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US Secretary of War Crimes Pete Kegsbreath and white supremacist Doug Wilson pretending to be pious Christians:


The exchange:

MEHDI HASAN: "You said recently to a local news channel that you would've fought for the South in the Civil War, for the Confederacy, which lest we forget had 3.5 million people enslaved, had a constitution that required the protection of slavery. It was a place where torture of slaves was legal. And you, Doug Wilson, in 2026 are saying you would've fought for that South. What kind of moral man are you if you were willing to fight for a side that enslaves and tortures people?"

CHRISTIAN PASTOR DOUG WILSON: "Yeah, part of the point of our booklet was, yeah, it was, they were not Nazis. It was a fallible, messed up institution. We don't defend the institution of slavery. I'm glad that slavery is gone. I wouldn't have gone to war to fight for slavery. If, had I been in that moment, I would have fought to defend Maryland, which is where I grew up. Maryland or Virginia or something like that."

MEHDI HASAN: "But they were fighting for slavery. I mean, they made that very clear, the Confederate leaders. So you would have been fighting for slavery, which is a bizarre thing to own up to in 2026."

WHITE SUPREMACIST DOUG WILSON: "It would be really bad had I owned up to it."

MEHDI HASAN: "I mean, you just said I would have gone to fight for the Confederacy. And I'm telling you, the Confederacy was fighting for slavery. So by definition, you were fighting for slavery, which is insane."

PHONY CHRISTIAN DOUG WILSON: "And I deny your minor premise."

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Amerikkka is simply ruined.

"FUNNY"

More from the article ...

... These range from Morehouse College to Florida's Fish and Wildlife Commission and include Medicare fraud investigators in Illinois, a drug task force focused on east-central Missouri, and the inspector general of a federal agency.

In return, Alpharetta receives Flock data from more than 1,300 entities, which span from the prosecutor's office of Whitley County, Indiana, to the Metro Police Authority of Genesee County, Michigan.

The Alpharetta Police Department -- which, as reported by WIRED, had an officer resign due to Flock misuse on August 5 -- also exchanges Flock data with several agencies that have been similarly rocked by recent incidents of officers misusing its technology, including Georgia's Bibb County Sheriff's Department, the Savannah Police Department, and the Dallas Police Department.

Alpharetta's data-sharing network has expanded tremendously over the past year. Since June 2025, the number of entities receiving data from Alpharetta police has grown by about 42 percent, and the number of entities sending data to them has grown by about 125 percent.

And, according to documents obtained via public records requests from several other cities around the country, Alpharetta is far from alone in having an expansive and complicated data-sharing system, providing a potent example of how pervasive Flock's surveillance network has become.

One of Flock's central selling points is its network of customers -- mostly, though not entirely, law enforcement agencies. ...



Venezuela's Delcy Rodrguez defends endless' benefits of her oil deal with Trump
www.theguardian.com

... Deal that will reportedly see US take control of 65bn barrels of Venezuelan oil has provoked outrage in her country. ...

On Sunday, Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform: "One of the things I am going to do with the Venezuelan Oil is fill up the Strategic National Reserves ...

But the deal has provoked outrage, both among members of Venezuela's opposition and within the Chavismo political movement of which Rodrguez is part.

Speaking on Friday, one prominent opposition figure, who asked not to be named, called the agreement "a massive land grab" by a "rapacious, mafioso United States".

Writing on X, Rafael Ramrez, the former head of Venezuela's state-owned oil company PDVSA, accused Rodrguez's administration of "driving a dagger straight into the heart of the homeland" with the "neocolonial" transaction. "They are handing over 65bn barrels of our reserves to the United States. That has never happened in Venezuela, and I think nowhere else in the world," Ramrez added in an interview with the newspaper El Nacional.

On Saturday, dozens of leftwing protesters marched through Caracas with banners reading: "We are neither a colony, nor a back yard" and "Yankees go home!" ...



... is fill up the Strategic National Reserves ...

Is the high-sulfur, sour Venezuelan crude oil suitable for the storage in the salt caverns of the SPR?



@#3

related?

US Treasury faces media backlash as NYT, Bloomberg journalists denied G20 access
www.firstpost.com

... The US Treasury Department has come under fire after denying press credentials to journalists from several major news organisations, including The New York Times (NYT), The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News, for the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in Asheville, North Carolina, reported AFP.

The decision has led to a wave of criticism from news organisations and press freedom advocates, particularly as the two-day G20 meeting brings together senior economic policymakers to discuss issues with far-reaching implications for the global economy. ...


Really, which made-up government jobs did Biden hire "Influencers" into?

None, because you're lying, which is obviously normal for you.

search.brave.com

The premise that Biden staffed government jobs with influencers is incorrect. While the Biden administration and campaign extensively recruited social media influencers as unpaid partners to promote policy and reach young voters, these individuals were not hired into government positions.

Role: Influencers served as external content creators and amplifiers, not as White House employees or officials.
Access: They received special access, such as briefings at the White House, invitations to events, and direct communication with administration officials, but held no official government titles.
Contrast: This differs from a recent Pentagon report where retired military officers with large social media followings were placed in actual civilian government roles (e.g., "Special Government Employees") without disclosing their influencer status.

Trump's foreign beef deal draws skepticism from farmers and cattle ranchers nationwide
www.scrippsnews.com

... Jason Leavitt grew up on the farm in Calvert County, Maryland he now runs with his family. He ushers over 100 cows around their 160 acres of arable land, letting his grass-fed, grass-finished cattle graze on more than a dozen different pastures.

He understands what Pres. Trump is trying to do with the foreign beef deal, importing 300,000 metric tons of ground beef and selling it 25% below market value, but Leavitt believes that move is just a band aid on a bigger problem.

"Is it the worst thing in the world? No. Is it going to solve the intrinsic problems in the food production systems, specifically as it is related to beef production, I highly doubt it," Leavitt said. ...


@#6 ... CENTCOM declares it de-mined. ...

IRGC says ship struck 2 sea mines after U.S. declared Hormuz cleared
www.upi.com

... A supertanker transiting the Strait of Hormuz struck two sea mines, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Monday, days after the Trump administration said it had cleared the vital transit route of the explosive devices.

According to a statement from the IRGC Navy carried by semi-official Tasnim News Agency, the unidentified tanker struck the mines, caught fire and came to a stop.

The IRGC Navy said the vessel had attempted to pass through an "illegal route south of the Strait of Hormuz" when it came into contact with the mines. ...


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