Todd @redacted Why are we bothering with the Strait of Hormuz when we could simply do this? Explain it to me like I'm 5. Satellite view of the Strait of Hormuz, Todd as drawn a line then labelled it canal RIOS 508 @redacted MOUNTAIN HARD AND BIG, WATER NO UP. MANY MANY DIG DIG.
We have the meme for that!!!
07.03.2026 17:57 — 👍 30 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 2
It's impossible to tell the Selma and Bloody Sunday story if you erase Jimmie Lee Jackson.
It's literally sanitizing the story.
There's also the story of Amelia Boynton. Famously photographed beaten unconscious.
She would reprise her Selma March with President Obama at the age of 109
there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for
07.03.2026 15:46 — 👍 10507 🔁 3300 💬 64 📌 82
LA City Council’s City President Marqueece Harris-Dawson says he has been pulled over four times while a member of the council; the most recent was this week. He missed a committee meeting because of the stop, according to him.
Among the questions: “how do you have this vehicle,” according to him.
It’s not enough for Democrats to say Trump’s war rationales haven’t been fully explained. The problem is that they are patently false. trib.al/3KARfN0
07.03.2026 12:00 — 👍 218 🔁 86 💬 19 📌 11
Iran retaliated with missile and drone bombardments against U.S. bases and allied territory, targeting military facilities across the Gulf, including Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. One Iranian drone killed six American service members at a U.S. command center in Kuwait. Asked whether Americans should be worried about retaliatory attacks at home, Trump acknowledges the possibility. “I guess,” he says. “But I think they’re worried about that all the time. We think about it all the time. We plan for it. But yeah, you know, we expect some things. Like I said, some people will die. When you go to war, some people will die."
Donald Trump’s White House is blocking top US intelligence agencies from warning law enforcement across the country about rising threats to the homeland tied to his war with Iran, the Daily Mail can reveal. The FBI, Homeland Security, and the National Counterterrorism Center were preparing to put out a joint intelligence statement on Friday to state and local authorities alerting them of a heightened threat due to the ongoing war in Iran, a senior DHS official said. The bulletin, which was reviewed by the Daily Mail, details 'elevated threats by the government of Iran to US military and government personnel and facilities, Jewish and Israeli institutions and their perceived supporters, and Iranian dissidents and other anti-regime activists in the United States.' 'Radicalized individuals with a variety of ideological backgrounds also may see this conflict or other geopolitical events as a justification for violence,' the report continues. The five-page bulletin blocked by the White House provides specific details on how Iranian proxies may carry out attacks across the country. One section explains how local law enforcement can respond to this type of violence. The official title is 'A Public Safety Awareness Report: Elevated threat in the United States during US-Iran conflict'. Homeland Security broke protocol and gave the White House a heads-up about the nationwide bulletin hours before it was set to be released. Top Trump officials ordered it placed on ‘hold’. The White House did not deny blocking the terror bulletin in a statement to the Daily Mail.
Time: Asked if Americans should be worried abt attacks at home: I guess.
Daily Mail: The White House blocked release of FBI/NCTC warning of elevated risks.
Public health chaos and research funding cuts are inspiring nationwide pro-science protests against the Trump administration
06.03.2026 18:23 — 👍 660 🔁 237 💬 14 📌 11There's a thing that I say on here over and over: the GOP can persist or the Republic can persist, but not both. And most of the time when I say it, I'm talking about the GOP's abandonment of the US Constitution itself. But the GOP's abandonment of facts is also part of this.
07.03.2026 12:03 — 👍 15 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 1
23 year old Ruben Ray Martinez’s last words? “I’m sorry sir”.
ICE shot him 3 times and killed him.
Renee Good’s last words? “It’s ok I’m not mad”.
Alex Pretti’s last words? “Are you ok?”
These are the people DHS calls domestic terrorists. Threats. Aggressors.
Abolish ICE
If you’re a (new) writer and haven’t heard or taken the advice that you should read your work aloud to yourself, just go and listen to some well-written audiobooks and compare them to some not-so-well written ones.
07.03.2026 09:52 — 👍 116 🔁 16 💬 6 📌 7🧵Feels like shouting into the void, but it is essential to note that the Trump/Rubio gutting of the State Department and blowtorching of US diplomatic capacity and credibility is an accelerant to this spiraling war and will seriously undercut US/allied efforts to pick up the pieces after. 1/
06.03.2026 16:25 — 👍 2654 🔁 861 💬 50 📌 101
NEW: Believe it or not, it’s that time of year: the Wisconsin Supreme Court election is next month.
Liberals have a huge opportunity: if they win, they can lock down the majority of this court thru 2030.
That means they’d have it in the next presidential race, a big democracy guardrail.
