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USMC veteran; Not a sucker or loser; Pro Democracy; Anti-fascist; Integrity, Character and Actual Values Rule; Islanders hockey; Weight Lifting; Personal Trainer; Music; CFO; CPA; donโ€™t DM me if you are looking for money.

๐ŸšจEXCLUSIVE: Military families and service members are now describing horrific conditions across MULTIPLE ships: human waste flooding bathrooms, virtually no food, water or soap, months without port calls, exhausted crews, and no end in sight. This crisis is far bigger than just the Lincoln.

Not Just the Lincoln: Families Describe Human Waste, No Food, No End in Sight Across Multiple Ships

Since MeidasTouch began reporting on conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, messages have poured in to MeidasTouch from military families and service

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Look, The New York Times can't report on *everything* Yes, yes, this Republican congressman urged a military-backed coup to overthrow an election. But did you know that a gubernatorial candidate said she didn't like Thanksgiving? You can't cover it all. It's all about priorities, people.

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Rep. Ralph Norman, whoโ€™s in a Senate runoff with Lindsey Grahamโ€™s sister Darline, secretly urged a military-backed coup in 2021 to keep Trump in power. But the NY Times thinks itโ€™s no big deal. In its last 92 stories mentioning Norman over 3 years and 7 months, it hasnโ€™t stated that fact once. 1/7๐Ÿงต

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Marandi: Trump single-handedly has convinced many Iranians that Iran should develop a nuclear weapon, despite the fact that the government, the leader, and political parties, for the most part, are still saying we shouldnโ€™t pursue nuclear weapons, at least for now.

Ossoff on Mike Collins: "What he's saying to the people of Georgia is after cutting their healthcare, throwing 300k of them off their health insurance, doubling health insurance premiums for more than 1 mil Georgians, he's then going to take their tax dollars and pay it out to violent criminals."

EXCLUSIVE: A family member of a service member currently deployed aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln shared messages with MeidasTouch detailing months without milk, meat arriving rotten, and a deployment with no end in sight.

Rotten Meat, No Milk: Troops Detail Life Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln

Text messages shared with MeidasTouch by a family member of a service member currently deployed aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln paint a bleak picture of daily

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COLUMN: The Iran crisis echoes Iraqโ€™s darkest years, but the danger is greater. "In the 2000s, the U.S. faced fewer challenges for global influence and could afford a major failure. Now, Americaโ€™s credibility is sinking due to its Middle East missteps while Chinaโ€™s star is on the rise."

The US Forgot the Lessons of Iraq. Now Itโ€™s Desperate for Ideas on Iran.

There are three main camps emerging with proposals, all of which have downsides.

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Already 250 days without land ๐Ÿ˜” Families have reported exhaustion, deteriorating morale, periods without hot water, shortages of basic hygiene supplies and food concerns among other things. Why isnt this administration looking after them? ๐Ÿ˜ก #Pinks #USDemocracy www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

USS Abraham Lincoln sailors tried to jump overboard amid extended deployment โ€“ reports

Aircraft carrierโ€™s crew in ninth month at sea and has spent record 250 days consecutively without making land

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Families of sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln spoke to Military Times about multiple incidents in which sailors have attempted to go overboard amid the ship's extended deployment in support of combat operations in the Middle East

Multiple USS Abraham Lincoln sailors have tried to go overboard amid extended deployment, families say

Multiple sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have attempted to go overboard as the carrier's deployment stretches into its ninth month.

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SHOCK REPORT: Desperate sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have tried to jump overboard amid an extended Middle East deployment, as families sound the alarm over severe mental health struggles, exhaustion, food shortages, water contamination, deteriorating conditions, + more, per Military Times.

Multiple USS Abraham Lincoln sailors have tried to go overboard amid extended deployment, families say

Multiple sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have attempted to go overboard as the carrier's deployment stretches into its ninth month.

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Video of an ICE agent pulling a gun on a wife and mother, who is a US citizen born and raised in the area, near Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia yesterday. Chillingly, they claimed she โ€œalmost ran them overโ€ until she told them she had video proving that was a lie.