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RayHether

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I’m a former high school drop out who was rescued by federal social service programs (Upward Bound). Ultimately completed MBA in finance and retired in 2021 after years in retail, energy, and state regulatory positions.

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Absolutely

01.03.2026 03:36 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I don't believe anything Iran says about damage, casualties, or any thing.

I don't believe anything Israel says about damage, casualties, or anything

I don't believe anything Trump or US Government says about damage, casualties, or anything

That's the world we live in.

01.03.2026 03:18 — 👍 62    🔁 17    💬 7    📌 0
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in the “big beautiful” bill

01.03.2026 02:48 — 👍 16    🔁 8    💬 2    📌 0
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The most Orwellian thing they’ve tried yet. Starting wars is actually ending wars. We’ll see this repeated continuously until the base adopts it as “their truth”

01.03.2026 03:16 — 👍 29    🔁 19    💬 5    📌 2

Trump has nearly secured his position as dictator.

He openly ignores courts and Congress.

He has a massive state propaganda network.

He has his own private army.

He has a controlled opposition party.

Intelligence and military have shown little pushback.

And he is working on elections.

28.02.2026 15:20 — 👍 527    🔁 264    💬 40    📌 16
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Push from Saudis, Israel helped move Trump to attack Iran President Trump launched a wide-ranging attack on Iran after weeks-long lobbying by an unusual pair of U.S. allies in the Middle East: Israel and Saudi Arabia.

The war was Bibi and MBS' idea.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

01.03.2026 02:56 — 👍 264    🔁 112    💬 23    📌 14
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War Is Peace: Trump's Regime-Change Reversal President Trump launched a war of regime change in Iran without a plan — a move that will demolish America's moral authority in the world.

The self-appointed chairman of the Board of Peace is now bored of peace. Columnist John Avlon on Trump’s reckless attack on Iran.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

01.03.2026 01:07 — 👍 267    🔁 98    💬 13    📌 9
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The AI industry stepped up into the face of the President. TOGETHER. The compliance engine just broke. The AI industry stepped into the face of the President. Together. For fourteen months, every institution in America has folded when this administration pushed. Every ...

Some hope on the AI front?

www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

28.02.2026 22:06 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Donald Trump just started a war and is plotting to steal the 2026 election. Meanwhile, his buddy David Ellison just won control of CNN.

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28.02.2026 16:44 — 👍 4717    🔁 1309    💬 69    📌 15

The further good news on this is that there are really good candidates for Dems in all 3 of these districts, one of which is an open seat being vacated by 0% Black support John James, who is running for governor.

28.02.2026 15:47 — 👍 76    🔁 13    💬 2    📌 0

U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1.5 trillion.

Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.

Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.

The military industrial complex is cheering today.

28.02.2026 19:01 — 👍 10826    🔁 4153    💬 447    📌 200
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Boy, did you ever pick a helluva time to go on vacation

28.02.2026 19:42 — 👍 897    🔁 31    💬 28    📌 3
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A mad king's illegal war on Iran is a cry for regime change...in Washington | Will Bunch Democracy really did die in darkness as Donald Trump's unconstitutional war on Iran stamps America as a dictatorship.

No wonder Trump went to war with Iran in the dead of night, with the Capitol empty, most Americans soundly asleep

This war is illegal. Full stop. The worst abuse of presidential power in American history aims to cement a dictatorship on U.S. soil

My instant column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

28.02.2026 18:32 — 👍 3101    🔁 960    💬 70    📌 36

It’s not supporting the troops to send them off to kill and die in an illegal war of aggression whose purpose is to make sure that their votes don’t count.

28.02.2026 20:01 — 👍 2989    🔁 899    💬 64    📌 18

Well said

28.02.2026 20:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
'Follow the money': Maddow’s INSTANT REACTION to U.S. striking Iran
YouTube video by MS NOW 'Follow the money': Maddow’s INSTANT REACTION to U.S. striking Iran

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiNs...

28.02.2026 20:02 — 👍 6125    🔁 2484    💬 382    📌 210
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ICE is a plague in our communities, stealing away our neighbors and terrorizing residents as they carry out their raids. There is nothing worth saving or reforming within ICE. WE MUST ABOLISH ICE.

Call your representatives and urge them to ABOLISH ICE for the safety of American communities.

28.02.2026 19:44 — 👍 355    🔁 102    💬 9    📌 2
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A courageous and righteous statement from the first Iranian-American Democratic Congresswoman.

28.02.2026 20:10 — 👍 481    🔁 133    💬 6    📌 1
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez challenges systems designed to exclude us. She refuses to shrink, soften or apologize.

When women stand firm, power trembles!

When one woman speaks boldly, millions feel less alone.

That’s not noise!
That’s leadership!

#SheShed
#StrongWomen
#UnapologeticWomen
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28.02.2026 19:53 — 👍 988    🔁 402    💬 25    📌 17

Me, too!

28.02.2026 20:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

They told me if I voted for Kamala the US would continue to be involved in foreign wars, and they were right!

28.02.2026 12:51 — 👍 7222    🔁 1026    💬 182    📌 43

Cornered and caught, exposed before the world, with no way to justify his crimes, Trump can only lash out, distract. Naturally, the next step is to bomb, to destroy, to start wars. This is why he shouldn’t be in there. It’s far too easy to predict his violence. His downfall is global.

28.02.2026 17:57 — 👍 410    🔁 94    💬 21    📌 3

Just as the Framers intended

28.02.2026 20:10 — 👍 2433    🔁 383    💬 12    📌 10
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Betting on Tehran to Break Trump has tied the success of airstrikes to an outcome the United States does not command.

Betting on Tehran to Break... critical analysis on why/how Trump painted himself into a corner open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

28.02.2026 20:15 — 👍 95    🔁 23    💬 10    📌 1

I thought it was a settled issue that (short of nuclear), air power alone could not subjugate a country. He’ll want to send in troops!

28.02.2026 20:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The bombing of Iran will not in the slightest improve the lives of a single American.

28.02.2026 20:13 — 👍 268    🔁 64    💬 9    📌 3

I’m not listening to the people who have cheerleaded for every single war since they’ve been out of diapers while never fighting in one.

28.02.2026 20:16 — 👍 1895    🔁 291    💬 67    📌 10
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Live: Khamenei's body has been found and he is confirmed dead, Israeli official says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there were many signs indicating Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei "is no longer", without explicitly confirming his death.

BREAKING: Khamenei is dead.
www.reuters.com/world/iran-c...

28.02.2026 19:56 — 👍 112    🔁 52    💬 22    📌 42