Iran threatens to target American, British and French military bases | Iran | The Guardian
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Iran threatens to target American, British and French military bases
Tehran says it will take action if western countries help block Iranian retaliatory strikes against IsraelJulian Borger (The Guardian)
Not going to say our bed was super well-made this morning, but I certainly didn't leave it in this condition...
Trump’s Fury at Gavin Newsom Backfires—and Reveals His Own Weakness | The New Republic
The media has it wrong. Trump is not coming across as fearsome and strong. Instead, his watch-me-play-fascist-on-TV routine is self-evident overkill. — Read on newrepublic.com/article/196674/trump-gavin-newsom-fury-backfires-reveals-weakness
If you are actually going to I wouldn't talk about it either. Direct assault wouldn't be the way to go either.
Don't forget: military has dogs. We don't even know how many. They'll be undefeatable in terms of hacking. Hard to destroy physically. And can splatter you all over the place and not give a FUCK.
This is just the first step. Get the public used to the idea of the military being there to "support" the police. Bring the dogs in little by little. If SHTF dogs now.
Melissa Hortman, top Democrat in Minnesota House, shot and killed in home
Gov. Tim Walz confirmed Saturday morning that Hortman and her husband Mark had both been killed in what he called targeted political violence.
A person pretending to be a police officer assassinated a Democratic state legislator in Minnesota and killed the lawmaker’s husband
in “an act of targeted political violence,”.
The assailant also shot and injured another Democratic lawmaker and his wife.
State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, died in the attack
at their home in the Minneapolis suburbs.
State Senator John A. Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were shot multiple times at their house in a nearby suburb,
but remained alive as of Saturday morning.
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Chicago Sun Times has updated info with 2 other key facts:
- shooter was dressed as cop
- another lawmaker and spouse were injured in same attack
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Minnesota House member and husband dead, second lawmaker wounded in separate shootings, officials say
Gov. Tim Walz says Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed. A second lawmaker, state Sen. John Hoffman, and his wife were shot and wounded.AP (Chicago Sun-Times)
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Democrat Lawmaker, Husband Killed in 'Targeted' Minnesota Shooting - Newsweek
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A direct result of the hate speech Trump is making a standard procedure...
Democrat Lawmaker, Husband Killed in 'Targeted' Minnesota Shooting
Rep. Melissa Hortman was killed in a shooting Saturday morning.Hollie Silverman (Newsweek)
Minnesota Rep. Hortman and husband killed, Sen. Hoffman and wife wounded in "politically motivated" shooting, Gov. Walz says
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Minnesota Rep. Hortman and husband killed, Sen. Hoffman and wife wounded in politically motivated shooting, Gov. Walz says
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced Saturday morning that state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband are dead, and state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife are wounded following a "politically motivated" shooting overnight.Cole Premo (CBS News)
How were these people supposed to know?
Federal prosecutors now charging immigrants who don’t submit fingerprints under dormant 1940s law - POLITICO
Millions to participate in 'No King' protests nationwide - UPI.com
At least 1,500 "No Kings" protests nationwide are planned Saturday on the same day President Donald Trump scheduled a large-scale military parade in Washington, D.C. on Flag Day and his 79th birthday.UPI
Just thought I'd share a screenshot of my WIP #MaomaoWM setup showing whats open on one tag and then the overview screenshot showing all open tags. #FreeBSD #Wayland #TilingWM
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*Gasp* someone in the MAGA sphere is a massive rapist.....where do they get this from?/s
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‘He stole a piece of our souls’: Christian music star Michael Tait accused of sexual assault by three men
Tait posted on Instagram days ago that for 20 years he lived a ‘double life’ but is working on ‘repentance and healing’Guardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
It's well known that Jesus absolutely loved the wealthy and powerful and would often preach it's the best thing to look the other way when they're preying on people sexually ("who probably lead them on they're all sluts, aren't they?")
Stop me if you've heard all this before, yeah?
"My White Daddy"
jfc....
#MichaelTait #BlackMastodon #Whiteness #WhiteNationalism #Predators #MAGA #JerryFalwell
COLD-BLOODED MURDER!
A Minnesota Democrat state lawmaker and spouse shot and killed in assassination at home!
A second Democrat lawmaker and his spouse were injured in separate shootings at their homes in eastern Minnesota, officials said. Authorities said that the shooter may have been impersonating law enforcement
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews #Minnesota
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'Targeted shootings' in eastern Minnesota, Gov. Walz says
There have been "targeted shootings" in eastern Minnesota, according to Gov.Mirna Alsharif (NBC News)
Tim Walz Says Lawmaker Shootings 'Politically Motivated'
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Tim Walz Says Shootings of Democratic Lawmakers ‘Politically Motivated Assassination’ At Live ...
