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@joe57sand

Retired public service lawyer, Navy vet; interested in history, civil and voting rights, jazz, photography, wry humor, spirituality, women’s rights, health care for all; have voted for Democrats since LBJ.πŸ’™β­οΈπŸŽˆβ€οΈπŸ™πŸΎ

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Polluting industries in SC could face the wrath of cities, counties Recent chemical spills south of Charlotte have prompted scrutiny from state legislators in South Carolina.

www.thestate.com/news/local/e...

06.03.2026 16:27 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Welcome to Season 1 of "The Ayatollah Apprentice"

06.03.2026 13:26 πŸ‘ 1765 πŸ” 454 πŸ’¬ 228 πŸ“Œ 28

Karoline Leavitt: The President can walk and chew gum at the same time.

Americans: 😎

04.03.2026 18:48 πŸ‘ 1604 πŸ” 223 πŸ’¬ 228 πŸ“Œ 33
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Jacobs: The Trump administration doesn’t give a shit about the Iranian people… They are literally deporting people back to Iran who fled the brutal Iranian regime.

He doesn’t care about human rights anywhere β€” not here in the United States, not in Iran, not anywhere else.

06.03.2026 04:06 πŸ‘ 4074 πŸ” 1282 πŸ’¬ 78 πŸ“Œ 38
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🎯🎯

06.03.2026 16:04 πŸ‘ 22129 πŸ” 8050 πŸ’¬ 746 πŸ“Œ 322
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NEW: U.S. officials say Russia is providing Iran with intelligence to target American forces in the Middle East, including the locations of U.S. warships and aircraft, WaPo reports. Pete Hegseth recently said Russia is β€œnot really a factor here.”

06.03.2026 12:33 πŸ‘ 2902 πŸ” 1272 πŸ’¬ 356 πŸ“Œ 175
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I am frankly more concerned about the apathy of the American public and even more importantly the lack of leadership in the Democratic Party.

This is not a dress rehearsal. Every single American must speak out against this Facist administration.

06.03.2026 13:40 πŸ‘ 15057 πŸ” 5925 πŸ’¬ 854 πŸ“Œ 375

The lack of media coverage about the bombing of the girls elementary schools is shocking.

06.03.2026 12:52 πŸ‘ 17114 πŸ” 4765 πŸ’¬ 1256 πŸ“Œ 291

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 πŸ‘ 3094 πŸ” 686 πŸ’¬ 133 πŸ“Œ 25
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DOJ #CoverUp

#Iran

#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles

06.03.2026 12:36 πŸ‘ 3395 πŸ” 1092 πŸ’¬ 67 πŸ“Œ 34

So I guess it was either World War III or drag queens reading books to our children.

05.03.2026 16:48 πŸ‘ 5255 πŸ” 955 πŸ’¬ 173 πŸ“Œ 40
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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 countriesβ€”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 πŸ‘ 8989 πŸ” 4326 πŸ’¬ 521 πŸ“Œ 607

It is horriying to think that an entire generation is coming of age knowing nothing but Donald Trump and the nastiness that is our political culture. I shutter to think about what the implications of this will be for an already weakened democracy.

05.03.2026 18:14 πŸ‘ 2706 πŸ” 433 πŸ’¬ 173 πŸ“Œ 28

Once you tell the World the POTUS & Israeli PM are going to pick the Leaders of a Nation of 100 million people you have doomed those Leaders to failure.
They will be viewed as puppets. Trump will be gone. Netanyahu will be gone. People will be anxious. Economies will fail. America will be blamed. 🀐

06.03.2026 14:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This goes beyond politics, and is not even a statement about politics.

Something is wrong with us. This nation is broken on a cultural level. I can't define it, and I don't know how to fix it. But we are tearing ourselves apart. If we don't diagnose and treat that, the rest of it won't matter

05.03.2026 23:32 πŸ‘ 3002 πŸ” 615 πŸ’¬ 378 πŸ“Œ 88
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The competition for the dumbest member of the United States Senate has just heated up with the elimination of one its strongest contestants!!

