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Who knew that the Dubya in George Dubya Bush stood for "Woke" all this time?

Opinion: North Carolina has a lot to lose in Trump’s already unpopular war in Iran The madness of Trump’s war in Iran, and why North Carolina has so much to lose in the fighting.

Grief warning ✋ For @cardinalandpine.bsky.social, I wrote about the war in Iran, specifically about the alleged US-Israel bombing of a school in Minab, and about the terrible position our troops find themselves in today, caught between one liar and the other.

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"When the moral sense of a nation begins to decline, and the wheels of progress to roll backward, there is no telling how low the one will fall or where the other will stop".
Frederick Douglass, 1894

The Matrix’s “Big Lie”: It Didn’t Use Such Vivid Green Colors in Its Premiere One of the characteristics closely associated with this Keanu Reeves action/sci-fi film franchise was not so evident in the first installment.

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We have never been at war with West Asia.

They didn't have to use AI to do this... they just had to go back to the original releases (which didn't have the green filter). The green color grading was added in home video releases in 2004 and kept since.

The original release had a more natural color, including the original DVD/laser disc/VHS.

The Bygone Era of Supreme Court Support for Voting Rights Sixty years after upholding the Voting Rights Act, the Court has dismantled most of it.

Tomorrow marks the 61st anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama. It also marks the 60th anniversary of the Supreme Court first upholding the Voting Rights Act.

We have gotten so, so far away from a Court that cares about democracy.

New from me at @brennancenter.org:

America doesn't do "politically correct wars" anymore. We strike schools and kill hundreds of little girls, because we're big tough strong men who don't apologize.

Russia is providing Iran intelligence to target U.S. forces, officials say The targeting information has included the locations of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East, the officials said.

Exclusive: Russia is providing Iran with targeting information to attack American forces in the Middle East, the first indication that another major U.S. adversary is participating — even indirectly — in the war.

That's exactly it. You can go back to Gamergate and it's clear where this came from, and the answer is not simply "boomers."

Sickening.

NBC News: Are you afraid of a U.S. invasion in your country?

Iranian FM Araghchi: No, we are waiting for them.

NBC News: You are waiting for the U.S. military to invade, the ground troops?

Araghchi: Yes

Yup. But other people were so focused on blaming everything on Boomers that they didn't notice what cretinous "influencers" were doing to Gen Z men.

Gamergate was the preview.

We went from Ok Boomer to Oh no Zoomer

Stokes’ Firing Over Kirk Post Chilled Speech at University of Mississippi, Faculty Testify The University of Mississippi’s firing of Lauren Stokes for sharing a post criticizing Charlie Kirk chilled speech on campus, faculty testified.

A chill fell across the University of Mississippi’s campus when Chancellor Glenn Boyce fired Lauren Stokes for sharing a post that called Charlie Kirk a racist.

It left faculty afraid to speak their minds, several testified in federal court, where Stokes is challenging her termination.

This is an absolutely fantastic article. Dr. Swain is the best.

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These aren't AI... they're just stills from the promo videos she made as head of DHS over the last year.

Donald J. Trump just posted There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!... noW U.S. Employers Cut Jobs in Sign of a Shakier Economy The economy lost 92,000 jobs in February, and the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.4 percent. Follow updates More from Business U.S. gas prices, up 11% in a week, pile pressure on Trump.

The news this morning isn't great.

Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

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 ​Middle East."

Hyde-Smith GOP Opponent Sarah Adlakha Vows to Tackle Corruption if Elected to US Senate Sarah Adlakha, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, promises to crack down on corruption in Washington, D.C. if elected to serve in Congress.

Sarah Adlakha, a Republican candidate challenging incumbent U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Tuesday's primary election, promises to crack down on corruption and reject any contributions from lobbyists while serving in office if she's elected.

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"Forget about next."

ICE arrested Nashville journalist without warrant, attorneys say The journalist, Estefany Rodriguez, was taken to a detention center and remains there as of 3 p.m. March 5.

"She frequently reported on stories critical of ICE for Nashville Noticias, the Spanish-language outlet."

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ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

The New York Times has begun responding to its critics:

A screenshot of the Bluesky app demonstrating how you can now tap the "Translate" button to translate a post without leaving the app.

v1.118 rolls out today!

New in this update: You can now translate posts without leaving the app.

Simply tap "translate" on mobile and your phone's built-in translation takes it from there.

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...

Bernard LaFayette, Selma voting rights organizer, has died Voting rights organizer Bernard LaFayette has died. LaFayette's son says his father died Thursday morning of a heart attack. He was 85.

Bernard LaFayette, the advance man who did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, Alabama, that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, has died.

This is far more threatening to American Jews than anyone's policy views toward Israel

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: