michele

War is rich old men protecting their property by sending poor young folks to die. Bright blue dot in a Bloody Red sea. Proud wife, mother, dog rescuer !

[michele @Mslovesbruiser]

@LongAsUCan2 @PiperK Yes!!!

[YpsiGal🇺🇸🌎☮️ @YpsiGal]

@TimothyDSnyder @HeatherThomasAF But..but..but luckily we have this nitwit to save us from terrorist attacks.

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

The “big picture” here, to use Axios lingo, is that for a year team Trump has destroyed important counter-terror tools & diverted counter-terror personnel to immigration enforcement.
And that Patel, Noem, & Gabbard are unqualified & riotously incompetent.
https://t.co/OzKjqxiXrw

[michele @Mslovesbruiser]

@megynkelly Sheriff in Guthrie case just issued a statement clearing all of her family, including in-laws, of being suspect in the case. He spoke of their extreme cooperation and stated the responsibility of media to, basically, cut it out! Here's looking at you, kid. Shame on u.

[michele @Mslovesbruiser]

@garykoepnick @JoyceWhiteVance Exactly what hit me couple weeks ago....

[michele @Mslovesbruiser]

THIS

[Jack Hopkins @thejackhopkins]

Watch the language Tom Homan and others keep using, because language always reveals strategy before strategy reveals itself.

They don’t talk like civil administrators.
They talk like commanders.

“In theater.”
“Deployed to.”
“Operational environment.”
“Force posture.”
“Deterrence.”

Those are not throwaway phrases. They are terms of art.

They come from military and intelligence doctrine where the public is not a constituency...it’s terrain.

You do not “deploy” to enforce policy. You deploy to control space.

You do not operate “in theater” unless you believe you’re in a battlespace.

You do not speak about “deterrence” unless fear is part of the design.

This is the tell most people miss: when enforcement language shifts from law to war...the mission has already changed.

Military terminology doesn’t just describe action. It prepares the mind...of subordinates...institutions... media...and the public...to accept extraordinary behavior as normal...necessary...and inevitable.

That’s how you move from governance...to domination without announcing it.

You don’t need secret orders.
You don’t need a manifesto.

You just need the right people...trained in the same doctrine...speaking the same language...so everyone understands the rules of the battlefield...before they realize...they’re standing on one.

[Jack Hopkins @thejackhopkins]

Watch the language Tom Homan and others keep using, because language always reveals strategy before strategy reveals itself.

They don’t talk like civil administrators.
They talk like commanders.

“In theater.”
“Deployed to.”
“Operational environment.”
“Force posture.”
“Deterrence.”

Those are not throwaway phrases. They are terms of art.

They come from military and intelligence doctrine where the public is not a constituency...it’s terrain.

You do not “deploy” to enforce policy. You deploy to control space.

You do not operate “in theater” unless you believe you’re in a battlespace.

You do not speak about “deterrence” unless fear is part of the design.

This is the tell most people miss: when enforcement language shifts from law to war...the mission has already changed.

Military terminology doesn’t just describe action. It prepares the mind...of subordinates...institutions... media...and the public...to accept extraordinary behavior as normal...necessary...and inevitable.

That’s how you move from governance...to domination without announcing it.

You don’t need secret orders.
You don’t need a manifesto.

You just need the right people...trained in the same doctrine...speaking the same language...so everyone understands the rules of the battlefield...before they realize...they’re standing on one.

[michele @Mslovesbruiser]

Another "break glass" moment.

[Joel Richmond @jcrsaltman]

@MarkWarner Sounds like you nailed this. But my God, the agent in charge of the Atlanta FBI office resigned at the same time this raid began to unfold which speaks volumes. No president in American history has ever violated his oath of office in such an egregious & unconstitutional manner.

[Joel Richmond @jcrsaltman]

@MarkWarner Sounds like you nailed this. But my God, the agent in charge of the Atlanta FBI office resigned at the same time this raid began to unfold which speaks volumes. No president in American history has ever violated his oath of office in such an egregious & unconstitutional manner.

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

This is Office David Rose, who was killed during a mass shooting at the CDC by an anti-vax extremist. Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr, who oversees the CDC, did not attend Rose’s funeral but found the time to speak at Charlie Kirk’s memorial.

RETWEET to honor Officer Rose! ❤️

[Barry R McCaffrey @mccaffreyr3]

Trump repeated threats to seize Greenland are shameful. Deadly harmful. Comical. He is destroying our global alliances. We sound like a gangster nation.

[Dave Troy @davetroy]

I regret to inform that this is all very simple, and dumb: since 2017, Putin has been trying to goad Trump into seizing Venezuela and Greenland. Putin thinks this will cement the “Monroe Doctrine” as US policy, which he thinks will drive US disengagement from Ukraine.

This effort failed in 2019 because it was blocked by John Bolton, Fiona Hill, Rex Tillerson, and other cabinet officials who considered these proposals but found them unwise.

