Mastodawn

I will never get used to having a U.S. Secretary of Defense who talks about war like he's a 12-year-old who just beat his big brother at a video game.

#PeteHegseth #IranWar

Opus Mar 6

Joe Groff󠄱󠄾󠅄󠄸󠅂󠄿󠅀󠄹󠄳󠅏Feb 28

peekaboo

Opus Mar 6

Milcom Miasma Mar 5

What we got: Cosplay Cruella got fired.

What I wanted: Noem to be indicted, arraigned and remanded to one of the internment camps she mismanaged to await trial.

And then I want her indicted by the State Attorney for Minnesota on kidnapping and manslaughter charges.

Markwayne Mullin isn't going to be any better, just dumber and more belligerent.

Side question: Is Corey Lewandowski going to be able to keep his contract to continue screwing the new Homeland Secretary?

#ConMenAndThugs

Opus Mar 6

ProPublica Mar 5

ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-financial-disclosures-steve-feinberg?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Trump #Government #USPolitics #Law #Finance #Data #Research

Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate

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Opus Mar 6

@wdlindsy

And young men wonder why no one wants to date them?

Opus Mar 6

Graham Palmer Mar 6

Eclectus Parrots are native to tropical Queensland - which is about to be hit with yet another tropical storm/cyclone. This male Eclectus is shouting a warning - or is it “rain, rain, go away - come again another day”?
#Photography #NaturePhotography #AustralianNature #BirdsOfMastodon #Parrot #EclectusParrot #ParrotShouting #EclectusRoratus #TropicalParrot

Opus Mar 6

Sarah Taber Mar 6

I do ONE DAY of field prep work on the farm and Kristi Noem gets fired

great news, I got a bunch more to do for the coming week+

Opus Mar 6

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Laura "Tegan" Gjovaag ⛈ 🐸Mar 6

@paul

"Seven law enforcement officers claimed they suffered humiliation, ridicule, mental distress, and loss of reputation after seeing themselves in the videos."

I fail to see the downside...

(to clarify, if you suffer "humiliation, ridicule, mental distress and loss of reputation" for a video that shows you doing your job, either you SUCK at your job, or your job is not something any decent person would be doing.)

Opus Mar 6

Paul Chambers🚧Mar 6

Afroman heads to court this month after deputies sued him for turning their unfounded raid on his home into viral music videos that exposed their faces and actions when he used his security camera footage of the raid.

The trial begins March 16 in Adams County, #Ohio, where the legal battle between the rapper and law enforcement has become a test case for free speech rights in the digital age.

Afroman’s argument is straightforward: he documented what happened to him and turned his story into art. #Law #FreeSpeech #Music

The music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oponIfu5L3Y

The article: https://allhiphop.com/news/afroman-battles-deputies-in-court-over-viral-music-video-from-home-raid/