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Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable -- CULT OF THE DEAD COW -- .ooM Hacker / Archaeologist / Gadabout / Professional Something-or-Other. Anti-fascist and Pro-science. As the old axiom says, reality has a liberal bias. Nazis need to be punched.

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The Most Chilling Detail in the U.S. Attack on an Iranian Naval Ship The Iranian warship was taking part in an international exercise with many other countriesโ€”including the United States.

That Iranian Navy ship we torpedoed had no ammunition on board because that was a requirement to participate in the MILAN 2026 exercise (organized by the Indian Navy).

The US Navy knew this because IT ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE EXERCISE. What a national embarrassment.
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06.03.2026 16:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 816 ๐Ÿ” 333 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 53 ๐Ÿ“Œ 39

this is, almost literally, a panel from next week's cartoon, written before I read this.

06.03.2026 19:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 1079 ๐Ÿ” 127 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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DOJ lawyers hunt for pretext to raid Cuba โ€” amid fears of 'dramatic' breach of protocol Trump administration prosecutors in Miami are hunting for a pretext to charge government officials in Cuba with U.S. crimes, reported MS NOW's Carol Leonnig and Jake Traylor โ€” a development that comes shortly after Trump suggested that there could soon be leadership changes in the Communist nation.T...

DOJ lawyers hunt for pretext to raid Cuba โ€” amid fears of 'dramatic' breach of protocol

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06.03.2026 23:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 861 ๐Ÿ” 122 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 29 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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BREAKING via NBC News

Trump has privately shown serious interest in U.S. ground troops in Iran.

Full Story: nbcnews.to/4rW7N2w

07.03.2026 00:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 416 ๐Ÿ” 130 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 70 ๐Ÿ“Œ 60

I planned to share my report on the body cam footage early next week when I learned that a DC news station had obtained some of the footage as a result of my lawsuit and they were going to scoop me. After working on this for a year, I couldn't let that happen. Published 2 mins before they aired :)

06.03.2026 23:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 5315 ๐Ÿ” 1333 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 73 ๐Ÿ“Œ 19

This dude is the bad guy in every single movie made about high school ever

07.03.2026 03:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 1674 ๐Ÿ” 182 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 72 ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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S.F. mayor, board president propose 3 ballot measures to expand executive branch power The three measures emerged from charter reform efforts that involved getting input from a 31-person working group

San Francisco already has a strong mayor system, but thatโ€™s not enough for those who want full control vested in billionaires.

Just in time for No Kings Day, Lurie and Mandelman argue โ€œGiving more power to the mayor would create more โ€œaccountability.โ€

06.03.2026 15:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Because she was working with a federal task force, she was considered a federal officer, and thus protected by SCOTUS rulings making it all but impossible to sue federal cops, even for egregious abuse.

Now consider what this means for Trump's immigration thugs.

Democrats had two years to fix this.

03.03.2026 14:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 1257 ๐Ÿ” 501 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24 ๐Ÿ“Œ 11

Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.

Don't. Platform. Lying. Liars. To. Performatively. Lie. On. The. Teevee. Shows.

If you've screwed up & done that anyway, immediately end the interviews when the performative public liars performatively lie in public.

What is journalism, anyway?

03.03.2026 14:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 513 ๐Ÿ” 78 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

โ€œThe evidence is strong that Trumpโ€™s central claims about Iran are false, not merely that they havenโ€™t been sufficiently explained to lawmakers.โ€
@gregsargent.bsky.social is dead on

03.03.2026 16:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 367 ๐Ÿ” 81 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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This is going to be hard for some people to accept, but I think the US government is lying to us about the state of negotiations between itself and Iran.

02.03.2026 13:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 12993 ๐Ÿ” 2772 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 810 ๐Ÿ“Œ 201
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Kristi Noem: "They talk about masks. They're the party that in 2020 mandated masks and penalized and put crimes on US citizens if they didn't have a mask on, and now they don't want our law enforcement officers to be protected from doxxing." (Trump in fact was the president in 2020.)

