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Astros fan, photographer, identity, security, and privacy guy, flamingo aficionado.

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US Navy tells shipping industry Hormuz escorts not possible for now The U.S. Navy has refused near-daily requests from the shipping industry for military escorts through the Strait of Hormuz since ​the start of the war on Iran, saying the risk of attacks is too high f...

Whoa. This is big. "The U.S. Navy has refused near-daily requests from the shipping industry for military escorts through the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the war on Iran, saying the risk of attacks is too high for now." www.reuters.com/world/middle...

10.03.2026 21:58 πŸ‘ 2338 πŸ” 997 πŸ’¬ 141 πŸ“Œ 167

🚨 Tesla Domestic China Sales

CPCA reports 38,206 Teslas sold in China in Feb.
It leaves them 6% behind last year's pace for the first two months. Wholesale and Export numbers yet to come, which will provide a better overall picture.

10.03.2026 16:02 πŸ‘ 114 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 1
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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 πŸ‘ 5337 πŸ” 1279 πŸ’¬ 322 πŸ“Œ 149

Molucca
Øresund
Bering

Hamlet had a castle on the second one

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my β€œI have no reports of mines in the Strait of Hormuz but Iran must remove them immediately” tshirt has people asking a lot of questions answered by the tshirt

10.03.2026 20:03 πŸ‘ 928 πŸ” 123 πŸ’¬ 48 πŸ“Œ 23
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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"

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Jennifer Jacobs
@JenniferJJacobs
NEWS via 
@CBSNews
: U.S. intelligence assets have begun to see indications Iran is taking steps to deploy mines in Strait of Hormuz shipping lane. Iran is using smaller crafts that can carry 2 to 3 mines each. While Iran’s mine stock isn’t publicly known, estimates over the years have ranged from roughly 2,000 to 6,000 naval mines of Iranian, Chinese and Russian-made variants, 
@JimLaPorta
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Jennifer Jacobs @JenniferJJacobs NEWS via @CBSNews : U.S. intelligence assets have begun to see indications Iran is taking steps to deploy mines in Strait of Hormuz shipping lane. Iran is using smaller crafts that can carry 2 to 3 mines each. While Iran’s mine stock isn’t publicly known, estimates over the years have ranged from roughly 2,000 to 6,000 naval mines of Iranian, Chinese and Russian-made variants, @JimLaPorta reports 2:13 PM Β· Mar 10, 2026 Β· 6,060 Views

Here we go

10.03.2026 18:17 πŸ‘ 1387 πŸ” 378 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 250
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UPDATE 010-JMIC ADVISORY NOTE

www.ukmto.org/-/media/ukmt...

10.03.2026 16:35 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 4
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Y’all.

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Chicago law firm leading push to appoint special prosecutor to target ICE, Border Patrol agents The firm, Loevy and Loevy, said 200 individuals and organizations are supporting a petition to appoint an outsider to the office of Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke, who has spent wee...

A high-powered Chicago law firm announced a plan Monday to push for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate and potentially charge the agents who carried out Operation Midway Blitz.

@sophiesherry.bsky.social reports: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...

10.03.2026 02:01 πŸ‘ 6170 πŸ” 1471 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 89

Zombies!

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Don’t Believe One Word From this President….

09.03.2026 16:53 πŸ‘ 3373 πŸ” 932 πŸ’¬ 274 πŸ“Œ 68
A picture of Marco Rubio shoes that are too large for him

A picture of Marco Rubio shoes that are too large for him

I’m a grown man who works for the president of the United States who is afraid to not wear the shoes he bought me that do not fit

09.03.2026 18:01 πŸ‘ 11184 πŸ” 1946 πŸ’¬ 778 πŸ“Œ 472

A lot of Bill Hicks' political diatribes also still work just as well with barely a name change, and his "smoke-filled room" bit is evergreen.

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I heard the audio. He said it.
Lord. What have y'all done.

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This is an escalation by DHS.

Six US Citizens and permanent residents are now home after being held over 30 hours at O’Hare, transferred to Broadview, and moved across state lines.

Community pressure got them home. So many more do not have that support.

