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@crankyredhead

Cranky redhead. Sprog and Dog wrangler. Cat wrangles herself. The horrors persist, but so do I. (Yes, I have the t-shirt.)

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“Anovaeon, based at a residential address in San Antonio, was added in October 2025 to WEXMAC TITUS, a DoD contracting vehicle…originally created to allow rapid contractor deployment in response to international disasters, bypassing the traditional federal bidding process.”

08.03.2026 16:05 👍 512 🔁 215 💬 11 📌 6
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Trump looks increasingly desperate to restrict voting rights He is now threatening not to sign any other bills until Congress passes the SAVE America Act.

Trump's looks increasingly desperate to restrict Americans' voting rights. Here's his latest threat targeting the November midterms:

08.03.2026 20:48 👍 272 🔁 146 💬 34 📌 9

There are so many men in power who were alive to see, and probably oppose, most of these.

08.03.2026 20:49 👍 124 🔁 44 💬 1 📌 0
Trump driving a golf cart and waving

Trump driving a golf cart and waving

Meanwhile, Trump is golfing.

(Photo via hugolowell on X)

08.03.2026 18:14 👍 183 🔁 64 💬 22 📌 8

The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.

08.03.2026 18:29 👍 44 🔁 19 💬 1 📌 0

It's literally raining oil in Tehran. This is eco-terrorism.

08.03.2026 18:15 👍 253 🔁 123 💬 3 📌 6

Our bases are being bombed.
Our embassies are under attack.
Thousands of Americans are stranded.
Innocent Iranians are being murdered.
We’re spending $1B a day to wage an illegal war which has resulted in the deaths of 6 US soldiers & injuries to countless others.

And where is Trump?

Golfing.

08.03.2026 18:32 👍 2338 🔁 807 💬 189 📌 37

President threatens to block all legislation in order to disenfranchise large numbers of married women, others donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-save-a...

08.03.2026 14:10 👍 549 🔁 271 💬 45 📌 21
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ICE has spun a massive surveillance web. We talked to people caught in it The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE and Border Patrol, is using a broad web of surveillance tools — purchased as its budget has ballooned under this administration — to monitor, apprehend and intimidate the people it seeks to deport and the U.S. citizens critical of its policies.

The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE and Border Patrol, is using a broad web of surveillance tools — purchased as its budget has ballooned under this administration — to monitor, apprehend and intimidate the people it seeks to deport and the U.S. citizens critical of its policies.

07.03.2026 15:56 👍 698 🔁 409 💬 28 📌 35

Moving forward, how can ANYONE trust the U.S.?

08.03.2026 18:35 👍 42 🔁 9 💬 3 📌 4
ALT text copied and pasted from the linked website: An infographic titled “How To Write Alt Text” featuring a photo of a capybara. Parts of alt text are divided by color, including identify who, expression, description, colour, and interesting features. The finished description reads “A capybara looking relaxed in a hot spa. Yellow yuzu fruits are floating in the water, and one is balanced on the top of the capybara’s head.”

ALT text copied and pasted from the linked website: An infographic titled “How To Write Alt Text” featuring a photo of a capybara. Parts of alt text are divided by color, including identify who, expression, description, colour, and interesting features. The finished description reads “A capybara looking relaxed in a hot spa. Yellow yuzu fruits are floating in the water, and one is balanced on the top of the capybara’s head.”

Posting this again because a lot of people said they found it helpful! Guide to ALT text: www.perkins.org/resource/how...

19.04.2024 20:18 👍 13490 🔁 8046 💬 728 📌 762

These asshole twerps with no brains or education from DOGE really did use ChatGPT to find NEH grants to terminate ILLEGALLY - ruining hundreds lives and destroying hundreds of the greatest humanities projects and partnerships of our time. I’m overwhelmed with rage and anger all over again.

07.03.2026 20:54 👍 984 🔁 411 💬 12 📌 9

If you're wondering how transparent a bill like "Stop the Sexualization of Children Act" could be -

This isn't about combating child exploitation, this is censoring LGBT expression under the guise of combating child exploitation.

Please call and tell your senators/representatives to stop this.

07.03.2026 04:52 👍 513 🔁 455 💬 6 📌 5
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There have been some very bad developments today.

07.03.2026 01:03 👍 7333 🔁 2799 💬 756 📌 294
06.03.2026 20:36 👍 248 🔁 27 💬 31 📌 0
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Pete Hegseth Treats Fallen American Soldiers as a PR Problem His use of the Iran war dead to attack the media was disgraceful.

Pete Hegseth, if he does not resign, should at least get out of the way and let better men than him talk to the nation and to the press.

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

04.03.2026 23:26 👍 1785 🔁 524 💬 130 📌 39

One person. One million satellites. Low-earth orbit as private infrastructure.

He already owns the social layer. He's buying the physical layer.

At some point "the sky" stops being a commons and becomes a Musk utility bill.

06.03.2026 19:24 👍 17 🔁 15 💬 0 📌 0
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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 countries—including the United States.

This is a chilling crime. A shame on our country. The Iranian ship was unarmed. The US knew this. The sailors were murdered by our navy, and the survivors were left to die at sea.
newrepublic.com/post/207429/...

06.03.2026 12:29 👍 9802 🔁 4685 💬 557 📌 632

what an inspiration, a true guiding light, an aegis against attack and a lantern against the darkness, wow

06.03.2026 03:13 👍 332 🔁 52 💬 17 📌 0
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Trump asks why US can't use nukes:
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Trump reportedly asks why US can't use nukes: MSNBC

ELECTIONS Trump asks why US can't use nukes: MSNBC PUBLISHED WED, AUG 3 2016 8:05 AM EDT UPDATED WED, AUG 3 2016 3:01 PM EDT Matthew J. Belvedere @MATT_BELVEDERE WATCH LIVE VIDEO 1:20 Trump reportedly asks why US can't use nukes: MSNBC

Donald Trump asked a foreign policy expert advising him why the U.S. can't use nuclear weapons, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough said on the air Wednesday, citing an unnamed source who claimed he had spoken with the GOP presidential nominee.
"Several months ago, a foreign policy expert on the international level went to advise Donald Trump. And three times [Trump] asked about the use of nuclear weapons. Three times he asked at one point if we had them why can't we use them," Scarborough said on his "Morning Joe" program.

Donald Trump asked a foreign policy expert advising him why the U.S. can't use nuclear weapons, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough said on the air Wednesday, citing an unnamed source who claimed he had spoken with the GOP presidential nominee. "Several months ago, a foreign policy expert on the international level went to advise Donald Trump. And three times [Trump] asked about the use of nuclear weapons. Three times he asked at one point if we had them why can't we use them," Scarborough said on his "Morning Joe" program.

I will just say it out loud:

I am very concerned Trump will use a tactical nuclear weapon in his quest for a quick victory over Iran.

I am reminded of the story from 2016, when Trump reportedly asked three times in a single briefing why nuclear weapons couldn’t be used:

06.03.2026 14:25 👍 442 🔁 135 💬 41 📌 13
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“Not Ready for Prime Time.” A Federal Tool to Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes. The Department of Homeland Security pushed out the revamped tool while it was still adding data. That led to widespread misidentification, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.

Missouri officials directed county election administrators to make voters temporarily unable to vote if they were flagged as potential noncitizens by a federal tool.

But in hundreds of cases, the tool's determinations were wrong.

06.03.2026 14:00 👍 438 🔁 191 💬 25 📌 21
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Google data center water estimates go public, residents in Roanoke and Botetourt react A proposed Google data center campus in Botetourt County could use between 2 million and 8 million gallons of drinking water per day, according to an executed agreement between the developer and the W...

one google data center in virginia

two million gallons of water per day

information only released under court order & risk of contempt

05.03.2026 22:13 👍 1449 🔁 940 💬 18 📌 96

Tonight, two of the white nationalists I reported on in this piece showed up to attempt to intimidate me on a private night out at a small music venue.

I’ll have more to say tomorrow. I’m safe.

They also didn’t pay cover 🖕

05.03.2026 04:43 👍 3060 🔁 1011 💬 152 📌 97

Donald Trump is taking a hammer to the job market and making life more expensive for you.

06.03.2026 14:15 👍 783 🔁 203 💬 45 📌 5

“Gender-critical” transphobia now costs every woman athlete £185 if they want to compete in an international competition.

Well done transphobes, this is your doing and no-one else’s. Trans people have long been saying that transphobia would harm cis women. We were right, people just don’t listen.

06.03.2026 11:41 👍 104 🔁 44 💬 6 📌 0
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Oil at 22-month high as Qatar minister warns prices could reach $150 Oil futures traded at their highest levels since the summer of 2024 on Friday as the war against Iran entered a seventh day with no sign of it ending anytime soon.

Qatar's energy minister warns war in the Middle East could force Persian Gulf countries to stop energy shipments in a matter of weeks, possibly driving oil to $150 a barrel and bringing down the economies of the world. www.marketwatch.com/story/oil...

06.03.2026 12:30 👍 23 🔁 14 💬 2 📌 0
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Radar bases housing key US missile interceptor hit in Jordan and UAE, satellite images show | CNN New satellite images from several key military bases in the Arabian Peninsula suggest that Iran is seeking to degrade air defenses by destroying US-made radars that detect incoming missiles and drones...

Oof. Multiple THAAD radar systems have reportedly been destroyed by Iran. That’s bad.

I’ve also seen some surprise that Russia is providing Iran with targeting data for US forces, but that was expected. We’ve been providing Ukraine with targeting data for 4 years.

www.cnn.com/2026/03/05/m...

06.03.2026 12:30 👍 2235 🔁 728 💬 129 📌 28

37 pages are still missing.

06.03.2026 12:02 👍 604 🔁 275 💬 22 📌 11
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Justice Department publishes some missing Epstein files related to Trump The Justice Department has published additional Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor after an NPR investigation found dozens of pages were withheld.

NEW @npr.org: The Justice Department has published additional Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor after an NPR investigation found dozens of pages were withheld.

But 37 pages of records are still not public.

More:

06.03.2026 03:11 👍 675 🔁 385 💬 19 📌 33

But Trump has lifted sanctions on Russia.

06.03.2026 12:05 👍 164 🔁 80 💬 12 📌 4