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@ollefty

Just an old loudmouth lefty. Been around since home from Nam and protesting Spiro Agnew in the same month. Attempting to neutralize disinformation and educate against misinformation. Resist.

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serial sexual predator celebrates women’s history hilarity ensues

here's today's post: "serial sexual predator celebrates women’s history" — hilarity ensues.
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13.03.2026 14:52 👍 916 🔁 210 💬 29 📌 5
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Warning signs and ways to support Veterans in crisis - VA News Spotting warning signs, asking directly, listening with empathy, and connecting to support can help keep a Veteran safe during a suicide crisis.

news.va.gov/145538/warni...

13.03.2026 14:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Hegseth’s Boasts of ‘Maximum’ Engagement Authorities Face Scrutiny After School Is Hit

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/u...

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Legalweek’s Annual Judicial Panel: A Clear And Present Danger To Our Judges - And The Rule Of Law - Above the Law We need to push back on statements by politicians and others denigrating our judges.

abovethelaw.com/2026/03/lega...

13.03.2026 14:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Slotkin: "If Russia is helping to kill US forces, we have crossed a rubicon. We have to take decisive action on that. Instead, we're giving them breaks on oil. They're making a ton of money."

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U.S. Military Refuses to Endorse Trump Claim That Iran Bombed Girls’ School “It would be inappropriate to comment given the incident is under investigation,” CENTCOM told The Intercept.

theintercept.com/2026/03/09/i...
“This is another instance of Trump lying and just talking out of his ass,” said a U.S. government official who reviewed satellite images of the Shajarah Tayyebeh school. “This clearly was not a failed rocket from the IRGC base.”

12.03.2026 16:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump’s Sons Launch Jaw-Dropping Bid to Cash in on Dad’s War Don Jr. and Eric are backing a drone startup amid the Pentagon’s new $1.1 billion spending push.

Donald Trump Sons Don Jr. and Eric Trump’s Sons Launch Jaw-Dropping Bid to Cash in on Dad’s War in Iran share.google/AEAWfJBhEyZy...
The arrangement puts the Trump family in a position to profit from policies the Trump administration has engineered

12.03.2026 14:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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New Denver order takes aim at ICE activity — ordering police to protect protesters, possibly by detaining agents “My first job is to run this city,” Mayor Mike Johnston said. “But in today’s America, that means answering questions from our residents about what happens if ice troops des…

www.denverpost.com/2026/02/26/d...

10.03.2026 17:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Are federal officers really being assaulted? Or is the government lying to us about the numbers?

You guessed it. They are lying.
Call Congress at 202-224-3121 today and demand accountability.

#ICELawlessness

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Here is what the Democracy Docket team is tracking today:

Active Voting Rights Cases: 168
Active Redistricting Cases: 50
Active Anti-Voting Cases: 92
Active Pro-Voting Cases: 72
Active DOJ Lawsuits: 32

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09.03.2026 13:32 👍 1941 🔁 504 💬 24 📌 11
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OpenAI on Surveillance and Autonomous Killings: You’re Going to Have to Trust Us OpenAI says Americans shouldn’t worry about the ethics of its new Pentagon contract. You’ll have to take their word for it (and Pete Hegseth’s).

theintercept.com/2026/03/08/o...
"Without being able to verify the company’s claims, Altman’s pitch to the world comes down to one premise: Trust me — along with Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — to do the right thing."

09.03.2026 15:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Reform: It Wasn’t Just Trump—It Was the System That Fed Him Your weekly excerpt from one of my books. This week: "The Last American President: A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink"

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08.03.2026 15:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump says will not sign other legislation until voter act bill is passed by Congress (Reuters) WASHINGTON, March 8 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump vowed in a social media post on Sunday ‌that he would not sign any other legislation ⁠until Congr...

Read "Trump says he will not sign other legislation until voter act bill is passed by Congress" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-7iI5gZeE/m...

