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Army vet. Kidney donor. Combat ballerina. Ghostwriter: Christine Brown’s Sister Wife Co: The Unit; Queen of Cuba; Fight Like a Girl Author: They Fought for Each Other Formerly of The War Horse, USA Today, Military Times www.kellykennedy.net

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Bill Clinton has a call to action at the memorial service for Rev. Jesse Jackson:

"You have to ask yourself 'what did Jesse Jackson do that I admire most, that moved me most, and what can I do right now that would maybe be as good as what he did then?' That's what we're all facing here."

06.03.2026 21:16 👍 541 🔁 164 💬 3 📌 3

Ew.

06.03.2026 16:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It’s almost as if Trump’s using false information to justify the war.

It surprised Tom Wibberley, whose son Craig, 19, was killed in the Cole attack, when Mr. Trump cited the bombing as a justification. “All this testimony in all this detail has never said anything about Iran,“ Mr. Wibberley said.

06.03.2026 16:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Danger of a Nation Stumbling Into War — Meidas Defense Last week on Feb.

Why do presidents OWE us a rationale before risking the lives of our family members and burning billions of dollars? substack.com/@meidastouch... Join @sabrinaSingh24 and me on @meidastouch.com

06.03.2026 00:10 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Google pledges roughly three hours of its annual profit to fight climate change Google and others are committing $100 million to combat climate change.

The perfect headline doesn’t exi…

05.03.2026 20:24 👍 7384 🔁 2138 💬 28 📌 65

The restrictions Miller and Hegseth railed against were designed to prevent us from doing things like slaughtering children en masse.

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Senate Republicans vote down legislation to halt Iran war in Congress’ first vote on the conflict Senate Republicans have voted down an effort to halt President Donald Trump’s war against Iran. It demonstrated early GOP support for a conflict that has rapidly spread across the Middle East with no ...

OK, but this isn’t because they’re worried about losing their constituents, right? So it almost makes a person think it’s about money or blackmail or … something. It ain’t about votes.

04.03.2026 22:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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If you're a military veteran at risk of foreclosure, NPR wants to hear from you The VA has abruptly ended the only low-interest, affordable loan modification option for thousands of vets who are behind on their mortgages. We want to hear your story.

Last year the VA abruptly ended the only low-interest, affordable loan modification option for thousands of vets who are behind on their mortgages. If you're a veteran who's been struggling because of this, we want to hear your story.

04.03.2026 17:14 👍 275 🔁 126 💬 6 📌 8

Good. Pretti. Amor.

04.03.2026 16:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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US identifies troops killed during actions against Iran The soldiers, who were assigned to the 103rd Sustainment Command, were killed during an attack by an unmanned aircraft in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait.

Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35, of Winter Haven, Florida.; Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42, of Bellevue, Nebraska; Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, 39, of White Bear Lake, Minnesota; and Sgt. Declan J. Coady, 20, of West Des Moines, Iowa, died on March 1, 2026, in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait.

04.03.2026 16:43 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Neat.

04.03.2026 15:42 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Just now: Texas Democratic Party says “hundreds of Dallas County voters are being turned away from the polls” because of new Republican-led requirements that they vote only in their precinct, rather than anywhere in the county #txlege

03.03.2026 22:07 👍 1121 🔁 642 💬 60 📌 59

Please don’t forget to vote today! Texas, Arkansas, and North Carolina are kicking off the 2026 midterm cycle with their primary elections.

03.03.2026 14:17 👍 5995 🔁 2168 💬 129 📌 116
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Maybe it’s a bad idea to put people in charge of government who are eager for the rapture.

03.03.2026 12:04 👍 9191 🔁 3883 💬 830 📌 517

“No rules of engagement - if it’s flying over Kuwait, we shoot it down”

“But sir”

“I said no rules of engagement!”

02.03.2026 14:19 👍 389 🔁 90 💬 8 📌 3
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Trump Officials Attended a Summit of Election Deniers Who Want the President to Take Over the Midterms The meeting’s participants included Kurt Olsen, a White House lawyer charged with reinvestigating the 2020 election, and Heather Honey, the Department of Homeland Security official in charge of electi...

Yup this is gonna be the plan, it seems...

www.propublica.org/article/elec...

02.03.2026 14:30 👍 25 🔁 16 💬 1 📌 0

As we lied our way to a war.

02.03.2026 14:35 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1

Or Hegseth’s phone?

02.03.2026 14:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Neat.

02.03.2026 05:13 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Was there this morning. Everything simple is harder there.

02.03.2026 05:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Jeffrey Epstein standing in front of a mountain on a dirt trail. A headline reads: "Why the Epstein Investigations Took So Long and Did So Little" Photo U.S. Justice Department, via Reuters

Jeffrey Epstein standing in front of a mountain on a dirt trail. A headline reads: "Why the Epstein Investigations Took So Long and Did So Little" Photo U.S. Justice Department, via Reuters

Aside from Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, none of his associates have been criminally charged in the U.S. Millions of pages of Justice Department records help explain why, and how Epstein was able to act with impunity for so long. trib.al/Jw3IVYj

01.03.2026 19:36 👍 353 🔁 146 💬 48 📌 12

We forgot about the Powell Doctrine in 1992, latest.

28.02.2026 22:19 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Right. Cuz everything got better after Saddam Hussein died.

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The Epic Miscalculations of Trump and Khamenei Hubris has distorted their strategic decisions.

“Hard power alone can depose a regime, but it is notoriously incapable of cultivating a better successor.”

www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

28.02.2026 22:14 👍 15 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Live updates: Israel confirms attack on Iran with US help as explosions are heard in Tehran Israel launched a daylight attack Saturday on Iran's capital, with a cloud of smoke rising from the city's downtown near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Bahrain says the headquarters of the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet has been targeted by a missile attack.

Meanwhile, The United Arab Emirates on Saturday closed its airspace as Israel and the United States conducted strikes on Iran.

28.02.2026 09:21 👍 136 🔁 87 💬 17 📌 9
Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

28.02.2026 07:19 👍 23674 🔁 7124 💬 735 📌 405
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President Obama had a deal with Iran that trump ripped up without replacing, and now we're in an unnecessary war with Iran that he started without Congress, because he's a small, petty, envious punk.

28.02.2026 09:23 👍 1876 🔁 613 💬 121 📌 29
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Live updates: Trump announces 'major combat operations' in Iran Israel launched a daylight attack Saturday on Iran's capital, with a cloud of smoke rising from the city's downtown near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

“Headquarters of U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet in Bahrain attacked”

Nothing to see here.

apnews.com/live/live-up...

28.02.2026 09:21 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Georgia bill would strip governments of authority to file PFAS lawsuits Republican-sponsored bill would give the attorney general exclusive control ‘forever chemical’ lawsuits.

Georgia bill would strip governments of authority to file PFAS lawsuits

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