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Search-and-rescue crews were “flying blind” trying to rescue survivors from deadly tornadoes that hit the Midwest last week.

Why? Because Kristi Noem hadn't approved FEMA’s $200,000 contract with a tornado-tracking tool.

But she had time to spend $220 million on anti-immigrant ads. Priorities.

13.03.2026 16:45 👍 14409 🔁 6127 💬 391 📌 212

I was told we already won this war.

12.03.2026 02:05 👍 5031 🔁 1271 💬 293 📌 43

been held at the El Valle Detention Center in Raymondville, while his brothers Caleb, 14, and Joshua, 12 (also mariachi performers) and their parents were confined at a separate facility in Dilley, hundreds of miles away. Following bipartisan advocacy, the family has now been reunited and released.

11.03.2026 02:28 👍 625 🔁 53 💬 6 📌 0

Great news! Three high school mariachi musicians and their parents have been freed from federal immigration detention facilities in Texas after lawmakers from both parties pushed for their release. Eighteen-year-old Antonio Gámez-Cuéllar had

11.03.2026 02:28 👍 1768 🔁 228 💬 12 📌 4

Saying that you -must- be grateful is what domestic abusers and Russian prison guards do. You must take the violence and say you like it. It is a mark of fascism.

10.03.2026 23:27 👍 2187 🔁 669 💬 49 📌 9
Zelensky confirms strike on Bryansk plant producing missile control systems Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has confirmed a successful missile strike by Ukraine’s Defense Forces on Bryansk. The target was a plant that produced control systems for all types of Russian missiles. Zelensky said he was informed by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi. He shared the details while speaking to reporters, according to RBC-Ukraine .  “The commander-in-chief told me about a successful operation that just took place. A Bryansk plant was hit. This plant produced control systems for all types of missiles of the Russian Federation,” Zelensky said. He thanked Ukraine’s military for their service and for delivering a precise strike on the target. Around 17:00, explosions were heard in Bryansk as the city came under a missile attack. The type of missile remains unknown, though various Telegram channels suggested it could have been Neptune or Storm Shadow. The strike is believed to have targeted the “Kremniy El” plant, which manufactures microelectronics for missile systems, the Pantsir air-defense complex, Iskander missiles, as well as for radars, electronic warfare systems, and Russian drones. On March 9, Ukraine’s General Staff reported that Ukrainian drones attacked the Akron chemical plant in Veliky Novgorod, which, in addition to mineral fertilizers, produces explosive components for Russian missiles and shells. In Crimea, three Russian Pantsir-S1 air-defense systems protecting key military facilities on the temporarily occupied peninsula were also destroyed. Overnight on March 8 in Crimea, the “Nadgrobie” radar - used by Russian forces as the “eyes” for the S-300PM and S-400 air-defense systems - was destroyed.

Zelensky confirms strike on Bryansk plant producing missile control systems
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has confirmed a successful missile strike by Ukraine’s Defense Forces on Bryansk. The target was a plant that produced control systems for all types of Russian mi...

11.03.2026 02:32 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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We’re launching a billboard ad campaign across NC later in March with two simple messages!

-Support our NATO allies
-Spend money on veteran’s healthcare at home instead of on the war in Iran

Could you please chip in today to help grow this campaign?

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09.03.2026 20:32 👍 514 🔁 100 💬 14 📌 1
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🔵 Democrats flip another seat in the New Hampshire State House.

Democrat Bobbi Boudman wins a special election in a Trump+9 district, after losing the same seat by 14 points in 2024. A 13-point Democratic overperformance.

11.03.2026 02:52 👍 7123 🔁 1457 💬 115 📌 79
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Mark Kelly: We would have to fight a ground war to "totally obliterate" Iran's nuclear capability - we're in this war because one person, Trump, ripped up the Nuclear Deal.

11.03.2026 03:17 👍 1077 🔁 312 💬 19 📌 11

that a former DOGE software engineer may have walked out the door with access to two highly sensitive SSA databases and intended to bring that information to a private sector employer.

11.03.2026 04:06 👍 674 🔁 151 💬 18 📌 1

A new whistleblower complaint is raising alarms over a potential data breach tied to Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. The Social Security Administration’s inspector general has launched an investigation into allegations

11.03.2026 04:06 👍 1864 🔁 513 💬 52 📌 11
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Moscow's own assessments reveal staggering losses in Ukraine, intelligence suggests

Moscow's own assessments reveal staggering losses in Ukraine, intelligence suggests
The Kremlin's own classified assessments estimate that 1,315,000 Russian soldiers have been killed and wounded on the battlefield since the start of Russia's full-scale of Ukraine in February 2...

11.03.2026 04:12 👍 11 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0

And we’re back in Helsinki

11.03.2026 04:19 👍 699 🔁 115 💬 49 📌 6

Unbelievably naive...

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Schatz: We don’t know for sure, but the likely bombing of an elementary school with one of our Tomahawk missiles is not a one-off mistake. It is the result of a change in policy so that the United States has way looser rules of engagement — way more tolerance for civilian harm.

11.03.2026 01:39 👍 6844 🔁 2347 💬 412 📌 155

The problem with this “sacrifice for our freedom” language is that the Trump administration cannot articulate a single half-plausible reason it did this, didn’t bother to explain to the public it was starting a war in the first place, and has changed its explanation for why three times in a week.

