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He is a Putin tool. He feels insecure about being a Putin tool. He’d rather not answer your question about him being a Putin tool.

07.03.2026 00:54 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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For Energy, ESG Now Means Economics, Security and Geopolitics With β€œenergy dominance” comes great turbulence. President Donald Trump’s open-ended war against Iran reflects a US seemingly unconstrained by energy needs and ready to wield its own fossil fuels as in...

"A more fragmented world means higher costs & disruptions for countries relying on imported fuels. Domestically produced energy, chiefly in the form of electricity, becomes more attractive" - @liamdenning.bsky.social on the new "ESG" case for cleantech

Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

06.03.2026 18:25 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œTrans children are perfect.”

06.03.2026 18:41 πŸ‘ 3434 πŸ” 963 πŸ’¬ 114 πŸ“Œ 142

The slurs somehow have more agency than the Republicans.

The β€œNYT actually assigns agency to the people doing the thing” headline challenge remains unwon.

06.03.2026 20:28 πŸ‘ 534 πŸ” 103 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 3
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WAPO: β€œ.. Since the war began Saturday, Russia has passed Iran the locations of U.S. military assets, including warships and aircraft, said the three officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the matter’s sensitivity.”

@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

06.03.2026 11:14 πŸ‘ 2243 πŸ” 1182 πŸ’¬ 239 πŸ“Œ 185
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Corey Lewandowski looks to have been comfortably in the middle of the money flowing through Noem’s controversial $240 million ad campaign. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

06.03.2026 10:52 πŸ‘ 452 πŸ” 247 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 14

Markwayne Mullin, set to run Homeland Security >>

05.03.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 675 πŸ” 237 πŸ’¬ 58 πŸ“Œ 12

Does she get to keep the costumes?

05.03.2026 19:48 πŸ‘ 1150 πŸ” 97 πŸ’¬ 68 πŸ“Œ 6

So some people have human rights and some people don’t have human rights. Huh.

05.03.2026 14:45 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Nazi heaven’: Inside Miami campus Republicans’ racist group chat The chat is the subject of a Florida International University police investigation.

The secretary of Miami-Dade County’s GOP started a group chat for conservative students β€” and within 3 weeks, it was filled with over 400 instances of the N-word, Nazi rhetoric and writings of "dozens of ways of violently killing Black people"

05.03.2026 03:14 πŸ‘ 5523 πŸ” 2656 πŸ’¬ 284 πŸ“Œ 580
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FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

05.03.2026 07:15 πŸ‘ 17077 πŸ” 5955 πŸ’¬ 512 πŸ“Œ 493

Are there any statewide Montana Republicans who refrain from assaulting their fellow citizens?

05.03.2026 00:28 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Promo picture for a fundraiser showing that Pete Hegseth as the special guest at a political fundraiser for Zach Nunn

Promo picture for a fundraiser showing that Pete Hegseth as the special guest at a political fundraiser for Zach Nunn

Not only can I not think of a time when a sitting Secretary of Defense was ever the guest of honor at a political fundraiser, but I definitely can't think of a time when he did so weeks after starting a massive, unnecessary war

04.03.2026 14:36 πŸ‘ 484 πŸ” 118 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 12

Not sure I've ever heard this type of language from a US leader in global-crisis mode in the pre-MAGA Degenerates Era.

04.03.2026 13:11 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How Anonymous Bettors Cashed In on the Iran Strike, Just Hours Before It Happened

"Over the weekend, Bubblemaps flagged six Polymarket accounts that had made a total of $1.2 million betting on the timing of the Iran strike, noting that most of the accounts were relatively new and had specifically traded on a strike by Saturday." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u...

04.03.2026 13:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Here's the letter that caused Thom Tillis to erupt at Kristi Noem. The DHS inspector general claims DHS leaders "systematically obstructed" his inquiries, including in something related to a "specific pending criminal investigation."

(confirming scoop from WSJ's Tarini Parti and Josh Dawsey)

04.03.2026 12:21 πŸ‘ 1242 πŸ” 449 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 10

They are calling De Gaulle the most vindicated man in European history.

04.03.2026 12:28 πŸ‘ 106 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

BESSENT: EVERYTHING REGARDING IRAN IS GOING MAGNIFICENTLY

04.03.2026 12:05 πŸ‘ 143 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 17
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US troops who died in Iran war remembered as devoted parents and soldiers Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor was just days away from returning home to her husband and two children when a drone strike in Kuwait killed her and five others.

Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor was just days away from returning home to her husband and two children when a drone strike in Kuwait killed her and five others.

04.03.2026 12:08 πŸ‘ 1548 πŸ” 657 πŸ’¬ 124 πŸ“Œ 89
Donald Trump made trade threats against Spain during an Oval Office meeting with reporters and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES)

Donald Trump made trade threats against Spain during an Oval Office meeting with reporters and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES)

Trump: "Spain said we can't use their bases. We could use their bases if we want. We could just fly in and use it. Nobody is gonna tell us not to use it"

Not receiving consent and moving forward anyway is a consistent theme in his life β€” as E. Jean Carroll can attest

03.03.2026 20:47 πŸ‘ 7003 πŸ” 2069 πŸ’¬ 654 πŸ“Œ 243

I still suspect she lied about killing the dog. It was a maga signal that she was sufficiently crude and cruel to fit in with the first-tier thugs.

04.03.2026 01:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The US is now wasting $4 million Patriot missiles on $20,000 Iranian drones.
"Stupid is as stupid does."
If the US had a professional president, he would ask Ukraine for technical assistance with cheap drone interceptors, but the US has Trump who instead insults Zelensky.

03.03.2026 19:17 πŸ‘ 650 πŸ” 230 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 18

After watching Trump murder Americans, poll respondents seem less supportive of him murdering others.

04.03.2026 00:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m guessing Phase 1 of this, in which the Kurds accept planeloads of free arms, will be a resounding success.

03.03.2026 23:35 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Degenerate clown regime.

03.03.2026 16:07 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Alito is a corrupt hack thread.

03.03.2026 15:19 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It really is the MadLib War.

Which is not meant to be funny, but rather highlights how profoundly absurd the administration’s shifting aims and justifications are.

We attacked Iran because ______, and had to go now because _____.

03.03.2026 12:20 πŸ‘ 272 πŸ” 67 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 7

Also going to need to make a t-shirt to capture the administration’s general attitude:

β€œPlans are woke and DEI”

01.03.2026 19:37 πŸ‘ 63 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

This is a profound insight.

03.03.2026 12:29 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wall Street has been a fortress of 1929-level denialism about Trump. But if reality seeps in and markets have an extended freak-out, this idiot escapade will grow more grotesque as Trump tries to undo what can’t be undone.

03.03.2026 12:25 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0