Cav(R), Gentleman Rogue @combatcavscout.bsky.social · 4h

You know, if I were a conspiracy-minded individual, I’d say these pieces are an attempt to normalize the false notion that VA disability claims are rife with fraud in order to justify cutting them. They’re going to turn disabled vets into the new “welfare queens.”

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Cav(R), Gentleman Rogue @combatcavscout.bsky.social · 4h

@scalzi.com, I know everyone asks you about when OMW is coming to the screen (and that’s a fair question) but I got to thinking as I listened to “The Shattering Peace” today: have you ever considered or been in the process of doing graphic novels set in the OMW, Collapsing Empire, or other universe?

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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 7h

They claim the right to stop anyone and demand their papers based solely on the discretion of masked, cos-playing thugs who've decided you "look scared" or are "gripping the steering wheel tightly."

Miller is telling us, "Brown people today, the rest of you tomorrow." Listen to his words.

Trump Watch @trumpwat.ch · 13h

Border Patrol's Gregory Bovino: "We need reasonable suspicion to make an immigration arrest. Notice I did not say probable cause, nor did I say I need a warrant? Perhaps you look panicked when you see a Border Patrol agent. Perhaps you look scared ..."

So they scare people and then can arrest them.

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🎃 Really Spooky Smith @reallyseansmith.bsky.social · 14h

Thinking about the Bluesky hot take havers who said that killing USAID was good actually [leftishly]

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 14h

I am so tired of our media letting weaselly little shits like Mike Johnson slide on these evasions.

Why *aren’t* you aware of blatant violations of the Constitution, Mike?! What makes you at all capable of holding this job?? Why should anyone believe a word coming out of your shitty little mouth??

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 14h

Weird how that didn’t make the cut.

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Cav(R), Gentleman Rogue @combatcavscout.bsky.social · 12h

This is gonna be the dumbest fucking civil war ever

Military Times @militarytimes.bsky.social · 14h

Twenty-three states have aligned with the Trump administration's stance that he has authority to bring in the Guard, while 22 back the district's position.

Lawsuit over Trump’s DC Guard deployment exposes deep partisan divide

Twenty-three states have aligned with the Trump administration's stance that he has authority to bring in the Guard, while 22 back the district's position.

www.militarytimes.com

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 14h

There's a lot going on here.

"Last week, an American Journal News report tied [his] account to Nazi-themed pornography, including content fetishizing slavery and white supremacy.." www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Gay Virginia Republican plagued by Nazi porn scandal brags running mate is ‘100% against’ marriage equality

It's a statewide political ticket of extremes.

www.yahoo.com

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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 14h

I think of this image a lot

Elon Musk wielding a chainsaw, celebrating the starvation of human beings due to DOGE's coup of the U.S. government

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Cav(R), Gentleman Rogue @combatcavscout.bsky.social · 16h

Back to bed you go

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ICE must be destroyed 🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @miawong.bsky.social · 1d

Literally they've shot two people in Chicago alone, we're all unbelievably fortunate the woman they shot last fucking weekend survived

Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 1d

I know there's a lot to keep up with but someone has ALREADY been killed by ICE in Chicago, its not a theoretical question, and folks are dying in ICE detention and being disappeared constantly, when you say "someone's gonna get killed" youre actually washing the blood from their hands 😘✌️

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 18h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Cav(R), Gentleman Rogue @combatcavscout.bsky.social · 16h

Imagine someone at a Pride festival hauled off and hit a crazy street preacher in the face with a sock full of quarters. They’d almost certainly be arrested and charged.

What you’re witnessing is literally aggravated assault. And not one of those “agents” will ever face consequences for it.

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Cav(R), Gentleman Rogue @combatcavscout.bsky.social · 17h

Like, imagine if there were police standing in the street, doing perfectly legal activities, and you shot one of them in the face with a hard plastic ball full of pepper powder.

You and everyone around you would be instantly riddled with bullets.

But they’re allowed to do just… do that shit.

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Cav(R), Gentleman Rogue @combatcavscout.bsky.social · 17h

This is the logical extension of the attitude we’ve had in this country for a long time, which is: “Cops are just allowed to do things that would get anyone else arrested for assault, and to do them without reason.”

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 2d

They’re lying because they want you to support them cutting your healthcare, and they want you to blame immigrants.

- undocumented immigrants aren’t eligible for Medicaid or the ACA

- 700 rural hospitals will close

- Health insurance premiums will double, or more

- 15 million will lose coverage

Fact Check: Mike Johnson's Biggest Lies About Health Care and Undocumented Immigrants

GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson pushes the false narrative that Democrats shut down the government to fund health care for undocumented people.

www.rollingstone.com

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Cav(R), Gentleman Rogue @combatcavscout.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve seen similar bravery from clergy around my way.

It’s crazy because after growing up in the South I would never have expected the resistance to fascism to include white clergy members. The padres and madres north of the Mason-Dixon are a different fuckin’ breed and I’m here for it.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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David Burbach 🌹 @dburbach.bsky.social · 1d

The "antifa army" that Noem stared down 😂😂😂

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Cav(R), Gentleman Rogue @combatcavscout.bsky.social · 1d

That’s not ICE in the vehicle.

Could we please have just an ounce of skepticism? A crumb of credulity?

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Cav(R), Gentleman Rogue @combatcavscout.bsky.social · 1d

That looks like a Brutalist phallus.

Which, come to think of it, was my nickname in college.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

I know we're all used to the president talking like Livia Soprano all the time, but this is a goddamn outrage

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. we’re going to take care of our people,” Trump added. “There are some people that really don’t deserve to be taken care of. And we’ll take care of them in a different way.”

@thehill.com
thehill.com/homenews/adm...

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Cav(R), Gentleman Rogue @combatcavscout.bsky.social · 1d

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Cav(R), Gentleman Rogue @combatcavscout.bsky.social · 1d

6 TX National Guard soldiers, 17 chins

Gonna be looking like this by the end of their time there

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