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Dozens of U.S. service members in Kuwait suffered serious injuries, including burns, brain trauma and shrapnel wounds, sources say About 30 U.S. service members remained hospitalized Tuesday after an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait.

NEW: The Iranian drone strike that killed 6 U.S. troops in Kuwait at the start of the war was far more devastating than previously disclosed.

Dozens suffered traumatic brain injuries, burns, and shrapnel wounds. At least one required an amputation. More than 30 remain hospitalized. (CBS News)

11.03.2026 15:27 👍 12939 🔁 7469 💬 1004 📌 648
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Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

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"U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school."

"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the ​Middle East."

06.03.2026 02:50 👍 10025 🔁 5279 💬 628 📌 635

$1.5T defense budget
$170B on ICE & Border Patrol
$100B on tax cuts for the 1%
$20B from Treasury for Argentina
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$300M on Kristi Noem's jets
$100M+ for Trump to golf
$75k+ for Kash Patel's Olympic trip

And now $50B in emergency funding for war in Iran?

Priorities.

05.03.2026 18:15 👍 2068 🔁 935 💬 129 📌 45
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Thou Shalt Not Assault Marines While Sending Them To War U.S. Senator Sheehy Is going to Hell.

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ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

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The fuck kind of answer is this

06.03.2026 02:37 👍 14470 🔁 4847 💬 2042 📌 702

So far the war in Iran has cost an estimated $5.5 billion.

That's roughly $1 billion per day.

$41,666,667 per hour.

$11,574 per second.

People do not want this.

They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.

05.03.2026 17:31 👍 18769 🔁 7315 💬 796 📌 414
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Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate — ProPublica 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...

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Trump’s blatant lawlessness will haunt America and the world — and civilization — for years to come. It is our sacred duty, to ourselves and future generations, to peacefully and legally put an end to it. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-moral-basis-of-civilization

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QuitGPT — ChatGPT takes Trump's killer robot deal Join the movement. Delete ChatGPT. Cancel your subscription. It's time to quit.

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01.03.2026 19:47 👍 206 🔁 89 💬 6 📌 2
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01.03.2026 23:57 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to being called unpatriotic. War grants leaders all sorts of emergency powers. War consumes everything else.

We mustn’t let this war do so.

01.03.2026 23:01 👍 23241 🔁 7890 💬 695 📌 322
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You made history last night

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Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump — NPR An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

“An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.”
NPR
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Yet another sad reminder that there is a two-tiered justice system in America: One for the rich. Another for everyone else.

If elites can be held accountable in other parts of the world, why can't they be held accountable in America?

19.02.2026 16:07 👍 10277 🔁 3218 💬 424 📌 157
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Opinion | One Man Stole $660 Million. He’ll Never Pay It Back.

“Illiberal governments tend to live or die by their ability to sustain corruption. They rely for support on a network of oligarchs, who in turn are tied to the administration’s success. It happened in Hungary, Turkey, Russia and increasingly, it is happening here.”

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U.S. trade deficit remains high in 2025, despite Trump’s tariff policy — The Washington Post The U.S. trade deficit for goods hit a record level despite President Trump’s tariff policy.

The U.S. merchandise trade deficit hit a record $1.2 trillion last year, despite Trump’s promise to eliminate it by imposing the highest tariffs in eight decades on foreign-made products.
U.S. trade deficit remained high in 2025, despite Trump’s tariff policy
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Doctors bear the burden as ‘medical freedom’ fuels worst US measles outbreak in 30 years — Reuters About a dozen times each day, medical staff at Parkside Pediatrics in Spartanburg, South Carolina, head to the clinic’s parking lot, reaching inside cars and minivans to check children and their paren...

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Regulations are what keeps ordinary Americans healthy and, often, alive.

It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.

Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.

13.02.2026 00:57 👍 10333 🔁 4130 💬 623 📌 280

The SAVE Act would require Americans to show a passport or birth certificate in person just to register to vote.

Millions of Americans don’t have access to these documents. This is voter suppression, plain and simple.

Call your senators to urge them to vote no: (202) 224-3121

12.02.2026 22:00 👍 4299 🔁 1828 💬 282 📌 89
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Trump revokes basis of US climate regulation, ends vehicle emission standards — Reuters The administration of President Donald Trump on Thursday announced the repeal of a scientific finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health, and eliminated federal tailpipe emissions sta...

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NEWS: Goldman Sachs’ top lawyer Kathryn Ruemmler has RESIGNED after newly released emails exposed a years-long personal relationship with Jeffrey Epstein — including advising him on handling sex crime accusations, media scrutiny, and accusers.

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Trump’s beef trade deal is a lose-lose gamble that won't lower prices — Grist Last week, President Donald Trump announced the United States would temporarily increase the amount of beef the nation imports from Argentina — by 80,000 more metric tons this calendar year.

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House passes elections overhaul bill that could make it harder for married women to vote — The 19th News WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House on Wednesday passed the SAVE America Act, which would implement strict limitations on voter registration and casting a ballot — including new rules that could make it more...

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