LASTrafzer

🌊 🌊 🌊 Alienating family by speaking out against fascism. 🌊 🌊 🌊 History. Family. Golden Age of Television. Love them all. Not necessarily in that order.

[MAGA Cult Slayer @MAGACult2]

I was gonna quote post Fetterman. Then I saw Dittie.

One of the best accounts on social media, PERIOD.

[Christopher Webb @cwebbonline]

This post is mainly for white folks to consider.

I want to share something that may help you understand the reaction from Black folks who immediately looked at the Nolan Wells story and thought, “Something is foul here.”
This isn’t proof that foul play occurred. It’s context.

I live in Southern California, not the South. Our son went to a diverse private high school.
Whenever he was invited to a party, especially at the home of a white girl, our phone would ring.

Another Black parent would call and ask, “Do you know that family? Are they good people? Are you letting your son go?”

Not sure why we were the designated check-in family, but we were. My wife would get the calls.

It’s not paranoia. It comes from generations of experience and a need to protect our sons.
Many Black families grow up with the understanding that one bad situation, one false accusation, or one moment where your word isn’t believed can change a young Black man’s life forever.

We raised our son to be respectful, but we also raised him to be careful.

So when you see the reaction from Black people to the Nolan Wells case, understand that it comes from a long history of lived experience, not from nowhere.

You don’t have to agree with that perspective, but it’s important to understand where it comes from.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

When I heard about Senator Graham’s death last night, the first thing I thought about was not all the things he said and did in service of Donald Trump. I thought of the time before Donald Trump when he was a brother to Senator John McCain.

A time when senators from different parties could fight about politics and still be friends. A time when a conservative Republican from South Carolina could say of my father: “If you can’t admire Joe Biden as a person, you’ve got a problem. He’s the nicest person I’ve ever met in politics. As good a man as God ever created.”

That is the Senator Graham I will remember today. Not because I have forgotten what came after. Because in that memory there is hope. Hope for a country where brothers can fight like hell over policy and still share a meal, and a laugh, and the loss of the people they love.

I will choose to remember the time before Trump. Because I believe in an America after Trump.

[Fara Kaufman @justfara]

BREAKING: French Senator Claude Malhuret TORCHES Trump and his alcoholic, drug-addicted administration on the floor of the Luxembourg Palace: "Every time the Epstein affair resurfaces, bombs explode somewhere in the world and cause a distraction!"

This might be the greatest MAGA takedown of all time. Nobody was spared...

"A year ago, here in France, I compared Trump's presidency to Nero's Court. I was wrong. It's the miracle court. An anti-vaxxer, former heroin addict as Minister of Health," he said, referring to RFK Jr.

Malhuret's comparison to the mad Emperor Nero is fitting. It's said that he fiddled while Rome burned. In Trump's case, he's building a ballroom while the entire world goes up in flames.

"A climate-skeptic Minister of Economy. An alcoholic TV host, Minister of the Armed Forces," Malhuret continued, referring to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

"An old Qatar agent, Minister of Justice. A groupie of Putin, Minister of National Security," Malhuret went on, referring to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. Bondi previously worked for the Ballard Partners firm which raked in $115,000 a month by lobbying on behalf of Qatar.

"A Turkish proverb says 'When a clown settles in a palace, he does not become king, it is the palace that becomes a circus," said Malhuret. "His fine team has decided to create a competitor to the UN. Since the creation of the Board of Peace, Trump has triggered more military strikes than Biden during his entire term."

"Every time the Epstein affair resurfaces, bombs explode somewhere in the world and cause a distraction," he continued. "Bomb more to win more."

This is how the world now sees the American president: as a pedophile desperately exploiting his role as commander-in-chief to obscure the fact that he preyed on children with his long-time pal Jeffrey Epstein.

"There isn't a single country where Trump did not take advantage of the situation to enrich himself without ever forgetting his family. A Boeing plane offered by Qatar," he said, referring to the $400 million jet that Qatar "gifted" to Trump. "Investment in all Gulf projects or elsewhere. Stock market manipulation that only a few insiders benefit from."

