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@bornweird

Grew up near the Gulf of MEXICO. Anti-MAGA, anti-Trump, anti-FAcist. Believe in science, not WOO. No DMs.

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Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who d...

Our new searchable database is the most comprehensive public source of financial disclosures across the executive branch.

Here's what we've found using the data so far:

11.03.2026 02:00 πŸ‘ 464 πŸ” 210 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 14

I had a Rottweiler who loved other animals. She decided to make friends with a porcupine by licking it. This did not turn out well for obvious reasons.

11.03.2026 08:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Time to post again the Terry Pratchett / Bill Gates exchange from 1995...

09.03.2026 21:06 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry, the fifth one is $14.99.

11.03.2026 01:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's $2.99 each (at least on Amazon), not $2.99 for all four of the books. Plus there's a fifth one, on Amazon for $11.99.

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10.03.2026 19:08 πŸ‘ 1891 πŸ” 816 πŸ’¬ 35 πŸ“Œ 38

Was he talking to Kai Trump?

11.03.2026 00:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Too bad. Iran is a good place for him to be right now.

10.03.2026 23:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This week the Senate is going to vote on Joshua Rudd to be Director of the NSA. He's a dangerous nominee to lead an agency with a history of abusing domestic surveillance capabilities. Here's why:

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I can’t do emotion so I’ll leave it to others.

10.03.2026 15:58 πŸ‘ 169 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 2

Long but very interesting.

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Lucy is working hard to close the Wikipedia gender gap.

08.03.2026 20:41 πŸ‘ 125 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

I worked as a contractor in Iraq. Most of our workplaces were converted storage containers, such as those where the soldiers in Kuwait were killed, as were our living quarters. If there is no advance warning to get to a bunker, people are going to die/be seriously injured when they are hit.

07.03.2026 20:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who d...

A trove of nearly 3,200 disclosure records, which ProPublica made public this week, reveals a web of financial ties between Trump officials and the industries they help regulate.

07.03.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 773 πŸ” 433 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 50

His name is already a joke.

07.03.2026 20:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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‘ 12406 πŸ” 4839 πŸ’¬ 553 πŸ“Œ 475

I'm probably the one American who hates ranch dressing, but even I can't imagine how nasty this must taste.

Good job bookmarking it. I'd be surprised if it lasts the year.

05.03.2026 21:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A lot of filth in one image.
They planned this, you know.

05.03.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 138 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 2
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NEW: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the United States has asked Ukraine for help intercepting Iranian-made Shahed drones, citing Ukraine’s battlefield expertise. Zelenskyy said any assistance will come only if it does not weaken Ukraine’s own defenses.

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ProPublica Sues Education Department for Withholding Records About Discrimination in Schools Under Secretary Linda McMahon, the work of the Office for Civil Rights, which aims to protect students from discrimination, is cloaked in secrecy.

We sent 4 records requests to the Education Department β€” the first more than a year ago β€” seeking the status of school investigations, findings of discrimination reversed under Trump and more.

The agency gave no response except to acknowledge it received them.

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We identified 12 shootings by federal agents that led to the deaths or injuries of citizens & immigrants since Sept.

Nearly every time, the Trump admin blamed the injured and dead. Experts say this apparent lack of accountability demands that local authorities step up to investigate federal agents.

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β€œThe secretary of Miami-Dade County’s Republican Party started a group chat primarily for conservative students last fall β€” and within three weeks it was filled with racist slurs, someone wrote dozens of ways of violently killing Black people and the chat was renamed after what one member described as β€œNazi heaven.” In WhatsApp conversations leaked to the Miami Herald, participants used variations of the n-word more than 400 times, regularly described women as β€œwhores,” used slurs to talk about Jewish and gay people and mused about Hitler’s politics.”

β€œThe secretary of Miami-Dade County’s Republican Party started a group chat primarily for conservative students last fall β€” and within three weeks it was filled with racist slurs, someone wrote dozens of ways of violently killing Black people and the chat was renamed after what one member described as β€œNazi heaven.” In WhatsApp conversations leaked to the Miami Herald, participants used variations of the n-word more than 400 times, regularly described women as β€œwhores,” used slurs to talk about Jewish and gay people and mused about Hitler’s politics.”

β€œIn WhatsApp conversations leaked to the Miami Herald, participants used variations of the n-word more than 400 times, regularly described women as β€œwhores,” used slurs to talk about Jewish and gay people and mused about Hitler’s politics.”

05.03.2026 03:01 πŸ‘ 343 πŸ” 130 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 29

I remember my parents taking me to Eckerds for prescriptions when I was a kid. There were several in my area (near St. Petersburg FL). Had no idea they were owned by Penney's. I loved going there because they had the best mint candy ever - Mint Dream. (Russell Stover, sadly discontinued).

05.03.2026 02:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Even though I oppose organized religion, I think we are all praying that God or Allah or whatever deity there may or may not be, decides enough is enough and takes Trump "home".

In fact, I can think of no better way to stimulate my faith.

05.03.2026 01:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Prediction for the Iranian war.
JiΓ£ng XuΓ©qΓ­n was born in 1976 and is a Chinese-Canadian educator, writer, historian, and geopolitical theorist based in Beijing, China.
Also known as china’s Nostradamus.

04.03.2026 17:53 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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See, MAGA, this is what class looks like.

(Not that you would recognize it.)

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, conceding to her opponent, pledging to work together, and not whining about an election being "rigged" or "stolen."

04.03.2026 18:13 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Amid Mass ICE Arrests, Trump Pardon Recipient Juan Orlando HernΓ‘ndez Given Special Treatment After the former Honduran president was pardoned, ICE dropped its detainer on him, and he was whisked away to a luxury hotel in New York City.

When former Honduran President Juan Orlando HernΓ‘ndez was pardoned by Trump, there was a detainer in place that could’ve landed him in ICE custody like countless other immigrants.

But the Federal Bureau of Prisons scrambled to get his detainer removed so he could walk free.

04.03.2026 18:44 πŸ‘ 306 πŸ” 125 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 6

Hey the Saudis wanted some recompense for their $2 Billion bribe to Jared. And Qatar for the plane, etc.

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One of my favorite sandwiches is chopped or minced chicken, chopped scallion, chopped cooked bacon, and chopped egg, with enough mayo to hold it together. It does go best on flatbread (pita, tortilla or whatever is available).

Add some bacon, you'll like it even better.

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Sprawling investigation finds decades of sexual abuse among Catholic priests in Rhode Island A new report says Rhode Island Catholic clergy abused hundreds of children for decades, while church leaders minimized the scandal.

Catholic priests in Rhode Island preyed on hundreds of children for decades, and were protected by bishops more concerned with the church’s reputation than the victims, according to a new report on clergy sexual abuse that echoes findings elsewhere.

apnews.com/article/rhod...

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