CNN: Trump underestimated problem of Hormuz
Trump: FAKE NEWZ!!
WSJ: Trump's advisors didn't underestimate the problem, Trump kept the smart ones out of the room and ignored what contrary advice he got
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First Russia benefits from helping Iran target Americans.
Now Venezuela does.
www.axios.com/2026/03/13/v...
JUST IN: With disclosures for a potential vindictive prosecution motion due to the defense on Monday, feds (Pirro) drop criminal case against Army vet who said he burned flag in park to protest Trump pledge to prosecute flagburners. No explanation. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/27...
A Democrat has won the mayor's seat in Boca Raton... by one vote:
Brazil revoked the visa for Darren Beattie.
They should have just arrested him.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...
Under Donald Trump US service members are dying in Iraq again.
Terrible.
Why HAVEN'T we called them clown shoes yet?
Trump fired the people whose job it would be to warn him of the really obvious stuff.
Trump Rewards Russia for Helping Iran Target US Service Members
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What does lifting sanctions on Russia after they gave Iran sophisticated targeting intelligence to Iran, possibly including the attack that led to Pennington's death?
Is this Trump rewarding Russia for (possibly) helping to kill Benjamin Pennington?
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Rush Limbaugh is dead
Henry Kissinger too
And one day we'll add
Trump and Netanyahu
I thought a biblical disaster is what they are aiming for.
Here's @jonseidel.bsky.social's report on the motion, with links to his running count of all the Chicago cases that have collapsed in spectacular fashion.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
DOJ is moving to dismiss charges against two of the defendants in Rabbit (the case in which @katmabu.bsky.social is also charged).
Last month defendants had pointed out that they had MOVED AWAY from the vehicle allegedly obstructed.
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Afro-Cuban, as he describes it. There are also a bunch of Latinos in there.
Prosecutors always called it a "chauvinist" culture.
default judgment for the other side
Someone in NYC should do interviews with middle-school kids who take the subway to and from school every day, to see if they have any advice for Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy who can't seem to go a single day without pissing himself in fear over them.
That's one reason she was able to release the bodycam. Bc they refused to take that down.
BREAKING: powerful iPhone hacking tools used by Chinese criminals originated from US defense giant L3 Harris.
Their zero-click exploits went to Russian spies too.
Unbelievable harm to our collective security.
Scoop: @lorenzofb.bsky.social, here's why it matters 1/
techcrunch.com/2026/03/09/a...
This New Yorker profile of Marimar Martinez--the US citizen CBP shot who survived--includes the friendship she made w/woman she met in jail who had protested her own shooting.
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
I was getting around to it, but yeah!
Trump is in a snit with Spain bc its president Pedro Sánchez has funny ideas about rule of law.
And Trump just took back South Korea's missile defense bc he needs it bc he started a stupid war of choice in the Middle East.
It's only going to get worse from here.
"Shield of the Americas" is an attempt to counter co-host Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil.
Meanwhile, if SCOTUS gives Trump his wish, 300,000 Haitians may be sent back, exacerbating its crises.
Ecuador, which Trump invaded (with consent of govt) last week between Iranian bombing runs, is among the members of Trump's new Authoritarians of the Americas club, "Shield of the Americas." Argentina, Panama, Paraguay, and Uruguay are also members.
Shit. I forgot Jordan. Iran, Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, all impacted by Trump's illegal war.
Now that Iran & the US are fighting over World Cup (be clear: Iran started it; Trump's tweet is a defensive response), let's review OTHER countries North America is supposed to host.
In addition to Iran, Egypt, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia are on State warning list. 1/n
www.fifa.com/en/tournamen...
Every time I describe the function I pause and struggle with the right word. So I appreciate that you called it out.
Slaves. But if I call them that AJ is even less likely to count them.
Migrant workers?
@slotkin.senate.gov: I hope you're asking questions about whether Russia was SPECIFICALLY involved in Benjamin Pennington's death. What appears to have been that strike on Prince Sultan seems like one that Iran would have had a hard time pulling off on its own.
