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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

LIAR LIAR ... THIS IS BECOMING MONOTONOUS Trump was warned Iran could retaliate against Gulf allies, Reuters reported, citing a U.S. official and two sources familiar with the issue. This comes after Trump repeatedly claimed that “nobody” expected the retaliatory strikes.

the-independent.com

Trump was warned Iran could attack other Middle Eastern countries: report

The president said Iran wasn’t ‘supposed to go after all these other countries in the Middle East’

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

GOTCHA... AGAIN After Donald Trump claimed twice on Monday that he had spoken to a former US president who told him that he approved of his attack on Iran, all four living former presidents denied having spoken with Trump about Iran in statements from aides to CNN & other outlets.

theguardian.com

All living former US presidents deny Trump’s claim one of them privately backed his war on Iran – as it happened

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

COLLEGE REPUBLICANS AT IT AGAIN - FLORIDA FACIST CHAPTER A dispute among student Republican groups in Florida over alleged antisemitic behavior is heading for a courtroom after a chapter at the state’s flagship university was suspended for an online post featuring two people giving Nazi salutes.y

theguardian.com

Florida Republican student group sues university after suspension over Nazi salute post

The University of Florida campus group says the suspension over an off-campus post violated free speech

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

"IT'S HARD TO THINK OF ANYTHING LESS PATRIOTIC" "Trump & the FCC chair (Carr) don’t want an independent press. They want a press that operates more like that in Iran: largely obedient, state-run broadcasters that run propaganda praising a supreme leader and his wars."

theguardian.com

Trump’s FCC chair wants American media to work like Iran’s state TV | Caitlin Vogus

If Brendan Carr and the US president’s attacks on the press aren’t stopped, the outcome could be dire

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

A PIG'S TALE “We’re not going to hit one location. We’re going to hit as many as we can. All over ... the Los Angeles region, we’re going to turn & burn to that next target & the next & the next & the next, & we’re not going to stop. We’re not going to stop until there’s not a problem here.” BOVINO

sfgate.com

In Their Words: How Gregory Bovino became a face of Trump's mass deportations and ended his career

Gregory Bovino, who became a face of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement tactics in large cities, says he plans to retire from the U.S. Border Patrol in the coming weeks....

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

BINGO "I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran ... Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.” Joe Kent, Trump appointed Director of the National Counterterrorism Center.

cnn.com

‘Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation’: Trump-appointed intelligence official resigns over Iran war | CNN Politics

A senior US intelligence official appointed by President Donald Trump abruptly announced he is stepping down from his post on Tuesday, citing misgivings about the administration’s war with Iran.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

🚨 IT'S ELECTION DAY 🚨 This is it. Today decides everything. Let's make it count: Knock doors, make calls, talk to your friends, and make sure everyone you know in IL-09 makes their voice heard!

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

3/15/1762 First St. Patrick's Day parade in NYC

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Do you believe in ghosts, mind reading & witches? If you do, you’re likely either a kid or a right-wing authoritarian. Research published in The Journal of Social Psychology suggests individuals who endorse certain right-wing political ideologies are more likely to believe in paranormal phenomena.

alternet.org

Right wingers are more prone to having 'kooky beliefs': study

Do you believe in ghosts, mind reading and witches? If you do, you’re likely a kid — or maybe a right-wing authoritarian.

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

For communities shaped by migration & displacement, Patrick's story of exile, endurance & return resonates across borders & generations. Irish identity became associated with ideas of liberty & resistance & Patrick became a symbolic figure for migrant communities seeking visibility & belonging.

bbc.com

Walking St Patrick's Way: The 82-mile trail behind the world's biggest Irish celebration

Following quiet lanes, mountains and coastal paths, St Patrick's Way offers a slow journey into Ireland's most famous legend.

