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Em Shepherd

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🇺🇸🇺🇦🇫🇷🇪🇺 MA in History & Lit | NY Metro native | Weimar shitlib | Atlanticist | NATO is forever | ✨🥄 « This is where I scream into the void »

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Em Shepherd @mdshepherd.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
As we are running out of munitions for Trump’s war and our national security is in such a state that we are more vulnerable than we have ever been in our modern history, btw
upolitics.com
Air Force Used $934 Million From Nuclear Missile Budget In Rush To Retrofit Qatari-Gifted Air Force One Under Pressure From Trump - uPolitics
The Air Force’s decision to redirect leftover nuclear missile funding toward converting a donated Qatari jet into Air Force One is now tangled up in a much bigger controversy: a New York Times investi...
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Em Shepherd @mdshepherd.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
This is Judge Holden levels of fucking evil.
futurism.com
AI Companies Are Buying Antique Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale, Even If Almost No Copies Remain
AI companies are quietly obtaining rare books, ingesting their contents, and then destroying them -- even if they're exceedingly rare.
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Em Shepherd @mdshepherd.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
“So, you have all these really rich people, and a man, about 80 years old - very wealthy man, a lot of people didn't like him - he fell off the stage...” If only Trump could see himself now 🥀
harpersbazaar.com
Donald Trump once turned away from an unconscious 80-year-old man who had hit his head
"Get that blood cleaned up, it's disgusting"
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Em Shepherd @mdshepherd.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
JFC, part II I’m just so sick of this crime syndicate masquerading as the US government. I’m sad, sickened, and missing my country.
washingtonpost.com
Pentagon hires convicted Jan. 6 rioter for sensitive counterterrorism job
The Trump administration’s appointment of Elias Irizarry, who was 19 at the time of the Capitol attack, has alarmed some in the Defense Department.
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Em Shepherd @mdshepherd.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
JFC
wired.com
He Blew the Whistle on DOGE. Then His Brakes Were Cut
A federal IT staffer filed a complaint about DOGE, then went public. Shortly after Elon Musk boosted a post calling his claims false, his brake lines were cut. Now he’s suing for defamation.
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Em Shepherd @mdshepherd.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Another UK W and should not be shocking; these creeps grift just as bad as Lindell or Jones. I sincerely hope their finances are investigated. Dollars to doughnuts there’s likely quite a bit of foreign coin propping them up.
newrepublic.com
U.K. Confirms Entry Ban on Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur
The ban on the left-wing commentators has shocked many across the political spectrum.
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 29/05/2026
JUST IN: US judge orders removal of Trump's name from Kennedy Center reut.rs/4dN3gty
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Em Shepherd @mdshepherd.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Vergogna!
rawstory.com
Samuel Alito hit by new scandal as son found secretly working for Trump's Treasury: report
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's son has been secretly working as a political appointee attorney at the U.S. Treasury Department, raising serious conflict of interest questions as high-stakes case...
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Em Shepherd @mdshepherd.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
gizmodo.com
‘The Worst Leak That I’ve Witnessed’: U.S. Cybersecurity Agency Leaves Its Digital Keys Out in Public on GitHub
Passwords were stored as plain text in a public GitHub repository.
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Em Shepherd @mdshepherd.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
This is a violation of the Hatch Act, but I guess laws don’t apply to Republican filth or the people who prop them up. Also, obligatory “fuck you” to the NYT for downplaying this; the violation should be the headline.
nytimes.com
Hegseth Campaigns for Trump Loyalist in Kentucky House Race
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𝑀𝒶𝓎𝓇𝒶°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:・🫧 @lepapillonblue.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Xi Jinping deliberately placed Trump and his lackeys in front of the COMMUNIST FLAG!!
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
This is how the United States Department of Justice writes now.
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Em Shepherd @mdshepherd.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Yee haw 🤠 🇺🇸
fortune.com
From Molotov cocktails to data center shutdowns, the AI backlash is turning revolutionary | Fortune
Gen Z is furious about AI, and so is the American countryside.
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Em Shepherd @mdshepherd.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
AGAIN!? LMFAO Tech bitches be cooked though, ngl; if Iran actually blows up the data center they set their sights on, and Alex “Fuckface” Karp gets got in the coming days, I might find hope 🍾
sfstandard.com
Sam Altman’s home targeted in second attack; two suspects arrested
Early Sunday morning, a car stopped and appears to have fired a gun at the Russian Hill home of OpenAI’s CEO, according to police.
