Darrin Hall

Darrin Hall

@darrinhall15.bsky.social

Always Blue. Read banned books. "These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the Sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it NOW, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman."

66,298 Followers 69,702 Following 2,858 Posts Joined Sep 2023
13 hours ago

I’m old enough to remember when W was the worst president and Dan Quayle was stupid…

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13 hours ago
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This is what happens when your “representative” decides to find a voice because some elections stopped going her way. Where were you when it counted? You gave him your vote for free EVERY TIME as people in our community were hurting.

Ya basta. No más.

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16 hours ago

Friends, there were two attacks yesterday. During our livestream last night, I mistakenly conflated the Michigan synagogue attacker with the Virginia shooter, who reportedly had previous ties to ISIS. I sincerely apologize for my confusion.

Watch this to set the record straight.

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15 hours ago
U.S. Central Command
@CENTCOM

Four Confirmed Deceased in Loss of U.S. KC-135 Over Iraq
War 

TAMPA, Fla. - At approximately 2 pm ET on March 12, a U.S. KC-135 refueling aircraft went down in western Iraq. Four of six crew members on board the aircraft have been confirmed deceased as rescue efforts continue.

The circumstances of the incident are under investigation. However, the loss of the aircraft was not due to hostile fire or friendly fire.

The identities of the service members are being withheld until 24 hours after next of kin have been notified.

CENTCOM confirms four deceased in loss of KC-135 over Iraq.

God bless our troops. 🙏

Bring them home. Bring them all home now. 🫂

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15 hours ago

This ⬇️ is a foreign policy train wreck and pi$$ poor leadership.

You can’t achieve objectives of this mission on air power alone without troops on the ground. And everyone knows that.

Call your reps now.

Demand a cease fire.

Bring our fellow Americans home now safely. 🫂 🇺🇸

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15 hours ago

Look, if we lose Navy escorts in the strait for tankers, that could block the Strait of Hormuz for years to move that sunken wreckage.

We need “critical thought” leadership that at least highlights the risk analysis from a maritime perspective folks.

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President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Farewell Address (1961) EnlargeDownload Link Citation: Farewell address by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, January 17, 1961; Final TV Talk 1/17/61 (1), Box 38, Speech Series, Papers of Dwight D.

The cost of one bunker busting bomb is $200 million a piece. Last June we dropped an estimated 14 of them in Iran. It’s up to Congress to stop this madman Trump before he bankrupts America like his damn casinos.

But the corrupt Duma gave him a blank check with the budget. Eisenhower warned us.

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14 hours ago

Censure Tuberville, Florida’s third Senator, now.

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Trump keeps calling his war on Iran an “excursion,” like it’s a sightseeing trip. You can almost hear the briefing where someone said “incursion,” and he just ran with the wrong word.

The people paid to advise him are either too afraid to step in or are just fine with him looking like a fool.

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13 hours ago

This from the clown who gave Argentina $40 billion to bail out his billionaire buddy.

Make it make sense folks.

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13 hours ago

Stuck on stupid. Blaming the press to a room full of hand picked fake bloggers to spin his incompetency and gaslighting.

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If there’s one thing that perfectly captures America under Felon Trump #IkeaCabinet it’s this headline:

Refueling Plane Crashes In Iraq

• 4 of 6 crew members killed

• Rescue mission ongoing

• CRASH "NOT DUE TO HOSTILE FIRE OR FRIENDLY FIRE"

• 11 U.S. troops killed in Iran War

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13 hours ago

“the sooner David Ellison…”

He is saying the quiet part out loud.

No one is buying his BS and Ellison buying up all the media is not gonna change that Hogsbreath.

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13 hours ago

Good morning everyone

50 SHADES of VIETNAM

Exactly what they did in Nam
Btw...Hegseth is far worse

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Six years ago, police burst into Breonna Taylor’s home in the middle of the night and took a life that should still be here today.

Justice delayed, accountability denied, and her name still carries the weight of a system that failed her.

We remember Breonna Taylor. #SayHerName

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1 day ago
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Disconnect doesn’t even begin to describe this shit.

