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Liberal, writer, President of Charitable Foundation supporting the spoken word in the arts ( @radiodramanetwork.bsky.social ). Mom of a drummer (@willbrowndrummer on IG, @froggband.bsky.social), Farmer, Chickens, Rescue Dogs, Fight for democracy! No DMs!

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Iran War Cost Tracker β€” $1 Billion Per Day The Pentagon estimates the war in Iran costs $1 billion per day. Track the running total in real time.

iran-cost-ticker.com

05.03.2026 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh my God. He is literally the dumbest man in the Senate --- which is a body that includes Tuberville and Ron Johnson.

05.03.2026 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 1

Notably, Noem kept insisting that her fuck bunny, serial thug Corey Lewandowski is not HER employee, he works for the White House.

So does the White House employ fuck bunnies for its favorite cabinet officers?

05.03.2026 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 242    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 3
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Trump considers firing DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, sources say The president has made no decision, but he has told lawmakers that he is unhappy with her testimony this week before House and Senate committees, sources said.

About the $200M propaganda grift that Kristi Noem claimed Trump approved, which may be his excuse to fire her:

1) Is he lying to avoid being implicated in someone ELSE's corruption?
2) Is she lying?
3) Did Stephen Miller approve it?

www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

05.03.2026 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 332    πŸ” 111    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 5
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Gas prices jumped an average of 11 cents OVERNIGHT, and continue to rise. This is the price of bad leadership.

05.03.2026 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1641    πŸ” 587    πŸ’¬ 164    πŸ“Œ 56
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Getting the abortion pill via telehealth is more common now. NPR wants to hear your story Mifepristone is facing another major legal challenge.

Mifepristone is facing another major legal challenge.

05.03.2026 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 120    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2

I feel sick. Some of these people were praying that Trump would come and free them, and instead they get this.

05.03.2026 04:06 β€” πŸ‘ 809    πŸ” 393    πŸ’¬ 70    πŸ“Œ 19

Added to the long list of very scary things happening.

05.03.2026 04:32 β€” πŸ‘ 114    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 4

They’ve already seeded the next few generations.

05.03.2026 05:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1259    πŸ” 537    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 22

Better hurry up Judge! Don't become the problem yourself.

05.03.2026 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Kateryna Lisunova
@KaterynaLis
πŸš¨β€œCannon fire on sparrows” β€” that’s how my sources in the Ukrainian government described the current warfare in the Middle East. Basically, this is what Zelenskyy has been saying over the past few days (not counting the last four years): you cannot intercept Shahed drones with missiles. First, it’s too expensive; second, missile stock is limited; and third, they don’t always work against Shaheds. 

BREAKING: Trump administration officials acknowledged during a closed-door briefing on Tuesday that Iran’s Shahed attack drones represent a major challenge, and U.S. air defenses will not be able to intercept them all. The drones are posing a bigger problem than anticipated, according to sources from the briefing.

Kateryna Lisunova @KaterynaLis πŸš¨β€œCannon fire on sparrows” β€” that’s how my sources in the Ukrainian government described the current warfare in the Middle East. Basically, this is what Zelenskyy has been saying over the past few days (not counting the last four years): you cannot intercept Shahed drones with missiles. First, it’s too expensive; second, missile stock is limited; and third, they don’t always work against Shaheds. BREAKING: Trump administration officials acknowledged during a closed-door briefing on Tuesday that Iran’s Shahed attack drones represent a major challenge, and U.S. air defenses will not be able to intercept them all. The drones are posing a bigger problem than anticipated, according to sources from the briefing.

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05.03.2026 05:12 β€” πŸ‘ 253    πŸ” 87    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 3

Hard to read: behind paywall and in Swedish so you have to translate it.

05.03.2026 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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People really want a change and older candidates who sat by are gonna be in trouble. Whatever party it is, the young will change things and as a democrat, I welcome it. We just have to keep our eye on the main elections and who can displace the Republicans. Everyone seems to want change.

05.03.2026 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If we can even believe them. Interest that would be going to American families? nope. They are lying. This will happen long after Trump is gone and it will cost us to refund ourselves.

05.03.2026 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

TX Biotech has too much time on their hands. Surely there are better things to focus on right now.

05.03.2026 14:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you DD for the work you are doing. DD has lawyers all over the country fighting for our rights! Every subscription supports that.

05.03.2026 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You should stop with the "killed and eaten" line unless you have some sort of proof. They are looking at Epstein's ranch. This is a deep coverup, but to advance QAnon and the disproved killing of babies theme, is irresponsible and not helpful. This is all coming out. Stop disseminating conspiracy.

05.03.2026 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One INSANE bit of ethical misconduct that has gotten too little attention involves Harmeet Dhillion. Before her office unilaterally charged Don Lemon she:

Disseminated racist WH slop targeting defendant
Made still-uncorrected false claims abt what 8th C did
RTed discussions of GAMBLING on charges

05.03.2026 13:12 β€” πŸ‘ 276    πŸ” 122    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 4

Happy Birthday DD!! You are doing the work of the angels. Keep going. Everyone should be subscribing to DD, if you care about your voting rights and democracy.

05.03.2026 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Republicans for this. The Republican Senate should be fired along with Fetterman.

05.03.2026 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Republican Senate just voted down a bill to reign him in. All of this is on the Republicans. They are allowing an illegal war to advance. Its spreading. They wont even put some guard rails on this thing. He is destroying everything he can.

05.03.2026 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

OK, right there at the babies killed and eaten is where Im lost. There is no proof of that and Ill wait for proof before Ill spread that around. Trump may have had sex with a 13 year old, but I have seen no proof of any babies getting killed except that Q anon says it.

05.03.2026 01:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Its good to keep hammering that but this has been happening since the ruling with women sitting in parking lots waiting to become septic before Drs would treat them for miscarriage.

04.03.2026 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Long-COVID Sufferer Awarded Nearly $1M After Employer Refused to Let Her Work From Home | Law.com A jury in Nassau County awarded $954,000 to a longtime employee of Stony Brook University Hospital Blood Bank.

A woman with Long Covid won almost one million dollars in a lawsuit against her employer who refused to allow her work from home accommodations.

May this set a precedent.

Remote work should be accessible to all who need it.

It’s a game changer for people with disabilities.

04.03.2026 08:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1658    πŸ” 636    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 12

I thought that he did pretty poorly on Maher with Boebert (fish in a barrel.) But if he is the nominee, then he is who we support. People like him, but is he tough and experienced enough? We will find out. The Colbert Bump is a thing! I hope he is going to another outlet when this show is over.

04.03.2026 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Crickets...I love the dysfunction.

04.03.2026 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

...and to get health insurance. Do corporations give health insurance to part timers? no. These people need to have the same health insurance as everyone else and have to work a certain number of hours in order to get it...and to get paid.

04.03.2026 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How are we going to clean out the military when this is over? They fired all of the sane ones and are left with crazy fundamentalists. They will have to go. We cant have these kinds of deluded people in any sort of leadership or office, or making decisions for any living thing.

04.03.2026 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0