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) confirmed the deaths of two Minnesota lawmakers who were shot by a suspect described as impersonating a police officer.Zachary Leeman (Mediaite)
– Andrea Dutton, University of Wisconsin–Madison
#GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition
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Fossil corals point to possibly steeper sea level rise under a warming world
Coastal planners take heed: Newly uncovered evidence from fossil corals found on an island chain in the Indian Ocean suggests that sea levels could rise even more steeply in our warming world than previously thought.University of Wisconsin-Madison (Phys.org)
There is no way I would have my computer doing this many things were I still using Win10
- web browsing
- ripping a CD
- listening to music
- tuning and decoding digital #AmateurRadio modes
And sometimes I play games while this is all going on, too.
#Debian
With 2 days left to go, PeerTube is less than $6k from reaching the next funding milestone - and only 2 days ago it was $10k.
Reaching it will add live streaming directly from your phone via the app. Think how important live streaming is, especially on days like No Kings Day to provide censorship free documentation of protests.
If you can manage a contribution, please consider it!
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Asiel amper een thema in speech Yesilgöz: 'Veiligheid en economie speerpunten VVD'
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Zolang deze gladpratende populistische politieke opportuniste er zit wordt het niets met de liberale gedachte waar de VVD voor zou moeten staan.
Asiel amper een thema in speech Yesilgöz: 'Veiligheid en economie speerpunten VVD'
De VVD-leider sprak in haar speech opvallend weinig over asiel en migratie, het thema waarover de laatste twee kabinetten zijn gevallen.NOS Nieuws
Today is #NoKings. For those who are local, we hope to see you at one of the several local protests. We'll be at Torrance City Hall from 11am - 1pm.
If you can't join a protest, you still participate. Drive by and show your support! Put a sign in your car window! Call your elected officials. Put out a yard sign. Be Creative!
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Israel has attacked Gaza, Lebanon, Syria — and now, Iran. It’s igniting conflict across the Middle East, killing over 14,000 children in Gaza, and dragging the world toward catastrophe.
Our governments are fueling this with weapons and silence. It’s time to cut Israel off.
Suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement
Israel decimated Gaza, attacked Lebanon and Syria, and now it’s bombing Tehran— targeting homes and civilians in Iran’s capital.These attacks by Israel are not self-defense. This is provocation – a paEkō
@zer0unplanned If cyber agencies need to rely on that, they're sad. I've been protesting in many ways for a long time.
And I can't tell you an event. I'm not keeping track.
What is your way of doing something?
🙂
I've probably set up more networks than you. I have some basic network knowledge.
If you assume I have no idea how packet sniffing or other fun bits on networks work, I'm sorry to disappoint you.
Good luck staying hidden.
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Minnesota Governor, Mike Walz, is due to give an update shortly, in relation to the shootings overnight of two state Democrat lawmakers, shot in their homes by an apparent police impersonator:
Trump DHS Memo Warned Of Attacks Like Minnesota Shootings
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Leaked Trump DHS Memo Warned Of Attacks Like Minnesota Shootings Just Months Ago
A confidential Trump DHS memo obtained by ABC News just months ago warned about the risk of attacks like the targeted shootings of Minnesota Democrats.Tommy Christopher (Mediaite)
No digas ansiedad, di puto capitalismo extractivo de mierda.
Buenos dias... A quien se lo merezca
We now have a political assassin impersonating a police officer on the loose in Minnesota, which, aside from being horrifying in and of itself, underscores the danger of the proliferation of anonymous federal law enforcement deployments from a wide variety of unfamiliar agencies conducting aggressive immigration operations across the country.
Is that uniformed person who's stopping you or demanding entry to your home legit or a psychotic vigilante seeking to harm you? It's impossible to know.
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@billd This is a bad look Matt. I've definitely fallen prey to unthinkingly using the same kind of language, and this made me rethink the kinds of words I use.
I suspect you might block me and that's your right, but that doesn't change the fact that this kind of language can be harmful.
Someone in my family, now recovered, lost 2 years to this illness and its long recovery period. People experiencing psychosis get abused and killed by police all the damn time—either while being arrested, or later in a holding cell.
When I see this slur against mental illness, I push back. Because the misconception kills people.
It’s more likely that this killer is an actual police officer than a person with a psychotic illness.
Also, psychosis would minimize his responsibility for doing something that a non-psychotic person should know is wrong.
@Nonya_Bidniss Could be. But clearly not operating in an official capacity.
The far-right loons have been fetishizing and accumulating “tactical” gear for a while now, so it’s really a coin flip at this point.
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In Nova Scotia Canada, a man, a dentist, collected RCMP gear and a RCMP car and went on our country's worst mass shooting.
