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Retired newspaper editor. Graduate, Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center. Mac user since 1985. Photo: Lake Zürich on a sunny, but chilly December day with the snow-covered peaks of Switzerland in the background.
While Trump hurt our ability to help Americans get to safety by only having 4 confirmed Ambassadors in the 14 countries with evac orders and not planning ahead of time, it’s the career public servants at State Dept now stepping up. Let me tell you what’s been happening. THREAD (1/9)
It just keeps getting worse for Kristi Noem.
Senator Blumenthal is going to pursue a criminal investigation for perjury since she flat out lied in her hearings.
“Her firing doesn’t absolve her or relieve her of potential liability for perjury,” he said.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
At some point in the future, Hegseth will be prosecuted. Mark it down.
Today, Michelle and I are proud to announce that we will be hosting the dedication ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center on June 18th in Chicago, and welcoming the public on June 19th.
We can’t wait for you to visit. Go to obama.org to learn more.
Dogs everywhere celebrating Cricket’s revenge 🐶🤩😂
#KristiNoem #Fired
WSJ reprint's the FT's original story on Iran's decentralized military now
But I'm ok with that. Cause it's a story. And an important one
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
Vintage close-up photo of a smiling girl with short, styled hair and polka dot attire.
7 March 1932 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Ewa Marton, was born in Körmend.
In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
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▶ Watch our webinar about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/M42znxofU5Q
License plate readers. Cellphone location data. Social media monitoring. Now, real-time facial recognition on the street.
DHS is building a surveillance apparatus—and you're probably already in it.
Our latest with @france24.com:
Someone get this man a stylist, a tailor, and then remind him he's not 29 anymore, so he should stop trying to look like it.
Free version:
archive.ph/2tNRN
Long past time.
Long-delayed Jan. 6 plaque honoring police quietly erected overnight at Capitol
SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE (2025)
Streaming: March 21, 2026
Netflix
#SisuRoadToRevenge
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Trump now needs help from Ukraine, a country he hates, to destroy drones from Iran, a country he ripped up a peace deal with, guided by intelligence from Russia, a country he loves, in a war started by Israel, a country with obvious blackmail over him.
Meanwhile, Nero golfs.
Donald Trump Has Lit a Global Match. Trump and his aides think the United States has global leverage that his predecessors refused to use. He seems to forget that other countries have leverage, too—and they’re intent on using it to stop him. newrepublic.com/article/2072...
Basically, no change.
NUREMBERG (2025)
Streaming Now
Netflix
#Nuremberg
The proper way to resolve all parking disputes: 🔊 #AGoodPlace
Source: www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s...
“The White House did not deny blocking the terror bulletin”: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Congress, do your job.
“It felt like something out of Saturday Night Live. Telling us to evacuate, but in the same breath saying not to expect help from the government”
#WarMonger #SendBarron
I'm thirsty. I think I'll head to Jarritas.
Talk doesn't make the man, Petey. Ask any real man.
He’s spent more time on his golf course than the White House. Why was he incensed when Biden went home to Delaware? And he’s supposed to be managing a “war.”
United States Onurt of Appeals FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT No. 26-5050 September Term, 2025 1:25-cv-02471-ACR Filed On: March 6, 2026 Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot, et al., Appellees V. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of America, et al., Appellants BEFORE: Walker, Pan, and Garcia, Circuit Judges ORDER Upon consideration of the emergency motion for a stay pending appeal, the opposition thereto, the reply, the amicus briefs, and the Rule 28(i) letters, it is ORDERED that the motion for a stay be denied.
BREAKING: DC Circuit, on a 2-1 vote, keeps in place a lower court order blocking DHS Sec. Noem’s effort to end Haiti temporary protected status designation.
Judges Pan and Garcia deny DOJ’s request to stay the district court order. Judge Walker would have granted it.
Haiti TPS is safe for now.
This is not the best part of the firing, but it’s in the Top 10.
"The level of disrespect the president has shown Congress, has shown the American people, has shown the military by doing what he's doing with no clear plan," Jonathan Capehart says. "You owe the American people more than just glib talking points." https://to.pbs.org/4sPLmfN