Putin’s efforts to goad Trump resumed in 2025, first with renewed interest in Greenland, second with Venezuela. The Venezuela dangle worked, and there were no adults to stop it, and plenty of profiteers eager to help.

Now he’s after Cuba and Greenland, which Putin thinks (again) will catalyze US disengagement in Ukraine, which he hopes will give him a freer hand there, as well as reorient US power in the Western Hemisphere and away from Europe.

That’s it. That’s what’s going on. Oil, minerals, peace prizes are all part of the dangle. But this is the whole ballgame.

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

I just want to make sure this court doc, where trump is mentioned with a 14-year-old Jane Doe, is noted.

You know, since there are so many redacted pages, make sure everyone sees this UNREDACTED one.

RT this before Elon suppresses it.

[michele @Mslovesbruiser]

Huge talent! And photographer is MY GIRL!!
👏🔥🎶🎤🎸

https://t.co/to8TKuMMqt

[Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta @malcolmkenyatta]

MAJOR

[Robert Young Pelton @RYP__]

Yes, and along with it Turning Point the recruiter, and the White House, the executor of foolish ideas. https://t.co/XwmV4yjeyW

[Alex Vindman 🇺🇸 @AVindman]

On Veterans Day… “Too often, appreciation is offered only as a token gesture — a quick “thank you for your service.” While that’s always kind to hear, I ask you to consider something more meaningful. Make a pledge to show up at the next No Kings protest, or take the time to connect with a few people in your community and encourage them to vote. These acts are not small. They are deeply meaningful. They demonstrate your appreciation for veterans by advancing the very mission we swore to uphold — defending our democratic republic.” https://t.co/eeNIOq7GaF

[michele @Mslovesbruiser]

@lauferlaw May his memory be a blessing.

[michele @Mslovesbruiser]

@hbfromkc_ It seems unusually straightforward language to me?-"... the Executive Branch has since exhausted the entirety of its SNAP contingency reserve..."
The word 'exhausted' doing some kind of work here, but common sense should prevail?

[Boston Smalls @smalls2672]

Thread

Obamacare is terrible.. worst ever. Its screwed up everything..... but how? Why?

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 Repealed of the Individual Mandate Penalty. The law zeroed out the financial penalty for not having health insurance, effectively making the individual mandate unenforceable starting in 2019. The individual mandate was designed to push healthy people, especially the young, into the insurance pool to balance the costs of covering sicker individuals. By repealing the penalty, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projected that premiums would rise and millions fewer people would be insured, as healthier individuals would drop coverage.

You also had Executive Actions and Administrative Sabotage. The Trump administration used its regulatory power to weaken the ACA from within. How you ask? One way was how they drastically cut enrollment outreach and advertising. The administration slashed the budget for advertising and outreach for the ACA's HealthCare. gov marketplace by up to 90%. Which made fewer people, particularly healthy ones who are less likely to seek out insurance, know about or were reminded of enrollment periods, leading to lower overall enrollment.

The administration also Shortened the open enrollment period. The annual enrollment period was cut in half, from about 12 weeks to just 6 weeks (November 1 to December 15). This gave people less time to research and sign up for plans, further depressing enrollment. What you also had going on was expanding alternatives to ACA-Compliant Plans. For example, Association Health Plans or AHPS, the administration made it easier for small businesses and self-employed individuals to band together to buy health plans that were exempt from many ACA regulations (like covering essential health benefits).

There was also short term, limited duration plans which were plans that expanded from a 3 month duration to just under 12 months, with the option to renew for up to 36 months. Often called "junk plans," they are cheaper because they can deny coverage for pre-existing conditions or not cover services like prescription drugs or mental health care.

Now, of course, these cheaper, skimpier plans attracted healthier individuals away from the ACA marketplaces. This left the ACA risk pools with a sicker, more expensive population, which in turn drove up premiums for comprehensive plans.

The trump administration also weakened enforcement and cut "navigator" Funding. "Navigators" were groups that helped people enroll them into coverage. This funding was severely cut.

Now, in Trump's first term, there were lawsuits aimed at dismantling the ACA. One was in 2020 at the height of the pandemic. Honestly I can't think of anything more cruel than trying to throw 30 million people in the midst of a global pandemic off their healthcare plans but they tried. Trump's administration actively supported these lawsuits.

One particular lawsuit Trump administration supported was the Texas v. U.S. Lawsuit. In 2018, a coalition of Republican led states, led by Texas, filed a lawsuit arguing that once the individual mandate penalty was repealed, the entire ACA was rendered unconstitutional. Crucially, the Trump Justice Department at the time broke with tradition and refused to defend the law in court. It initially argued that the pre-existing condition protections should be struck down, and later agreed that the entire law should be invalidated.

This absolutely created immense uncertainty for insurers, state governments, and consumers, threatening the entire foundation of the law. The case eventually reached the Supreme Court, which upheld the ACA in 2021.