“… so many guns must sooner or later become a force in themselves, an imperative acting upon the men who supposedly control them. If the weapons are in hand, the question of those who have them ultimately becomes, “Why not use them?” The more weapons, the more insistent the question; 1/
Out of time
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Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body.
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SCOOP — Members of DC National Guard are preparing to carry M17 pistols, multiple sources confirm to me.
This follows earlier reports that the guard reversed course and would soon be arming members in DC. Now we know they’re making sure they meet requirements if/when the order to arm them comes.
DC National Guard members actively training to carry pistols in capitol mission
Sources confirm to The Handbasket that task force members are preparing to be armed.
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This is absolutely lawless. It’s why I’m authoring legislation to ban them from masking. We have no idea whether they’re even law enforcement. They could be bounty hunters engaged in kidnapping & human trafficking.
NO ICE POLICE STATE IN CALIFORNIA
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"In an effort to advance the Trump administration's white supremacist, anti-immigrant agenda, the Department of Housing and Urban Development will only produce materials in English."
"[N]on-English speakers may be effectively barred from critical government services." #USA #Housing
Federal Housing Agency Adopts English-Only Policy
The policy comes in response to an executive order that advocates warned could harm up to 25 million people.
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‘Fact-Check This Crap’: The 5 Juiciest Fox News Revelations in Smartmatic’s Newly-Unredacted Court Filing
‘Fact-Check This Crap’: The 5 Juiciest Fox News Revelations in Smartmatic’s Newly-Unredacted Court Filing
A slew of private text messages from current and former Fox News hosts were made public on Tuesday night after a judicial hearing officer unredacted parts of a motion filed by Smartmatic. The post ‘Fact-Check This Crap’: The 5 Juiciest Fox News Revelations in Smartmatic’s Newly-Unredacted Court Filing first appeared on Mediaite.
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King Midas In Reverse should just disappear.
Gordon Gee to return to Ohio State for one-year residency. #AcademicSky #HigherEd www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
Gordon Gee To Rejoin The Ohio State University For One Year
E. Gordon Gee will be returning to The Ohio State University for a one year residency, following his recent retirement as president of West Virginia University.
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BREAKING: death of anti-ICE protester in Los Angeles
@lapublicpress.bsky.social is reporting Skid Row resident Adrienne Villa was found dead in her jail cell while in LASD custody at the courthouse, hours after pleading not guilty to over a dozen charges of alleged assault/battery on a cop.
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I hope everyone on the "left" defending Leo Frank trutherism knows that one of the most high-profile figures associated with this particular antisemitic conspiracism is a deputy Pentagon press secretary for the Trump administration: www.timesofisrael.com/deputy-penta...
Deputy Pentagon press secretary wrote antisemitic posts about Leo Frank
Kingsley Wilson shared conspiracy theories about Jewish victim of notorious 1915 lynching; has expressed support for prominent antisemite Kanye West and far-right German AfD party
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"Musk has told allies that he wants to focus his attention on his companies and is reluctant to alienate powerful Republicans by starting a third party that could siphon off GOP voters."
Exclusive | Elon Musk Pledged to Start a Political Party. He Is Already Pumping the Brakes.
The billionaire has sought to maintain ties with Vice President JD Vance, a potential heir to Donald Trump’s MAGA political movement.
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Exactly this.
Please think about how many people will die in a civil war. If we have the same proportion of casualties as last time, we are looking at around ten million deaths.
And I think it'll be worse.
People are so excited that we might be on the verge of civil war. I’m not. I’m a basic bitch who likes basic things like pumpkin spice lattes and not getting shot at in the grocery store.
