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Poland says it shot down Russian drones that violated its airspace during attack on Ukraine
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/poland-engages-russian-drones-airspace-first-time-rcna230251
Senate Republicans barely defeat effort by Democrats to force release of Epstein files
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/senate-republicans-barely-defeat-effort-223120061.html
“The operation was the latest in a long line of workplace raids conducted as part of the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda. But the one on Thursday is especially distinct because of its large size and the fact that state officials have
Israel tried to hit Hamas leaders in Qatar with airstrikes. Trump has promised Qatar that this will never happen again.
Qatar is harboring terrorist leaders determined to destroy Israel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWaCzQtiQY8
“Almost all of the AI models showed a preference to escalate aggressively, use firepower indiscriminately and turn crises into shooting wars — even to the point of launching nuclear weapons. “The AI is always playing Curtis LeMay,” says Schneider, referring to the notoriously nuke-happy Air Force general of the Cold War. “It’s almost like the AI understands escalation, but not de-escalation. We don’t really know why that is.””
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/09/02/pentagon-ai-nuclear-war-00496884
Humans have been fighting wars for a long time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnSsSbD2jZ0
How accurate are snipers at a mile out?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHEbvgkbN7U
Economy looking shaky. Tariffs and mass deportations are not good for the economy or for American workers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVj6rinmmO4
Trump is using the power of the federal government to arrest and harass people in his way or who even criticize him.
Trump is using the presidency to enrich himself.
Trump is using powers not given to him by the Constitution, and the Supreme Court is not stopping him in many cases.
Trump is using the military to patrol and intimidate U.S. cities.
Trump is using ICE to assault, arrest, and deport people without due process.
Trump fires statisticians because the actual stats make him look bad.
Trump fires analysts because he doesn’t like the accurate information they bring him.
All over the government and military, Trump has fired watch dogs whose job it is to report corruption and abuses of power.
Trump uses the government’s power to limit what major media outlets can say.
Trump gets legitimate prosecutions dropped because he wants the accused as a political ally.
Trump uses the pardon power based on whether the guilty are his political allies, rather than whether they are unjustly being punished.
Trump fires prosecutors for legitimately prosecuting his political allies.
Trump’s advisors and business leaders suck-up to Trump like he is a monarch or a dictator, showering him in bullshit praise that would be a sarcastic insult to anyone else.
The Trump family makes money from dictatorships who want things from the United States.
By these actions, Trump is greatly damaging U.S. democracy. If you don’t recognize this, you either have not been paying attention, or you suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome. U.S. democracy is under attack, and most people don’t even know it’s happening.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3-0SpkF-V0
““JD “I don’t give a shit” Vance says killing people he accuses of a crime is the “highest and best use of the military.” Did he ever read To Kill a Mockingbird?” Paul wrote on X on Saturday night. “Did he ever wonder what might happen if the accused were immediately executed without trial or representation??”
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They are looking for answers as to why the administration elected to fire on the cartel, rather than rounding them up, and some are wary the strike could expand the president’s authority to call upon his war powers. There have also been questions about details of the attack and desire for proof that the boat itself was actually what the administration says it was.
“What a despicable and thoughtless sentiment it is to glorify killing someone without a trial,” Paul said of Vance’s Saturday post.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/07/rand-paul-clashes-with-jd-vance-over-us-strike-on-venezuelan-boat-00549080