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@mwrubin

Anti-fascist | grassroots organizer | reformed lawyer | Obama alum | adopted Pittsburgher | Go Celtics, Bruins, Patriots, Red Sox

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They’re concentration camps.

07.03.2026 22:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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@popville.bsky.social Thanks to the neighbor who has put these up to warn us about this pest.

07.03.2026 13:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve spent years, decades, obsessing over the Bush Administration’s Iraq WMD lies, writing about them, debunking them.

I can think of no lie about Iraq WMDs told by Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld et al that comes even close to the enormity and absurdity of this lie from Donald Trump.

05.03.2026 13:07 πŸ‘ 9532 πŸ” 2752 πŸ’¬ 472 πŸ“Œ 113

This is the guy who pretended to be John Barron.

06.03.2026 01:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is out, Trump says, after controversial tenure President Donald Trump announced the decision on social media and said Noem would be replaced with Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.).

Kristi Noem will go down as the most shamelessly incompetent and cruel Homeland Security Secretary in U.S. history.

Firing her is not enough. NOEM, GREG BOVINO, and STEPHEN MILLER all must be held accountable for terrorizing and endangering the American people.

05.03.2026 19:32 πŸ‘ 2461 πŸ” 660 πŸ’¬ 202 πŸ“Œ 63
Kanwal Sibal @KanwalSibal
The Iranian ship will not be where it was if we had not invited it to talk part in our Milan exercise.
We were the hosts.
I am told that as per protocol for this exercise ships cannot carry any ammunition. It was defenceless.
The Iranian naval personnel had paraded before our president.
The attack by the US submarine was premeditated as the US was aware of the Iranian ship's presence in the exercise to which the US navy was invited but withdrew from participation at the last minute, presumably with this operation in mind.
The US has ignored India's sensitivities as the ship was in these waters because of India's invitation.

Kanwal Sibal @KanwalSibal The Iranian ship will not be where it was if we had not invited it to talk part in our Milan exercise. We were the hosts. I am told that as per protocol for this exercise ships cannot carry any ammunition. It was defenceless. The Iranian naval personnel had paraded before our president. The attack by the US submarine was premeditated as the US was aware of the Iranian ship's presence in the exercise to which the US navy was invited but withdrew from participation at the last minute, presumably with this operation in mind. The US has ignored India's sensitivities as the ship was in these waters because of India's invitation.

We are far from politically or militarily responsible for the US attack.
Our"responsibility" is at a moral and human plane.
A word of condolence by the Indian Navy ( after political clearance) at the loss of lives of those who were our invitees and saluted our president would be in order.
Lt Gen DP Pan... @LtGenDPPan…. β€’ 18h
Our watch gets over when the Ship leaves territorial water. Not till they get home. Their country is at war. They should have stayed in shelter of India. In international waters, they had Not sought an escort from Indian Navy. A...
11:05 PM β€’ Mar 4, 2026 β€’ 2.4M Views

We are far from politically or militarily responsible for the US attack. Our"responsibility" is at a moral and human plane. A word of condolence by the Indian Navy ( after political clearance) at the loss of lives of those who were our invitees and saluted our president would be in order. Lt Gen DP Pan... @LtGenDPPan…. β€’ 18h Our watch gets over when the Ship leaves territorial water. Not till they get home. Their country is at war. They should have stayed in shelter of India. In international waters, they had Not sought an escort from Indian Navy. A... 11:05 PM β€’ Mar 4, 2026 β€’ 2.4M Views

fwiw here's the sourcing I saw at 1am about the US sinking of an unarmed and knowingly unarmed Iranian Navy ship x.com/KanwalSibal/...

05.03.2026 14:03 πŸ‘ 208 πŸ” 107 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1

Despicable cold blooded murder.

05.03.2026 03:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Now they’re just making shit up. They don’t have a schedule and never did. They can’t even seem to keep their story straight about what they’re trying to achieve.

