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GenXer against fascism. Talking politics, history, women’s soccer, WNBA, Manchester United men and women, USWNT, USMNT, Boston Celtics, Chicago Cubs, and Taylor Swift. (he/him) My newsletter: https://thelongtwilightstruggle.com/.

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The first rule of War Club is that you do not talk about War Club.

07.03.2026 01:09 👍 15 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

lol

07.03.2026 01:14 👍 310 🔁 39 💬 38 📌 6
Pete Hegseth reposted
Lockheed Martin 2
@LockheedMartin
X.com
We have agreed to quadruple critical munitions production. As a result of President
@realDonaldTrump's leadership, we began this work months ago with @SecWar Hegseth and Deputy Secretary Feinberg. x.com/PeteHegseth/ st...
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@PeteHegseth. .4h
Donald J. Trump Y @reaDonaldTrump
We just concluded a very good meeting with the lardest US. Defense Manufacturina Companies

Pete Hegseth reposted Lockheed Martin 2 @LockheedMartin X.com We have agreed to quadruple critical munitions production. As a result of President @realDonaldTrump's leadership, we began this work months ago with @SecWar Hegseth and Deputy Secretary Feinberg. x.com/PeteHegseth/ st... Pete Hegseth • C @PeteHegseth. .4h Donald J. Trump Y @reaDonaldTrump We just concluded a very good meeting with the lardest US. Defense Manufacturina Companies

There’s something jarring about a defense contractor having to praise the president when they make announcements clearly for his benefit.

“As a result of President @realDonaldTrump's leadership, we began this work months ago…”

07.03.2026 01:18 👍 383 🔁 85 💬 24 📌 12

Gosh, maybe the DoD really *does* need Claude.

07.03.2026 01:51 👍 234 🔁 24 💬 17 📌 0
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two front pages in one day? Sure 🥰

06.03.2026 23:36 👍 99 🔁 6 💬 3 📌 1

Did you know there is a visually impaired biathlon event

like

The sport where they have to shoot tiny targets with guns

And they’re VISUALLY IMPAIRED

AND ITS PROBABLY #2 ON MY LIST OF MOST UNBELIEVABLE EVENTS FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED ATHLETES AT THE WINTER PARALYMPICS

06.03.2026 18:13 👍 165 🔁 17 💬 4 📌 2

This is one of the curlers on the USA Paralympic curling team and I told him today that he should post about his Paralympic experience on BlueSky because people on BlueSky get very excited whenever anybody doing anything cool in the world posts through it on BlueSky instead of other websites

04.03.2026 23:57 👍 921 🔁 149 💬 7 📌 4
"They're very well-represented," Trump said. "You know why? Because people like Nick Saban and Urban Meyer, all of the people that I know in the room -- and the people probably I don't know -- they all care very much about the student-athlete more so than they care about themselves, so I think they're really here. In that sense, they're represented very well here."

"They're very well-represented," Trump said. "You know why? Because people like Nick Saban and Urban Meyer, all of the people that I know in the room -- and the people probably I don't know -- they all care very much about the student-athlete more so than they care about themselves, so I think they're really here. In that sense, they're represented very well here."

Also amazing, if completely expected: Two-hour meeting with 50 "stakeholders" in college sports but not a single student. Trump said that the people who "care" about students are there, so, "In that sense, they're represented very well here."

07.03.2026 03:09 👍 81 🔁 13 💬 3 📌 1
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‘The most toxic environment I’ve ever been a part of’: Inside Urban Meyer’s disastrous year with Jaguars According to coaches, players and staff, Meyer crossed the line from tough and demanding to belittling, demeaning and leading by fear.

Urban Meyer, famous for caring about athletes "more than he cares about himself!"

www.nytimes.com/athletic/319...

07.03.2026 03:16 👍 55 🔁 9 💬 3 📌 0
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I don't have health insurance.

