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Caroline Hackerott

@squirrelgonewild

Disaster researcher and professor of Disaster Resilience and Emergency Management at NDSU. Transplanted Sooner. Ruled by 2 Australian Shepherds and 3 roombas. Victim of hope. Sports nut. Responds well to Cajun food and tequila. Opinions are my own.

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Hegseth ignored military officials when he slashed offices that limit risk to civilians The Defense secretary’s decision to cut offices that mitigate civilian harm faces renewed attention as the Pentagon investigates a strike that killed hundreds of Iranian children.

BREAKING: Pete Kegstand IGNORED the CENTCOM chief and the Chair and Vice Chair of the Joint Chiefs opposition to GUTTING offices that limit civilian casualties, calling them "stupid." He fired and replaces all opposed. Politico with the exclusive: www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

13.03.2026 18:40 πŸ‘ 2726 πŸ” 1411 πŸ’¬ 192 πŸ“Œ 79
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UBC hosted Rachel Maddow to discuss extremism and American global collapse. She brought two decades of research on a man picking trade wars with allies, threatening Greenland, and feuding with Canada’s Prime Minister. The Chan Centre was full. The irony was fuller.

12.03.2026 16:25 πŸ‘ 858 πŸ” 330 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 17

Let's be clear: banning mifepristone = a national abortion ban.

Mifepristone has been safe, effective and FDA-approved for 20 years.

Extremists won’t stop until abortion is banned everywhere. I'll keep fighting to pass my Women’s Health Protection Act to restore the right to abortion nationwide.

12.03.2026 18:28 πŸ‘ 1987 πŸ” 912 πŸ’¬ 103 πŸ“Œ 23
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Slotkin: "If Russia is helping to kill US forces, we have crossed a rubicon. We have to take decisive action on that. Instead, we're giving them breaks on oil. They're making a ton of money."

12.03.2026 15:25 πŸ‘ 14477 πŸ” 5120 πŸ’¬ 785 πŸ“Œ 360
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Gen. Grynkewich: "What I've observed over the course of studying air power in history is that any time you attack a civilian population, you usually end up finding that it just hardens their resolve."

12.03.2026 15:54 πŸ‘ 17252 πŸ” 4940 πŸ’¬ 1125 πŸ“Œ 701
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4 to 5 hours in a TSA line to travel? Count me out.

12.03.2026 11:22 πŸ‘ 606 πŸ” 166 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 25
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Happening now: The Bay showed UP for Alysa Liu’s celebration rally in Oakland 🀟πŸ₯‡

12.03.2026 18:59 πŸ‘ 4496 πŸ” 519 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 25
US Representative Ted Lieu (L), Democrat from California, speaks to a reporter as he departs a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP via Getty Images)

US Representative Ted Lieu (L), Democrat from California, speaks to a reporter as he departs a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP via Getty Images)

Ted Lieu: β€œA foreign hacker likely has the Epstein Files β€” the best way to prevent blackmail of government officials, such as Trump & Howard Lutnick, would be for AG Pam Bondi to stop the cover up & release all the Epstein Files as required by law”

11.03.2026 19:42 πŸ‘ 9134 πŸ” 2409 πŸ’¬ 277 πŸ“Œ 141

It's a meme that men will apply for jobs they are not qualified for when women feel they need to hit every bullet point to submit an application, but...

We had an AMERICAN FOOTBALL coach apply for our IDP Director position for professional soccer teams.

Ladies... you can apply to more jobs.

11.03.2026 12:16 πŸ‘ 178 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 1
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Chris Murphy: "I Just came from a two hour, closed door classified briefing on the war. It just confirmed to me it's totally incoherent. We are not gonna be able to achieve any of our stated objectives ... this is a disaster of epic proportions, a 10 day debacle"

10.03.2026 20:30 πŸ‘ 24999 πŸ” 8650 πŸ’¬ 983 πŸ“Œ 517
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10.03.2026 12:09 πŸ‘ 17672 πŸ” 5186 πŸ’¬ 481 πŸ“Œ 239

It took Trump 10 days to create an energy crisis reminiscent of the 1970s, replace Ayatollah Khamenei with Ayatollah Khamenei, and weaken our alliances worldwide. He put American servicemembers in harm’s way, resulting in seven deaths. None of this made you safer or better off.

09.03.2026 18:18 πŸ‘ 2003 πŸ” 668 πŸ’¬ 100 πŸ“Œ 37
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WSJ: β€œA WSJ investigation tracked U.S. citizens caught in the crosshairs of an aggressive government campaign to detain and demonize dissenters.”

The Trump regime is cracking down on dissent. As authoritarians do.

www.wsj.com/us-news/immi...

08.03.2026 17:45 πŸ‘ 1173 πŸ” 571 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 24
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Epstein used an art camp to prey on girls. An NPR team learned how it worked. : Consider This from NPR Reporters here at NPR noticed the name of a highly respected youth camp popping up repeatedly in the Epstein Files - Interlochen Center for the Arts.When intern Ava Berger and other reporters started ...

Reporters here at NPR noticed the name of a highly respected youth camp popping up repeatedly in the Epstein Files - Interlochen Center for the Arts, MICHIGAN.
www.npr.org/2026/03/07/n...

