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Texas Dem, retired lawyer, not a gun owner, pro-choice, and anti-school voucher Christian. Oh, and tuxedo cat ladyβ€”the only time I engage in black and white thinking.πŸˆβ€β¬›

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Americans are dying so that Kushner can make money

14.03.2026 12:46 πŸ‘ 9964 πŸ” 4608 πŸ’¬ 739 πŸ“Œ 333
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Like getting pregnant in the United States?

13.03.2026 18:04 πŸ‘ 5413 πŸ” 988 πŸ’¬ 587 πŸ“Œ 110
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Oh, honey . . . just because you played dress-up at a fake "military academy" that your parents sent you to because you were such an unmanageable, obnoxious teenager doesn't mean you were in the miliary. You had that duty, but lied to get out of it.

13.03.2026 16:22 πŸ‘ 10404 πŸ” 2809 πŸ’¬ 1354 πŸ“Œ 297

Search-and-rescue crews were β€œflying blind” trying to rescue survivors from deadly tornadoes that hit the Midwest last week.

Why? Because Kristi Noem hadn't approved FEMA’s $200,000 contract with a tornado-tracking tool.

But she had time to spend $220 million on anti-immigrant ads. Priorities.

13.03.2026 16:45 πŸ‘ 19133 πŸ” 7962 πŸ’¬ 503 πŸ“Œ 263

When Melania calls herself a "visionary," she means it in the same sense as when she called herself "a graduate with an architecture degree." She's telling ridiculous lies.

13.03.2026 02:48 πŸ‘ 1154 πŸ” 229 πŸ’¬ 231 πŸ“Œ 23
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Russia rakes in $150mn a day in extra revenue from surging oil prices Middle East conflict boosts Vladimir Putin’s war chest as tankers carrying Russian oil head to India

Russia rakes in $150mn a day in extra revenue from surging oil prices
Also: Bessent announced today that we’re relaxing more sanctions on Russia. The US will allow countries to buy Russian oil stranded at sea
www.ft.com/content/dd97...

13.03.2026 01:33 πŸ‘ 995 πŸ” 483 πŸ’¬ 103 πŸ“Œ 89
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Talarico on Trumpworld's "short term pain" talking point: "I'd like them to tell that to the parents of the American troops who have lost their lives. That is not short term pain. That is pain that will last forever ... no one asked for this."

13.03.2026 01:22 πŸ‘ 11471 πŸ” 3246 πŸ’¬ 232 πŸ“Œ 96
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Slotkin: "If Russia is helping to kill US forces, we have crossed a rubicon. We have to take decisive action on that. Instead, we're giving them breaks on oil. They're making a ton of money."

12.03.2026 15:25 πŸ‘ 14463 πŸ” 5108 πŸ’¬ 784 πŸ“Œ 360

No president in American history has done more to demean women, damage their lives, undermine their freedoms...to actively abuse them and then to attack his victims...than Donald Trump. And she has enabled it, defended it, cashed in on it.The Trumps are active, undeniable enemies of women and girls.

12.03.2026 21:10 πŸ‘ 286 πŸ” 97 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 3
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When Trump says "we make a lot of money," he's talking about his Big Oil donors.

They spent spent nearly $100M to get Trump elected in 2024, and the investment is paying off quite well for them.

Oligarchy in action.

12.03.2026 15:34 πŸ‘ 2029 πŸ” 719 πŸ’¬ 148 πŸ“Œ 51
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The multi-national oil companies operating in the US make a lot of money. The average American gets screwed. Which pretty much sums up Trump and the Republican Party’s approach to the economy.

12.03.2026 13:52 πŸ‘ 2248 πŸ” 615 πŸ’¬ 207 πŸ“Œ 47

Elon Musk is now worth $845 billion.

Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025.

Meanwhile, nearly a quarter of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and household debt has risen to a record high.

See the problem here?

11.03.2026 21:15 πŸ‘ 7433 πŸ” 2937 πŸ’¬ 328 πŸ“Œ 143

🚨 Pentagon officials told Congress that the war with Iran has cost the U.S. more than $11 billion in its first week

11.03.2026 23:55 πŸ‘ 2343 πŸ” 1063 πŸ’¬ 230 πŸ“Œ 111

Pete Hegseth spent $2 million on Alaskan king crab, $7 million on lobster tail, and $15.1 million on ribeye steak in just one month. β€” But please, tell me again how the elderly who’ve worked their entire lives to get $800 a month on Social Security are bleeding this country dry.

11.03.2026 20:51 πŸ‘ 1247 πŸ” 445 πŸ’¬ 56 πŸ“Œ 24
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In cases you were wondering . . . this is a photo that annoyed Pete Hegseth so much because he thought it was "unflattering" so he got the photographer barred. I encourage all of you to use it as often as possible.

12.03.2026 01:05 πŸ‘ 4489 πŸ” 2291 πŸ’¬ 460 πŸ“Œ 238
11.03.2026 14:53 πŸ‘ 5532 πŸ” 1612 πŸ’¬ 678 πŸ“Œ 121
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Dozens of U.S. service members in Kuwait suffered serious injuries, including burns, brain trauma and shrapnel wounds, sources say About 30 U.S. service members remained hospitalized Tuesday after an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait.

NEW: The Iranian drone strike that killed 6 U.S. troops in Kuwait at the start of the war was far more devastating than previously disclosed.

Dozens suffered traumatic brain injuries, burns, and shrapnel wounds. At least one required an amputation. More than 30 remain hospitalized. (CBS News)

11.03.2026 15:27 πŸ‘ 12933 πŸ” 7469 πŸ’¬ 1004 πŸ“Œ 648
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Republican president and five-star general Eisenhower: "Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong."

Cadet Bone Spurs Trump: "Based on what Steve and Jared and Pete, Marco and others were telling me, I thought they were going to attack."

11.03.2026 12:03 πŸ‘ 549 πŸ” 215 πŸ’¬ 48 πŸ“Œ 27

Again, Elon Musk & ~everyone else involved in this unprecedentedly illegal & unconstitutional crime needs to go to jail for the rest of their lives.

11.03.2026 02:01 πŸ‘ 182 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is how our government has been corrupted:

1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat

We must get big money out of politics. It’s the root of all evil in Washington.

10.03.2026 15:35 πŸ‘ 11975 πŸ” 4913 πŸ’¬ 518 πŸ“Œ 295
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The Ayatollah is *alleged* to have *tried* to kill Trump. Well, guess what, Ted? Trump actually DID kill the Ayatollah. And I bet you wouldn't use the word "murder" to describe that, would you?

And Trump killing Iranian schoolgirls *increases* risks to him and other Americans, you dishonest tool.

10.03.2026 19:15 πŸ‘ 957 πŸ” 247 πŸ’¬ 97 πŸ“Œ 17
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Did America’s most relentless war busybody share this advice with Donald and Melania?

10.03.2026 19:34 πŸ‘ 785 πŸ” 234 πŸ’¬ 139 πŸ“Œ 26

I am a Southerner, and this combination doesn’t shock me.

10.03.2026 23:44 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It was a lie, not an opinion. A blatant and obvious lie. Something he knew was a lie. And not just another one of the hundreds of lies he tells every day - a lie about the killing of at least 175 people, mostly girls who were attending school. bsky.app/profile/acyn...

10.03.2026 18:57 πŸ‘ 2912 πŸ” 872 πŸ’¬ 234 πŸ“Œ 35
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Kash Patel’s latest firings ousted agents with expertise in Iran The FBI director gutted a specialized, global espionage unit of counterintelligence agents, just days before Operation Epic Fury.

Patel fires FBI Iran experts just in time for war. Counter-terror generally has already been taken apart.
www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...

10.03.2026 23:34 πŸ‘ 1378 πŸ” 598 πŸ’¬ 70 πŸ“Œ 45

Don't worry everybody, there's a 22 yo in charge of counter terrorism and Kash Patel fired most of the experts in Iranian militant groups.

03.03.2026 02:12 πŸ‘ 3570 πŸ” 817 πŸ’¬ 43 πŸ“Œ 22

Dear Latino & Hispanic voters,

The Republican Party believes that masked federal thugs lawlessly roaming our streets, racially profiling brown & black people, and terrorizing immigrants & citizens is just a β€œlittle hiccup.” I thought you should know.

Best,

A Former Republican

10.03.2026 23:33 πŸ‘ 1055 πŸ” 311 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 5
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Opinion | It’s Trump’s War. We’re Stuck With the Bill. What are we getting for all of President Trump’s military spending?

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

β€œTrump’s military habit will very likely be paid for by borrowing money, adding to the nearly $39 trillion national debt,” Kate Brannen writes. β€œWhich means that whatever the other results of his military adventures, Americans will be paying for them for years to come.”

10.03.2026 23:00 πŸ‘ 141 πŸ” 64 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 7

Pete Hegseth accused Iran of "indiscriminate targeting."

Dude, you killed 168 people, many of them children, when you sloppily bombed a girls school.

And when you assassinated the country's former Supreme Leader, you also killed the current Supreme Leader's wife. Way to win hearts and minds, Pete!

10.03.2026 20:23 πŸ‘ 1665 πŸ” 466 πŸ’¬ 82 πŸ“Œ 15
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Iran begins laying mines in Strait of Hormuz, sources say The White House said President Donald Trump is not ruling out any options in the war with Iran, including the possibility of ground troops. About 140 US service members have been injured since the beg...

NEW: Iran has begun laying mines in the strait of Hormuz. Would Trump like to send Brain Kilmeade to "show some guts" and captain a tanker through there now? www.cnn.com/world/live-n...

10.03.2026 19:55 πŸ‘ 2190 πŸ” 713 πŸ’¬ 156 πŸ“Œ 38