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podcast host,interviewing journalists fr every major outlet|poli-sci|studying the Radical Right, extremism |Substackβ€”subscribe πŸ™πŸ«Ά https://open.substack.com/pub/maryangelaperna?r=utry&utm_medium=ios | other links: https://bio.site/maryangelaperna

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Never underestimate the eagerness of our press to abase and disgrace themselves for foreign billionaires

08.03.2026 02:18 β€” πŸ‘ 90    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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What a thin skinned tiny little baby and an absolutely unqualified disgraceful ass canoe.

Trump will be forever seen as a low point for America

07.03.2026 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3719    πŸ” 730    πŸ’¬ 430    πŸ“Œ 56

So Russia is helping Iran target American troops. Ukraine is offering drone defense.

Guess who Trump NEVER ONCE has EVER criticized?

Correct. Russia

08.03.2026 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3511    πŸ” 931    πŸ’¬ 153    πŸ“Œ 24
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β€œThe Last Republican” β€” now free to watch on YouTube.

β€œA compelling portrait of political courage in an era when courage is in short supply.”

β€œIt’s less a political documentary than a study of the personal cost of telling the truth in modern politics.”

youtu.be/HmL_2PKL9o4?...

08.03.2026 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 850    πŸ” 165    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 5

I’m so freakin angry. We all should be so deeply angry. We need a robust and very active anti-war movement

07.03.2026 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is a major victory for those suing Kari Lake and USAGM, coming a year after the ruthless destruction of the Voice of America, a beacon of US public diplomacy as an independent broadcaster in nearly 50 languages. Only a faΓ§ade remains in a few languages, pumping out administration propaganda.

07.03.2026 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 338    πŸ” 79    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3
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A federal judge in DC rules that Kari Lake was not lawfully appointed and that actions she took as the claimed head of USAGM "shall have no force or effect," including last August's RIFs at the Voice of America.

07.03.2026 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4740    πŸ” 1447    πŸ’¬ 94    πŸ“Œ 88

What bums me out is that the Iranian people are unquestionably a great people and they're just stuck in the middle of a power struggle between two atrocious authoritarian regimes

08.03.2026 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 177    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 1

πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ‘†πŸ‘†πŸ‘†πŸ‘†

08.03.2026 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The loss of 92,000 jobs in February is the latest sign that job creation has been low under Trump. Trust in him on the economy is abysmal. And as long as Stephen Miller's ethnic cleansing is Trump's immigration agenda, he'll continue tanking on that as well. 5/

newrepublic.com/article/2074...

07.03.2026 13:04 β€” πŸ‘ 571    πŸ” 90    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Support for the Iran war is at an abysmal 38%, per G. Elliott Morris's average of polls. That's the lowest initial support for a war in memory. Also, CNN finds 59% don't trust Trump to make right decisions with force in Iran. There's no rally-around-flag effect. 4/

newrepublic.com/article/2074...

07.03.2026 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 937    πŸ” 206    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 15
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Hegseth and Stephen Miller ridiculed "rules of engagement" and vowed this war won't be "politically correct." Now it looks like we may have bombed an elementary school. Hegseth/Miller's certainty that their version of "strength" would have support is imploding. 3/

newrepublic.com/article/2074...

07.03.2026 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1353    πŸ” 273    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 22

The president wore a red tie and a baseball cap to a ceremony in honor of fallen soldiers.

07.03.2026 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2098    πŸ” 556    πŸ’¬ 295    πŸ“Œ 50
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What Mohammed bin Salman Fears Most From the Iran War Middle East scholar Bernard Haykel explains Tehran’s retaliation calculus, the risk of regime collapse, and how Saudi Arabia’s crown prince views the conflict.

β€œThis is not a war that has been thought through at all.”

β€” Bernard Haykel, professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton

This interview is very much worth your time.

