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Writer, editor, and consultant focusing on human rights, history, politics/policy, and the arts. Part-time musician. Talks to cats and sometimes people. Also digs comedy. Posts & opinions my own.

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06.03.2026 18:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Trump Exposed CIA Surveillance Operation in Iran on Truth Social
Trump Exposed CIA Surveillance Operation in Iran on Truth Social YouTube video by Late Night with Seth Meyers

youtu.be/tKdxU8smI3g?...

05.03.2026 19:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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From @rbreich.bsky.social: robertreich.substack.com/p/the-moral-...

05.03.2026 15:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Trump Can't Stop Saying "War" | Israel: We'll Eliminate Iran's Next Leader | Awkward Burger Launch
Trump Can't Stop Saying "War" | Israel: We'll Eliminate Iran's Next Leader | Awkward Burger Launch YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Don't buy the double-speak. It's a war. Trump's not even bothering with the Republican fiction that it isn't.

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

05.03.2026 15:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Military Leaders Say Iran War Is So Trump Can Bring About β€œArmageddon” Troops have logged more than 110 complaints about such comments with the Military Religious Freedom Foundation.

The weaponization of religion is one of humanity's greatest evils as it's a permission structure for atrocity. And you can believe that the violence of a "second coming" mentality would not just stay in foreign policy. This is a deep and abiding domestic threat too.

newrepublic.com/post/207270/...

04.03.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Military Leaders Say Iran War Is So Trump Can Bring About β€œArmageddon” Troops have logged more than 110 complaints about such comments with the Military Religious Freedom Foundation.

The weaponization of religion is one of humanity's greatest evils as it's a permission structure for atrocity. And you can believe that the violence of a "second coming" mentality would not just stay in foreign policy. This is a deep and abiding domestic threat too.

newrepublic.com/post/207270/...

04.03.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
What’s RFK Jr.’s Go-To Order at Happy Hour?: Late Night White House Press Briefing
What’s RFK Jr.’s Go-To Order at Happy Hour?: Late Night White House Press Briefing YouTube video by Late Night with Seth Meyers

*chef’s kiss*

youtu.be/LnwffHES4Pk?...

04.03.2026 15:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Thoughts on Iran.
Thoughts on Iran. YouTube video by Timothy Snyder

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03.03.2026 21:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Dems really need to start reading G. Elliot Morris and fire their overpaid poll-chasing consultants.

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@gelliottmorris.com discusses the challenges of polling and how wording can change many voters' responses and this where they appear to stand on an issue. Important to understand that polling is a tool with caveats rather than political gospel.

www.gelliottmorris.com/p/many-ameri...

03.03.2026 15:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

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03.03.2026 15:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
America At Whaaa? | Seeking Regime Change | Hegseth: No "Stupid" Rules Of Engagement
America At Whaaa? | Seeking Regime Change | Hegseth: No "Stupid" Rules Of Engagement YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bcW...

03.03.2026 15:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Trump’s Iran War Plan and Timeline Keep Changing, Trump Gets Distracted by Drapes: A Closer Look
Trump’s Iran War Plan and Timeline Keep Changing, Trump Gets Distracted by Drapes: A Closer Look YouTube video by Late Night with Seth Meyers

I'm always delighted by comedy's clarity in pointing out how phenomenally f***ing stupid everything is, politically speaking. I'm not making light of the war; the stupidity is very real and lethal. Iranians and others are dying. All the more reason for clarity.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4yK...

03.03.2026 15:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Democrats thrown into disarray as US offensive on Iran creates cracks Lawmakers from Sanders to Mark Kelly offer mixed feelings on Trump’s action and killing of Iranian supreme leader

Democrats can't give into "war fever." Fetterman aside - he's functionally MAGA at this point - Dems have to remember this war is illegal, immoral, and an excuse to manufacture a domestic emergency to rig or cancel the 2026 elections. Stay on target, guys.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

02.03.2026 17:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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02.03.2026 18:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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@markjacob.bsky.social cuts to the important heart of the matter: the Iran war is about Trump's claiming absolute power - most dangerously, over life and death - as much as anything else.

www.stopthepresses.news/p/donald-tru...

02.03.2026 18:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Democrats thrown into disarray as US offensive on Iran creates cracks Lawmakers from Sanders to Mark Kelly offer mixed feelings on Trump’s action and killing of Iranian supreme leader

Democrats can't give into "war fever." Fetterman aside - he's functionally MAGA at this point - Dems have to remember this war is illegal, immoral, and an excuse to manufacture a domestic emergency to rig or cancel the 2026 elections. Stay on target, guys.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

02.03.2026 17:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Resistance organizations need to mobilize a massive non-violent effort that delivers serious economic consequences to the Regime and the billionaire class if they try to rig or cancel the elections this fall. The regime's various manufactured crises are all about creating legal exception.

02.03.2026 16:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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02.03.2026 16:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Manufactured emergencies don’t do democracy any favors.

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01.03.2026 22:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves.
Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone.
That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins.
If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after.
Sahar Delijani, Iranian author

I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves. Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone. That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins. If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after. Sahar Delijani, Iranian author

I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds.

I support neither imperialism or dictatorship.

Sahar Delijani said it best:

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01.03.2026 14:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Important reminder of basic rule-of-law principles from @joycewhitevance.bsky.social and why they matter.

joycevance.substack.com/p/the-law-of...

01.03.2026 14:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If America still had the rule of law, this would be the easiest prosecution ever, but we all know absolutely nothing will happen.

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@hcrichardson.bsky.social brilliantly summarizes yesterday’s events and what led to them.

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