05.03.2026 19:59 πŸ‘ 10023 πŸ” 1913 πŸ’¬ 1213 πŸ“Œ 193

Trump is quizzing people on the Hill on whether or not he should fire Noem.

A lot of them are saying yes.

05.03.2026 14:44 πŸ‘ 3284 πŸ” 450 πŸ’¬ 274 πŸ“Œ 41
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks with reporters. (AP / Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks with reporters. (AP / Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

AOC: β€œThat’s one reason he must be removed from office - if the Epstein files have such a hold on Trump & this admin that they are willing to plunge us & risk world war in order to save themselves politically - that is the definition of someone who cant make objective decisions for the American ppl”

05.03.2026 15:13 πŸ‘ 9421 πŸ” 2556 πŸ’¬ 194 πŸ“Œ 95
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Secretary Noem acknowledges ICE and CBP can't shoot Americans for peacefully protesting, videotaping ICE officers or lawfully carrying a firearm, and yet her agents are routinely violating the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. There is a total leadership breakdown requiring immediate change.

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05.03.2026 12:15 πŸ‘ 3196 πŸ” 1093 πŸ’¬ 113 πŸ“Œ 68
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Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy. But right now, they’re under attack.

Several Republican-controlled states have redrawn their congressional maps to give themselves an unfair advantage in the midterm elections.

05.03.2026 13:17 πŸ‘ 17878 πŸ” 6282 πŸ’¬ 512 πŸ“Œ 259

Trump can't simply say, "I won!" and stop the war because that would leave Israel vulnerable. Trump has committed you and your children to fighting in the Middle East forever without consulting you or your representatives in Congress. Netanyahu knew what he was doing when he engineered this.

05.03.2026 10:44 πŸ‘ 1800 πŸ” 532 πŸ’¬ 164 πŸ“Œ 40

Just thinking about what we could do with a billion dollars a day that doesn’t include bombing people.

05.03.2026 12:21 πŸ‘ 7667 πŸ” 2200 πŸ’¬ 288 πŸ“Œ 98
Michael De Adder Cartoon

'Pedo TrπŸ’©mp running from the Epstein Files'

Michael De Adder Cartoon 'Pedo TrπŸ’©mp running from the Epstein Files'

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'Run Pedo Run'
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05.03.2026 12:54 πŸ‘ 2782 πŸ” 864 πŸ’¬ 48 πŸ“Œ 25
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US air defenses may not be able to intercept many of Iran’s one-way drones | CNN Politics Trump administration officials told lawmakers during a closed-door briefing on Capitol Hill Tuesday that Iran’s Shahed attack drones represent a major challenge and US air defenses will not be able to...

I have watched many videos now of Ukrainian volunteers who have stapled together three soviet-era AK-47s and mounted them on basically a golf cart shooting down Geran-style drones.

If the US can't figure out how to efficiently intercept a drone I can make in my basement, that's a skill issue.

05.03.2026 13:22 πŸ‘ 257 πŸ” 50 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 4
The Iran-USA-Israel War: Why The Interceptor Math Already Decided Everything
The Iran-USA-Israel War: Why The Interceptor Math Already Decided Everything YouTube video by When Money Failed

youtube.com/watch?v=ahFZ...

The the analysis offered in this video is most helpful for understanding what’s going on in the Middle East.

05.03.2026 13:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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[TW: graphic fracture, sound of breaking bone]

Sen Tim Sheehy (R-Montana) badly breaking the arm of a Marine veteran protesting the war Iran.

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Are you effing kidding me? DOJ has no control or power over state bar licensing.

04.03.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 247 πŸ” 89 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 3

I fully understand your position. In the real world, it seems to me, you have to kill millions, flatten most of the enemy nation, and put huge numbers of your own troops on the ground in the enemy nation in permanent occupation to feel completely safe in your own land.

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