Independent thinker. Former many things. Accused of being a lawyer. I'm not, but I play one when I watch TV. USAF vet. SHRM trained. Part-time editor. rm -r /47
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HomerPhoner retweeted
@HouseDemocrats
We do not want @hakeemjeffries @RepJeffries as Speaker of the House
@SenateDems We do not want @chuckschumer @SenSchumer as Senate Majority Leader
Voting them in means voting you out!
WE WANT CHANGE & ACCOUNTABILITY
We want fighters true to USA & the constitution
HomerPhoner retweeted
I realize I’m in a tiny minority here, but I consider Nvidia selling sensitive AI tech to a Chinese front org after Trump approved the sale despite warnings from US intelligence and Congress about security concerns to be a much bigger story than the Dana White foolish distraction.
HomerPhoner retweeted
This is the order:
1. It’s the corruption. The rampant criminality - much of it at the expense of national security,
2. It’s the masked men, snatching our neighbors off the streets and disappearing them.
3. It’s the illegal war.
4. It’s the techbro enabling & boot-licking, especially the sacrifice of our sacred land and natural resources for their AI fantasy of becoming gods.
5. It’s the exhaustion from a shameless culture war only one side is violently waging, while playing pearl-clutching victims.
6. It’s the Epstein Files, and the cabinet/coterie filled with rapists.
7. It’s the tacky decor, and all that’s being destroyed to spread it around like a gilded veneral disease.
8. And it’s that voters recognize that 1-7 above is what’s made everything unaffordable for us, while lavishing riches (from our hard earned tax dollars) on men who think themselves kings, and the women who enable them.
It’s that we know the stakes. We know them, because we’re living them. And because everyone who we just elected - and the media eco-system that is supposed to keep us informed, all said in unison that our very nation, and democracy itself, was on the line.
After the epic failure of Merrick Garland, we now know full well that if our newly elected majorities don’t start with #1, all is lost.
Speaker of the House and Senate majority leader must be aligned.
Call your reps. Make our voices heard loud and clear.
HomerPhoner retweeted
Dear @SenateDems
We just gave you the majority.
We did it because we are sick
of the corruption, destruction, and disregard for the people's will.
So when two of our own, looking at you Heinrich and Whitehouse, co-sponsor a bill that allows this administration to pillage, permit, and destroy our public lands with impunity - and you call it the "Bipartisan Affordability and Jobs Act" to deceive the American people about its intention, know this:
We are NOT going to tolerate the status quo. We did NOT turn out for the Democratic party to sell our public lands and kill off endangered species in the name of "green energy grids" and "data centers."
We are going to hold your feet to the fire on our agenda.
You better be listening. 🌎
HomerPhoner retweeted
You forgot to tell them about the part that allows for easier permitting and unlawful destruction of our public lands even when being fought in court.
If the Trump administration will bulldoze 429 healthy mature trees in broad daylight in D.C., imagine what they'll do to our national forests, public lands, and national monuments all across the country.
Your bill gives them impunity to do so. 🤬
HomerPhoner retweeted
Steve Schmidt on what Dems must tell Trump when they retake Congress:
•You will not keep the Qatari jet. We will legislate against its transfer to you, your foundation or your presidential library.
•We will block authorization & funding for your victory arch.
•We will appropriate no $$ to finish your ballroom. We will advance legislation to remove it & rebuild the East Wing.
•We will replant the trees, restore the public grounds, remove your ornamental vanity alterations & gilded Trump crappola.
I would add to this the following :
1. We will develop and pass legislation to cancel the disastrous Citizens United decision and prohibit corporations and other organizations and any individual who is not a registered voter from contributing in any way to electoral campaigns.
2. We will prohibit lobbying by corporations, businesses, political organizations, or religious organizations.
3. We will prohibit the sale of arms or ammunition to Israel.
4. We will abolish ICE.
5. We will end the electoral college and elect the president by popular vote.
6. No person who has been convicted of any criminal offense will be eligible to run as a candidate for any federal office.
7. All Americans will be provided with the same healthcare that Congress provides for its members.
8. Members of Congress and other elected officials will receive their salaries only for the time served and their pensions will be from Social Security as provided for all citizens
HomerPhoner retweeted
🇺🇦🇷🇺 RUSSIA SIGNED AGREEMENTS TO RESPECT UKRAINE’S BORDERS. NOW LAVROV DEMANDS THE RIGHT TO REDRAW THEM.
Sergey Lavrov says Moscow will keep fighting until Ukraine accepts Russia’s territorial demands.
There’s a rather inconvenient piece of history behind that ultimatum: Russia formally recognized the very borders it is now trying to change by force.
In 1994, Ukraine agreed to relinquish the nuclear weapons stationed on its territory. Under the Budapest Memorandum, Russia, the United States and the United Kingdom provided security assurances, including respect for Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and existing borders.
Russia subsequently reaffirmed Ukraine’s territorial integrity through bilateral agreements.
And Ukraine’s Constitution is explicit: its territory within its existing borders is indivisible and inviolable.
Yet Moscow now presents the surrender of Ukrainian land as a prerequisite for ending the invasion it launched.
That’s the fundamental contradiction in Lavrov’s position.
Russia cannot manufacture a lawful territorial entitlement simply by occupying land and threatening to continue fighting until its demands are accepted.
A military occupation does not transfer sovereignty, and international law does not recognize territorial acquisition through aggression.
Ukraine’s internationally recognized borders were never Moscow’s to renegotiate by force.
HomerPhoner retweeted
Jamie Raskin just said something that belongs in the Hall of Fame of Remarks. He said Stephen Miller couldn’t win a primary in his own family.
HomerPhoner retweeted
Jared Kushner is set to go to Abu Dhabi next week to negotiate for the Trump administration.
