"They don't give a fuck about you!" George Carlin - It's A BIG Club & You Ain't In It! youtu.be/Nyvxt1svxso via @YouTube

Shared today by Bev Perry in the Expand Dem Values in the House and Senate Facebook group. I need to say something that's been bothering me for a while, and I'm saying it as a Marine Corps veteran who leans center-right. This isn't partisan. This is observation. We've slow-faded into accepting militarized police as normal, and nobody seems to notice or care. Even as a USMC pilot, I went through six months of infantry training as an officer before flight school. I've worn the gear. The helmet, the tactical vest, the whole kit. And I can tell you from experience, it changes you. There's a psychological shift that happens when you strap that stuff on. You feel different. You carry yourself different. You start seeing the environment differently. In the Marine Corps, that shift was appropriate because it's a combat culture and organization. But these are American streets. American citizens. And we've got law enforcement dressed like they're kicking down doors in Fallujah to serve warrants in suburbia. What happend to high standards and real policing tactics? Think Adam-12...Officers Reed and Malloy. Crisp uniforms. A revolver. A baton. High standards and professionalism. They looked like public servants because they were public servants. They de-escalated. They talked to people. They were part of the community. Now? Tactical gear, beards, ball caps, Oakley sunglasses, sleeve tattoos, and a tactical kit that would make special operators jealous. And we've turned it into a fetish. We celebrate it. We assume that because someone looks hard, they must be a professional. They're not. I loved the Marine Corps. But I'll be honest, I was also blinded by it for a while. Mission first. Unit over everything. And that mentality made sense in that context. But law enforcement doesn't get that critical examination. "Back the Blue" has become a shield against accountability. A blanket assumption that a badge plus gun equals hero. That tactical gear equals competence. It doesn't. Most people who join law enforcement aren't special operators. They're average people who desperately want to belong to something bigger than themselves. I understand that impulse deeply, it's why I joined the Marines. But wanting to belong doesn't make you qualified. Looking the part doesn't mean you can perform under pressure. And wrapping yourself in warrior aesthetics doesn't make you a warrior. Old school law enforcement represented something. Standards. Bearing. Discipline. Professionalism that was demonstrated, not costumed. A revolver and a baton meant you had to rely on your training, your words, your judgment, not overwhelming firepower. What I see now in law enforcement is the costume without the culture. The gear without the training. The authority without the accountability. Are there good people in law enforcement? Of course. I know some personally. But this reflexive "law enforcement can do no wrong" mentality is lazy, dangerous, and intellectually dishonest. A woman is dead. And before we sort ourselves into teams and start assigning blame, maybe we should ask harder questions: Why do we accept a militarized police force as normal? Why do we assume tactical gear equals tactical competence? Why have we let "Back the Blue" become a substitute for actual standards? I wore the uniform. I went through the training. I know what that gear does to your head. It shouldn't be normalized on American streets against American citizens. And we shouldn't pretend everyone wearing it is qualified to carry it. The fact that he called her a “fucking bitch” after he shot her three times should be a huge red flag for all of us.

This is too funny. Check out the comments for my reply to this post. For the commenters who think I'm stupid look in the mirror because you're dumber than a rock. To the folks that understand humor, congratulations. 👏x.com/BlueLionBlog/status/19…

This is the most important video that has ever been produced by HHS. @SecKennedy gives a history lesson on health and the reductions of death from infectious disease. He’s got the receipts. Share this with everyone we know.