It’s starting to feel less like gaslighting and more like dementia has really taken hold of Donald Trump. Anyone else noticing it’s getting worse too?

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NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES

DAY 12 MARCH 2026

THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES

#EPSTEINWAR

7 American Soldiers dead
Many severely injured
Thousands of people & children dead
Cost $ 11.3 Billion now
Acts of Antisemtism from this needless war

Please listen to
young AHANA, SHE
Should Run our Country

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1 day ago

REPUBLICANS REFUSE TO FUND FEMA, TSA & THE COAST GUARD!

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23 hours ago
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Folks, 📅 2026 primaries are coming up fast.

Check your state’s date.
Make sure you’re registered.
Make a plan to vote.

Too much is riding on people sitting this one out. Stay ready so nobody decides the future for you.
iwillvote.com

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Here’s why MAGA is attacking our movement:

There’s a new war in the Middle East.
There’s a cost of living crisis.
There’s a secret pedophile ring.

They're hoping Americans care more about culture wars than actual wars. More about pronouns than prices.

We're not falling for it.

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23 hours ago

This is so f*ked.

Iran controls the world's most critical energy chokepoint, and Russia can now sell their own oil freely AND at a premium. This regime and war is a disaster on all fronts.

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22 hours ago

$11.3 billion in six days of war on Iran: that is 3 years of Section 8 vouchers for every family on the waitlist. Congress cannot fund DHS but it can fund this. Fetterman voted yes. The math is the message.

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Someone should let Rep. Luna know that threatening the President of the United States is a federal crime.

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1 day ago
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Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power They’re saying the quiet part out loud now.

His message is loud and clear: My technology will take political capital away from one of your greatest enemies—liberal women with degrees—and give one of your favorite demographics to patronize—working class men—more political power to transfer to you.

newrepublic.com/post/207693/...

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Pentagon Tells Congress First Week of Iran War Cost More Than $11.3 Billion

Trump spent more than $11 billion of our hardearned taxpayer dollars funding week one of his Epstein distraction

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/w...

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Humanist Action Headquarters - American Humanist Association Looking for our legislation tracker? Visit Conscience Over Congress: Humanists’ Federal Legislation Monitor here.

Tell Your Governor to REJECT Public Funding for Private Schools

It takes 2 seconds, please do your part to save public education and defend the separation of church and state!

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The system doesn’t work for folks like you and me. It works for the powerful and corrupt. I’ve been fighting for families, safety, and democracy for 20 years.

This is a lifelong project for me. Not a fun thing to do in retirement.

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14 hours ago

UN Ambassador Waltz is a disgrace to all women in America and around the globe.

He has taken extreme partisan ideology to the world stage to destroy our values as Americans and his regime has declared a war on women on the home front. Shame.

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Screen grab of vote count in the UN showing U.S. sole vote against global consent on Women’s Rights. 

The US move — which failed drastically — reflects the continuing assault of the Trump administration on gender equality worldwide, yet resistance from across the world couldn’t be more profound.

The U.S. was the sole vote against a UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) document aimed at strengthening women's rights, specifically objecting to language on reproductive health, gender definition, and DEI.

