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Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

Reuters Exclusive

"U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school."

"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the โ€‹Middle East."

06.03.2026 02:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 6248 ๐Ÿ” 3442 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 385 ๐Ÿ“Œ 442
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Hyde-Smith GOP Opponent Sarah Adlakha Vows to Tackle Corruption if Elected to US Senate Sarah Adlakha, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, promises to crack down on corruption in Washington, D.C. if elected to serve in Congress.

Sarah Adlakha, a Republican candidate challenging incumbent U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Tuesday's primary election, promises to crack down on corruption and reject any contributions from lobbyists while serving in office if she's elected.

www.mississippifreepress.org/hyde-smith-g...

05.03.2026 23:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 26 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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"Forget about next."

05.03.2026 21:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 218 ๐Ÿ” 61 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 19
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ICE arrested Nashville journalist without warrant, attorneys say The journalist, Estefany Rodriguez, was taken to a detention center and remains there as of 3 p.m. March 5.

"She frequently reported on stories critical of ICE for Nashville Noticias, the Spanish-language outlet."

www.tennessean.com/story/news/l...

06.03.2026 01:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 713 ๐Ÿ” 399 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11 ๐Ÿ“Œ 31
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ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodrรญguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany Rodrรญguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. Sheโ€™s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

Theyโ€™ve already sent her to Louisiana.

05.03.2026 23:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 10271 ๐Ÿ” 6295 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 242 ๐Ÿ“Œ 296

The New York Times has begun responding to its critics:

06.03.2026 02:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 44 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
A screenshot of the Bluesky app demonstrating how you can now tap the "Translate" button to translate a post without leaving the app.

A screenshot of the Bluesky app demonstrating how you can now tap the "Translate" button to translate a post without leaving the app.

v1.118 rolls out today!

New in this update: You can now translate posts without leaving the app.

Simply tap "translate" on mobile and your phone's built-in translation takes it from there.

05.03.2026 19:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 4930 ๐Ÿ” 904 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 203 ๐Ÿ“Œ 299

BREAKING:

The Justice Department just posted online three FBI interviews that had been missing from the massive trove of Epstein files initially released.

They're related to unsubstantiated sexual assault allegations against Donald Trump.

DOC 1: www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

06.03.2026 00:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 4779 ๐Ÿ” 2148 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 174 ๐Ÿ“Œ 194
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Bernard LaFayette, Selma voting rights organizer, has died Voting rights organizer Bernard LaFayette has died. LaFayette's son says his father died Thursday morning of a heart attack. He was 85.

Bernard LaFayette, the advance man who did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, Alabama, that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, has died.

05.03.2026 22:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 1507 ๐Ÿ” 631 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 35 ๐Ÿ“Œ 67

This is far more threatening to American Jews than anyone's policy views toward Israel

06.03.2026 01:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 401 ๐Ÿ” 77 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

First reported by @decaturish.bsky.social, GA State Sen. Elena Parent will not seek reelection.

In 2025, Parent, who represents one of the most progressive districts in the South, east of Atlanta, dared a trans parent to find someone to challenge her for reelection in a recorded anti-trans screed:

05.03.2026 22:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 826 ๐Ÿ” 239 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 43 ๐Ÿ“Œ 90
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Opinion | Mississippi Hallelujah: A Personal Remembrance of Sharon Leslie Morgan DeeDee Baldwin writes about her friendship with Sharon Leslie Morgan, a writer who spent the last years of her life in Macon, Mississippi.

OPINION: "As (Sharon Morgan) wrote in her 2026 essay, โ€œI Have Chosen to Die in Mississippi,โ€ published only a month before her death, it was a deliberate choice to make her home in the place that had traumatized her ancestors," DeeDee Baldwin writes.

www.mississippifreepress.org/opinion-miss...

05.03.2026 15:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 26 ๐Ÿ” 10 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Bills raising teacher pay are dead in the Mississippi Legislature. So are bills requiring political candidates to file campaign finance documents online and allowing terminally ill patients to use medical cannabis in hospitals.

buff.ly/NpMljUw

05.03.2026 20:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 23 ๐Ÿ” 14 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Rep. Thompson Calls Noemโ€™s Tenure โ€˜Lawless, Corruptโ€™ After Homeland Secretaryโ€™s Firing U.S. House Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi called Kristi Noemโ€™s tenure as DHS secretary โ€œlawless, corrupt, and recklessโ€ after her firing.

U.S. House Rep. Bennie Thompson didnโ€™t mince words following Homeland Secretary Kristi Noemโ€™s firing Thursday, calling her tenure โ€œone of the most lawless, corrupt, and reckless in modern history.โ€

President Donald Trump fired Noem two days after her contentious appearance in front of Congress.

05.03.2026 21:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 105 ๐Ÿ” 31 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Trump's Wish to Nationalize Elections Is a โ€˜Terrible Idea,โ€™ Mississippi Elections Chief Says President Donald Trumpโ€™s suggestion to nationalize elections is a โ€œterrible idea,โ€ Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson said.

โ€œThe Republicans should say, โ€˜We want to take over. We should take over the voting in at least 15 places.โ€™ The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting,โ€ President Donald Trump said on a Feb. 2 appearance on Dan Bongino's podcast.

05.03.2026 22:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 36 ๐Ÿ” 15 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ranking Member Thompson Endorses Impeachment of Kristi Noem | House Committee on Homeland Security The Official Website of the House Committee on Homeland Security

He did: democrats-homeland.house.gov/news/press-r...