(And that’s a gift link ‡️)

www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

07.03.2026 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It could not be more obvious that the president does not care about US service members and in fact regards their deaths as mere political inconveniences. He has more sympathy for Putin than Americans who died because he decided to wage illegal war. Just listen to him.

07.03.2026 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 11813    πŸ” 2844    πŸ’¬ 405    πŸ“Œ 109
CNN gas tracker: $3.41

CNN gas tracker: $3.41

vibe check: CNN now has a gas tracker on their front page

07.03.2026 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1753    πŸ” 355    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 109
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WATCH β€” @katiecouric.bsky.social : β€œSome πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ military commanders have described what’s happening in Iran as a β€˜Holy War’, part of God’s divine plan, with references to Biblical prophecy, that Trump has been anointed to cause Armageddon and mark Jesus’ return to Earth.”

07.03.2026 22:29 β€” πŸ‘ 743    πŸ” 312    πŸ’¬ 128    πŸ“Œ 51

LMAO

07.03.2026 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Remember when she didn’t even make it to Iowa for the first primary? I do

07.03.2026 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Freakin exactly. Thank you for saying what’s obviously true in such a succinct way πŸ™

07.03.2026 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This insistence that we cannot talk about what Kamala did wrong is deeply counterproductive if your goal is winning in the future, a thing I hope we all agree on.

07.03.2026 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 167    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Raise your hand if the thought of her running again, given everything we’re going through now give you tremendous anxiety? πŸ™‹β€β™€οΈ

07.03.2026 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What are you talking about? Telling Walz to stop calling the right wing "weird" and joining forces with the friggin' Cheneys while telling anti-genocide protesters to be quiet was top notch campaigning!

07.03.2026 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 206    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Bingo. And unless she 1/ fires those horrible dem consultants, 2/ figures out how to inspire folks, I really hope she doesn’t run again

07.03.2026 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I VOTED FOR HER! I am talking about her failure to persuade voters who didn't turn out for her. Rattling off a list of shit Trump has done at me doesn't make sense. You're just insistent on keeping your head in the sand.

07.03.2026 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1182    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 0

I not only voted for Harris, I volunteered countless hours to her campaign. I would absolutely do it again if she were on the ticket in the general.

But, I hope we can all acknowledge that she ran an uninspiring campaignβ€”right after Dem consultants got in. (liz Cheney, etc).

So, I agree with you

07.03.2026 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m so freakin angry. We all should be so deeply angry. We need a robust and very active anti-war movement

07.03.2026 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Trump saluting a flag-draped casket carried by soldiers, wearing his standard ill fitting suit and a white baseball hat that says USA in gold letters visible from space

Trump saluting a flag-draped casket carried by soldiers, wearing his standard ill fitting suit and a white baseball hat that says USA in gold letters visible from space

I think it's great that the president put on his most solemnly branded baseball cap to receive the returning coffins of soldiers killed in the unnecessary war he launched to distract from his failing presidency and pedophilia scandal.

Look at that gold-like letting. Classy as shit.

07.03.2026 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 4897    πŸ” 1117    πŸ’¬ 320    πŸ“Œ 131
Reporter: Did the US bomb an elementary school and kill 175 people?

Trump: Based on what I’ve seen, it was done by Iran. 

Reporter: Is that true Mr. Hegseth?
Hegseth: We’re investigating. 

Trump: It was done by Iran. They are very inaccurate with their munitions.

Reporter: Did the US bomb an elementary school and kill 175 people? Trump: Based on what I’ve seen, it was done by Iran. Reporter: Is that true Mr. Hegseth? Hegseth: We’re investigating. Trump: It was done by Iran. They are very inaccurate with their munitions.

this is unspeakable

07.03.2026 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 5164    πŸ” 1301    πŸ’¬ 363    πŸ“Œ 138
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@repbonamici.bsky.social speaks out against RFK Jr. (and his video with Kid Rock #standupforscience

07.03.2026 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 93    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1