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Sustainable investor, father of a teenager, lover of winter, part-time professor, proud Wisconsinite happily living in Massachusetts, volunteer for multiple organizations, lifelong UU and multilingual former world traveler settling into late middle age.

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Iranian Girls’ Elementary School Massacre Was a Double-Tap Strike, Medics Say The tactic involves bombing a target and then launching a second strike meant to kill survivors and first responders.

“Many outcomes of this war are uncertain. But a renewed generation of hatred towards the West is baked in.”

Purposefully murdering children is WRONG‼️

And Westerners will live with and bear that hatred for decades to come❗️

#WarinIran #OperationEpsteinFury

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06.03.2026 20:47 👍 13 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 2

So…we’re NOT invading to protect the Iranians who protested the regime, like Trump claimed?

Now we’re going to kill them all instead?

07.03.2026 05:54 👍 1229 🔁 468 💬 103 📌 18
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ICE Kidnaps Journalist Who Was Covering Them ICE agents surrounded Estefany Rodríguez’s vehicle, which was marked as a press car, and took her away.

It's bad enough that ICE Barbie's 'punishment' so far has been reassignment to a cushy made-up job

Her exit didn't make a dent in the lawlessness of the agency whose thuggish tactics she helped finesse

These AHs remain out of ctrl; 📣ur MoCs- don't fall for Felon's con
202-224-3121
democracy.io/#!/

07.03.2026 14:11 👍 93 🔁 59 💬 2 📌 0

These are not detention centers. These are torturous concentration camps. These are crimes against of humanity.
They are kidnapping good people. Not criminals.
These inhumane abuses MUST be stopped.
Do not fund DHS. Tear it down.
Fire the Republicans.
Every single one.
#ProudBlue #OneV1 #Pinks

07.03.2026 14:24 👍 216 🔁 160 💬 10 📌 10
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“Under serious consideration for complete destruction and certain death” sure sounds like nuke talk

07.03.2026 14:25 👍 726 🔁 202 💬 131 📌 33
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Hungarian opposition leader Magyar accuses Orban of bringing in Russian military intel to rig the upcoming election. GRU operatives arrived weeks ago, same playbook as Moldova, he says. Magyar demands they be expelled and urges Hungarians to vote on April 12.

07.03.2026 14:17 👍 443 🔁 138 💬 7 📌 5
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America can’t afford Trump’s war with Iran for long The economy has already taken damage from inflation, tariffs and a government shutdown.

I can’t afford health insurance but sure go ahead and spend billions in my name bombing people who never did me any harm.

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07.03.2026 14:20 👍 396 🔁 110 💬 6 📌 2
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Dismay as Hegseth urges Latin American allies to join ‘offense’ against cartels Critics sceptical Pentagon chief’s plan for increased military force – amid rising US intervention – will stop drug gangs

Latin America reacts with distress over Hegseth's sudden proclamation of regional hegemony and demand that Latin American governments either join the US military in illegally shooting drug suspects or the US military will operate on its own in (invade) their countries.

07.03.2026 14:22 👍 178 🔁 93 💬 12 📌 7
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Trump blocks FBI terror threat alert linked to Iran war Top Trump officials ordered it placed on hold over concerns that it could show the domestic risk of the war and further erode public support.

The White House is blocking the FBI and top US intelligence agencies from warning law enforcement across the country about new terror threats to the homeland tied to the war with Iran.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

07.03.2026 14:12 👍 387 🔁 231 💬 40 📌 25
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07.03.2026 14:16 👍 2290 🔁 1100 💬 195 📌 90
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Serge Zaka: Over the past ten years, the pace of warming has reached about 0.35°C per decade, compared to about 0.2°C per decade between 1970 and 2015. The corrected data show that an acceleration in climate warming is now detectable since 2015, with a statistical certainty greater than 98%.

07.03.2026 14:18 👍 160 🔁 82 💬 5 📌 8
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The new GOP nominee for TX-23 (San Antonio/West Texas) is a huge fan of the Führer.

07.03.2026 13:58 👍 275 🔁 141 💬 14 📌 12
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Massive war price tag could be a massive problem for GOP leaders The prospect of a ballooning new spending bill has GOP leaders bracing for a messy internal fight.

"Senior Republicans privately expect Trump's administration to request tens of billions of dollars for the Middle East conflict and other military needs from Congress in the coming days, with some GOP lawmakers hearing estimates that the Pentagon is spending as much as $2 billion a day on the war."

07.03.2026 14:00 👍 212 🔁 117 💬 16 📌 15
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Page One in UK:

@telegraph.co.uk

07.03.2026 12:57 👍 2185 🔁 989 💬 167 📌 79
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We’ll soon be measuring the Pentagon by the number of countries it’s NOT striking.

@lbc.co.uk
www.lbc.co.uk/article/us-m...

07.03.2026 13:00 👍 877 🔁 281 💬 38 📌 11
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Trump: "I guess it would be illegal. Could you imagine? They spend millions and millions on a campaign. They're losing and they beg me for an endorsement. I give it, they win by 30 points. And I get nothing. If I could sell that -- is there a way? Is there a way I can get paid for that, Marco?"

07.03.2026 14:54 👍 531 🔁 190 💬 128 📌 70

Wisdom from Jesse Jackson’s service yesterday: “You don’t forgive because they deserve mercy. You forgive because you deserve peace. Forgiveness is an emancipation.”

