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Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) speaks with reporters in the Senate Subway on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tom Brenner/Getty Images)

Chris Murphy: “They have NO plan to open up the Strait of Hormuz — a totally foreseeable result of a military action against Iran—

It’s getting worse, not better as Iran is now mining the Strait — if the Strait is closed for weeks or months more, that’s a global economic catastrophe”

If someone were to suggest this on tomorrow's Fox & Friends there's a nonzero chance it would happen.

Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job The Social Security inspector general’s office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive in a major potential security breach, said people familia...

Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job.

Social Security inspector general’s office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive in a major potential security breach.

(Free gift article)

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20 percent of all oil and gas goes though the strait of Hormuz

For some reason the very *concept* of an Italian national baseball team is so so funny to me.

I think this story is a really good example for people to look at when it comes to understanding bias at NYT. It's not that the reporter, Dana Rubinstein, says anything outright false. But the framing, word choices, etc., add up to an unprofessional and biased account.

Her trip to Ireland was ruined by this one question?? Gee, I wonder why…

Carmen Sandiego from the 90s cartoon

Happy International Women's Day to the original International Woman

Caitlin KALINOWSKI over X I resigned from OpenAl. I care deeply about the Robotics team and the work we built together. This wasn't an easy call. Al has an important role in national security. But surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got. This was about principle, not people. I have deep respect for Sam and the team, and I'm proud of what we built together.

OpenAI head of robotics just resigned over company deal with the Pentagon saying…

“Surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got”

It sucks the president is a pedophile who is trying to destroy the constitution, but it’s honestly funny his supporters think that’ll Make America Great Again.

It is amazing youd give up a first term job in the SENATE for a brief stint atop a game show host’s secret police police

They're going to write books about all the big brain moves of this gang of imbeciles and among them will be "Spending a year trying to kill renewable energy and then launching a war that sends oil prices soaring"

Like clockwork.

solidarity with all the children out there throwing tantrums. stay strong. you WILL get what you want

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.

Cluely CEO Roy Lee admits to publicly lying about revenue numbers last year | TechCrunch The $7 million in annual recurring revenue that Cluely CEO Roy Lee shared last summer was a lie, its founder and CEO Roy Lee admitted on Thursday on X.

Who could possibly have predicted that a company whose slogan is "cheat on everything" would cheat?

techcrunch.com/2026/03/05/c...

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

Tax exiles stuck in London desperately trying to get *back* to Dubai to avoid becoming tax resident in the UK? Just great stuff. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

They are torturing and killing people in our concentration camps, and I wish more people were actively bothered by that

“Missing files
Aren’t in Iran”

Tony Gonzales admits affair with aide who died by suicide “​​I’ve asked God to forgive me, which he has,” the San Antonio Republican told a conservative radio host the day after he was forced into a primary runoff.

New: U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-San Antonio, admitted Wednesday to having an affair with a staffer who later died by suicide, after initially denying the allegation.

No Help and Few Options for Travelers Stranded by Mideast Conflict

One woman who called the State Department helpline looking for help said they told her to "stop ranting and raving" and hung up on her.

Another woman said they asked her how to spell Oman.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/t...

One thing seems clear from all the hasty mobilizations of U.S. military units and the realities of our ongoing ammunition crisis: the Trump Admin has completely hollowed out our capacity to defend ourselves or our allies in order to help Israel in murdering Iranians.

They call the Department of Defense the Department of War, but then say their war isn’t a war because it’s preemptively defensive.

First-Time Primary Voters Add Uncertainty to Texas Democratic Races

"Texas Democrats turned out in unusually high numbers during early voting, including 400,000 people who had never before voted in a Democratic primary.More than one in four voters who cast an early ballot in the Democratic primary had only voted in a general election before"

Security Updates for Americans in the Middle East (Updated March 2, 4pm EST) DEPART NOW VIA COMMERCIAL MEANS DUE TO SERIOUS SAFETY RISKS • Bahrain • Egypt • Iran • Iraq • Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza • Jordan • Kuwait • Lebanon • Oman • Qatar • Saudi Arabia • Syria • United Arab Emirates • Yemen Americans who need State Department assistance arranging to depart via commercial means can call us 24/7: +1-202-501-4444 (from abroad) and +1- 888-407-4747 (from the U.S. and Canada).

Guys, does Rubio not get protocol and advance notice??

How do they leave when there are no flights in Iran, Iraq, Israel, west bank, Jordan, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, UAE and Bahrain???

Where are arranged U.S. charter flights to get Americans out?!

yeah why would we want our anti-air systems protecting a country that ISN'T in the process of committing genocide?

What can you even say? These people deserve their inevitable humiliation and the nation deserves journalists with more self-respect.

One thing the right has always disliked about Clinton is that she take governance seriously, however imperfectly that manifests. I’m not sure that difference in approach has ever been more obvious.

When you think about it for more than 5 seconds, it really is both insane and outrageous that *HILLARY CLINTON* - a woman who apparently has never met with nor corresponded with Jeffrey Epstein was one of the first people deposed.

They said that if I voted for Kamala Harris the president would end free enterprise and folks…