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@whynotaduck

Proud Democrat. Work in and around film and theater. Robert Benchley fan, and a mom to one human and two cats. And a knitter. Yes to Oxford commas! No DMs.

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Contrarians Combat Trump’s Wrongdoing at Home and Abroad Fighting on all fronts: Publisher's Roundup 57

The rule of law isn’t optional

Trump ignored Congress to launch an illegal war on Iran & now he’s ignoring Congress again to tear down the Kennedy Center

We’ve asked the court for emergency relief to stop the latter

I discuss on my Publisher's note on @contrariannews.org -TN

07.03.2026 20:12 👍 304 🔁 102 💬 15 📌 4
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State Department Bypasses Congress to Send Israel More Than 20,000 Bombs

Unconscionable.

Congress needs to aggressively reassert its authority. Stop this illegal war from becoming even more deadly. Now we know it was likely a U.S. bomb that caused mass casualties at the girls' school in Iran.

No more of our taxpayer dollars funding this savagery.

07.03.2026 20:08 👍 481 🔁 142 💬 15 📌 6

Very well said!

07.03.2026 20:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

only the point

you purposefully phrased harris as "supported the genocide"

i think the convincing was the responsibility of people that constantly, consistently, and loudly mischaracterized her position

i know her position, so it was more a matter of ignoring her than the campaign failing

07.03.2026 18:57 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 3 📌 0
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Tumour microbes could influence treatment success Bacteria have emerged as an influential component of the tumour microenvironment, creating opportunities for antibiotic combination therapies.

You carry within you, and on you, tens of trillions of microbes. Many are beneficial and protect you from more pathogenic ones. Some, however, have been linked to numerous disease processes including cancer and the patient’s response to chemotherapy.

#ScienceSaturday 🧪

07.03.2026 13:52 👍 121 🔁 30 💬 11 📌 0
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Trump’s ever-changing rationale for war on Iran – how the story has shifted Regime change, nuclear threat – or something else? US officials seem unable to land on one coherent reason for war

🚨The Trump admin still hasn’t been able to land on one coherent answer.

Some contradict each other, some contradict Trump himself.
Some – delivered hours apart – are flatly incompatible

Trump’s ever-changing rationale for war on Iran – how the story has shifted | US foreign policy | The Guardian

07.03.2026 12:52 👍 104 🔁 49 💬 15 📌 2

Again. This matters.

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'An Iranian missile landed on him': Sky News speaks to son of expat who died in United Arab Emirates Saleh Ahmed, 55, was delivering drinking water when he was fatally struck by debris after a missile attack on the first day of the war. His son tells Sky News he does not believe his father knew the c...

Victims in our countries seldom get profiled and humanised in Western media. This is a portrait of a life cut short. What a tragedy.

"Saleh Ahmed (55) lived in the UAE as an expat for 25 years, sending under £500 per month in earnings to Bangladesh for his wife and four children."

07.03.2026 13:00 👍 430 🔁 219 💬 3 📌 4
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Michael Beschloss: John Lewis and other marchers are beaten, Selma, Alabama, today 1965:

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Hegseth triggers massive alarms with 'grotesque' Iran remark in new '60 Minutes' clip Critics on social media sounded the alarm after comments from Pete Hegseth in a preview of an upcoming interview on “60 Minutes” began circulating online Friday.In the clip, Hegseth was asked about reports that Russia is assisting Iran in targeting Americans and whether that would place U.S. personn...

Critics on social media sounded the alarm after comments from Pete Hegseth in a preview of an upcoming interview on "60 Minutes" began circulating online Friday.

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Iran War Update 4 Events from the last 24 hours

Catch-up.

07.03.2026 13:11 👍 127 🔁 40 💬 7 📌 6
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Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say “Send me” wherever we have a chance to make an impact.

How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him.

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Outdoor fruit stand with huge pyramid of oranges and tall round banana display.