Unless and until he gets confirmed by the Senate, that's illegal under the Appointments Clause of the Constitution. We sued to enforce the law. axios.com/2026/11/03/us-russ…
HomerPhoner retweeted
🚨 URGENT: The Senate votes Monday on a bill that would make permits on our public lands nearly impossible for ANY future president to undo.
And Trump's admin is still handing them out on those very lands right now.
They're calling it the permitting bill, and it's a sneaky one. It's far worse than the name sounds.
Any permit still in effect on September 16, 2026 gets shielded, no matter who issued it or when. Older permits count too, even decades old, if they're still active. So does every one Trump's admin signs from here on.
The thing I want you to understand is this. Federal oil and gas leases don't expire as long as they keep producing. A lease signed in the 70s or 80s is still in effect today if it's still producing. Earthjustice warns this bill makes leases like that "virtually impossible to overturn."
To change or cancel a permit, a future admin would have to prove it by "clear and convincing evidence."
Only five reasons count:
1. A court orders it.
2. The permit holder broke the law.
3. The permit was obtained through fraud.
4. The permit holder asks for it.
5. An urgent threat to life, property, or national security the original review missed.
If none apply, the permit stays. Locked in. Trumped in.
If a judge finds the government botched the environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act, the judge can order a redo. But the judge can't cancel the permit or stop the project. The bulldozers keep running during the redo.
Tribes don't get a say until AFTER agencies have already made up their minds about work on their ancestral lands and sacred sites.
Two Democrats, Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), top Democrat on the Senate Energy Committee, and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), signed on to the bill Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) introduced, with Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah).
Voters just handed Democrats Congress. Two of them put their names on a bill that locks in Trump's permits anyway.
This sitting Congress is trying to push it through Monday. Please call your members of Congress today. We don't have much time.
I've tagged the four senators behind this. Let them know how you feel about it by saying no to the bill to your MOC.
Thank you for standing up for our public lands.
#DemsUnited
📷 Hart Van Denburg / CPR News
HomerPhoner retweeted
The idea of discussing European-Russian security infrastructure is not simple, and it can be dangerous. I was very clear with all our partners: I think that first we have to discuss how to end Russia’s war against Ukraine. Secondly, what the security infrastructure will look like for Ukraine. What security guarantees will Ukraine have? And then, depending on these answers, the sides can discuss the security infrastructure between Europe – or between the EU – and Russia.
It’s dangerous when Russia wants to begin these discussions with a new security infrastructure in Europe. By the by, it's even more dangerous for the EU. We are not a member of the EU. We are not a member of NATO either. I am not trying to speak on their behalf. We all live in Europe. We don't want to have “Yalta 2.0.” We don't want to be divided by Russia.
From an interview with Jake Tapper on CNN. (1/3)
HomerPhoner retweeted
Russia is preparing for trilateral talks by launching ballistic missiles at Ukraine’s critical infrastructure. Repair and rescue operations are underway in the affected regions wherever the security situation allows. In total, the Russians used 172 drones and 36 ballistic missiles, with all the missiles aimed at Kyiv and the surrounding region. Energy infrastructure was once again the main target. The capital is facing serious difficulties with its electricity, water, and heat supplies. Residential buildings and the Northern Bridge were damaged. A kindergarten was partially destroyed. In the Kyiv region, a substation connecting the Rivne and Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plants to Kyiv and Ukraine’s central regions was hit. Substations were also damaged in the Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Rivne, Kharkiv, and Dnipro regions. In addition to Kyiv, twelve other regions came under attack. Nine people were injured, including one child.
I thank all our people who defend the country against this terror every day, work to restore what has been damaged, and do everything they can to get Ukraine through the winter. But when Russia is trying to plunge Kyiv – a city of millions – and the entire country into a blackout, Ukraine must not be left alone. We are counting on increased bilateral support from the United States. We are counting on the U.S. Congress to give more attention to Ukraine, because Russia keeps increasing the number of its attacks. It is important that support for Ukraine remains among the priorities of U.S. policy. We are counting on both parties to stand united on matters of security, support for Ukraine, condemnation of Russian aggression, and increased sanctions pressure on Putin. America’s resolve and consistency in supporting Ukraine are crucial in bringing peace closer.
HomerPhoner retweeted
I spent two years working with Stephen Miller.
His appointment as White House chief of staff is among the most dangerous personnel decisions in the history of our republic.
I say that without reservation.
HomerPhoner retweeted
Pay attention.
Donald Trump has named Stephen Miller Chief of Staff
While
@hakeemjeffries is talking about no accountability for Trump admin crimes AND not impeaching Trump.
Do you see what's happening?
Jeffries & Schumer are weak and will squander Tuesday's historic night.
HomerPhoner retweeted
Stephen Miller AKA "Pee Wee German" was the main architect of the Blue Tsunami of 2026. To elevate him to Chief of Staff is Donald Trump's way of telling America to go fuck itself.
Investigate them all.
HomerPhoner retweeted
We now have intel that another strike is being prepared – targeting our energy sector, bridges across the Dnipro, and civilian infrastructure. The Air Force and the Armed Forces of Ukraine overall are preparing to protect us. We need interceptor missiles for our Patriots. Every agreement matters, and every day counts when it comes to deliveries. We're asking our partners very strongly: please don't put off deliveries.
Please stay safe, given the threat of missile attacks. Glory to Ukraine!
HomerPhoner retweeted
Trump's a traitor working for Russia & Israel because they have the Epstein files kompromat. I think the only way he's going to leave is in a stretcher or casket. He's building a Fuhrer bunker FFS. A demented criminal narcissistic psychopath would rather die & take us with him.