09.03.2026 15:10 πŸ‘ 153 πŸ” 114 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 6
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Lindsey’s diplomacy working wonders in UAE.

09.03.2026 12:13 πŸ‘ 19732 πŸ” 6759 πŸ’¬ 804 πŸ“Œ 436
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Well, this aged exactly how I was afraid it would

08.03.2026 23:12 πŸ‘ 14169 πŸ” 3676 πŸ’¬ 268 πŸ“Œ 85
teewatterss on Threads:
β€œlosing an hour on international women's day feeling very 75 cents on the dollar”

teewatterss on Threads: β€œlosing an hour on international women's day feeling very 75 cents on the dollar”

10/10 take. no notes

08.03.2026 16:47 πŸ‘ 10301 πŸ” 2260 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 31
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Eric Trump calls the Ayatollah’s son an incompetent moron who only got his position through nepotism. Irony is dead.

08.03.2026 00:21 πŸ‘ 3007 πŸ” 852 πŸ’¬ 263 πŸ“Œ 65
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Video of ICE shooting of Texas man raises questions about government claim An Immigration and Customs Enforcement official said Ruben Martinez β€œintentionally ran over” an agent before being killed by another agent in south Texas last year.

We know about the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. But there was a very similar killing of a young man named Ruben Martinez in which immigration agents claimed he attacked them with his car before they shot him. New video suggests that too may be a lie. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

08.03.2026 15:19 πŸ‘ 953 πŸ” 475 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 11
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Don’t let Fox get away with it this time. Spread the word.

Fox & Friends Weekend replaced footage of Trump attending yesterday’s dignified transfer with a clip from 2025.

They clearly didn’t want their audience to see him disrespecting fallen soldiers wearing a baseball cap.
H/T: @BadFoxGraphics

08.03.2026 14:13 πŸ‘ 4483 πŸ” 2781 πŸ’¬ 334 πŸ“Œ 177
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DOJ docs, FBI interview, raise new questions about Epstein's "suicide" Notes from an FBI interview indicate that prison guards discussed "cover-up"

New: Prison guards discussed cover-up in Epstein's death, inmate tells FBI. open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...

08.03.2026 02:34 πŸ‘ 5650 πŸ” 2824 πŸ’¬ 152 πŸ“Œ 117
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At Largest ICE Detention Camp, Staff Bet on Detainee Suicides, AP Reports Camp East Montana has received several 911 calls in the span of five months about immigrants trying to harm themselves.

Staff at the nation’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.

08.03.2026 03:19 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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Prison guards discussed cover-up of Epstein’s death, inmate tells FBI One officer said: β€œDudes, you killed that dude.”

NEW: An inmate overheard guards talking about covering up Epstein’s death. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...

08.03.2026 07:12 πŸ‘ 9881 πŸ” 4432 πŸ’¬ 343 πŸ“Œ 242

Sen. Mark Warner: β€œThere was no imminent threat to the United States by the Iranians. There was a threat to Israel. If we equate a threat to Israel as the equivalent of an imminent threat to the US, then we are in uncharted territory.”

08.03.2026 00:04 πŸ‘ 236 πŸ” 64 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 6
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23 year old Ruben Ray Martinez’s last words? β€œI’m sorry sir”.

ICE shot him 3 times and killed him.

Renee Good’s last words? β€œIt’s ok I’m not mad”.

Alex Pretti’s last words? β€œAre you ok?”

These are the people DHS calls domestic terrorists. Threats. Aggressors.

Abolish ICE

07.03.2026 09:15 πŸ‘ 4310 πŸ” 1821 πŸ’¬ 92 πŸ“Œ 51

So Russia is helping Iran target American troops. Ukraine is offering drone defense.

Guess who Trump NEVER ONCE has EVER criticized?

Correct. Russia

08.03.2026 00:12 πŸ‘ 5104 πŸ” 1354 πŸ’¬ 211 πŸ“Œ 34
Caitlin KALINOWSKI over X

I resigned from OpenAl. I care deeply about the Robotics team and the work we built together.
This wasn't an easy call. Al has an important role in national security. But surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got. This was about principle, not people. I have deep respect for Sam and the team, and I'm proud of what we built together.

Caitlin KALINOWSKI over X I resigned from OpenAl. I care deeply about the Robotics team and the work we built together. This wasn't an easy call. Al has an important role in national security. But surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got. This was about principle, not people. I have deep respect for Sam and the team, and I'm proud of what we built together.

OpenAI head of robotics just resigned over company deal with the Pentagon saying…

β€œSurveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got”

07.03.2026 19:05 πŸ‘ 7142 πŸ” 2664 πŸ’¬ 141 πŸ“Œ 211

I’m sorry, doing this in a baseball cap sold by your campaign store is deliberately disrespecting the dead.

07.03.2026 22:24 πŸ‘ 13558 πŸ” 2699 πŸ’¬ 685 πŸ“Œ 137

the reverse version of those β€œevolution of man” drawings

07.03.2026 23:43 πŸ‘ 13470 πŸ” 2630 πŸ’¬ 448 πŸ“Œ 86
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