Tammy Smith 🌹🐸

Today we’re launching a sister publication, Iran War Dispatches. For the foreseeable future, we’ll be launching daily reporting and updates on the war there.

We'll have the human interest lens of The Counteroffensive, but aimed at this region instead.

Sign up — it’s free!

www.iranwar.news

An image for "Run for Something" features three individuals: James Talarico, Nida Allam, and Jasmine Crockett. The text reads, "We're Building the Bench: Next-Gen Leaders. National Stage." The background is a starry black sky.

They started local. Now they’re on the national stage.

From TX to NC, RFS alumni are building the bench:

• James Talarico, U.S. Senate
• Jasmine Crockett, U.S. Senate
• Nida Allam, U.S. House (NC-04)

Next-gen leadership is the strategy.
The primaries are here. Vote.

They are literally trying to convince you that starting a war is ending a war.

The Onion logic feels too normalized for me to laugh. May your sons and daughters find safety in their superior training. May the US Congress find a spine.

YouTube video by Neil Sedaka - Topic The Immigrant

RIP, Neil Sedaka.

youtu.be/pMPbEGzJXg4

Army Reserve changed the description from “drill weekend” to “battle assembly” early in GWOT. I don’t think the finance units got more lethal from the change.

Pentagon appeals order blocking Sen. Mark Kelly’s punishment for call to resist unlawful orders

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is appealing a judge’s order that blocks him from punishing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a former Navy pilot, for participating in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders, according to a court filing.

Trump says "We ended DEI in America" during the #SOTU.

What he means is this administration is working hard to roll back civil rights protections and deny equal opportunity to all.

The Mississippi Free Press is seeking a full-time Capital Bureau Reporter. Read more at mfp.ms/jobs.

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Naval aviator, astronaut, Senator. Capt. Mark Kelly's dedication to our country is beyond reproach, as Trump & Hegseth have learned.

Join our call: Standing Up For Veterans: A VoteVets Exclusive with Senator Mark Kelly on Tues, March 3 @ 5 PM ET.

RSVP now: votevets.org/kelly

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Today is the four year anniversary of the barbaric full scale invasion against the peaceful people of Ukraine.

Peaceful, until roused to defend themselves….

Slava Ukrainii

#MorningVibe

In 1954, Edward R. Murrow reminded us that disagreeing with those in power isn’t the same as being disloyal. He warned against letting fear take over & replacing evidence with accusations.

This is a call to courage. Freedom doesn’t protect itself.

Please, someone get him a different nighttime babysitter whoops I mean intern. Insanity!

If you fear that AI will increasingly do our thinking for us and thereby deprive us of the capacity to reason, analyze, and create, the best thing you can do to forestall that in your own life is to read good books closely, often, and joyfully.

🔥 @jamestalarico.bsky.social to @laurenboebert: “Y'all warned us about government overreach. You warned us government would cancel free speech. You warned us about government usurping the role of the church… All that is now happening and your party is enabling it.”

“merit”

Good news. Now please do the Board of Peace rip off/unilateral 10 billion he said he’s taking.

Recognizing the Women of the Women's Army Corps (WAC) - Ferry Godmother Productions The Women's Army Corps (WAC) was the all-female branch of the US Military during World War II, producing amazing and remarkable women.

Women’s military service has often been overlooked. This article highlights the Women’s Army Corps and why their contributions still deserve recognition.

Read more:
ferrygodmother.com/recognizing-...

#veterans #womenveterans #militaryhistory #recognition #community

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Too late

The bad guys are losing. They’ve pissed off the normies. We’re gonna win.

Roses are red.
Violets are blue.
Democracy needs you.
And local offices do, too.
This Valentine’s Day, fall in love with making change where you live.

Run for office: bit.ly/Run4what 💘

Thank you Senator @wyden.senate.gov!

⚡️ NATO Chief Mark Rutte says Russia is suffering staggering losses and moving through Ukraine at the "speed of a garden snail."

Breaking News! Federal Court Blocks Pentagon From Punishing Retired Senator Mark Kelly. A Major First Amendment Win for Veterans!

@ucmjattorney.bsky.social explains:

😂 [snort]

This is what ICE looks like

We’ve stopped the sale of our public lands before, and we need to do it again. Steve Pearce is gunning for the BLM so he can privatize 245M acres of American land.

Don't let "Selloff Steve" win. Call your Senator and sign the petition to block this nomination.

Take action now: SelloffSteve.com

Yep yep. sigh.

Virginia’s new 11th District is my home, where my kids go to school and where my family built our community. From Vienna to Luray, I can’t wait to visit every corner of the district on the campaign trail.

Follow our campaign stops at TeamBree.com. Hope to see you soon!

#Virginia #NoVA #TeamBree

Paris Prosecutors Raid X Offices Amid Investigation Into Child Abuse and Deepfakes French prosecutors raided the Paris offices of social media platform X on Tuesday as they investigate allegations of child abuse images and deepfakes.

French prosecutors have raided the Paris offices of the social media company X and have also summoned its billionaire owner Elon Musk for questioning.