03.03.2026 18:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 2470 ๐Ÿ” 555 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 363 ๐Ÿ“Œ 139
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โ€œThe Intern in Chargeโ€: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trumpโ€™s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the governmentโ€™s main hub for combating v...

The Republicans seem to be prepping an argument that any domestic terror attacks in the aftermath of their Iran attacks will be the fault of Democrats for shutting down DHS funding, so I'd like to remind everyone of this appointment:

03.03.2026 14:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 6329 ๐Ÿ” 2724 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 245 ๐Ÿ“Œ 148
In each of these cases identified by the district court, the court found that, on the plaintiffsโ€™ version of the facts, law enforcement officers had used excessive force against individuals who had stopped resisting, were attempting to flee, and/or were only โ€œpassively resisting, i.e. . . . not complying, but . . . also not attempting to fight back.โ€  With the possible exception of Yates, which involved the deployment of a taser, we agree that this collection of cases clearly establishes that Deputy Wrightโ€™s use of force would be excessive if the facts taken most favorably to Barricks were established.  See Ashcroft v. Al-Kidd, 563 U.S. 731, 741 (2011) (recognizing that for a law to be clearly established in the context of 11 qualified immunity, we do โ€œnot require a case directly on point, but existing precedent must have placed the statutory or constitutional question beyond debateโ€).  And although there may be some factual distinctions with the case currently on appeal, these cases surely provide particularized examples of constitutional violations involving the use of excessive force โ€œunder similar circumstancesโ€ to those in the altercation between Barricks and Deputy Wright.  White, 580 U.S. at 79.

In each of these cases identified by the district court, the court found that, on the plaintiffsโ€™ version of the facts, law enforcement officers had used excessive force against individuals who had stopped resisting, were attempting to flee, and/or were only โ€œpassively resisting, i.e. . . . not complying, but . . . also not attempting to fight back.โ€ With the possible exception of Yates, which involved the deployment of a taser, we agree that this collection of cases clearly establishes that Deputy Wrightโ€™s use of force would be excessive if the facts taken most favorably to Barricks were established. See Ashcroft v. Al-Kidd, 563 U.S. 731, 741 (2011) (recognizing that for a law to be clearly established in the context of 11 qualified immunity, we do โ€œnot require a case directly on point, but existing precedent must have placed the statutory or constitutional question beyond debateโ€). And although there may be some factual distinctions with the case currently on appeal, these cases surely provide particularized examples of constitutional violations involving the use of excessive force โ€œunder similar circumstancesโ€ to those in the altercation between Barricks and Deputy Wright. White, 580 U.S. at 79.

4th Cir.: it was clearly established law that officer could not punch surrendering arrestee twelve times in the face, causing several fractures and a brain bleed.

Immediately after the arrest, officer told his girlfriend he "fucked his face up."

No QI.

www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/251...

03.03.2026 19:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 457 ๐Ÿ” 105 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Itโ€™s actually FEWER Misรฉrables

03.03.2026 15:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 4718 ๐Ÿ” 922 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 50 ๐Ÿ“Œ 35
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Americans Stranded in the Middle East Arenโ€™t Getting Help from the State Department โ€œPlease do not rely on the U.S. government for assisted departure or evacuation,โ€ a State department hotline said when NOTUS called Tuesday afternoon.

NEWS: Americans were told to evacuate the Middle East โ€” but the State Dept is not helping them do it.

We called the State hotline. First thing you hear is an automated message: "Do not rely on the U.S. government for assisted departure or evacuation."