"Any one of these conflicts of interest would have caused an immediate procedure of impeachment here," Malhuret. "But we are not here. We are in MAGA's America where public business is conducted in favor of private interests."

Rarely have we heard such an exhaustive yet succinct distillation of the Trump administration's rampant criminality and incompetence. By focusing on individual Cabinet members and what makes them uniquely unfit for office and then expanding the aperture to the broader patterns of corruption and malignancy, Malhuret delivered a master class in political messaging.

Every mainstream outlet in the U.S. should be running this speech to show Americans what the world thinks of our leaders.

Since they won't, please make sure to like and share to spread this far and wide!

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

I hope everyone had a great 4th of July. I know @realDonaldTrump and family did.

250 years ago we declared independence from a king who ran the colonies as a family business. In just 18 months the Trumps have made King George look like an amateur.

A $620 million Pentagon loan, the largest in the program’s history, to a company Don Jr.’s firm bought into three months before.

An Air Force drone contract to a startup the princelings took public through a golf course company they own a piece of.

The Army’s largest drone motor order ever, to a company where Don Jr. sits on the board and holds millions in stock.

A $24 million Pentagon robotics contract to the company that employs Eric as Chief Strategy Advisor.

A stake in the largest undeveloped tungsten deposit on earth, in Kazakhstan, backed by $1.6 billion in US government support.

Jared’s fund seeded with $2 billion from the Saudi crown prince, now $6.2 billion, 99% of it foreign money from Gulf governments. Over $110 million in fees collected from the Saudis alone. He negotiates American foreign policy with the governments that pay him.

$2.3 billion from crypto ventures their father regulates. More than a million people bought in and lost $2.3 billion. The money didn’t grow. It simply moved from the subjects pockets to the crown’s coffers.

And the next one is already drafted. A proposed ATF rule that will allow guns to be shipped straight to your front door. The government’s own estimate is 3.3 million home gun deliveries a year. Don Jr. sits on the board of the online gun megastore built to cash in. He holds 300,000 shares.

And that’s only the fraction they’ve allowed us to see. Not one subpoena served. Not one search executed. Why hide anything when you own the investigators?

Me? They searched a laptop for six years. Federal prosecutors. Grand juries. Subpoena power. Congressional hearings. They found nothing. I made about $200k a year selling paintings when my Dad was President, and they made my paintings part of an impeachment inquiry.

For six years they’ve asked Where’s Hunter? What about the laptop?

Wrong questions. The right one is 250 years old. Does America belong to a family?

They’ve given their answer. Long live the King.

[According2Taz @according2_taz]

Beautiful post from James 🥹❤️❤️

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

We owe our founding to the fathers, but America as we know it is the work of Abraham Lincoln. It is our highest responsibility to continue that work every day.

Happy 4th of July. Never give up the fight.

[Don Winslow @donwinslow]

Congressman @danielsgoldman is a good man who fought hard to help and protect this country and his constituents.

We lost a good man in Congress.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: WTF!? Viral video shows a right-wing church in Kentucky staging a mock execution of their enemy while children screech for his blood.

MAGA has taken a very, very dark turn...

Footage of the incident in question shows members of the church dressed in military uniforms and holding realistic-looking rifles and pistols. They are seen escorting a "prisoner" — which some commentators have suggested is meant to represent an undocumented immigrant — to the front of the congregation.

Led by the voice of an adult man, the children chant "Take him out, blow him up!" The soldiers then proceed to act out the extrajudicial execution of their captive while the entire church hoots with bloodlust. The armed men then drag the body out of view to "blow him up" as their pastor has commanded.

We must have missed the chapter in the Bible where Jesus directed his followers to murder people in cold blood. Maybe that section only appears in the official Trump Bible™

According to the Lexington Herald Leader, the mock execution was conducted at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in Lexington, Kentucky.

The pastor, Dewayne Walker, responded to the widespread backlash against the clip with the same lack of remorse that is characteristic of the entire Trumper movement.

