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Lecturer in Politics, King’s College London. http://www.chasefoster.com

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Well, gas is expensive, and food is expensive, and we’re doing a war nobody wants, but at least there are no jobs

06.03.2026 19:47 👍 29164 🔁 7241 💬 225 📌 231

If you care about Black representation, you should be concerned that the oldest Dems running in 2026 are Black

Maxine Waters (87)
Jim Clyburn (85)
Frederica Wilson (83)
Emanuel Cleaver (81)
David Scott (80)
Alma Adams (79)
Sanford Bishop (79)
Al Green (78)
Bobby Scott (78)
Bennie Thompson (78)

06.03.2026 16:16 👍 141 🔁 30 💬 9 📌 7
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A few hours after NYT reported that the U.S. bombed an elementary school in Iran, killing many children, the White House last night posted this video mixing airstrike footage with Top Gun, Iron Man, Gladiator, Halo, Breaking Bad, Star Wars, John Wick, Superman, Transformers and Dragon Ball Z

06.03.2026 14:32 👍 1450 🔁 588 💬 333 📌 420
Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a construction worker's outfit. The other shows her in a police officer outfit.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a construction worker's outfit. The other shows her in a police officer outfit.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a nurse's outfit. The other shows her in an electrical worker's outfit.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a nurse's outfit. The other shows her in an electrical worker's outfit.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a military outfit while riding aboat. The other shows her in a firefighter's outfit using a firehose.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a military outfit while riding aboat. The other shows her in a firefighter's outfit using a firehose.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a Westernwear outfit. The other shows her in a police officer's outfit.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a Westernwear outfit. The other shows her in a police officer's outfit.

good news. kristi noem has already found eight new jobs

06.03.2026 06:12 👍 14056 🔁 1973 💬 702 📌 235
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Lingering under the radar Strongyloides stercoralis is an intestinal parasite rarely seen in the U.S. University of South Carolina researchers Dr. Melissa Nolan and Dr. Matthew Haldeman wondered if these worms might still be l...

UofSC researchers found an incidence rate of 5% in South Carolina for a rare parasite 😬. It was very prevalent in Spartanburg, the same place where we've seen the big measles outbreak...

apparently it spreads through groundwater contaminated with human fecal matter 🤢

www.sc.edu/uofsc/posts/...

06.03.2026 12:52 👍 7 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 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 👍 9699 🔁 4643 💬 554 📌 628

This is not only incredibly weak, its false equivalence between Farage and Polanski is dangerous. One of them is a threat to liberal democracy, the other one is not. The text is a prime example of how radical centrism and the profound arrogance of self-declared liberals legitimize the far right

06.03.2026 12:51 👍 228 🔁 76 💬 4 📌 4
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The Home Office has hired IFF Research to survey current visa holders about how proposed changes to settlement rules might affect their plans.

Some of the questions are strange, e.g. asking whether I’ve used welfare services and whether rule changes tied to these would affect my settlement plans.

06.03.2026 12:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Using regional employment data, the map shows which parts of Europe are most exposed to the rise in Chinese import competition across manufacturing industries. The results highlight the industrial core of Germany and the manufacturing belt of CEE.

05.03.2026 19:42 👍 7 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
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Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

Reuters Exclusive

"U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school."

"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the ​Middle East."

06.03.2026 02:50 👍 9959 🔁 5240 💬 623 📌 630
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Emmanuel Damas died in ICE custody after ICE failed to treat a tooth issue that turned into pneumonia.

ICE didn't even keep his family updated.

The Trump admin's cruelty knows no bounds.

I'm pressing with Senator Markey and Rep. Pressley to hold ICE accountable.

05.03.2026 23:31 👍 1338 🔁 425 💬 68 📌 16

No. Peter Thiel cannot be allowed to annex the National Science Foundation via this Palantir proxy.

It would be like putting a pyromaniac in charge of the Library of Alexandria: destruction of a global treasure with no "undo" button.

This is a "to the barricades" moment.

06.03.2026 01:45 👍 334 🔁 147 💬 7 📌 1

Add to the file “the Greens leadership may be actually good at politics”

06.03.2026 07:05 👍 43 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0

Only three Republicans (two in the House and one in the Senate) voted today to curb Trump’s war powers

The so called “anti-war” faction on the right gets a lot of media attention, but it barely registers in Congress. I see little evidence it’s durably shaping policy.

