DamnYankee

retired federal and municipal government

[Torah Jews @TorahJews]

Netanyahu is not “the Jews.”
Israel is not a synonym for “the Jews.”
Zionism is not an ideology of “the Jews.”

The people who are hellbent to propagate this dangerously false narrative are responsible for the increase in antisemitism.

Jews cannot be viewed as proxies of a foreign country.

Enmeshing Jewish identity with the State of Israel are the greatest causes of antisemitism nowadays.

Where is the outrage?!

[Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald]

Shocked to learn that Sid Rosenberg is demanding Trump usher in the "annihilation" of Iran, even if it means putting "boots on the ground."

He's devoted his life to Israel but I'm sure this is only about what's in the best interests of Americans. Like it is for Ben Shapiro.

[Seyed Abbas Araghchi @araghchi]

Zelenskyy has attacked an Iranian commercial vessel, killing a sailor. A blatant UN Charter violation done at Israel's behest to drag Europe into its war.

In calls with EU High Rep Kallas and FM Lavrov, made clear that what the freeloader in Kyiv did CANNOT GO UNANSWERED.

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

In order to get elected, @BarackObama will start a war with Iran.

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

I’ll soon be sponsoring a bill to withhold federal money from municipalities and police departments that deploy Flock (and other style) cameras to surveil law abiding citizens.

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

🎬 Actor Morgan Spector calls for sanctions on Israel, and says U.S. should treat it as an adversary.

🔸Spector said he shared the attached remarks on his Instagram after watching footage of a Palestinian child in Gaza standing before the shrouded bodies of his parents and siblings, killed after a fresh strike 5 days ago.

🔸“You have to pick a side,” he said, adding that politicians who describe Israel’s actions as genocide need to accept the responsibilities that follow.

🔸Calling on the U.S. to support Palestinians “materially and diplomatically and militarily,” including through sanctions and concrete policy, he said Washington must begin treating Israel “not as an ally but as an adversary.”

[Dr. Simon @goddek]

Nothing to see here, apparently.

[Donald Trump Portfolio Tracker @TrumpsPortfolio]

A jury convicted him of fraud. A judge ordered him to pay $676 million back to the people he defrauded. He gave $1.8 million to a Trump fundraising committee instead, and walked away from both.

Meet Trevor Milton.

In 2014 he founded Nikola, an electric and hydrogen truck company. At its peak it was worth more than Ford. Milton was a billionaire on paper.

One problem. The trucks didn’t work.

You’ve probably seen the promo video: the Nikola One semi gliding down a road, silent and futuristic. It wasn’t driving. It had been towed to the top of a hill and rolled down. That was the technology.

Federal prosecutors said Milton lied about “nearly all aspects of the business.” That Nikola built a pickup from the ground up (it didn’t). That it developed its own batteries (it was buying them). That the Nikola One worked (he knew it didn’t).

October 2022: a jury convicts him. One count securities fraud, two counts wire fraud.

December 2023: a judge sentences him to four years, fines him $1 million, and orders him to pay more than $690 million in restitution to the retail investors who got wiped out.

Now the timeline that matters.

October 2024: Milton and his wife donate more than $1.8 million to a Trump fundraising committee.

March 2025: prosecutors ask the court to order him to pay $676 million in restitution.

Two weeks later: Trump pardons him. Full and unconditional.

The prison time, gone. The money owed to defrauded shareholders, gone.

Trump’s explanation was that Milton had been persecuted for supporting his political ambitions. He told reporters, “I think he was exonerated.”

He wasn’t exonerated. A jury convicted him.

One more detail. Milton’s defense attorney at trial was Brad Bondi, brother of Pam Bondi, now Attorney General of the United States.

Milton called it a “sacred pardon of innocence.”

The people who lost their savings on a truck that rolled downhill got nothing.

