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Iran’s Control of Hormuz Means It’s Exporting More Oil Today Than Before the War Tehran is letting ships carrying its crude pass through the strait, while it scares off others that would dare.

An amazing stat:

Iran exported more oil *today* than it did daily before the war.

It's the one country whose tankers are getting through the Strait of Hormuz.

www.wsj.com/world/middle...

11.03.2026 02:55 👍 178 🔁 99 💬 11 📌 6

Difficult to emphasize just how much a generation of kids has been taught that being dishonest, superficial, and narcissistic is the pathway to attention and therefore success

11.03.2026 02:51 👍 847 🔁 164 💬 25 📌 6
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This race isn’t over.

Northwest Georgia showed up in a BIG way, and now we head to a runoff.

Momentum is real. The coalition is growing.

Let’s finish what we started.

On to the runoff. #GA14

11.03.2026 00:38 👍 691 🔁 254 💬 53 📌 20

Thinking about the six lawmakers who told the military they don’t have to obey unlawful orders.

11.03.2026 02:17 👍 1032 🔁 256 💬 29 📌 5

Veep did so much right but God did they nail "in-deep New England political operator who tells everyone within earshot he secretly runs the stage of New Hampshire"

11.03.2026 03:07 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 1

I have it set to require but dang man I am not as through as you kitty description

11.03.2026 03:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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🔵 Democrats flip another seat in the New Hampshire State House.

Democrat Bobbi Boudman wins a special election in a Trump+9 district, after losing the same seat by 14 points in 2024. A 13-point Democratic overperformance.

11.03.2026 02:52 👍 1907 🔁 378 💬 34 📌 17

Don't tell me, let me guess. It was a feeling, wasn't it?

11.03.2026 03:09 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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VIEWER FEEDBACK: You're wrong 98% of the time.

(if only more people had this viewer's attitude)

11.03.2026 02:46 👍 122 🔁 12 💬 7 📌 0

His fee- fees were hurt because Iran wasn’t impressed and deferential

11.03.2026 02:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Please everyone note this guy and Jared are not trained diplomats but real estate guys…

11.03.2026 02:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I have never met anyone who is more adept at tracking every last cent they have than people who live or have lived in poverty

it is a skill developed out of necessity and it never leaves you

11.03.2026 01:03 👍 2277 🔁 355 💬 32 📌 19
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Scott Galloway: Resist & Unsubscribe, Boys & Men, Sam Altman & Agent Smith John welcomes back podcasting Ubermensch and personal-finance guru Scott Galloway to discuss his recent foray into activism with Resist & Unsubscribe—an “economic strike targeted at the companies driv...

My thoughts on Sam Altman’s apparent preference for machines over humans, A.I. founders loudly fretting over the technology they created after cashing in and peacing out, and the critiques of my recent book.

11.03.2026 02:21 👍 76 🔁 8 💬 5 📌 0
A screenshot of a business registry webpage for a company named SK2 LLC.

The page displays a "Details" tab under a header titled "General Information." The business is listed as a Domestic, For Profit, Limited Liability Company with the Register Number 532054.

The record indicates the entity's status is DISSOLVED. Key dates include: Formation/Effective Date: June 6, 2024, at 11:20 AM. Termination Date: February 20, 2026, at 2:21 PM.

A screenshot of a business registry webpage for a company named SK2 LLC. The page displays a "Details" tab under a header titled "General Information." The business is listed as a Domestic, For Profit, Limited Liability Company with the Register Number 532054. The record indicates the entity's status is DISSOLVED. Key dates include: Formation/Effective Date: June 6, 2024, at 11:20 AM. Termination Date: February 20, 2026, at 2:21 PM.

The image is a screenshot of the Articles tab for the company SK2 LLC on a business registry website. The section is titled Registration and Organization and features a list of documents filed for the entity.

Each entry in the list shows a uniform Effective Date of 20-Feb-2026 02:21 PM. The documents listed include a Payment Receipt [EN], an Other (Uploaded) file, and a Certificate of Dissolution. There are also entries for Articles of Dissolution [EN], an Administrator Resolution (Uploaded), a Certificate of Dissolution [EN], and a final entry for Articles of Dissolution. Navigation links for "Details," "Annual Filings," and "Certificates" appear at the top of the page above the main header.

