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David August ❌👑
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Actor. Writer. May have been in that thing you saw that one time (Dependent's Day, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Second City/Chicago Shakespeare). @[email protected]
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You must encourage @governorwalz.mn.gov to deploy the MN National Guard to deter, detain and arrest ice for ice’s crimes.

The alternatives are all catastrophic.

More here: stuff.davidaugust.com/local-law-en...
January 19, 2026 at 9:37 AM
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#America #beautiful #ice #Minneapolis #USpol
January 14, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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He was already out of the path of the vehicle when he decided to shoot her.

US Department of Justice Policy On Use Of Force

www.justice.gov/jm/1-16000-d...

#USpol #ice #ReneeGood #JonathanRoss #Justice
A. Deadly Force Law enforcement and correctional officers of the Department of Justice may use deadly force only when necessary, that is, [cut to fit] Deadly force may not be used solely to prevent the escape of a fleeing suspect. Firearms may not be discharged solely to disable moving vehicles. Specifically, firearms may not be discharged at a moving vehicle unless: (1) a person in the vehicle is threatening the officer or another person with deadly force by means other than the vehicle; or (2) the vehicle is operated in a manner that threatens to cause death or serious physical injury to the officer or others, and no other objectively reasonable means of defense appear to exist, which includes moving out of the path of the vehicle. Firearms may not be discharged from a moving vehicle except in exigent circumstances. In these situations, an officer must have an articulable reason for this use of deadly force.
January 8, 2026 at 10:39 PM
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#USpol #DC #crime #NationalGuard
"We have no crime in Washington, D.C...we haven't had a killing in a long period of time. 6, 7 months." - Donald Trump, January 3, 2026 There have been 59 homicides in Washington D.C. since June 3, 2025. Donald Trump is out of touch with reality. https://crimecards.dc.gov/homicides:crimes/with%20any%20or%20no%20weapon/dated::06032025:01032026/citywide:point [police crime scene tape]
January 6, 2026 at 3:47 AM
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#USpol #Venezuela #drugs #oil
"Trump alleged that Venezuela was using oil to fund drug trafficking, terrorism and other crimes." - AP News, January 3, 2026 And here I thought drug trafficking typically pays for itself. [pile of powered drugs, pile of money] https://apnews.com/article/trump-maduro-venezuela-drug-cartels-military-timeline-91e242e5c56eec39b6b7d72bf55dbd2d
January 5, 2026 at 11:09 PM
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One example: www.npr.org/2025/10/18/n...
UNLIKE ADMIRAL BRADLEY, NAVY ADMIRAL ALVIN HOLSEY RESIGNED AND REFUSED TO GO ALONG WITH PETE HEGSETH'S ILLEGAL ORDERS. UNITED STATES UTHERN COMMAND LIKE THIS TO THANK ADMIRAL HOLSEY FOR STANDING UP FOR THE CONSTITUTION! OCCUPY DEMOCRATS 0O0OX @DISAVOWTRUMP20
January 4, 2026 at 12:41 AM
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“There is also no evidence that any significant level of illegal fentanyl — the primary killer in U.S. overdose deaths — is produced in South America, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).”

www.kcra.com/article/vene...

2/2

#USpol
A world map highlighting Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia, with text stating "Plant that makes cocaine is harvested in three countries. Coca, the plant cocaine is made from, is mainly grown in Colombia, Peru and Bolivia," and an image of a coca plant.
January 3, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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Happy Holidays! Dad joke, macabre pun? I don’t know, I just hope search and rescue finds him in one piece. 😳😝🎄🛩️🔥

#MerryChristmas #RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer #holidays
December 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Seems the FBI is not yet ready to take in surrendering forces from fictional terrorist organizations. No word on whether or not they could take surrendering Nazgul, Decepticons or Cobra from GI Joe either.

#USpol #antifacsist #fictional
December 15, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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#USpol #piracy #Venezuela #oil
In the style of the old MPAA anti-piracy PSA campaign, “You Wouldn’t Pirate An Oil Tanker”
December 12, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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History of Rock Paper Scissors games Just rock – All ties (before 3000 BCE) Invention of scissor – Rock advantage (3000 BCE to 179 BCE) Invention of paper – Balanced (After 179 BCE)
December 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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He posted this, in real life, so it seems only polite to flesh it out and finish the trilogy.

#USpol #hegseth #military #satire #FranklinTheTurtle #PeteHegseth
A post by Pete Hegseth featuring a mock book cover titled "Franklin Targets Narco Terrorists," depicting a cartoon turtle in military gear firing from a helicopter at boats below. The reply by @FoxBrambleFarm reads, "That was just book one in the series. Book two is Franklin Goes to the Hague." Mock book cover titled "Franklin Goes to The Hague," depicting a cartoon turtle in an orange prison jumpsuit and handcuffs standing in a courtroom with judges and lawyers in the background. A mock book cover titled "Franklin Does Life," showing a cartoon turtle in an orange prison uniform and handcuffs sitting on a bench in a jail cell.
December 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Perhaps the spokesperson can be quiet long enough to see what @cato.org says (and they are hardly a left leaning organization):
Trump's masked agents aren't keeping us safe-they're just terrorizing immigrant communities. PROPORTION OF IMMIGRANTS TAKEN BY ICE, BY CRIMINAL RECORD [graphic of people representing the proportions below] 7% violent convictions 28% no violent convictions 65% no convictions ICE isn't going after criminals. It's breaking up families. Source: CATO Institute, "65 Percent of People Taken by ICE Had No Convictions, 93 Percent No Violent Convictions" (2025). Photo: Getty Images.
November 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving!