05.03.2026 23:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Todays violent episode in the senate echoes the antebellum era, when violence in Congress was periodic

The most notorious incident occurred in 1856 when a pro-slavery senator brutally beat the abolitionist Sen Charles Sumner, leaving him incapacitated for 3 years
home.heinonline.org/blog/2021/03...

05.03.2026 23:32 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A picture of PEW poll on global attitude survey, saying the % who rate the morality and ethics of people in their country as good vs bad, where the US has the worst rankings and Canada the best

A picture of PEW poll on global attitude survey, saying the % who rate the morality and ethics of people in their country as good vs bad, where the US has the worst rankings and Canada the best

Americans: we live in a fallen state—embroiled by sin, cheating, lying, and evil. You cannot trust anyone, not even those who claim to know you best

Canadians: I love my neighbors and my friends!

05.03.2026 16:09 👍 5943 🔁 1551 💬 285 📌 531
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The economic effects of this illegal war keep expanding

With Russian and Iranian airspace closed, most Europe-Asia flights pass through a narrow corridor over Azerbaijan. After today’s drone attacks that route could close, forcing airlines onto much longer southern paths
www.ft.com/content/10c5...

05.03.2026 23:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Impressive timing by Shabana Mahmood for today to be the day she announces her asylum policy 'inspired by Kristi Noem'.

05.03.2026 17:16 👍 120 🔁 44 💬 4 📌 4

This quote is apocryphal. As far as I can ascertain, Orwell never wrote it.

He did criticize pacifism and believed some degree of state coercion could be necessary, but he also opposed the kind of gratuitous displays of force and insidious state propaganda embraced by Noem and this administration.

05.03.2026 21:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It’s striking that Kristi Noem’s killing of her puppy, Cricket, provoked more outrage by Republicans than allegations of self-dealing, the deaths of two American citizens, the detention of hundreds more, countless migrant deaths and due-process violations linked to 605,000 deportations.

05.03.2026 21:34 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Wealthy Dubai residents race back to UAE to avoid tax bills Some risk spending too few days in the emirate and too many in the UK

Imagine rushing back to a war zone in order to avoid paying UK tax.

The strange political economy of neoliberal tax havens.

www.ft.com/content/80bf...

05.03.2026 14:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Horrifying. Jesus Lord in heaven.

04.03.2026 21:08 👍 7621 🔁 2691 💬 367 📌 125

As Rep. Jayapal says, our reporting has found that these aren’t isolated incidents. Last October, we tallied more than 170 cases of U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents.

Here’s that investigation she’s referring to:

04.03.2026 18:36 👍 2238 🔁 765 💬 18 📌 10
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DOJ admits 47,635 Epstein files — including Trump allegations — were removed Justice Department expects to restore missing documents that were taken offline for review

This is the most crooked US administration in the last 100 years.👇 www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

05.03.2026 05:02 👍 502 🔁 230 💬 37 📌 10
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a bald man with a beard is wearing a blue shirt with a max logo in the corner . ALT: a bald man with a beard is wearing a blue shirt with a max logo in the corner .

He sounds familiar.

05.03.2026 08:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Trump 2016: The Iraq War was stupid
Trump 2026: And we’re going to do it even bigger

04.03.2026 19:00 👍 93 🔁 30 💬 0 📌 1
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Raskin: Based on what you know today, were Renee Good and Alex Pretti domestic terrorists?

Noem: What happened was an absolute tragedy.

Raskin: Were they domestic terrorists?

Noem: My condolences to their families

Raskin: You lied about them.

04.03.2026 16:15 👍 21467 🔁 6388 💬 1067 📌 474

Not enough reporting on the fact that Netanyahu’s government goal of making Iran a failed /crippled state isn’t in the interest of the USA and its Gulf Allies.

04.03.2026 12:33 👍 318 🔁 84 💬 9 📌 5

Iran-Contra happened 40 years ago! It *literally* involved the US selling weapons to... Iran.

So, the argument is we were funding the armed forces of a country we were at war with?

04.03.2026 18:36 👍 1592 🔁 462 💬 44 📌 12
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The very definition of a supervillain.

04.03.2026 23:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0