03.03.2026 19:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 4590 ๐Ÿ” 2226 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 440 ๐Ÿ“Œ 495

He looks like a divorced meerkat

03.03.2026 20:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 1972 ๐Ÿ” 144 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 116 ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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Ayatollah Ali Khameneiโ€™s Son Emerges as Leading Choice to Be His Successor

It appears we may have replaced Ayatollah Khamenei with Ayatollah Khamenei

03.03.2026 23:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 3785 ๐Ÿ” 967 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 433 ๐Ÿ“Œ 675

A Kuwaiti F-18 could do the funniest thing right now

04.03.2026 01:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 2759 ๐Ÿ” 421 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 66 ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
Tweet from Vince Shalomi: Suing the GOP Texas for deleting my nickname
"Shamwow" in the Primaries so they help the incumbent John Carter so the voters don't recognize me. Rigged election by these rhinos.

Tweet from Vince Shalomi: Suing the GOP Texas for deleting my nickname "Shamwow" in the Primaries so they help the incumbent John Carter so the voters don't recognize me. Rigged election by these rhinos.

The Shamwow Guy, Vince Shlomi, says he is suing the Texas GOP for โ€œriggingโ€ his Texas House race by not including the word โ€œShamwowโ€ on ballots

03.03.2026 19:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 2106 ๐Ÿ” 353 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 204 ๐Ÿ“Œ 309

I feel like we typically see these sorts of completely outraged opinions from federal judges a couple times a year across the whole country, maybe a little more often in last few years. Now, in cases stemming from Trump's immigration crackdown, judges are ringing the alarm bell several times a week.

03.03.2026 21:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 1827 ๐Ÿ” 531 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Supreme Court TX has ruled for pure fucking CHAOS if the primary is close enough to matter

04.03.2026 03:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 1721 ๐Ÿ” 378 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 54 ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

There's been a lot of debate within the Democratic establishment about what rhetoric to use via ICE.

Well, an incumbent doesn't lose by 48 percentage points very oftenโ€”and her vote on collaborating with ICE was the defining issue here.

04.03.2026 04:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 8315 ๐Ÿ” 2490 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 98 ๐Ÿ“Œ 107

The โ€œshieldโ€ is intolerable here as well.

โ€œParents tried to shield their children from water. Instead they died of dehydration.โ€

Thatโ€™s what the @nytimes.com headline here says. Both โ€œshieldโ€ and โ€œinsteadโ€ appallingly reinforce anti-vax attitudes and frames.

04.03.2026 14:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 1235 ๐Ÿ” 322 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 26 ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

I think it's super that the GOP has dispatched its dullest and dimmest senators, like Mullin and Tuberville, to make the unintelligible case for an unpopular unplanned war. Go get 'em, boys.

04.03.2026 16:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 1699 ๐Ÿ” 285 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 76 ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

This is what weak and insecure people think confidence looks like: buffoonish bluster and swagger, like a 12-year-old bully. It doesnโ€˜t inspire trust or security. It inspires grave concern for the lives of the people serving our nation whose fate is in the hands of these overcompensating oafs.

04.03.2026 16:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 3368 ๐Ÿ” 755 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 163 ๐Ÿ“Œ 24

Pretty much, yep.

06.03.2026 13:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Wilders understands that culture and demographics are our destiny. We can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies.
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Hundreds of Islamists shouting "Allahu Akbar" in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Wilders is right for over 10 years. #turkijerel
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Steve King 9 @SteveKinglA + Follow Wilders understands that culture and demographics are our destiny. We can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies. ESTERN ILIZATION Voice of Europe @V_of_Europe Hundreds of Islamists shouting "Allahu Akbar" in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Wilders is right for over 10 years. #turkijerel RETWEETS LIKES 516 688 10:40 AM - 12 Mar 2017 from lowa, USA

I'm teaching about early 20th century eugenics today and was reminded that 9 years ago Republican Representative Steve King was stripped of his committee assignments by his GOP colleagues for this post that simply states what is now bog standard GOP policy/rhetoric on immigration and "civilization."

04.03.2026 17:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 3754 ๐Ÿ” 1013 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 67 ๐Ÿ“Œ 47

This turns out exactly how everyone except the dummy who decided to do something idiotic and then agree to an interview with Chotiner knows it will turn out

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