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@miketrm

Recovering liberal, who sees progressives as the end result of our public relations politics; free speech absolutist; advanced whistler; bottle cap menace

United States Katılım Ekim 2022
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mike@miketrm·
“rational progressive” Progressives are the dumbest people. They trust corporate media completely. The persecute/prosecute their political opponents, lowering the bar against political prosecutors, right before losing all power. And the pick the 20 side of every 80/20 issue. Complete morons. This is you in decline TRP.
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Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️
Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️@christopherrufo·
Gavin Newsom spends $30 billion a year on 800,000 "in-home caregivers," who mostly look after their own direct family members; the labor unions collect $150 million a year in dues, then spend millions to support Gavin Newsom. This is legalized corruption.
Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ tweet media
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Sam K.
Sam K.@bluesamk·
@ChrisMurphyCT Remember Obama got Iran to give up it's nuclear ambition without firing a single shot. Trump has done the exact opposite with more than a dozen Americans dead.
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Derrick Evans
Derrick Evans@DerrickEvans4WV·
If you take $500 from someone who works, and give $100 to five lazy people then you lost one vote, but gained five votes. Thats the Democrat Party in a nut shell.
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Isabel Brown
Isabel Brown@theisabelb·
Teenagers are sharing photos of their AP U.S. Government textbooks, and the sheer amount of indoctrination is wildly disturbing. Apparently, Barack Obama is ideologically a right wing authoritarian. Hillary Clinton and George W Bush are entirely indistinguishable politically. Donald Trump is of course virtually the same as Hitler. @tedcruz is apparently more radically authoritarian than Fidel Castro AND Joseph Stalin..??!!?? @Linda_McMahon — can we expedite some major changes to American public education?
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mike@miketrm·
@benjamincowen @jackunheard For the exact same reason you dramatically overstate everything the orange idiot says. You know he uses bluster to negotiate. He’s been around for some time now. You can’t still be surprised. So, yeah, all this concern, is really just political posturing.
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Benjamin Cowen
Benjamin Cowen@benjamincowen·
@jackunheard Why do you feel the need to defend everything he says? Regardless of if he acts on it, why can you not just condemn the statement?
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Jack
Jack@jackunheard·
I’m convinced Trump’s threat to Iran this morning was just a giant IQ test because holy sh*t some of you are dumb. Yeah guys, Trump is going to kill 90 million people at 8PM tonight. Use your brains for once.
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mike@miketrm·
@ProfessorPape The recent hostilities have more to do with China than Iran. It’s not a coincidence that the Iran action came on the heels of Venezuela. It’s a hard defense of the petro-dollar. We will have to wait to see how it all plays out.
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Robert A. Pape
Robert A. Pape@ProfessorPape·
The Iran ceasefire is being called a “pause.” It’s not. It’s a revelation: The U.S. used overwhelming force—and still could not control the outcome. That’s a structural shift in power.
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mike@miketrm·
@Freddington69 @PennywisePatrol @BobLonsberry The same thing President Obama did when he did the same thing to Libya? The orange idiot is an idiot. But he’s not unique in his military actions. This is all just partisan sniping.
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Bob Lonsberry
Bob Lonsberry@BobLonsberry·
If you tell someone to open the strait or you'll kill them, and they open the strait, and you don't kill them, you didn't back down, you won.
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Britta | NoSoup4Knowles
Britta | NoSoup4Knowles@nosoup4knowles·
**USED CAR LOT** Salesman: $25k Trump: $17k or I'm walking Salesman: Can't do it Trump: bye Salesman: $19k Trump: deal Morons on X: TACOOOO TUESDAY
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mike@miketrm·
President Trump’s recent military actions in Iran share several notable similarities with President Obama’s 2011 intervention in Libya. Key similarities include: • Reliance on executive authority: Both presidents authorized significant air and missile operations without new explicit congressional approval, invoking existing presidential powers as Commander-in-Chief. Obama described the Libya action as not constituting “hostilities” under the War Powers Resolution; Trump similarly reported strikes to Congress while emphasizing unilateral decision-making. • Use of airpower without ground troops: Each intervention avoided large-scale U.S. ground deployments, relying instead on precision airstrikes, bombers, and cruise missiles to achieve objectives—Obama through a NATO-led no-fly zone and strikes supporting rebels; Trump through targeted bombing of nuclear and military sites, often in coordination with Israel. • De facto expansion beyond initial framing: Obama’s campaign began with humanitarian protection of civilians but evolved into support for regime change. Trump’s strikes, framed as degrading Iran’s nuclear program and applying “maximum pressure,” have included broader threats against infrastructure (e.g., power plants, energy sites) tied to negotiations, with pauses for diplomacy. • Combination of force and diplomacy: Both employed military action as leverage to compel behavioral change or negotiations—Obama to halt Gaddafi’s advances and facilitate a political transition; Trump to force concessions on Iran’s nuclear ambitions, uranium enrichment, and regional activities, alternating strikes with ceasefire pauses and talks. • Limited initial U.S. footprint with multilateral elements: While Obama’s operation featured formal NATO and UN backing, Trump’s involved close alignment with Israel and regional dynamics, reflecting a pattern of using air dominance to shape outcomes without full-scale war. These parallels highlight a shared pattern in modern U.S. presidential practice: employing limited kinetic force to address perceived threats while navigating domestic and international constraints.
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Political Punk
Political Punk@actingliketommy·
@jason_howerton We're positive that Trump made genocidal threats to a country that hasn't even attacked us, you pedo-worshipping freak. Fuck you, you fucking clown. You stupid motherfuckers are going to get decimated in November and it's what you deserve.
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Jason Howerton
Jason Howerton@jason_howerton·
You were positive that President Trump was going to annihilate all of Iran tonight. Within minutes of that not happening, you're positive Trump is going to give Iran every single demand they've made. This is an IQ test and a lot of people are failing it. Badly.
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Jason Howerton
Jason Howerton@jason_howerton·
Trump was "in the hospital" last week. Then he was a madman about to start a nuclear war. Tonight, he's a coward who backed down by not turning Iran into glass. This is the new normal in discourse and media coverage. They'll treat Vance or Rubio the same way. Exhausting.
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Matt Van Swol
Matt Van Swol@mattvanswol·
So, I did exactly what you asked and I sat down and read ALL 261 pages of your bill. It does support mass amnesty and I'll tell you exactly where: Pages 162-170... The Dream Act: You grant conditional lawful permanent resident status to ILLEGAL ALIENS who: >Have been continuously present in the U.S. since January 1, 2021 >Entered before age 18 >Meet education, employment, or military service requirements >Pass criminal background checks On top of this, in Sec. 2102(b)(3)(B), DACA recipients get fast-tracked to conditional green card status. ...which is literally mass amnesty BUT THE BILL GOES EVEN FURTHER!!! On pages 204-217, you present the Dignity Program: This is a separate track for illegal aliens who don't qualify for the Dream Act. If you are an illegal aliens who: > Was continuously present since December 31, 2020 >Pay a $1,000 upfront "restitution" fee >Submit biometrics, pass a background check >No felony convictions You get work authorization + travel authorization + deferred removal for 7 years After completing the 7-year program (paying $7,000 total in fees, staying employed, obeying laws, paying back taxes): We grant you: > "Dignity Status" which is essentially a lawful nonimmigrant status, which is renewable any number of times >Work and travel authorization But the most important bit that you're hiding here is that it totally suspends deportation of anyone who qualifies for this. This would effective end ALL MASS DEPORTATIONS in the United States immediately. You are a liar, you are a fraud, everything you stand for is fake... did YOU read your own bill? Because I just did, and you are a damned LIAR!!!!!
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The SCIF
The SCIF@TheSCIF·
After a 68% error rate with mail-in ballots was found in the Michigan 2020 election, a forensic audit of Dominion Voting Machines by election experts was performed, the results were released by a judge that read: "We conclude that the Dominion Voting System is intentionally and purposefully designed with inherent errors to create systemic fraud and influence election results. The system intentionally generates an enormously high number of ballot errors. The electronic ballots are then transferred for adjudication. The intentional errors lead to bulk adjudication of ballots with no oversight, no transparency, and no audit trail. This leads to voter or election fraud. Based on our study, we conclude that the Dominion Voting System should NOT be used in Michigan. We further conclude that the results of Antrim County should not have been certified."
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mike@miketrm·
@neeratanden You’re absurd. You like the echo chamber, we get it. But the rest of us don’t.
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Neera Tanden🌻
Neera Tanden🌻@neeratanden·
Elon Musk's X is lower in quality in every way than Twitter was pre Musk takeover. You could get reliable breaking news on this site, learning about situations all around the world. Now misinformation and information are indistinguishable. It's a Musk failure.
Peter Savodnik@petersavodnik

This is the same story you find at every institution that has had its own right-wing insurrection: in response to “progressive” censorship, the new guard blows up the guardrails, leading to an influx of unserious but dangerous people who transform the institution into a joke.

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Kyle Griffin
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1·
Breaking NYT: The Trump Justice Department is investigating Cassidy Hutchison, the star witness against Trump during the Jan. 6 Committee hearings. Pam Bondi opened the probe as she was trying to shore up her shaky standing. Some DOJ officials have questioned whether there's even a viable case against Hutchison. nytimes.com/2026/04/07/nyr…
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Mollie
Mollie@MZHemingway·
@kylegriffin1 The woman lied to Congress repeatedly … caused many people harm. Any DOJ official obstructing or defending her for partisan reasons should be fired.
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