CURRENT EVENTS July 6 - *

[nycfan]

Background:

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro charged in connection with alleged coup plot​

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/18/americas/brazil-bolsonaro-charged-coup-plot-intl-latam

“…
In 2022, Bolsonaro allegedly met with ambassadors and diplomatic representatives to discuss the accusations of voting fraud “in an attempt to prepare the international community for disrespecting the popular will in the presidential elections,” a statement from the Attorney General’s Office read.

Despite finding no evidence of election fraud, the defendants allegedly continued their campaign to discredit the electoral system, prosecutors said.

They also allege that Bolsonaro approved a plan to carry out the coup, which they say included the death of the elected President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his vice president.

Prosecutors said the last attempt to overturn the election happened on January 8, 2023, when defendants allegedly encouraged groups of Bolsonaro supporters to mobilize in Brasília, where they stormed and vandalized the three seats of government.…”

 

[ChileG]

—> https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/...e_code=1.Uk8.8e7i.W299j7S4EXBf&smid=url-share

Can anyone point to anyone that was actually hurt by the DOGE cuts?

 

[ZenMode]

Active shooter faces violent death after bursting into border patrol building near major airport​

An active shooter who burst into a Border Patrol building and ambushed federal agents next to an airport in Texas has been killed.

The unnamed gunman entered the Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol building near McAllen International Airport early Monday morning.

He was shot and killed by federal agents, McAllen Police Department spokesman Sergeant John Saenz said during a press conference.

Active shooter bursts into border patrol near major airport

The unnamed gunman entered the Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol building near McAllen International Airport early Monday morning.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Putting on my tin foil hat...

CNN is reporting the shooters name as Ryan Luis. Fox, MSNBC, and all other local outlets I've seen, are reporting his name as Ryan Louis Mosqueda.

 

[Molotov Mocktail]

—> https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/...e_code=1.Uk8.8e7i.W299j7S4EXBf&smid=url-share

I’m from a KS farming family so I read this article first thing this morning.

The history was interesting but what stood out was the guy that said changing who you vote for is like changing your religion. This is why I just don’t give a fuck that they’re hurting from these policies. It’s on them. I know many rural people that are terrible racist assholes and are perfect candidates for FAFO. These surprising thing about this is they’ll be asking for (more) government handouts

 

[Mulberry Heel]

I’m from a KS farming family so I read this article first thing this morning.

The history was interesting but what stood out was the guy that said changing who you vote for is like changing your religion. This is why I just don’t give a fuck that they’re hurting from these policies. It’s on them. I know many rural people that are terrible racist assholes and are perfect candidates for FAFO. These surprising thing about this is they’ll be asking for (more) government handouts

In the rural county I grew up in over a quarter of the population is on Medicaid (not Medicare, Medicaid) and over 12,000 people use SNAP. Yet some 80% of the county's voters supported Trump in the last 3 elections, and they vote overwhelmingly for people like Virginia Foxx & Ted Budd. And they do practically worship Trump, there are Trump flags flying everywhere constantly, not just in presidential campaigns. As they say, elections have consequences, and a good many people over the next three or four years are going to learn the truth of that phrase.

 

[Kingpin]

Can anyone point to anyone that was actually hurt by the DOGE cuts?

Do the people I know who lost their jobs count?

 

[ChileG]

Do the people I know who lost their jobs count?

Of course!

 

[dukeman92]

I had an acquaintance in LA who had a tryst with a famous actor, and she said he "was hung like a cashew."

We need a name, brutha!

 

[dukeman92]

Background:

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro charged in connection with alleged coup plot​

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/18/americas/brazil-bolsonaro-charged-coup-plot-intl-latam

“…
In 2022, Bolsonaro allegedly met with ambassadors and diplomatic representatives to discuss the accusations of voting fraud “in an attempt to prepare the international community for disrespecting the popular will in the presidential elections,” a statement from the Attorney General’s Office read.

Despite finding no evidence of election fraud, the defendants allegedly continued their campaign to discredit the electoral system, prosecutors said.

They also allege that Bolsonaro approved a plan to carry out the coup, which they say included the death of the elected President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his vice president.

Prosecutors said the last attempt to overturn the election happened on January 8, 2023, when defendants allegedly encouraged groups of Bolsonaro supporters to mobilize in Brasília, where they stormed and vandalized the three seats of government.…”

Sounds familiar.

 

[CFordUNC]

 

[CFordUNC]

The answer is no but it still feels a little vindicating at least.

 

[nycfan]

Suspect Who Fired on South Texas Border Patrol Building Is Dead, Authorities Say​

One police officer shot in the knee during the attack in McAllen, Texas​

—> https://www.wsj.com/us-news/suspect...a?st=zAik8o&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

“… McAllen Police Chief Victor Rodriguez said during a press conference that the suspect was a 27-year-old man with a Michigan address who arrived in a car with Michigan tags. The suspect opened fire on the building and the agents inside, Rodriguez said, and fired dozens of rounds. The agents shot back, killing the suspect, he said.

The suspect was reported missing from an address in the nearby city of Weslaco, Texas, earlier on Monday morning, Rodriguez said….”

 

[Mulberry Heel]

Ah, it appears that we are finally reaching the endgame of the inevitable Trump/Musk breakup. Dear Leader has finally started accusing Elon of being the lowest and most horrible thing he and MAGA can think of - a (gasp!) Liberal Radical Left Trump Deranged Democrat. You knew it was coming.

 

[dukeman92]

The answer is no but it still feels a little vindicating at least.

They'll never admit it. But we know that they know.

 

[CFordUNC]

 

[CFordUNC]

Would love to get the aroused ram’s take on all of this #WINNING!

 

[mynameisbond]

Ah, it appears that we are finally reaching the endgame of the inevitable Trump/Musk breakup. Dear Leader has finally started accusing Elon of being the lowest and most horrible thing he and MAGA can think of - a (gasp!) Liberal Radical Left Trump Deranged Democrat. You knew it was coming.

The shocking thing to me is that Musk didn't see it coming. None of Trump's appointees and minions who fail to show him absolute fealty ever survive. Elon was doomed as soon as his usefulness ran out.

 

[Healing]

Clocking about seven distinct social engagements in that collage.

 

[dukeman92]

Would love to get the aroused ram’s take on all of this #WINNING!

The aroused ram...

 

[lawtig02]

The shocking thing to me is that Musk didn't see it coming. None of Trump's appointees and minions who fail to show him absolute fealty ever survive. Elon was doomed as soon as his usefulness ran out.

I'm just glad that make-up call lasted for ... uh ... less than a month.

Elon Musk called Trump before conveying his 'regret' for some of his posts about him, sources say

Elon Musk called President Donald Trump on Monday night, two sources familiar with the conversation told ABC News.

abcnews.go.com

Elon Musk called President Donald Trump on Monday night, two sources familiar with the conversation told ABC News, after their bitter public feud last week.

Musk posted on X early Wednesday morning, "I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far."