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“I promise you, it would have been a war crime.” that’s what Alejandro Barranco told me what would have happened if he treated a detainee when he was deployed to Afghanistan with the Marines like federal agents treated his father.

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I want to be really clear on this: there's absolutely no value to America whatsoever in Linda McMahon being in public life. She's a minimally educated, poorly informed rich woman who should be sipping Chardonnay in a bunker in New Zealand. No one should take her seriously or do anything she demands.

submitted 9 hours ago • 205 comments

Bezos Wedding Guests Delighted By Amazon Worker With Ring Tied To Collar Crawling Down Aisle theonion.com/bezos-w...

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Trump's bold claims of "obliterating" Iran's nuclear sites crumble under scrutiny. A leaked report reveals strikes on Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan delayed progress by mere months. Hegseth and Leavitt dodge truth with bluster, while centrifuges stand unscathed. #IranNuclear

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Thank God

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The idea that carrying a meme on your phone could factor into your treatment at the border is a sign of how authoritarian things have gotten, here. And the fact that the image is not a threat, makes it all the more chilling. People used to joke that autocracies fear humor and now it’s true.👇

submitted 21 hours ago • 64 comments

One problem is that Trump is always so anxious to declare victory and seek credit/adoration/prizes for it that he gets out in front of reality to create his fan fiction. It’s all about short-term “wins” for Trump and Fox news cycles, not anything lasting, durable, or sustainable.

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Ossoff: We usually get this, which specifies how many folks you intend to employ. What we have is a 26-page PowerPoint. Here, it specifies about $17 billion in cuts to medical services. Who are you cutting? Collins: We’ll have more information as we go forward.

submitted 22 hours ago • 540 comments

The Supreme Court approved this today.

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BREAKING NEWS: Polls have closed in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary election. Follow LIVE results and updates below LIVE UPDATES open.substack.com/pub/newsbrea...

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

Mic drop.

submitted 21 hours ago • 1219 comments

Don Junior is living proof this is not the case.

submitted 22 hours ago • 283 comments

They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida. If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.

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Now that you know what picks the Penguins have, come find out what I think they should do with them: open.substack.com/pub/faceofff...

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DEAN: Do you have any concerns about your conflicts of interest and the president's? BONDI: What I would be concerned about in Pennsylvania is all the child sex cases DEAN: Did you hear my question?

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Hey @joerogan, he ran on “mass deportations.” What did you think mass deportations meant?

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Sources say that Iran’s military leadership first learned of the attacks when the Ayatollah was accidentally included on one of Pete Hegseth’s Signal chats.

submitted 2 days ago • 14 comments

🤷🏼‍♀️

submitted 2 days ago • 692 comments

They were supposed to be deporting “gang members” and “criminals.” So far, they have kidnapped people working their day jobs and folks lawfully showing up for their immigration court appearances… It was always a lie.

submitted 2 days ago • 940 comments

When I got this notification I thought, what could this possibly be about! LMAO.

submitted 2 days ago • 360 comments

Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them theonion.com/democra...

submitted 2 days ago • 583 comments

Now that we're at war, maybe it was a bad idea to alienate all our allies?

submitted 2 days ago • 156 comments

GOP Lawmakers Watch Silently As Trump Strangles Each Of Their Loved Ones In Turn theonion.com/gop-law...

submitted 2 days ago • 103 comments

Now spinning, Triumph & Disaster by We Lost the Sea. #vinyl #postrock #postmetal

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Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽

submitted 2 days ago • 1541 comments

Wow so you’re telling me everyone who cheered on the Iraq war is on board with this now too? And so are the people who opposed the Iran nuclear deal and killed it? You’re kidding.

submitted 2 days ago • 1394 comments

He just dropped $280,000,000 worth of artillery in a war that’s not ours, but our grandparents have to live on Ramen noodles because America can’t afford Meals on Wheels anymore. Make it make sense.

submitted 3 days ago • 1128 comments

I hate when I go to bed early on a Saturday night and wake up Sunday morning only to discover we’ve gone to war in the Middle East without the consent of Congress. 😡

submitted 3 days ago • 1626 comments

Facts matter!

submitted 4 days ago • 56 comments

Iran has learned its lesson. by Susan Collins

submitted 3 days ago • 80 comments

The war in Iran is illegal under the UN Charter, under War Powers Act, and didn't even comply with National Security Act.

submitted 3 days ago • 400 comments

One of the stranger NYT articles I’ve ever read. The two most important things about the situation—Trump exiting the Iran Nuclear Deal as it was working perfectly and the fact that there’s no intel suggesting Iran has pursued more than a civilian nuclear program in 20+ years—are deliberately absent.

submitted 3 days ago • 64 comments

And just like that, the ‘No New Wars’ people are all-in on a new war. Proving yet again that they really believe in nothing other than what one man tells them to believe today. Which could be different tomorrow. The very definition of a cult.

submitted 3 days ago • 992 comments

Just as Iraq had no WMD, Iran has no nuclear weapons. America has entered another unnecessary war in the Middle East

submitted 3 days ago • 443 comments

Don’t worry, everyone! Chuck Schumer is writing a sternly worded letter as we speak!! Then it’s off to another billionaire’s wedding on Martha’s Vineyard.

submitted 3 days ago • 183 comments

Trump has spent the last 12 years saying other presidents would lead us into war. Then he did it in less than six months.

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We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.

submitted 3 days ago • 2772 comments

📢 A US Army combat veteran has a few words to express his thoughts on the oath he took. 🔥

submitted 4 days ago • 519 comments

Iran’s stockpile dropped to 0 after Obama made the Iran Deal… until Trump pulled out of it (against the advice of his own Defense Secretary, General Mattis… because he hated Obama) Feels pretty relevant in this moment.

submitted 3 days ago • 63 comments

📌

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