"No stupid rules of engagement." β Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, March 2, 2026
"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the Middle East." β Reuters, March 5, 2026
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"No stupid rules of engagement." β Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, March 2, 2026
"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the Middle East." β Reuters, March 5, 2026
A massive crime, whether fired by AI or a human.
06.03.2026 03:16 β π 14 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
This from 2024 is essential reporting about AI, target generation, and tempo, deadly deadly deadly tempo.
www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-...
All in the first day of the war.
06.03.2026 03:13 β π 12 π 6 π¬ 0 π 0Worse than the worst War on Terror drone strikes. By innocents killed, worse than multiple of the worst drone strike errors combined.
06.03.2026 03:03 β π 236 π 83 π¬ 10 π 0Exclusive: US military investigators believe it is likely that US forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on February 28 but have not yet reached a final conclusion or completed their investigation reut.rs/40b19JN
06.03.2026 03:10 β π 43 π 42 π¬ 5 π 8
Reuters Exclusive
"U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school."
"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the βMiddle East."
"Trump Says 'I Guess' Americans Should Worry About Iran Retaliating on U.S. Soil: 'Like I Said, Some People Will Die'
Quite the headline from People.com
people.com/trump-says-i...
Trump on terrorist attacks in America: βLike I said, some people will die. When you go to war, some people will die."
06.03.2026 01:03 β π 1479 π 633 π¬ 384 π 250Uhhhhh
06.03.2026 01:17 β π 35 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Man what
06.03.2026 01:16 β π 870 π 95 π¬ 51 π 5
BREAKING:
The Justice Department just posted online three FBI interviews that had been missing from the massive trove of Epstein files initially released.
They're related to unsubstantiated sexual assault allegations against Donald Trump.
DOC 1: www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
Anyway, can someone remind me who the heads of the DHS and FBI are at the moment?
Surely they will stop any such an attack.
The thing about Jessup is that he is a delusional coward who likes barking old chestnuts about abstractions like "honor" and "code," while it's the JAG lawyers and the enlisted marines who deal in the realities of what an operational military actually involves. So I see why these guys like him
06.03.2026 00:40 β π 226 π 33 π¬ 6 π 0I continue to be gobsmacked at 1) how common this formulation is 2) how antisemitic and generally bigoted it is 3) and how for all the talk of anti-semitism this is never cited as an example even though itβs quite literally the original incarnation.
05.03.2026 23:26 β π 6217 π 1557 π¬ 263 π 48we really doing a third bush term
05.03.2026 22:24 β π 203 π 23 π¬ 4 π 3
π¨NEW EPISODEπ¨US Forces lie to the people of the Great Plains, convince them they are under the protection of the US government for the purpose of negotiations and commit a crime so horrible that it forces congress to investigate
m.soundcloud.com/llbdpodcast/...
It was funny to see, I don't even remember which US newspaper it was anymore, but an obit of Ali Khamenei said something to the effect of "he lived a paranoid life in which he believed the US and Israel were out to kill him, which eventually happened"
06.03.2026 00:22 β π 1391 π 267 π¬ 12 π 2you can impeach people after they've been removed from office for the crimes they did while in office and the failure to do so to george w. bush is one of the reasons we wound up here
06.03.2026 00:14 β π 112 π 34 π¬ 2 π 2"Hey Congress, how about several billion dollars more in supplemental appropriations for the unnecessary regional war I started for entertainment?"
05.03.2026 21:37 β π 70 π 20 π¬ 2 π 0the rare trump story i 100 percent believe. we canβt say we werenβt warned.
05.03.2026 23:35 β π 39 π 14 π¬ 1 π 0Stunning
05.03.2026 23:40 β π 37 π 14 π¬ 2 π 1It implies exactly what you think it implies
05.03.2026 23:37 β π 368 π 78 π¬ 8 π 0Trump 2.0 is a neocon project in practice
05.03.2026 23:34 β π 17 π 6 π¬ 1 π 0What does this imply for those of us who are not Christian, and who labor under the assumption that we're protected by the First Amendment?
05.03.2026 20:33 β π 4584 π 1107 π¬ 379 π 275It implies that we are visitors in someone elseβs country.
05.03.2026 23:24 β π 2471 π 492 π¬ 91 π 9
First reported by @decaturish.bsky.social, GA State Sen. Elena Parent will not seek reelection.
In 2025, Parent, who represents one of the most progressive districts in the South, east of Atlanta, dared a trans parent to find someone to challenge her for reelection in a recorded anti-trans screed: