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Michael McFaul
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He wants to break down the liberal international order. He wants to break apart NATO. He wants to go back to a world of spheres of influence. Iām talking, of course, about Vladimir Putin.
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Sen. Adam Schiff
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More than 2,000 Marines from Camp Pendleton are now headed to the Middle East as the Iran War shows no signs of slowing. Alarm bells should be ringing across America, with the prospect of boots on the ground. Every day raises the risks of a new forever war.
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
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Pentagon Sending Thousands of Additional Marines to Middle East
The Pentagon is sending three warships and thousands of additional Marines to the Middle East, even as President Trump insists he wonāt put American boots on the ground in Iran, according to U.S. offi...
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-us-israel-war-updates-2026/card/pentagon-sending-thousands-of-additional-marines-to-middle-east-eZKaCmWQ3vp12vhNbFbV
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It is one thing to be a bad Senator if you ran for office as the real you. It is another thing to be a bad Senator after dishonestly running as the opposite of what you are.
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Mueller, She Wrote
about 9 hours ago
March 8th: Witkoff: "We can take Russia at their word when they say they aren't helping Iran" March 12th: Trump: "Putin might be helping Iran a bit." March 20th: Putin offers to stop sharing intel with Iran if US cuts off Ukraine
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Alejandra Caraballo
about 9 hours ago
I analyzed over 10 years of anti-trans legislation. Over 330 bills have passed, with ~300 of them in just the last 5 years. There is no precedent in American history for so many bills to target one particular minority group like this in such a short timeframe.
www.thedissident.news/the-ratchet/
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The Ratchet
In 2015, state legislatures across the United States considered 75 anti-LGBTQ bills, of which 27 targeted gender identity.1 In 2025, that total reached 1,059āwith 851 of the current-session bills targ...
https://www.thedissident.news/the-ratchet/
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The country has been told over and over and over again that we donāt have the money to feed hungry children and seniors. But now we have $250 Billion for Iran war he didnāt need to start given no imminent danger to America??
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Jeff Stein
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SCOOP: The Pentagon asked the White House today for more than *$200 billion* for Iran war supplemental, sources say Some in WH think Congress won't support b/c it's so big Will tee up giant battle in Congress My last story for WaPo:
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Pentagon seeks more than $200 billion in budget request for Iran war
That figure would far surpass the costs of the U.S. airstrike campaign to date and aims to boost production of critical weapons depleted in the conflict, people familiar with the matter said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/18/iran-cost-budget-pentagon/
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People on the left correctly have reacted to the horrifying news about Cesar Chavez by believing the women.
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Some of the ballet dancers and opera singers I have seen perform in person: Mikhail Baryshnikov Gelsey Kirkland Maya Plisetskaya Luciano Pavarotti Placido Domingo Donāt tell me I donāt love these art forms.
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Marisa Kabas
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SCOOPā Trump wants a 24k gold coin w/ his face on it for America 250, but an official at a late February coin advisory committee meeting called it something only done by "nations ruled by kings or dictators." After NYT reported the criticism, US Mint yanked online vid of the meeting w/o explanation.
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US Mint takes down video of meeting criticizing proposed Trump 24K gold coin
A coin advisory committee called the design for the America 250 coin something only produced by "kings or dictators."
https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/mint-trump-gold-coin-ccac-video-removed
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Raea š¦āØš³ļøāā§ļøš“
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a longtime fascist goal which they successfully advanced unabated under trump 1 appointee louis dejoy during the biden admin bc dems are complicit
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ProPublica
3 days ago
The database has the name, sex, birthday and Social Security number of every child in the U.S. who is the subject of a child support case. It also has the addresses of parents and kids who are domestic violence victims and receive support.
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DHS Seeks Access to Massive Employment, Salary and Family Database Legally Restricted to Use in Child Support Cases
The Trump administrationās immigration enforcers are requesting unfettered access to the governmentās āmost powerful people-finder system,ā which contains sensitive information on children and victims...
https://www.propublica.org/article/dhs-trump-child-support-federal-parent-locator-service-immigration?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1773791580&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Tom Joscelyn
3 days ago
Some of the most influential billionaires in our society are hostile to democracy. āFather Benanti said that Mr. Thielā¦was attempting to accelerate the decline of liberal democracy to make it easier for his companies to operate.ā
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/w...
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Peter Thiel Fears the Antichrist Is Coming. In Rome, Some Call His View Heresy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/world/europe/peter-thiel-rome-antichrist-catholics.html?smid=bs-share
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret)
4 days ago
Just a reminder that in January of this year, Trump and Hegseth decommissioned EVERY US mine sweeper. Yep. Every. Last. One. Evidently they could never imagine a scenario in which the US needed minesweepers. In Trump's America, we are governed by idiots.
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Colin Kennedy
4 days ago
A world in which Marco Rubio has debased himself so thoroughly that heās forced to make the Castros a hereditary dynasty in Cuba is the fate he deserves (but only he)
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Jaz
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'No Quarter' Declaration by Pete Hegseth 'Constitutes a War Crime': Experts
www.commondreams.org/news/hegseth...
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'No Quarter' Declaration by Pete Hegseth 'Constitutes a War Crime': Experts | Common Dreams
"The Pentagon's law of war manual states unequivocally that such statements are war crimes," said a legal scholar who previously worked in the Pentagon's office of general counsel.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/hegseth-no-quarter-international-law
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omgisme
4 days ago
Why do they do this to Trump?!? All he did is impose tariffs on them, threaten to leave NATO, threaten to invade EU, stop help for Ukraine and insult them time and again. š
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Lee West
4 days ago
Coalition building is what serious western democracies do prior to major war footing. You donāt pour gasoline on a fire in the Middle East to escalate and involves 12 other ME countries while ghosting your allies. Then after the fact, threaten and extort them. The Trump regime is incompetent.
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U.S. diplomats to make global appeal to join Iran fight
As the U.S. and Israelās military campaign against Iran enters its third week, the Trump Administration is urging the world to join the fight to protect the safety and security of their own citizens f...
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/national-international/iran-us-israel-middle-east-conflict-march-16-2026/3781419/?cardId=1:1:11168029
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Molly Ploofkins
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Trump: "Gavin Newscom admitted that he has learning disabilities, dyslexia. Everything about him is dumb."
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Aaron Rupar
4 days ago
Trump is very confused about what Nick Shirley was up to in Minnesota: "When it comes to nursing homes, you saw where a young gentleman was going around and knocking on doors and none of the nursing homes existed, none of the nurseries existed"
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Andrea Joy Campbell
4 days ago
Trump tried again and again to stop the first, large-scale offshore wind project in the country from being built off the coast of Martha's Vineyard. I sued Trump and I won. This is a victory for clean energy, good jobs and lower utility rates in Massachusetts.
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Construction finishes on a major offshore wind farm, the first during Trump's tenure
Vineyard Wind was among the offshore wind projects halted last year by the Trump administration, citing national security concerns.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/construction-finishes-major-offshore-wind-farm-first-trumps-tenure-rcna263492
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CONCORD, N.H. ā The speaker of the New Hampshire House is condemning a social media post made by a Republican state representative from Weare. In his post, state Rep. Travis Corcoran, R-Weare, called for a "final solution" against a Jewish member of the House.
www.wmur.com/article/nh-h...
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NH House speaker criticizes Republican lawmaker's 'final solution' comment
The speaker of the New Hampshire House is condemning a social media post made by a Republican state representative from Weare.
https://www.wmur.com/article/nh-house-speaker-lawmaker-comment-031126/70716139
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The new production of Madama Butterfly at the Lyric Opera of Chicago is ground-breaking, brilliant, and beautiful, and the performances are outstanding.
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āļø U.S. officials say Russia is giving Iran intelligence on the locations of American warships and aircraft, - WP š„Russian monitoring channels report on the activity of the FPV in the deep rear (50+ km) of the occupied territories of the Donetsk region. 4/11
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Kelly
6 days ago
This is state sponsored media. You canāt criticize Trump, ICE or the war in Iran. They sued ABC & Stephanopoulus. They cancelled Colbert. They tried to cancel Kimmel. CBS bent a knee. More will follow. If youāre not alarmed youāre not paying attention.
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Derek Powazek
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This is the destination of every company that tries to replace creative human workers with AI slop.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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BuzzFeed Nearing Bankruptcy After Disastrous Turn Toward AI
Three years after its pivot to AI, the writing is on the wall for BuzzFeed. The company said there's "substantial doubt" it can keep going.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/buzzfeed-disastrous-earnings-ai
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Zeteo
8 days ago
"Do we really believe the United States would be in this war absent Netanyahu?" Obama's former deputy national advisor Ben Rhodes talks to
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social
about Netanyahuās long campaign for war with Iran and why the U.S. justification doesnāt hold up. Watch:
zeteo.com/p/ben-rhodes...
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Critical Threats Project
7 days ago
NEW | The United States lifted sanctions on Russian oil that is already on tankers at sea until April 11, 2026, a decision that will buttress the Russian war economy.
www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/rus...
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Kelly
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31 year old Alexia Moore has been charged with murder for using the abortion pill to end her pregnancy. Georgia has also charged her with possession of a dangerous drug & possession of a class two controlled substance. Theyāre criminalizing pregnancy. They want to control our bodies.
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Kingsland mother charged with murder after taking abortion pill
A woman from Kingsland, Georgia, is being charged with murder after she took an abortion pill and gave birth to an infant who died a few hours later.
https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/kingsland-mother-charged-with-murder-after-taking-abortion-pill/5QVMKJANENDGDC6GJLDFAE7744/
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Hypervisible
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āOur instinct at the firm is, every time we hear about another attack, we need to see the chat logs because thereās [a good chance] that AI was deeply involvedā¦ā
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Lawyer behind AI psychosis cases warns of mass casualty risks | TechCrunch
AI chatbots have been linked to suicides for years. Now one lawyer says they are showing up in mass casualty cases too, and the technology is moving faster than the safeguards.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/13/lawyer-behind-ai-psychosis-cases-warns-of-mass-casualty-risks/
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Kim Lane Scheppele
7 days ago
Heres an excellent explantation showing why the Save America Act is part of a plan to create chaos and potentially rig the midterms and beyond. Make sure your senators vote NO!
skywriter.blue/@jennycohn.b...
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Page by Jenny Cohn | @jennycohn.bsky.social
I read the āSave America Act,ā so you donāt have to. Most of the media apparently *hasnāt* read it because, if they had, they would be sounding the alarm about the provision in Point 1, below, which a...
https://skywriter.blue/@jennycohn.bsky.social/3mgxq3l3xms22
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Shibley Telhami
7 days ago
How is this legal?
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HuffPost
7 days ago
Trump Was Warned About Hormuz By Top Military Brass Before War: WSJ
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Trump Was Warned About Hormuz By Top Military Brass Before War: WSJ
Trump Was Warned About Hormuz By Top Military Brass Before War: WSJ
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/latest-news-live-updates_n_69ae9a51e4b0fe5c2e757cb8/liveblog_69b4cb1ce4b09d87d02771c4
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Andrea Chalupa
7 days ago
Nathan Cavanaugh and Justin Fox of DOGE claim they saved the government money, but instead DOGE increased spending. They sound like idiots who should be banned from running businesses and charities
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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DOGE bros depositions reveal ChatGPT process for gutting āDEIā grants
10 hours of testimony uncovers their largely uninformed judgments behind sweeping decisions about grant funding
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/doge-bros-deposition-musk-chatgpt-dei-grants-b2937603.html
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Qasim Rashid, Esq.
8 days ago
Another day. Another example of vile and violent hate against American Muslims from a MAGA Senator who will face 0 consequences. This is America. I welcome your support to fight back against this overt hate.
www.qasimrashid.com/subscribe
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The posting by Tuberville is absolutely reprehensible. Heās an ignorant jerk, a disgrace as a Senator.
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The Tennessee Holler
8 days ago
āIt says a lot about where the Republican Party is today.ā As Sen.
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social
points out ā the lack of condemnation from the Republican Party of the Ogles & Tuberville Islamophobic āovert racismā shows it isnāt a fringe position in their party.
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Brad Lander
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I can't even find the words to express how repugnant and despicable this post is. People who spew such Islamophobic bile don't belong in the United States Congress. The job of elected officials is to combat hate, not fan its flames. (1/2)
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Brad Lander
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Shame on Senator Tuberville: Keep New York City out of your bigoted mouth. This Jewish New Yorker is proud that we elected our first Muslim mayor. (2/2)
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Robert Reich
9 days ago
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?
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Paul Eric
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BREAKING: This is Beirut right now. Israel is MASSIVELY bombing Lebanonās capital in the middle of the night ā deliberately wiping out apartment block after apartment block. Civilian homes. Residential buildings. No justification. Just pure terror.š¤¬š¤¬š¤¬š¤¬
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Tonight, I saw a sneak preview of Project Hail Mary. I think it is one of the finest science fiction movies ever made.
#ProjectHailMary
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Luce Leonard
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Via The Other 98%
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9 days ago
A UN watchdog today criticized "intensified immigration crackdowns" in the U.S. and accused President Trump and other American leaders of using "racist hate speech" ā both of which it said had "sparked grave human rights violations."
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UN panel accuses Trump of "racist hate speech" that it says sparked "human rights violations"
The White House accused the UN of "extreme bias."
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/12/trump-united-nations-racism-panel-human-rights
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Aaron Sojourner
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I knew that the Department of War shot a missile into a school & killed 175 civilians, mostly children. This is learned today: Secretary of War Hegseth had cut the teams assigned to prevent such tragedies by 90%.
www.npr.org/2026/03/11/n...
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Paul Byrne
9 days ago
This is the entire budget of NASA's Planetary Science Division for *four years*
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The Associated Press
9 days ago
A man who was shot by Connecticut police last year and later died had to wait 10 extra minutes for another ambulance to arrive at the scene, after another officer having an anxiety attack took the first one.
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Officer having anxiety attack took ambulance sent for man dying from police shooting, report says
A man who was shot by Connecticut police last year and later died had to wait 10 extra minutes for another ambulance to arrive at the scene, after another officer having an anxiety attack took the first one.
https://bit.ly/40nP5oD
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ACID UNIVERSE MEDIA
9 days ago
Yes, itās real: Trump hold a rally yesterday in Kentucky itās because of Jeffrey Epstein. Trump went there to try boost the primary challenger to Rep. Thomas Massie, the Republican who pushed to release the Epstein Files. This is part of Trumpās revenge But we thought it was a hoax, Donald!
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Lee West
10 days ago
Shocker. Kremlin backs overt campaign to keep Viktor Orban in power. Vladimir Putin endorses plan drawn up by Russian consultancy that is under Western sanctions.
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Clara Jeffery
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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.
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