Southern American ETX

Stay strong -
Resist -
Seek resolve

[Southern American ETX @ETX_American]

Character matters. That's what I've been taught my entire life. I suppose I have a different vision of what that character looks like. To me the marks of good character include honesty, integrity, humility, kindness and compassion. Those are the true qualities of a LEADER.

[Southern American ETX @ETX_American]

@atrupar "But I think everybody knows instinctively that something is wrong here." - This line carries the entire thing, almost as if an admission of the disingenuousness of the whole thing.

[Southern American ETX @ETX_American]

@atrupar Ol' Ted. Manly man on the masculinity of other men. How funny . . .

[Joel Franco @OfficialJoelF]

Miami Beach unveiled their relocated rainbow crosswalk this morning.

It’s now in city-owned Lummus Park just feet from the original location (Ocean Drive & 12 St) where the state had it removed last year

[Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald]

You won't hear a better 55-second description of MAGA and Trump than this: in terms of the perspective of any minimally honest MAGA supporter:

[AnthroVet50 @spooked75]

I spent 13 years in counterintelligence and HUMINT. Let me explain why the government psyop operation on X is a problem.

I'm not some random person speculating about intelligence operations. I spent 13 years in the United States Army doing counterintelligence and human intelligence work. Then another 7 years working for the government in related fields. I know how this works.

When I tell you that military PSYOP personnel operating on a domestic social media platform is a serious problem, I need you to understand I'm not being hyperbolic.

What PSYOP actually does:

Psychological Operations are designed to influence the emotions, attitudes, and behavior of target audiences. That's the literal job description. These are professionals trained to shape how people think, what they believe, and how they act.

This is a legitimate function — in foreign theaters. PSYOP exists to influence foreign populations in areas where the US military operates. It's a tool of warfare and foreign policy.

The problem: It's not supposed to be used domestically.

There's a reason for this. The Smith-Mundt Act historically prohibited the government from directing propaganda at American citizens. The idea was simple: the US military and intelligence community should not be in the business of psychologically manipulating the American public.

That's what authoritarian governments do. That's what we criticized the Soviet Union for. That's what we point to when we call countries "unfree."

What's happening now:

US military psychological operations personnel are now embedded in the platform that tens of millions of Americans use as a primary news and information source. The "free speech" platform. The one that was supposed to be the alternative to government-influenced big tech.

Let me be clear about what this means:

The same people who are trained to run influence campaigns on foreign populations — to change what they think, to manipulate their behavior, to shape their perception of reality — are now operating on a platform used primarily by Americans.

The irony is suffocating:

The MAGA crowd screamed for years about "government censorship" and "deep state control" of social media. Elon Musk bought Twitter explicitly to "free" it from government influence.

And now? Literal military psychological warfare specialists are running operations on the platform.

And MAGA is fine with it. Because it's THEIR government now. THEIR psyop.

This is what I was trained to recognize:

In my years doing counterintelligence, part of my job was identifying foreign influence operations. Recognizing when a population was being manipulated. Understanding the techniques.

I know what a domestic influence operation looks like. I know the signs. I know the methods.

And I'm watching it happen in real-time to my own country, being cheered on by people who think they're "free thinkers" while consuming content curated by military psychological operations specialists.

It doesn't matter if you agree with the current administration.

Today it's your team running the psyop. Tomorrow it won't be. The infrastructure you're cheering for will be used against you eventually. That's how this works. That's why we had rules against it.

You don't give the government the power to psychologically manipulate the domestic population just because you like the current president. That power doesn't go away when the next administration takes over.

Wake up.

You're not free thinkers. You're targets. And you're thanking them for it.

[Southern American ETX @ETX_American]

@SenateGOP How'd that work out for Russia with Ukraine?

[Southern American ETX @ETX_American]

@highbrow_nobrow It's at most 3 day limited operation.

[Southern American ETX @ETX_American]

@JoJoFromJerz @atrupar Just shows you his negotiation tactics. He's done high stakes negotiations before. Not just anyone can land killer deals.

[Southern American ETX @ETX_American]

@highbrow_nobrow @Acyn Yup, true to form, Trump LIES about the most verifiable facts.
Two articles. One recent and another that is 17 years old.

https://t.co/qLMKXRQJdJ

https://t.co/gBGmz903fx

[OSINT Intuit™ @UKikaski]

‼️𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗿 𝗜𝗜𝗜

Kyrylo Budanov: "The third world war has been going on for a long time and it started in Ukraine."

I will add that the kinetic war, which was started by Russia in Ukraine, has now migrated to Iran.

The Pentagon knows this, briefs on it, but can't get beyond a President who calls Zelensky a dictator while holding the door open for Putin.

We can't send our troops into battle against the same Russian-designed drones being used to kill Ukrainians.

This makes no sense anymore and we all need to start calling it out.

#OSINT #Bromance

[Southern American ETX @ETX_American]

@Acyn It's admission we're at war, without congressional approval, as well as capitulation to his dear leader to deflect to Ds for Rs failure to govern by piling on to Ds that Rs failure to govern is while Rs enable an illegal war, and somehow also the Ds fault. 🤷‍♂️

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

On authoritarianism and fascism, Timothy Snyder is spot-fucking-on. 🎯🎯🎯👇

[Dittie @DittiePE]

Love it when they tweet their crimes.

Here’s more:

[Southern American ETX @ETX_American]

@SenateGOP Missing family members and friends? Blame the GOP.

[Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse]

Trump/Russia. Trump/Epstein. Epstein/Russia. It’s a triangle 🤢

[Southern American ETX @ETX_American]

@Not_Mike_Brady @SethAbramson That's what the Felon in Chief LOVES to do . . . declare . . . He declared tariffs, he declared the Gulf of America, he declared the BIG LIE! He has declared all sorts of stuff. I do declare he makes declarations like a would-be dictator. The GOP are 💋 💋 his ass the whole way!

[Southern American ETX @ETX_American]

@SenateGOP @GOP Funny how y'all control all 3 branches of government and everything is the Democrats' fault. Grow up and accept some responsibility. Stop deflecting, gaslighting and lying all the time. Be the decent humans you claim to be. Y'all are exhausting. No wonder you're always angry.

[Southern American ETX @ETX_American]

@SethAbramson WW III has been on for a number of years already. Most people just haven't recognized it. It didn't look like the classical version we have grown to know and recognize, but it's getting there.

[Southern American ETX @ETX_American]

@SenWhitehouse The breakdown between truth and fiction is real. Thank you for speaking the truth.

[Southern American ETX @ETX_American]

@thejackhopkins @horsesculpter No, um, pretty much elevated the fuckery here