He claimed to be "befuddled" by the media "firestorm" and insisted that the murder victim was supposed to represent "sin" and "killing the Devil." He went on to blame "this generation" for reacting adversely to the clip, especially since it was "just a small part" of their Vacation Bible School.

Absurdly, he referred to the soldiers as "Commandos for Christ" who bear "the Gospel Gun" as they conduct "spiritual warfare."

"Understand, we're painting a real picture to kids, visibly what's going on invisibly," said Walker.

Excuse us if we doubt his explanation. The Devil is a metaphysical entity. He doesn't wear joggers and a hoodie and he can't be physically executed with an AR-15.

Let's be clear about what's really going on here. Far-right Christians are normalizing violence for children in a religious context. They're teaching these kids that confronting evil requires the use of guns against their enemies. At the same time, Republicans are increasingly referring to Democrats as "Satanic" and "demonic." Put two and two together and you can see where this is going.

Imagine for a second if this had been a mosque and a Muslim congregation had staged armed militants executing someone. Fox News would be running wall-to-wall coverage about how ISIS has taken root in America. But because these fanatics are white Christians, there's nary a peep from the mainstream media.

This stomach-churning incident is emblematic of the Evangelical movement as a whole. These so-called Christians have zero interest in the actual Gospel because that would require them to criticize the rich, care for migrants, and open their hearts to those who are different from them. They'd much rather roleplay as armed murderers marching forth under the banner of a god who bears no resemblance to the biblical Christ.

Please ❤️ and share if you oppose Christian nationalism!

[CathyNotToday2 🌿 @Cathy2NotToday]

I've been seeing a disturbing trend pop up on social media lately.

Videos of young blonde-haired, blue-eyed women, often at conservative events, proudly declaring that they would be perfectly fine giving up their right to vote and allowing their husband to vote on behalf of the entire household because they're in a "Christian marriage."

Let's be clear about something.

If an adult woman wants to voluntarily let her husband influence or even decide her vote, that's her personal choice. I may disagree with it, but that's what freedom is all about.

The problem begins when that personal choice turns into a political movement seeking to strip rights away from every other woman in America.

The right to vote wasn't handed to women out of kindness.

Women fought for it.

They marched for it.

They were jailed for it.

They were ridiculed for it.

Some suffered violence for it.

Generations of women sacrificed so that future generations would have an equal voice in our democracy.

Now we have people suggesting that half the population should voluntarily return to a system where women have no independent political power and must rely on a husband to represent them.

What happens to women who aren't married? What about widows? Single mothers? Women in abusive relationships? Women who don't share their husband's political beliefs? Women who aren't Christian? Women who belong to different faiths—or no faith at all?

America is not a Christian nation governed by one religious interpretation.

It is a constitutional republic made up of people from different backgrounds, different beliefs, and different values.

The Constitution protects individual rights, not household rights. Citizens vote. Individuals vote. Not husbands voting for their wives.

🎯What I find most troubling is watching people advocate for the removal of freedoms that previous generations fought to secure.

If you personally want to surrender your political voice, that's your decision.

But don't demand that millions of other women lose theirs because you've embraced a worldview rooted in patriarchy and submission.

Women's rights are human rights.

Voting rights are fundamental rights.

[LASTrafzer @LeeAnnSmT]

@BallCanning I used Superb lids for the first time after an awful jamming season last year where 50% of the Ball lids failed to seal. Just finished 8 batches and only one Superb lid didn't seal (& that was my fault!). Ball customer service useless & gaslighting. No. Going. Back

[Lawrence Ross: LakeShow, GGMU, Go Bears! '06! @alpha1906]

There are white Hollywood legends you enjoy so much that, as a Black person, you pray that you weren't enjoying the work of a racist...that you hope they don't let you down...and one of my "He Never Let Me Down" dudes is...

James Garner.

Dude was righteous.

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

This is how Joe Biden celebrated Father's Day. 😊

[lou @littlelou050]

Happy Father's Day. @HunterBiden

[Lucas Sanders 👊🏽🔥🇺🇸 @LucasSa56947288]

This picture of Donald Trump trying to kiss Emmanuel Macron’s wife is going viral.

