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So we've become a country of pirates! Argh!
Source: Al Jazeera
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US forces stormed cargo ship travelling from China to Iran: Report
Incident in November latest reported instance of Trump administration's increasingly aggressive maritime tactics.
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December 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Hey @senatortomcotton.govpeeps.us , would you be OK with the SignalGate report if it had happened with Lloyd Austin as Secy of Defense? You can't make exceptions for your party, and if you said yes, you know in your heart that's a lie.
December 7, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Fact checking for a website, protected speech. Denying a visa for fact checking, 1A violation.

Fact checkers and others could be denied U.S. visas under new plan : NPR share.google/OalMrxBV1qTD...
State Department to deny visas to fact checkers and others, citing 'censorship'
The order is focused on applicants for H-1B visas, which are frequently used by tech companies and is part of a campaign by the Trump administration against online content moderation.
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December 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Anyone surprised by this?

Pentagon's Signalgate review finds Pete Hegseth violated military regulations share.google/8UER7LkYtuy3...
Pentagon's Signalgate review finds Pete Hegseth violated military regulations
The report outlines the findings of a more than eight-month investigation into Hegseth’s use of Signal to share details of planned U.S. strikes in Yemen.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:48 AM
If you listened to the Republicans the last few decades, it was Democrats that weaponized the government for propaganda, but here we are. Welcome to the Nazi propaganda machine. abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
Trump administration posts notice that no federal food aid will go out Nov. 1
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has posted a notice on its website saying federal food aid will not go out Nov. 1 as the government shutdown drags on
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October 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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📘 Launch day!!

Useless Etymology: Offbeat Word Origins for Curious Minds arrives today.

It’s full of weird word origins, grammar quirks, surprise portmanteaus, fossilized words, and etymological mysteries, scandals, and silliness.

Get it anywhere books or sold (especially your favorite indie)!
October 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Tell me you're a racist without saying you're racist.

MAGA - Anything they say about Bad Bunny at the superb owl.
October 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The republicans are refusing a CR that includes healthcare subsidies that the CBO estimates as 358 billion over the next 10 years.

This is half of a penny for every dollar the US spends annually.

Half a penny to keep medical care affordable.
October 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Can we quit acting like Charlie Kirk had redeemable qualities? He literally said that some gun deaths were necessary to preserve the 2nd Amendment and he had also suggested homosexuals deserved death. He was a vitriol spewing hate monger that got rich off his hate and lack of empathy.
September 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I wish there was justice for the negative impact some people's words have on others. Today there was a semblance.
September 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Guessing they were trying to avoid 4 RUDs in a row

Starship scrubs Flight 10 in penultimate Block 2 test - NASASpaceFlight.com share.google/Tnm5GlLqxyrA...
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August 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
It's like they "concentrated" an ethnic group into a "camp" and then started treating them in a manner that might lead to their demise. Where might we have seen this before? www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Israeli fire kills 67 people seeking aid in Gaza, medics say, as hunger worsens
It is one of the highest reported death tolls among repeated recent cases in which people have been killed while looking for aid.
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July 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
No Nexus to Islamic Jihad. Just a Nexus to Maga Jihad.
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Wess Roley: Idaho gunman in deadly ambush of fire crews had 'idolised' firefighters
The suspect deliberately lit a fire to lure first responders to a mountainous area near Coeur d'Alene.
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July 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The rest of the world understands actions have consequences. Trump levies tariffs and expects Canada to love him for it. They retaliated because they don't like your shit Donakd

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Trump says US ending trade discussions with Canada over digital tax
President Donald Trump said on Friday the U.S. is immediately ending trade talks with Canada in response to the country's digital services tax on technology companies, calling it a "direct and blatant attack on our country."
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June 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Wait wait wait, the Republicans are going to increase the debt ceiling by 5 trillion with a "T"?

Way to go party of fiscal responsibility. Since the Trump tax cuts were introduced, the debt ceiling has almost doubled.
June 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Fuck you Verizon. DEI has nothing to do with discrimination unless you're a talentless white guy upset you lost out on a job to a minority with skills. www.theverge.com/news/668614/...
FCC approves Verizon’s $20 billion merger after it commits to ‘ending’ DEI
The merger will help Verizon expand its fiber footprint.
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May 17, 2025 at 7:04 AM
And why is that Mr Secretary? That's right... Your party refused to fund the proper fixes until it goes to shit. www.cbsnews.com/news/faa-eba...
FAA has used eBay, 3D printers to replace parts for aging systems, transportation secretary says
President Trump's transportation secretary said Thursday the FAA's air traffic control system "truly is 25, 35, 40 years old in some places."
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May 16, 2025 at 7:56 AM
AF1 is not just a bugged 747 with a bunch of bundled questionable ties to a foreign government. It's a complex communications platform that can serve as an operations center in time of need. This will still cost billions. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Turning Qatari 747 into Air Force One could cost $1 billion and take years, experts say
Taxpayers would likely foot the bill to retrofit President Trump's new jet, which could be more than twice the plane's $400 million value.
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May 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Quit giving this asshat airtime acting like he discovered something Buttigieg wasn't already warning about 4 years ago and the Republicans blocked funding to fix.
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Transportation Secretary Duffy warns air traffic control issues at Newark will happen elsewhere
Sean Duffy, U.S. Secretary of Transportation, tells Kristen Welker that outages at Newark Airport are a result of telecom and software issues that are a product of the system’s age.
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May 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Where will Pete find love now?
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May 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Sitting in the airport waiting for delays in Newark. The lack of ATC is DOGE's fault. You offered a package or be fired option to people that are super fucking important and they took the package. Elon didn't think about how that might impact things.
May 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM