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Had Tim Walz as a teacher in high school. He really is a great guy. Politics, Sports, Anime, Video Games.

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U.S. Negotiators Were Ill-Prepared for Serious Nuclear Negotiations with Iran | Arms Control Association

Devastating, in-depth indictment of Witkoff's handling of the Iran negotiations: "Witkoff did not have sufficient technical expertise or diplomatic experience to engage in effective diplomacy." www.armscontrol.org/blog/2026-03...

13.03.2026 14:54 πŸ‘ 617 πŸ” 226 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 22
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Dark money group offers influencers $1,500 for posts attacking Chicago Democratic primary candidate Progressive House candidate Kat Abughazaleh told MS NOW the secretive campaign is β€œfilled with false and defamatory claims.”

EXCLUSIVE: A dark money group is offering influencers $1,500 for posts attacking Chicago Democratic primary candidate @katmabu.bsky.social

www.ms.now/news/kat-abu...

13.03.2026 14:27 πŸ‘ 3758 πŸ” 1556 πŸ’¬ 124 πŸ“Œ 280

Defense secretary openly states that a pro-Trump billionaire taking over a news network (following regulatory help from the administration) will result in coverage more favorable for the administration.

13.03.2026 12:38 πŸ‘ 3535 πŸ” 1163 πŸ’¬ 116 πŸ“Œ 36

Folks, the last Presidential election had the Tariff Guy win voters whose #1 issue was inflation 70/30.

We've been fucked for a while now.

13.03.2026 03:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How many times in a row does he need to get back cut on for a layup or dunk before Finch pulls him out?

Does he realize that, with 16 games left, the defense is better with him OFF the floor than ON thus far this season?

If the effort doesn't change soon we are getting bounced in the first round.

12.03.2026 06:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Trump administration is gearing up to kick an estimated six million more people off of food assistance programs β€” including nearly two million children.

The move would save just $1 billion a year, while Trump spends upwards of $1 billion per *day* on his new forever war.

Priorities.

10.03.2026 19:31 πŸ‘ 1993 πŸ” 947 πŸ’¬ 97 πŸ“Œ 38
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Pete Hegseth Blew Billions on Fruit Basket Stands, Chairs, and Crab The Defense Department went on a $93 billion spending spree in 2025.

And the pigs keep gobbling.

Pete Hegseth Blew Billions on Fruit Basket Stands, Chairs, and Crab newrepublic.com/post/207555/... via @newrepublic.com

10.03.2026 04:02 πŸ‘ 909 πŸ” 412 πŸ’¬ 115 πŸ“Œ 105

Man, I should give it a try myself sometime with our cat.

It's really hard to sneak up on one though!

Well done Tom!

08.03.2026 21:18 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Al Jazeera cracked this "enigma":

This school had many daughters of military officers and soldiers. The idea was to attract them to the school, strike it to draw in rescuers and relatives, and then strike it again to kill them.

08.03.2026 12:30 πŸ‘ 1185 πŸ” 438 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 92

It turns out the U.S. did a β€œdouble tap” attack just as emergency responders were arriving at the girls’ elementary school. This is what the Russians do routinely in Ukraine.

That’s a war crime under international humanitarian law.

08.03.2026 13:02 πŸ‘ 3156 πŸ” 1909 πŸ’¬ 219 πŸ“Œ 142
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Wow -- as first spotted by @BadFoxGraphics on X, Fox & Friends this morning used *old footage of a previous dignified transfer* to mislead their audience about the fact that Trump wore a baseball cap during the one yesterday

08.03.2026 13:24 πŸ‘ 12977 πŸ” 4912 πŸ’¬ 923 πŸ“Œ 693
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So according to the WSJ a US Senator conspired with another country to manipulate the US into starting a war, am I getting this right

07.03.2026 16:25 πŸ‘ 12410 πŸ” 4836 πŸ’¬ 553 πŸ“Œ 475
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DOJ releases Epstein files with accusations against Trump Over the course of four interviews in 2019, a woman told the FBI that Epstein and Trump sexually abused her in the 1980s.

β€œA DOJ source told the Miami Herald that agents found her to be credibleβ€”and that they would not have interviewed her four times if they thought she was lying.”

@jkbjournalist.bsky.social bringing it home
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

07.03.2026 00:20 πŸ‘ 4005 πŸ” 1672 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 74
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The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...

Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica.

They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.

