armchairview

Discussing domestic and foreign US policy and social and economic equity - mostly - at #FBR #BlackLivesMatter

[Acyn @Acyn]

Reporter: Isn’t there concern that this slippery slope to socialism inevitably ends up as full-blown communism?

AOC: I mean, no. I think that’s very silly. We can’t even raise the minimum wage. Do they really think communism is going to happen? No. They’re trying to scare people because they don’t want us talking about the fact that we all have a right to health care.

So they want to call everything they don’t like communist because if people actually wake up to the fact that their elected officials are screwing them over when they get here, they’re going to realize they deserve better and that health care as a right isn’t crazy. They want to call this stuff communist because they don’t want us to realize that the rest of the developed world has guaranteed health care. They want to call it communist because they don’t want you to know that Germany, Italy, the UK, Canada—everybody else—has it better than us, and we spend the most money for the worst care in the developed world.

[armchairview @armchairviewnet]

One way or another, these fucking nazis need to face accountability. Fuck @ICEgov . #FuckICE

[LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @LongTimeHistory]

Police violently tackle Black woman down on top of metal bike—for watching them on public sidewalk.

Then 2 cops push her face down & straddle her backside—with her skirt riding up.

Officer put his full body weight on top of woman—while her torso bends around metal frame, pedals and handlebars.

It is unclear from video if she receives medical attention.

Incident occurred at the Mill Avenue entertainment district in downtown Tempe, Arizona.

Quinn doesn't have an account on this platform—so posting first full length and credited video here to help raise awareness.

[NBC News @NBCNews]

Only four months into his role as homeland security secretary, there appears to be growing tension between Markwayne Mullin and the White House after some early missteps, sources say. https://t.co/1R0TE8HmuW

[ABC News @ABC]

President Trump's administration is set to impose sweeping tariffs on 60 trading partners, including the European Union, according to a notice from U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer's office released on Thursday.
https://t.co/IzBAJG94qu

[armchairview @armchairviewnet]

Hey police folks, if you ever wonder why people don't trust you, it's this. It's the state sanctioned murder with no officer accountability. It's the default escalation that leads to these outcomes. Fuck you all for being part of this.

[ABC News @ABC]

An officer fatally shot a man during what police referred to as a "struggle" in Madison, Wisconsin, with the deadly incident sparking some protests.

Read more: https://t.co/wCefwXNbz4

[Scott Dworkin @funder]

BREAKING: $95 billion on the floor at 4pm today.

$60B for defense.
$13B for the Iran war.
$10B for voter suppression.
$0 for healthcare.

Not one dollar. Not one committee. They didn't even pretend. No one should vote Republican ever again.

#HealthcareNotWarfare

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

In case you didn't know: Under Trump, RFK Jr. and DOGE’s leadership, the CDC’s total workforce dropped by about 3,000 employees—that’s 1 in 4 CDC staff members.

Then, they made it optional to monitor the cyclospora parasite that’s affecting thousands of people across the US.

[armchairview @armchairviewnet]

I feel bad for her, but not for him.

[LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @LongTimeHistory]

He voted for Trump 3 times—now ICE is deporting his fiancée.

"I'm shocked!" he cries.
"This is not what I agreed to vote for."

He wrote a personal letter to Trump begging:
"Have a heart. Listen to all the facts. Don't just start detaining people for no reason."

He insists that he and his fiancée did everything "the right way."

Robert is a U.S. citizen and longtime MAGA Republican.

His fiancée is especially concerned that she is locked in a crowded cell with only 1 public toilet—and that agents are watching her pee via cameras.

She is locked up at an ICE detention center after being arrested at the Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.

[CNN Breaking News @cnnbrk]

House votes to restrict Trump's Iran war powers in latest rebuke over the conflict. The Senate is expected to vote soon on a similar measure. https://t.co/9s32tqNumR

[armchairview @armchairviewnet]

OMFG

[Acyn @Acyn]

Trump: Prices would be soaring if you had someone else in the position I am in right now.

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: U.S. government withdraws subpoenas for New York Times reporters in its investigation of sources related to the new Air Force One jet. https://t.co/mnXQdMak9E

[The Intellectualist @highbrow_nobrow]

Trump: All you have to do is say to China, how many windmill areas do you have in China? They are not able to find any. They don’t have windmills. I have told my people, we will not approve windmills.

@Acyn Fact-check: False.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

NEWS: WV GOP Assistant Majority Leader Elliott Pritt has been arrested and charged with enticing a minor after allegedly grooming a 15-year-old through Roblox and Snapchat, then having her meet him in his classroom.

GOP leadership won't call for his resignation.

[armchairview @armchairviewnet]

Fuck @SecWar @PeteHegseth .

[The Daily Beast @thedailybeast]

Two former officers have revealed how they were forced into early retirement after questioning Hegseth's decisions. https://t.co/UGN2wittto

[armchairview @armchairviewnet]

@SenTuberville is a stupid, racist piece of shit.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Tuberville on Mayor Mamdani: "Put handcuffs on him ... send him to Gitmo"

[CBS News @CBSNews]

BREAKING: The House votes to direct President Trump to end the Iran war after four Republicans joined Democrats. https://t.co/06JWiIeSPb

[armchairview @armchairviewnet]

This guy's brain is fucked.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Trump: Green New Scam where we were scammed. The whole country was, I wasn't scammed. I got it right from the beginning… they were saying wind was so wonderful, so wonderful, except you couldn't, watch your television, they wanted to watch the debate. Donald Trump against Sleepy Joe Biden. Nobody could watch it because the wind wasn't blowing. Remember that?

[The Daily Beast @thedailybeast]

A Christian military chaplain says chaplains are being evaluated for promotions based on whether or not they align with the secretary of defense’s hardline Christian ideologies. https://t.co/T38Z7Irkaa

[armchairview @armchairviewnet]

Now I know why your mom didn't invite you to Thanksgiving dinner. @JesseBWatters .

[Acyn @Acyn]

Watters: I want to talk about these college-educated, downwardly mobile women, because it’s mostly women… You’re going to become bitter because you are single, and if you are a woman, men don’t care if you have a Ph.D. So you are going to get angry, and then you are going to get ugly, and you are going to have a bad attitude. No one wants to hire anybody with a bad attitude. Nobody wants to date anybody with a bad attitude.

[ABC News @ABC]

JUST IN: The Trump administration has announced that it will hit Canada with an additional 50% tariff on certain goods imported into the U.S.

The tariffs will take effect 30 days from now. https://t.co/L9owXnPDX6