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A Cartoonerer. The New Yorker..er. My posts are unreliably narrated. Native Upper Midwesterner now in Colorado. https://condenaststore.com/collections/new+yorker+cartoons/mark+thompson

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Markwayne Mullin is the same dude already under scrutiny for suspicious stock trades.

And he’s supposed to run America’s national security.

• No government security experience
• No law enforcement background
• No intelligence work
• No military service
• Not even a bachelor’s degree

10.03.2026 17:52 👍 4125 🔁 1925 💬 455 📌 129

A genuine concern.

10.03.2026 20:39 👍 166 🔁 46 💬 13 📌 8

I for one am for shipping every last billionaire to space on one of Musk’s rockets. Godspeed, go ruin another planet.

10.03.2026 20:34 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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In the Twenty-first Century, Space is the New Railroad for Billionaire Ambitions Billionaires are playing a game of orbital Monopoly, writes Janet Vertesi.

Railway and utility monopolies of the Gilded Age required decades of regulatory correction, with lasting economic damage in between. Space infrastructure is consolidating now. Janet Vertesi says we need to think outside existing competition regulation to avoid undemocratic concentrations of power.

10.03.2026 20:30 👍 33 🔁 12 💬 1 📌 3

It was an old bus.

10.03.2026 20:31 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Coin used to pay for bus in Leeds found to be 2,000 years old Coin has been donated to Leeds Museums and Galleries

"Coin used to pay for bus ticket in Leeds found to be 2,000 years old

The coin was given to a local bus driver decades ago and kept in a chest ever since"
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

10.03.2026 18:04 👍 647 🔁 75 💬 34 📌 17
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I don’t know what to say except that I’m ashamed of my government and officials must be prosecuted for any and all crimes committed.

10.03.2026 20:30 👍 29 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0

He’ll ignore anyone lost. It’s the fate of all Trump subcontractors.

10.03.2026 20:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

conservatism and criminality are so closely related that if they lived in alabama they’d have inbred children

10.03.2026 19:24 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Trump wants oil tank captains to go full speed ahead through the Strait of Hormuz. They need to stop acting like they have bone spurs.

10.03.2026 19:20 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

I understand the reason and logic behind agricultural subsidies and such but every once in a while, especially when I look at freelancing life I think to myself "Sure I could use a government grant not to do anything"

10.03.2026 16:06 👍 98 🔁 9 💬 10 📌 1

MAGA voted for the guy who’s going to make it too expensive to even go to a store that has eggs.

10.03.2026 18:56 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Gas Prices Are Already Up 50 Cents Per Gallon—And Rising Gas prices could get hit $4 per gallon within the next month as oil slows out of the Strait of Hormuz—while Trump urges oil tankers to have “some guts.”

Gas prices could get hit $4 per gallon within the next month as oil slows out of the Strait of Hormuz—while Trump urges oil tankers to have “some guts.”

09.03.2026 16:25 👍 111 🔁 50 💬 56 📌 12
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Trump says US Navy sank Iran's warship off the coast of Sri Lanka because "it's more fun" to sink ships than capture them.

09.03.2026 21:04 👍 3184 🔁 1393 💬 452 📌 836

the war is over and thats why we have no choice but to escalate, also we have accomplished all our goals but if we havent iran better watch out but also its basically over

10.03.2026 15:01 👍 465 🔁 67 💬 20 📌 5

Trump has now conducted 42 boat strikes, killing nearly 160 people.

Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.

He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.

This is a danger to us all.

10.03.2026 17:15 👍 4666 🔁 1719 💬 224 📌 77
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Gracie Mansion mayhem: Pardoned Jan. 6 rioter’s bigoted protest sparks outrage and violent clashes | amNewYork Fists flew and pepper-spray blew outside of Gracie Mansion on Saturday afternoon as New Yorkers clashed with far-right influencer Jake Lang and his posse,

Telling that the Jan. 6 insurrectionist who was pardoned by Trump is going missing in all the "isis" coverage now. Not in early coverage. www.amny.com/news/gracie-...

10.03.2026 15:59 👍 7 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 1

Great work voters. Those damn egg prices and wokeness huh?

10.03.2026 17:22 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Blumenthal after getting briefed on Iran: "We seem to be on a path toward deploying American troops on the ground in Iran to accomplish any of the potential objectives here. There's also the specter of active Russian aid to Iran putting in danger American lives ... China also may be assisting Iran"

10.03.2026 16:42 👍 8170 🔁 3564 💬 856 📌 463
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Trump’s Iran war is like a box of chocolates, isn’t it?

10.03.2026 16:54 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Who COULDN’T trust that punim?

10.03.2026 17:17 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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QUINTANILLA: Do we think the Russians have shared intel about US military assets, and if so, why would we be giving waivers on oil sanctions?

WITKOFF: I can tell you that on the call with POTUS, the Russians said they have not been sharing. That's what they said. We can take them at their word.

10.03.2026 16:08 👍 1896 🔁 619 💬 946 📌 537
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Mika Anderson (@mikaanderson) Pass this on… WISCONSIN

substack.com/@mikaanderso.... Please repost. Thank you.

10.03.2026 17:09 👍 3 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Coons: "Right now, the clearest winner from this war in Iran is Russia. It's stunning that President Trump is on the phone with Vladimir Putin and spending more time consulting with him than he is with Congress and the American people."

10.03.2026 14:20 👍 3982 🔁 1365 💬 250 📌 111

With Trump, the U.S. Congress is optional but Putin’s guidance is mandatory.

10.03.2026 17:09 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Farm workers harvesting romaine lettuce

Farm workers harvesting romaine lettuce

"Guillermo" is harvesting romaine lettuce in Maricopa CA. "This is a very difficult job. You need to work fast while you are continuously bending down and getting up and using a sharp knife to cut the lettuce." #WeFeedYou

09.03.2026 14:02 👍 955 🔁 273 💬 38 📌 14

Let’s just let this one sink in . The GOP is at Trumps personal Golf course spending tons of taxpayer dollars to watch Trump golf on taxpayer dollars and party on taxpayer dollars …wake the fuck up people .

09.03.2026 21:47 👍 218 🔁 110 💬 6 📌 5

🤔🇺🇸 Trump on Iran: We talked about that with Putin. He was very impressed with what he saw.

09.03.2026 22:36 👍 291 🔁 92 💬 71 📌 18

I wonder why he didn't call it the THE SAVE TRUMP ACT

TO OBVIOUS?

10.03.2026 12:15 👍 383 🔁 77 💬 17 📌 5
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Scientists Discover Way To Reverse Chemical Process Linked With Alzheimer’s Disease By watching Alzheimer’s-related protein clumping unfold second by second, researchers have uncovered new clues about the role of metal ions.

This amazing scientific advance may one day lead to either more effective treatments or dare I say perhaps a cure.
This is why it is vitally important to fund basic scientific research.
Scientists Discover Way To Reverse Chemical Process Linked With Alzheimer’s Disease share.google/Vm0hfSMfkGIc...

10.03.2026 15:56 👍 3083 🔁 885 💬 70 📌 58