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Author, Speaker, Educator, Has-Been Neurosurgeon Asheville NC Married Would prefer to discuss life, books, kindness, wellness, wonder. Instead I spend hours a day opposing a mad king. But here we are. RESIST! Good Trouble! https://garyrsimonds.com

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Keeps seeing new statues appearing

The two were BFFs about a decade

Gotta love creative artists πŸ’™πŸ©΅πŸ’™

11.03.2026 04:47 πŸ‘ 78 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bondi Is Said to Move to Military Housing Because of Threats

They're all living in bunkers now.

This Trump Administration won't leave legally or peacefully because they know they've committed crimes and will be - hopefully - held accountable.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/u...

11.03.2026 04:48 πŸ‘ 884 πŸ” 301 πŸ’¬ 88 πŸ“Œ 18
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Republican leadership still hasn't condemned Ogles for his streak of genocidal anti-Muslim comments.

This is who they are.

Also, Democratic leadership hasn't called for him or Randy Fine to be censured.

11.03.2026 04:51 πŸ‘ 509 πŸ” 153 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 10
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Latest Epstein Exits Include UCLA’s Tramo, Chapman’s Horner Meanwhile, Harvard’s Martin Nowak was placed on leave for a second time over his connections to the sex offender.

Legendary paleontologist Jack Horner (Chapman), neurologist Mark Tramo (UCLA), and, again, mathematical biologist Martin Nowak (Harvard) are facing consequences for Epstein ties

www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

11.03.2026 04:55 πŸ‘ 95 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

I don’t know who needs to hear this but Donald Trump is all over the Epstein files.

11.03.2026 04:56 πŸ‘ 277 πŸ” 50 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2
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Nuclear experts undercut White House claims about Iran reactor at heart of case for war The Trump administration sent negotiators without nuclear expertise to lead talks on Iran’s enrichment program. Now, its public case for war centers on a facility that experts say cannot do what offic...

This story suggests that Witkoff and Kushner bungled the negotiations with Iran because they don't understand nuclear technology

www.ms.now/news/trump-i...

11.03.2026 05:07 πŸ‘ 1707 πŸ” 737 πŸ’¬ 127 πŸ“Œ 75
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Bondi Is Said to Move to Military Housing Because of Threats

Nothing to see hereβ€”just the Trump administration officials who'd oversee an invocation of the Insurrection Act and subsequent martial law declarations moving into military-base housing.

Miller, Bondi, Rubio, Hegseth, the Secretary of the Army and Secretary of the Navy...

Pay no attention to this.

11.03.2026 05:19 πŸ‘ 916 πŸ” 453 πŸ’¬ 82 πŸ“Œ 30

Yes for me, but not for you.
Typical Republican.

11.03.2026 05:23 πŸ‘ 164 πŸ” 64 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4

Watching fandom communities and women/girls with fandom accounts who have stayed on X has been brutal. Random posts that should have stayed within their communities are algorithmically blasted to alt-right adjacent edgelords being radicalized by Elon Musk to descend on and mock and terrorize

11.03.2026 05:25 πŸ‘ 472 πŸ” 72 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 7

Treasonous clown

11.03.2026 08:43 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Almost spit out my drink when I read this one!!!

11.03.2026 05:40 πŸ‘ 373 πŸ” 97 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 2
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Pete Hegseth Outright Quotes Scripture in Iran War Briefing The Christian nationalist undertones of this war are getting even more obvious.

This should worry the entire world.
We have religious extremists running America.

But then again, Bush attacked Iraq for God too.

newrepublic.com/post/207564/...

11.03.2026 06:20 πŸ‘ 112 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 2
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Morning.

11.03.2026 06:43 πŸ‘ 1219 πŸ” 187 πŸ’¬ 43 πŸ“Œ 10
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Why do Americans hate each other while Canadians love each other? Could it have something to do with our politics? With the sociopath in the Oval?

A Pew survey found that 53% of American adults describe the morality and ethics of our fellow citizens as β€œbad.” Meanwhile, in Canada, 92% say their fellow Canadians are good while just 7% say they’re bad.

Why are we Americans so down on our fellow citizens?

11.03.2026 06:48 πŸ‘ 1019 πŸ” 286 πŸ’¬ 222 πŸ“Œ 40

Anyone else have the feeling that Trump has already floated the idea of the Navy escorting tankers through Hormuz (to the Navy) and they told him no, but he can’t admit that the threat is not eliminated?