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

PORTABLE SURVAILENCE NET THREAT TO 1st AMEND. ICE agents are wearing personal pairs of Meta AI smart glasses to surveil communities, alarming protesters & civil liberties experts who fear the footage will fuel a crackdown on those opposed to President Donald Trump’s nationwide deportation campaign.

the-independent.com

Immigration agents are using Meta’s AI glasses — and critics are alarmed

ICE and Border Patrol are increasingly using government body cameras and facial recognition scanners in deployments across U.S. cities. But some agents are taking matters into their own hands with Met...

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Projects at DHS include automated surveillance in airports; adapters allowing agents to use phones for biometric scanning; & an AI platform that ingests all 911 call data nationally and builds “geospatial heat maps” to “predict incident trends”, which appears to be some type of PREDICTIVE POLICING.

theguardian.com

Hacked data shines light on homeland security’s AI surveillance ambitions

Records show DHS tech incubator spending large sums on partnerships that would expand surveillance capabilities

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

The gears in Rubio’s brain began whirring as he sat across the Resolute Desk from Trump. If he shared his actual shoe size, his KING might scoff at his presumably small penis. If he lied & offered a larger number, he’d end up shuffling around D.C. in Daddy’s big-boy shoes for the rest of time.

slate.com

Trump’s Endless Obsession With Penis Size Has Put His Inner Circle in an Awkward Position

The absurd reason Trump's acolytes are wearing too-big shoes.

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM TEXAS? A group of protesters in Texas was found guilty of providing support for terrorism and other charges on Friday in a closely watched case in which prosecutors alleged anti-ICE activists were actually part of an antifa cell.

theguardian.com

Anti-ICE protesters accused of being part of antifa found guilty of support for terrorism in Texas

Case was seen as major test of the first amendment and whether the US could use broad anti-terrorism statute to prosecute leftwing protesters

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

THE KLOWN'S PERSONAL VIETNAM In Iran he faces a “personal Vietnam”. His “credibility gap”, is huge, is stuck in a quagmire. Goals are elusive, bombing does not force a surrender. He's alienated our allies, is creating a humanitarian disaster, generating economic insolvency. & has no exit strategy.

theguardian.com

Trump faces a ‘personal Vietnam’ in Iran | Sidney Blumenthal

He is stuck in a quagmire. His goals are elusive. His bombing does not force a surrender. He has no exit strategy. Good morning, Vietnam

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

1st AMENDMENT TACO “I’m burning this flag as a protest to that illegal fascist president that sits in that house,” Jan “Jay” Carey, 55, a military combat veteran, shouted as he set fire to the flag. He was promptly arrested by police. On Friday, the justice department moved to dismiss charges.

theguardian.com

Justice department drops charges against veteran who burned US flag

Jan ‘Jay’ Carey torched the Stars and Stripes to protest against Trump’s executive order banning flag burning

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

FRISCOS JUNKMAN His zeal has earned Rolston, 52, the honor of being San Francisco’s most famous junkman. He peers into basements, unpacks old, dusty cardboard boxes and brings his 27,000 Instagram followers along for the ride. A recent video showing off some 5-gallon jugs, was viewed by MILLIONS.

sfgate.com

He cleans out SF's basements and attics. It's brought him thousands of fans.

Even after three hernia surgeries, he's still on the job.

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

DMCorp FACTS SOURCES QUESTIONED Centrist Democrats claim to be the bearers of hard facts, dismissing leftist dissent as emotional and naive. But their “facts” are often a mishmash of consultant data, selectively interpreted focus groups, and big donor priorities.

jacobin.com

The Democratic Party Has Made a Religion of Curated Facts

Centrist Democrats claim to be the bearers of hard facts, dismissing leftist dissent as emotional and naive. But their “facts” are often a mishmash of consultant data, selectively interpreted focus gr...

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

KLOWN SHOE PHILOSOPHY! “It’s hysterical because everybody’s afraid not to wear them,” one female White House official told the Journal. V.P. Vance said that Trump has bought him and Marco Rubio “like four pairs of shoes…‘We need our vice president, our secretary of state to look their very best.’”

cnn.com

Trump details his shoe philosophy: ‘I have fun with it’ | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump disputed a recent report that he has bought members of his Cabinet dress shoes but then offered detailed thinking on why he has replaced top officials’ footwear, saying he doesn...

