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Supporter of progressive economic policy. Aspiring small business owner. Volunteer lawyer. Amateur economist. Software developer. — #BLM #economics #TIARA https://johnrefior.com https://hachyderm.io/@jrefior https://www.trumpisarussianasset.info

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Hear, hear

14.03.2026 20:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Now that he created regional war in the Middle East and gave generations of Arabs/Muslims a thousand reasons to want Americans and Israelis dead, he expects South Korea to go fix it

14.03.2026 20:23 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Calling credit for this book/article title I thought of a while back, which I expect some investigative reporter will eventually use:

"There are no adults in the room: inside Trump's second term"

14.03.2026 20:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Can’t believe nobody wanted to read the articles nobody bothered to write

14.03.2026 01:34 👍 6756 🔁 1839 💬 46 📌 18

I tell a personal story of tragedy on a sensitive topic, and *all* the replies and quotes I get are attacks, accusations, or sarcasm. I can see why many people are afraid to be vulnerable and tell their stories on social media. There is no sympathy. There is no sensitivity.

14.03.2026 20:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Gas is up 78 cents at the station closest to my place

14.03.2026 20:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump's former Secretary of Defense explains why Trump is losing the war and why Iran is not breaking...

14.03.2026 17:16 👍 104 🔁 35 💬 2 📌 0

What about just getting away from Russia? There’s overwhelming circumstantial evidence that Trump is a Russian asset. But without him, could the Party get away from working for the Kremlin?

14.03.2026 17:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatens broadcast licenses over Iran War coverage

14.03.2026 17:23 👍 2752 🔁 1250 💬 462 📌 413
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Offshore wind farms race toward completion despite Trump’s attacks Trump is trying to kill offshore wind. But two big East Coast projects are poised to start producing power, and others are hitting key construction…

Trump tried to tank these five offshore wind farms. But after winning their court cases, two are almost complete, and three are on the cusp of major milestones.

14.03.2026 11:40 👍 123 🔁 31 💬 3 📌 3

Or “…makes mass death, terrorist-recruiting mess, expects others to clean it up”

14.03.2026 16:03 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I think most men were unaware of it and never read it, and some of the ones who did probably didn’t take what she said seriously. Seems like we (much of US society) don’t listen to women and take what they say seriously as often as we should.

14.03.2026 15:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

One more prong of their anti-American assault on the Constitution

14.03.2026 12:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A young man I know was on track for a career in robotics. Then transferred to an easier (worse) college where they didn't have such a program, then dropped out, then became homeless. He's currently a drug addict living in his car. It started with pot in HS. Not legal, but ubiquitous b/c it's legal.

14.03.2026 12:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 4 📌 3

(and women)

14.03.2026 12:43 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

1. Elon didn't create PayPal. He sucked at his job so bad, that Peter Thiel fired him. Seriously. Look it up.

2. Elon did not found Tesla. He bought it, then pretended that he founded it. Seriously. Look it up.

3. The hyper loop makes zero sense and is fake. High speed rail makes sense and is real

14.03.2026 08:29 👍 356 🔁 100 💬 16 📌 3
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Today in the Kyiv region, Russian missiles and drones killed four people and injured 15 others‼️

14.03.2026 11:48 👍 114 🔁 36 💬 2 📌 2

Trump's decision (two weeks into his ill-considered war) to bomb Iran's Kharg island makes no sense at first, but if you think about it, there is a reason to the mad king's actions.

By destroying a major oil terminal, Trump is ensuring that Putin will continue to enjoy massive inflows of cash.

14.03.2026 01:42 👍 337 🔁 133 💬 22 📌 6
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ICE agents reveal daily arrest quotas and surveillance app in rare court testimony Under oath, officers said they were told to make eight arrests a day and given special tech to help choose ‘targets’

When a federal judge (finally) put ICE officers under oath, they admitted that they are given daily detention quotas and rely heavily on a Palantir-supplied AI tool to select targets, without warrants and without enough evidence to obtain one. They simply go into neighborhoods and round people up.

13.03.2026 18:55 👍 9415 🔁 5644 💬 203 📌 392
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The Oil Tankers Trump Seized Are Costing the U.S. Millions of Dollars

Remember when Trump promised a bonanza from all the oil he’s been seizing on the high seas? Well, about that…

14.03.2026 01:00 👍 237 🔁 80 💬 1 📌 3
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Judge quashes subpoenas in Justice Department's investigation of Federal Reserve's Powell A federal judge on Friday quashed Justice Department subpoenas issued to the Federal Reserve in January, a severe blow to an investigation that has already attracted strong criticism on Capitol Hill.

A federal judge on Friday quashed Justice Department subpoenas issued to the Federal Reserve in January, a severe blow to an investigation that has already attracted strong criticism on Capitol Hill.

13.03.2026 22:00 👍 149 🔁 28 💬 3 📌 1
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US judge revives union contract for 320,000 workers at veterans' agency A federal judge on Friday reinstated a union bargaining agreement covering 320,000 employees ​of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs that the agency had canceled to carry out an ‌order from President Donald Trump.

A federal judge on Friday reinstated a union bargaining agreement covering 320,000 employees of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs that the agency had canceled to carry out an order from President Donald Trump.

13.03.2026 22:01 👍 22 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0
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Goldman forecasts that Brent will average $98 in March and April, 40% above its 2025 mean, before falling to $71 by the end of the year.
They now expect 2026 headline inflation to run at 2.9%, and have lowered their GDP growth forecast to 2.2%.
www.gspublishing.com/content/rese...

13.03.2026 22:03 👍 140 🔁 36 💬 18 📌 6

The White House could certainly claim this. But Congress explicitly stated in the war powers resolution that appropriations do not equal authorization to use force and should not be interpreted as such.

13.03.2026 22:01 👍 55 🔁 26 💬 1 📌 1

Fran & Mike both Republicans and split the vote?

13.03.2026 22:10 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I heard a Youtuber refer to Operation Epstein Fury and now I can't unhear it

13.03.2026 22:04 👍 69 🔁 16 💬 4 📌 0
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Musk ousts more xAI founders as AI coding effort falters, FT reports Elon Musk has triggered a fresh wave of job cuts at his AI firm xAI, with more co-founders pushed out amid his dissatisfaction with ​the underperformance of the startup's coding division, the Financial Times reported on Friday.

Musk ousts more xAI founders as AI coding effort falters, FT reports reut.rs/40vKlgz

13.03.2026 22:05 👍 34 🔁 10 💬 6 📌 6
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JUST IN: With disclosures for a potential vindictive prosecution motion due to the defense on Monday, feds (Pirro) drop criminal case against Army vet who said he burned flag in park to protest Trump pledge to prosecute flagburners. No explanation. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/27...

13.03.2026 21:11 👍 1963 🔁 543 💬 59 📌 15

Ok BoneSpurs

13.03.2026 18:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Kat vs. Everybody, and Kat's winning.

13.03.2026 15:03 👍 1602 🔁 251 💬 29 📌 3