US military spent $9 million on crab legs and lobster in the months before Iran war
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth also authorized the $100,000 purchase of a Steinway & Sons grand piano for the Air Force chief of staffβs home, according to a watchdog report
I used to work for the government. In order to justify budgets, bad actors overspend at the end of the fiscal year. So the administration spent $93B on bullshit to justify massive Pentagon budget proposals, all while gutting health care and food assistance. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
11.03.2026 18:15
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Aside from the absolute moral failure, this administration puts Americans at risk by eschewing these standards.
11.03.2026 14:30
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Blumenthal after getting briefed on Iran: "We seem to be on a path toward deploying American troops on the ground in Iran to accomplish any of the potential objectives here. There's also the specter of active Russian aid to Iran putting in danger American lives ... China also may be assisting Iran"
10.03.2026 16:42
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This was such a good job by the NYT's Shawn McCreesh.
He asked a very pointed and direct question to Trump about the school bombing, leading the president to corner himself (was he claiming the US sold Iran Tomahawks???) before admitting he doesn't "know enough" and will abide by the final report.
10.03.2026 01:13
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How devastating. I can't imagine. I'm so sorry.
09.03.2026 19:07
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it kinda says everything about FOX News when they don't even let you see their website homepage without disabling your ad blockers.
09.03.2026 17:32
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Oh Savita, you sweet summer child.
09.03.2026 12:59
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me paying $30 in gas to buy imported things that have been hit with tariffs bc joe rogan is learning about politics at age 58
08.03.2026 23:55
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Thanks for engaging.
08.03.2026 15:36
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I admit my articulation of CU relative to this clip was poor. But it's another huge feeder of hundreds of millions of dollars into a machine that reaps financial rewards based on hidden sources of funding.
I know what Fox does is protected.
So apologies for the blurred lines.
08.03.2026 15:24
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Whoa! That's not what I'm saying at all.
Independent media, not beholden to corporate interests that favor particular POV's that have a financial stake in the election of a particular candidate/party, is what I'm saying is necessary.
We have good examples of that:
Phil inquirer, ProPublica
08.03.2026 15:24
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When corporate interests run your media, it has a LOT to do with CU.
08.03.2026 14:56
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Is it crazy that I'm inclined to believe Iran over Trump?
08.03.2026 13:28
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Wow -- as first spotted by @BadFoxGraphics on X, Fox & Friends this morning used *old footage of a previous dignified transfer* to mislead their audience about the fact that Trump wore a baseball cap during the one yesterday
08.03.2026 13:24
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All we do now is destroy lives. That's it.
08.03.2026 02:44
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
PRESS RELEASE
GOVERNMENT OF GHANA FORMALLY LODGES PROTEST TO UN SECRETARY-GENERAL FOLLOWING CONDEMNABLE ATTACK ON GHANAIAN UNIFIL SOLDIERS AND DEMANDS FULL, IMMEDIATE, IMPARTIAL AND TRANSPARENT INVESTIGATIONS
ACCRA, 7Tβ’ MARCH, 2026 - The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Ghana formally lodged a protest with the United Nations following the attack on the Ghanaian Battalion serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in Southern Lebanon on 6" March 2026, which left two Ghanaian soldiers seriously injured.
In the March 6, 2026 protest addressed to the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, the Government of Ghana has called for a full, immediate, impartial and transparent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the attack on personnel deployed in the service of international peace and security.
Ghana strongly condemns this attack and has further demanded that those responsible be identified and held accountable, as the attack constitutes a grave violation of international law, amounts to war crime and affronts the protections afforded to United Nations peacekeeping personnel.
The Government of Ghana has further urged the United Nations to take all necessary measures to ensure the safety and security of members of the Ghanaian contingent serving with UNIFIL, as well as all personnel serving under the Mission who, at great personal risk, make daily sacrifices in the service of humanity.
The Government of Ghana assures our gallant soldiers that no effort shall be spared in pursuing justice and guaranteeing enhanced protection. Our thoughts and prayers are with the injured and their loved ones.
Ghana reaffirms its unwavering and longstanding commitment to United Nations peacekeeping operations and underscores that the safety and protection of peacekeeping personnel must remain paramount in the collective effort to maintain international peβ¦
The Government of Ghana has formally lodged a protest with UN Secretary-General, AntΓ³nio Guterres following the condemnable attack on Ghanaian peacekeeping soldiers in Lebanon.
07.03.2026 17:48
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From a resident of Tehran following the US/Israeli attacks on the oil depots in the city: βEveryone in the streets is cryingβ www.instagram.com/stories/blac...
08.03.2026 01:13
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Photos of all the school children killed by a US strike in Minab, Ireland
The United States killed all these children last Saturday.
170 of them.
Every. Single. One.
07.03.2026 16:13
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The woman on the right is being brought GIFTS from our very own DOJ (including a puppy) to keep her mouth shut. That's who Republicans say "exonerated" Trump?
Oh, sit down. When the government rewards a sadist with a new shiny prison, they have to be held accountable. This is some sick shit.
07.03.2026 17:30
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Much needed lol
07.03.2026 23:53
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Pete Hegseth loves war crimes, it's the entire reason he has the job in the first place.
06.03.2026 13:27
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POPULAR INFO: βSaudi Crown Prince MBS reportedly urged Trump to attack Iran β a top regional rivalβ¦ MBSβs influence with Trump has grown as the Saudi government invested billions in projects that personally enrich Trump & his son-in-law Jared Kushner.β popular.info/p/the-money-...
07.03.2026 17:48
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LANE: β40 children are dead. Whatever investigators ultimately conclude, the world will remember the nation associated with the strike. Power carries a name. And when πΊπΈ is involved, that name is ours.β www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
07.03.2026 14:27
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07.03.2026 13:40
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To top it off, he's too dumb to correctly conjugate a verb in real time.
07.03.2026 12:52
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Besides billionaires and murdering thugs, what group of people has the Trump regime not actively harmed?
I'll wait.
07.03.2026 12:29
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When the sworn enemy of the U.S. bought the election of the pedophile guy you've sworn allegiance to and then starts shooting at you, well I'd say you're in a pickle.
07.03.2026 12:26
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