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#BlueCrew. Retired Army. Follow news, tech, science, & books. Politics junkie. Lifelong Dem, proud to be woke, Ukraine supporter, "I dissent," fan of animals. Grieving for this country. My dog runs the house.

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Can't wait until the USA finally invades the USA to depose their autocrat and eliminate its regime of incompetent, bigoted and murderous government officials.

01.03.2026 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2007    πŸ” 429    πŸ’¬ 62    πŸ“Œ 19
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Right now UK is pretty much running the electrical grid on renewables and Nuclear.

01.03.2026 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2549    πŸ” 457    πŸ’¬ 73    πŸ“Œ 29

Two GOP arguments as to why we are at war with Iran.

1) Iran is so strong and sophisticated that they’re only two weeks from having a nuclear weapon.

2) Iran is so weak right now that it was the perfect time to go to war and change its leadership.

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01.03.2026 23:31 β€” πŸ‘ 573    πŸ” 140    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 13
Two German Shepard just-about-still puppies sleep in front of a door and stairwell.

Two German Shepard just-about-still puppies sleep in front of a door and stairwell.

An adorable trip hazard but a trip hazard still ⚠️😹

02.03.2026 01:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1122    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 1
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Nobel Peace Prize, my ass.

02.03.2026 02:52 β€” πŸ‘ 6841    πŸ” 2693    πŸ’¬ 361    πŸ“Œ 164

πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ͺ The UAE has intercepted 152 Iranian ballistic missiles and 506 drones since the start of hostilities, the country's Defense Ministry said.

Three people were killed and 58 were injured.

01.03.2026 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 159    πŸ” 62    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 3
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Eisenhower

02.03.2026 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 8357    πŸ” 3100    πŸ’¬ 214    πŸ“Œ 171
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Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts

Homeland Security wants Social Media sites to expose Anti-ICE Accounts!!!!

The Government is trampling on our CIVIL LIBERTIES!!!!!

#ICE

#Iran

#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

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It’s really crazy how much I’ve been agreeing with Rep. Thomas Massie recently!

01.03.2026 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 16234    πŸ” 4518    πŸ’¬ 720    πŸ“Œ 194
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Joyce Raskin (@joyceraskin) Yes

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01.03.2026 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Veteran Supporting Democracy (@veteransupportingdemocracy)

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Let me guess, wealthy people who moved to Dubai to avoid paying taxes now want the countries they moved from to protect them?

01.03.2026 12:16 β€” πŸ‘ 15696    πŸ” 3711    πŸ’¬ 536    πŸ“Œ 166
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TriTorch (@tritorch) Beautiful: Business Man Guides Distressed Wayward Swan Back to River

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Trudy, a blond cavadoodle sitting on a rainbow colored throw blanket. She looks tired.

Trudy, a blond cavadoodle sitting on a rainbow colored throw blanket. She looks tired.

Mabel the red and white cavapoo looking very tired.

Mabel the red and white cavapoo looking very tired.

Dogs are tired of the news. They want to see more great dogs. The more tired, the better.

01.03.2026 02:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3302    πŸ” 216    πŸ’¬ 375    πŸ“Œ 14
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Iran May Name New Supreme Leader In β€˜A Day Or Two’—Here’s Who’s Leading The Country Now A three-person Leadership Council stepped in after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed.

A three-person Leadership Council stepped in after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed.

01.03.2026 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1674    πŸ” 634    πŸ’¬ 279    πŸ“Œ 251
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Kansas invalidates driver’s licenses, birth certificates of over 1,000 transgender residents The Kansas state government has invalidated the driver’s licenses and birth certificates of transgender residents who changed the gender on those documents, in accordance with a law that took effect o...

Kansas invalidates driver’s licenses and birth certificates amended by its trans residents. "The move affects more than 1,000 people. The law requires residents to change their gender identification to the sex they were assigned at birth..." www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

28.02.2026 23:59 β€” πŸ‘ 486    πŸ” 278    πŸ’¬ 106    πŸ“Œ 37
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Adrian Macovei (@adrianmacovei) The Bee Hummingbird is the smallest bird in the world!

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NOW!!!!

#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles

#TrumpEpsteinFiles

27.02.2026 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 6289    πŸ” 2291    πŸ’¬ 120    πŸ“Œ 80
Gray striped cat sleeping next to a black Labrador Retriever on a dog bed in front of a window with orange and white curtains.

Gray striped cat sleeping next to a black Labrador Retriever on a dog bed in front of a window with orange and white curtains.

Peaceful coexistence πŸ•ŠοΈ #caturday

28.02.2026 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 6479    πŸ” 330    πŸ’¬ 151    πŸ“Œ 24
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🎯🎯

28.02.2026 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 15791    πŸ” 5864    πŸ’¬ 374    πŸ“Œ 213
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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres: β€œMilitary action carries the risk of igniting a chain of events that no one can control in the most volatile region of the world"

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Artistlike (@artistlike) Right. Why, @Katie Couric @Don Lemon @Joy-Ann Reid @Jim Acosta @Jennifer Rubin @Tim Miller @The Bulwark @Sarah Longwell ?

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01.03.2026 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’ve been saying this for months.

26.02.2026 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4259    πŸ” 1868    πŸ’¬ 399    πŸ“Œ 135
Close up on a very fluffy longhaired black cat with yellow eyes, crashed out on a grey blanket on the back of a sofa. There is one of its venerable grey paws visible amid the floof.

Close up on a very fluffy longhaired black cat with yellow eyes, crashed out on a grey blanket on the back of a sofa. There is one of its venerable grey paws visible amid the floof.

In other news... Flatline has been snoring in my ear most of lunchbreak, & would you look at this delightful chonk? A+ studio cat pal, would recommend.

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Czechs got conned by a blitz of Russia's anti-inmigration populism and voted in pro-Russian kleptocrat Babis, who is now doing Putin's bidding, being the ONLY country to aim for a REDUCTION in military spending.

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πŸ‡«πŸ‡·β—οΈ Russian drone approached the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle while it was docked in MalmΓΆ, - SVT

The drone took off from a nearby Russian vessel and flew toward the carrier during its visit to Sweden for a strategic exercise.

Swedish Armed Forces used EW to jam it. Drone disappeared.

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JUST IN: Advisors to Hillary Clinton say the House Oversight Committee’s closed-door deposition has been paused after it was revealed that Lauren Boebert shared an unauthorized photo from the hearing with Benny Johnson, who then posted it on social media, as seen below.

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