@aaronwells.bsky.social PhD Near East UCLA, History Prof at AACC (Pedagogy of the Oppressed). Tortured Bills fan, Catahoula Owner & GSP
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The woman who silenced her will forever go down in history as a coward, a bootlicking servant of authoritarianism, and an enemy of freedom. Shame on her and god bless the young woman speaking.
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I interviewed you in 2021 & you were all in on Trump & your pal Matt Gaetz came to Vancouver & got really mad when I wrote about it & harassed me & had me followed by Oath Keepers
I told you everything you stood for was against America
Turns out I was right & you found out
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After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today.
I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.
It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC.
May God bless America.
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If the USA Women’s Hockey team wants a real celebration and invite ,,, I’ll host them in Las Vegas. Do some nice dinners and shows and good times. I’m sure I can get a hotel and airline to help me out here and celebrate these women for real for real.
Aaron Wells retweeted
300 million workers just shut down India.
The largest strike in human history, and most of the Western media barely whispered it. That silence is complicity in Modi’s war on workers’ rights.
India’s general strike is the future that the billionaires and ruling class fears most
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Cynthia Olivera is a Canadian who’s been living in the US since she was 10
She’s in ICE custody, after being grabbed at her green card interview.
The 45 year old wife & mother has been moved between facilities while her husband begs ICE to let her get on a plane to Canada. 🧵
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A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend”
Full email below
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It's crazy to me that all of these Republicans voted Republican in order to balance the budget, but when it comes down to it, they don't really care. It's just all about what Trump wants, and what Trump says is good.
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"Activist judges" appointed by.... *checks notes*... Reagan and Trump.
Here's an idea:
Stop acting lawlessly and the judiciary will stop shutting you down.
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Spread this everywhere!!!
Congresswoman @RepMMM SCURRIES away as she’s called out for promising not to slash Medicaid and then…
…voting to slash Medicaid.
SHAME. #AmericansNeedMedicaid
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For all the people having trouble with the plain language of the Constitution, many people in this thread have tried to get America’s leading legal mind (Grok) to tell me I’m wrong. But even the Basilisk agrees with me (and cites @steve_vladeck, which is funny).
No, the President cannot unilaterally suspend habeas corpus during an invasion. The U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 9, Clause 2) implies Congress holds this power, as it is listed among legislative authorities. Abraham Lincoln's Civil War suspension was controversial and later required congressional approval. Modern legal consensus, including experts like Steve Vladeck, affirms only Congress can suspend habeas corpus, and presidential action without authorization would be unconstitutional. grok.com
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when will yall finally understand that the true catholic worldview is inherently anti-trump… insane that two popes in a row shitting on the guy isn’t enough evidence.
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MAGA is losing its mind realizing that the new Pope follows the teachings & precepts of Jesus. Not a racist game show host from Queens.
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There’s a special place in HELL for anyone who stands before the Supreme Court and argues that a man they wrongfully sent to an El Salvadorian death camp should stay there.
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When every Democrat and Independent is condemning your poor judgement, and the fascist in the White House is praising your poor judgement, you deserve to be fired from your job as Senate leader and be forced out of the Senate altogether.
Schumer, Resign: qasimrashid.com/p/chuck-schu…
Aaron Wells retweeted
My vote is an unequivocal no.
This bill lacks decency and good old fashioned common sense.
Read a book or a Bible and you’ll know how this turns out.
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Things are going sideways at a town hall for House Republican Chuck Edwards in North Carolina.
Someone was removed and the crowd is booing and jeering him.
Love this for him.
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If the fix is in, Senate Democrats can go home and stay there
Several Senate Democrats privately signal after lengthy closed-door lunch they expect that enough of their colleagues will vote to break a Democratic filibuster and let the House GOP stop-gap plan become law.
Everything is very fluid, so it's still unclear how this plays out and could change again.
But there's a growing belief that there will at least eight Dems who will vote to break a filibuster. Vote scheduled for tomorrow.
Schumer going to the floor soon to lay out his latest thinking.
Meantime, a warning from some Ds not to capitulate to the GOP demands, as they argue the CR is worse than a shutdown and would give Trump more power.
Booker: "This is saying, let's just give up even more of our Constitutional authority, because, hey, he can do a lot worse later on. And so to me, that's capitulating to someone who's already showing that he's reckless and willing to do a lot of destruction... We are in a perverse bizarro land where we're having to decide between letting Donald Trump wreck the government this way or wreck the government that way."