07.03.2026 02:01 πŸ‘ 1027 πŸ” 612 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 57

Hegseth needs to stand trial after this as a war criminal. Between this attack and the girls' school, there's no ambiguity. He is responsible for mass murder and must be held accountable.

07.03.2026 01:32 πŸ‘ 6426 πŸ” 1876 πŸ’¬ 120 πŸ“Œ 62
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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 β€” 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 πŸ‘ 8960 πŸ” 3336 πŸ’¬ 105 πŸ“Œ 125

I just got a mailer from the dealership I bought my Bolt from asking to bring it in for an appraisal so they can make a cash offer on it!

I'm still keeping it 😎

06.03.2026 21:37 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,500 of His Appointees - ProPublica Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de...

Wow. The corruption and self-dealing is boundless β€” in the billions.

06.03.2026 21:13 πŸ‘ 1190 πŸ” 660 πŸ’¬ 52 πŸ“Œ 30
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This is Andrew Paul Johnson. Andrew was convicted of insurrection on January 6 for assaulting cops.

Trump pardoned Andrew. 9 months later, Andrew was caught molesting children, sharing CSAM, & buying victims' silence by giving them money from a Justice Dept settlement.

Trump protects pedophiles.

06.03.2026 15:30 πŸ‘ 343 πŸ” 181 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 14

Kristi Noem smeared dead Americans as β€œdomestic terrorists.” She sent some asylum seekers to a third-world prison without due process. She spent hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars promoting herself.

Taxpayers paid her while she lied to them. That's her legacy.

05.03.2026 22:30 πŸ‘ 86 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

it’s only an echo chamber when it’s the left. when it’s the right they call it some bullshit like the Agora or the Town Square

05.03.2026 16:27 πŸ‘ 2913 πŸ” 382 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 10
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Wilders understands that culture and demographics are our destiny. We can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies.
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Hundreds of Islamists shouting "Allahu Akbar" in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Wilders is right for over 10 years. #turkijerel
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Steve King 9 @SteveKinglA + Follow Wilders understands that culture and demographics are our destiny. We can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies. ESTERN ILIZATION Voice of Europe @V_of_Europe Hundreds of Islamists shouting "Allahu Akbar" in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Wilders is right for over 10 years. #turkijerel RETWEETS LIKES 516 688 10:40 AM - 12 Mar 2017 from lowa, USA

I'm teaching about early 20th century eugenics today and was reminded that 9 years ago Republican Representative Steve King was stripped of his committee assignments by his GOP colleagues for this post that simply states what is now bog standard GOP policy/rhetoric on immigration and "civilization."

04.03.2026 17:45 πŸ‘ 3761 πŸ” 1015 πŸ’¬ 67 πŸ“Œ 47
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β€˜Nazi heaven’: Inside Miami campus Republicans’ racist group chat The chat is the subject of a Florida International University police investigation.

The secretary of Miami-Dade County’s GOP started a group chat for conservative students β€” and within 3 weeks, it was filled with over 400 instances of the N-word, Nazi rhetoric and writings of "dozens of ways of violently killing Black people"

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KAMLAGER-DOVE: At any point in your tenure at DHS, have you had sexual relations with Corey Lewandowski?

NOEM: You're peddling tabloid garbage

K: You should be able to answer if someone asks if a federal official is sleeping with their subordinate

NOEM: It's garbage

K: It's about your judgment

04.03.2026 20:14 πŸ‘ 5807 πŸ” 1503 πŸ’¬ 449 πŸ“Œ 244
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like a well-oiled machine

03.03.2026 05:53 πŸ‘ 288 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 2
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What this country needs is a politician brave enough to advocate in *favor* of β€˜forever wars’ in the Middle East…

03.03.2026 06:10 πŸ‘ 607 πŸ” 169 πŸ’¬ 58 πŸ“Œ 15
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U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for β€œArmageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war.

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been β€œinundated” with more than 110 complaints.

One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

03.03.2026 01:54 πŸ‘ 12846 πŸ” 6396 πŸ’¬ 1318 πŸ“Œ 4134

The league ever going to fine Washington? Does this charade ever end for this season?

03.03.2026 02:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just a reminder that Trump didn't just bumble us into an unnecessary war -- he deliberately created the conditions that he's now screaming about

03.03.2026 01:35 πŸ‘ 2424 πŸ” 784 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 10

What utter nonsense.

We weren't at war with the Iraqi or Afghani people either! Didn't stop their civilians from getting killed there either!

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