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Musk on trial over tweets ahead of Twitter purchase A group of investors allege that Musk publicly attacked the company in a ruse to drive down its market value and benefit himself at their expense, a charge he denies.

Billionaire Elon Musk’s brief effort to back out of buying Twitter in 2022 is the focus of a trial that has kicked off over claims he manipulated the company’s stock price to get himself a better deal.

Literally, the "moderates" are the ones spending millions AGAINST Democrats, such as Zohran Mamdani who are wildly popular.

They represent corporate interests, not Americans' best interest, and they will help Democrats continue to lose.

It's time to stop behaving like cult members.

U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war.

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints.

One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

After Khamenei, What Now? Iranians want democracy. Trump wants a brief conflict. Neither seems likely.

"Iran has had coherent opposition movements over the decades that have managed to create nationwide movements and strikes. Almost all of them have been systematically destroyed: people arrested; people killed; people exiled."
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...

Can Progressives Save the Democratic Party and America?

The main priority of "centrist" Democrats, funded by corporate money, is to weaken the progressive wing of the party. @saikatforcongress.bsky.social, cofounder of Justice Democrats, sees another path forward.

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Today is Day 17 of the GOP's DHS shutdown — a shutdown that’s only happening because Republicans refuse to hold ICE and CBP to the same sort of standards as law enforcement — and now the GOP wants to use Trump's Iran war to get Democrats to cave and let them shovel billions more to those agencies.

AIPAC should be a litmus test for Democrats ahead of the 2026 elections. It's primary season. There's time to pressure them right now. There's no reason why any Democrat is still willing to take money from the pro-Israel group funded by GOP billionaires and extremists.

The ouster of at least a dozen staffers from a counterintelligence unit, known as CI-12, which operates out of the Washington Field Office, was ordered by FBI Director Kash Patel, according to four former officials familiar with the dismissals. The dismissals came just days before the start of Operation Epic Fury and, separately, a deadly mass shooting at a bar in Austin, Texas, by a man reportedly wearing a sweatshirt that said, “Property of Allah,” beneath which was a T-shirt that was “emblazoned with a design similar to the Iranian flag,” CBS News reported Monday. CI-12 focuses on media leaks, global espionage, and international threats against America emanating from countries such as Cuba and Iran, former FBI officials tell the Sun. More broadly, CI squads are the lead domestic teams for investigating insider threats and foreign intelligence activity on American soil. In 2020, CI-12 assisted in monitoring potential retaliatory actions by Iranian-backed actors on American soil following a U.S. drone strike near Baghdad International Airport that killed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps major general Qasem Soleimani, an operation ordered by Mr. Trump, former FBI officials tell the Sun.

Kash just fired some counter Iranian espionage agents.

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Texas Democrats are ready to hit the ground running—regardless of what happens on the other side of tomorrow’s primary. Hear all about it in our full conversation with @texasdemocrats.bsky.social Chair @kendallscudder.bsky.social, find it everywhere you stream Progress Texas Podcasts.

Q: "Do you think Trump should be deposed by this committee?"

HILLARY: "Absolutely. Trump has been held civilly liable for sexual assault by a jury of his peers. That is behavior that fits a pattern."

Today was an important day for the opposition movement. The law firms that stood up against Donald Trump threats won.

Those that capitulated and collaborated with Trump will need to explain to their families, clients and future generations why when democracy was at stake they were such cowards.

US urges citizens to immediately leave over a dozen Middle East countries The latest advisory includes Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, according to a State Department official.

The latest advisory includes Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, according to a State Department official.

Happening now: anti-war protestors are gathereing in Chicago's Congress Plaza for a demonstration against ongoing U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran.

Tonight's rally follows a similar protest in Chicago on Saturday; other anti-war actions are being planned across the city over the week.

Trump Administration Moves to Allow Intelligence Agencies Easier Access to Law Enforcement Files “None of this has been thought through very carefully,” one official said of the plans, which upend long-standing restrictions meant to protect Americans’ privacy.

