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Boston area writer on news, politics, Red Sox & LiverpoolFC. Novel LOUIE ON THE ROCKS & Multiple Sclerosis anthology UNCOMFORTABLY NUMB 2 are on sale now. mereditheobrien.com

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Violent. Anti-Abortion. Anti-Trans. Tweets from Trump's new DHS pick preview more of the same. Sen. Markwayne Mullin new role would grant him leeway to control how detained immigrants receive reproductive or gender-affirming healthcare.

Sen. Markwayne Mullin's new role could grant him leeway to control how detained immigrants receive reproductive or gender-affirming healthcare.

06.03.2026 19:49 πŸ‘ 141 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 13
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Iranian schools, hospital and landmarks among civilian sites hit during US-Israeli strikes A local in Tehran tell BBC Verify that the city has been turned into a

BBC Verify has analysed verified videos and satellite imagery that show severe damage to a hospital, sporting centres, a UNESCO world heritage site and two schools since US and Israeli strikes on Iran began on Saturday, as the number of civilian casualties grows.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

06.03.2026 18:37 πŸ‘ 220 πŸ” 167 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 18
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Trump's War If Trump campaigned as a President of peace, he has governed as the opposite

Trump was just asked if Americans should be worried about retaliatory attacks by Iran within the United States:

β€œI guess… Like I said, some people will die.”

06.03.2026 01:47 πŸ‘ 1504 πŸ” 535 πŸ’¬ 203 πŸ“Œ 88

So it now appears based on many media reports that we bombed a girls elementary school and killed 175 people, and right after that Hegseth was beating his chest in a press conference saying we weren’t going to worry about β€œstupid rules of engagement” anymore.

05.03.2026 23:11 πŸ‘ 3276 πŸ” 1070 πŸ’¬ 179 πŸ“Œ 66

It’s so cool how we’re in a large-scale military conflict and the President is spending his time building a ballroom.

This rocks. I finally know what being a Roman must have felt like.

05.03.2026 20:49 πŸ‘ 2827 πŸ” 426 πŸ’¬ 82 πŸ“Œ 35

What in the fresh hell is The Shield of the Americas?

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Sen. Markwayne Mullin challenges Teamsters leader to a fight. Bernie Sanders intervenes
Sen. Markwayne Mullin challenges Teamsters leader to a fight. Bernie Sanders intervenes YouTube video by Associated Press

Anybody remember when Sen. Markwayne Mullin challenged a union leader to a fistfight during a hearing? youtu.be/FLjblX0oguo?...

05.03.2026 19:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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CNN put together a video illustrating that while Trump regime officials keep describing the Iran strikes as a "war," Republican members of Congress are using all sorts of euphemisms

05.03.2026 16:09 πŸ‘ 2403 πŸ” 840 πŸ’¬ 150 πŸ“Œ 61

Republicans don’t just want abortion illegalβ€”they want it unspeakable.

Recently, these supposed free speech enthusiasts got an abortion providers' speech canceled at Texas Tech claiming it would constitute β€œillegal activity.”

So we're giving her the platform conservatives took away.

05.03.2026 16:10 πŸ‘ 264 πŸ” 72 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a helluva sentence from the AP:

"Lawmakers are *confronting the sudden reality of representing the American people* in wartime and all that entails β€” with lives lost, dollars spent and alliances tested by a president’s unilateral decision to go to war with Iran."

05.03.2026 16:16 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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$250k to get out of Dubai.

@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/23e0...

04.03.2026 12:33 πŸ‘ 481 πŸ” 209 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 43

They claim to have been planning this for months, to allegedly keep Americans safe, but had no plan to evacuate any Americans from the region because it happened too quickly.

Weird.

04.03.2026 12:15 πŸ‘ 8766 πŸ” 2247 πŸ’¬ 416 πŸ“Œ 111
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Betting and Prediction Market Alliances Erode Journalistic Integrity OXFORD, Miss. β€”The rapid integration of news organizations and sports broadcasters with gambling entities is blurring the lines between reporting and wagering, risking the fundamental pillar of journa...

