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Historian and educationalist. One foot in the Eighteenth Century and one in the 21st. Ouch. Keep It Complex.

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Rod Serling is probably the coolest guy of the 20th century. Looked cool, sounded cool, fought Nazis, hated John Wayne, wrote the screenplay for Planet of the Apes. Honestly dunks all the hell over any male influencer guy.

07.03.2026 19:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 3119 ๐Ÿ” 607 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 71 ๐Ÿ“Œ 40
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Trump on Iran:

Their communications and telecommunications are gone. I donโ€™t know how they communicate now, but I guess theyโ€™ll figure something out.

Iโ€™ll be meeting the families of the heroes who are coming home from Iranโ€”coming home in a different way than they thought they would.

07.03.2026 14:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 59 ๐Ÿ” 10 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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"They clearly have a fluency of this language and they understand this stuff, and more importantly, they understand what a gigantic scam it was, in a way that I don't think older Americans totally get."

Ed Elson and @racheljanfaza.bsky.social on moderate Gen Z voters and Trump's crypto scam.

07.03.2026 20:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 116 ๐Ÿ” 31 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The pentagon refusing to give a simple yes or no to this question is pretty telling of itself

07.03.2026 18:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 777 ๐Ÿ” 294 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23 ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

I know our tech overlords want us to believe that history and culture are already dead relics of a species due for extinction, but itโ€™s really hard to think about all of the literal cradle of civilization level artifacts weโ€™re losing right now for absolutely no reason

07.03.2026 20:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 71 ๐Ÿ” 22 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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These are Olena Udovichenko and her son Hordii.

A Russian missile killed them today.

Olena was a teacher in a Kharkiv school, Hordii was a second-grader there.

Last night, Russia killed 11 people in Kharkiv, including Olena and Hordii.
RIP.

07.03.2026 20:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 654 ๐Ÿ” 314 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 42 ๐Ÿ“Œ 16
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So according to the WSJ a US Senator conspired with another country to manipulate the US into starting a war, am I getting this right

07.03.2026 16:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 9754 ๐Ÿ” 3901 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 466 ๐Ÿ“Œ 402
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Mike Johnson has effectively shut down the government.

07.03.2026 16:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 445 ๐Ÿ” 273 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22 ๐Ÿ“Œ 17
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Is Trump effectively helping Russia + Iran kill US troops + civilians?

The Corruption-Commander-in-Chief lifts sanctions on RU oil, more cash for Moscow, which supplies Iran with Intel on US targets.

He's asked โ€œIt sounds like Russia is helping Iran target Americans?โ€
His answer? "Stupid question"

07.03.2026 18:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 64 ๐Ÿ” 28 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Women do the emotional and physical work of the world. We hold everything together. We deserve a seat at the table for these reasons alone. At the very least, we deserve safety, dignity, respect and equality.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

07.03.2026 17:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 419 ๐Ÿ” 168 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24 ๐Ÿ“Œ 13
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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง The view from @lbc.co.uk across the pond: โ€œIf Trump started this conflict to divert attention from the Epstein Files, itโ€™s not workingโ€ฆ you have to ask what Netanyahu & Putin have on himโ€ฆ Netanyahu played Trump like a fiddleโ€ฆโ€

07.03.2026 18:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 1293 ๐Ÿ” 484 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 64 ๐Ÿ“Œ 16

"Hope is coming home." To Chicago, that is, when the Obama Presidential Center opens, about two weeks before America's 250th birthday. And visitors will look up and see "three simple, powerful words: You are America." Listen to him talk about this.

07.03.2026 18:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 64 ๐Ÿ” 17 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We need to acknowledge how different white evangelicals are from other Christian religious traditions in the U.S. & how they have been the central players in creating this era. Everything weโ€™re experiencing now have been goals of the white evangelical political movement for decades.

07.03.2026 17:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ben Stiller: โ€HEY WHITE HOUSE, PLEASE REMOVE THE TROPIC THUNDER CLIP. WE NEVER GAVE YOU PERMISSION & HAVE NO INTEREST IN BEING A PART OF YOUR PROPAGANDA MACHINE. WAR IS NOT A MOVIE.โ€

It's an incredibly sad day for our country when a comedian has to tell the president of the ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒ to take war seriously.

07.03.2026 14:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 582 ๐Ÿ” 286 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22 ๐Ÿ“Œ 16
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In Ukraine they work so quickly after missile attacks. The speed with which debris is cleared and buildings are made safe is incredible.

