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Poet, published in Poetry Wales, The Great American Poetry Show, Flapperhouse, amongst others. Links to come. Here to read and muse on politics or culture.

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Iran is receiving ‘military cooperation’ from Russia and China, foreign minister says Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says his country will continue blocking the Strait of Hormuz, which has caused oil prices to soar.

MS NOW EXCLUSIVE: Iran is receiving ‘military cooperation’ from Russia and China, foreign minister says
www.ms.now/news/iran-wa...

14.03.2026 20:23 👍 796 🔁 388 💬 81 📌 55
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White House’s Witkoff vouches for Russia’s trustworthiness on Iran and alleged war assistance Confronted with evidence of Russia aiding Iran, Team Trump has shrugged, boosted Russia’s economy and vouched for Moscow’s reliability.

www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

14.03.2026 20:31 👍 150 🔁 49 💬 22 📌 10
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Americans are dying so that Kushner can make money

14.03.2026 12:46 👍 15216 🔁 6630 💬 1044 📌 467
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Kennedy Center’s President Is Leaving After Tumultuous Year

Now that he has nearly destroyed the Kennedy Center, doing damage to other DC institutions along the way - the National Symphony, the Washington Opera - Ric Grenell is leaving, perhaps to ruin something else
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/a...

14.03.2026 11:07 👍 3739 🔁 1216 💬 232 📌 59

Executive extortion

14.03.2026 05:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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TikTok Investors Set to Pay $10 Billion Fee to Trump Administration

A fee? It’s a bribe. Blatantly. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/b...

14.03.2026 05:44 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Like getting pregnant in the United States?

13.03.2026 18:04 👍 5584 🔁 1031 💬 616 📌 117
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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 👍 8798 🔁 3068 💬 809 📌 1030

It's genuinely terrifying that my country is at war and I can't tell the difference between a press conference by the Secretary of Defense and a pro wrestler hyping an upcoming match.

This is not hyperbole. Hegseth is emotionally incapable and intellectually void and that is an important job.

13.03.2026 13:21 👍 1126 🔁 246 💬 38 📌 5

This is why law firms & corporations knuckling under to Trump & Rufo’s charges of “illegal DEI” programs, and legitimizing the decades-long attack on affirmative action as anti-“merit” has been so catastrophically stupid and harmful.
Here’s where it has brought us.

13.03.2026 15:58 👍 355 🔁 152 💬 10 📌 6
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Trump Removes Sanctions on Russia to Help Oil Flow Amid Iran Conflict

Color me shocked.

13.03.2026 02:24 👍 107 🔁 13 💬 4 📌 0
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Real Estate Brokers Are Profiting From Warehouse Sales to ICE Lucrative deals selling empty warehouses to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the Trump administration’s mass deportation machine are being quietly facilitated by a handful of powerful real esta...

"In Hutchins Texas, ICE reportedly bought a former Amazon property for $80 million. The broker’s contact on the listing was Majestic Realty, a Los Angeles–based firm owned by Ed Roski Jr, a Trump campaign contributor who is a partial owner of the L.A. Lakers..."

jacobin.com/2026/02/ware...

12.02.2026 19:41 👍 2717 🔁 1654 💬 217 📌 122
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Gen. Grynkewich: "What I've observed over the course of studying air power in history is that any time you attack a civilian population, you usually end up finding that it just hardens their resolve."

12.03.2026 15:54 👍 17265 🔁 4948 💬 1125 📌 701

Turning the world over to madmen. That is what is happening. Madmen.

12.03.2026 14:41 👍 4966 🔁 1332 💬 320 📌 62

This kind of menace feels nostalgic. I long for the days of public menaces such as this man. Hegseth or Miller aren’t as easy to dismiss.

12.03.2026 11:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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FBI bulletin warned of possible Iran retaliation on California targets The FBI warned law enforcement agencies last month of ​the possibility that Tehran might try to retaliate for any U.S. strikes on Iran by launching surprise drone attacks in California, ‌according to ...

