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working towards balance in an out-of-balance world. fan of democracy here & abroad. lover of international news. owned by Tabitha the cat. proud Pittsburgher. she/her

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11.03.2026 14:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

JUST IN: Democrats flip a seat in the New Hampshire state House.

Dem Bobbi Boudman has won today’s special election, NHJournal reports.

(Boudman was the Dem nominee in 2024 & lost by 14%; Trump won here by 9%.)

This is Dems’ third legislative flip so far this year, after Texas and Arkansas.

11.03.2026 01:57 πŸ‘ 4245 πŸ” 908 πŸ’¬ 35 πŸ“Œ 55
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Prepping for court, and realized it’s been six years since I became a detective. Nine years since I joined the police. Nine years. Feels like between one year and one hundred years, depending on the day. We shall see.

11.03.2026 11:54 πŸ‘ 185 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a white tank top and blue shorts is standing in front of a crowd and saying `` the mines '' . ALT: a man in a white tank top and blue shorts is standing in front of a crowd and saying `` the mines '' .

Pete Hegseth's response to news about the Strait of Hormuz

10.03.2026 18:31 πŸ‘ 373 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 2

This is like an entire verse of We Didn’t Start the Fire in a day, except we very clearly started the fire

10.03.2026 21:11 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trump has now conducted 42 boat strikes, killing nearly 160 people.

Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.

He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.

This is a danger to us all.

10.03.2026 17:15 πŸ‘ 5874 πŸ” 2127 πŸ’¬ 262 πŸ“Œ 94

We get it, we get it, everyone is twelve, we get it

10.03.2026 13:44 πŸ‘ 355 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 3

The Pentagon spent about $5.6 billion on munitions in the first two days of U.S. strikes on Iran, according to officials.

The high cost is raising concerns in Congress that the military is rapidly using up limited stocks of advanced weapons.

10.03.2026 11:03 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

what a soulless sociopath!

10.03.2026 01:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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MeanCat has found my apologies about being late for third brunch insufficient and irritating, and doesn’t accept them.

09.03.2026 22:05 πŸ‘ 283 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 0

Between oil prices and the markets, POTUS is getting a major dose of reality todayβ€”potentially prompting greater urgency in finding an off ramp.

09.03.2026 15:12 πŸ‘ 343 πŸ” 55 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 6

The. Dumbest. Time. In. Human. History.

09.03.2026 09:30 πŸ‘ 1009 πŸ” 108 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 10
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Trump's decision to bomb Iran is now the greatest windfall to the Russian war effort on record. If it continues, it might save the Russian war economy.

09.03.2026 05:24 πŸ‘ 2301 πŸ” 1183 πŸ’¬ 92 πŸ“Œ 124

I didn't even include the lawyer's best burn!

Lawyer: You say you have an understanding of what DEI means and when I ask you, you say you need to reference the Executive Order [EO].

Do you need to reference EOs to define every word you use in your everyday life?

Opposing Lawyer: Objection.

09.03.2026 06:47 πŸ‘ 798 πŸ” 88 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2

I got in an online discussion with someone anti-choice once, and he just kept repeating that he was "pro-innocent life." In his mind, helping the parents/family of the baby was different from being "pro-innocent life."

09.03.2026 01:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
More of the orange clouds

More of the orange clouds

08.03.2026 23:02 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Syria πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ΎπŸ’š

08.03.2026 15:24 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

while the anti-war protestors are vastly outnumbered, it is very important to remember that israel is no more a monolith than iran or the u.s.

08.03.2026 17:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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MeanCat is The Alpha Orangey

08.03.2026 12:42 πŸ‘ 331 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 0

Unironically love my opposing counsel, who called me back after a meet and confer today because he forgot to ask how my family in Israel is doing (which reminded me to ask about his extended family in Iran). He's wrong about EVERYTHING substantive, of course, but just a good human being

06.03.2026 18:55 πŸ‘ 883 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 10
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MeanCat inspecting my work after I cleaned up his front porch and southern lands. He remains inscrutable and mercurial.

07.03.2026 21:49 πŸ‘ 234 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

This. There is a shocking desensitization that is increasingly common around war. From the White House, and even from voices in the Horn, as the comment section in the YouTube video shows. Weaponizing nationalism and turning war into a partisan arena of winners or losers is just plain vile.

07.03.2026 19:17 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Like if you combined the Viet Cong's command and control, the Houthis' conviction, Hezbollah's rockets, and Afghanistan's geography"

07.03.2026 09:09 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Killing people is entertainment to the sociopaths in the White House. Decency demands that we resist this.

06.03.2026 12:22 πŸ‘ 764 πŸ” 281 πŸ’¬ 67 πŸ“Œ 11

It should be a much bigger story that oil prices surged because of Trump’s illegal war in Iran, forcing the White House to ease sanctions on Russian oilβ€”only for Russia to take that money and help Iran target American troops.

06.03.2026 16:47 πŸ‘ 547 πŸ” 244 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 8
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β€œOrban threatens to use force on Ukraine”

06.03.2026 12:31 πŸ‘ 461 πŸ” 57 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 2

By the way, where’s that tough cocky guy, the big expert on suits and saying β€œthank you”? He’s nowhere to be seen or heard these days.

06.03.2026 12:24 πŸ‘ 584 πŸ” 66 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 6

Same story with the Alawites in Syria. Circassians in Jordan. Hell, even the Jewish European settlers in Israel. While each of these groups also had their own agency and internal disputes, take a traumatized minority and give them guns in exchange for loyalty is a well-worn imperial template.

06.03.2026 05:37 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
B&W pic of Lincoln Center w surrounding towers disappearing into the fog.

B&W pic of Lincoln Center w surrounding towers disappearing into the fog.

Heavy rains after heavy snows can produce some cool fog.

06.03.2026 00:48 πŸ‘ 147 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2

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06.03.2026 02:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0