"Journalism faces a decision of remaining in service to the greater good of society or becoming subordinate to the gambling industry.” - Jordan Center for Journalism Advocacy & Innovation www.linkedin.com/pulse/bettin...

03.03.2026 17:50 πŸ‘ 120 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 6
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I just left a classified briefing on Iran, and here's what I can say: it is so much worse than you thought. You are right to be worried.

04.03.2026 03:05 πŸ‘ 2472 πŸ” 1158 πŸ’¬ 122 πŸ“Œ 82

*laughs in "years of Benghazi hearings"*

03.03.2026 17:37 πŸ‘ 1528 πŸ” 348 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 7
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Attacks on GPS Spike Amid US and Israeli War on Iran New analysis shows that attacks on satellite navigation systems have impacted some 1,100 ships in the Middle East since the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28.

NEW: Tonight Iran has said it will attack ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Already more than 1,000 ships in the area have faced intense GPS jamming and spoofing, analysis says

02.03.2026 22:28 πŸ‘ 157 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3

"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is stregth."

02.03.2026 22:39 πŸ‘ 337 πŸ” 71 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 2
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Federal judge: I've been at this for 44 years. I have never encountered the hostility toward the judiciary that has existed in this country in the last year.

02.03.2026 19:51 πŸ‘ 343 πŸ” 142 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 12

@anntelnaes.bsky.social

02.03.2026 21:16 πŸ‘ 252 πŸ” 85 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1
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> @reuters.com

02.03.2026 23:10 πŸ‘ 364 πŸ” 107 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 39

Angry HRC is my favorite HRC.

02.03.2026 23:12 πŸ‘ 84 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our Unserious President Who'd rather talk gold drapes than wars of aggression

"He explained to the American people β€” whose sons will fight and die (six so far) in Operation Ego Stroke β€” to say how seriously proud he is of the gold drapes he picked out. So thanks, Mr. President, for meeting this moment with the solemnity it deserves." open.substack.com/pub/mattlaba...

02.03.2026 23:15 πŸ‘ 561 πŸ” 187 πŸ’¬ 45 πŸ“Œ 14

BREAKING: Credible whistleblower discloses that FBI forensic experts were ordered to stand down from processing the scene where Renee Good was killed, because Kash Patel did not want Good referenced as a β€œvictim” in the warrant.

02.03.2026 20:52 πŸ‘ 10975 πŸ” 4636 πŸ’¬ 210 πŸ“Œ 266
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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...

NEW: Several high-ranking federal election officials attended a summit last week at which prominent activists who worked to overturn Trump’s loss in the 2020 election pressed for the president to declare a national emergency to take over the midterms.

28.02.2026 13:45 πŸ‘ 795 πŸ” 457 πŸ’¬ 54 πŸ“Œ 54
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You can just say things.

28.02.2026 08:21 πŸ‘ 4670 πŸ” 1316 πŸ’¬ 90 πŸ“Œ 98
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Still up on the official White House website:

www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

28.02.2026 13:25 πŸ‘ 3267 πŸ” 1119 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 61
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28.02.2026 12:47 πŸ‘ 15606 πŸ” 4746 πŸ’¬ 378 πŸ“Œ 348
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Iran’s Nuclear Facilities Have Been Obliterated β€” and Suggestions Otherwise are Fake News The world is far safer after President Donald J. Trump’s highly successful, decisive precision strikes against the Iranian regime’s key nuclear

Still on the White House website

www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

28.02.2026 13:33 πŸ‘ 297 πŸ” 93 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 4

-Zero Congressional consultation or approval.
-Zero preparation of public for need/consequences of war.
-Zero evidence of thought about "OK, what might the other side do?" Next month. Next year.
-Zero mention of anti-nuke agreement Trump voided, or Trump claim last year that nukes "obliterated."

28.02.2026 13:15 πŸ‘ 2992 πŸ” 926 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 37

Reposting for the A.M. crowd ⬇️

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