“None of this has been thought through very carefully,” one intelligence official said of plans to share criminal case information with intelligence agencies. “There are a lot of privacy concerns out there, and nobody really wants to deal with them.”

By Killing Khamenei, the West Created a Martyr – and Mainstream Media Is Ignoring the Muslim Backlash Ali Khamenei was not Saddam Hussein or Muammar Gaddafi. Killing him will have religious reverberations throughout the Muslim world for years to come.

"By killing [Khamenei], the US and Israel didn’t just strike Iran’s government. They struck a spiritual leader with transnational religious authority – and created exactly the kind of martyr that galvanizes movements for generations." - fascinating and important piece by Iran scholar Narges Bajoghli

I want to walk you through why it’s nearly certain Trump’s Iran War is going to be a massive, deadly, trillion dollar failure. And why you should be furious he’s set us on this path.

I've radically revised and expanded this piece to try to keep up with the torrent of bullshit coming from the administration.

The key point remains: there was no imminent threat to America. This is a war of choice lacking a single compelling justification.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-reason...

🚨 SCOOP: Three Democrats blocking an effort to stop Trump from escalating war with Iran have taken a combined $1.7 million from a powerful pro-Israel lobbying group backing Trump’s military offensive.

US President Trump says the campaign to hit Tehran’s missile and nuclear capabilities could last around four weeks as Iranian attacks on Gulf energy infrastructure raise global oil prices.

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ICE is directly interfering with medical care in hospitals and clinics nationwide

Nearly 40 have died, with critical meds and care being withheld

That’s not justice, it’s inhumanity

Thankfully @gavinnewsom.bsky.social is taking the lead in safeguarding patient care.

Apollo, Leon Black sued for allegedly concealing Epstein business ties from shareholders Shareholders sued Apollo Global Management and ​its billionaire co-founders Leon Black and Marc Rowan on Monday in a proposed class action for ‌allegedly defrauding them for nearly five years about the private capital firm's business dealings with disgraced sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Apollo, Leon Black sued for allegedly concealing Epstein business ties from shareholders reut.rs/46ComYP

There is no “transforming” or “containing” ICE. See recent research on body cams which is the reform Dems key demand.

Abolish ICE (including CBP) is the only viable position. Vote accordingly.

@mn50501.bsky.social

3/01/26
On Dakota land, a Dakota woman was arrested just for protesting ICE. Manifest Destiny didn’t go away, it just rebranded.

BREAKING: Saudi defence ministry says US embassy struck by two drones

So, how's it going, war hawks?

You ready to enlist?

Iran live news: Israel bombs Tehran, Beirut; Strait of Hormuz ‘closed’

Iran live news: Israel bombs Tehran, Beirut; Strait of Hormuz ‘closed’ https://aje.news/pejbig

US Embassy in Saudi Arabia is on flames

Ongoing “lol” at every entity that cuts a lopsided deal with this guy rather than telling him to fuck off

Oligarchs Are Building The World's Biggest Propaganda Machine. Their Success Isn't Guaranteed. America's wealthiest, shittiest people are trying to hoover up the entirety of new and old media companies in a bid to pummel the plebs with propaganda. But what they want, and what they actually get,...

Over at the newsletter I wrote about the Paramount/Warner deal, how it's best viewed as a well-funded attack on informed consensus, and how we still have collective agency to determine whether or not it actually succeeds.

Why is Democratic Leadership taking money from AIPAC after all this?

Tesla’s Giga Berlin reportedly running at 40% capacity | Automotive World Plant management and union representatives have both disputed the figures reported by Handelsblatt. By Stewart Burnett

Tesla’s Gigafactory reportedly produced approximately 149,000 vehicles in 2025, indicating a utilisation rate of around 40%. A Handelsblatt report, claims that Tesla’s flagship plant is facing its lowest volumes following its 2022 launch, when it built 50,300 vehicles following a mid-year ramp.