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your vote is rarely the single decisive vote

but sometimes it is! and you never know when that might be

13.03.2026 22:45 πŸ‘ 2501 πŸ” 539 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 10

extremely excited to see what happens to palantir under woke 2

13.03.2026 22:30 πŸ‘ 940 πŸ” 151 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 1
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The Oil Tankers Trump Seized Are Costing the U.S. Millions of Dollars

Remember when Trump promised a bonanza from all the oil he’s been seizing on the high seas? Well, about that…

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β€’ If there's one thing controversial CBS News editor Bari Weiss has earned praise for it's her hands-on booking of big names for the network. But there's one booking she seems to have blown up: New York mayor Zohran Mamdani, who had been in talks to appear for an interview on CBS News Sunday Morning with Robert Costa.
Mamdani's team, I'm told, has long been averse to appearing on CBS given the coverage his campaign got from Weiss's The Free Press, but her recent social media post reacting with a fire emoji to an Iranian activist's diatribe against Mamdani was the "nail in the coffin" for him appearing on the network, two sources with knowledge told me. "Bari and her people have a clear axe to grind for him," said one former CBS producer. (CBS News did not respond to a request for comment.) And the network's turn away from news and toward opinion is proving to be a broader problem. "It's not just Zohran," the source said. "It's really

β€’ If there's one thing controversial CBS News editor Bari Weiss has earned praise for it's her hands-on booking of big names for the network. But there's one booking she seems to have blown up: New York mayor Zohran Mamdani, who had been in talks to appear for an interview on CBS News Sunday Morning with Robert Costa. Mamdani's team, I'm told, has long been averse to appearing on CBS given the coverage his campaign got from Weiss's The Free Press, but her recent social media post reacting with a fire emoji to an Iranian activist's diatribe against Mamdani was the "nail in the coffin" for him appearing on the network, two sources with knowledge told me. "Bari and her people have a clear axe to grind for him," said one former CBS producer. (CBS News did not respond to a request for comment.) And the network's turn away from news and toward opinion is proving to be a broader problem. "It's not just Zohran," the source said. "It's really

lol. CBS had been trying to get Zohran Mamdani for an interview, but Bari Weiss' deranged tweeting caused him to turn it down

link.vanityfair.com/view/5df1007...

13.03.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 5164 πŸ” 933 πŸ’¬ 78 πŸ“Œ 64
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β€œBut, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the Strait of Hormuz is open and people are having a wonderful time.”

13.03.2026 22:09 πŸ‘ 7489 πŸ” 1737 πŸ’¬ 98 πŸ“Œ 69

One reason I never identify as a "left populist" despite advocating fairly extensive redistribution and vigorous erosion of concentrated wealth is because I don't want to be associated with bullshit like this. 🧡

14.03.2026 00:01 πŸ‘ 218 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

i wonder if this lady knows you can just watch porn if that’s what you want

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A woman in a light purple wig sits in passenger seat of zamboni, holding a banner which states "no ICE, no more, no kings, no fear" in same font and colors as Minnesota Frost team iconography.

A woman in a light purple wig sits in passenger seat of zamboni, holding a banner which states "no ICE, no more, no kings, no fear" in same font and colors as Minnesota Frost team iconography.

Absolute Queen behavior from the Zamboni Rider today at the Minnesota Frost game.
No ICE
No War
No Kings

No Fear.

14.03.2026 00:59 πŸ‘ 5367 πŸ” 1071 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 56
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BuzzFeed Nearing Bankruptcy After Disastrous Turn Toward AI Three years after its pivot to AI, the writing is on the wall for BuzzFeed. The company said there's "substantial doubt" it can keep going.

you won't BELIEVE what happened next

14.03.2026 01:27 πŸ‘ 304 πŸ” 63 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 11

Judge Barbra Streisand presiding.

14.03.2026 01:31 πŸ‘ 2640 πŸ” 409 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 2

Huh. So it's unclear who's funding this campaign to pay influencers to attack Kat Abughazaleh.

But the guy coordinating also has a company called Advocators AI, which just won an award for work for…Daniel Biss β€” her opponent.

One of the campaigns the company boasts about promotes trips to Israel.