[#gaybaristapaul @PaulSorrentino3]

your kids deserve so much better than democrats or republicans

[tomie @tomieinlove]

Remember when China built “ghost cities” and our analysts interpreted it as some civilizational failing and then the “ghost cities” filled up with people which was the plan all along, which we couldn’t see because we find the idea of building housing for people incomprehensible

[Abier @abierkhatib]

I SHIT U THE FUK NOT

Anti Zionist lawyer accused of bomb plot against Synagogue, because she put out her Rubbish in front of her house, which is next door to a Synagogue

[Shadow of Ezra @ShadowofEzra]

Benjamin Netanyahu dictates his terms and conditions for when America is allowed to end the war against Iran.

Netanyahu says he approves the war against Iran ending only when Iran has no nuclear weapons program.

"What will it take to end this war?"

"I think when this regime is either toppled or weakened to end its nuclear program."

"One way or another they have to end their nuclear program."

[Janet Higgins @janettoomuchsun]

One woman. Thirty cops.

[BreakThrough News @BTnewsroom]

Japan is remilitarizing, Washington is funneling weapons to Taiwan, and US bases continue to expand across the region.

Is the US driving Asia into war with China?

@t_ings joins @radiofreeamanda to discuss.

WATCH The China Report: https://t.co/zImq4c0qpr

[BreakThrough News @BTnewsroom]

BreakThrough News is under attack.

The House Ways and Means Committee has made us the target of its latest witch hunt. We're not going down without a fight.

Go to https://t.co/bxIcoZjLNr and:

1- Add your name to the petition calling on the House Ways and Means Committee to stop muzzling the press and drop its disgraceful investigation against BreakThrough News.

2-Make a donation now to help us fight back against these disgraceful attacks. We have retained legal counsel and intend to fight these unconstitutional attacks, and we’ll need all the resources we can get. We’re not just fighting for self-preservation – this is about protecting our movement and right to practice journalism.

For years, Republican lawmakers have painted a target on our backs, falsely claiming that our political views and reporting are part of some foreign plot.

Now, the MAGA-dominated House Ways and Means Committee has issued us a subpoena – demanding internal communications, financial records and more. Make no mistake, this is a flagrant abuse of power, and a direct attack on our work as journalists and on the First Amendment generally.

That’s why we’re asking you to speak out with us. We will not stop our work or fall silent in the face of clear right-wing political intimidation. We know the only rights we have are the ones we are willing to defend, and we need your support.

BreakThrough News is a nonprofit newsroom, which already complies with all tax, audits and public reporting requirements. We are not charged with any crime, because our only “crime” has been to tell the truth – by covering the activities of the Palestine solidarity movement, unmasking the truth of ICE’s terror in our streets, and exposing Washington’s crimes around the world, from Cuba to the Congo.

That’s the journalism they want to shut down. Their goal is to saddle us with legal proceedings and hostile media to drain our resources and stop this important work. They know our budget is microscopic compared to the giant billionaire-funded media corporations that dominate the airwaves.

Our most important source of funding comes from our viewers and supporters, and we haven’t received a dime from any foreign institutions or states. This is a political witch-hunt against independent media, pure and simple. It isn’t just an attack on us. It’s an attack on all independent media and the very principles of freedom of the press – from the very politicians who campaigned on the basis of “defending free speech.”

[GenXGirl @GenXGirl1994]

Trump’s deranged MAGA loyalists which are 6% of the U.S. population and 0.26% of the world population, will drive the world into extinction.

Who the fuck celebrates nuclear war? Go read the comments. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[GenXGirl @GenXGirl1994]

2022: MAGA is Anti-War
2023: MAGA is Pro-Israel War
2026: MAGA is Pro-Ukraine War

(Sadly, I was 💯 on my 10/7 prediction)

[Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald]

The corporate media: Trump is a fascist, white supremacist Hitler and I can't believe he ruined our special night with a series of distasteful and mean-spirited jokes told at our expense. Just gauche and rude.