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Alternate headline: Jared Polis announces his retirement from politics. bsky.app/profile/kyle...

05.03.2026 03:20 πŸ‘ 1418 πŸ” 333 πŸ’¬ 88 πŸ“Œ 6

Iran’s people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes.

08.03.2026 02:19 πŸ‘ 25312 πŸ” 8111 πŸ’¬ 781 πŸ“Œ 327

There's something deeply obscene and broken about the fact that Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are bombing elementary schools in an illegal war of aggression, and there's still a sense among the opposition that it has to be explained in terms of gas prices in order to get American voters to care.

08.03.2026 02:12 πŸ‘ 17834 πŸ” 4809 πŸ’¬ 619 πŸ“Œ 250
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We don’t need talkers right now. We need fighters.

And no matter how many times they knock me down, I’ll get back up and fight with you. Every. Single. Time.

07.03.2026 22:06 πŸ‘ 6976 πŸ” 1467 πŸ’¬ 110 πŸ“Œ 79
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UPDATE: Sunny, a U.S. citizen, is on her way home after being shipped across state lines overnight.

How the hell did this happen?

Press conference tomorrow at Broadview, where we will hear Sunny’s side of the story. More details soon.

07.03.2026 15:51 πŸ‘ 6662 πŸ” 2256 πŸ’¬ 150 πŸ“Œ 101

A war that isn't a war, documented with videos that may or may not be real, funded by elected leaders who are neither for nor against it, is the most dystopian thing that's happened in my lifetime

05.03.2026 00:59 πŸ‘ 4258 πŸ” 1031 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 31
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AOC: He impulsively went in on Venezuela. He impulsively went in on Iran. It led to increased global instability and every time he’s done that, it has been consistent with a spike in what is happening with the Epstein files. I think that he feels existentially tied to it.

05.03.2026 00:49 πŸ‘ 15198 πŸ” 4368 πŸ’¬ 329 πŸ“Œ 173
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AOC: This is about actual crimes happening in front of us. This is about shredding the Constitution and plunging us into war. This is about taking crypto money and money laundering… So if you’re asking me if I’d support impeachment, I do

05.03.2026 01:34 πŸ‘ 21551 πŸ” 5924 πŸ’¬ 393 πŸ“Œ 220
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US military says three of its troops killed in first Iran operation casualties Three U.S. service members have been killed and another five have been seriously wounded, in the first casualties of the unfolding U.S. operations against Iran, the U.S. military said on Sunday.

Reports indicate at least 100 children have already been killed in strikes on schools. That is unconscionable.

Three U.S. service members are dead as a result of this entirely preventable war of choice.

The blood of these service members, these children, and every civilian rests in Trump’s hands.

01.03.2026 20:23 πŸ‘ 7947 πŸ” 2646 πŸ’¬ 453 πŸ“Œ 141

A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to being called unpatriotic. War grants leaders all sorts of emergency powers. War consumes everything else.

We mustn’t let this war do so.

01.03.2026 23:01 πŸ‘ 23241 πŸ” 7890 πŸ’¬ 695 πŸ“Œ 322

Civilizations throughout history have had to deal with the consequences of a ruler who is a malignant aging despot sliding into dementia. I guess now it’s our turn.

28.02.2026 22:14 πŸ‘ 8891 πŸ” 1942 πŸ’¬ 373 πŸ“Œ 80

I think states will regret weakening the taboo on heads of states not being targets during war

28.02.2026 20:54 πŸ‘ 2354 πŸ” 310 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 16
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The U.S. Senate must be clear: no war with Iran.

28.02.2026 17:05 πŸ‘ 22533 πŸ” 6336 πŸ’¬ 1317 πŸ“Œ 399

No more forever wars.

28.02.2026 16:25 πŸ‘ 958 πŸ” 167 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 12

Today’s military strikes on Iran β€” carried out by the United States and Israel β€” mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression. Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war.

28.02.2026 17:50 πŸ‘ 17268 πŸ” 3596 πŸ’¬ 185 πŸ“Œ 218

The morally bankrupt Trump administration has partnered with another morally bankrupt authoritarian to declare an unprovoked war on Iran, already killing scores of civilians.

We need an immediate vote from Congress on a War Powers Resolution. Then articles of impeachment.

28.02.2026 15:33 πŸ‘ 23433 πŸ” 6123 πŸ’¬ 716 πŸ“Œ 256

the fact the president of the united states is even thinking about asserting emergency powers to disrupt an election - just a few years after he incited an armed coup attempt - should be the top issue. but the media mostly shrugs and the opposition doesnt focus on it.

26.02.2026 17:40 πŸ‘ 13426 πŸ” 4369 πŸ’¬ 522 πŸ“Œ 185
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Blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol dies in Buffalo. A nearly blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol miles from his home dies in Buffalo after having been missing for nearly a week.

Our federal government killed a disabled genocide survivor and is covering up for a child rapist. And that is just today’s news. It is just unconscionable to be treating this as normal or acceptable in any way.
www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...

25.02.2026 23:31 πŸ‘ 9723 πŸ” 4842 πŸ’¬ 409 πŸ“Œ 305
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Aliya Rahman, woman who was dragged out of car by ICE in Minneapolis: "I've spent the last month learning the names of the tendons in my shoulder, because both of my shoulders are torn -- cartilage and tendons. But what I haven't learned is the names of the people who did this to me."