This school in Kharkiv lost all its windows in the ballistic missile attack which killed at least 11. Within hours, all shards removed and all been boarded up.

07.03.2026 16:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 70 ๐Ÿ” 12 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Look, I'm just saying that, prior to 2016, if you pitched a book about a child rapist president and his dead-eyed vizier starting a war with the explicitly stated goal of triggering Armageddon and Jesus' return, any sane publisher would kill you with hammers for thought-crimes against literature.

07.03.2026 02:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 46 ๐Ÿ” 16 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Now itโ€™s THIRTEEN hospitals and health centres, bombed by the US-Israel force.

Similar pattern..๐Ÿคฌ๐Ÿคฌ๐Ÿคฌ๐Ÿคฌ๐Ÿคฌ๐Ÿคฌ๐Ÿคฌ

06.03.2026 21:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 43 ๐Ÿ” 32 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Trump to Bukele: "Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It's not big enough."

14.04.2025 16:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 7549 ๐Ÿ” 3871 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1144 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1833
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Israel just deliberately bombed UN peacekeepers in Lebanon.

This violates International Humanitarian Law (IHL), Geneva Conventions, Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), 1994 Convention, the UN Charter and Security Council Mandates.

Israel's impunity must end! ๐Ÿคฌ๐Ÿคฌ๐Ÿคฌ๐Ÿคฌ๐Ÿคฌ

06.03.2026 22:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 90 ๐Ÿ” 66 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Rep.Jasmine Crockett is a total Badass & the way she schooled Kristi Noem was like a Principal reprimanding a young student for lying & acting up! Jasmine knows the law & she knew that Noem knew it,but just ignored it in respect to the ICE detention Inspections! This was Epic! ๐Ÿ‘

06.03.2026 22:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 48 ๐Ÿ” 18 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Jamie Raskin like many other members of Congress is visibly shaken after viewing the redacted Epstein files that are extremely disturbing because they show extremely young children in them. Raskin says that Donald J Trumpโ€™s name is all over them. Americans deserve the truth! ๐Ÿคฌ

06.03.2026 22:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 204 ๐Ÿ” 137 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9 ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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Brian Krassenstein

US reportedly considering lifting sanctions on Russian oil.

This comes after it was reported that Russia was giving Intel to Iran on where our troops and equipment were.

This is how incompetent this administration is.

06.03.2026 23:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 33 ๐Ÿ” 19 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Another US army officer disrupts the Senate hearing.

"Stop lying to the American people. You will cease the genocide in Gaza."

06.03.2026 23:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 127 ๐Ÿ” 69 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Like clockwork.

06.03.2026 17:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 20287 ๐Ÿ” 8047 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 849 ๐Ÿ“Œ 433
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CBS obtained video of the DHS killing of an unarmed man in Texas that DHS concealed for nearly a year, which clearly contradicts claims that he violently rammed anyone. He is shot with his brake lights on, car not moving or barely moving. Another DHS crime.

07.03.2026 03:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 7161 ๐Ÿ” 3779 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 232 ๐Ÿ“Œ 223

They're going to write books about all the big brain moves of this gang of imbeciles and among them will be "Spending a year trying to kill renewable energy and then launching a war that sends oil prices soaring"

07.03.2026 03:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 8686 ๐Ÿ” 1708 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 73 ๐Ÿ“Œ 57

BREAKING: Trump was just asked if Americans should be worried about retaliatory attacks at home: โ€œI guessโ€ฆ Like I said, some people will die.โ€

06.03.2026 01:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 2082 ๐Ÿ” 707 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 350 ๐Ÿ“Œ 125
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KAROLIE says โ€œit does not really matterโ€ if Putin is helping Iran target Americans๐Ÿค”

(H/T @atrupar.com )

06.03.2026 22:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 1150 ๐Ÿ” 470 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 217 ๐Ÿ“Œ 123
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Major update after RAF base attacked by drone โ€“ 'It was not Iran' The Ministry of Defence has confirmed the Shahed-type drone that hit the RAF Akrotiri base in Cyprus on Monday 'was not launched from Iran'

UK MOD says the drone strike on Cyprus base wasn't done by Iran.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...

05.03.2026 22:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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President Trump's Pardons: An Embarrassment of Riches At least the specter of corruption in previous presidential administrations (Clintonโ€™s pardon of Marc Rich or Bidenโ€™s pardon of his son) appeared to be an exception to the rule. Today, however, the ev...

"President Trumpโ€™s Pardons: An Embarrassment of Riches" www.cato.org/blog/embarra...

06.03.2026 22:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0