Yo, that’s fucked up, Ozzies. I say that as a terrible American. What the hell happened down there?

On 17 April, a whistleblower contacted the office of the inspector general alleging that Gabbard had blocked highly classified intelligence from routine dispatch, according to Bakaj, who has been briefed on details surrounding the highly sensitive phone call flagged by the NSA. The whistleblower filed a formal complaint about Gabbard’s actions on 21 May, Bakaj said.

Oh c’mon, the president’s a tool of the kremlin, the saudis, and israel. How bad could it be?

You can just say fascists. It’s - there’s no legitimate reason not to.

Article (orig. and archive) end with:

Epstein’s response the same day was direct and could be seen as a smoking gun:

Obviously not.

John Carter runs a security company that worked at the racetrack, and he’s a Trump supporter himself. But what he saw that day shook him up. He watched agents point automatic rifles at people and set off flash-bang grenades while arresting Ivan Tellez, who allegedly operated the track.

It wasn’t just Immigration and Customs Enforcement, either. Multiple agencies turned up—federal, state, local. The sheriff came through on horseback. A black military helicopter circled overhead. Adults, including parents holding toddlers, and plenty of teenagers got their hands zip-tied. Everyone at the track was rounded up and herded to one end.

Carter’s own 14-year-old daughter was there. She got zip-tied, too. He saw officers pointing guns at teenagers. The whole thing felt less like a law enforcement operation and more like a military raid.

Well, sounds like they had the day they voted for.

The same bar that did nothing to the coup participants?

Member the Herman Cain awards? Good times.

So, there’s no copy of it anywhere and the company denies it ever happened?

Ok. So not a leak, then? A rumor of a leak?

Would an imported prostitute (not that there’s anything wrong with that) be given an Einstein visa?

I so feel this. Last holidays I just decided I’m done.

“All my contacts are just gone!”
“I know I put the right password in”
“Why doesn’t my mail work?”

“These” states . . . Hmmmm . . . Red states?

Hey - you dissin’ my flygirl?

No, just that it was a hundred and thirty thousand people and it still wasn’t known until they literally dropped an atomic bomb.

“Conspiracies can’t exist because there would be leaks” is just not a great argument. Of course in Demented Rapist Land conspiracies can be front page news and sweet fuckall would happen.

Hate all you want, we have to find a way to show them what’s actually happening.

Because I disagree they know shit about Gaza or USAID or DOGE and we want H4A so how are we gonna get there when they keep voting in whoever’s on tv?

One of the volunteers mentions that SNAP benefits were due to be cut on ­November 1 because of the government shutdown. “That’s going to be terrible,” Fields says with alarm. “If they cut out food stamps, we’re going to be swamped. In this area, they’ve already laid off a bunch of people from Wellmore. They need help.”

The prediction proved prescient. In a Facebook post at the end of November, a month after the new SNAP rules took effect, Feeding My Sheep announced, “Our shelves are currently depleted. We typically maintain a three-month supply of food. This past month, we distributed 32 percent more food than usual. Notably, we served a record 630 families.”

Did Fields know that Trump’s budget cuts were the reason she was getting less food from USDA, and why SNAP was getting cut? Her response reflected the restraint I had come to recognize in the women here, especially when dealing with outsiders. “He may not realize what’s happening,” she ­finally responds. “I’m praying that he will take care of America. I’m hoping he gets food to the needy.”

That’s a cult within a cult within a desperate population.

I hear ya, and I so get it. But look, these people aren’t trying to be evil or whatever. They’re getting crushed out of existence and grasping for anything familiar. Stupidly, poorly, but some of it’s understandable.

It’s a shame all the way around. Places like these are home to racist bullies, jesus freaks, gravy seals and crooked good ol’ boys, but they’re also home to people just literally trying to feed their family and be a good person as best as they know how.

If you want to condemn everyone, you have to wrong some innocents. I think we all know that Fox News and the republican party have created this self-defeating dystopia, but it’s not all bad and it can definitely be good.

The article is long but there’s lots of examples.

Its an improvement.

“You know who isn’t in the Epstein files? Barack Obama. You know who actually improved the economy as president? Barack Obama,” he added.

Can I play the piano anymore?