The latest news at this hour:

FBI WARNED OF POSSIBLE ATTACK ON U.S.: The FBI alerted law enforcement last month that Iran could retaliate for U.S. strikes with a surprise drone attack from UAVs launched from sea vessels on targets in California.

12.03.2026 10:15 👍 55 🔁 20 💬 5 📌 5
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First 6 Days of Iran War Cost U.S. $11.3 Billion, Pentagon Says

The 2026 National Science Foundation budget is $8.75 Billion.

12.03.2026 04:13 👍 4364 🔁 2020 💬 35 📌 113
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“'The administration thoughtlessly terminated people with crisis experience, and now they’re left without depth in the bench in the middle of a wide scale and broadening crisis,' said a former official with more than a decade experience in evacuation operations..."

www.cnn.com/2026/03/10/p...

11.03.2026 19:48 👍 6213 🔁 2303 💬 246 📌 105

I also genuinely want to know 😂🤗 - snl?

09.03.2026 20:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

And in his mind, freedom for others is when he has the power to decide what is, and is not, ok. His power to decide for all of us is freedom writ large.

09.03.2026 19:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This is disgusting, but also a tacit admission of just how horrible and indefensible it is.

07.03.2026 23:45 👍 3479 🔁 599 💬 159 📌 26

Okay, a related question: works that hit one way when you were young, and then very differently when you were older? The standout here for me is the 2007 Pregnancy Movies: Juno and Knocked Up. Can’t think of movies where my feelings towards the characters shifted so much with time

07.03.2026 05:14 👍 346 🔁 14 💬 113 📌 113
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So according to the WSJ a US Senator conspired with another country to manipulate the US into starting a war, am I getting this right

07.03.2026 16:25 👍 12413 🔁 4840 💬 551 📌 473
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Emmanuel Damas first reported tooth pain to staff on 2/12 and was given ibuprofen. His condition worsened. A fellow detainee reported that staff laughed and said Damas was faking as he cried for help. He developed sepsis, and was transferred to a hospital last week. He died on 3/3/26. 💔
ABOLISH ICE

06.03.2026 18:57 👍 62 🔁 46 💬 15 📌 4
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Eyeing Voting Rights, Liberals Aim to Secure Wisconsin’s Supreme Court through 2030 - Bolts After flipping the court in 2023, Wisconsin liberals now hope to expand their majority on a body that could be a critical backstop for voting rights during the next presidential election.

NEW: Believe it or not, it’s that time of year: the Wisconsin Supreme Court election is next month.

Liberals have a huge opportunity: if they win, they can lock down the majority of this court thru 2030.

That means they’d have it in the next presidential race, a big democracy guardrail.

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06.03.2026 16:50 👍 2554 🔁 874 💬 42 📌 35
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ICO writes to Meta over 'concerning' AI smart glasses report Videos, including of glasses-wearers using the toilet or having sex, are sometimes reviewed by a Kenya-based subcontractor.

Last year when I was checking into a hotel, the desk person was wearing Meta glasses. I kindly asked them to take them off. They were annoyed. I said, “I do not consent to you looking at my credit card and ID with Meta glasses on.” My instincts were correct: www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,500 of His Appointees - ProPublica Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de...

NEW: Over the past year, we've been collecting thousands of financial disclosure documents from across the Trump administration. Now we're making them searchable. Look up names, assets, former employers across 1,500+ Trump appointees and 3,000+ ethics documents.

05.03.2026 12:27 👍 992 🔁 538 💬 20 📌 50
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get a load of Kristi Noem's facial expressions as Rep. Kamlager-Dove enters articles in the congressional record with headlines like, "Lewandowski taking out trash at Noem's DC home" and "ICE Barbie's mile high private chamber with alleged lover exposed"

05.03.2026 14:21 👍 9246 🔁 2538 💬 473 📌 186
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What Is Kari Lake Trying to Achieve? The Arizona politician has wasted millions of dollars while blocking U.S. efforts to bring reliable news to repressive countries.

Background here
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

04.03.2026 17:16 👍 326 🔁 91 💬 20 📌 1
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Neguse demolishes Noem (2/2)

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