11.03.2026 02:33 πŸ‘ 2020 πŸ” 318 πŸ’¬ 112 πŸ“Œ 16

Jfc

11.03.2026 03:02 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ex-Trump National Security Advisor Nadia Schadlow: β€œCongress does not have a constitutional role in the declaration of war.”

@ezraklein.bsky.social : *READS HER THE CONSTITUTION* πŸ€”

11.03.2026 02:49 πŸ‘ 1182 πŸ” 326 πŸ’¬ 118 πŸ“Œ 50

Hell yes, Arizona’s Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs has vetoed a repugnant bill that would have honored neo-Nazi propagandist podcaster Charlie Kirk on license plates in her state. Love it.

11.03.2026 02:49 πŸ‘ 1081 πŸ” 183 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 5

Amazing courage and story of both Jenny O’Connell-Nowain and her husband Benjamin Nowain to fight the insane ultra conservative local Board.

A carpet bagger from Connecticut basically upended a town with his wealth 🀯

Wealth tax is a must, if we want any hope of salvaging our democracy

10.03.2026 11:17 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Everything Trump Touches Dies: Oil Edition Futures curves and Fed rate cuts.

"If your kid was in the armed services and you watched Pete Hegseth doing his WAR! schtick, what would you think? If it was me, I’d be sick to my stomach seeing that my child’s life was in the hands of a man with low character and lower intelligence."

11.03.2026 01:30 πŸ‘ 369 πŸ” 78 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 4

Judge says Trump tariffs must be refunded.

11.03.2026 01:31 πŸ‘ 636 πŸ” 157 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 7

Devastating reporting. Like RFK Jr., Kristi Noem, and Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth is reshaping his department to indiscriminately kill tons and tons of children.

A major throughline of the Trump administration.

11.03.2026 01:40 πŸ‘ 1442 πŸ” 457 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 6
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I Was a US Intelligence Analyst. Here's What a Ground Invasion of Iran Could Look Like The Trump admin has floated three possible ground operation plans it claims would be 'small.' But in reality, Harrison Mann writes, they all risk dragging the US into a forever war in Iran.

β€œI Was a US Intelligence Analyst. Here's What a Ground Invasion of Iran Could Look Like”

The Trump admin has 3 possible ground operation plans but, @harrisonmann.bsky.social writes for Zeteo, they all risk dragging the US into a forever war in Iran.

11.03.2026 01:47 πŸ‘ 439 πŸ” 145 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 4

Direct hit!

11.03.2026 01:49 πŸ‘ 977 πŸ” 221 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 8

He can lead the way

11.03.2026 02:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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DOJ site still missing documents with accusations against Epstein associates A woman who alleged that Epstein sexually abused her for years also told federal law enforcement about incidents with then-bank executive Jes Staley and billionaire Leon Black.

"MS NOW has found that the released files still appear to be incomplete, missing FBI notes and memos reflecting interviews with women alleging abuse by other prominent men."
www.ms.now/news/doj-sit...

11.03.2026 01:53 πŸ‘ 182 πŸ” 92 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2

It's looking increasingly like these guys thought that if they could wreak more death and destruction than the other side then they would be respected as strong powerful men and they would "win" and that would make them big important heroes. Very possibly they had no rationale deeper than that.

11.03.2026 01:57 πŸ‘ 8781 πŸ” 1488 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 147

WOWZA

11.03.2026 02:00 πŸ‘ 835 πŸ” 173 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 5
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Trump Is Repeating Putin’s Blunder Both men thought they could start easy, quick regime-change wars at minimal cost.

Just as Putin’s arrogance blinded him to the risks of war in Ukraine, Trump’s construction of an echo chamber in the executive branch has warped his judgment.

11.03.2026 02:00 πŸ‘ 271 πŸ” 63 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 1
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Top Trump Goon Faces New Epstein Files Headache Norm Eisen, the former White House ethics czar under Barack Obama, has called for action.

Lutnick must go

The Epstein files & other evidence is shocking

We @democracydefendersfund.org & @publiccitizen.bsky.social have the receipts!

Our detailed demand is here πŸ‘‰ f9c23fd5-1644-4a5f-a561-d04e6b5736d6.usrfiles.com/ugd/f9c23f_8...

AND @thedailybeast.bsky.social has the exclusiveπŸ‘‡

11.03.2026 02:00 πŸ‘ 547 πŸ” 174 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 5