Assault with a deli weapon! Our Hogie hero!

Stephen Miller soon joined a growing list of senior Trump-administration political appointees—at least six by our count—living in Washington-area military housing, where they are shielded not just from potential violence but also from protest. It is an ominous marker of the nation’s polarization, to which the Trump administration has itself contributed, that some of those top public servants have felt a need to separate themselves from the public. These civilian officials can now depend on the U.S. military to augment their personal security. But so many have made the move that they are now straining the availability of housing for the nation’s top uniformed officers.

Kristi Noem, the Homeland Security secretary, moved out of her D.C. apartment building and into the home designated for the Coast Guard commandant on Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, across the river from the capital, after the Daily Mail described where she lived. Both Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth live on “Generals’ Row” at Fort McNair, an Army enclave along the Anacostia River, according to officials from the State and Defense Departments. (Rubio spent one recent evening assembling furniture that had been delivered to the house that day.)

The reported noted that the moves aren’t entirely unprecedented, as national security officials have previously rented homes on bases “for security or convenience.”

Ah, but rented vs rent-free… With little proof of actual risk.

The day was not only nonviolent but also historic. The estimated nearly 7 million who showed up across America marked the second-largest one-day protest in U.S. history, surpassed only by a very different type of event, the first Earth Day in 1970. That was roughly 40% largest than the first “No Kings” event in June, and in talking to protesters Saturday it seemed the turnout was only boosted by the right-wing rhetoric, that anti-Trump protesters must be some kind of domestic terrorists.

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The official White House reaction, as related to one reporter, was “Who cares?” But guess what? They clearly cared, a lot. You could see that in the week leading up to the demonstration, with the increasingly insane rhetoric and warnings about “antifa” — a tiny, unorganized sliver of young rock-throwing radicals who were nowhere in sight Saturday — that aimed to neutralize the reality that millions of everyday Americans are sick of seeing a masked secret police snatch people off the streets.

In a maneuver that North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un must have surely applauded, Trump’s Pentagon fired some artillery shells over a closed I-5 in the heart of Southern California’s anti-Trump rally as the protests were taking place — ostensibly to mark the 250th anniversary of the armed forces, but alsoas a reminder of the regime’s military might as Trump weighs invoking the Insurrection Act.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is clearing the ranks of the military’s lawyers to “get them out of the way” of possibly illegal moves, according to current and former defense officials.

Hegseth fired Lt. Gen. Joe Berger, the Army’s top uniformed lawyer, early this year on the advice of the right-wing social media account LibsOfTikTok and he then removed the Air Force’s Judge Advocate General, Lt. Gen. Charles Plummer, describing both as “roadblocks to orders that are given by a commander-in-chief,” reported CNN.

“I see this as part of a grander plan to remove lawyers from the [military’s] operational forces and get them out of the way,” said a former senior defense official.

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Having spent a good amount of the last several weeks working on several self hosted things,I would have to agree. Simple projects shouldn’t take long… But some shit happens.

When something is done and working, it is satisfying.

So how much did it cost to drag all of them to his special Ted talk? Government rules sure, but he just dragged all of the flag ranked official he could get his hands on and they are likely to be in hotels not barracks, and most probably flew commercial or use the VIP transports.

I’m pretty sure your dog would do a better job with holding runny shit than Patel would. Shittin on liberties is what Patel is good at.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/chelseastewart/donald-trump-pics-after-death-rumors

I am hopeful of this as a theory. I admit to being curious if there are any historical allegories to this.

Not sure what shit you been seeing the Democrats do, so I’d love a list. What I see them doing is capitulating to some of the worst changes in American democracy since the 1930s.

It’s from his sub stack. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-what-would-democrats

Also readable here: https://www.rsn.org/001/what-would-democrats-be-doing-now-if-they-got-up-off-their-asses.html

https://runforsomething.net/ Is the organization.

From the article

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After I saw Mamdani win the primary in NYC, I decided to stop wasting time and try to learn what I can as soon as I can,” Clemson said.

Clemson is one of more than 10,000 people with an interest in running for office who signed up for Run for Something – a progressive political organization that helps younger candidates learn the ropes – after Mamdani won the primary. He’s part of a surge in young progressives who saw Mamdani’s win in June as hope for a different brand of politics and plan to learn from his example.

Co-founder Amanda Litman called it the group’s biggest organic candidate recruitment surge ever.

“They saw a young person who took on the establishment against the odds and was able to center the issues that young people really care about – cost of living, especially, housing, childcare, transportation – and talk about it in a way that felt hopeful and made people feel like maybe better things are possible,” Litman said.

The Mamdani bump blends together excitement about the candidate, interest in leftist policies and zeal for shoe-leather campaigning, both on the ground and online. The organization recognizes that it’s not that Mamdani’s exact policy ideas should be the focus of campaigns nationwide, but that campaigns should be tailored to and inspired by the people they will directly serve.

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As an old IT guy I empathize with the control of data. I have my array of self-hosted servers and love my CLI.

With that said, the older I get the less patience I have for hacking it together and supporting it. I still prefer privacy, and indeed Firecore Infuse is “Private by design” by their own statement. It’s not open source and I am not clear if it’s audited, but for as long as it lasts I’m happy friends and family less technically inclined have a simple easy familiar interface which I don’t have to support.

I will say I’m impressed A Pi4 works so well for jellyfin streaming. I guess it’s not transcoding, so it’s just a database and file share.

VLC is a great way to work with AppleTV, if you are willing to trade a few more clicks and less meta data for being free. It is by far the gold standard of being able to play anything.

The file format issue, plus the simple interface (especially for older less technically inclined) makes infuse worth the $100 lifetime cost (especially with family sharing).

What hardware are you using for your LibreELEC? Pi 3,4,5? With an external drive?

Self-hosted is not a way to make things free. Just lower cost than subscriptions overall. Using the full *Arr suite, with Usenet, your own hardware, and client boxes gives the users better control of the content they watch, but requires a nominal input of users time (plus some technical expertise), as well as an investment of some money both one time and annually.

Infuse’s lifetime time cost, when viewed in light of the total reduction of subscription cost (and an improved control of content) is worth it. I would definitely not pay a monthly amount to infuse, although it’s possible.

So far as Jellyfin’s app… As its free, I have low expectations. They fact that the developers have paid Apple for the SDK and put it as a free app on Apple TV and iOS is incredibly kind of them. They have a fair amount of code to look after and open source developers rarely get enough love or money.

I realize most will say kodi or android TV, but I have to say that Apple TV with Infuse (or Jellyfin) is really simple and reliable. I say that with the assumption that you mean a client, not the server. I would definitely put it on a NAS at minimum.

In an April sit-down, former transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg schooled Schulz and his co-hosts for believing in Trump’s promises.

I wanna see this.

You mean like his own National Security advisor leaked information on previous operations?

As Hanlon’s razor goes:

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

Incompetence in the white house is easy to see.

This is the roll call of the motion to table the impeachment. It’s listed by alphabetical last name, but you can find your reps in there.

While I sympathize, I also have read enough history and law to know that the executive branch has many option and powers to leverage to make this happen.

The SAC, aka the third option is a prime example.

Further the executive has the ability to deploy forces for 90 days, but still must notify the speaker of the house within 48 hours of deployment.

These are just two examples.

But if Trump can’t even report within 48 hours, then they need to assert their power.