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Thrifter, tiny house enthusiast, Big 10 Women's Volleyball fan

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DHS Ousts CBP Privacy Officers Who Questioned ‘Illegal’ Orders Department of Homeland Security leaders removed top privacy officers who objected to mislabeling government records to block their public release, WIRED has learned.

Scoop: DHS ousted multiple privacy officers at CBP after they questioned orders to purposely mislabel records about government surveillance to prevent their release under FOIA.

10.03.2026 18:27 👍 2139 🔁 1311 💬 31 📌 73
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IRAN, IF YOU'RE LISTENING, WE EXPECT YOU TO PICK UP ALL MINES YOU HAVE PROBABLY NOT PLACED BUT MAYBE HAVE. ONCE YOU TELL US THE HORMOOSE STRAIT IS CLEAR OF MINES, WE WILL TRUST YOU, AND IF YOU'RE LYING WE WILL KNOW BECAUSE MINES ARE KNOWN TO BE VERY EASY TO SEE. SO EASY. WILL SEND JARED TO INSPECT.

10.03.2026 20:10 👍 764 🔁 126 💬 58 📌 8
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WALLACE: Why are we at war with Iran?

CHRIS MURPHY: Great question. The simplest explanation might be the one they gave 24 hours in that they've kind of tried to backtrack from since -- that Israel made us do it.

10.03.2026 20:35 👍 2474 🔁 633 💬 65 📌 34
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Chris Murphy: "I Just came from a two hour, closed door classified briefing on the war. It just confirmed to me it's totally incoherent. We are not gonna be able to achieve any of our stated objectives ... this is a disaster of epic proportions, a 10 day debacle"

10.03.2026 20:30 👍 10131 🔁 3863 💬 494 📌 255
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Murphy: "Literally in my other ear I'm listening to Ted Cruz on another network explain why this mission is so essential to destroy the nuclear program. I may have to walk over there and tell him the admin is now briefing that getting rid of the nuclear program has nothing to do with this mission."

10.03.2026 20:32 👍 7294 🔁 2280 💬 214 📌 83
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Here are my top 10 dog mayors!

10.03.2026 19:15 👍 1892 🔁 329 💬 54 📌 35
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Elizabeth Warren: "I am a hard no on a supplemental. This is not a war the American people want us to engage in. This is not a war that makes us safer ... No. No more money. The only thing Congress has the power to do is to stop actions like this through the power of the purse."

10.03.2026 15:03 👍 18369 🔁 5001 💬 535 📌 290
Merlin app screen grab with first red-winged blackbird hit of the year.

Merlin app screen grab with first red-winged blackbird hit of the year.

Yeah, baby! #birds #springmigration

10.03.2026 12:52 👍 228 🔁 5 💬 33 📌 0
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Bennedict Mathurin is leading the entire NBA in bench points since joining the Clippers
#Clippers #NBA #NBAsky

10.03.2026 05:19 👍 34 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0
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Rand Paul: "I think we've gotten overextended. This is our second war in a month, and these wars are very very expensive not only in the lives that are lost, but also in treasure. I'm very very concerned about the debt. Half a trillion dollars for the military budget is fiscally irresponsible."

10.03.2026 13:04 👍 4115 🔁 1143 💬 319 📌 96
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“The biggest cover-up of my adult life”: Inside the CIA’s attempt to make Havana Syndrome disappear In 2024, The Insider and its investigative partners at 60 Minutes and Der Spiegel uncovered evidence showing that “Anomalous Health Incidents,” also known as Havana Syndrome, were likely the result of...

Here is the background:

theins.ru/en/inv/290088

10.03.2026 17:57 👍 43 🔁 12 💬 2 📌 0
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We Were Right About Havana Syndrome In late 2017, while traveling to Moscow on official duty, I experienced a sudden, debilitating health incident. After a long and arduous battle with the

Uh-oh. Tulsi is in a bind. The up-side (for her) would be the ability to blame the Biden Administration. The downside (again, for her) would be to acknowledge that the Russians are attacking American citizens. Such a dilemma.

warontherocks.com/2026/03/we-w...

10.03.2026 17:56 👍 138 🔁 53 💬 8 📌 3
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#art #spraycanart #barcelona #artists #photography

09.03.2026 17:48 👍 95 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0
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Turns out adhering to corporate principles has its benefits:

“.. a surge of public goodwill ..

“.. no. 1 in downloads ..

“.. Even pop star Katy Perry posted a screenshot of her subscribing to a paid Claude plan with a heart around the page.”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...

10.03.2026 16:22 👍 286 🔁 70 💬 13 📌 2

Leaders of both parties should be calling for Witkoff's immediate resignation after these remarks. He is a Russian patsy, a traitor, and this has just gone for too long. It is has to end.

10.03.2026 16:22 👍 3613 🔁 1176 💬 257 📌 47
10.03.2026 16:24 👍 3680 🔁 747 💬 13 📌 18
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RON JOHNSON: 650k people that are at large in America have committed crimes. Mr Bier, you're shaking your head

BIER: They're not at large. They're in prison. They're in prison where they should be

JOHNSON: They're not detained!

BIER: They're detained by the states. They're not detained by ICE

10.03.2026 16:38 👍 2712 🔁 636 💬 266 📌 97
 In today's poll, voters were asked about Trump's handling of:

    his job as Commander in Chief of the U.S. military: 42 percent approve, while 55 percent disapprove;
    foreign policy: 40 percent approve, while 57 percent disapprove;
    the economy: 39 percent approve, while 58 percent disapprove;
    the situation with Iran: 38 percent approve, while 57 percent disapprove.

The 58 percent disapproval for Trump's handling of the economy is the highest disapproval he has ever received for his handling of the economy. The previous high was 57 percent, most recently in Quinnipiac University's December 17, 2025 poll.

In today's poll, voters were asked about Trump's handling of: his job as Commander in Chief of the U.S. military: 42 percent approve, while 55 percent disapprove; foreign policy: 40 percent approve, while 57 percent disapprove; the economy: 39 percent approve, while 58 percent disapprove; the situation with Iran: 38 percent approve, while 57 percent disapprove. The 58 percent disapproval for Trump's handling of the economy is the highest disapproval he has ever received for his handling of the economy. The previous high was 57 percent, most recently in Quinnipiac University's December 17, 2025 poll.

New Quinnipiac numbers are out. Trump is:

Negative 19 points on the economy
Negative 19 points on Iran
Negative 17 points on foreign policy
Negative 13 points on performance as commander in chief

The 58% disapproval for his handling of the economy is his highest ever

poll.qu.edu/poll-release...

10.03.2026 16:42 👍 610 🔁 157 💬 25 📌 17
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The LEGO Group has confirmed it welcomed a record-breaking number of visitors to online and physical stores in 2025.

www.brickfanatics.com/lego-record-...

#LEGO #LEGONews

10.03.2026 15:50 👍 39 🔁 5 💬 4 📌 1
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The gaudiest in all of Coral City comes in for a close up: the supermale clown wrasse 🤡🐟 #clownwrasse #wrasse #gaudy #hypercolor #coralcitycamera

10.03.2026 15:15 👍 333 🔁 56 💬 2 📌 6

Why isn’t Elizabeth Warren the Senate Minority Leader?

10.03.2026 15:20 👍 2247 🔁 375 💬 124 📌 28

They're scared shitless of his popularity and that of his program.

That's why they're supporting the current Ogles-era conservative idea that Muslim Americans are only provisional citizens who can be held responsible for any extremist act internal and external.

10.03.2026 13:49 👍 792 🔁 138 💬 12 📌 6

Representative Frost was fabulous in this interview.

10.03.2026 00:02 👍 2823 🔁 1083 💬 90 📌 66
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Mornin’ y’all. Happy #tongueouttuesday from this silly girl :)

#corgi #corgicrew

10.03.2026 13:43 👍 581 🔁 10 💬 12 📌 2
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> @nbcnews.com

10.03.2026 14:30 👍 486 🔁 155 💬 76 📌 26
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Rand Paul: "As far as reasons for the war, there have been many different ones floated, but none have been very convincing... we were told their nuclear weapons were obliterated, and now we're told their nuclear weapons are just moments away from being a bomb. I don't think the arguments are valid."

10.03.2026 12:55 👍 8946 🔁 2330 💬 494 📌 191

Confusing news story subtitle. "Bystander video widely shared online shows a suspect punched and bitten by a K-9." I hope they release the video, because I've never seen someone being punched by a dog. 🙂

10.03.2026 13:06 👍 782 🔁 50 💬 71 📌 4
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15 days til baseball. Ichiro Suzuki makes an outrageous catch. Career .311 hitter. AL MVP, Rookie of the Year in 2001. 2 time batting champion. 3089 hits.509 stolen bases including a league leading 56 in 2001. MLB record for hits in a season with 262. Such a fine baseball player.Hall of Fame 2025.

10.03.2026 02:25 👍 877 🔁 60 💬 64 📌 9
Me wearing my new Star Wars shirt with a smile on my face this morning 😁 🌄

Me wearing my new Star Wars shirt with a smile on my face this morning 😁 🌄

Happy Tuesday. Freshly showered and refreshed. Feeling pretty good so far. The sun is out and shining in the blue sky. Looks to be a good day. Anyway, have a nice day friends. Take care and stay safe 😁😉☀️🌈👍

10.03.2026 13:58 👍 241 🔁 11 💬 15 📌 0
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Canada is off to a strong start at the Paralympics | CBC Sports CBC Sports' daily newsletter recaps the opening weekend of the Milan-Cortina Paralympic Winter Games and looks at the Canadians to watch on Tuesday.

🇨🇦 Canada is already up to seven medals — one gold, three silver and three bronze.

#Paralympics
#TeamCanada

www.cbc.ca/sports/paral...

10.03.2026 11:48 👍 545 🔁 66 💬 6 📌 7