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Progressive politico, school activist, attorney; proud dad of girl & 2 boys, Iowa-born son of immigrants from India, Iowa State alumnus & from a Cyclone family.

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in case anyone ever needed confirmation that it's not about building a democratic Iran, it's about collapsing Iran and turning it into a land of rubble that can be bombed every six months

01.03.2026 02:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1549    πŸ” 587    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 8

Same.

01.03.2026 02:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A bare majority of Latino men voted for Trump? "All Latinos are suspect!!!!"

A huge majority of white people voted for Trump? "We can't castigate all white people!!!!"

01.03.2026 02:19 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump ripped up the Iran nuclear deal and created this mess. Now, he's putting servicemembers in harm's way with no clear plan and no Congressional approval. The American people deserve answers β€” and Congress needs to do its job.

28.02.2026 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4703    πŸ” 1404    πŸ’¬ 190    πŸ“Œ 46

YOUR choice of President is responsible for all this, please direct your grievances to Stephen Miller.

28.02.2026 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump has claimed Iran is building missiles that could soon hit the US. Sources say that’s not backed up by US intelligence. | CNN Politics In his first comments about Saturday’s US military strikes against Iran, President Donald Trump claimed in a video posted to social media that Iran has been building missiles that β€œcould soon reach th...

CNN has pointed out that none of the pretexts offered for this war (e.g. Iranian ICBMS and advanced nuclear enrichment) appear to be true, as tacitly admitted by the vagueness of the administration's claims. www.cnn.com/2026/02/27/p...

28.02.2026 11:55 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's truly pathetic that Congressional Democrats routinely blow wide-open layups. This war is a wrong decision on both policy and politics. We need more AND BETTER Democrats.

28.02.2026 13:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank god for our insistent Democratic leadership and their precious consultations. We're all gonna make it through this.

28.02.2026 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 96    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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Senate Dems united on Iran procedure but not policy The party base strongly opposes war with Iran, but some Democratic senators are more open to military action β€” provided Congress has a say.

Don't worry guys, Democrats aren't united on Iran but, as of yesterday, almost all of them were "insistent" that Congress would have to be consulted. Insistent! www.axios.com/2026/02/27/i...

28.02.2026 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 112    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 3

Note that Trump is claiming this is about regime change.

Only ... he never actually changed regimes in VZ.

28.02.2026 07:44 β€” πŸ‘ 467    πŸ” 99    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 4

Someone out there has to know Maureen Dowd, right?

Point at her like Donald Sutherland at the end of the Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Bonus points if you can hold up the NYT headline in her face.

28.02.2026 07:26 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

He announced the war on his own neo-Nazi internet message board.

28.02.2026 11:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Iran is truly weak, AND domestic Iranian support for the regime is larger than @wyobronco.bsky.social thinks. Opposition is larger than in any undemocratic nation, and still likely a minority.

28.02.2026 11:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm begging my fellow politicians, Illinoisans, and Americans to realize that right now, we aren't fighting over policy or political party.

We're fighting over whether we're going to be a country rooted in empathy and kindness β€” or one rooted in cruelty and rage.

28.02.2026 00:43 β€” πŸ‘ 21364    πŸ” 5660    πŸ’¬ 599    πŸ“Œ 239

Reminder that Trump gutted VOA Farsi.

28.02.2026 08:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1082    πŸ” 339    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 5

This is going to be an early challenge for the Board of Peace to deal with.

28.02.2026 08:45 β€” πŸ‘ 554    πŸ” 108    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 9
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Farnaz Fassihi
The attacks have come on a Saturday morning, the first day of the week in Iran, with millions of people at work and children in school. Residents in Tehran described scenes of panic and chaos.

21 minutes ago Farnaz Fassihi The attacks have come on a Saturday morning, the first day of the week in Iran, with millions of people at work and children in school. Residents in Tehran described scenes of panic and chaos.

Tehran is a city of nine million people, with 17 million in the larger metropolitan area.

Saturday is the first day of the week for Iranians.

Millions of people are at work, and children are in school.

28.02.2026 07:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1202    πŸ” 552    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 21

Everyone who ever thought Trump needed "kompromat" to keep Linsey Graham enthralled needs to realize that all Graham needed was even the whiff that this attack might come. And it has. These monsters make good bets on Trump.

28.02.2026 09:36 β€” πŸ‘ 85    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wait, Iran was able to hit all.these overnight? I'm misunderstanding this, right? If I'm not, why these countries?

28.02.2026 10:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

operation blowing up residential buildings because a dozen rich old guys got caught molesting teenagers in the 90s

28.02.2026 09:09 β€” πŸ‘ 6620    πŸ” 1824    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

I know it’s old fashioned to care about law. But these strikes against Iran, initiating a (so far, at least) regional war, are illegal.

28.02.2026 10:47 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fascism with Reddit Tendencies

28.02.2026 09:31 β€” πŸ‘ 197    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Huh.

28.02.2026 10:21 β€” πŸ‘ 151    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

"Every time [Democrats have] funded his government, he’s turned around and refused to spend the money as instructed, in violation of the law.

So…stop doing that!"

27.02.2026 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 66    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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From Award Shows to Basketball Games, Caucasians Keep Shouting the N-Word The obsession with uttering the one word that should never be said is peak white rage.

From Award Shows to Basketball Games, Caucasians Keep Shouting the N-Word... horrifying: " Donald Trump is proof of how far you can go by hating Black people" .. also women and immigrants open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

27.02.2026 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 3

Trump’s billionaire allies will now own CNN, Fox News, CBS, WaPo, WSJ and NY Post β€” plus 185+ local tv stations and news in 100 markets.

They also control X, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, WhatsApp, TikTok, Truth and Twitch.

This is all by design to manipulate and surveil us.

Pay attention.

27.02.2026 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1982    πŸ” 940    πŸ’¬ 103    πŸ“Œ 55

It’s not. Its political results are that of a standard European democracy in 2026, mediated through a worse electoral system.

27.02.2026 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 733    πŸ” 109    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 8

🎩 The question isn’t did Donald Trump rape children

He did πŸ’―

The question is are we going to let him get away with it? πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

27.02.2026 12:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1625    πŸ” 464    πŸ’¬ 120    πŸ“Œ 12

Donald Trump is America’s enemy. Once again, he’s declared war on OUR elections. He’s again attacking America’s elections, the heartbeat of our democracy. He’s America’s enemy.πŸ‘‡

26.02.2026 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 256    πŸ” 70    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 1
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America’s Character and the Rule of Law with George Conway III YouTube video by UW Office of Public Lectures

Here's the speech I gave tonight as part of the Univ. of Washington Grad School's Public Lecture.

It's about how impeachment can save our republic and rekindle its spirit of liberty.

Starts 30 minutes in:

youtube.com/live/3UkV400_t0Y?si=2UcSsVW93k-xxqSb

26.02.2026 09:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4485    πŸ” 1145    πŸ’¬ 136    πŸ“Œ 40