05.03.2026 03:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œI oppose the war but I voted to fund it because I had no choice” will be the talking point of too many.

05.03.2026 02:32 πŸ‘ 3827 πŸ” 703 πŸ’¬ 232 πŸ“Œ 53

And 165 non-artificial schoolchildren were blown up by all this advanced and precise targeting. Congrats to everyone involved on achieving this brave new world.

05.03.2026 03:20 πŸ‘ 789 πŸ” 290 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 5
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RFK Jr. wants Dunkin’ to prove drinking its iced coffee is safe - The Boston Globe The warning comes as Kennedy is leaning heavily into his agenda to improve American diets.

A Dunkins medium iced coffee with cream and sugar has 27g of sugar in it? That's 6 tsp of sugar. Who puts 6 tsp of sugar in their coffee? www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/04/n...

04.03.2026 16:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He’s rotting away from the inside. Is the syphilis finally catching up with him?

02.03.2026 19:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When Iraq invaded Iran in 1980, the war lasted 8 years and led to a half million dead. What makes Trump think Iran is going to surrender after a few days of bombing?

02.03.2026 15:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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02.03.2026 01:55 πŸ‘ 7459 πŸ” 2407 πŸ’¬ 292 πŸ“Œ 102
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From a strategic standpoint, Trump has no idea what he's trying to do, why he's doing it, let alone how.

He's just pathetic.

02.03.2026 02:02 πŸ‘ 3241 πŸ” 908 πŸ’¬ 333 πŸ“Œ 51

The markets also have an strong incentive not to appear to be favoring the market makers because then their retail customers would flee. And anyway how do we know which side the market makers are taking? The whole conspiracy theory this guy is trying to weave just doesn't make any sense.

01.03.2026 19:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's not the point this guy was making.

01.03.2026 19:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"Extrajudicial killing" is a euphemism for murder.

01.03.2026 18:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The guy was 86 years old. What did they accomplish other than hasten his death by maybe a year or two and accelerate the time frame for the transition to new leadership?

01.03.2026 18:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

These are prediction markets, not betting apps. The difference is that Kalshi is not on the other side of these bets. The ones profiting are those who took the other side of the bet, not Kalshi.

01.03.2026 18:31 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

The nurses are employed by private sector hospitals, not by the city or state. Their union is not a "municipal union."

01.03.2026 18:27 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trump and Bibi don’t care. They’ll declare victory and walk away. Everything Trump does is for the glorification of Trump. Everything Bibi does is to stay in power and out of prison. Mission accomplished!

01.03.2026 02:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Green Triumph Is Catastrophic for Starmer, Terrible for Farage For a governing party, defeat in a midterm by-election involving fewer than 40,000 people is usually nothing to sweat about. The loss by Britain’s ruling Labour Party of a hitherto safe seat in northw...

Missing from this article is the point that the Green Party wants the UK to rejoin the EU. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

27.02.2026 16:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Why are you spamming my feed with this ridiculous article?

25.02.2026 01:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The biggest increase in red tape in history was Trump's order to end the $800 de minimis import exemption.

24.02.2026 18:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Again, Trump Completely Misreads the Law

How long do we have to wait until someone files a lawsuit to stop these new illegal tariffs? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/o...

24.02.2026 17:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m skeptical about this data set which somehow shows the.avg rent for a 2 BR apt is only about $50 more than a 1 BR. Have you looked at other indices or official govt data?

23.02.2026 04:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The last person I’d want to hang out with after winning a gold medal game is Kash Patel. What a pathetic unprofessional nitwit to think it’s appropriate for him to be there.

23.02.2026 04:18 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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RFK Jr explains why he’s a fraud.

23.02.2026 02:40 πŸ‘ 1845 πŸ” 484 πŸ’¬ 159 πŸ“Œ 35

Another farce. Hopefully the courts will once again intervene to stop this abuse of emergency powers.

22.02.2026 21:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0