Outdoor fruit stand with huge pyramid of oranges and tall round banana display.

they’re just begging for a car chase

06.03.2026 13:40 👍 3725 🔁 641 💬 71 📌 56

There were growing whispers of this Monday. Now we are able to read some of the allegations. Commissioned US military officers in over 40 units in 30+ military installations.

What a fucking debacle. And fuck every person who CHOSE to sit out the 2024 presidential election. Your inactions at work.

03.03.2026 13:43 👍 448 🔁 314 💬 59 📌 20

The killing of Iranian children during an illegal war is an impeachable offense (not to mention a grave crime) and Congress should really act like it.

15 Republicans in the Senate could end this nightmare before it somehow gets even worse.

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Kamala Harris: "I predicted a lot about what's happening right now. I'm not here to say 'I told you so,' but we did see it coming."

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Ben Stiller is calling out the White House after it used a clip from Tropic Thunder in a video promoting the Iran war.

“We never gave you permission and have no interest in being part of your propaganda machine. War is not a movie,” Stiller wrote.

06.03.2026 21:57 👍 12451 🔁 3059 💬 254 📌 94

I'm the only Democrat who has won a statewide race — not once, but twice — in the last 20 years.

Maine people know me. They know that unlike Susan Collins, I've got the backbone to stand up to the President, and that I'll always put them first.

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Israel Begins Assault in Southern Beirut, Raising Fears of Wider Incursion

Israel is out of control. After demolishing Gaza, it’s carrying out pograms in the West Bank while destroying Iran & now Lebanon.

There are those of us who wished Biden reigned in Netanyahu more than he did, but he never gave Israel free rein.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/w...

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Sharpton: "The problem is not Trump. The problem is us. What happened to us?"

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Biden: "Jesse kept hope alive for us, and we've gotta continue to do it in our lifetime for our children. Because there's nothing beyond our capacity when we work together. So stand up! And finish this job."

06.03.2026 20:32 👍 2165 🔁 476 💬 55 📌 23

92,000 jobs lost in a single month is not just a statistic – it’s families worried about rent, groceries, & keeping the lights on.

Working people are paying the price for an administration that has spent more time making their lives more difficult and more expensive than strengthening our economy.

06.03.2026 20:36 👍 8 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 0
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Obama: "We are living in a time where it can be hard to hope. Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law ... but this man - Rev. Jesse Jackson - inspires us to take a harder path ... bc if we don't step up, nobody else will"

06.03.2026 20:09 👍 24170 🔁 6954 💬 523 📌 417

This Obama eulogy of Jesse Jackson is genuinely great

06.03.2026 20:03 👍 321 🔁 89 💬 11 📌 4
I'm Shawn Harris. I'm a Democrat. Husband.
Father. Retired
Brigadier General.
Farmer And I'm running to represent Northwest Georgia with the seriousness, steadiness, and leadership it's been missing for years.

I'm Shawn Harris. I'm a Democrat. Husband. Father. Retired Brigadier General. Farmer And I'm running to represent Northwest Georgia with the seriousness, steadiness, and leadership it's been missing for years.

Only 4 days until the GA-14 special election to fill MTG’s seat! With 20 Republicans splitting the field, @shawnforgeorgia.bsky.social
is the lone Democrat ready to win and check Trump’s rampage against our democracy. Let’s get it done. 🗳️🍑

06.03.2026 19:12 👍 571 🔁 292 💬 16 📌 9

I doubt the DSCC spoke to him at all. They’re not involved w/ primaries; their job is to help Dem Senate candidates in the general.

Platner probably made it up to imply that “the establishment” is against him.

It reflects badly on Slate that they printing the lie w/out factchecking.

06.03.2026 20:03 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Platner Pays Wife through Campaign, Keeps his Disability Payments Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner’s campaign has been paying his wife a biweekly salary, according to recent filings with the Federal Election Commission. On Sept. 15, Platner’s committe...

Apparently, Platner’s campaign pays his wife a salary so he can grift off campaign donations & keep getting his disability benefits.

www.themainewire.com/2025/11/plat...

06.03.2026 19:22 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0