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Infectious Diseases MD, vaccine advocate, wife, world traveler, gardener, wine enthusiast, nature lover, mother & dog/cat owner. Cancer survivor due to coverage from ACA. Lifetime liberal. ⚜️ #NOLA

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McGowan: You're saying 46 Americans died, so we should attack this country. Here at home, 68,000 Americans die a year because they don't have health insurance. So, if we're going to spend billions of dollars on something…

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Americans are dying so that Kushner can make money

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Ossoff: "The WH put out a video depicting this war as a video game. When service members are returning in flag-draped coffins, & even more have lost limbs or suffered brain injuries or are fighting for their lives, this WH treats war like a game. It's a disgrace. And it speaks to a moral rot."

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He voted for Kristi Noem to give her a chance. How did that work out?

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‘Use it or lose it’: Pentagon spending binge set record in final days of fiscal year | CNN Politics Pentagon spending in September included nearly $9 million on Alaskan king crab and lobster tails, more than $200 million in furniture and $5.3 million in Apple devices – just some of the expenditures ...

Talk about government waste! I’m talking not only about the money but also the unqualified “leaders”.

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Reminder - the Senate Republicans approved record breaking $190 Billion for Department of Homeland Security & $75 Billion for ICE in the Trump’s Big Bullshit Bill. Meanwhile they are blocking funding for FEMA, TSA & the Coast Guard. www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/minorit...

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What could you buy with the money spent by the US during the Iran war's first week? That can be true with wars, too.

What could you buy with the money spent by the US during the Iran war's first week?

Food for thought.

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As a country we have made a lot of mistakes in foreign wars over the last 2+ centuries. But I’m not sure we have ever looked as feckless, foolish, incompetent and ridiculous at the leadership level than right now.

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I don’t think unconditional surrender is imminent.

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Connect the dots

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This administration is committing Watergate level crimes multiple times per week—and those are the ones we know about. It’s crazy to think about what else will come out after.

It’s absolutely essential these criminals are held responsible for their crimes. We must end elite impunity.

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For this administration, it’s not about doing good, it’s about looking good...even when American lives are on the line.

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A Third of Americans Have Cut Spending or Borrowed Money for Health Care

Welcome to Trump’s MAGA Policies. A Third of Americans Have Cut Spending or Borrowed Money for Health Care.

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This is how our government has been corrupted:

1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat

We must get big money out of politics. It’s the root of all evil in Washington.

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Rand Paul: "As far as reasons for the war, there have been many different ones floated, but none have been very convincing... we were told their nuclear weapons were obliterated, and now we're told their nuclear weapons are just moments away from being a bomb. I don't think the arguments are valid."

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Chris Murphy: "I think it's likely the United States that carried out this attack on this school. I think it's unforgivable under any circumstances, but the fact this was one of our first targeting decisions speaks to the incompetence of our leadership at the Dept of Defense."

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Iran war’s first week cost the U.S. about $6 billion, including roughly $4 billion spent on munitions and missile interceptors.

Source: NYT

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“.. Pentagon officials told Congress that the first week of the war had cost approximately $6 billion ..”

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/u...

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For those who have forgotten the past 40 years:

Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down

Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace

Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs

Folks, we’ve seen this all before.

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> @benstiller.redhour.com

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DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin is one of the most active stock-traders in the Senate — and violated the STOCK Act against insider trading as recently as last August.

He currently holds stock in L3Harris, which has millions in contracts with ICE and FEMA.

The grift continues.

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Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

Reuters Exclusive

"U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school."

"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the ​Middle East."

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Thou Shalt Not Assault Marines While Sending Them To War U.S. Senator Sheehy Is going to Hell.

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seems like detail related to this epstein doc that was disappeared:

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Russia is providing Iran intelligence to target U.S. forces, officials say The targeting information has included the locations of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East, the officials said.

Russia, and Trump's friend Putin, is providing Iran intelligence to target U.S. forces, officials say www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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Justice Department publishes some missing Epstein files related to Trump The Justice Department has published additional Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor after an NPR investigation found dozens of pages were withheld.

If this is the selected file the DOJ released image what they are still hiding. Trump is a pedophile.

Release all the Epstein files!

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Former editor here: "Imminent" means "likely to occur at any moment." There's no such thing as 47 years of imminent.

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