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Dad of 2. 2 Dogs, 2 cats, 2 kids. Marine 0311. 84-91. Aggie Band Class of '87 Connoisseur of Dad jokes LLAP

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The worst cabinet in American history And it's not even close.

New in PN: The worst cabinet in history

"Even having one or two cabinet members as disastrous as Noem, Hegseth, Kennedy, or Bondi would be a stain on any administration; putting them all in one govt has created a kind of Bizarro World 1927 Yankees, an all-star team of incompetence and malevolence."

10.03.2026 11:23 πŸ‘ 3735 πŸ” 1123 πŸ’¬ 197 πŸ“Œ 102

When he is deposed he must be given a fair trial.

Several of them.

09.03.2026 23:07 πŸ‘ 1257 πŸ” 252 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 15

This is one of his most terrifyingly stupid performances ever, this one’s a Hall of Famer

09.03.2026 22:26 πŸ‘ 1461 πŸ” 192 πŸ’¬ 99 πŸ“Œ 9
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This isn't journalism; it's unquestioningly taking dictation.

09.03.2026 23:08 πŸ‘ 848 πŸ” 194 πŸ’¬ 47 πŸ“Œ 12
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Iran names Khamenei's son to succeed him, signaling no letup in war as oil prices surge Iran has named the hard-line Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his late father as supreme leader.

Iran has named the hard-line Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his late father as supreme leader.

09.03.2026 17:01 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 7
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Elizabeth Warren reacts to Live Nation reaching a settlement with the Department of Justice over federal antitrust lawsuit.

β€œDonald Trump just betrayed every fan who's been exploited by Ticketmaster.”

09.03.2026 17:02 πŸ‘ 68 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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I can't compete with this.

09.03.2026 16:20 πŸ‘ 10252 πŸ” 1734 πŸ’¬ 230 πŸ“Œ 411
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UPDATE: BBC Verify RT’s Bellingcat’s post with video of a missile dropping on the facility where the girls’ school was located - the missile matches πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ tomahawks and β€œappears to contradict Trump’s claim” it was Iran πŸ€”

08.03.2026 18:04 πŸ‘ 1452 πŸ” 679 πŸ’¬ 87 πŸ“Œ 42

What makes it so disheartening is that 30%ish of the population thinks this is exactly how it should be.

08.03.2026 16:52 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of a tweet from US Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) on 19 March 2025 @ 3:38pm ET. Text reads: 

THE TRUMP EFFECT AT WORK FOR NORTH CAROLINA! [flexing arm emoji]

A furniture manufacturer, Prepac, is shutting down its operations in Canada and moving all of its production to its NC facility.

This will help grow our economy and bring more good-paying jobs for folks in our area!

Screenshot of a tweet from US Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) on 19 March 2025 @ 3:38pm ET. Text reads: THE TRUMP EFFECT AT WORK FOR NORTH CAROLINA! [flexing arm emoji] A furniture manufacturer, Prepac, is shutting down its operations in Canada and moving all of its production to its NC facility. This will help grow our economy and bring more good-paying jobs for folks in our area!

Screenshot of an article headline from the News & Observer. Headline text reads: "NC furniture maker is going out of business, lays off 200 near Greensboro". Above the headline is a photo of a manufacturing facility. The caption to the photo reads: "Prepac Manufacturing facility in Whitsett, NC. The company announced this week it will wind down all operations."

Screenshot of an article headline from the News & Observer. Headline text reads: "NC furniture maker is going out of business, lays off 200 near Greensboro". Above the headline is a photo of a manufacturing facility. The caption to the photo reads: "Prepac Manufacturing facility in Whitsett, NC. The company announced this week it will wind down all operations."

How it started vs how it's going

The power of MAGAnomics!

08.03.2026 14:43 πŸ‘ 390 πŸ” 121 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 12
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An Ohio high school is on one of the greatest winning streaks in sports. What’s the secret?

An Ohio high school gymnastics dynasty seeks a 23rd straight state title on Saturday. Inside the program behind one of the most remarkable streaks in all of sports

08.03.2026 05:56 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKING Initial reports of an explosion at the U.S embassy in Norway, no reports of casualties

08.03.2026 00:45 πŸ‘ 219 πŸ” 87 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 10

The dining scene is wild as well. You have the super bougie vs local with what seems like zero between.

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Special Ops To Get The Uranium - Lawyers, Guns & Money There are folks out there dreaming about a daring raid by special ops forces to grab Iran’s stock of enriched uranium. Trumpies would like to grab the Ayatollahs’ goodies. People concerned about proli...

I hope they've thought it out.

07.03.2026 22:16 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2

Yup www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

07.03.2026 21:18 πŸ‘ 138 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2

I am not sure what the US govt plans. But turning Iran into a ungovernable warlord state of chaos and poverty is an outcome Netanyahu would benefit from.

That would be a disaster for the US. I don’t see how that chaos and violence doesn’t come home to hit the US mainland.
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01.03.2026 15:01 πŸ‘ 124 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3

I say this as prior service & understanding that 62% of veterans voted for Trump: they are getting exactly what they voted for. Don't have any sympathy for them

07.03.2026 22:23 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's no longer a "dignified" transfer when the president is wearing a baseball cap

07.03.2026 22:04 πŸ‘ 754 πŸ” 134 πŸ’¬ 45 πŸ“Œ 10
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Going all out on the fake job thing

07.03.2026 22:18 πŸ‘ 3550 πŸ” 559 πŸ’¬ 578 πŸ“Œ 90

GOOOAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

#USWNT

07.03.2026 22:19 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

ALYSSA THOMPSON WITH THE BANGER

#USWNT

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Southlake in the news for something other than being the most racist city in Texas

07.03.2026 21:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Columbia making a strong showing in the final of #shebelieves.

07.03.2026 21:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A day or so ago they announced she was fine from that injury in the last game.

07.03.2026 21:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The national suicide being committed by the Republican-led United States has no historical precedent. Centuries from now (if humanity survives that long), historians will struggle to explain how such a thing was possible.

06.03.2026 23:08 πŸ‘ 3100 πŸ” 668 πŸ’¬ 229 πŸ“Œ 200

TLDR: Texan landlord screws tenants avoids accountability because of political connections

07.03.2026 21:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is not or should not be news to OSD. These were part of my conclusions in the unclassified strategic assessment I did on this for OSD-P & the command groups at CENTCOM & ARCENT back in 2013.

07.03.2026 20:29 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Pulling a point I made in some replies onto main: I think one big shift in how the public is reacting to people who don't vaccinate their kids is that as recently as, say, 2023, you could look at your anti-vax neighbors as annoying flakes and a theoretical risk - but far lower case numbers meant...

07.03.2026 12:53 πŸ‘ 73 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 6