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@jddanforth

Semi-retired lawyer -- had the “Western Civilization” education that right wingers want for all, but read the books. Very worried about how our institutions are failing us, one by one.

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Today’s reports, perhaps even worse if true.

1. Girls were really young, mostly 7-12.

2. The strike involved two “taps” by precision munitions with enough time between them for parents and others to come rushing to the aid of the injured (and then be killed themselves).

3. It was the US.

06.03.2026 20:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Senator connects the dots between Russian intel and Epstein-Trump saga Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) walked through all of the details that connect trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and Russian intelligence. Those connections also link President Donald Trump. According to Wh...

www.alternet.org/epstein-russ...

06.03.2026 17:16 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Impeachment, conviction, and removal only work when Congress has a spine.

05.03.2026 17:29 👍 10578 🔁 2177 💬 572 📌 173
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The Most Chilling Detail in the U.S. Attack on an Iranian Naval Ship The Iranian warship was taking part in an international exercise with many other countries—including the United States.

This is a chilling crime. A shame on our country. The Iranian ship was unarmed. The US knew this. The sailors were murdered by our navy, and the survivors were left to die at sea.
newrepublic.com/post/207429/...

06.03.2026 12:29 👍 8558 🔁 4137 💬 503 📌 593
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Sen. Whitehouse to uncover connections between Trump, Russia, and Epstein. YouTube video by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

youtube.com/live/ylvTFvJ...

A remarkable, highly detailed speech about connections between Epstein, Russia and Trump.

Congress needs to follow the money, including over a billion dollars of wire transfers in the last few years of Epstein’s life.

06.03.2026 19:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Exactly what I thought this morning.

I also thought of all the warnings that HRC gave us.

And I thought of Russian election interference and the host of lies, FBI missteps (Comey!), weak Dem candidates, and stupid culture wars issues (girls sports!) that got us here.

06.03.2026 19:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Love her work. And yours. So great that you worked together!!!

06.03.2026 17:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Put the Message in the Box / Migrations, by Mary Chapin Carpenter & the Mountain Goats 2 track album

I have adored Mary Chapin Carpenter's work for decades. One of the great honors of my life to collaborate with her on this single of two covers of songs we love, out today! themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/album/put-th...

06.03.2026 15:36 👍 592 🔁 70 💬 26 📌 18
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🎯🎯

06.03.2026 16:04 👍 18472 🔁 6881 💬 661 📌 281
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Opinion | This masterwork is turning 250. It’s needed now more than ever. Adam Smith’s free-markets masterwork, published on March 9, 1776, was about much more than economics.

I highly recommend this article for its discussion of how Adam Smith conjoined capitalism (and economics generally) with the rule of law and a moral framework built, essentially, on sympathy.

My WaPo “gift” link is not working. Sorry.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

06.03.2026 17:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Senator Mullin on January 6th

06.03.2026 03:01 👍 3155 🔁 1117 💬 197 📌 81
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Pardon Industry Offers Rich Offenders a Path to Trump

Pardon Industry Offers Rich Offenders a Path to Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/u...

One small stone overturned showing the slimy things that crawl out: your transactional, 34-felony-convictions, fraud-convicted, likely-pedophile president in action.

Gift

06.03.2026 15:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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U.S. Lost 92,000 Jobs in February The payrolls number was worse than the gain of 50,000 jobs economists expected and a sign that the job market continues to struggle in nearly every sector.

Donald Trump has made $4 billion off the presidency.

His rich friends get $1 trillion in tax cuts.

Everyone else gets higher prices and job losses.

The Trump economy is a disaster.

06.03.2026 14:46 👍 278 🔁 104 💬 19 📌 10
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Not the worst of his sins. But Trump inherited an economy that -- despite his BS statements -- was the envy the the developed world.

Now, in addition to illegal wars and murdering people here and abroad, we are in the FAFO stage of his "Putin-couldn't-ask-for-more" presidency.