06.03.2026 00:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Rep. Thompson Calls Noemโ€™s Tenure โ€˜Lawless, Corruptโ€™ After Homeland Secretaryโ€™s Firing U.S. House Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi called Kristi Noemโ€™s tenure as DHS secretary โ€œlawless, corrupt, and recklessโ€ after her firing.

U.S. House Rep. Bennie Thompson didnโ€™t mince words following Homeland Secretary Kristi Noemโ€™s firing Thursday, calling her tenure โ€œone of the most lawless, corrupt, and reckless in modern history.โ€

The Mississippi Democrat accused her of turning DHS "into a billion dollar grift."

06.03.2026 00:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 104 ๐Ÿ” 32 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Opinion | Mississippi Hallelujah: A Personal Remembrance of Sharon Leslie Morgan DeeDee Baldwin writes about her friendship with Sharon Leslie Morgan, a writer who spent the last years of her life in Macon, Mississippi.

OPINION: "As (Sharon Morgan) wrote in her 2026 essay, โ€œI Have Chosen to Die in Mississippi,โ€ published only a month before her death, it was a deliberate choice to make her home in the place that had traumatized her ancestors," DeeDee Baldwin writes.

www.mississippifreepress.org/opinion-miss...

05.03.2026 18:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 21 ๐Ÿ” 13 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Steve-O was on Joe Rogan's show trying to defend trans people and Rogan went off, he called trans people "fucking perverts" and "mass shooters" who have done the majority of school shootings.

Completely unhinged bigotry paid for by your Spotify subscriptions.

05.03.2026 19:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 3542 ๐Ÿ” 791 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 199 ๐Ÿ“Œ 263

New DHS secretary

05.03.2026 20:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 71 ๐Ÿ” 18 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Haitian man dies in US immigration custody with untreated toothache, brother says A Haitian man confined at an Arizona immigration detention center for months after the denial of his asylum application has died in the hospital

Emmanuel Damas, another individual killed in ICE custody.

He had a toothache. They ignored it. He died of spesis. Read that again.

Why do we need to fund this murderous agency?

www.washingtonpost.com/national/202...

05.03.2026 05:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 4280 ๐Ÿ” 1921 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 138 ๐Ÿ“Œ 95

i really don't think Hegseth realized the diplomatic consequences of that strike

05.03.2026 15:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 2131 ๐Ÿ” 681 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 31 ๐Ÿ“Œ 49
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ICO writes to Meta over 'concerning' AI smart glasses report Videos, including of glasses-wearers using the toilet or having sex, are sometimes reviewed by a Kenya-based subcontractor.

Last year when I was checking into a hotel, the desk person was wearing Meta glasses. I kindly asked them to take them off. They were annoyed. I said, โ€œI do not consent to you looking at my credit card and ID with Meta glasses on.โ€ My instincts were correct: www.bbc.com/news/article...

05.03.2026 15:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 5551 ๐Ÿ” 2227 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 86 ๐Ÿ“Œ 164

Politicians love AI because it lets the guy who was openly bragging about targeting civilians bomb a school then blame a computer for it

05.03.2026 14:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 88 ๐Ÿ” 33 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

White supremacist trash.

05.03.2026 15:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 81 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Vance Says He Never Apologized to Cardinal Dolan. Dolan Says He Did Dolan told EWTN that Vance admitted his attacks on bishops were โ€œout of lineโ€ and โ€œnot true.โ€ Vance tells the Washington Post he said something very different.

NEW: JD Vanceโ€™s clash with Pope Leo XIV and the Catholic Church is escalating.

On CBS, he accused Catholic bishops of supporting immigration because it โ€œmakes them money.โ€

Cardinal Dolan later said on EWTN that Vance apologized.

Now Vance tells the Washington Post that apology never happened.

04.03.2026 13:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 442 ๐Ÿ” 140 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 66 ๐Ÿ“Œ 146
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โ€˜Weโ€™re in itโ€™: Democrats wonโ€™t rule out giving Trump more money for Middle East war Democrats will have to balance a desire to criticize Trumpโ€™s offensive in Iran with pressure to support funding to defend the nation now at war.

Senate Dem looking at funding Trump's war, per Politico:

Jack Reed (RI): @reed.senate.gov
Gary Peters (MI): @peters.senate.gov
Tim Kaine (VA): @kaine.senate.gov
Elissa Slotkin (MI): @slotkin.senate.gov
Chris Coons (DE): @coons.senate.gov
Jeanne Shaheen (NH): @shaheen.senate.gov

05.03.2026 01:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 483 ๐Ÿ” 323 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 135 ๐Ÿ“Œ 278

The arm โ€œWAS BROKEN.โ€
No, @reuters.com. The guards & a US Senator broke it.

Passive voice disguises media bias.

05.03.2026 13:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 177 ๐Ÿ” 55 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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This trans teacher has no choice but to leave Florida: 'I can't defend myself' Saoirse Stone says state policies have turned her daily life in an Orlando high school classroom into a series of quiet humiliations.

This trans teacher has no choice but to leave Florida: 'I can't defend myself'

www.advocate.com/new...

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

05.03.2026 13:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 69 ๐Ÿ” 43 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

They killed 180 children and their teachers in a double-tap strike on a school. The girls were 7 to 12 years old.

05.03.2026 04:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 4346 ๐Ÿ” 1794 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 99 ๐Ÿ“Œ 30