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Former: US Army Infantry NCO, USSS SA Current: Infosec I’ve investigated fraud for 15 years. We’ve elected experienced fraud actors to run the country.

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We don’t talk enough about how morally depraved the tech industry turned out to be. Every single ounce of their self-regarding statements of values was an outright lie.

07.03.2026 05:03 👍 1397 🔁 293 💬 38 📌 21
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You don’t get to thank veterans for their service and then gut the VA.

Donald Trump’s reckless DOGE cuts have eliminated tens of thousands of VA jobs where about a third of those workers are veterans themselves.

07.03.2026 01:14 👍 539 🔁 167 💬 22 📌 11
Vintage black-and-white portrait of a young woman with styled hair and checkered outfit, looking off to the side.

Vintage black-and-white portrait of a young woman with styled hair and checkered outfit, looking off to the side.

7 March 1917 | Czech Jewish woman, Frieda Kleinová, was born in Brno.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 18 May 1944. She did not survive.
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The history of deportations of Jews from the Theresienstadt ghetto to Auschwitz: https://bit.ly/3MdIVUA

07.03.2026 03:00 👍 378 🔁 76 💬 12 📌 1
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JD Vance blatantly lied about being on a pro-peace ticket while saying Kamala Harris would start WWIII and war with Iran.

It was the most dishonest campaign in the history of modern politics.

06.03.2026 23:16 👍 680 🔁 213 💬 28 📌 5
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The US military was likely responsible for the strike on an elementary school in southern Iran that killed scores of children, the deadliest incident of civilian casualties in the US and Israel’s almost week-long war with Iran, according to CNN and expert analysis of evidence. https://cnn.it/4rjSsbc

07.03.2026 03:14 👍 187 🔁 101 💬 31 📌 22

Stop it okay.

The only EV chargers I see out by me are in Hyde Park or at a hospital.
Real talk.

How are we supposed to buy electric cars?
And of course gas costs more out south than the north side where they have chargers and buses galore.

Guess what race of ppl lives where.

07.03.2026 02:19 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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From Ukraine to Iran, Hacking Security Cameras Is Now Part of War’s ‘Playbook’ New research shows hundreds of attempts by apparent Iranian state hackers to hijack consumer-grade cameras, timed to missile and drone strikes. Israel, Russia, and Ukraine have also adopted this trick...

Hacking internet-connected civilian security cameras for recon has become a standard operating procedure of modern warfare. First for Russia and Ukraine, now for Israel and Iran.

Your insecure internet-of-things surveillance system is now their targeting system.

www.wired.com/story/from-u...

06.03.2026 14:16 👍 184 🔁 97 💬 3 📌 8

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.

07.03.2026 02:13 👍 8847 🔁 2426 💬 307 📌 98

1/ I've watched administrations handle various wars and military operations, and I can say without question I've never seen an administration show such casual disregard for the danger U.S. troops are facing or the death of U.S. troops. All things Trump are disturbing, but this particularly so.

06.03.2026 23:56 👍 345 🔁 82 💬 15 📌 2

They no doubt have a long vetted target list and many times the drones necessary to hit everything on it.

07.03.2026 01:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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There have been some very bad developments today.

07.03.2026 01:03 👍 5720 🔁 2221 💬 557 📌 233
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Justice Department publishes documents with sexual assault allegations against Trump The department shared FBI documents outlining allegations involving Trump.

He wasn't exonerated; he was implicated.

www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

07.03.2026 00:20 👍 26 🔁 12 💬 3 📌 1

DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin is one of the most active stock-traders in the Senate — and violated the STOCK Act against insider trading as recently as last August.

He currently holds stock in L3Harris, which has millions in contracts with ICE and FEMA.

The grift continues.

06.03.2026 19:45 👍 13193 🔁 6011 💬 460 📌 308
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Exclusive | China Suspected in Breach of FBI Surveillance Network The FBI said it has addressed ‘suspicious activities’ on its networks.

