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@longmanworc

Grandfather, married 47 yrs. Retired labor lawyer,

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Trump, incoherent in most things, has shown a flair for picking precisely the worst person possible for job after job: Burgum, in this case...but Hegseth, Noem, Bondi, Patel, RFK, Jr., McMahon, Bessent, Zeldin, Duffy, Miller, Homan...not just bad people, the least fit for the jobs they were given.

11.03.2026 23:47 πŸ‘ 114 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
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Flashing red warning for 'lame duck' Trump’s VP as Rubio crowned MAGA 'hero': GOP insiders Republican insiders have been lavishing praise on Secretary of State Marco Rubio, according to The Hill, with one going so far as to call him a "hero" for the GOP. This has heightened concerns about V...

www.alternet.org/trump-vance-...

12.03.2026 13:17 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
After a series of fatal strikes involving civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan, Congress directed the Pentagon to reduce civilian casualties as part of a 2019 law. During the Biden administration, the Defense Department created the Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response initiative.

The civilian mitigation teams – cut by 90% by Hegseth – work with military commanders on target planning, and making sure that targets are actually military sites. The teams help come up with "no strike" lists, including religious and cultural sites and schools

After a series of fatal strikes involving civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan, Congress directed the Pentagon to reduce civilian casualties as part of a 2019 law. During the Biden administration, the Defense Department created the Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response initiative. The civilian mitigation teams – cut by 90% by Hegseth – work with military commanders on target planning, and making sure that targets are actually military sites. The teams help come up with "no strike" lists, including religious and cultural sites and schools

I knew that the Department of War shot a missile into a school & killed 175 civilians, mostly children.

This is learned today:

Secretary of War Hegseth had cut the teams assigned to prevent such tragedies by 90%.
www.npr.org/2026/03/11/n...

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Donald Trump at an election campaign stop in Pennsylvania in August 2024:

β€œEnergy costs, all of it, air conditioning, heating, all of it, including gasoline, will drop by more than 50% within the first 12 months”

12.03.2026 07:12 πŸ‘ 205 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 2
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U.S. Plan to Unblock Strait of Hormuz Collides With Realities of Global Insurance The U.S.-centric insurance idea runs counter to the realities of an international market, according to industry executives.

Yeah you get a Gift Link for this one.

www.wsj.com/finance/u-s-...

12.03.2026 07:30 πŸ‘ 619 πŸ” 189 πŸ’¬ 50 πŸ“Œ 25
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I hope so.....I really hope so! πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡

17.02.2026 08:36 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The White House’s Financial Disclosures for Top Officials Are Incomplete Border Czar Tom Homan’s financial disclosure has not been finalized by the federal ethics office.

Months after posting financial disclosures online, the Trump admin does not appear to have sent the financial information for some top White House officials to the Office of Government Ethics for a second and often more serious review β€” including Trump border czar Tom Homan.

11.03.2026 23:26 πŸ‘ 668 πŸ” 305 πŸ’¬ 35 πŸ“Œ 11
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Dire Straits: The Iran War Is Run by Idiots Also: Americans don't care about process. So they will get corruption.

"If it is true that the Israelis sold America a bill of goods and deluded American war planners into believing that killing the ayatollah would lead to regime collapse, then I don’t even know what to say."

12.03.2026 08:00 πŸ‘ 315 πŸ” 96 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 2
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How does this even make sense? Speaker of the House Mike Johnson just tried to explain why the United States supposedly is not at war with Iran and what came out was one of the most baffling political word salads you will ever hear. His explanation? β€œIran has attacked three of our U.S. embassies

12.03.2026 08:13 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Seized Art, Eavesdropping Guards: Parents Describe a Clampdown at Dilley Detention Center as Kids Shared Their Stories Detainees told ProPublica that art supplies have been removed in room searches, immigrants have lost access to Gmail and staff hover within earshot during video calls.

Guards have taken away crayons, colored pencils and paper during recent room searches at Dilley, according to detainees and others.