08.03.2026 14:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Rubio Admits That America Is Fighting Israel’s War Israel’s plan to strike Iran would put American lives at risk, Rubio said. Rather than confronting Israel, the U.S. joined their war.

theintercept.com/2026/03/03/r...

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Dems Need to Wise Up: ICE Is a Threat to Our Elections DHS has built a national police force with massive surveillance capabilities — which it could use to interfere with our elections.

theintercept.com/2026/03/06/d...

06.03.2026 20:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump's pick for DHS secretary leaves US Senate vacancy in deep-red Oklahoma President Donald Trump’s plan to nominate U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma as Homeland Security secretary will leave an unexpected Senate vacancy in deep-red Oklahoma. Under a new Oklahoma law,...

Trump's pick for DHS secretary leaves US Senate vacancy in deep-red Oklahoma President Donald Trump’s plan to nominate U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma as Homeland Security secretary will leave an unexpected Senate vacancy in deep-red Oklahoma. Under a new Oklahoma law,... ...

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Trump removes DHS Secretary Kristi Noem after controversial tenure President Donald Trump announced the decision on social media and said Noem would be replaced with Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.).

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

05.03.2026 23:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Prove me wrong

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The New York Times on Instagram: "As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump criticized regime change and promised an “America first” approach, boasting of starting “no new wars.” Now he finds himself ... 88K likes, 1,849 comments - nytimes on March 2, 2026: "As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump criticized regime change and promised an “America first” approach, boasting of starting “no new wars.” ...

Source: Instagram share.google/UAedFK7w8Ylm...

05.03.2026 05:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The US government keeps using dangerous chemicals on protesters Civilians, children, and even the agents themselves are at risk.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Witnesses say, video shows, the demonstration was largely peaceful before gas was deployed. In the weeks since, a federal judge moved to restrict the use of chemical munitions following reports agents used them against demonstrators who posed no imminent threat.

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3 U.S. Planes Are Shot Down in ‘Friendly Fire’ in Kuwait, U.S. Military Says

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/w...
“During active combat — that included attacks from Iranian aircraft, ballistic missiles, and drones — the U.S. Air Force fighter jets were mistakenly shot down by Kuwaiti air defenses,” statement said.

All six crew members “ejected safely, have been safely recovered

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Top reported scams affecting older people.

02.03.2026 15:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Cherished teacher mourned following deadly crash with driver who was being pursued by ICE Kindergarten and first grade students at a Georgia school are mourning their teacher days after she was killed by a driver who authorities say was fleeing federal immigration officers.

apnews.com/article/ice-...

02.03.2026 15:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Snopestionary: 8 tips to vet fundraisers and protect your donations Here is how to make sure your money is going to a legitimate cause.

www.snopes.com/articles/471...

02.03.2026 15:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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DOJ Feels The Squeeze As DHS's Courtroom Pain Sponge - Above the Law Contempt is temporary. Sanctions are forever.

abovethelaw.com/2026/02/doj-...
“The Court is not aware of another occasion in the history of the United States in which a federal court has had to threaten contempt—again and again and again—to force the United States government to comply with court orders,” Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz of Minnesota

01.03.2026 23:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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People will conitnue to rape, murder and kidnap with greater frequency as long as we arrest the wrong people

askcoti.com/laci

This absolute, inexcusable mess is not acceptable in any free country.

01.03.2026 15:53 👍 3 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Judge gives 'explicit notice' that illegal ICE detentions will result in contempt and sanctions "A constitutional ruling cannot be reduced to a temporary directive that must be relitigated each time," the judge said. "The Constitution does not contemplate violations in installments."

lawandcrime.com/high-profile...
For state jail officials, those consequences include personal civil liability without qualified immunity protection. For federal officials, those consequences include exercise of court's full inherent authority to enforce constitutional compliance including contempt.

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The most probable result of the SAVE Act's passage:

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