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"They stood, diplomas in hand, having met every standard of physical endurance, academic excellence, and military discipline. But when the time came for the US Air Force Academy’s class of 2025 to commission as second lieutenants, 3 cadets were quietly held back..."

www.advocate.com/news/transge...
Cadets who met all Air Force Academy graduation standards denied commissions because they’re transgender
Three students graduated from the prestigious service academy after years of hard work, but Trump’s military ban prevented them from getting their commission.
www.advocate.com
June 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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It's been several hours since I first watched this clip of billionaire Howard Lutnick ruminating about Social Security, and I still can't believe it.

It's a rub-your-eyes-in-disbelief moment.
Trump’s Commerce Secretary just said seniors shouldn’t “call and complain” if they stop getting their Social Security checks: “A fraudster always makes the loudest noise screaming and complaining.”
March 22, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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More details on this shockingly sloppy episode.
Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile, sources say | CNN
Some of the fired probationary employees included on-the-ground staff at facilities where nuclear weapons are built.
www.cnn.com
February 15, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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Since the Trump Admin is destroying scientific and medical research, can we agree that the next big disease or pandemic is named after Trump in some way while the next big vaccination or cure is named WOKE?

I want MAGA to have to ask for a WOKE vax or treatment and Trump's name to mean disease.
February 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Even worse incompetence: they accidentally fired, then apparently today un-fired, hundreds of the people who manage America's nuclear weapons.
February 15, 2025 at 3:35 AM