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Chris Lombardi

@chrisblue.bsky.social

Bronx-born Philadelphian. #Journalist. #Author of 'brilliant but disturbing' books from The New Press and Mumblers Press. No longer on Substack; find me on Medium, WagingNonviolence.org, On Watch, and an oped near you. #Disabled from 40 yrs of MS.

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After Hegseth Cut Ties, Harvard Offers Workarounds for Troops

After Hegseth Cut Ties, Harvard Offers Workarounds for Troops www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/u...

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national security is my passion

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January 31st, 2012. We called in A-10s. Killed four Taliban. I remember the bodies. Teenagers. Twisted wrecked flesh

Making killing a video game isn’t just obscene. It’s a lie. It papers over what violence is and what it does to the human body, and to our soul. Truth is always the first casualty.

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In Refusing to Impeach Trump, Congress Has Failed the American People and the World | Common Dreams Where would we be if the opposition party had followed through on that vote in April? What if DOGE; illegal firings of federal workers; and wildly destabilizing, illegal tariffs had been enough for Co...

In Refusing to Impeach Trump, Congress Has Failed the American People and the World www.commondreams.org/opinion/cong...

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Garbage In, Carnage Out The harrowing lessons of the Pentagon’s recently dissolved partnership with Anthropic.

DavidFutrelle@mastodon.social - I'm in The Nation, talking about Anthropic and the politics of killbots.

www.thenation.com/article/worl...

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International Armed Conflict laws govern, no matter how the countries involved authenticate their own choices

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Bernie praises Talarico's campaign

"I think he stands an excellent chance to become next senator from Texas. I have always believed that Texas has the potential to be a progressive state."

Says he'll campaign for Talarico if asked.

cc @chuckrocha.bsky.social

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With Obama and Howard Dean as experts

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Pete Hegseth Got New Call Of Duty, Mom Ordered Pizza, Says We Can Stay Up As Late As We Want Later we can sneak into his dad's office and look at his Playboys!

The transcript is unbelievable.

open.substack.com/pub/wonkette...

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Like Girls 5Eva?

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White House arranges jet to evacuate Trump advisors while thousands of Americans remain stranded in Middle East | LBC More than a million Americans are believed to be in the Middle East, with around 9,000 having already returned home

www.lbc.co.uk/article/jet-...
They can evac SOME people

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Content for Fox, incl people dying

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Drake University student Declan Coady among six service members killed in Kuwait on March 1 - Little Village Sgt. Declan Coady of West Des Moines was killed on Sunday while serving in Operation Epic Fury, the Pentagon announced on Wednesday. The 20-year-old Army Reservist was one of six […]

Killed at 20 by a drone.
littlevillagemag.com/sgt-declan-c...

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Wednesday Afternoon Updates as War Escalates, Economic Strain Grows, and Democrats Surge at the Ballot Box β€” 3/4/26 Hi all, Ben here.

"At least 1,097 civilians have been killed in U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran since Feb. 28, including 181 children under 10, according to monitor HRANA." www.meidasplus.com/p/wednesday-...

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But the oilogarchs will make out! Including 4547, who already drank the VZ oil

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There's now an MOS in "screwing the Kurds.'

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Sounds like hiring lazy white men may have spurred the diversity push?
''Duvall was terminated for performance issues, including walking off stage while giving a public presentation. Novant Health said he was given a job coach and more public speaking opportunities but Duvall delegated those."

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Perhaps not surprising when waging a jointly planned air campaign with Israel that US would begin to mimic Israeli practices, under current leadership…but that was fast and seems to suggest CENTCOM consciously drawing lessons from Israeli air operations not only in Iran/Lebanon/Yemen but also Gaza.

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They're BOTH deep in crypto? Oy

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He also talks about nonviolence and means it. I'm a Crockett stan, but now we can concentrate on making her House Speaker

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And with the fact that writers/sources we once thought reasonable have no idea they've been played

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