13.03.2026 22:57 πŸ‘ 1493 πŸ” 469 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 35

On this year’s long covid awareness day, I want more people to read and think about what the late Shafiqah Hudson said before it killed her. Because she was right, as usual, and also early, as usual. Perhaps too early for a lot of people to listen.

13.03.2026 23:35 πŸ‘ 507 πŸ” 250 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 7

I'm sorry ma'am, but your son perished on Kharg Island in a valiant effort to create Wii Bowling meme videos for the White House X account. In the face of danger, he was not cringe; he was based to his last breath. Please have this commemorative Epic Fury challenge coin. Yes that's Punisher, ma'am

14.03.2026 01:08 πŸ‘ 6706 πŸ” 1383 πŸ’¬ 72 πŸ“Œ 38
the meme showing 2 kids being very scared (labeled Conservatives) of a bunny by a bucket (labeled Things That Don't Happen).

the meme showing 2 kids being very scared (labeled Conservatives) of a bunny by a bucket (labeled Things That Don't Happen).

13.03.2026 00:37 πŸ‘ 246 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

"I'm willing to take a not guilty. I'm willing to take a no true bill."

What she means is she's willing to bring legally deficient cases that harass innocent defendants, waste her line prosecutors' time, and makes her office look like jerkoffs in front of judges and juries.

13.03.2026 19:50 πŸ‘ 3336 πŸ” 778 πŸ’¬ 148 πŸ“Œ 35
Senator Tuberville on x writing a response to the @endwokeness account 

Original tweet from @EndWokeness - β€œless than 25 years apart”
Image 1 - the twin towers as they are hit by a the planes on 9/11/2001
Image 2 - Mayor Mamdani sitting on a prayer rug while hosting an Iftar  at city hall

Quote tweet from Senator Tuberville - β€œthe enemy is inside the gates.”

Senator Tuberville on x writing a response to the @endwokeness account Original tweet from @EndWokeness - β€œless than 25 years apart” Image 1 - the twin towers as they are hit by a the planes on 9/11/2001 Image 2 - Mayor Mamdani sitting on a prayer rug while hosting an Iftar at city hall Quote tweet from Senator Tuberville - β€œthe enemy is inside the gates.”

Let there be as much outrage from politicians in Washington when kids go hungry as there is when I break bread with New Yorkers.

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Cowardice?

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Garrett Haake
@GarrettHaake
New: Federal Judge quashes subpoenas sent to Fed/Powell: "There is abundant evidence that the subpoenas’ dominant (if not sole) purpose is to harass  and pressure Powell either to yield to the President or to resign and make way for a Fed Chair who will" & no evidence to contrary
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Garrett Haake @GarrettHaake New: Federal Judge quashes subpoenas sent to Fed/Powell: "There is abundant evidence that the subpoenas’ dominant (if not sole) purpose is to harass and pressure Powell either to yield to the President or to resign and make way for a Fed Chair who will" & no evidence to contrary 3:06 PM Β· Mar 13, 2026 Β· 955 Views

Jerome Powell sunglasses DEAL WITH IT meme

Jerome Powell sunglasses DEAL WITH IT meme

13.03.2026 19:12 πŸ‘ 599 πŸ” 77 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 9

at least with housing stuff there was the Abundance book, this just came out of fucking *nowhere* (Van Hollen, Booker, Porter)

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Katie Porter:

0% state income tax for California families making under $100,000. That's thousands of dollars back in your pocket where it belongs.
As Governor, I'll work the issue at both ends-lowering taxes for those who are struggling and raising them on the biggest corporations that can afford to pay.

Katie Porter: 0% state income tax for California families making under $100,000. That's thousands of dollars back in your pocket where it belongs. As Governor, I'll work the issue at both ends-lowering taxes for those who are struggling and raising them on the biggest corporations that can afford to pay.

I hate saying things like β€œa memo went out” because it’s quasi-conspiratorial and unnuanced but something, like, HAD to have happened in the last couple months for several big Dems to suddenly rally around this (bad) idea, right? I truly had not heard it before then

13.03.2026 18:17 πŸ‘ 677 πŸ” 77 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 63

Except they always use median not average

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Amanda didn't take the job. But some other folks might have. Here's a creator, The Woke Ginger, reciting specific attacks from the brief. He urges followers β€œto look past viral personalities and ask who is running and why” β€” a quote (see first skeet) matching a suggested quote in the brief.