The image is a screenshot of the Articles tab for the company SK2 LLC on a business registry website. The section is titled Registration and Organization and features a list of documents filed for the entity. Each entry in the list shows a uniform Effective Date of 20-Feb-2026 02:21 PM. The documents listed include a Payment Receipt [EN], an Other (Uploaded) file, and a Certificate of Dissolution. There are also entries for Articles of Dissolution [EN], an Administrator Resolution (Uploaded), a Certificate of Dissolution [EN], and a final entry for Articles of Dissolution. Navigation links for "Details," "Annual Filings," and "Certificates" appear at the top of the page above the main header.

A review of Puerto Rico business records shows that SK2 LLC — the firm ICE hired in November to broker the purchase of warehouses around the U.S. — filed to dissolve the company in February.

The company had just been added to the WEXMAC TITUS contract vehicle in January.

10.03.2026 19:04 👍 300 🔁 143 💬 11 📌 9
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This is clearly fine with the GOP.

11.03.2026 00:47 👍 2467 🔁 1124 💬 127 📌 55

We have reached the level of sycophancy where they wear the shoes he buys for them because they’re afraid he’ll be mad if they don’t.

They’re treading on democracy in matching shoes like they’re wearing jackboots.

10.03.2026 20:33 👍 92 🔁 22 💬 9 📌 0

The boat sinking/killing is so creepy and concerning and I don’t understand why everyone isn’t screaming about it and it continues!

11.03.2026 02:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I think that was a crime and I don't think we should ever stop investigating it until we know who ordered what. But again, you all seem almost ghoulishly eager to believe that the Navy would mistreat POWs.

11.03.2026 01:26 👍 117 🔁 8 💬 12 📌 1

Many are surprised Hegseth read Psalm 144 today. Alternet said it "stuns experts" & New Republic said #ChristianNationalism "getting even more obvious."
It's dangerous but shouldn't be surprising. He literally read Psalm 144 at Jan. Pentagon worship service. Oh, but I was only 1 who reported on that

11.03.2026 00:39 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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Bluesky changes course Jay Graber built something impressive but stagnant. Can a new CEO get it growing again?

I wrote about Bluesky's CEO switch. Jay Graber deserves lasting credit for building a big and bustling community. But the challenges ahead of the company are significant: www.platformer.news/bluesky-ceo-...

11.03.2026 00:40 👍 99 🔁 20 💬 5 📌 2

5/ And on the Strait of Hormuz, they had NO PLAN. I can't go into more detail about how Iran gums up the Strait, but suffice it say, right now, they don't know how to get it safely back open.

Which is unforgiveable, because this part of the disaster was 100% foreseeable.

11.03.2026 01:03 👍 6230 🔁 1363 💬 195 📌 275

I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.

I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.

1/ Here's what I can share:

11.03.2026 01:03 👍 7192 🔁 2936 💬 216 📌 381
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“.. the message vanished within minutes, leaving investors the world over struggling to see through the fog of war emanating from the Trump administration itself.”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...

10.03.2026 22:09 👍 354 🔁 118 💬 35 📌 6

Huh.

Curious if Johnson referring to specific polling (internal or otherwise) here, or how Talarico did well in counties with high percentages of Hispanic voters, or both.

10.03.2026 22:15 👍 34 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0
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Blaming the staffer? Again?

@apnews.com

10.03.2026 22:33 👍 501 🔁 157 💬 45 📌 10
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“.. the largest ever weekly increase in both price a gallon and percentage terms since the government started tracking diesel prices in 1994.”

@wsj.com ⛽️
www.wsj.com/logistics-re...

10.03.2026 22:50 👍 561 🔁 227 💬 23 📌 14

Reuters: Trump administration says cost of Iran war's first two days was $5.6 billion, source says

10.03.2026 23:06 👍 249 🔁 115 💬 20 📌 22
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MN fraud response: Gov. Walz announces major plan to centralize, modernize DHS Gov. Walz announced a massive plan Tuesday to overhaul Minnesota's Dept. of Human Services to combat Medicaid fraud. See his plan here.

Minnesota ranks as a top state to live because of the services we provide to make life easier for families.

But we need to strengthen program integrity and meet today’s challenges. I’m proposing a major overhaul to the way we deliver those services.

www.fox9.com/news/mn-frau...

10.03.2026 23:14 👍 1928 🔁 333 💬 39 📌 7

The Wire is a modern version of Shakespeare

11.03.2026 00:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Love this

11.03.2026 00:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0