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Trump: "They'll say, 'Oh, he's very militaristic.' I'm the one that ended eight wars. And we have another one coming, I think."

07.03.2026 15:05 πŸ‘ 367 πŸ” 74 πŸ’¬ 118 πŸ“Œ 27
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How State and Local Leaders Are Responding to ICE: Your Questions Answered How are states restricting ICE activity? Can local prosecutors charge federal officers? How can local leaders prepare for ICE deployments? We provide answers about local responses to the immigration crackdown.

Are you wondering if your police department is coordinating with ICE?

Our research editor Ethan Corey explains how to find out. Many local agencies have visible contracts to hold detainees for ICE, but other forms of cooperation are more subtle.

07.03.2026 15:33 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Top DOD Official in Charge of the β€˜Golden Dome for America’ Project Has Financial Ties to Contractors This article first appeared atΒ ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of...

The DoD is spending billions to build a shield to destroy missiles launched against the U.S. At least four of the companies awarded contracts so far are owned by a private equity firm founded by billionaire turned Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg.

06.03.2026 16:35 πŸ‘ 105 πŸ” 75 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 13
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People in the US: share your views of the Iran conflict

Trump long promised to end β€˜endless wars’, but the US has joined Israel in attacking Iran. We want to hear how people in the US are reacting

05.03.2026 15:02 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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NEWS: Kristi Noem Lied to Congress + Nuremberg Trials for Trump Regime? Sharing and supporting public interest journalism is literally an action you can take to expose corruption and fight for democracy.

open.substack.com/pub/publicen...

05.03.2026 01:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Christian Nationalist zealots run our military and are telling troops they are bringing about the Rapture with their war in Iraq.

04.03.2026 15:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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MAGA's Election Interference Flip Trump is weaponizing foreign threats after gutting the infrastructure that fought them.

After 4 years vilifying disinformation researchers for having the temerity to study information threats to democracy, Trump is suddenly raising the banner of β€œforeign election interference” to attempt to justify his unlawful actions at home & abroad.

www.thewayfinder.net/p/magas-elec...

03.03.2026 13:07 πŸ‘ 155 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Dumb AF? Not a problem.
kissing the ring is the only prerequisite

03.03.2026 14:16 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Having Jim Messina at your event is basically admitting your event is about selling out to conservatives, corporations, and billionaires.

How can we trust he cares about our future? His history suggests he cares about himself, he'l do almost anything to make money. Here's a list... 1/

04.03.2026 03:52 πŸ‘ 111 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
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U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for β€œArmageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war.

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been β€œinundated” with more than 110 complaints.

One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

03.03.2026 01:54 πŸ‘ 12812 πŸ” 6378 πŸ’¬ 1310 πŸ“Œ 4134

Why would you provide zero context to your claim that Trump provided tax relief to Americans? Experts say the relief for middle income Americans is likely temporary and in the long run they could be worse off. Why aren't you more diligent in providing context?

02.03.2026 22:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Andreessen Horowitz’s Rising Influence Over Trump-Era AI Policy One of Silicon Valley’s most storied venture capital firms has emerged as a hidden hand steering artificial intelligence policy in Washington, as President Donald Trump embraces the industry’s relentl...

β€œAndreessen Horowitz [founded by Thiel ally Marc Andreessen] is now regularly the 1st outside call that top WH officials & senior Republican congressional aides make when considering moves that could affect tech companies’ AI plans, according to current & former WH & congressional aides.” 2/10/26 1/

10.02.2026 20:58 πŸ‘ 250 πŸ” 142 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 13
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The War on Terror Paved the Way for Trump's Rise--Now He's Making It His Own Only the total abolition of the DHS can restore freedom.

Calling people who seek to protect their neighbors β€œterrorists” provides a crucial clue to the lineage that has led to Minnesota, Venezuela, and now Iran.
https://bit.ly/4cVWtyI

02.03.2026 21:35 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Jack Posobiec was involved w/ MAGA3X, the β€œmemetic warfare” initiative led by Peter Thiel minion Jeff Giesea in 2016. (Notice how Poso attended Thiel’s Oct 2016 press conference?) Poso, Giesea, & Mike Cernovich then launched their own β€œ#Rev18” super PAC in 2017. 1/

02.03.2026 21:17 πŸ‘ 103 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 3
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Pentagon tells Congress no sign that Iran was going to attack US first, sources say Trump administration officials acknowledged in closed-door briefings with congressional staff on Sunday that there was no intelligence suggesting Iran planned to attack U.S. forces first, two people f...

Trump administration officials acknowledged in closed-door briefings with congressional staff that there was no intelligence suggesting Iran planned to attack US forces first, two people familiar with the matter said reut.rs/46ybyTg

02.03.2026 05:05 πŸ‘ 1729 πŸ” 828 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 124

Which is more likely:

1. The MAGA base decides Trump lied and betrayed them

2. The base alters their views to align with Trump

Pretty sure it's going to be #2, at least for 90% of them. They never really cared about the belief; it was what Trump said so it was gospel. The gospel has been updated.

