Lee Murray (she/her)

Good thing trucks that transport millions of products every day in the US don’t use diesel so we don’t have to worry about inflation getting worse.

Trump only puts the finest people in the most senior positions of the government.

Dozens of U.S. service members in Kuwait suffered serious injuries, including burns, brain trauma and shrapnel wounds, sources say About 30 U.S. service members remained hospitalized Tuesday after an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait.

Just like 2020 when Trump downplayed over 100 service members with traumatic brain injuries as “headaches”, and downplaying covid deaths, Trump is never honest with the American people about this if he thinks it makes him look bad. Because Trump is all about Trump. www.cbsnews.com/news/strike-...

The fragile insecure flower is crying again.

Pentagon bars press photographers over ‘unflattering’ Hegseth photos Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s staff took issue with photos taken in a rare briefing last week and decided to shut out press photographers from two subsequent news conferences.

While a U.S.-Israel war is ravaging the Middle East, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his staff are worried about “unflattering” photos.

Pentagon briefings are supposed to inform the public — not serve as photo-ops.

Pete Hegseth is banishing photographers from the Pentagon over “unflattering” photos of him?

Would be a shame if this picture kept circulating.

US military spent $9 million on crab legs and lobster in the months before Iran war Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth also authorized the $100,000 purchase of a Steinway & Sons grand piano for the Air Force chief of staff’s home, according to a watchdog report

I used to work for the government. In order to justify budgets, bad actors overspend at the end of the fiscal year. So the administration spent $93B on bullshit to justify massive Pentagon budget proposals, all while gutting health care and food assistance. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

U.S. at Fault in Strike on School in Iran, Preliminary Inquiry Says

U.S. at Fault in Strike on School in Iran, Preliminary Inquiry Says www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/u...

This is hilarious.

“.. with dozens suffering injuries including brain trauma, shrapnel wounds and burns, multiple sources told CBS News. At least one required the amputation of a limb.”

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Can someone help Pinocchiogles understand how immigration works pls

Ex-Israeli negotiator Daniel Levy: “Is this strategy of extremism likely to play out well for 🇮🇱 or 🇺🇸? Israel doesn’t want regime change. It wants regime collapse and chaos, and regional domination.”

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Ex-Trump National Security Advisor Nadia Schadlow: “Congress does not have a constitutional role in the declaration of war.”

@ezraklein.bsky.social : *READS HER THE CONSTITUTION* 🤔

A close-up of Marco Rubio’s foot shows his shoes are too big

A child in dad’s comically oversized shoes

Trying to fill Trump daddy’s shoes

Ditto

im sorry but you gotta tell your boss to go fuck himself if he tells you to go out on national tv wearing shoes 4 sizes too big, god its so insane and funny and pathetic

wtf is wrong with these people

im sorry but this is so fucking funny, making your then wear clown shoes is like howard hughes level of insanity written for a looney tunes audience

just completely bat shit, think about how theyre going to look back at this picture alongside the stories about him being obsessed with shoes

we now have an answer to “what if caligula had dementia?”

“.. For the American consumer, things are getting very real, very fast: average gasoline price is now up by 19.9% over the past 10 days ... that eclipses the move in 2022 and is now the largest spike we've seen in the history of the data going back to 2004.” ⛽️

- Schwab

* SPAIN REMOVES AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL, ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL STATE GAZETTE

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@latimes.com

DUBAI, March 11 (Reuters) - Three vessels have been hit by unknown projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz, maritime security and risk firms said on Wednesday, bringing the number of ships struck in the region since the Iran conflict began to at least 14.

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China’s exports “grew 21.8% in U.S. dollar terms in the January-February period, .. blowing past the median forecast in a Reuters poll of 7.1% ..”

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“.. #CPI apparel jumped by 1.3% m/m in February ... that's the largest jump since September 2018.”

- Schwab

tariffs happening for no reason and theyre making your life worse, secret police kidnapping people for no reason and making your life worse, firing thousands of government employees for no reason and making your life worse, going to war with iran for no reason and making your life worse

Florsheim. When a Gift From Wicks n’ Sticks Just Isn’t Enough”

Even if the war ends fast, “normal” won’t fully return. Trust and relationships are slow to rebuild, and that shows up as less trade, less cooperation, and more expensive risk management.

Forecasts About War Are Usually Wrong—Here’s The Pattern, And Why You Should Worry | Justin Wolfers What if the most reassuring line in politics—“this will be quick and controlled”—is actually the biggest warning sign? War is brutally costly, so the economist’s puzzle is simple: if both sides know…

I'm not quite sure what to call this — a video essay, an explainer, an econ lesson, or something else.

It's my attempt to explain the economics of war — economic theories of how and why war occurs — and to use that framework to better understand our current moment.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=416b...