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Joe Sudbay

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Mainer in DC. Host “State of the States” on @siriusxmprog.bsky.social Husband of @carlosonhousing.bsky.social. Dog dad to Oliver Wannabe wildlifer

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You would think people that lived through the Iraq War the current popular turn against ICE would be so dense about funding an illegal war that is already unpopular

05.03.2026 03:26 — 👍 95    🔁 15    💬 4    📌 1

“Almost all the 165 people killed in the attack were girls aged between seven and 12, according to local officials. There were around 170 girls at the school in southern Iran’s Minab at the time.“

A double-tap strike on little girls at school.

05.03.2026 01:32 — 👍 1235    🔁 648    💬 26    📌 50

"I was against it before I was for it"

05.03.2026 03:07 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1
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Dem Senator Says He'll Vote To Fund Iran War Just 1 Day After Calling It 'Dumb' While the Arizona Democrat said the conflict wasn’t in America’s “best interest," he told CNN's Kaitlan Collins he'd have the Pentagon's back.

If you vote to fund the war, you support the war.

www.huffpost.com/entry/ruben-...

05.03.2026 02:26 — 👍 678    🔁 163    💬 43    📌 37

A war that isn't a war, documented with videos that may or may not be real, funded by elected leaders who are neither for nor against it, is the most dystopian thing that's happened in my lifetime

05.03.2026 00:59 — 👍 3637    🔁 898    💬 31    📌 27

“I’ve asked God to forgive me, which he has.”

God could not be reached for comment.

05.03.2026 01:02 — 👍 50    🔁 13    💬 2    📌 1

In a functional country based on law and order, Sheehy would be arrested for battery

04.03.2026 23:01 — 👍 318    🔁 81    💬 17    📌 4

This is psychotic behavior by Sheehy. My goodness

04.03.2026 23:33 — 👍 6126    🔁 2186    💬 645    📌 153
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RFK Jr has 'unreviewable' authority to reshape vaccine policy, DOJ lawyer tells judge A lawyer for the Trump administration told a judge on Wednesday that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has such broad authority over vaccine policy that he could even ​scrap re...

A DOJ lawyer argued in court today that RFK Jr. has the absolute authority to recommend (hypothetically) that people get a shot *of* measles instead of *against* measles during a hearing for the lawsuit filed against RFK Jr. by the AAP and APHA.

The good side is seeking a preliminary injunction…

04.03.2026 22:01 — 👍 303    🔁 130    💬 30    📌 18

will Hegseth repeat what he whined about today, "when a few drones get through or tragic things happen it’s front page news"?

Fundraiser is for IA Rep Zach Nunn, "whose constituent was among the four American soldiers killed in the opening hours of the war with Iran"
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/w...

04.03.2026 22:53 — 👍 23    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0
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NOEM: I would disagree with the judge

CROCKETT: I'm sure you would, but can you tell me whether or not you have a law degree?

NOEM: A what?

CROCKETT: A law degree

NOEM: No I do no-

CROCKETT: Okay

04.03.2026 20:52 — 👍 27610    🔁 7125    💬 1012    📌 573
Geoff Bennett O @GeoffRBennett
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Two back-to-back AP News alerts:
1:51PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — White House says
Spain has agreed to cooperate with US operations in Mideast after Trump threatened financial penalties.
2:24PM: MADRID (AP) - Spain's government denies cooperation with US operations in the Middle East, contradicting White House.

Geoff Bennett O @GeoffRBennett X.com Two back-to-back AP News alerts: 1:51PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — White House says Spain has agreed to cooperate with US operations in Mideast after Trump threatened financial penalties. 2:24PM: MADRID (AP) - Spain's government denies cooperation with US operations in the Middle East, contradicting White House.

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BREAKING: Fox News, citing a US official, claims that thousands of Iraqi Kurdish fighters have begun a ground offensive targeting Iran.
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UPDATE: Iraqi Kurds denying the report.

Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @1m BREAKING: Fox News, citing a US official, claims that thousands of Iraqi Kurdish fighters have begun a ground offensive targeting Iran. 0 4 0 9 ıhl 469 X 企 Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @- 4m UPDATE: Iraqi Kurds denying the report.

Could trace a lot of problems back to when we entered the "just print whatever bullshit I tell ya" stage of the media

04.03.2026 22:34 — 👍 94    🔁 24    💬 3    📌 2

she didn't get that red MAGA hat in the Oval office for nothing

04.03.2026 22:36 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

The Iran War Powers Resolution vote just failed in the Senate. Party line, with John Fetterman voting no and Rand Paul voting yes

04.03.2026 22:31 — 👍 543    🔁 162    💬 32    📌 53
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"The Court’s order is clear: the referendum election will proceed. I’m grateful to the lawyers in the Office of the Attorney General who worked swiftly and skillfully to ensure that the voices of Virginians will be heard at the ballot box.” - AG @jonesjay.bsky.social bluevirginia.us/2026/03/brea...