After one inspection, the children just β€œcried and cried and cried,” a mother said. The facility denies the claims.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Staff at the nation’s largest #ICE detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.

07.03.2026 19:32 πŸ‘ 708 πŸ” 565 πŸ’¬ 56 πŸ“Œ 0

After Day 1 of this debacle, all the MAGA accounts were talking about Trump liberating the Iranian people, installing a new pro-US leader, liberating women from oppression, seizing all their uranium. Not many of those posts 11 days later.

12.03.2026 02:19 πŸ‘ 1716 πŸ” 308 πŸ’¬ 48 πŸ“Œ 9

Just stumbling around trying to figure out how the world works.

12.03.2026 07:45 πŸ‘ 1911 πŸ” 691 πŸ’¬ 100 πŸ“Œ 65
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Trump and Netanyahu’s aimless war in Iran Government by obfuscatory word salad extends to wars as much as everything else undertaken by the current US administration

Government by obfuscatory word salad extends to wars as much as everything else undertaken by the current US administration, writes Andrew Adonis

12.03.2026 08:16 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

The pig at the trough.

12.03.2026 08:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's not "aimless" for Netanyahu. He LOVES slaughtering civilians, especially if they're Muslim! Schools, hospitals, clinics, refugee camps, you name it, he will kill people in it!

He is guilty of so many War Crimes, it will take Donald a couple of YEARS to catch up.

But, DT has made a good start:

12.03.2026 08:20 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Radio, radio. Elvis Costello

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As a country we have made a lot of mistakes in foreign wars over the last 2+ centuries. But I’m not sure we have ever looked as feckless, foolish, incompetent and ridiculous at the leadership level than right now.

12.03.2026 01:02 πŸ‘ 10571 πŸ” 2308 πŸ’¬ 453 πŸ“Œ 108
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V.A. Begins Drive to Put Some Homeless Veterans Into Guardianship

Wait, so the plan now is to imprison homeless veterans?!!!!?

"V.A. Begins Drive to Put Some Homeless Veterans Into Guardianship. The Trump administration will expand the power of government attorneys to initiate court proceedings for veterans 'unable to make their own health care decisions.'”

12.03.2026 02:19 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

Citizens United effectively ended our, and by our, I mean non-millionaires and billionaires representation. When it was ruled that money =speech, those with all the money have all the speech, and we’re left screaming into the void. Only in sheer numbers will we ever create needed change.

12.03.2026 01:19 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Dan Choi, MD,FAAOS

11.03.2026 04:09 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2
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@adamzyglis.bsky.social

10.03.2026 23:58 πŸ‘ 760 πŸ” 284 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 11
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Monkey Sounds, β€œWhite Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that β€œpeople impacted by racial discriminat...

Attorneys at the Education Department’s civil rights office describe working in a β€œdismissal factory.”

Most discrimination complaints filed by students’ families have been dismissed without ever being investigated, records show.

(Published Dec. 2025)

10.03.2026 22:00 πŸ‘ 476 πŸ” 237 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 10
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BREAKING: The DOJ has reportedly deleted over 65,000 pages of the Epstein files.

10.03.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 3014 πŸ” 1434 πŸ’¬ 333 πŸ“Œ 79
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Isn't this why we have presidential elections? So, someone so clearly ignorant and unqualified could never be President.

WTF America?!! Was Kamala's laugh really THAT awful?

10.03.2026 00:21 πŸ‘ 3546 πŸ” 727 πŸ’¬ 382 πŸ“Œ 60

The DOJ has exposed 21 victims names in its release of the Epstein Files. They sure worked hard to redact the criminals though. Disgusting.

09.03.2026 15:09 πŸ‘ 2916 πŸ” 746 πŸ’¬ 78 πŸ“Œ 23
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He’s a psychopathic sadistic liar.

09.03.2026 22:33 πŸ‘ 6449 πŸ” 1772 πŸ’¬ 616 πŸ“Œ 150