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Journalist; Auburn grad; old, blue guy in red state; lover of all things Springsteen; Philly Phanatic; husband of one; father of three; grandfather of 9.

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Hell, he sat on his hands when it was reported Russia was offering bounties to the Taliban for killing American troops.

12.03.2026 18:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIZo...

12.03.2026 18:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If the shoe fits ...

12.03.2026 16:45 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Duh.

12.03.2026 16:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

By "we" he means his billionaire oligarch club.

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UFC Fighters to Train FBI Agents in β€˜Historic Seminar’ This Week: We’ll β€˜Be Even Better Prepared to Protect the American People,’ Kash Patel Says UFC fighters will head to Quantico, Va. this week to train FBI agents and students in what FBI director Kash Patel is calling a "historic seminar."

I guess this is in case FBI agents face criminals inside the octagon ... variety.com/2026/politic...

12.03.2026 14:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

But her laugh ...

12.03.2026 13:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I keep seeing people ask about the 25th Amendment.

Guys. His entire Cabinet is walking around in shoes that don’t fit because they’re scared to take them off.

The 25th is never happening.

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12.03.2026 12:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Democrat president is going to need at least one chamber majority in Congress, also.

11.03.2026 20:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's the horrific part of this administration. He has no idea. Kegseth has no idea. Johnson has no idea. We're f**ked.

11.03.2026 18:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mornin'!

11.03.2026 18:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

For past context, see England vs. the colonies; U.S. vs. North Vietnam; and Soviet Union vs. Afghanistan.

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What to worry? Thomas Fugate, the 23-year-old intern, is at the helm! www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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Statement of Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, β€œA Call to Conscience” - Statements - Archdiocese of Chicago - AoC Portal As more than 1,000 Iranian men, women and children lay dead after days of bombardment from U.S. and Israeli missiles, the official White House X account on Thursday evening posted a video of scenes fr...

Archbishop of Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich issues a "Call to Conscience" over Iran War. "A real war with real death and real suffering being treated like it’s a video game β€” it’s sickening." www.archchicago.org/statement/-/...

11.03.2026 17:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And then there's the multimillion-dollar ICE vehicle spending spree ... www.yahoo.com/news/article...

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For f**ks sake! We are the f**king bad guys, now. Trump, LIttle Goebbels, Kegseth and the rest of the gang need to be gone.

11.03.2026 15:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A.I. may have been the best pound-for-pound, inch-for-inch player in NBA history. He was fearless.

10.03.2026 18:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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US official: β€˜Not true’ Navy successfully escorted oil tanker through Strait of Hormuz Energy Secretary Chris Wright claimed in a now-deleted social media post that the Navy escorted an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz.

They just can't stop f**king lying. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

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Hmmm ... sounds familiar ....

10.03.2026 17:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And the needle won't move ...

10.03.2026 17:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And he insulted your wife and said your father was involved in the JFK assassination.

10.03.2026 17:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The craziest thing about the price of Oil doubling in one week is that Donald Trump is in the Epstein files.

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Even W gets it ...

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Then there's this ...

09.03.2026 18:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And the so-called "People's Democratic Republic" governments aren't democratic nor republics ...

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It is worth remembering that only *one* of these men paid a price for the Access Hollywood recording. And it wasn't the one bragging about sexually assaulting women.

And now we have evidence that that same man raped children. And there is *still* no accountability.

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Anthropic sues Trump administration seeking to undo 'supply chain risk' designation Anthropic is suing the Trump administration, asking federal courts to reverse the Pentagon’s decision designating the artificial intelligence company a β€œsupply chain risk” over its refusal to allow un...

Anthropic fires back ... apnews.com/article/anth...

09.03.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Don't forget Russia's bounty program to pay Taliban-linked militants to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan during Trump's first term.

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