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An investigation from Transitics has discovered something highly alarming: Indiana AG Todd Rokita has been making a list of trans people. Following in Kansas’ footsteps, he’s preparing to revoke trans people’s documents by declaring them “falsified records.”
transitics.substack.com/p/indianas-a...
New Jersey, Delaware, and other nearby states have increased their minimum wage, but Pennsylvania's has been stuck for 17 years.
07.03.2026 04:01 — 👍 37 🔁 12 💬 5 📌 4I planned to share my report on the body cam footage early next week when I learned that a DC news station had obtained some of the footage as a result of my lawsuit and they were going to scoop me. After working on this for a year, I couldn't let that happen. Published 2 mins before they aired :)
06.03.2026 23:10 — 👍 6141 🔁 1513 💬 79 📌 21
Today I want to talk about Jess’ Rule and Martha’s Rule, two new initiatives across NHS England that I think are really important and you should know about.
Tl;dr: if your symptoms are not improving or getting worse, at home or in hospital, you have the right and Drs the responsibility to review.
WHAT'S UP EVERYONE, ANDREA LAFLAMME IS ON BLUESKY NOW
Sick of Graham Platner's Nazi bullshit? Looking for a younger candidate than Janet Mills? Lucky for us, the great state of Maine has more than two people!!
The lack of proper alt-text for this image is shameful.
06.03.2026 16:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0these food recalls and exposures are going to keep happening under this administration. He changed policy and cut funding in his previous tenure and Biden never fixed it. Now, it is worse. Share widely to protect people.
06.03.2026 14:50 — 👍 77 🔁 61 💬 3 📌 0
Sharing to let people know the article being spread on cities at risk in a nuclear war is misleading/deceptive.
Welcome to chatbot journalism.
Does "Shield of the Americas" mean we launch her into a geosynchronous orbit as a fine mist over the western hemisphere?
'Cause that sounds pretty good, actually.
Optical illusion of a woman bent over some papers. Her sunglasses are pushed up and she is wearing a hair band so the top of her head looks exactly like a Muppet face
Sorry I know the world is in a terrible fix but I've been laughing at this for ten minutes now
05.03.2026 21:49 — 👍 8158 🔁 1954 💬 94 📌 94
MargaretMary Kathleen.
Why yes, we're Irish. Why do you ask?
Correction. Orwell never said this. He did however, warn that: "political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” (That's Politics and the English Language, one of my favorite essays)
05.03.2026 20:07 — 👍 3618 🔁 958 💬 72 📌 12
Just mentioning this to those who may have missed it a day or so ago—new at #Ebooks Direct: DEAD AND BREAKFAST: THE SCREENPLAY. WARNING: contains supernatural horror, the city of London, greedy billionaires, dead people, cold iron, Queens in jeans, and steel-belted radial bacon. 😏dduane.link/DandB
05.03.2026 20:33 — 👍 29 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 0
Again I hear someone claim that a UK GRC requires you to make a “legally binding” promise of some kind. NO. The GRC statutory declaration is of your _intention_ to live in the acquired gender. You don’t later commit perjury by using the wrong bogs.
Where does this myth come from?
POLITICS Trump prosecutor running for appeals court judge Fulton County Deputy DA Will Wooten qualified Thursday to run against Judge E. Trenton Brown III for a seat on the Georgia Court of Appeals. Fulton Deputy DA Will Wooten (left) and and special prosecutor Nathan Wade were part of the prosecutorial team in the case against Donald Trump. (Jason Getz/AJC 2023) By Anna Bower - For the AJC
SCOOP: A prosecutor who helped build the Georgia election interference case against Trump is running to unseat the appeals court judge whose ruling helped bring the case to an end.
Will Wooten will challenge Trent Brown, who wrote the opinion disqualifying Fani Willis.
Me for @ajc.com (link in 🧵👇)
BREAKING: @aoc.bsky.social just came out swinging in the House E&C hearing against dangerous & misguided "age verification" legislation (aka online ID checks) that would force everyone to upload government ID or get a face scan before accessing content or posting online.
Video incoming. This is big
CALL TO ACTION: Today Pam Bondi announced a new rule that would stop state bar associations from investigating misconduct by lawyers. We can work to stop this rule by writing comments stating our objections. youtube.com/shorts/434iX...
05.03.2026 16:09 — 👍 131 🔁 92 💬 11 📌 28Democrats may not be able to prevent Mullin's confirmation, but they can certainly turn his track record of offense and stupidity into two days of televised humiliation so spectacular that he is wounded in Trump's eyes from day 1. That is the job.
05.03.2026 20:14 — 👍 7320 🔁 2021 💬 154 📌 88
