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Former Middle East adviser at the US Department of Defense, Jasmine El-Gamal, has it exactly right.

03.03.2026 13:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4199    ๐Ÿ” 1795    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 179    ๐Ÿ“Œ 146
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two men are talking and one of them says " i do not think it means what you think it means .. " ALT: two men are talking and one of them says " i do not think it means what you think it means .. "
03.03.2026 18:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hillary literally does have the patience of a saint.

03.03.2026 18:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ossoff: "The president owes Americans a real explanation. 2am posts on Truth Social just aren't good enough when you're sending Americans into combat. He was dancing at his beach club the same night he ordered air crews to launch into combat & hours before our service members endured missile salvos"

03.03.2026 03:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20022    ๐Ÿ” 6389    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 540    ๐Ÿ“Œ 242
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who made this

02.03.2026 14:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11092    ๐Ÿ” 5060    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 487    ๐Ÿ“Œ 463
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You cannot talk like this about any other minority in America.

And if it was any other presidentโ€™s adviser who said something like this about any other minority, itโ€™d be the instant end of their presidency.

02.03.2026 07:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23760    ๐Ÿ” 5918    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1719    ๐Ÿ“Œ 632
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Anna Paulina Luna: โ€œIt is not the intention of the U.S. Government to invadeโ€ฆTargeted strategic military strikes and invasions are two totally different things.โ€

@crampell.bsky.social: โ€œTheyโ€™re calling it a war. The President called it a war.โ€

Luna: โ€œStrategic strikes are not war.โ€

02.03.2026 01:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 473    ๐Ÿ” 116    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 148    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24
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The Genocide continues, but news are switched off when it comes to Palestine it seems.

It's all Ep. Files and Ze Dump now, never mind Satanyaho and his Greater Israel plan.
I'd say it's playing out exactly as Satanyaho planned. He'll get his wish. And the world will say "We didn't know.."

01.03.2026 09:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 358    ๐Ÿ” 170    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
Today should be your 38th birthday..
When you lose your son you lose more than a child you lose a piece of your heart and your joy. Life is forever altered, and nothing can ever fill that space. Yet in my soul, he remains, my precious boy, forever loved. His laughter, his smile, and his love are woven into who I am. My love for him will never fade. Yor are my pride and my joy - you've made a change that cannot be broken..

Today should be your 38th birthday.. When you lose your son you lose more than a child you lose a piece of your heart and your joy. Life is forever altered, and nothing can ever fill that space. Yet in my soul, he remains, my precious boy, forever loved. His laughter, his smile, and his love are woven into who I am. My love for him will never fade. Yor are my pride and my joy - you've made a change that cannot be broken..

Alex's mom on his 38th birthday.

02.03.2026 00:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21153    ๐Ÿ” 5290    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 469    ๐Ÿ“Œ 307
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From US admin official background briefing recording listening to, seriously question if US negotiators understood what Iranians were proposing. One official keeps saying acronym for โ€œIAEAโ€ wrong.
They seem astonished Iran would not agree to the US supplying them nuclear fuel
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They took as suspicious proposals that Iran saw as concessionary.
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Explains why Oman FM tried to come to DC to explain what US negotiators may not have fully understood
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Am not saying what Iran proposed would have been enough, I dont know, but it seems US negotiators did not have the expert guidance to understand it correctly

Post See new posts Conversation Laura Rozen @lrozen ยท 2h From US admin official background briefing recording listening to, seriously question if US negotiators understood what Iranians were proposing. One official keeps saying acronym for โ€œIAEAโ€ wrong. They seem astonished Iran would not agree to the US supplying them nuclear fuel Laura Rozen @lrozen ยท 2h They took as suspicious proposals that Iran saw as concessionary. Laura Rozen @lrozen ยท 2h Explains why Oman FM tried to come to DC to explain what US negotiators may not have fully understood Laura Rozen @lrozen Am not saying what Iran proposed would have been enough, I dont know, but it seems US negotiators did not have the expert guidance to understand it correctly

On top of all the reporting that this war of aggression was planned well in advance, it seems that the reporting also indicates that the US political leadership are quite literally too stupid to understand basic diplomacy. I mean literally not smart enough.

28.02.2026 23:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8182    ๐Ÿ” 2459    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 232    ๐Ÿ“Œ 238

Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post offering โ€œfinancial runway." This month it gutted its newsroomโ€”more than 300 layoffs.

Whatever you think of legacy news, the hard data shows us that newspaper closures hurt Americans. Here's how: ๐Ÿงต

28.02.2026 13:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 684    ๐Ÿ” 234    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 29

if you ever called donald trump the โ€œpeace candidateโ€ or expressed a similar sentiment, please have the decency to delete your account and go away and let smarter people discuss politics

28.02.2026 13:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1694    ๐Ÿ” 248    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

Weโ€™ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably wonโ€™t share intel with us. Because people couldnโ€™t vote for a woman.

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there are a lot of people working in the government right now who want to intentionally trigger an apocalypse to create the conditions for the return of jesus christ and I know how crazy that sounds but its absolutely true

28.02.2026 11:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10122    ๐Ÿ” 2581    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 321    ๐Ÿ“Œ 394
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It Can Now Be Plainly Said: Trump Is Planning a November Coup dโ€™ร‰tat During the campaign, it was kind of hard to picture the specifics of how Trump might pull such a thing off. Alas, itโ€™s getting less hypothetical by the week.

