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Journalist, television producer, and writer. Then: HLN Now: Firing Line on PBS Read my stories: https://steveloiaconi.wordpress.com/

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Hard to tell if the president is misinformed or just making stuff up, but neither option seems great under these circumstances.

09.03.2026 22:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Very pleased with our decision not to fly for spring break this year

09.03.2026 18:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I don't think you have to Nostradamus to figure that bombing Iran might raise oil prices. And it seems pretty obvious that buying oil in advance of causing an oil price spike might just save Americans a lot of money. But...

...maybe there wasn't much planning?

09.03.2026 11:46 πŸ‘ 4762 πŸ” 1416 πŸ’¬ 333 πŸ“Œ 123

I had a relative who started giving people ball point pens when her dementia got really bad, don't know what made me think of that just now

09.03.2026 16:34 πŸ‘ 3378 πŸ” 609 πŸ’¬ 121 πŸ“Œ 9
A picture of Marco Rubio shoes that are too large for him

A picture of Marco Rubio shoes that are too large for him

I’m a grown man who works for the president of the United States who is afraid to not wear the shoes he bought me that do not fit

09.03.2026 18:01 πŸ‘ 11364 πŸ” 1995 πŸ’¬ 792 πŸ“Œ 497

When you put it that way, it sounds pretty bad

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He’s aiming to personally profit from the nation’s 250th anniversary celebrations.

09.03.2026 02:13 πŸ‘ 142 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 9
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The Quiet Way Trump Has Made Life Easier for Polluters It’s not just about environmental rollbacks: Trump and Lee Zeldin have presided over a striking decline in the EPA enforcing existing laws.

"Compared with the final year under President Biden, the first year of Trump 2.0 produced a 40 percent plunge in lead paint hazard inspections, a 36 percent decline in toxic substances inspections..." newrepublic.com/article/2068...

09.03.2026 12:28 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

What if the United States had a Congress or a Constitution?

09.03.2026 00:51 πŸ‘ 2472 πŸ” 411 πŸ’¬ 93 πŸ“Œ 26
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"The country has also detained a U.S. citizen, which has not been previously reported..."

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

09.03.2026 01:42 πŸ‘ 4254 πŸ” 1498 πŸ’¬ 120 πŸ“Œ 40
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Attacks leave dead vs killed

09.03.2026 03:21 πŸ‘ 10107 πŸ” 2638 πŸ’¬ 142 πŸ“Œ 123

there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for

07.03.2026 15:46 πŸ‘ 21876 πŸ” 6577 πŸ’¬ 89 πŸ“Œ 162

I’m sorry, doing this in a baseball cap sold by your campaign store is deliberately disrespecting the dead.

07.03.2026 22:24 πŸ‘ 13563 πŸ” 2699 πŸ’¬ 686 πŸ“Œ 137
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So much online conservatism these days is just "I miss being a kid"

07.03.2026 18:05 πŸ‘ 10823 πŸ” 1484 πŸ’¬ 786 πŸ“Œ 517
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Bodycam video contradicts ICE claims in fatal shooting of U.S. citizen Ruben Ray Martinez in Texas Video of last year's fatal shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez obtained by CBS News appears to contradict claims that Martinez was shot by an ICE agent because he "accelerated" and "intentionally ran over"...

DHS claimed "an ICE agent had fired 'defensive shots' into Martinez's vehicle after Martinez 'intentionally ran over' another agent."

But body cam video now "shows that Martinez's vehicle, a blue Ford Fusion, was stationary or going at a very low rate of speed when he was fatally shot."

07.03.2026 00:59 πŸ‘ 5312 πŸ” 2422 πŸ’¬ 97 πŸ“Œ 154

At some point, we really need to accept that we have no idea what’s happening in the labor market

06.03.2026 18:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Optical illusion of a woman bent over some papers. Her sunglasses are pushed up and she is wearing a hair band so the top of her head looks exactly like a Muppet face

Optical illusion of a woman bent over some papers. Her sunglasses are pushed up and she is wearing a hair band so the top of her head looks exactly like a Muppet face

Sorry I know the world is in a terrible fix but I've been laughing at this for ten minutes now

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I’m sorry, is that really the thing that it underscores?

04.03.2026 21:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I didn't expect the "then they came for..." to hit me QUITE so specifically, but lesson learned.

04.03.2026 15:07 πŸ‘ 2705 πŸ” 301 πŸ’¬ 81 πŸ“Œ 6
CNN: More than 1,000 civilians killed in Iran since war began, rights group reports
By Helen Regan
More than 1,000 people, including children, have been killed in Iran since the war began on Saturday, according to US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).
The rights group said as of Tuesday afternoon ET, at least 1,097 civilians had been killed, including 181 children.
More than 5,400 civilians, including 100 children, have been injured, HRANA reported.
The group said its report is preliminary and is veritying hundreds more reported deaths.

CNN: More than 1,000 civilians killed in Iran since war began, rights group reports By Helen Regan More than 1,000 people, including children, have been killed in Iran since the war began on Saturday, according to US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA). The rights group said as of Tuesday afternoon ET, at least 1,097 civilians had been killed, including 181 children. More than 5,400 civilians, including 100 children, have been injured, HRANA reported. The group said its report is preliminary and is veritying hundreds more reported deaths.

At least 1,097 civilians had been killed in Iran so far, including 181 children.

04.03.2026 05:12 πŸ‘ 4505 πŸ” 2472 πŸ’¬ 201 πŸ“Œ 206
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Analysis: The rationale for striking Iran was already a mess. Trump just made it worse. | CNN Politics The Trump administration’s stated justifications for going to war with Iran were already a jumbled and self-contradictory mess before the president’s latest comments Tuesday.

Really hard to overstate how insane it is to be four days into a war and still not even have a clear explanation from the government for why they started it
www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/p...

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Greg Bovino, other federal agents investigated for Operation Metro Surge actions Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said her office is already investigating 17 incidents involving potential unlawful conduct by federal agents.

The DA in Minneapolis is investigating Bovino and others.

02.03.2026 19:38 πŸ‘ 15265 πŸ” 3529 πŸ’¬ 347 πŸ“Œ 203

Trying to think of a less politically palatable position on grocery prices than β€œyou can just buy liver” and I’ve got nothing

27.02.2026 19:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œThe violations include a deportation to Peru that occurred in violation of a judge’s injunction, as well as three missed deadlines to release ICE detainees.”

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A photo of an ice cream machine with a sign reading, "Anything is possible with ice cream." Beneath that is a hand lettered sign reading, "No ice cream".

A photo of an ice cream machine with a sign reading, "Anything is possible with ice cream." Beneath that is a hand lettered sign reading, "No ice cream".

2026 basically

18.02.2026 16:23 πŸ‘ 40987 πŸ” 10912 πŸ’¬ 309 πŸ“Œ 338

And I still think giving Democrats a platform like the first true talking filibuster in generations to explain how the bill actually works would backfire massively

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ICE detainees from Maine being held under β€˜inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.

β€œThey’re trapped in this little confinement cell, a dark cell with no sunlight, with multiple people,” said Shaan Chatterjee, an attorney at New England Immigration Law. β€œThey’re basically torturing people into signing off on their own deportation.”

(Free article) www.sunjournal.com/2026/02/07/i...

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I find it extremely hard to believe support for this bill would hold up if people knew they would need to a) register in person and b) find a printer or copier to print out an actual physical copy of their ID every election

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Colbert Doesn’t Give an FCC About Calling Out CBS

Stephen Colbert said that the FCC and CBS - which is in no way a compromised or complicit organization - wouldn’t allow him to broadcast an interview with Democratic State Rep James Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...

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