#USpol
Today we commemorate that time an organized mob of asylum seekers [The Landing of Roger Williams in 1636 (1857) by Alonzo Chappel depicts Williams crossing the Seekonk River] showed up at the border and received food assistance.
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving! 🍁 🦃
November 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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In case you had not yet seen this elsewhere.

#gmail #ai #privacy #infosec
screenshot of a 2 post thread: @ash.renee411 Gmail rolled out an update on October 10, 2025, and a lot of people didn't notice what it actually does. Google's Gemini can now automatically scan everything in your inbox - emails, attachments, receipts, financial docs, all of it - to train their Al and build ad profiles. If you don't want that, you can turn it off. 1/2 @ash.renee411 1. Open Gmail in your browser 2. Go to All Settings 3. Under General, scroll to Smart features and personalization 4. Uncheck the box 5. Then go to Google Workspace → Smart features → Manage Workspace and toggle off both smart-feature settings. That's it - you've opted out. 2/2
November 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Confirming he wants to kill members of Congress and plans to give the military more illegal orders.

Source links:
trumpstruth.org/statuses/33937
trumpstruth.org/statuses/33935

#USpol #impeachable #HighCrimes #military
Screenshot of 2 posts by Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump: November 20, 2025, 10:21 AM SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH! November 20, 2025, 9:17 AM This is really bad, and Dangerous to our Country. Their words cannot be allowed to stand. SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR FROM TRAITORS!!! LOCK THEM UP??? President DJT [quote post] Washington Examiner @WashingtonExaminer: November 19, 2025, 10:00 PM Democratic veterans in Congress urge service members to refuse unspecified unlawful orders washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense/3892669/democratic-veterans-congress-unlawful-orders/ [photo of Pete Hegseth saluting] Dem veterans in Congress urge service members to refuse unlawful orders None of the Democrats specified what illegal orders they should be concerned about or what to do if they believe they are given one.
November 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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#USpol #ice #iran #refuge #refugee

via @rumiwithaview.bsky.social
screenshot of a post by rumiwithaview: I just watched a video of someone in my community being chased by ICE. Instant flashback: me in Iran, running from the morality police, scanning for an open door, a wall I could climb, a place to hide, that cold terror of what they'd do to u if they caught u. The same nightmare I fled is now a daily reality in the US.
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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#USpol #ice #illegal #law
screenshot of a post by Paul @SkylineReport: Nov 15 ICE dragged the country through a full-blown panic just to spit out 16 cases. Sixteen. That's a joke, a wet firecracker, an insult to everyone they terrorised. Meanwhile Trump has shoved thousands of actual criminals back onto the streets with his clown-car pardons. Forget 16. His body count of offenders not behind bars anymore is in the thousands. [quote post] CBS News @CBSNews: Nov 15 Only 16 of over 600 detained by ICE in Chicago area have criminal histories, records show. cbsn.ws/44b6PWe Nov 15, 2025 • 8:41 PM UTC
November 18, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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“We lead by love. This is community. We send no orders, there’s no orders out here, just people defending each other. And we don’t need a f*cking gun to do it. We don’t need body armor to do it.

🧵 1/

#USpol #Broadview #Chicago #ice #law #faith
November 16, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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US Federal Judge ordered release of people DHS now plans to hold anyway, illegally under both US & International Law.

15 arrested at Broadview were clergy, peacefully protesting; advocating for the downtrodden _is_ their job.

But DHS/ICE/CBP brings only lawlessness and violence.

#USpol
screenshot of a post by Homeland Security @DHSgov: Nov 14 Womp womp, cry all you want. These criminal illegal aliens aren’t getting released. Like clockwork, violent rioters have arrived at the Broadview ICE facility to demand the release of some of the worst human beings on planet earth. Get a job you imbecilic morons. Nov 14, 2025 · 6:39 PM UTC
November 16, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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I like this movie…as a fiction.
Wag the Dog [film reel unspooling and its can has the Seal of the President on it]. This is one of the posters for the movie Wag the Dog.
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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Seems worth posting this again:

#tech #ethics #DataEthics
Screenshot of a post by Alex Blechman @AlexBlechman: Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus Nov 8, 2021 · 10:49 PM UTC
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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CFO Palantir talking about how they're working to make the various data streams of surveillance efficiently useful and remove the needle-in-a-haystack anonymity we have previously enjoyed. Awesome.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/o...

#USpol #privacy #palantir #DataEthics #surveillance #data #law
So if we walk outside of this room and enter Midtown Manhattan, we are under constant surveillance. It’s not all government surveillance, but there’s a relaxation that you can feel where you’re like: OK, but all of this surveillance is distributed across so many different public and private entities, and unless I am literally a terrorist, the odds that people are going to be constantly watching and scrutinizing me are very low. But then the fear becomes: Well, if we have this incredible way to make it all more and more and more efficient, then maybe privacy does start to disappear. I don’t know. What do you make of that? Sankar: There are two thoughts there. One is: Well, are you saying that you feel safer because the institutions that are supposed to protect you are structurally incompetent? And that’s the part where I feel like — Douthat: The answer might be: Yes, sometimes — right?
November 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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It’s no accident. Their lawlessness must stop.

The American People will stop them.

#USpol #ice #immigration #law #RuleOfLaw #crime
Text reading "0 days since federal agents violently abducted someone with no due process, violating Constitutional Rights” in the style of the “how many days without preventable accident” industrial safety signs.
November 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM