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Even if you planned a war with Iran entirely through ChatGPT it would probably tell you the Strait of Hormuz could be closed as a result. What are we even doing.

13.03.2026 15:41 πŸ‘ 525 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 4

It’s clear in this video he’s afraid to pull too hard or his hand will come off:

13.03.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 96 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0

as long as you vocally disdain the political left you can be a political analyst in good standing even (perhaps especially) if you demonstrably know nothing

13.03.2026 15:50 πŸ‘ 725 πŸ” 63 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 0

Washington State became a fairer place to live yesterday, with the adoption of a progressive reform to our tax system.

13.03.2026 15:51 πŸ‘ 74 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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Hegseth: "We will keep pushing, keep advancing. No quarter, no mercy for our enemies."

No quarter is the refusal to take prisoners and instead just execute everyone. It's been considered a war crime for over a century.

13.03.2026 15:36 πŸ‘ 2580 πŸ” 1003 πŸ’¬ 214 πŸ“Œ 311

The article notes that legislation to make balcony solar legal in WA stalled this session - so we’ll need to push harder next session to get this passed.

13.03.2026 15:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Announcement: Antifa is now "Iranian sleeper cell." Thank you for your time.

13.03.2026 14:23 πŸ‘ 857 πŸ” 117 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 3
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Trump Removes Sanctions on Russia to Help Oil Flow Amid Iran Conflict

AAAAAAAAAAAnd there it is www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/u...

13.03.2026 01:40 πŸ‘ 1379 πŸ” 502 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 46
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Most voters think trump took military action against Iran to distract from the Epstein files

13.03.2026 05:39 πŸ‘ 610 πŸ” 256 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 20
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Ms Rachel talking to Deiver Henao, a 9yo in an immigration detention center

www.instagram.com/reel/DVzUzoz...

What a world

13.03.2026 00:28 πŸ‘ 6959 πŸ” 2379 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 348

First of all, we have to assume now that they are lying about even β€œdozens.” Second, this is like re-establishing the eastern direction of the sunrise. Mass voter fraud doesn’t exist in πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ, & anyone who lies that it does should be shunned from polite society & no longer taken seriously in the media.

12.03.2026 19:03 πŸ‘ 982 πŸ” 311 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 4

Right after he says "we don't want transgender people."

He admits it right there in the open.

12.03.2026 21:12 πŸ‘ 501 πŸ” 127 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 2

To summarize, Trump has offered asylum to Iran’s women’s soccer team and death to its men’s.

12.03.2026 17:58 πŸ‘ 1797 πŸ” 454 πŸ’¬ 100 πŸ“Œ 31
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Everyone will be quick to point out how Vietnam ended, but my favorite part of this is about how our military is somehow β€œleashed” under Pete Hegseth. Which just goes to show how there will always be some idiot finance bro in NYC claiming we’re fighting wars with one hand tied behind our backs.

12.03.2026 18:14 πŸ‘ 1325 πŸ” 181 πŸ’¬ 101 πŸ“Œ 50

OK I said last week that they would be saying this (that Iran failed because we didn't unleash the military) for the *next* war but I'll admit I didn't expect them to say it for this one. Certainly not this quickly.

12.03.2026 18:30 πŸ‘ 77 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

The Iraq-Syria-Lebanon Canal

12.03.2026 17:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We accept cash or an NBA team only.

12.03.2026 16:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

when people are turned away at the polling station, it will be too late

10.03.2026 21:59 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

I think a lot depends on how that admin behaves. if there is A Tribunal, they expropriate like a half dozen families, and above all shut down Twitter, it might break the radicalization spiral

12.03.2026 11:13 πŸ‘ 869 πŸ” 105 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 9

They will move on to trans people within the next year.

12.03.2026 04:33 πŸ‘ 97 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3
After a series of fatal strikes involving civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan, Congress directed the Pentagon to reduce civilian casualties as part of a 2019 law. During the Biden administration, the Defense Department created the Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response initiative.

The civilian mitigation teams – cut by 90% by Hegseth – work with military commanders on target planning, and making sure that targets are actually military sites. The teams help come up with "no strike" lists, including religious and cultural sites and schools

After a series of fatal strikes involving civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan, Congress directed the Pentagon to reduce civilian casualties as part of a 2019 law. During the Biden administration, the Defense Department created the Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response initiative. The civilian mitigation teams – cut by 90% by Hegseth – work with military commanders on target planning, and making sure that targets are actually military sites. The teams help come up with "no strike" lists, including religious and cultural sites and schools

I knew that the Department of War shot a missile into a school & killed 175 civilians, mostly children.

This is learned today:

Secretary of War Hegseth had cut the teams assigned to prevent such tragedies by 90%.
www.npr.org/2026/03/11/n...

12.03.2026 02:05 πŸ‘ 4000 πŸ” 2052 πŸ’¬ 130 πŸ“Œ 132

@stechlab-labels.bsky.social is a service that tags BlueSky accounts based on their activity, and tells me things like β€œthis account posted >100 times yesterday” and such. Today, it tagged @staterepjuliareed.bsky.social with this:

12.03.2026 06:53 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

$11.3 billion could cover any of the following for a full year:
-1.4 million people on Medicaid
-19 million kids getting free school lunches
-1.4 million people getting affordable housing
-1.1 million hungry seniors fed
-0.8 million children given free child care

12.03.2026 03:22 πŸ‘ 1838 πŸ” 792 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 31

I love the idea that *this* US government, which has been nabbing landscapers and five year olds knows where Iranian sleeper cells are but just hasn’t gotten around to doing anything about it yet.

12.03.2026 01:21 πŸ‘ 11647 πŸ” 3083 πŸ’¬ 367 πŸ“Œ 91
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I don’t think unconditional surrender is imminent.

12.03.2026 02:09 πŸ‘ 34183 πŸ” 9879 πŸ’¬ 1251 πŸ“Œ 605

And the state Senate has officially signed off on the changes to SB 6346, sending it to Bob Ferguson's desk.

12.03.2026 02:14 πŸ‘ 172 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Immediately disqualifying for the job for which he has been nominated. The 4th Amendment specifies it’s β€œthe right of the people,” not of citizens.

We cannot allow someone who doesn’t understand the 4th Amendment to be the head of DHS.

11.03.2026 23:35 πŸ‘ 2932 πŸ” 675 πŸ’¬ 70 πŸ“Œ 13

It is interesting to me* how this total military, geopolitical, & economic omnishambles is not being covered in the press with remotely the same fierce EPIC DISASTROUS FAILURE urgency that Joe Biden’s not 100% surgically clean withdrawal from πŸ‡¦πŸ‡« was covered πŸ€”

[*It is not remotely interesting to me]

12.03.2026 00:01 πŸ‘ 1180 πŸ” 293 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 9

tapping the sign because people keep asking why the market believes trump when he says "no seriously the war is over!"

11.03.2026 23:11 πŸ‘ 261 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not a commodities guy but I don't know how many more events like this the markets will be willing to overlook because Trump occasionally shouts, "nearly done!" at a reporter from his golf cart.

11.03.2026 22:33 πŸ‘ 3216 πŸ” 640 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 13