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My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: 9 (born in Arizona, moved to Babylonia ... )

Several lawmakers said Thursday that the Pentagon relayed that it did not need to know the identities of those being targeted in the attacks, or if those killed had been trafficking drugs. “What they told us is they have to show a connection to a designated terrorist organization or their affiliate, and as long as they can show that connection, they believe they are authorized to strike,” Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-California) said in an interview. But such connections could be as much as “three hops away” from a known drug trafficker, Jacobs told reporters after the briefing.

Off the top of my head, in terms of degrees of separation I managed to get from myself to *Jimi Hendrix* in "three hops," this is a WILD assertion to make

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Last I knew, the average number of hops required to link two people *on Earth* was 2.7.

My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: Ridiculousness

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My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: international balloon race 1921 at the Brickyard, Indy. Or when Roy Hobbes hit his last home run with Wonder Boy

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Must read story. Misinformation from DOGE and Elon about USIP-funded work of an Afghani working with the US against the Taliban leads to his family’s kidnapping by the Taliban

I’ve seen so many people spreading the misinformation that PBS is shut down or is shutting down.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been shut down and PBS has been defunded.

HOWEVER!!! PBS still exists. It is more important now than ever that you donate to PBS if you can.

My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: globo

Trump’s FBI Raid of John Bolton’s Home Looks Like a “Five Alarm Fire” Thus far little is known about Friday’s law enforcement action against a top Trump critic. But we’re seeing an escalation of authoritarian power on many fronts that has grown unmistakable.

This is getting very bad:

*FBI raids top Trump critic's home
*Trump loyalist gins up "mortgage fraud" pretexts for DOJ probes of Schiff, Letitia James, Lisa Cook
*Bannon says ICE will monitor 2026 voting
*DHS memo vows LA operations "for years to come"

New from me:
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No one is more anti-American than these guys. They hate their fellow citizens.

‘I Want to Try and Get to Heaven’: Trump Gets Reflective on ‘Fox & Friends’

Can't he just buy his way in? Because St. Peter ain't waving no America First flags in anticipation
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