01.03.2026 17:02 πŸ‘ 101 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 3

Literally CBS’ evening news anchor announced that the network had placed too much emphasis in its journalism on experts and scholars and not what the average person is saying. Polling uninformed people for their opinion is not typically a definition of journalism.

01.03.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This will age as well as when @brianstelter.bsky.social wrote that tweet saying women shouldn’t be worried about Republicans going full Handmaiden’s Tale. Then they banned abortion. And he deleted the tweet and never referenced it.

01.03.2026 17:02 πŸ‘ 469 πŸ” 117 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 4

A doozy of a doublethink:

Trump's bombing completely eliminated Iran's nuclear program, it's wrong if anyone says otherwise, AND Iran today has such an advanced active nuclear program that Trump had to bomb them a lot more, it's wrong if anyone says otherwise.

01.03.2026 17:05 πŸ‘ 332 πŸ” 98 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 4

Hard to see this as anything other than Stelter sucking up to his future bosses over at Paramount

01.03.2026 17:06 πŸ‘ 1144 πŸ” 176 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 7

flip watch

01.03.2026 17:07 πŸ‘ 288 πŸ” 68 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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Tribune Editorial: Utah should leave the lieutenant governor’s office alone. And stop accusing the electorate of cheating. β€œIt is not just Lt. Gov. Henderson who should be troubled by Legislative moves to curtail her authority and question her ability to run free and fair elections,” writes the editorial board. β€œAll Utahns should be offended.”

Tribune editorial: Every time Utah Republicans make false claims of voter fraud, they are by definition insulting and impugning us, the voting public.

01.03.2026 13:29 πŸ‘ 71 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2
A highly complex website showing two betting accounts earning nearly $500,000 and $120,000 on a minimal number of positions.

A highly complex website showing two betting accounts earning nearly $500,000 and $120,000 on a minimal number of positions.

In case you were wondering, Polymarket had yet another spate of likely inside traders betting that the US would strike Iran by February 28.

Per the due diligence investigation service Bubblemaps, the wallets used were created 24 hours earlier.

The Pentagon Pizza Index has been replaced.

01.03.2026 01:26 πŸ‘ 2626 πŸ” 970 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 83
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Seems that both Israel AND Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale are fans of Reza Pahlavi, the exiled Crown Prince of Iran… 1/

01.03.2026 01:18 πŸ‘ 215 πŸ” 131 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 15

War is peace.

01.03.2026 01:25 πŸ‘ 934 πŸ” 143 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 4
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Democrats Should Launch a β€œNuremberg Caucus” to Investigate the Crimes of the Trump Regime Administration officials and their collaborators must know that if they break the law they will be punished. There must not be impunity for those attacking our democracy.

Doctorow proposed that congressional Democrats launch a β€œNuremberg Caucus.” People need to be held responsible for the corruption, concentration camps, and executions of US civilians by federal goon squads. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

28.02.2026 17:18 πŸ‘ 86 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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The US Attacks Iran in a War of Aggression The US has waged many warsβ€”but this is one of the most senseless we've ever seen.

The US has waged many warsβ€”but this is one of the most senseless we’ve ever seen. www.thenation.com/article/worl...

28.02.2026 22:09 πŸ‘ 117 πŸ” 50 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 4

What made you think that?

28.02.2026 20:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The most "progressive" cable TV news channel America has (MSNow) spent a large chunk of the morning platforming John Bolton

28.02.2026 18:35 πŸ‘ 786 πŸ” 144 πŸ’¬ 52 πŸ“Œ 45
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With the U.S. focused on conflicts in Venezuela, Middle East and Ukraine, Free Press contributor Niall Ferguson says it could open the door for China to make a move against Taiwan.

β€œThere’s no question that this is the risk that weighs on the mind of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine … China is the one rival that the United States needs to fear.

CBS News @CBSNews With the U.S. focused on conflicts in Venezuela, Middle East and Ukraine, Free Press contributor Niall Ferguson says it could open the door for China to make a move against Taiwan. β€œThere’s no question that this is the risk that weighs on the mind of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine … China is the one rival that the United States needs to fear.

screen grab of live cbs news broadcast on sat feb 28th Major Garret anchoring with guest.  this was streaming on you tube.

screen grab of live cbs news broadcast on sat feb 28th Major Garret anchoring with guest. this was streaming on you tube.

cbs news website showing black hole where live streaming video should go


CBS News 24/7

    plus two other news stories: U.S.-Iran deal is "within our reach," Omani mediator says
    Trump administration labels Iran a state sponsor of wrongful detention

cbs news website showing black hole where live streaming video should go CBS News 24/7 plus two other news stories: U.S.-Iran deal is "within our reach," Omani mediator says Trump administration labels Iran a state sponsor of wrongful detention

CBS has the 'B' team from it's free press opinion site live streaming on twitter for the MAGA crowd. The actual CBS News journalists have been on broadcast TV & you tube. Meanwhile, the CBS News website continues to have a black hole where the live video should go....

28.02.2026 19:05 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0