04.03.2026 22:17 — 👍 13    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
The preliminary Pentagon cost estimate of the war in Iran is $1B a day, a congressional office told me.

The preliminary Pentagon cost estimate of the war in Iran is $1B a day, a congressional office told me.

(1) This means it probably cost a lot more than that.

(2) Think of all the better possible uses!!

04.03.2026 20:55 — 👍 85    🔁 23    💬 5    📌 3

Thanks to Rep. Nancy Mace and a united @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social Committee, we just forced a subpoena to Attorney General Pam Bondi for testimony.

We have serious questions. Release the files, NOW.

04.03.2026 20:49 — 👍 260    🔁 57    💬 10    📌 2

"one day he is not gonna be president anymore" is something a whole bunch of people need to start taking into account...

04.03.2026 19:23 — 👍 237    🔁 50    💬 6    📌 0
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Balint to Noem: "You're the secretary of DHS -- for now. And you think you're immune from accountability. But I promise you this: one day he is not gonna be president anymore. And when that day comes, we will still be here. And in hearings like this, we are going to continue to prove your guilt."

04.03.2026 19:13 — 👍 23610    🔁 6372    💬 974    📌 554

When things are going great

04.03.2026 19:04 — 👍 928    🔁 127    💬 40    📌 4
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Karoline Leavitt says American boots on the ground in Iran are "on the table"

04.03.2026 18:52 — 👍 962    🔁 372    💬 261    📌 265

Iran-Contra happened 40 years ago! It *literally* involved the US selling weapons to... Iran.

So, the argument is we were funding the armed forces of a country we were at war with?

04.03.2026 18:36 — 👍 1550    🔁 448    💬 39    📌 12

Trump is *outright saying* he thinks the runoff should be canceled!

"The Republican Primary Race for the United States Senate in the Great State of Texas ... cannot, for the good of the Party, and our Country, itself, be allowed to go on any longer."

And yet he hasn't canceled it. Funny that.

04.03.2026 18:40 — 👍 53    🔁 12    💬 5    📌 1
Four people, with their hands up, standing behind 2 people sitting. 

The four people standing are US citizens who were detained, the two people are families whose family members were killed by migrants.

Four people, with their hands up, standing behind 2 people sitting. The four people standing are US citizens who were detained, the two people are families whose family members were killed by migrants.

Jayapal is now introducing 4 US citizens who were detained for at least 6 hours merely for observing ICE.

Kristi Noem sent a much-delayed list of USCit detained by ICE yesterday. None of these four were on the list.

04.03.2026 17:24 — 👍 1612    🔁 483    💬 11    📌 13
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Arkansas Democrats just flipped a Republican seat It's the ninth red-to-blue pickup in a special election in Trump's second term

In case you missed it last night, Democrats flipped a state House seat in a special election in *Arkansas*.

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders tried hard to delay this race as long as possible. If she was worried, she was right to be.

Get caught up with our full writeup on Alex Holladay's big win →

04.03.2026 15:47 — 👍 82    🔁 24    💬 0    📌 2

I agree, quite apart from the merits of the case. Alito could only defend the Supreme Court's authority to intervene by grievously misrepresenting the facts. The reality is that there's no plausible argument SCOTUS had the power to do what it did. Why didn't that matter to six justices?

04.03.2026 16:04 — 👍 1475    🔁 434    💬 32    📌 13
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CORREA: What do you suggest I tell my constituents? Have a passport with you all the time?

NOEM: No. I would tell your citizens to be grateful they live in this country where President Trump is upholding the law. We will help them self-deport.

CORREA: These are American citzens!

04.03.2026 17:39 — 👍 4445    🔁 1301    💬 233    📌 126

Jesse Singal: “I don’t understand why all these experts with degrees keep disagreeing with me. So demoralizing. What could the explanation be??”

04.03.2026 17:14 — 👍 7999    🔁 1429    💬 146    📌 51

"When you're governor you can come and tell me"

04.03.2026 16:34 — 👍 13    🔁 3    💬 3    📌 0
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Randall on Mississippi: "One of the perpetrators of that fraud? Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre, who received $1.1m from the govt for speeches he never made. Congressional Republicans' response was to invite Favre to testify about how we should strengthen oversight of federal welfare programs."

04.03.2026 16:22 — 👍 3943    🔁 1201    💬 39    📌 46