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

COPS FACIAL RECOGNITION OOPS Angela Lipps, 50, spent nearly 6 MONTHS IN JAIL after Fargo police IDed her as a suspect in an organized bank fraud case using facial recognition software. Lipps told the N. Dakota news outlit InForum she had never been to North Dakota and did not commit the crimes.

theguardian.com

Tennessee grandmother jailed after AI facial recognition error links her to fraud

Angela Lipps spent nearly six months in jail after AI software linked her to a North Dakota bank fraud case

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

3/12/1930 Gandhi begins ‘Salt March’ Britain’s Salt Act of 1882 prohibited Indians from collecting or selling salt, a staple in their diet. Defying the Salt Act, Gandhi reasoned, would be an ingeniously simple way for many Indians to break a British law nonviolently mass civil disobedience.

history.com

Salt March: Definition, Date & Gandhi | HISTORY

The Salt March of 1930 was a bold act of nonviolent civil disobedience led by Mohandas Gandhi to protest and put an e...

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

HEGSETH'S RELIGOUS DERANGMENT, SAME STATE OF MIND AS SALEM WITCH TRIALS? The Salem witch trials of 1692 were caused by a convergence of mass hysteria, religious extremism, political instability, and social tension in a small, fearful Massachusetts community. HIS SOLUTION THE SAME KILL THEM.

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

DERANGED WARMONGER Hegseth’s rhetorical attacks on Iran often came in the context of expressions of unconditional , spiritual allegiance to Israel, with which the U.S. is now attacking Iran in an intense bombing campaign that has cost hundreds of lives & brought chaos to the world’s energy economy.

theguardian.com

‘America’s mortal enemy’: Pete Hegseth expressed extreme antipathy toward Iran for years

Comments in books, speeches and videos shed new light on defense secretary’s personal commitment to war on Iran

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

BERKELEY DNCorp FLACKS ADVANCE BIG BROTHERS NET Later this month the Berkeley City Council is scheduled to vote to expand the city’s contract with Georgia-based Flock Safety, whose automated license plate readers are already in Berkeley. Adding drones & fixed surveillance cameras to contract.

berkeleyside.org

Berkeley cuts pepper spray reporting requirements for police

The vote, rescinding a nearly three-decade-old directive, comes amidst a sea change in BPD’s access to surveillance tech and other hardware.

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

BOSTON TEA PARTY 1773- DON'S CIRCUS 2026 A new generation of Americans are refusing to pay some or all of their federal income taxes. It’s also gaining steam, as Americans reject how their tax dollars are being spent under Trump. “I am no longer supporting my portion of the arms race.” Joan Baez

theguardian.com

Meet the Americans withholding their federal income tax to protest against Trump

Some US taxpayers are refusing to pay the federal government amid ICE surges, the war with Iran and more

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

WHO DO WE HAVE TO THANK FOR THE U.S. OLIGARCHY? HERE'S ANALYSIS AND PROBABLE ANSWER. The horrors of Donald Trump’s second term didn’t come from nowhere, Cornel West argues. They’re the inevitable result of decades of neoliberal policies that built the oligarchy, which, got behind him in 2024.

jacobin.com

Cornel West on How Neoliberalism Gave Us Trump’s Neofascism

The horrors of Donald Trump’s second term didn’t come from nowhere, Cornel West argues. They’re the inevitable result of decades of neoliberal policies that built the oligarchy, which, at long last, g...

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

YEARS OF JOY, GOOD VIBES & EXCITEMENT ACROSS THE BAY AREA & THE COUNTRY COURTESY OF DOMINICAN AMERICAN JUAN MARICHEL

sfgate.com

At 88, SF Giants legend Juan Marichal parties with Dominican WBC team

You're never too old to dance after a big win.

