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"The machinery of war cannot be entrusted to those who see global conflict as prophetic fulfillment."

'Ridiculous': Kristi Noem's 28-year-old aide wasted millions on unusable ICE vehicles A former deputy to outgoing Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem saddled the department with millions of dollars in wasted funding for vehicles that cannot be used.U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcem...

A Noem aide spent $3 million on pickup trucks emblazoned with the ICE name & logo, which ICE agents -- notoriously averse to advertising their presence -- will not drive, so they're just sitting in a lot, useless. The contract went to a Trump donor who owns a regional Chevy dealership.

Florida Has Deemed All Existing Intro to Sociology Textbooks Illegal and Produced Its Own The Board of Governors overseeing the new curricula includes roofing contractors, insurance execs, and no professors.

What kind of fascist bullshit is this, Florida?!!

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Iran Conflict Sparks Global Rush For Critical Fertilizers A third of global fertilizer supply passes through the Strait of Hormuz, while gas from the region is crucial to production of nutrients for global agriculture.

If you, or one of your loved ones, are one of those people who likes to eat food, you need to read this story.

Because farmers from Poland to Australia to South Dakota are starting to freak out over the insane spike in fertilizer prices.

Gift link ⤵️

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Federal judge to hear arguments about Pentagon’s restrictions on press access Defense Department policy instituted last year prohibits the gathering or publication of any information that is not authorized by the government, including declassified information and off-the-record conversations.

We filed a brief supporting this lawsuit from the New York Times against the Defense Department's policy banning journalists from the Pentagon who report in a way the Trump administration doesn't like.

Reporters don't have to be mouthpieces for the government.

How the US Gave Up On Liberalism The country is arguably the philosophy’s greatest victory. But “post-liberals” on both left and right are turning away from that inheritance.

Thought-provoking article.

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“MAGA’s fundamental shared quality is a total lack of theory of mind for other people” is a theory that keeps getting validated by reality - look at almost every decision they’ve made in the war with Iran, and how they seem constantly surprised by the unanticipated actions of other parties.

We have to pay billions so Trump can play with new toys for his viewing pleasure. bsky.app/profile/atru...

BREAKING: The U.S. government must refund all tariffs charged under President Donald Trump's now struck-down IEEPA tariff regime, regardless of whether they filed a suit at the U.S. Court of International Trade seeking a refund, a CIT judge ordered Wednesday. www.law360.com/artic...

(cartoon Rob Rogers) #trump #politics

FBI fires agents who scrutinized Patel in Trump documents case The terminations are the latest in an ongoing purge of bureau employees who participated in investigations of Donald Trump.

Kashyap Patel fired multiple FBI agents & support staff who had worked on the investigation of Piggy's retention of classified documents at Mar-a-Lardo.

Coincidentally, Piggy chattel Cannon blocks release of Jack Smith final report.

This regime reeks of corruption.

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I use these words advisedly: Holy fucking shit.

Sam Alito has an oil money problem 30 percent of Alito’s individual stock portfolio is directly tied to fossil fuels.

The Supreme Court has decided to hear a major climate case against fossil fuel companies

Alito has not recused himself, despite owning nearly $200,000 in fossil fuel stocks—including in Phillips 66 and ConocoPhillips, which are being sued in cases that would be directly affected by a SCOTUS ruling

Or in the Epstein files.

Red States’ Fascist Campaign Against Colleges and Professors Trump and his hench people get all the attention, but red-state governors and legislators are waging a largely under-the-radar war on liberal education.

They'd rather destroy the U.S. than leave academia alone.

Scoop: Pentagon takes first step toward blacklisting Anthropic The Pentagon asked at least two major defense contractors to assess their reliance on Claude.

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They're praying for him to get away with pedophilia.

What a joke.

A child just told me something was AI that wasn’t AI and I asked “does AI just mean bad?” and he went “yeahhhhhhh” so there you have it.

AI Mistakes Are Infuriating Gamers as Developers Seek Savings Games and AI, seemingly a perfect match, are off to a rocky start

Play games made by humans for humans.
AI is going to vomit forth in a tsunami of crappy, soulless gameprodukt otherwise.

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Gallup set to stop tracking presidential approval ratings & people are pretty sure they know why - LGBTQ Nation "Shame on Gallup. Shame."

Uh, yeah….

Not suspicious at all….

www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/02/gall...

www.counterpunch.org Tyrant Trump Declares End of Laws Saving American Lives

Tyrant Trump Declares End of Laws Saving American Lives

HHS Has Been Using Anti-Trans Language From a Christian Right Think Tank The department refers to gender-affirming care as “sex-denying procedures,” a term coined by the Ethics and Public Policy Center.

SCOOP: The Department of Health and Human Services has been using the term “sex-rejecting procedures” to describe gender-affirming care for transgender and nonbinary individuals.

The term is not clinical or medical. It comes from a Christian Right group.

www.importantcontext.news/p/hhs-is-usi...

Inside Russia’s system of torture | Documentary YouTube video by Kyiv Independent

Torture in Russian captivity is systematic. In a new documentary, The Kyiv Independent’s War Crimes Investigations Unit uncovers the torture of Ukrainian civilians held by Russian forces and traces the roots of these practices through Russian history.
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