New Column: Chilling developments on the midterm elections front. Be very alarmed. newrepublic.com/post/207138/... via @newrepublic.com

27.02.2026 15:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 86    ๐Ÿ” 47    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

This is murder. ICE routinely deposits released detainees far from their home just to be cruel. Itโ€™s standard practice. To do this to a blind man on a wet cold winter day in Buffalo is to know you are potentially sending him to his death.

27.02.2026 16:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4651    ๐Ÿ” 1794    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 252    ๐Ÿ“Œ 83
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Why Biden-era clean energy investment policies had limited political returns | PNAS The Biden Administration enacted the largest federal policy framework to incentivize clean energy and decarbonization in U.S. history. We examine w...

Fascinating new research paper asks: why did Biden receive so little political credit for his enormous investments in manufacturing? Turns out people give all the credit to governors (ironically, in this case, mostly red-state governors who were hostile to the policy!).

26.02.2026 20:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 776    ๐Ÿ” 338    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 37    ๐Ÿ“Œ 19

Mamdani has chosen a stupefyingly incompetent DSA ideologue to run housing policy in New York.

Cea Weaver is a danger to every homeowner and tenant in NYC.

Her Soviet-style policies are coming to a government near you if you don't organize to defeat the DSA.

26.02.2026 22:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Reporter reads allegations against Trump in the missing Epstein documents: This woman says that she was forced to perform oral sex on the president when she was around 13 years old and that subsequent or during that same episode, the president hit her or slapped her in the face.

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A Tale of Two Teamsโ€”Why Trumpโ€™s Joke Wasn't Funny Locker room "jokes" contribute to a bigger problem with how women are treated.

Both U.S. Olympic hockey teams won gold. But only the men got a presidential call and celebration, while the women were met with a joke at their expense. The contrast isnโ€™t just about sports. Itโ€™s about how respect, power, and attention are allocated in our culture.

26.02.2026 21:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2467    ๐Ÿ” 520    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 125    ๐Ÿ“Œ 29

๐Ÿงต It would be easy to say something cynical/clever about right wing Jews failing to see that the movement that spurned Somalians, trans people, immigrants would eventually turn on them, but more than anything I find the "how could you" narrative of right wing Jews deeply sad and even tragic. 1/??

26.02.2026 21:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 113    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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These ICE THUGS are absolutely RECKLESS!
#ICELawlessness

They think nothing of dangerous car chases.

They have no regard for the public safety!

2 weeks ago on 2-16, they killed special education teacher Dr. Linda Davis in Savannah, Georgia in much the same way.

26.02.2026 21:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 749    ๐Ÿ” 533    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 50    ๐Ÿ“Œ 28
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And everyone of them will be micro targeted to swing districts and instantly given the right to vote.

Book mark this.

26.02.2026 20:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 103    ๐Ÿ” 47    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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New York man arrested after calling woman N-word and setting her boots on fire Two men in New York have been arrested after the bizarre scene that took place last week was livestreamed and went viral online.

UNREAL!! Two MAGA scumbags called a Black woman the N word then literally tried to light her on fire. The men have been arrested and charged with a hate crime! thegrio.com/2026/02/26/n...

26.02.2026 21:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 82    ๐Ÿ” 41    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Brian Sicknick family is seeking $200million suing Trump let's hope they win. Saying he had a stroke and that was the problem is ridiculous.

20.02.2026 13:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Call your Congressman and ask if he is in the Epstein files. Post response on @trending.bsky.app

23.02.2026 19:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 903    ๐Ÿ” 281    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 51    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
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โ€œI heard the officer say โ€˜that ainโ€™t shitโ€™.โ€

NASHVILLE โ€” ICE shatter a car window in front of a newborn, refuse to look at manโ€™s license & work visaโ€ฆ drag him out of his car, hit him, mock him for being Guatemalan (heโ€™s from Mexico), laugh when he begs to say goodbye.

24.02.2026 04:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11842    ๐Ÿ” 6428    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 589    ๐Ÿ“Œ 514
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Shift Generation & Transmission Costs to Data Centers; Force the Largest to Provide Energy Storage & Clean Energy The House killed bills that would have saved Virginians money on electricity bills and made it harder to build more dirty fossil fuel energy generation plants. Yet these same bills passed the Senate a...

WOW! As of this morning only about 350 letters had been sent out urging our Delegates to hold data centers accountable and lower our energy costs. BUT after we blasted this call to action, we hit our goal of sending over 1,000 letters to our Delegates. Keep going!

actionnetwork.org/letters/shif...

22.02.2026 19:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2409    ๐Ÿ” 1025    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 46    ๐Ÿ“Œ 26
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Public un-redacted files via Europe

21.02.2026 21:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17900    ๐Ÿ” 5176    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1056    ๐Ÿ“Œ 504

When oligarchs talk of โ€œpersonal liberties and free marketsโ€ they mean their own liberties to become even richer and more powerful.

When oligarchs speak of โ€œfreedom,โ€ what they actually seek is freedom from accountability.

Know the truth.

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