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This is no different from Putin saying MH17 was shot down by Ukraine or Assad saying rebels gassed themselves.

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Can't say as my polling memories from the time are that astute, but I remember Dems generally viewing the JCPOA as one of his most substantive foreign policy successes.

Oh my god the only thing missing is jingling keys and him laughing and clapping like an infant

New Footage Shows Wanted Kinahan Cartel Kingpins Post-Sanctions - bellingcat Daniel and Christy Kinahan have been photographed in Dubai, marking the most recent sighting of the wanted crime bosses since the US levied sanctions against the cartel.

New footage analysed by Bellingcat shows two of the world’s most wanted crime figures, Christy and Daniel Kinahan, appearing openly at a mixed martial arts event in Dubai, despite US sanctions and multimillion-dollar rewards for information leading to their arrest.
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It was about protecting Division III high school girls volleyball.

Eh, it's the same desperation he continually evinced for the Tara Reade accusations to be anything other than the Russian active measure they obviously were...

350,000 peoples’ lives hang in the balance. A majority entered the U.S. legally and have never been in violation of any immigration law. They’ve had to go through multiple background checks. And yet they’re hanging on by a thread, even though the situation in Haiti hasn’t gotten any better.

Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

It doesn’t matter whether the rate of global warming is increasing. It’ll never cease to amaze me that people don’t care that it’s happening at all. It should be the most alarming thing ever.

Markwayne Mullin, perched atop his big boy booster box, ready to debate.

But atop that secret secret police, he'll finally be able to reach the light switch!

I don't think you can fully understand how this fucks over Jamaica, without understanding Cuba medical interventionism.

There is a legal provision in immigration law that someone married to a US citizen can stay in the US while there visa is pending. Immigration officials have long recognized it to allow residency during the wait time. The DHS has just stopped following this part of the law.

I don't get why there's been no substantive pushback from @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social that the EFTA makes zero allowance for DOJ's withholding the production of purportedly duplicate files.

Let’s talk about Graham Platner’s Big Lie, finally. In 2009, at the height of the Gulf War, the Marines barred him from active duty. Platner claims it was his forearm tattoos. But his one forbidden tattoo was the Nazi symbol on his chest. He knew - and he left the Marines rather than give it up. 1/

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a construction worker's outfit. The other shows her in a police officer outfit.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a nurse's outfit. The other shows her in an electrical worker's outfit.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a military outfit while riding aboat. The other shows her in a firefighter's outfit using a firehose.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a Westernwear outfit. The other shows her in a police officer's outfit.

good news. kristi noem has already found eight new jobs

Google pledges roughly three hours of its annual profit to fight climate change Google and others are committing $100 million to combat climate change.

The perfect headline doesn’t exi…

Slurs Filled a Chat Created by a Republican Party Official in Florida

passive voice final boss grand champion honorable mention award for turning slurs into a sentient thing that can do actions www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...

Though perhaps less embarrassing for people of grift?

Congress could, and should, ban this. Impose the same rule nationwide as some states already have: if an incumbent doesn't file for reelection by the deadline, the window to file gets extended a week or two.

Statement from Christopher Parente, attorney for Chicago's Marimar Martinez:

"Everyone involved in the spreading of lies about Marimar Martinez is out of their job. Now it is time for the FBI to do their job and investigate."

Lindsey Halligan Is Under Investigation by the Florida Bar

BREAKING NYT:

Lindsey Halligan, the ex-U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia who brought criminal cases against Trump's enemies over the objections of career prosecutors, is under investigation by Florida's bar association, according to a letter the organization sent last month.

YouTube video by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse Sen. Whitehouse to uncover connections between Trump, Russia, and Epstein.

As a sort of Senate floor epilogue to @craigunger.bsky.social 's "American Kompromat," @whitehouse.senate.gov lays out the decades of intelligence, arms, and sex trafficking connections that link Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump, and Russian organized crime/intelligence services.

I tend to think it's something of a split between a certain left demographic's subconscious embrace of those gender politics and the magical thinking that mere performance of a Platner or Fetterman aesthetic might reverse the MAGA capture of a mythical white working class.

Jon Tester still my favorite Senator I've ever had.

Yeah, this clip will certainly be shown as evidence at the trials.

I’ve spent years, decades, obsessing over the Bush Administration’s Iraq WMD lies, writing about them, debunking them.

I can think of no lie about Iraq WMDs told by Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld et al that comes even close to the enormity and absurdity of this lie from Donald Trump.

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

They killed 180 children and their teachers in a double-tap strike on a school. The girls were 7 to 12 years old.

Gosh if that readily apparent discrepancy hasn't represented an obviously compromising national security vulnerability for the past 25 or so years (hi, Mike Flynn 👋)

Trump plays Reek to Putin's Ramsey, Helsinki 2018.

Who could've ever seen this coming?