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BarbJoan

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Former ESL, reading teacher, and retired elementary principal Love art, oil painting, word puzzles, Lake Michigan, and the Cubs Lived in Turkey, MO, MI, MN, KS, DC, and now Chicago I used to be nice Ally πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ

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One of my gift links, please read.
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28.02.2026 23:13 β€” πŸ‘ 120    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

Thanks for the link!

01.03.2026 06:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just this week:

- Administration is caught hiding evidence Trump sexually assaulted a 13 year old

- Pentagon demands AI companies allow it to use AI for mass surveillance and killer robots

- Trump launches unconstitutional war against Iran

- Pro-Trump oligarch buys CNN

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28.02.2026 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1212    πŸ” 517    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 24

I know this feels pointless but everyone has to call their congressional reps and say they oppose war with Iran and they oppose Trump illegally starting one without congressional approval β€” both

5 Calls can help you make the call:

5calls.org/issue/iran-i...

28.02.2026 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1293    πŸ” 789    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 42
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Iran β€˜Has No Choice’ but to Move Capital as Water Crisis Deepens, Says President People shop water storage tanks following a drought crisis in Tehran, Iran, Nov. 10, 2025. Photo: Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia …

Yes, it is true
www.algemeiner.com/2025/11/20/i...

01.03.2026 05:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I hate to ask this, but Tehran is still on the cusp of running out of water and Iran is running very low on food. Whatever the regime was doing to help is obviously no longer happening, so are we just going to let 7M people die of thirst and 100M starve?

28.02.2026 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 234    πŸ” 68    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 15
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Epstein saying if Trump is β€œcornered like a rat he could begin bombing Iran”

β€œYou guys need to understand that he is psychotic,” Epstein warned handlers.

01.03.2026 03:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1196    πŸ” 637    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 68
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Rutherford Statement on Operation Epic Furry WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Saturday, U.S. Congressman John H. Rutherford (FL-05) released the following statement on Operation Epic Furry, the U.S. military operation in Iran:β€œThe Iranian regime has set th...

Your tax dollars at work: Florida (Congress) Man makes an epic mistake about Operation Epic…..Furry?
rutherford.house.gov/media/press-...

01.03.2026 04:09 β€” πŸ‘ 106    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 9

Just days ago, we found out that Trump is circulating an executive order claiming that China interfered in the 2020 election as a pretext to declare a national emergency and ultimately to declare extraordinary presidential powers over voting.

28.02.2026 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1531    πŸ” 456    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 12

The Washington Post sacked all of its Middle East correspondents a couple of weeks ago. Useful.

28.02.2026 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 765    πŸ” 190    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 5
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Hundreds packed into Chicago's Federal Plaza this evening in protest of the U.S.-Israeli massacre in Iran.

01.03.2026 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1085    πŸ” 294    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

completely forgot about this. they sent a first lady with zero background in foreign policy to lead a security council meeting knowing they were about to start a war of aggression three days prior. if there were a mechanism to kick us out it would be justified

01.03.2026 04:47 β€” πŸ‘ 144    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Live updates: Israel confirms attack on Iran with US help as explosions are heard in Tehran Israel launched a daylight attack Saturday on Iran's capital, with a cloud of smoke rising from the city's downtown near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Iranian Cabinet warns that this "great crime will never go unanswered" after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a major attack by Israel and the United States.

01.03.2026 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 186    πŸ” 73    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 9

So when will Trump attack Russia and China if he’s upset about foreign interference in elections? This is bullshit.

01.03.2026 02:58 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Islamic Republic state media reports that the following three officials will jointly serve as a temporary leadership council, exercising the powers of the Supreme Leader:

β€’ President Masoud Pezeshkian
β€’ Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei
β€’ A jurist from the Guardian Council

01.03.2026 04:06 β€” πŸ‘ 276    πŸ” 116    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 12

That's the plan, and to the extent the Trump admin even wanted to help (they don't), they illegally dismantled the mechanisms for it, like USAID.

It would've served our strategic interests greatly for millions of Iranians to see boxes and crates of vital supplies with U.S. flags on them. Oh well.

28.02.2026 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1419    πŸ” 456    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 11

If America still had the rule of law, this would be the easiest prosecution ever, but we all know absolutely nothing will happen.

01.03.2026 01:15 β€” πŸ‘ 8539    πŸ” 2827    πŸ’¬ 185    πŸ“Œ 226

Relieved it wasn’t hit

01.03.2026 04:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of my very favorite songs

01.03.2026 04:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pining for the Fjords...

01.03.2026 04:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Iranian drone has possibly hit the Burj Khalifa in Dubai

01.03.2026 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 172    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 19
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TODAY: We posted about MAGA Republican state Rep. Susan Lynn posting that her son just got called up and deployed after Trump & Bibi started this war with Iran.

FLASHBACK β€” 2020: Susan posted thanking Trump for β€œnot plunging my son and daughter-in-law into another war” πŸ‘‡πŸ½

01.03.2026 03:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3159    πŸ” 1059    πŸ’¬ 225    πŸ“Œ 53

Trump does unpopular thing in direct violation of a campaign promise, part #976348
It’s not a mystery why his approval rating is 37% and Dems are leading by 10 on the generic ballot in our latest poll. Break enough promises and people start to notice

01.03.2026 03:54 β€” πŸ‘ 704    πŸ” 139    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 3
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Ah yes! He is demised, ceased to be, expired, gone to meet his maker, bereft of life, rests in peace, pushing up the daisies, shuffled off this mortal coil, run down the curtain, and joined the choir invisible.

01.03.2026 04:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Or as Monty Python’s Dead Parrot, he is demised, ceased to be, expired, gone to meet his maker, bereft of life, rests in peace, pushing up the daisies, shuffled off this mortal coil, run down the curtain, and joined the choir invisible.

01.03.2026 04:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Based on what we know about Trump, this scenario seems all too likely.

28.02.2026 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
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I mean he's a nutjob in his own right, but Rand Paul is 100 percent correct about Trump's War with Iran. #IranWar

28.02.2026 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 429    πŸ” 68    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 4
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Trump didn't think this through.

28.02.2026 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 96    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 7