06.03.2026 22:27 👍 123 🔁 33 💬 14 📌 1
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Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid Footage obtained by The Handbasket’s lawsuit shows a hostile takeover on March 17, 2025.

SCOOP — Body camera footage obtained as a result of my lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan PD confirms DOGE and the Trump administration openly admitted they were entering private property when they raided the building on March 17, 2025. That didn't stop MPD from breaking down the doors.

My report:

06.03.2026 22:04 👍 6831 🔁 2554 💬 82 📌 91

the best explanation for why they shifted right and have doubled down is that Starmerites believe their success was based on ejecting Corbyn, rather than on an anti incumbent year.

06.03.2026 07:40 👍 29 🔁 6 💬 3 📌 0

CSPAN
@cspan
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@SpeakerJohnson after House blocked War Powers Resolution: "We're not at war, we have no intention at being at war. The president and the Department of Defense have made it very clear, this is a limited operation."

CSPAN @cspan . @SpeakerJohnson after House blocked War Powers Resolution: "We're not at war, we have no intention at being at war. The president and the Department of Defense have made it very clear, this is a limited operation."

Darkly funny he had enough self-awareness to revert to "Department of Defense" here.

06.03.2026 09:01 👍 1542 🔁 274 💬 75 📌 29
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05.03.2026 22:39 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

MLS & Inter Miami's unwillingness to stand for something (and that's the best-case scenario here) means they're props for literal death threats.

Not surprised, as the league has generally preferred to avoid any kind of stance about any moral issue, but this is what you get for not standing up.

05.03.2026 22:42 👍 109 🔁 21 💬 8 📌 4

Feels like I’ve read this same story about 100 times so far. Says a lot about how in touch political reporters are with what’s going on outside of DC. Good grief.

06.03.2026 03:56 👍 32 🔁 5 💬 4 📌 0

I don't know what half this stuff means but I was on Usenet and the WELL.

06.03.2026 05:12 👍 388 🔁 28 💬 44 📌 0
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Senator Mullin on January 6th

06.03.2026 03:01 👍 3234 🔁 1144 💬 203 📌 84
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He doesn’t care about you. He never has.

06.03.2026 03:15 👍 2563 🔁 842 💬 202 📌 62

This is a great article and got too little attention when it first came out. @propublica.org is doing amazing work.

05.03.2026 18:39 👍 1746 🔁 703 💬 59 📌 29

EVERYONE HATES YOU AND NO ONE WANTS YOUR MEDICINE.

06.03.2026 02:36 👍 39 🔁 7 💬 3 📌 3

Is there a different Rahm Emanuel besides the former Obama Chief of Staff who didn’t care about judges who later became a Mayor of Chicago who facilitated police misconduct? Because no one would be foolish enough to write such a thing about that Rahm Emanuel.

06.03.2026 04:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Congratulations to everyone who doesn't suck in this particular instance!

clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/rol...

06.03.2026 03:01 👍 17 🔁 4 💬 3 📌 2

It's always time for this anti-fascist moment from Casablanca.

06.03.2026 03:24 👍 623 🔁 126 💬 17 📌 1

I will miss Kristi Noem's inimitable constitutional insights, as when, asked by Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H. at a Senate hearing to define "habeas corpus," she replied, "Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country."

06.03.2026 02:15 👍 2224 🔁 390 💬 68 📌 23

We should abolish the United States Senate. It serves no purpose.

05.03.2026 21:41 👍 4683 🔁 938 💬 585 📌 134

Sayonara dog killer. You still must be prosecuted.

05.03.2026 18:52 👍 3662 🔁 334 💬 140 📌 12
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This ghoul has finally been fired. But make no mistake, Stephen Miller is still in charge of DHS and especially ICE.

05.03.2026 18:52 👍 4729 🔁 1053 💬 252 📌 53
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This is the man who is now in charge of US Homeland Security.

05.03.2026 18:53 👍 7984 🔁 2714 💬 704 📌 226