09.03.2026 19:10 πŸ‘ 7988 πŸ” 2816 πŸ’¬ 135 πŸ“Œ 88
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Federal agents lied about why they shot a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis. Their story quickly fell apart. The attack marked the only time that federal authorities admitted wrongdoing during Operation Metro Surge.

Then-DHS Secretary Kristi Noem doubled down, denouncing the incident as an act of β€œattempted murder” on law enforcement. Her agency published mugshots of all three men arrested in connection with the alleged assault, casting them as β€œviolent criminals.”

None of it was true.

09.03.2026 13:52 πŸ‘ 4406 πŸ” 2235 πŸ’¬ 108 πŸ“Œ 72
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Explosive details of 13-year-old Trump accuser confirmed by local reports Details involving Jane Doe number 4 in the file related to convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein were confirmed by local news investigators after the survivor was found to be from South Carolina. A...

Confirmed, it happened. 🀬 O M G...

In 2019, Jane Doe came forward and was interviewed by the FBI four times about her encounters in the early 1980s. This was the individual that Hillary Clinton referenced in her comments to the House Oversight and Reform Committee.

www.alternet.org/jeffrey-epst...

09.03.2026 19:43 πŸ‘ 166 πŸ” 82 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3
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Americans Are Now a Target in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown A WSJ investigation tracked the U.S. citizens caught in the crosshairs of an aggressive federal campaign to detain and demonize dissenters.

The Trump administration says American β€œterrorists” and β€œrioters” are assaulting immigration agents. A WSJ investigation found none have been convicted at trial. on.wsj.com/4cWD1Cj

09.03.2026 23:41 πŸ‘ 179 πŸ” 68 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 4

Is tomorrow TACO Tuesday?

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CBS News’ Scott MacFarlane leaves network: β€˜I look forward to some independence’

Justice correspondent most known for his January 6 Capitol riot coverage, is latest to quit Bari Weiss-led network

09.03.2026 21:44 πŸ‘ 69 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2
Rockets & Penises in the Persian Gulf | George Carlin | Jammin' In New York (1992)
Rockets & Penises in the Persian Gulf | George Carlin | Jammin' In New York (1992) YouTube video by Official George Carlin

You barely even have to change the names.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5xG...

09.03.2026 23:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rep. Kevin Kiley has announced he is leaving the Republican Party effective immediately, making him the only independent member of the US House of Representatives. https://cnn.it/4lfdIgA

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Trump officials are using this new tactic to detain immigrants Officers have repeatedly detained people under a reinterpretation of a 1996 law that states that anyone in the United States illegally β€œshall be detained” without bond, indefinitely.

The Post reviewed nearly 70 cases in which U.S. District Judge Patrick J. Schiltz ruled that the Trump administration had violated court orders.

The court records offer the most detailed account yet on who officers arrested in Minneapolis and how they conducted arrests.

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In blow to Trump DOJ, judge disqualifies β€˜triumvirate’ leading U.S. attorney’s office in NJ The judge said the DOJ's defense of the triad was an "enormous assertion of Presidential power."

NEW: A federal judge ruled the DOJ’s replacement of Alina Habba, the former interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, with three separate attorneys was unlawful.

The ruling marks the latest blow in Trump's effort to bypass Senate confirmation to install loyalists in top U.S. attorney offices.

09.03.2026 21:02 πŸ‘ 431 πŸ” 151 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 7
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Court records reveal gutting of DHS oversight: β€˜Incredibly dangerous’

White House claims watchdogs perform β€˜all required functions’, but number of deaths in custody at 20-year high

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Staffers from the office of the Architect of the Capitol install a plaque honoring the U.S. Capitol Police and other law enforcement agencies that protected the Capitol building during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.

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Crude oil rockets past $100 as markets lose hope for a quick resolution in Iran Brent crude reached its highest price since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Gasoline prices in the U.S. are expected to continue to rise.

The average gasoline price in the U.S. has already jumped about 50 cents in a week, from just under $2.98 to $3.45, according to AAA.

09.03.2026 18:45 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Buffalo Sabres from worst to 1st in the Atlantic just within this season

7 wins in a row

84 points

28-5-2 in the last 35 games, going back to 12/9

#TBvsBUF #LetsGoBuffalo #Sabres

09.03.2026 01:06 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I am unsure of the context here, but this is the grok account, and it is a real tweet. It's since been deleted.

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