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

CAUSE FOR CONCERN, COINCIDENCE OR CONSPIRACY THEROY? A Boeing E-6B Mercury known as the “Doomsday Plane,” was seen flying low over California amid the escalating war between the U.S. & Iran. It allows the U.S. President & the secretary of Defense to contact bombers and missile silos.

sfgate.com

Gray 'Doomsday Plane' spotted flying low over California

The Boeing E-6B Mercury is capable of launching ballistic missiles on land.

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

MORE BROWN SHIRTS The SA (BROWN SHIRTS were associated with the German Workers’ Party renamed the Nazis. The BROWN SHIRTS provided military protection for the party, & advanced Nazi ideology. 8/1921, the party called men to join the fight against “FOREIGN RACES” bent on destroying Germany.

encyclopedia.ushmm.org

The SA | Holocaust Encyclopedia

The SA (Sturmabteilung) was a paramilitary organization integral to Hitler’s ascension to power. Learn more about the rise and fall of the SA.

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

RE BROWN SHOES "Time to go home Madge is on the phone GOTTA MEET THE GURNEYS & A DOZEN GREY ATTORNEYS Tv dinner by the pool I'm so glad I finished school LIFE IS SUCH A BALL I RUN THE WORLD FROM CITY HALL" "BROWN SHOES DON'T MAKE IT" Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention 1971

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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 10/03/2026

Vladimir Putin just completely punked Donald Trump by releasing a Kremlin statement flatly contradicting his lies about their phone call, proving once again that the president is a pathetic puppet who gets played by dictators. 1/2

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

NEW LAMBORGHINI STROLLER FOR ENTITLED LIBERAL POSERS ONLY $5,300.00 Does your baby have a need for speed? A new stroller by Italian supercar maker Lamborghini and classic British pram company Silver Cross could be just the luxury transport they need.

apnews.com

Lamborghini launches new $5,300 stroller for parents in the fast lane

Does your baby have a need for speed? A new stroller by Italian supercar maker Lamborghini and classic British pram company Silver Cross could be just the luxury transport they need.

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

MORE WARNINGS (TO IGNORE) Civil liberties groups are already alarmed by the rise in surveillance of American citizens with government-sanctioned phones and body cams, but this information is still subject to strict rules. "RULES? WE DONT NEED YOUR STINKING RULES!" (ARTICLE 1 FACIST MANIFESTO)

the-independent.com

Trump’s DHS agents are wearing Meta AI glasses. But who are they recording – and why?

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

NOEMs "RIDICULOUS" LEGACY AT ICE NO AGENT WILL USE. 25 new ICE vehicles are sitting at an immigration detention facility in California, unused. "We’re just hiding them in a parking garage somewhere” the person said. Another said it’s “ridiculous...you don’t want to advertise what you’re doing.”

the-independent.com

ICE denies flashy new cars are in hiding as agents say they don’t want them

A multi-million dollar fleet with Trump-inspired paint job is being used ‘across the country,’ agency says

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

GOP/DNCorps IGNORED THE WARNINGS In a world where cellphones are tracking devices; internet browsing is so revealing, data can be bought; despite the 4th Amendment the government can declare that its lawful to integrate this data into a comprehensive & largest set of domestic dossiers ever created.

theguardian.com

Congress must prevent AI surveillance. The Anthropic feud proves it | Ashley Gorski and Patrick Toomey

The company’s clash with the Pentagon is a fight over the future of American privacy

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

A NEW WORLD POLICEMAN? Beijing seized the moment to project an image of a reliable & responsible superpower in sharp contrast to the US, which injected uncertainties into the world through new wars, capture of Venezuelan President Maduro, & launch of a global trade war against close allies & China.

cnn.com

China warns ‘flames of war’ spreading and calls on US to help manage differences ahead of Xi-Trump meeting | CNN

China’s top diplomat cast his country as a defender of peace and stability as war in Iran rages, while striking a conciliatory tone towards the United States ahead of a highly anticipated summit betwe...