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Lunited States Senate
WASHINGTON, DC 20510
March 11, 2026
Pete Hegseth
Secretary of Defense
U.S. Department of Defense
1000 Defense Pentagon
Washington, DC 20301
Secretary Hegseth,
We write with grave concern regarding the airstrikes on a girls' elementary school that reportedly killed at least 168 people - mostly children - in Minab, Iran during the opening salvo of U.S. and Israeli operations on Iran on February 28. To be clear, the war against Iran is a war of choice without Congressional authorization. Nonetheless, as these military actions continue, the United States and Israel must abide by U.S. and international law, including the law of armed conflict. There must be a swift investigation into the strikes on this school and any other potential U.S. military actions causing civilian harm, and the findings must be released to the public as soon as possible, along with any measures to pursue accountability.
The results of this school attack are horrific. The majority of those killed in the strikes were girls between the ages of 7 and 12 years old.? Neither the United States nor the Israeli Government has yet taken responsibility for this attack. On March 4, you acknowledged that the United States was looking into the strikes at the school, saying "all I know, all 1 can say, is that we're investigating that," but shared no information about a timeline for review nor a commitment to accountability. A New York Times analysis of available evidence suggests that U.S. forces most likely struck the school amid attacks on an adjacent Iranian naval base, despite satellite imagery showing that the building had been walled off from the military base and used as a school since at least 2016.* And U.S. military investigators themselves reportedly believe that U.S. forces were likely responsible."
There have also been reports of airstrikes that have hit multiple hospitals, cultural heritage sites, and other critical civilian infrastructure. This includes the use of explosive … populated areas, including the capital, Tehran, which is home to approximately 9 million people. As of March 10, 2026, there have been over 1,245 civilians killed and over 12,000 civilians injured in the war, according to the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA). Massive civilian casualty incidents like the attack in Minab are not only detrimental to the Iranian people, who have already suffered so much at the hands of its own government, but they also undermine U.S. national security interests. These concerns are compounded by the reported use of artificial intelligence tools to select and prioritize targets in Iran.?
These civilian harm events are not taking place in a vacuum. As Secretary of Defense, you set the tone for U.S. military conduct, and your recent comments send a clear message of disregard for the laws of war.
On March 3, you said that Operation Epic Fury would have "no stupid rules of engagement." On March 4, you said while describing U.S. military operations in Iran that there will be "death and destruction from the sky all day long." This rhetoric only serves to endanger civilians, including American citizens, in the region and around the globe. The United States is a party to the Geneva Conventions and bound by international humanitarian law, including the principles of distinction, proportionality, and precaution.
These are binding and non-negotiable standards designed to protect innocent human life, and it is unacceptable for the Secretary of Defense to suggest otherwise.
Your comments reflect a broader pattern of policies abandoning the Defense Department's commitment to minimizing civilian harm in U.S. military operations. Under this administration, budgetary and personnel cuts at the Department have robbed military commands of crucial resources to prevent and respond to civilian casualties, including at U.S. Central Command and the Civilian Protection Center of Excellence, which supports commands in this work and was codified… b. What analysis was done to determine the purpose of the building? When was this analysis completed? What measures were implemented to reduce the risk of civilian casualties?
What was the intended military objective? Were Al tools used in planning or executing these strikes?
c. What analysis, if any, led the U.S. military to conclude that the expected civilian harm would not be excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated?
2. You said U.S. forces would follow "no stupid rules of engagement." Are you complying with rules to prevent the commission of war crimes? If so, what procedures are in place to implement those rules?
3. What steps has the U.S. military taken to prevent and mitigate civilian harm in its operational planning and targeting? Was a "no-strike list" established prior to the commencement of U.S. military operations in Iran?
4. Have any U.S. military operations in Iran utilized, or will any utilize, artificial intelligence tools, and if so, provide specifics of how they are being used and for what purpose? What human verification and redundancy policies are in place, if any, to evaluate the accuracy and legitimacy of Al-generated targets? Please provide a copy of any procedures service members use to verify Al-generated targets and recommend them for execution.
5. What role do civilian harm mitigation and response (CHMR) staff at CENTCOM play in operational planning and targeting? How has CENTCOM compensated for the reduction in resources dedicated to this effort, including the loss of dedicated civilian harm mitigation teams?
6. The U.S. has reported that it struck over 1,000 targets in just 24 hours. " Given this volume, the compressed timeframe, and the presence of targets in populated areas, what steps and precautions has the U.S. taken to ensure compliance with the laws of war during these strikes? How has the U.S. implemented established CHMR policies and practices?
Sincerely,
Chris Van Hollen
United States Sena…

The letter from Congress on the undeclared war in Iran is devastating. It cites 1,245 civilians killed and over 12,000 injured as of March 10. It calls out Hegseth directly for saying there would be “no stupid rules of engagement” and promising “death and destruction from the sky all day long.”

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