Donald Trump would hate this photo to be shared.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

Dear Chris,

I can start by telling you who my audience is not.

It is NOT you.

It is NOT the pundit class that rarely leaves the safety of its Georgetown cocktail parties.

It is NOT the chattering class who gets paid to pretend it knows the mind of the American people.

It is NOT for anyone who looks at everything through the lens of politics.

The people I am talking to are tired of the bullshit.

The people I want to speak with are the 50 million Americans still sick and suffering. The families fighting for the lives of the those they love.

Whether they are people living in the shame and fear of being canceled, or consumed by grief after the loss of someone they love, they are just looking for a slight glimmer of hope that they too can get back up again.

My audience is the people who feel unheard, unseen, and uninvited, just like me.

My audience also includes my perceived enemies, those pitted against me by you and your colleagues in the media. I want to meet them where they are and help build a bridge. A bridge built of that which connects all of us. That’s where we begin to actually heal.

And it’s not as if my intent is difficult to understand or discern. Just read and listen to what I have said on this platform, and the 18+ hours of unscripted pod casts I have done.

I think your shock as to why anyone would care says far more about you than it does about me. Take a look at the comments to your post.

And I also know this: people are tired of the bullshit. They’re tired of you and the chattering classes’ obsession with my family as Rome burns.

So instead of wondering why people care about what I have to say, Chris, maybe you should concern yourself with why no one cares anymore about what you and everyone you represent has to say.

[AnthonyAndrews @anthon7yandrews]

Last year on my nuked account I wrote a thread about Marco Rubio that garnered 3 million views. Now I am sharing relevant real time corruption that should far surpass that, yet I struggle to garner tens of thousands with twice as many followers. The suppression can be conquered with everyone’s help.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

On today’s episode of

Idiocracy-The Reality Show.

Brought to you by World Liberty Financial (an Uday/ Qusay production)

Seems like President Trump is losing some of his mojo.

Napping at home in the Oval is one thing, but on date night with Dolan at the Garden??? Get that man a Diet Coke.

Sadly none of the cool kid celebs are coming to his $60M Wrestle Mania birthday bash… at least Lindsey G will be there! He loves wrestling.

I’ve heard he might be entering the cage himself. At 6’3 224 lbs he is almost in the exact same shape as the 6’4 238 lbs Jon Jones in his prime. Amazing genes I guess.

Thank goodness he did wake up long enough to end the war in Iran. Again. Again.

And stay tuned for a preview of next week’s episode where once again the war in Iran will be over. Again.

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

Fascism does not arrive saying “I am fascism.” It arrives saying “law and order,” “border security,” “anti-woke,” “election integrity,” and “national emergency.”

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

Things the recovery industry will not tell you:

1. The drug worked. That is why people use it. Not weakness. Not moral failure.
A neurological event so complete and persuasive that any honest account of addiction has to start there.
The problem is not that the drug fails. The problem is that what it does is unrepeatable, and you will burn your entire life to the ground trying to get back to a place that no longer exists.

2. Shame is not guilt. Guilt says I did something bad. Shame says I am something bad. Guilt is appropriate. Shame is a cell with no windows. Most people use the words interchangeably. That mistake is lethal.

3. You cannot shame someone who has already named the thing you are holding over them. Say it first. Say it in plain light. The weapon drops.

4. Guilt can coexist with self-respect. Shame cannot. You can hold the damage and the dignity at the same time. I know because I live there.

5. Radical honesty does not give you back who you were. It hands you the clean slate of who you always wanted to be. The mask comes off. The cartoon other people drew of you stays on the page.

6. Nobody gets clean on a winning streak.

7. You have to be almost self-delusional in your forgiveness of yourself. (Go watch Chase Hughes)

8. The greatest sin was not the chaos. It was the absence. Being unavailable to the people who needed you.

9. Sustainable recovery starts with one thing: honesty with yourself. If you love an addict and want to help, that is the only door in.

10. I am only an expert on my recovery. Nobody is an expert on anyone else’s.