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Markwayne Mullin is the same dude already under scrutiny for suspicious stock trades.

And he’s supposed to run America’s national security.

• No government security experience
• No law enforcement background
• No intelligence work
• No military service
• Not even a bachelor’s degree

10.03.2026 17:52 👍 7453 🔁 3338 💬 712 📌 229

Agreed. Unless there is some history I don't know, it's just an efficient standard that should have better support.

10.03.2026 11:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A cartoon of Pete Kefsbreath shouts at American flag-draped coffins: “STOP TRYING TO EMBARASS THE PRESIDENT!”

A cartoon of Pete Kefsbreath shouts at American flag-draped coffins: “STOP TRYING TO EMBARASS THE PRESIDENT!”

08.03.2026 04:36 👍 13818 🔁 3846 💬 258 📌 131
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US Admits It Was ‘Likely Responsible’ for Mass Killing of Iran Schoolgirls US military investigators have said it is likely its forces were responsible for a strike on a girls’ school in Iran that killed scores of children and has been condemned as a war crime, according to ...

Honestly, I feel like throwing up. Hundreds of dead girls for a totally avoidable war. I am aware the U.S. government is no saint, but jesus christ.

novaramedia.com/2026/03/06/u...

06.03.2026 13:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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ICE taking steps to close detention center at Fort Bliss, document shows Preparations to shutter Camp East Montana in El Paso come less than eight months after facility’s opening, according to an internal ICE document.

This ICE detention center is the largest in the country and has become notorious for rampant physical abuse, medical neglect, and death.

We won't let up the pressure until it's shut down for good.

05.03.2026 16:08 👍 3520 🔁 1320 💬 91 📌 38
Donald Trump made trade threats against Spain during an Oval Office meeting with reporters and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES)

Donald Trump made trade threats against Spain during an Oval Office meeting with reporters and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES)

Trump: "Spain said we can't use their bases. We could use their bases if we want. We could just fly in and use it. Nobody is gonna tell us not to use it"

Not receiving consent and moving forward anyway is a consistent theme in his life — as E. Jean Carroll can attest

03.03.2026 20:47 👍 7022 🔁 2080 💬 654 📌 245

What are your specific worries? I have not thought this through. American ships being attacked and more lives lost or something less obvious?

03.03.2026 20:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Hundreds Show Up in Doylestown for the ‘Coldest Night of the Year’ in Solidarity with Bucks County’s Unhoused and Hungry - Bucks County Beacon This year’s fundraising walk netted nearly $40,000 for local organization’s serving people experiencing homelessness, food insecurity, and economic hardship.

Hundreds Show Up for the ‘Coldest Night of the Year’ in Solidarity with Bucks County’s Unhoused and Hungry | “We’re trying to raise awareness that homelessness and hunger are a part of our community and that it takes the community to help us address those issues,” said BCOC CEO Erin Lukoss.

02.03.2026 17:25 👍 23 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
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Greg Bovino, other federal agents investigated for Operation Metro Surge actions Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said her office is already investigating 17 incidents involving potential unlawful conduct by federal agents.

The DA in Minneapolis is investigating Bovino and others.

02.03.2026 19:38 👍 15265 🔁 3529 💬 346 📌 203
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‘Evil Dead’ Icon Bruce Campbell Reveals Cancer Diagnosis, Cancels Future Fan Events The "Evil Dead" actor says that his cancer is not curable but is treatable, and he is canceling future fan events.

I remember seeing #BruceCampbell in New Haven, CT. Someone's phone rang while he was talking, so he picked up the phone and answered for her (w/permission). Then, in a sinister voice, telling her parents she'd been kidnapped before hanging up and handed it back.
ca.news.yahoo.com/evil-dead-ic...

03.03.2026 01:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"Good thing Congress isn't alvie to see this." - @Covie_93

"Good thing Congress isn't alvie to see this." - @Covie_93

28.02.2026 21:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Cartoon by
Jeff Danziger

28.02.2026 13:55 👍 369 🔁 117 💬 9 📌 5

Sigh

28.02.2026 14:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This stuff doesn't bubble up sometimes unless you look for it. Sad

27.02.2026 20:38 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I didn't know he went Maga, sad :(

27.02.2026 20:33 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Explains a lot right now.

27.02.2026 17:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Senator calls for DEA to provide info on "incredibly disturbing" Epstein drug investigation Federal drug enforcement investigators targeted Jeffrey Epstein and 14 others in a yearslong probe first reported by CBS News.

This is a big one. A newly uncovered document has revealed the existence of a mystery Epstein investigation. It was spearheaded by the DEA and involved drug trafficking and money laundering. Epstein was one of 15 targets. The other 14 names are redacted. I've got questions.

27.02.2026 15:15 👍 17172 🔁 7217 💬 564 📌 421

Never heard of this law before right this second but holy fuck if it does not 100% check out

27.02.2026 16:45 👍 3843 🔁 864 💬 46 📌 5

I understand the sentiment, but I think the better thing to do is push progressive Dems to take over the party.

27.02.2026 16:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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New poll: Democrats' real problem isn't being too liberal — it's being seen as too weak Americans, including swing voters, see the Republican Party as 20 points more extreme than Democrats — and the Democrats as weak and ineffective. So why would the *Democrats* moderate?

The next time I hear a Dem talk about moderation, being less liberal, etc. I'll show them this.

www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-d...

27.02.2026 15:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
An image showing Rita repulsor from Power Rangers, crawling out of her prison with the subtitle "Jill Stein the instant there's an election"

An image showing Rita repulsor from Power Rangers, crawling out of her prison with the subtitle "Jill Stein the instant there's an election"

Sigh

26.02.2026 20:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Timely...

26.02.2026 04:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Honest to god, people need to be in prison.

26.02.2026 04:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Jesus wept.

24.02.2026 13:00 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
BREAKING: Whistleblower says Kash Patel's use of FBI planes has harmed investigations
BREAKING: Whistleblower says Kash Patel's use of FBI planes has harmed investigations YouTube video by MS NOW

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bh8...
This seems to be a culmination of the work done by this investigative reporter:
#FBI-Whistleblower testimony confirms #KashPatel diverted the FBI Evidence Team away from #BrownU shooting, resulting in them driving to RI from DC metro through a snowstorm, overnight.

24.02.2026 22:17 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
I'm not entirely sure how they did it, but they've completely cleared the streets around my office in Midtown #NYC.

I'm not entirely sure how they did it, but they've completely cleared the streets around my office in Midtown #NYC.

They paid a lot of people good wages to do the job effectively, thank you for coming to my socialism talk

24.02.2026 12:38 👍 15619 🔁 2744 💬 0 📌 1

BREAKING: The DOJ reportedly withheld and removed some Epstein files that included Donald Trump, according to NPR.

WTFF!??!! ARREST DONALD TRUMP!

24.02.2026 16:42 👍 1389 🔁 360 💬 79 📌 16
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Did you know that Coolors — “the super fast color generator” — doesn’t actually generate any?

It pulls them from a premade list.

Don't take my word for it:

1) Go to coolors.co/generate
2) Copy the first hex from the URL
3) Search it in their bundled JS (cmd/ctrl + f) coolors.co/assets/js/di...

24.02.2026 09:59 👍 603 🔁 66 💬 43 📌 5

I think the Dems are doing some alternative programming. Tune into that, even if you are not a huge fan. It'll piss him off even more if it beats his.

24.02.2026 13:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

For every Epstein suspect that the British arrest, the United States of America will promote one Epstein suspect to an untouchable position.

23.02.2026 20:22 👍 1003 🔁 180 💬 15 📌 7