13.03.2026 14:53 πŸ‘ 1143 πŸ” 178 πŸ’¬ 48 πŸ“Œ 128
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Dark money group offers influencers $1,500 for posts attacking Chicago Democratic primary candidate Progressive House candidate Kat Abughazaleh told MS NOW the secretive campaign is β€œfilled with false and defamatory claims.”

EXCLUSIVE: A dark money group is offering influencers $1,500 for posts attacking Chicago Democratic primary candidate @katmabu.bsky.social

www.ms.now/news/kat-abu...

13.03.2026 14:27 πŸ‘ 5175 πŸ” 2091 πŸ’¬ 158 πŸ“Œ 344
A tweet that reads β€œThe new academic wealth gap isn't your university.
It's not even your advisor's connections.
It's who knows Claude can turn 50+ research papers into a thesis chapter in 3 hours and who's still manually coding qualitative data.
I just watched a sociology PhD skip 8 weeks of analysis.
Here are the 9 prompts they used:”

A tweet that reads β€œThe new academic wealth gap isn't your university. It's not even your advisor's connections. It's who knows Claude can turn 50+ research papers into a thesis chapter in 3 hours and who's still manually coding qualitative data. I just watched a sociology PhD skip 8 weeks of analysis. Here are the 9 prompts they used:”

fuck this so much

we are so not prepared for the mountain of dogshit β€œscholarship” about to flood journals everywhere

13.03.2026 14:16 πŸ‘ 2984 πŸ” 518 πŸ’¬ 119 πŸ“Œ 295
(1) The accused declared, ordered, or otherwise indicated that there shall be no survivors
or surrender accepted;
(2) The accused thereby intended to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities such
that there would be no survivors or surrender accepted;
(3) It was foreseeable that circumstances would be such that a practicable and reasonable
ability to accept surrender would exist;
(4) The accused was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate
forces to which the declaration or order was directed; and
(5) The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with hostilities.

(1) The accused declared, ordered, or otherwise indicated that there shall be no survivors or surrender accepted; (2) The accused thereby intended to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities such that there would be no survivors or surrender accepted; (3) It was foreseeable that circumstances would be such that a practicable and reasonable ability to accept surrender would exist; (4) The accused was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate forces to which the declaration or order was directed; and (5) The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with hostilities.

βœ‹ Former USG war crimes lawyer here.

Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning:

Denial of quarterβ€”even the declaration of no quarterβ€”is a war crime.

And recognized as such by the US Government.

From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.

13.03.2026 15:58 πŸ‘ 14066 πŸ” 6155 πŸ’¬ 570 πŸ“Œ 554

He'll probably get confirmed without any Democratic votes, anyway. Just vote no.

13.03.2026 16:52 πŸ‘ 191 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0

Dear members of the Senate: if you vote to confirm Mullin to run DHS, people should absolutely hold you personally responsible for every atrocity ICE and CBP carry out under his leadership.

13.03.2026 16:50 πŸ‘ 1477 πŸ” 358 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 0

I do love the fact that, given it's Hegseth, it's equally plausible that he's announcing that the US military will execute prisoners of war as policy or that he just doesn't know what "no quarter" means

13.03.2026 15:38 πŸ‘ 812 πŸ” 82 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 10
A young girl stands in her grandparent’s living room. She is surrounded by dozens of cacti. She covers her mouth in horror. Two medicine bottles are spilled over in the corner. The text reads: Are kids in danger at your home? Your home might not be overflowing with cacti, but there could be loose medicine. Before kids come over, make sure medicine and other poisons are locked up out of sight and reach.

A young girl stands in her grandparent’s living room. She is surrounded by dozens of cacti. She covers her mouth in horror. Two medicine bottles are spilled over in the corner. The text reads: Are kids in danger at your home? Your home might not be overflowing with cacti, but there could be loose medicine. Before kids come over, make sure medicine and other poisons are locked up out of sight and reach.

Cacti house returns.

Next week is National Poison Prevention Week!

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