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John and Ann Curley Chair in First Amendment @ Penn State. Loves: Cardinals baseball, shelter dogs, solo travel. Hates: Oxford commas, two spaces after a period. Former Middle East expat. Texas refugee. Recovering journalist. Not your attorney.

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Almost a third of Gen Z men agree a wife should obey her husband | King's College London 31% of Gen Z men agree that a wife should always obey her husband and one third (33%) say a husband should have the final word on important decisions, according to a new global study of 23,000 people.

It actually doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure out what went wrong, but I'm guessing this column doesn't mention the rapidly increasing levels of misogyny among young men.

06.03.2026 11:59 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When I hear people say things like this, it reminds me that natural selection occurs very, very, very slowly...

06.03.2026 11:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE detains reporter Estefany RodrΓ­guez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany RodrΓ­guez, 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. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

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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...

The U.S. concluded that the Trump Administration was responsible for murdering 150+ Iranian schoolgirls as part of an illegal war in violation of international law.

Imagine what the U.S. response would be if another country murdered 150 American schoolkids on American soil?!

06.03.2026 11:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜They don’t even pretend to comply’: Mass. agencies, cities, and towns openly flout open record law - The Boston Globe When requests are fought or ignored by agencies, enforcement of Massachusetts' public records law often falls to those who requested the documents.

β€œOverall, we’re seeing an increasing trend toward secrecy at all levels of government,” Sanders said.

Quoted here in a @bostonglobe.com article about the lack of transparency in Massachusetts.

Agencies and officials across the country are actively ignoring their obligations under Sunshine laws.

04.03.2026 13:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How could they have predicted airspace closures when all the conflict in this war? It's not like their entire "strategy" so far has involved shooting explosive things through the air and then shooting other explosives at the explosives already in the air.

04.03.2026 12:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My American friends in Doha are having to apply for transit visas, arrange transportation 8 hours through Saudi Arabia and locate their own commercial flights to wherever they can escape too.

The State Dept. phone number being circulated is a recorded message saying "don't rely on us."

04.03.2026 11:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

To be fair, most times in Texas I voted in the Republican primary b/c there were no real contested races in the Dem. primary.

03.03.2026 20:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Many other countries are successfully getting their people out of the region, including notorious world superpower Slovakia.

But the U.S. is too busy shooting missiles and playing war games to worry about stranded U.S. citizens.

03.03.2026 20:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If an ounce of this is true, anyone with a shred of dignity should boycott...

03.03.2026 15:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm not sure this will surprise anyone, including Trump.

The nuclear guise was just that. The 2026 version of Weapons of Mass Destruction.

03.03.2026 15:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Can they not see the squiggly lines under the words?!

I get statue instead of statute on the rare occasion, but come on... these aren't even actual words?!

03.03.2026 13:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œWar has been well defined to be, β€˜That state in which a nation prosecutes its right by force.’”

Prize Cases, 67 U.S. 635 (1862).

03.03.2026 00:09 πŸ‘ 80 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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The Trump Administration's level of arrogance and incompetence is astonishing.

02.03.2026 15:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Bombing a girls' school to divert attention away from pedophiles associating with Epstein is a Trump move I didn't have on my bingo card this year.

But it's just as inhumane and distasteful as he is.

28.02.2026 19:23 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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When I naively exclaimed that moving to Pennsylvania meant my Senator couldn't be more embarrassing than Ted Cruz, it wasn't intended as a challenge.

Sen. Fetterman once again proving he's a dumbass.

28.02.2026 19:17 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Kudos for making it much easier for voters in Southwest Ohio to know who to vote for in the Democratic primary, @repgreglandsman.bsky.social!

Nothing says I suck at my job like willingly ceding Congress' authority to declare war to the president and then boasting about it.

You should be ashamed.

28.02.2026 19:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Instead they're all cheering on war with Iran.

28.02.2026 17:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Counterstrikes continue at US Navy base in Bahrain; residential buildings off base attacked Missile and drone attacks continued for hours at the headquarters of the US Navy’s 5th Fleet in Bahrain.

Per Stars & Stripes: A drone slammed into the top floors of a residential tower in the Hoora neighborhood, which is about a 15-minute drive from the U.S. naval installation. The Bahraini government acknowledged that several residential buildings had been hit.

Journalism matters.

28.02.2026 17:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œI want a safe nation, and that’s what we’re going to have,” Trump told the Washington Post about Iran. β€œAll I want is freedom for the people.”

Me too, President Trump, me too. Perhaps let's start at home.

28.02.2026 14:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Canada’s position remains clear: the Islamic Republic of Iran is the principal source of instability and terror throughout the Middle East, has one of the world’s worst human rights records, and must never be allowed to obtain or develop nuclear weapons.

Canada’s position remains clear: the Islamic Republic of Iran is the principal source of instability and terror throughout the Middle East, has one of the world’s worst human rights records, and must never be allowed to obtain or develop nuclear weapons.

Carney already has his statement out justifying another breach of international law by the US and Israel.

Israel, not Iran, is the principle source of instability in the region, given its expansionist tendencies and apartheid system, backed by a superpower that keeps starting destabilizing wars.

28.02.2026 14:04 πŸ‘ 575 πŸ” 145 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 17
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Scenes from the Middle East as the US and Israel attack Iran The US and Israel carried out military strikes on Iran on Saturday, targeting its top leaders and plunging the Middle East into a conflict that President Trump said would end a security threat to the ...

New images out of the Middle East coming from @reuters.com

28.02.2026 14:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It takes a village in these dark times...

28.02.2026 14:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm sure he doesn't even know the liver's function, which explains why most sane people don't want to eat it if they have a choice.

28.02.2026 14:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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BBC reports missiles making contact in Kuwait, damaging cars on the freeway.

28.02.2026 13:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A new round of missile strikes being intercepted overtop my friends' homes in Doha.

Trump's obsession with Iran and desire to placate Israel are advancing his personal gains and putting innocent lives at risk.

28.02.2026 13:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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BBC confirming a strike in Bahrain, where Reuters has reported a service center of the U.S. Fifth Fleet has been struck.

Friends in Doha reporting dozens of explosions over residential areas where Iranian missiles are likely being intercepted.

All provoked by President Trump and Israel.

28.02.2026 12:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Reuters reporting that a service center of the U.S. Fifth Fleet has been struck in Bahrain.

28.02.2026 12:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Reuters reporting that a service center of the U.S. Fifth Fleet has been struck in Bahrain.

Some strikes making contact in Abu Dhabi, with a person dead from falling debris.

28.02.2026 12:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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More photos out of Qatar, where my friends report having heard about 20 explosions (likely missile interceptions) in the past hour after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran.

You can see the smoke lingering along the horizon.

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