07.03.2026 13:13 👍 543 🔁 112 💬 9 📌 7
"I have a career on the internet doing comedy," Mr. Herrera told The New York Times. "If their strategy is going to be clutching their fake pearls, and they don't know the difference between jokes and what I actually believe, then this is going to be a very annoying few months."
In his video of the Nazi submachine gun, Mr. Herrera calls the weapon the
"original ghetto blaster" and "Hitler's street sweeper" and marches to a Nazi-era German war song.

"I have a career on the internet doing comedy," Mr. Herrera told The New York Times. "If their strategy is going to be clutching their fake pearls, and they don't know the difference between jokes and what I actually believe, then this is going to be a very annoying few months." In his video of the Nazi submachine gun, Mr. Herrera calls the weapon the "original ghetto blaster" and "Hitler's street sweeper" and marches to a Nazi-era German war song.

I don’t know what it means about my brain right now, but I LOLed at this.

Sex Scandal and ‘Mein Kampf’ Give Democrats Hope in West Texas Race www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/u...

07.03.2026 13:17 👍 180 🔁 18 💬 12 📌 7
Donald J. Trump C @realDonaldTrump
Iran, which is being beat to HELL, has apologized and surrendered to its Middle East neighbors, and promised that it will not shoot at them anymore. This promise was only made because of the relentless U.S. and Israeli attack. They were looking to take over and rule the Middle East. It is the first time that Iran has ever lost, in thousands of years, to surrounding Middle Eastern Countries. They have said, "Thank you President Trump." I have said, "You're welcome!" Iran is no longer the "Bully of the Middle East," they are, instead, "THE LOSER OF THE MIDDLE EAST," and will be for many decades until they surrender or, more likely, completely collapse! Today Iran will be hit very hard! Under serious consideration for complete destruction and certain death, because of Iran's bad behavior, are areas and groups of people that were not considered for targeting up until this moment in time. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
President DONALD J. TRUMP

Donald J. Trump C @realDonaldTrump Iran, which is being beat to HELL, has apologized and surrendered to its Middle East neighbors, and promised that it will not shoot at them anymore. This promise was only made because of the relentless U.S. and Israeli attack. They were looking to take over and rule the Middle East. It is the first time that Iran has ever lost, in thousands of years, to surrounding Middle Eastern Countries. They have said, "Thank you President Trump." I have said, "You're welcome!" Iran is no longer the "Bully of the Middle East," they are, instead, "THE LOSER OF THE MIDDLE EAST," and will be for many decades until they surrender or, more likely, completely collapse! Today Iran will be hit very hard! Under serious consideration for complete destruction and certain death, because of Iran's bad behavior, are areas and groups of people that were not considered for targeting up until this moment in time. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

A child speaks.

07.03.2026 11:27 👍 358 🔁 58 💬 44 📌 24

Trump doesn’t want Americans to know they’re in danger because he’ll look bad.

07.03.2026 11:04 👍 400 🔁 165 💬 26 📌 3
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Operational Excellence, Strategic Incompetence The president is pointing to the American military’s excellence as though that somehow constitutes a strategy in itself.

“The Americans could find themselves retreating to the strategic incoherence that has characterized the administration’s approach…military prowess cannot clarify America’s war aims. As the old saying warns: If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there.” @radiofreetom.bsky.social

07.03.2026 03:02 👍 166 🔁 49 💬 4 📌 3

It has been over two years since Markwayne Mullin challenged someone to a cage match in the middle of a US Senate hearing. Why won’t the Democrat Party acknowledge this?

by Hugh Hewitt

07.03.2026 03:28 👍 671 🔁 43 💬 11 📌 5
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Platner sat for lengthy interview with antisemitic conspiracy theorist, said he was ‘longtime fan’ of his show Weeks before Graham Platner promoted an antisemitic conspiracy theorist in a now-deleted social media post on Thursday, the controversial Maine Senate candidate appeared on a popular YouTube show whos...

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07.03.2026 03:42 👍 69 🔁 18 💬 3 📌 3

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

07.03.2026 03:59 👍 2188 🔁 248 💬 93 📌 7
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CBS obtained video of the DHS killing of an unarmed man in Texas that DHS concealed for nearly a year, which clearly contradicts claims that he violently rammed anyone. He is shot with his brake lights on, car not moving or barely moving. Another DHS crime.

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The last photo of third-grader Mikaeil Mirdoraghi, waving to his mom before he left for school. He was killed shortly after in the U.S./Israeli strike on a primary school in Minab.

05.03.2026 21:10 👍 2969 🔁 1230 💬 96 📌 95

Yes. And we have to talk about this now, because talking about it is the first step to making it seem like a callous crime rather than a surprising emergency.

07.03.2026 02:43 👍 3412 🔁 1131 💬 62 📌 22

This is one of the most jaw dropping moments of Trump’s presidency. Up there with brainstorming about injecting bleach and shining light up orifices to cure COVID.

06.03.2026 23:31 👍 5622 🔁 1460 💬 257 📌 47

Karoline Leavitt: It doesn't matter if Russia is helping Iran kill American troops.

What a breathtakingly twisted White House.

06.03.2026 22:25 👍 3535 🔁 1320 💬 336 📌 101
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Neguse: It's still unclear as to the ultimate reasons that Trump made that decision. It may be that the corruption that Noem was engaged in embarrassed him. It may be that he was envious of it.

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