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

March 8, 1965 First US COMBAT TROOPS IN VIETNAM 3,500 Marines of the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, landed at Da Nang IT WAS DOWNHILL FROM THAT DATE ON.

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

BET HE STILL WETS HIS BED Brash & bellicose, Pete Hegseth, sounded like a CARTOON BULLY rather than a statesman. “Death and destruction from the sky all day long...This was never meant to be a fair fight, & it is not a fair fight. We are punching them while they’re down, exactly how it should be.”

theguardian.com

‘A very dangerous person’: alarm as Pete Hegseth revels in carnage of Iran war

Critics say brash, bombastic Fox News host out of his depth to guide US military through murky new Middle East conflict

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bafatl.bsky.social @bafatl.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

I am frankly more concerned about the apathy of the American public and even more importantly the lack of leadership in the Democratic Party. This is not a dress rehearsal. Every single American must speak out against this Facist administration.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/03/2026

License plate readers. Cellphone location data. Social media monitoring. Now, real-time facial recognition on the street. DHS is building a surveillance apparatus—and you're probably already in it. Our latest with @france24.com:

motherjones.com

A knock on the window and a glimpse of America’s surveillance future

“This is taking a big and very scary step toward a kind of totalitarian checkpoint society,” a privacy advocate warns in a special France 24–Mother Jones report.

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

"GO FOR BROKE" The 442 was the most decorated unit in American history. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, 2nd-generation Japanese Americans signed up to fight for the United States in World War II as their families were declared “ alien enemies ” of the state held in government internment camps.

apnews.com

Exhibit honors Japanese Americans who fought for US in WWII while their families were locked up

A new traveling exhibit tells the story of Japanese American soldiers who fought for the U.S. in World War II, even as their families were incarcerated as enemies of the state.

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

...The statement, was interpreted by many as an admission of guilt; the United States is doing Israel’s bidding in the current joint bombing campaign. The idea that Israel dragged the United States into war, or that this is solely Israel’s war with the United States blindly following, is wrong.

jacobin.com

Netanyahu’s Iran War Is Also the War of Global Neocon Elites

The war on Iran is a joint effort by segments of the US, Israeli, European, and Arab ruling classes that are committed to global and regional domination — not just the result of Israeli pressure on Do...

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

PROPAGANDA TAILORED TO TRUMPS LEGIONS? Propaganda designed to stimulate the Trump administration’s main constituency—unsocialized Discord incels, Joker-fied elder millennials, & bloodthirsty Gen Xers—speaking the language they understand best: a disorienting blend of asserted evil and hammy kitsch.

slate.com

The Most Surreal Part of Trump’s War Is What He Is Doing Right in America, in Front of Us All

I can’t believe we have to watch these people sell a war now.

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

THE SAME FOLKS WHO WARNED OF THE AMERICAN SURVAILENCE NET ALSO WARNED ABOUT THE MILITARIZATION OF THE POLICE, THE TWO POLITICAL PARTYS IGNORED OR RIDCULED THEM. THOSE FOLKS WERE RIGHT & THE POLITICAL PARTIES ARE NOW TRYING TO BURY THIER COMPLICITY IN THE MILITARIZATION & MONITORING OF OUR STREETS.

theguardian.com

Americans are being policed with military-grade weapons. This has to stop | Hank Johnson and Michael Shank

Predator drones and armored personnel carriers have become commonplace in US cities. Congress has the power to fix this

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M Major @mmajor.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

A TACKY KLOWN BUILDING A TACKY BALLROOM "No one with taste or dignity would approve of this TACKY BALLROOM that dwarfs the size of the historic White House,” “I understand the President needs it for corrupt fundraisers & personal business interests ..." a person wrote in a scathing comment.

the-independent.com

Report finds 97 percent of responses to Trump’s ballroom just hate the plans

More than 500 comments branded Trump’s plans for the ballroom as ‘tacky’

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