🚨 Exactly as we warned 🚨 Taylor & Francis’ Research Integrity office has been infiltrated and compromised by the PubPeer Network Mob. We have already served them a formal notice and made it public: 👉 scienceguardians.substack.co… 🔗 Taylor & Francis Compromised — PubPeer Network Mob Member Nick Wise Infiltrates Research Integrity Office: x.com/SciGuardians/status/19… 📑 The evidence presented here speaks loud for itself and is undeniable: • Undeclared conflicts of interest & fake aliases (Simnia avena) on PubPeer • Post-appointment activity showing Wise remained active after joining Taylor & Francis • Collusion with external actors while holding insider access • Risks of abuse of confidential information in targeting researchers ⚠️ Now, as seen here, their compromised position is being weaponized to harass researchers and push baseless “investigations” — while PubPeer’s affiliates like Retraction Watch recycle defamatory narratives without accountability (archived at: archive.md/spSa0). ⚠️ We, at @SciGuardians — and the academic community — will hold Laura Wilson (@Alwaysjenkins), Head of Research Integrity & Ethics, and Dr. Sabina Alam, Director of Publishing Ethics & Integrity, fully accountable and fully liable for any harassment or defamation campaigns arising from the presence of a PubPeer Network Mob perpetrator in their office, abuse of authority, or collusion with external actors (solidly confirmed through documented and archived evidence). 🔱 The academic community must see clearly: this is not integrity — this is infiltration. And the era of forcing authority and threatening researchers is over — the era of accountability has begun. @SecKennedy @DrJBhattacharya @AaronSiriSG @RenzTom @laralogan @HHS_ORI @NIH @C0PE @UKRIO @ClarivateAG @timeshighered @ElsevierConnect @SpringerNature @WileyGlobal @PLOS @ScienceMagazine @TheLancet @Nature @USDAScience @FrontiersIn @TimKersjes @chrisgrafpub @EggletonKim @Maria_Kowalczuk @latwec @EllaFlemyng @Phil_Baty @lisalibrarian @cshperspectives @JAByrneSci @cpiller @DoctorZen @LizWhitlockMD @AJEisch @SimonGandevia @HollyElse @Einstein_Berlin @NerdyChristie @MiryamNaddaf @Kate_Travis @armarcus @ivanoransky @DeniseOrdway @hholdenthorp @MeaganPhelan @fenellasaunders @WCRIFoundation

I watched the entire Senate hearing with RFK Jr. I need to set the record straight. And I have a message for the Senators who have presided over the mass poisoning of our children. 🧵

Our DNA contamination Paper is now live and peer reviewed. The most valuable part of this process was actually the peer review. I hope the Journal puts them public as every fact checker complaint was raised and traversed in that process. And I’m certain the retraction mob will be harassing the journal with those tired claims, thus having the review public would save them a lot noise.

This post is possibly one of the most important ones I've ever posted. Please make this go "viral" so that those who still have an attention span can see the danger of grok lying, and how the SV40 info is being gaslit and buried. substack.com/@weldeiry/p-169…

An important story from last week has largely gone uncovered. The world's leading authority on clinical research, Dr. Gordon Guyatt, committed a heinous transgression and caved to trans activists. What was the nature of his crime? Publishing the truth.

Hey, @Securian, not a good look. Do the right thing.

RIP Bill Moyers. Thanks for all the great PBS programs you gave us. From the Secret/Shadow government special to Joseph Campbell/The Power of Myth to the Language of Life/Dodge Poetry Festival. You always went deep and it was always interesting.

Chills. Vince Gill, David Crosby, Jimmy Web - Surf's Up live at Radio City Music... youtu.be/uU-4AkDimt8?si=75fz… via @YouTube

¿Oyes cantar al pueblo? ¿Cantando una canción de hombres furiosos? Es la música de un pueblo que no volverá a ser esclavo. Lo siento, musical equivocado.

Science denier. x.com/Jaydee_Old_Boy/status/…

Perhaps instead of deleting your post and blocking me, @DrScomaME_CFS, you could instead apologize to your followers and everyone else on X, as well as the people that entrust their care to you. Folks have been through enough in the last five years and are undeserving of stunts like this.

Do we actually need to deal with this nonsense in 2025? x.com/DrScomaME_CFS/status/1… Image from a 2014 paper titled, "Overview of current lung imaging in acute respiratory distress syndrome." Number 3 in the Series ‘‘Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome."

I've been having feelings lately that perhaps I was born in the wrong body. I hope some of my trans friends like @jk_rowling can guide me on my path to lionesshood.

Maybe he doesn't like flounder.

Zero Risk Challenge to $500K Not clickbait or anything like that. We’re starting with $50. Zero risk? I’ll give $50 to each participant so you can join us. If you want, like, retweet, and drop a comment. (Only 300 spots available for my followers)

Tonight I learned of the passing of Jesse Colin Young. Anyone who knows me knows my heart will never be the same. RIP Jesse.

Steven’s whistleblower case against Merck was dismissed because the government was aware of the fraud but chose to purchase the vaccine anyway. It’s hell being a whistleblower and Steven’s been dealing with this for 10 yrs longer than I have. The first thing I asked him when we met was, “Aren’t you angry?” He just looked at me and bluntly said, “No, not anymore.” An hour or so later, after we finished the interview, he came up to me and said, “I do understand why you’re angry, Brook. It’s because you still have hope.” It’s true, but it’s fading. @AGPamBondi @SecKennedy