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Em Shepherd @mdshepherd.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I think we are up to six warehouse fires? That, plus Sam Altman and Ron Gibson both experiencing their very own come-to-Jesus moments is stirring up some genuine pride in the good ol’ USA 🇺🇸 Americans are finally remembering who they are, and it’s far from the Epstein class leeches exploiting us.
media.tenor.com
a cartoon character is wearing a hoodie and laughing
Alt: Louise from Bob’s Burgers laughing in front of a raging inferno
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/04/2026
Trump just posted a video of a woman getting murdered on his Truth Social account truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
truthsocial.com
Truth Social
Truth Social is America's
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Em Shepherd @mdshepherd.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I want to share that Russ Vought has two daughters, Porter and Ella, and Porter has cystic fibrosis. Porter Vought benefitted tremendously from government subsidies via NIH trials. If OPM and “Darth Vader” Vought want to play games with federal workers, Americans shouldn’t forget this.
cbsnews.com
Trump administration personnel agency is asking for federal workers' medical records
The Office of Personnel Management is asking insurers that cover federal employees and retirees to hand over details about their medical visits, their pharmacy claims, and more.
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Em Shepherd @mdshepherd.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The Epstein files must be atrocious 👽🛸
independent.co.uk
Matt Gaetz says he was briefed on secret alien breeding program when in office
Matt Gaetz says he was told that humans involved in the alleged breeding program had been kidnapped from war zones and migrant caravans
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Em Shepherd @mdshepherd.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
He stole our money from us. It’s in his fucking pockets.
fortune.com
The Treasury just declared the U.S. insolvent. The media missed it | Fortune
The Government Accountability Office can't even verify the books. Here's what Congress must do.
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
A year later, I'll say: we will never know— we will never have the faintest idea— how much money is getting made in insider trading windfalls from people in Trump's circles who have an hour of notice about the chaotic swings in stuff Trump just *says* about the war with Iran.
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Em Shepherd @mdshepherd.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Jesus fucking Christ, I really wish I wasn’t alive to witness this shit - our national security is just gone
reuters.com
Exclusive: Pentagon to adopt Palantir AI as core US military system, memo says
Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve ​Feinberg’s order is a significant win for Palantir, which has landed a growing ​stream of contracts with the U.S. government.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22/03/2026
Let me be clear. I don’t support AIPAC. Quite the opposite. But I also have major issues with Track AIPAC. It’s a shady project.   Track AIPAC isn’t a neutral watchdog. It’s a political operation with its own PAC and a very clear agenda. 🧵
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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
I'm old enough to remember living in a time when the adults were in charge. Now we we're living in the Age of Ignorance & Dumbfuckery...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/03/2026
Oh. Stage an assassination attempt, you say? Interesting.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Oh. So they want Obama’s nuclear deal minus Obama’s signature. Got it.
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Em Shepherd @mdshepherd.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Rest in peace, Robert Mueller
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 20/03/2026
Far-right activist turned high-ranking FEMA official Gregg Phillips has a problem. Sometimes he finds himself “teleporting” into ditches, or even into a Waffle House.
rollingstone.com
Top Disaster Response Official Claims He Teleported to a Waffle House
FEMA disaster response official Gregg Phillips claims he has experienced episodes of teleportation, including once to a Waffle House in Georgia.
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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 19/03/2026
From Life magazine, March 10th, 1921. babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=md...
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Trump: "The President of the United States Gavin Newscum admitted that he has learning disabilities." Yes, he actually called Gavin Newsom the "President of the United States" while trying to insult his cognition.
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Em Shepherd @mdshepherd.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Behold, two of the dumbest people to ever live on planet Earth, a testament to the failure of “No Child Left Behind” and a glaring indictment of the ultra-virgin, limp-dick loser, beta cuck qualities one can expect from any male acolyte of Chud Supreme™️ Elon Musk.
Two of the dumbest people on Earth, DOGE dipshits Nathan Cavanaugh and Justin Fox
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Em Shepherd @mdshepherd.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
media.tenor.com
a group of ducks are standing next to each other on a rock in a pond .
Alt: A duck amidst a larger group of ducks, appears to be laughing
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Effie Seiberg is a spooky Cyborg @effies.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
"Palantir CEO Alex Karp says his AI technology will lessen the power of “highly educated, often female voters, who vote mostly Democrat” while increasing the power of working-class men." Just saying it right out loud now. newrepublic.com/post/207693/...
newrepublic.com
Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power
They’re saying the quiet part out loud now.
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Em Shepherd @mdshepherd.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
DOGE is being protected from investigation because Republicans genuinely don’t care about you or your privacy.
techcrunch.com
DOGE employee stole Social Security data and put it on a thumb drive, report says | TechCrunch
A whistleblower is accusing a former DOGE member of stealing a large number of Americans’ personal data while he was working at the Social Security Administration, with the plan of using it at his new...
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Em Shepherd @mdshepherd.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
You can’t afford groceries? Fuck you. Hegseth just bought a $98K piano for his military base hideaway house because he’s so afraid of Americans, but he really loves wasting our money. “FAFO, ‘kay bro?” he quipped, sucking down imported crab legs and $7,000,000 in lobster.
newrepublic.com
Pete Hegseth Blew Billions on Fruit Basket Stands, Chairs, and Crab
The Defense Department went on a $93 billion spending spree in 2025.