06.03.2026 14:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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That’s what I’m talking about

06.03.2026 01:15 👍 4048 🔁 899 💬 163 📌 60

Bravo!

Did the Senate panel members have to draw lots as to who got the PR contract questions and who got the flying love nest questions?

Anyway it was nice to let Tillis have the dog murder questions.

05.03.2026 23:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump Announces He Is Replacing Noem With Oklahoma Senator

Trump Announces He Is Replacing Noem With Oklahoma Senator www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...

I am very pissed that I did not get the “Shield of America” job.

Noem gone. Bondi and Hegseth and Kennedy next?

05.03.2026 19:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

When trump is finally gone, it will take a long time and much difficulty to repair the damage the fool has done. The hardest part may be restoring our nation's image on the world stage, and convincing our former friends to trust us again.

05.03.2026 02:22 👍 2961 🔁 491 💬 551 📌 77

So far the war in Iran has cost an estimated $5.5 billion.

That's roughly $1 billion per day.

$41,666,667 per hour.

$11,574 per second.

People do not want this.

They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.

05.03.2026 17:31 👍 18507 🔁 7199 💬 790 📌 405
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Isn’t that a text book example of fraud?

The level of corruption in this government is astounding….

05.03.2026 17:42 👍 206 🔁 83 💬 19 📌 2
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Well would you look at that

05.03.2026 15:44 👍 28258 🔁 7988 💬 841 📌 338

But is Alberta does want to join the us can Washington, Oregon and California and some future draft pick (HA? NY?) be part of a trade?

When is the trading deadline? Gotta learn more about hockey, yeah?

05.03.2026 16:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yes. And the war will enormously increase the money (from oil and gas sales) that Russia uses to pay for its war in Ukraine.

Putin pretends to object to the US war. Those are crocodile tears. Putin may be the war’s biggest beneficiary.

Your tax dollars at work. About $1 B a day to achieve this

05.03.2026 07:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yes. And the war will enormously increase the money (from oil and gas sales) that Russia uses to pay for its war in Ukraine.

Putin pretends to object to the US war. Those are crocodile tears. Putin may be the war’s biggest beneficiary.

Your tax dollars at work. About $1 B a day to achieve this

05.03.2026 07:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Who knew that one could make Sarah Huckabee Sanders look responsive, honest and sane by comparison?

05.03.2026 05:57 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

In 2020, trump said it was “stupid” that America spent trillions on Middle East conflicts while our healthcare, roads, and schools needed fixing.

Now look what he’s doing.
Same wars. Same costs.
Same neglect at home.

The only thing that changed was the excuse.

05.03.2026 05:45 👍 1111 🔁 519 💬 70 📌 22
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Trump Threatens to End Trade With Spain

Trump Threatens to End Trade With Spain www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/w...

AI is our friend. Vote with you pocketbook:

Buy jamon and olives. And here is an AI answer about how to find other Spanish stuff to buy:

chat.deepseek.com/share/kzc109...

05.03.2026 01:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Dear @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social ::

Now that you’ve subpoenaed Bondi, keep in mind that it’s kind of pointless to ask her questions. Make your point, force republicans to use their time to let her respond with her nonsense, and interrupt her liberally.

04.03.2026 22:04 👍 3092 🔁 686 💬 133 📌 25
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Jeffries: "Article 1 of the Constitution provides Congress with the sole authority to declare war. Framers made that decision b/c they were concerned about kings plunging their people into unnecessary wars to pillage resources of others for the benefit of a tyrant and his family. Sound familiar?"

04.03.2026 21:06 👍 7389 🔁 2196 💬 266 📌 90
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Western Gas Exporters Could Profit From War in Persian Gulf

Western Gas Exporters Could Profit From War in Persian Gulf www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/b...

Surprise, surprise, surprise.

Trump’s promised RÓI to his fossil fuel supporters continues to grow — this after his attacks on renewable energy and on climate action.

Gift

04.03.2026 19:37 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0