24.02.2026 18:21 πŸ‘ 29011 πŸ” 10792 πŸ’¬ 395 πŸ“Œ 303

All I see on my Twitter timeline are reporters parsing every quote from AOC in Germany, trying to mock them for incoherence or inaccuracy, while a demented old man who can’t string sentences together or stay awake sits in the Oval, while the legacy media happily sanewashes his quotes.

16.02.2026 17:46 πŸ‘ 18990 πŸ” 4107 πŸ’¬ 623 πŸ“Œ 180

Even if you fully intend to vote for whoever the Democratic nominee ends up being, there’s a huge difference between doing that quietly in November 2028 and loudly announcing it years in advance with zero conditions attached.

15.02.2026 22:27 πŸ‘ 2523 πŸ” 381 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 22
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15.02.2026 19:59 πŸ‘ 46031 πŸ” 12990 πŸ’¬ 1142 πŸ“Œ 687

Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans

15.02.2026 01:10 πŸ‘ 14002 πŸ” 4655 πŸ’¬ 272 πŸ“Œ 113
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Sanders: The American people do not want this country to be an authoritarian society or an oligarchy. We have our differences, that’s what democracy is aboutβ€”we argue it out. We don’t throw people who disagree in jail. We don’t intimidate the media. We don’t send ICE agents to shoot people.

13.02.2026 20:20 πŸ‘ 18396 πŸ” 5813 πŸ’¬ 493 πŸ“Œ 242

THEY ARE BUYING UP WAREHOUSES TO HOLD HUMAN BEINGS IN DETENTION INDEFINITELY.

I feel crazy at how everyone is acting like this is normal. These are concentration camps being built right before our eyes. These buildings are not meant to house human beings. People will be caged like cattle and die.

10.02.2026 23:19 πŸ‘ 6448 πŸ” 2406 πŸ’¬ 146 πŸ“Œ 71

U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.

09.02.2026 16:07 πŸ‘ 32620 πŸ” 9748 πŸ’¬ 528 πŸ“Œ 350
Just a quick update from the Twin Cities. (Please forgive the unsolicited message). THINGS ARE NOT BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. The media is mostly moving on, Trump is focused on other stuff, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE GROUND. More than 2,000 DHS thugs continue to roam the streets, abducting people 24/7, assaulting legal observers with impunity, and routinely denying 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights. Drones and helicopters are overhead every day. Hundreds and hundreds of terrified families have not left their homes since mid-December ... relying on the community to bring them food and help with rent and other necessities. (Those people are NOT violent drug cartel sex offending murderers, as DHS would tell you. Most are legal residents or citizens.)  If anything, things have just become more stressful and intractable (think trench warfare as a suitable metaphor): The resistance is better organized and numerous, but DHS has become more clever and better at disguise... and the county sheriff's office is increasingly supporting them . Do not let anyone tell you that Homans (the new person in charge of the occupation) is making anything better. Do not let anyone tell you that 700 ICE agents leaving the city has made much of a difference; the remaining force (again, ~2,000) is still larger than the entire city's police force (which is legally unable to do anything). Please call your congressional reps ... especially if there is any chance the administration might listen to them.

Just a quick update from the Twin Cities. (Please forgive the unsolicited message). THINGS ARE NOT BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. The media is mostly moving on, Trump is focused on other stuff, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE GROUND. More than 2,000 DHS thugs continue to roam the streets, abducting people 24/7, assaulting legal observers with impunity, and routinely denying 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights. Drones and helicopters are overhead every day. Hundreds and hundreds of terrified families have not left their homes since mid-December ... relying on the community to bring them food and help with rent and other necessities. (Those people are NOT violent drug cartel sex offending murderers, as DHS would tell you. Most are legal residents or citizens.) If anything, things have just become more stressful and intractable (think trench warfare as a suitable metaphor): The resistance is better organized and numerous, but DHS has become more clever and better at disguise... and the county sheriff's office is increasingly supporting them . Do not let anyone tell you that Homans (the new person in charge of the occupation) is making anything better. Do not let anyone tell you that 700 ICE agents leaving the city has made much of a difference; the remaining force (again, ~2,000) is still larger than the entire city's police force (which is legally unable to do anything). Please call your congressional reps ... especially if there is any chance the administration might listen to them.

A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:

08.02.2026 05:06 πŸ‘ 14972 πŸ” 8416 πŸ’¬ 158 πŸ“Œ 311
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They looked for β€œDon T” in the Epstein files and redacted all instances, which means they also redacted a lot of β€œdon’t”

07.02.2026 19:56 πŸ‘ 8628 πŸ” 2776 πŸ’¬ 271 πŸ“Œ 179
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AOC: We are going to have to reckon, as a country, with this time. And I hope that that reckoning includes prosecution of people who are involved with the lawbreaking and human rights violations they are knowingly engaging in right now.

06.02.2026 01:04 πŸ‘ 16887 πŸ” 4141 πŸ’¬ 328 πŸ“Œ 195

We gotta come up with a better system than β€œeverything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”

04.02.2026 19:41 πŸ‘ 26872 πŸ” 6372 πŸ’¬ 385 πŸ“Œ 224