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Washington, DC
Joined February 2014
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Nathan W. Toronto retweeted
🚨BREAKING: Men posed as ICE agents and detained and assaulted a woman… and Tom Homan is telling everyone that they just have to comply with this. A woman was driving on Highway 211, in Oregon, when a vehicle with flashing red and blue lights pulled behind her. Believing she was being stopped by law enforcement, she pulled over. Two men approached her vehicle, one was carrying a rifle, and they claimed to be ICE agents and told her she was being detained. They pulled her out of her car, searched her, and put her in the back of their vehicle. Then, a third man… who remained inside the vehicle… assaulted her. He told her he was the “guard.” The men were wearing tactical vests labeled “POLICE,” carrying fake badges, and wore face coverings. They held her for nearly 20 minutes before telling her she was free to go… and then she drove herself to the hospital. And while she was there, she reported that she started receiving text messages from someone claiming to be a law firm offering legal representation for her detention. Federal authorities later confirmed this was NOT an official ICE operation… These were people pretending to be federal agents. And this is exactly why Tom Homan telling people to “comply” with anyone claiming to be ICE is so incredibly dangerous. Because what is a person supposed to do when someone in a tactical vest, carrying a gun, pulls them over with flashing lights and says they are federal agents? Just trust them? This is not about telling people to resist legitimate law enforcement. This is about the government normalizing a system where anyone can look like an armed federal agent, claim to have authority over you, and expect you to obey without being able to verify who they are. That doesn’t make people safer. It makes everyone more vulnerable to being kidnapped, assaulted, or killed by criminals who know they can pretend to be ICE.
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Retired 4-Star Navy Admiral and former Navy SEAL William McRaven on Donald Trump: "Through your actions, you have embarrassed us in the eyes of our children, humiliated us on the world stage and, worst of all, divided us as a nation." RETWEET if you stand with Admiral McRaven!
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Nathan W. Toronto retweeted
Trump claimed his tariffs would bring about a golden age of American manufacturing. Yet since his re-election, we've lost 75,000 manufacturing jobs. Over the same period, Biden had created 625,000.
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Nathan W. Toronto retweeted
Lmao… they’ve already pulled the Qatari Air Force One from service to be upgraded with all the capabilities that it should have had before Trump forced them to rush it for his birthday. Daily proof that confidence and competence are unrelated.
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Nathan W. Toronto retweeted
HOLY CRAP! The documents Trump just released following his speech show that Russians worked with American officials to advance stories about Burisma and Joe Biden being corrupt. Someone is going to get fired tonight for accidentally allowing this one to be declassified.
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"At 06:00, the airlock hatch of Distant Observation Station 318 swung open with the groan of poorly lubricated hinges. Seaman Erik Dumet straightened his uniform and checked his duffel a final time." Read the latest from @karldandenell.bsky.social: zurl.co/TJnIA
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So let me get this straight: Pulling a chunk of paint out of the Reflecting Pool gets you arrested for vandalism, but trump’s terrorists who attacked the Capitol, killed cops, broke windows, stole shit, and smeared their feces on the walls get to go free?
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The full cover for Bullet Points 14. Out July 15. Subscribe today: zurl.co/xljN8
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"Joseba Etxeberria rattled against the full-body restraints when the drop-pod hit Verde’s surface, his armor loud against inadequate padding. Zakur lay strapped and sedated in his kennel at his partner’s feet." Read the latest from Renee Stern: zurl.co/nuTir
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🚨 I'm posting this video everyday so we NEVER forget what Donald Trump wants Americans to forget about what he did on Jan 6! Do you agree that THIS is what an insurrection looks like. 👇👇👇
🚨🚨 🚨I'm posting this video every day so we NEVER forget what insurrectionist Donald Trump did on J6 Instead of accepting defeat and honoring the peaceful transfer of power, Trump unleashed a deadly mob on the U.S. Capitol in a last-ditch attempt to stay in power THIS is what an insurrection looks like 👇👇👇
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Read "Malingerer," from Travis Koll: A young nurse confronts an unexpected adversary: a soldier who feigns illness. Read for free: zurl.co/rhlUO
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"Nara was off base, sealed in her environmental control suit, using her jump jets to descend from ledge to ledge into the rocky gorge. Sweat beaded her brow." Read the latest from Eric Fomley (@ericfomley.bsky.social, @PrinceGrimdark): zurl.co/GOz9e
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COVER REVEAL: Bullet Points 14, fantasy-themed issue, coming July 15, with stories from @Catrambo , @tomdoyle.bsky.social , @underpope.com , @GrindhauSelektr @aggie-novak.bsky.social , @keirakr.bsky.social , @joelgloverauthor.bsky.social , @theWallflower00 , and others!
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Read "Save Who You Can," from D. Winchester (@JaggedGist): Hard choices are the only chance to make sure a few people get out alive. Read for free: zurl.co/Ftt6N
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"When Bo visited his new property one fine morning in late spring, he was dismayed to discover that fire ants had invaded. " Read the latest from Floyd Largent: zurl.co/cq7t0
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Read "Dogfight," from Aaron Beardsell: In the depths of space, corporate fighter pilots face off against an unknown threat to humanity. Read for free: zurl.co/g2HcA
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Nathan W. Toronto retweeted
Keep posting this so nobody forgets that this was one of the worst events in American history. Never has a sitting president encouraged his supporters to believe a lie so deeply that they’d be willing to attack or democracy.
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Nathan W. Toronto retweeted
It seems there is an entirely different set of rules for Republicans and Democrats.
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Read "The Lost," from Cuyler Meade (@cuylermeade.bsky.social): A soldier is stranded light years from home; to survive, he must pass as a local. Read for free: zurl.co/oyiA3
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