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The Founders are appalled. Loves checks and balances, functional markets, boring banks, anticorruption and Lina Khan. Alex Pretti was a true American patriot πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

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HUGE (and GOOD) news: Federal court has thrown out the President's attempt to throw the Fed Chair in jail.

13.03.2026 19:25 πŸ‘ 867 πŸ” 229 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 11

Guys it feels like we’re not doing real deal capitalism anymore... Cronyism, state takeovers, tariffs, monopolies, corrupt oligarchy, massive insider trading, bailouts, etc

13.03.2026 19:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And on every Republican who enabled the madman to return to power and to govern with no restriction

13.03.2026 19:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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> @bgrueskin.bsky.social

13.03.2026 12:39 πŸ‘ 623 πŸ” 182 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 14

Fox News pundits (whether placed in gov or remaining at that toxic network) are catastrophically misinformed. The arrogance and hubris of such unqualified, brain-rotted people in even accepting their positions is mind-boggling. Now their incompetence and stupidity is showing for all the world.

13.03.2026 13:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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AI chatbots helped β€˜teens' plan shootings, bombings, and political violence, study shows Only Claude reliably shut down would-be attackers.

AI chatbots are making it easier for 'teen’ accounts to plan violence β€” even though safeguards exist.

Claude shows what’s possible: it recognized & refused escalating violent requests in 68% of cases.

The tech exists to prevent harm, so why aren’t more companies using it?

@theverge.com πŸ‘‡

12.03.2026 18:06 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power They’re saying the quiet part out loud now.

Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand what Peter Thiel is up to: "My technology will take political capital away from your greatest enemiesβ€”liberal women with degreesβ€”and give one of your favorite demographics to patronizeβ€”working class menβ€”more political power to transfer to you."

12.03.2026 19:34 πŸ‘ 78 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 5
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β€œ.. It is a β€˜massive expenditure of Tomahawks,’ said one person familiar with the US military’s use of munitions. β€˜The navy will be feeling this expenditure for several years.’”

@financialtimes.com $RTX
www.ft.com/content/1471...

13.03.2026 00:22 πŸ‘ 1196 πŸ” 487 πŸ’¬ 109 πŸ“Œ 49

She made a mockery of stare decisis. Having opened that door, it would be karma for her and the rest of MAGASCOTUS to someday see future courts ignore their rulings as well.

13.03.2026 06:10 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Perfect description.

13.03.2026 03:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It was never "multidimensional chess" or whatever they were calling it. It's always been a bunch of greedy idiots randomly bouncing from impulse to impulse in search of a payday. Nothing more, nothing less

13.03.2026 03:35 πŸ‘ 264 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 3
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Host: There are new concerns about the safety of American Social Security data. Officials are looking into a whistleblower complaint about a former DOGE worker who allegedly told several coworkers he had access to highly sensitive records, and he planned to share them with a private employer.

11.03.2026 20:02 πŸ‘ 74 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3

lol entirely lacks context

11.03.2026 20:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They used outdated targeting data. That’s not even an AI issue.

11.03.2026 19:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is this FBI trustworthy?

11.03.2026 17:54 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Musk, worth $829 billion, owns X.

Bezos, worth $234 billion, owns The Washington Post & Twitch.

Zuckerberg, worth $231 billion, owns Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp.

And now Larry Ellison, worth $202 billion, is about to control CNN, CBS, TikTok & HBO.

Yes, this is oligarchy.

03.03.2026 19:05 πŸ‘ 4135 πŸ” 1364 πŸ’¬ 100 πŸ“Œ 71
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Voting machine company Smartmatic says DOJ is targeting it to bolster false 2020 claims The company asked a judge to dismiss foreign bribery charges filed against it last year, alleging a vindictive and selective prosecution.

Smartmatic β€” the voting machine company at the heart of Trump's 2020 election lies β€” just accused the Trump Justice Department of vindictive and selective prosecution, saying that DOJ is now bringing a criminal case against them to further the Trump admin's baseless lies about that vote.

