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I called my congressman's office and left the message that he shouldn't vote for Jeffries for speaker
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I called my congressman's office today to inquire about his stance on impeachment and was referred to the website, where the items about impeachment date back to 2023, 2021, and 2019. A little less sleepwalking would be appreciated.
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Allison Guerriero, a security researcher whose information helped expose the criminal conduct of former FBI counterintelligence official Charles McGonigal, has been found dead at her home in Boynton Beach, Florida.
Hours before her death, Guerriero posted a series of messages on X, criticizing Representative Jim Jordan, the FBI and McGonigal.
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Aaaand we’re back! After 48 hours of a roller-coaster of verification and bouncing information, these appear to be the legitimate 37 pages of missing notes from the Jane Doe 4 case in the Epstein Files.
#EpsteinFiles
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Will the existential struggle between the Democratic Party establishment and the DSA be settled before the existential struggle between the Biden and Harris camps? #sequencing
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Trump, in fact, has lost the war with Iran. This is something "experts" say not because they are on the payroll of nefarious actors, but because the attacker has failed to achieve any of its objectives, and the defender is now issuing peace terms.
That's called "losing."
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I was the Syria team lead at the Pentagon from 2009-2013. While there are many reasons to criticise Obama’s Syria policy—it fell short in ways I and other colleagues tried in vain to shape differently—the U.S. did *not* arm Al Qaeda or ISIS.
I still remember writing a memo to the Secretary: “The death toll has now reached 1000” to signal urgency and make the case for US support to the opposition, mostly civilian and peaceful at the time. It was devastating to watch Obama resolutely refuse to get involved early enough. It was just after Libya, and he already viewed US involvement in the Middle East through the lens of Iraq. He just didn’t believe the U.S. could (or should try) shape outcomes in the region.
The war would go on to destroy Syria as a country, kill and displace millions, and our policy turned into a reactionary, “too little, too late” debacle. For anyone who worked on Syria at the time and spent their days talking to Syrians who looked to the U.S. for help, it was devastating, and stays with us to this day. It is through their sheer will, grit, tenacity and courage that Syrians not only survived but turned a new page in their country (and they still continue to work through many challenges).
I could write much more about this, and all the things the Obama admin did wrong, but for now, reiterating that there is way too much mis and disinformation on social media, so please do take the time to do your research and read multiple sources. (And no, Operation Timber Sycamore didn’t arm Al Qaeda or ISIS to topple Assad either).
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Elon Musk has always been a messianic, pathologically racist narcissist. However, he clearly made a darker turn in 2022, when he became openly hostile to democracy & decided to buy Twitter to psyop America into suicide.
I believe that’s when he contracted AI psychosis.
I think he found the perfect soulmate that would tell him he’s a genius and regurgitate whatever brainfart he had. I think chatbots (and ketamine) validated his submerged hatred, sadism, and paranoia—and gave him a way to rationalize his murderous behavior.
That’s why he’s so paranoid about whether chatbots are “based” like Grok, or carry the “woke mind virus” like Claude and ChatGPT. He wants to hook people the same way he was.
This is a fascinating interview with Jack Smith if someone is interested in Jack Smith's feelings. He sounds like Susan Collins voicing concern. If he ever volunteers the slightest bit of pertinent information about the United States, that would be newsworthy.
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This is a must watch. City Councilor Joseph calls Trump a rapist, pedophile, fascist and brings the fact young girls are being raped in Ice dentition camps and getting pregnant.
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🧵I followed Hassan Akkad's account for the last 1.5 year and his “Give us the money you owe” campaign every day since its start in April. Even though there are suspicion that Akkad’s campaign on Hamsho played a role in his arrest, which seems to be denied by Mousa Al Omar (1/25)
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Yesterday, I was out with friends watching the World Cup at a café in the Malki neighbourhood when several men arrived. One of them, wearing a mask & a hat, spoke to a waiter, who then came to our table & told my friend, Hassan Akkad, that someone wanted to speak with him.
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There are moments when silence becomes unbearable in the face of injustice. Being separated from my own child, watching a sacred bond be broken, and living under the weight of narratives that do not reflect the truth is a pain no mother should ever have to endure.
But the truth does not disappear simply because it has been hidden. It remains, waiting to be seen, heard, and acknowledged.
Today, more than ever, I call for justice to do its job. Not out of revenge, not out of pride, but for a child’s right to know the truth and for a mother’s right not to be judged by distortions, omissions, or false narratives.
Time is passing, and every day lost is a day that can never be returned to a mother and her child. That is why this matter is urgent. Justice delayed has real human consequences. Every moment that the truth remains buried deepens a wound that should never have existed.
I will continue to fight through lawful means, with dignity and determination, because facts matter, truth matters, and the bond between a mother and her child matters.
The truth must be revealed. The facts must be examined. Justice must prevail.
For the sake of a child, for the sake of truth, and for the sake of what is right, this cannot wait any longer.
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Between Platner and Collins, there's no doubt who one would choose if one wanted the U.S. to continue.
Platner.
People should feel free to launch any criticisms they like, but if that criticism ends with an ambivalence as between Platner and Collins, sorry, you're *outside your damn mind*.