Book cover for "The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change" by Rebecca Solnit
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www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/u... Miss this? The Trump-dismantling of the Voice of America, the US-funded news group, has been deemed illegal by a court. Vindicated!
Thinking of you, Steve Herman. π€
Gift article for you, my friends. /Edited, repost
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I know exactly what we need to do to avoid a repeat.
Sadly, I am not in a position to do it.
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"Russia continues to add new military units near NATOβs eastern flank, according to a new threat assessment that warns against easing Western sanctions on the Kremlin."
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I follow the news around local data center resistance fairly closely. This one stands out.
If incompetence were a sport, this cabinet would be undefeated.
The NYT found that doctors hired by Epstein, for himself, the girls & women he associated with, bent or broke ethical rules. Epstein rewarded some of these medical professionals with substantial fees, gifts, & donations.
Complicity = guilt. Consequences 4 all!
When Trump said he would lower prices, he lied. When he started a war with Iran, he chose chaos. Now oil is over one hundred dollars a barrel and families are struggling. The gap between his promises and reality has a name. It is called Trumpflation and it is crushing us. #TrumpsGasProblem
the president has no idea what he has set in motion. none.
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NEWS: U.S. death toll in the Iran War rises to 7
Teen mariachi performers recognized on Capitol Hill detained in Texas
Several Texas congress members have spoken out about their detention.
The service member, who was not publicly identified while the military notifies relatives, was seriously injured on March 1 when Iran struck a Saudi military base where American troops were stationed, U.S. Central Command said in a statement. The service member died on Saturday night from those injuries while military health officials were preparing a transfer for more advanced medical care at a U.S. military hospital in Germany, officials said.
They never managed to get this person to Ramstein. Uh. Why not?
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U.S. Central Command @CENTCOM CENTCOM Update TAMPA, Fla. β Last night, a U.S. service member passed away from injuries received during the Iranian regimeβs initial attacks across the Middle East. The service member was seriously wounded at the scene of an attack on U.S. troops in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on March 1. This is the seventh service member killed in action during Operation Epic Fury. Major combat operations continue. The identity of the fallen warrior will be withheld until 24 hours after next of kin notification. 7:29 PM Β· Mar 8, 2026 Β· 510.5K Views
Another service member killed, this time from wounds suffered in an attack in Saudi Arabia.
Ford came up with this nice ad in honor of International Womenβs Day.
#Pinks
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Watching Jen Psaki Retired Major General Paul Eaton is one of the few willing to go on TV tonight and talk about Trumpβs malignant narcissism and dementia and how he has no business making these war decisions.
Republicans know and are letting him destroy our country.
I mean itβs obviously not the first time heβs done it, but Trump straight up lied to the American people here.
Trump & Hegseth bombed the girls' school.
UPDATE: BBC Verify RTβs Bellingcatβs post with video of a missile dropping on the facility where the girlsβ school was located - the missile matches πΊπΈ tomahawks and βappears to contradict Trumpβs claimβ it was Iran π€
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We only have each other. We know the stakes. Will we help each other through these ever-darkening times? PinkFloyd, " On The Turning Away,"
" ' Don't accept that what's happening is just another's suffering. Or you'll find that you're joining in the turning away..' "
SONGS FOR THE #RESISTANCE...
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All to avoid accountability in the rape of childrenπ
That is it. They have opened the Pandoraβs box with a nascent technology that isnβt βthereβ yet and AI isnβt human and doesnβt have a conscience. But then again, this regime is acting the same way as an inhumane deplorable lawless blob hot mess.
And that the target was possibly done by AI
Every war has a defining moment & we may already have that moment for the Iran war.Sources tell Reuters that U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school. March 5, 20269:02 PM EST www.reuters.com/world/middle...