11.03.2026 13:40 πŸ‘ 1096 πŸ” 542 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 16
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Adam Zyglis, Buffalo News

10.03.2026 23:44 πŸ‘ 98 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

None of them can talk coherently about strategy or goals but they are completely in sync in all their macho posturing because that is all they’re really focused on. Everything else is just whatever limply offered fiction is convenient to them at the time.

11.03.2026 02:10 πŸ‘ 2519 πŸ” 232 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 15
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Nuclear experts undercut White House claims about Iran reactor at heart of case for war The Trump administration sent negotiators without nuclear expertise to lead talks on Iran’s enrichment program. Now, its public case for war centers on a facility that experts say cannot do what offic...

This story suggests that Witkoff and Kushner bungled the negotiations with Iran because they don't understand nuclear technology

www.ms.now/news/trump-i...

11.03.2026 05:07 πŸ‘ 3031 πŸ” 1285 πŸ’¬ 204 πŸ“Œ 128
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Our politics are fundamentally corrupt. And our economy is rigged against working people because of this corruption.

10.03.2026 17:43 πŸ‘ 1063 πŸ” 295 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 11
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β€œ.. a claim that, if true, would constitute an unprecedented breach of security protocols at an agency that serves more than 70 million Americans.”

@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

10.03.2026 18:48 πŸ‘ 3170 πŸ” 1554 πŸ’¬ 209 πŸ“Œ 127

An engineer with deep experience in RO systems reviewed the desal project and found flimsy assumptions, unrealistic estimates, and no serious plan for the vast amount of pretreatment chemicals, sludge waste, and electricity demands... Politicians and businessmen oversold the H2O supply. Good luck TX

08.03.2026 21:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So much groundwater has been pumped from underneath Tehran that groundwater strata have crushed and compacted so much they’ll never hold water again. Rather than conserve, Corpus Christi TX is doing the same, destroying the Evangeline Aquifer at more than 8 million gallons per day. (Texas Tribune),

12.01.2026 12:09 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1
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Corpus Christi reservoirs hit historic low of 10% combined capacity The City of Corpus Christi's two main water sources reached their lowest levels in history on Monday.

Corpus Christi, Texas reservoirs hit historic low of 10% combined capacity

Lake Corpus Christi and Choke Canyon Reservoir hit 10% combined capacity on Jan. 12 as the city races to develop water projects before a November 2026 emergency deadline.
#Texas #drought #water
www.kristv.com/running-dry/...

13.01.2026 15:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Texas is so incredibly mismanaged, it's now a race to see which area of the state becomes uninhabitable first. Space Karen's new lithium refinery is operational, but Corpus Christi was predicted to run out of water in EARLY 2027 before they ever used a drop.

01.03.2026 11:50 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3

β€œmilitary readiness doesn’t include green solar power generation projects”

Actually energy independence is national security. Having allies is national security. Hardening our semiconductor supply chain would’ve been national security… Everything these MORONS have been doing has made us less safe.

08.03.2026 20:32 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

China leapfrogged us by a combination of their own cleverness and stealing our IP. They’ve made impressive strategic investments and thanks to Trump they now have access to our most advanced chips to further develop their AI. Why sit back when a blockaid of Taiwan can set US AI companies back years

08.03.2026 20:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Guys, if China blockades Taiwan won’t our AI progress more or less come to a halt? US chips (like Nvidia, AMD, Apple) are not fully complete until they undergo advanced finishing in Taiwan. Taiwan’s a crucial link in our semiconductor supply chain. Do you think Republicans have prepared us for this?

08.03.2026 20:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When the Dems retake the House, they should force every one of those DOGE bros to testify and if there is any grounds for prosecution to do it swiftly.

Techies need to have inputs that enforce consequences on their actions.

08.03.2026 18:24 πŸ‘ 313 πŸ” 66 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 3