Matt's right is a coin flip currently. My personal suspicion is that it is an actual cop, but need to wait a bit
A surprising chunk of this chase happened in my neighborhood and I have no idea where he got those lights. They looked legitimate.
There must be Temo for cop LARPers or something.
I agree about the gravity of this proliferation of anonymous law enforcement deployments.
And also:
#ACAB
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Assessing cops as threats is not the same as taking rash action and “getting yourself killed”; in fact, that lens (cop=threat) has been an essential survival tool for non-white folk in this country for ages.
Also, Matt, I fundamentally agree with your OP and don’t wish to bicker needlessly!
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historically-appropriate.
With Law enforcement lying for confession and for entry into private domiciles, presenting administrative warrants as judicial warrants, detaining people illegally, using the military to handle overflow, not identifying themselves, performing illegal searches, hiding from cameras, etc.
This was bound to happen. It is their own fault. Citizens do not know if anyone has authority to do anything.
Playing in the gray area has endangered everyone, including law enforcement themselves.
I would argue that this also reinforces the ubiquity of the problems caused when people automatically believe that cops == friends. A very great chunk of the US and Canada have been functionally brainwashed into believing this, intrinsically if not intellectually, and in turn we see not only ostensible impersonations like this, but untold abuses by uniformed cops wielding both the social and the institutional power they've been given.
If the person is, as many of us suspect, an actual cop, will that change things? Will that contribute further to a justifiable distrust of what they so risibly claim is law enforcement? Or will it be handwaved away as another bad apple, neglecting to mention the rest of the parable?
Hold on to one another, we need one another. Love, people, and hang in there. We must keep trying to boot those bastards out. They have so much that they dominate world, news, banks, but we have our hearts to keep the faith and flame. We have, we must.
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They also of course don't care, some even welcome this.
@mattblaze@federate.
Noted yesterday:
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Maybe now augment: There should be some additional electronic protocol that citizens can use for verification in situations like this
mmalc (@mmalc@mastodon.social)
Suggestion: #California should immediately enact legislation to require that anyone acting in a law-enforcement capacity have their face fully visible (i.e. no masks, gaiters) and must provide proper identification upon request.Mastodon
@redoak I didn’t say or imply that all or most mentally ill people are dangerous. But somone trying to harm strangers while dressed up as a cop may quite well be mentally ill, behaving irrationally.
One wonders what scolding people for using ordinary language in good faith is trying to achieve.
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Any questions they have can be answered while the resident is nowhere near the door.
If they don't show their badge, call 911 to report a prowler.
@redoak @RiaResists "Hi there total stranger. I don't know you, but let me interpret your common use of words in the most adversarial way possible, in a way that lets me impute lack of empathy and poor character on your part. Then I'll congratulate myself for how sensitive to the needs of others I am!"
Fuck off.
@RiaResists
my complaint is not about whether we can know if the shooter is mentally ill. i actually don't think that question is relevant to much except for how to handle them if caught and found guilty.
On the other hand, if we're trying to discuss how this relates to What's Going On and What To Do About It, being clear about what matters is crucial.
and beyond that, considering that speech is an act within and upon the world, it's important to be mindful of the impacts.
Legit uniform or not, it's always dangerous.
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It’s like getting lectured as being g anti-feminist for calling trump & his cult pussies.
I mean if they don't have a valid judicial warrant, then they're an invader trying to illegally enter your home.. The badge is kind of irrelevant.
Like, slide that shit under the door, officer. Please and thank you.
did they identify a suspect? The person had a blacked out SUV with lights…. Not impossible for a private citizen, but not common.
I’m not certain it’s reasonable to assume it wasn’t law enforcement, overstepping bounds as they’re prone to do. It wouldn’t be the first time a cop acted badly, or violated the law for stupid and selfish reasons.
Who’s to say he’s impersonating? What‘s the difference?
Today, that guy is a distinction without a difference.
No, not at all. I simply feel that if officers and government agents will not identify themselves then there’s a problem and no real difference between imposters.
Frankly, how do you tell the difference? If you don’t know if the guys running around in uniforms are really officers how do you tell the difference?
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This is something I have feared since there were unidentified people going around in unmarked vans abducting people in Portland in 2020. They said they were legit LEOs, & the abductions happened near BLM protests; but how was anyone to know who the hell they were?
(AFAIK all these people were taken to to some LEO-affiliated building, processed in some way, and eventually released)
What I don't understand is why there weren't then, and haven't yet been now, more criminals putting on their black nylon "tactical" gear from Walmart & going around robbing & kidnapping people. That we know of, anyway.
Maybe it's because, if you really want to do that sort of shit, all you have to do id join a gang. Or the Proud Boys. Or the police force.
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