11.03.2026 05:03 👍 2376 🔁 429 💬 91 📌 20

This guy thought he’d never have to answer for his actions. There’s a lot of that going around. We have to hold ALL of them accountable.

10.03.2026 16:20 👍 790 🔁 246 💬 46 📌 14
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A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.

10.03.2026 14:19 👍 6429 🔁 2818 💬 837 📌 1209

A show of hands?

10.03.2026 23:24 👍 1354 🔁 261 💬 37 📌 10
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-- (@ghost22) https://weissmann.substack.com/p/usurping-power-and-a-bonus?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

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11.03.2026 06:34 👍 191 🔁 31 💬 5 📌 2
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Why do Americans hate each other while Canadians love each other? Could it have something to do with our politics? With the sociopath in the Oval?

A Pew survey found that 53% of American adults describe the morality and ethics of our fellow citizens as “bad.” Meanwhile, in Canada, 92% say their fellow Canadians are good while just 7% say they’re bad.

Why are we Americans so down on our fellow citizens?

11.03.2026 06:48 👍 2602 🔁 688 💬 600 📌 101
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UPDATE: The Rep. Jody Barrett & Sen. Mark Pody abortion death penalty bill FAILED in the house

10.03.2026 20:05 👍 8954 🔁 2072 💬 509 📌 258
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NEWS: Democrat Shawn Harris has forced a runoff in the special election for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s deep-red Georgia seat (Trump +37).

With ~70% in, Harris leads with 38.3% to Trump-endorsed Republican Clay Fuller’s 34.5%.

Runoff set for April 7. A major warning sign for MAGA.

11.03.2026 00:40 👍 8387 🔁 1943 💬 242 📌 166
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If you want one better moment in your day, watch this 30-second video of Zelensky meeting a group of school kids last week.

For 30 seconds, the war steps back and you see what Ukraine is still protecting: trust, laughter, and a childhood that refuses to disappear.

11.03.2026 08:45 👍 156 🔁 27 💬 8 📌 2

VON DER LEYEN: EUROPE'S DEPENDENCY ON FOSSIL FUELS HAS COST IT 3 BLN EUROS IN EXTRA COSTS IN FIRST 10 DAYS OF U.S.-ISRAELI WAR ON IRAN

11.03.2026 08:25 👍 160 🔁 38 💬 4 📌 5
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South Korea objects to US military moving air defense system to Middle East Seoul opposes shifting U.S. air defenses to Middle East but says deterrence against North Korea remains strong despite partial THAAD redeployment.

THAAD SYSTEM SHIFT | Seoul opposes shifting U.S. air defenses to Middle East but says deterrence against North Korea remains strong despite partial THAAD redeployment.

www.stripes.com/theaters/asi...

11.03.2026 09:32 👍 21 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 2
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2025 saw relatively fewer natural disasters. Will you get a break on home insurance? Disaster costs fell in the U.S. in 2025. Still, it was the fourth time in five years that extreme weather inflicted more than $100 billion in annual losses. Industry experts say the growing financial toll will make insurers wary of rushing to cut rates.

Disaster costs fell in the U.S. in 2025. Still, it was the fourth time in five years that extreme weather inflicted more than $100 billion in annual losses. Industry experts say the growing financial toll will make insurers wary of rushing to cut rates. n.pr/4s7NKOX

11.03.2026 09:33 👍 111 🔁 23 💬 9 📌 2
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The Trump DOJ is giving guns back to felons, including one alleged fake elector The Department of Justice is quietly restarting a decades-dormant program to restore gun rights to felons. One of them was an alleged fake elector in 2020.

The Department of Justice is quietly restarting a decades-dormant program to restore gun rights to felons. One of them was an alleged fake elector in 2020. n.pr/3OTXX2R

11.03.2026 09:47 👍 392 🔁 242 💬 34 📌 24
Ukrainian drones hit Russian ground drone assembly site in Donetsk, killing officers and causing ammunition cook-off A major and two junior sergeants from Russia’s 1st Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade were killed at the scene, and at least five Russian servicemembers were wounded to varying degrees. Ukraine’s Armed Forces carried out not only a precise but also a highly effective strike on a Russian military facility in occupied Donetsk. According to the Telegram channel “ Dossier of a Spy ”, the strike took place on March 8 and led to significant Russian losses. According to available information, a major and two junior sergeants from the 1st Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Russian army were killed on the spot. At least five other Russian soldiers sustained injuries of varying severity. The fate of one corporal remains unknown and he is considered missing. The target was an assembly site for the Russian army’s ground robotic systems. Russian forces had been using a building on Kyivskyi Avenue - formerly a Ford dealership—as a workshop to assemble and service ground unmanned robots. Ukrainian intelligence located the facility, after which it was hit with two strike drones. A powerful fire broke out at the site after the drones hit. Munitions and equipment stored inside detonated, causing significant destruction. The workshop assembling Russian ground drones was effectively knocked out of operation.

Ukrainian drones hit Russian ground drone assembly site in Donetsk, killing officers and causing ammunition cook-off
A major and two junior sergeants from Russia’s 1st Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade were killed at the scene, and at least five Russian servicemembers were woun...

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