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Em Shepherd @mdshepherd.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Just like Tim Mellon and the Narragansett Runestone, their literary counterpart could only be the judge in Blood Meridian. We are dealing with sociopaths who harm not only people, but also history and culture with their sociopathic antics.
santafenewmexican.com
Epstein had petroglyphs moved for décor at Zorro Ranch, federal records show
The Justice Department files show Epstein and his employees discussing multiple times moving petroglyphs at the ranch.
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Em Shepherd @mdshepherd.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
“So what if members of your family die? I’ve got mine, you pathetic poors - only suckers abide by the law, and only suckers and losers join the military.” Trump Towers will stand as the tallest buildings in the world, and everything else will be dust. Bravo, King Ozymandias! King of kings!
people.com
Trump Says 'I Guess' Americans Should Worry About Iran Retaliating on U.S. Soil: 'Like I Said, Some People Will Die'
In an interview with 'Time,' President Donald Trump acknowledged the possibility that Iran retaliates with attacks on U.S. soil, saying, 'We think about it all the time. We plan for it'
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Americans are dead. Prices are skyrocketing. The Middle East is on fire. Civil war is brewing in Iran. And for what? A war that will leave the same hardliners in charge? A war that can't actually destroy their nuclear program? This is incompetence. Plain and simple.
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Em Shepherd @mdshepherd.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Lol OUP is trash, tell me something I don’t know
retractionwatch.com
A medical journal says the case reports it has published for 25 years are, in fact, fiction
A Canadian journal has issued corrections on 138 case reports it published over the last 25 years to add a disclaimer: The cases described are fictional. Paediatrics & Child Health, the journal…
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gacyclist.bsky.social @gacyclist.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Someone pointed out sheehy during his campaign claimed to have gotten wounded and a purple heart in Afghanistan. Then a park ranger came forward saying he'd shot himself in a park www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
theguardian.com
Republican Senate hopeful Tim Sheehy admits no records back war wound claim
Montana candidate says he was shot in Afghanistan, but ex-ranger says he shot himself at US national park
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Em Shepherd @mdshepherd.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Tim Sheehy needs to be curb stomped badly, and I really hope the citizens of Montana grow spines. For an alleged former “Navy SEAL” his violence toward USMC veterans needs to be investigated. Maybe the embarrassing, drunk pig Defense Sec Kegsbreath could look into Sheehy instead of Mark Kelly?
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Em Shepherd @mdshepherd.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
“President Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth.” Fuck Trump and every single cocksucker that didn’t vote for Harris. This evil, delusional shit is sickening and unacceptable. I can hate Trump and IRGC at the same time.
Military Religious Freedom organization released a genuine complaint of unacceptable behavior from US military commanders
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Em Shepherd @mdshepherd.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
politico.eu
Moscow gloats over potential oil price spike from Iran war
Putin may have lost an ally with the death of Khamenei but an oil price shock is good news for the Kremlin.
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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 02/03/2026
BREAKING: Credible whistleblower discloses that FBI forensic experts were ordered to stand down from processing the scene where Renee Good was killed, because Kash Patel did not want Good referenced as a “victim” in the warrant.
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Oh nothing. Just Charlie Kirk, the uneducated white nationalist podcaster’s banner on the side of The Department of Education
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Em Shepherd @mdshepherd.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Lol. Lmao even.
Trump and Vance promising no more warThe “Pro-Peace Ticket” of chud Vance and TrumpMAGA believing the lies lolStephen Miller lying as usual
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Em Shepherd @mdshepherd.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
“Let them eat liver!” screeched the privileged, out-of-touch political elite Kennedy klan member.
newrepublic.com
RFK Jr. Suggests People Eat Liver if They’re So Broke
The health secretary thought he was offering practical advice to people who can’t afford their groceries anymore.
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
During the marathon campaign rally that Trump called his SOTU speech, he "unveiled" a proposal for the federal government to provide matching contributions of up to $1,000 per year to the retirement accounts of low-wage earners. It's a great idea. It is also already a law signed by Biden in 2022.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Every senator who voted to confirm RFK Jr owns this tragedy. Every single one.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/02/2026
Everyone of these powerful people already knew their names were in the Epstein files. The panic isn’t about the files. It’s about the public finally getting to see them.
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Em Shepherd @mdshepherd.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Didn’t Kegsbreath attend Princeton? As a DEI admission?
businessinsider.com
The Pentagon marked 33 universities as 'moderate' or 'high' risk. Here are the schools on the leaked list.
Harvard was marked as "fully off limits," while 33 other schools were marked as risks. Prospective students were told to have a "backup plan."
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