News: U.S. investigators believe Chinese hackers are behind a cyber intrusion on an internal FBI computer network that holds information related to some domestic surveillance orders, in what would be the latest Chinese compromise of wiretap systems www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

06.03.2026 22:42 👍 56 🔁 32 💬 6 📌 12

Donald Trump lies and has been publicly lying for 50 years

06.03.2026 22:28 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Blumenthal: "I have emerged from classified briefings deeply concerned and very fearful that we're on the precipice not only of an escalating conflict that in region, but also putting troops on the ground b/c that is almost inevitably the path the admin has chosen by its current tactical approach"

05.03.2026 13:11 👍 4540 🔁 1631 💬 214 📌 96
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Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid Footage obtained by The Handbasket’s lawsuit shows a hostile takeover on March 17, 2025.

SCOOP — Body camera footage obtained as a result of my lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan PD confirms DOGE and the Trump administration openly admitted they were entering private property when they raided the building on March 17, 2025. That didn't stop MPD from breaking down the doors.

My report:

06.03.2026 22:04 👍 6889 🔁 2570 💬 82 📌 91

Republicans just voted to give up one of Congress’ most basic duties: to check the President on war. Today’s failed War Powers vote was not leadership. It was surrender. The GOP majority bent the knee to Trump and put our Constitution, and our troops, at risk.

06.03.2026 00:12 👍 423 🔁 134 💬 33 📌 6

They’ve prevailed to this point because of a seemingly endless supply of people willing to believe the girlfriend is going to visit this summer

06.03.2026 21:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Autocrats always find way to contribute to entice people to give up their morals.

That’s why it’s so important for all of us to be aware of when they’re trying to do, remain true to our morals, and find ways to respond accordingly.

06.03.2026 19:19 👍 465 🔁 162 💬 14 📌 4

Amazing

06.03.2026 19:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Patients say measles 'worse than expected' as Utah hits 350+ infections, doctors say Health officials plead with residents to vaccinate against measles as Utah hits 358 infections.

Over 120 people have been hospitalized due to measles in Utah alone. "It is, at this time a real threat in our state and something we can do to stop it," said Dr. Leisha Nolen, state epidemiologist… pleading for people to get themselves and their children vaccinated.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social

06.03.2026 13:18 👍 636 🔁 334 💬 6 📌 106
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"Wow. A big drop" -- CNBC highlights that labor force participation is now the lowest it has been since in late 2021, before the covid vaccine was widely available

06.03.2026 14:06 👍 5226 🔁 1812 💬 270 📌 151
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People often assume survivors are exaggerating.

In my experience, the opposite is usually true. Survivors soften the edges of what happened. They leave things out. They make it smaller just to be able to say it.

Listen carefully to survivors. The truth is often already in their words.

06.03.2026 13:54 👍 192 🔁 80 💬 10 📌 1

Kristi Noem has used $200M+ in taxpayer funds to pay firms with close ties to her top aides to make anti-immigrant PSAs.

Her luxury jets will cost taxpayers nearly $300M.

Trump's lackeys rail against "government waste," but are happy to pilfer taxpayer funds for themselves.

05.03.2026 19:20 👍 2594 🔁 799 💬 94 📌 27
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Anthropic lost the Pentagon but won over America A Pentagon ban of Anthropic’s technology shone a spotlight on the company, earning public goodwill and capping a stellar few months for its Claude chatbot.

Anthropic should send a thank you note to Hegseth and Trump for trying and failing to demonize the company. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

06.03.2026 12:39 👍 77 🔁 23 💬 4 📌 0
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Excellent NYT video analysis finds that the bombing of scores of schoolchildren in Iran came amid other US strikes in the vicinity:

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

06.03.2026 12:42 👍 1021 🔁 412 💬 31 📌 28
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Iran hits Amazon data centres in jolt to Gulf AI drive First known military strike on a US hyperscaler rattles regional ambitions to build multibillion-dollar cloud facilities

The Iranians understand some things this admin does not

06.03.2026 10:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

many domestic US bases have schools and day care centers within their perimeter
Iranians are not subhuman, this is indefensible and “we are investigating“ is unacceptable as a dodge

06.03.2026 10:44 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base

Official statements placing U.S. forces in the area – along w/ analysis of social posts, videos, sat. images – suggest U.S. forces bombed a school in Minab, Iran during strikes targeting an IRGC base. Over 150 were killed, Iranian officials say. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/w...

05.03.2026 20:52 👍 402 🔁 223 💬 12 📌 27