ICE has more money than the USMC. Meanwhile, social safety nets are slashed. There are limitless $$ for unnecessary wars, favored dictators & “Board of Peace” & crypto scams. Our debt (~$39T) is so preposterous as to be make-believe. None of it makes sense. What is the hidden part?

Pam Keith@pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Can I just ask how exactly are we paying for this escapade on Iran? Like…seriously. We can’t afford health care subsidies and are cutting SNAP benefits. We’ve bloated the budget for ICE to the point of absurdity. How are we PAYING FOR THIS?

i wonder what they have on him

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 8mo ago

WELKER: Does Congress now need to vote to approve this war with Iran? LINDSEY GRAHAM: No

Trump may think our troops are expendable or "suckers" but a single life lost in pursuit of a war of choice with no strategic purpose is a moral outrage.

Schumer and Jeffries might be what makes me walk-away from the Democratic party. I’ll still vote against what Trump/MAGA/GOP candidate is running because I have no choice, but my will to actively participate, along with my monetary donations to them, is in serious doubt right now.

Chuck Schumer is being absolutely derelict in his role because he WANTED an attack on Iran, because that’s what Israel wanted. Watch him carefully. He will focus on the fact that there strikes weren’t Congressional approved. He won’t have shit to say about the strikes being IMMORAL!

So, there was no national security threat. No need to bypass the Constitution. Trump could have sought the approval of Congress. x.com/redcollectiv...

They abandoned the Constitution, good faith, and truth ages ago. That tribe's response to this grotesque fact ranged from "eh, no biggie" to "suck it libtards!"

This is a view of the AI future Anthropic chose, at considerable expense, to not be part of. youtu.be/M7mIX_0VK4g?...

New weapon swarm of drones with AI

YouTube video by shaif5

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Mia Farrow@miafarrow.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Trump ordered govt agencies to "immediately cease" using AI company Anthropic. Anthropic faces pressure to comply with demands that Govt. can use their technology without restrictions Anthropic refuses be used for mass surveillance of Americans or to command pilotless drones that can kill people

Trump said the main concern of his war on Iran is “freedom” for the Iranian people.” Just as in 1953 when a USA-led coup allowed us to install the shah. It was about Iran’s freedom, not its oil. That was just a side benefit for us. wapo.st/3MXtFLH

Trump: ‘Freedom’ for Iran is goal of ‘major military operation’

The president spoke to The Washington Post early Saturday after announcing that the U.S. had begun striking Iran to bring about regime change.

wapo.st

Let me see if I've got this right: DoD shoots down an unidentified drone...which turns out to be a DHS UAV. (1st friendly fire incident in US airspace?) Catching the FAA by surprise and prompting them to close the airspace. Incredible interagency coordination. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/u...

Pentagon Fires Another Laser at Drone, Prompting New Air Closure

nytimes.com

“The servicemembers conferred, and decided the object could pose a threat to their position.” So, is the suggestion here that U.S. troops shot down an unidentified aircraft in U.S. airspace on the basis of “unit self defense?” Who specifically authorized this action? www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Two Drone-Related Mishaps in One Month Highlight Problems Between Agencies

The new restriction comes after federal aviation officials shut down the airspace over El Paso, Texas, earlier this month in response to CBP’s use of a high-energy laser weapon.

wsj.com

SHORT ANSWER: “No.”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 8mo ago

COLLINS: Can you explain to the American people why the US would need to strike Iran to stop them from getting a nuclear weapon if the US 'obliterated' their enrichment program last summer? JD VANCE: I'm not going to make any news on Iran today

You only want to trust the polls that bring in good numbers. Right? Why do polls if they‘re only going to bum you out? What does a president for life care about pole numbers anyway?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 8mo ago

Emmer on Trump's dire polling: "I don't trust these polls"

New in PN: Trump is about to start a war he hasn't bothered to explain "He’s about to write a new chapter in the ignominious history of presidents thinking they impose their will by dropping bombs on foreign countries, yet he himself doesn’t seem to know why, let alone how it’s supposed to end."

Trump is about to start a war he hasn't bothered to explain

It's not even clear he knows why he wants to bomb Iran.

publicnotice.co

There is no union. We are not United States.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 8mo ago

Maria Bartiromo: "It's incredible to me that it appears to be that the Democrats are so angry about President Trump's success, he's been so successful on so many levels and has done things so fast that now the Democrats are boycotting the State of the Union."

This seems important www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature

Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...

nature.com

Frogs in a pot

“Putin has already started “WWIII.” www.bbc.com/news/article...

Resilient Zelensky tells BBC Putin has started WW3 and must be stopped

Ukraine's president sat down with the BBC's Jeremy Bowen in Kyiv days before the four-year anniversary of the war.

bbc.com

Bessent, with no facts, is already blaming Dems for a guy getting shot a Mar-a-Lago: "This venom coming from the other side. Look at this terrible, profane Senate commercial in Illinois. I would call for them to take that down."

Howard Lutnick engaged in one of the biggest most abusive financial scams in American History when he persuaded TACO to implement tariffs that he KNEW were illegal. The amount of money he is going to make by having hedged against the illegal tariffs while in office is an abomination He should be

Trump‘s “Board of Peace” is not the joke it appears to be. x.com/charise_lee/...

Meidas_Charise Lee on X: "The intent is to end the UN, and this Board would now be controlled by a wealthy few and be funded $10b by US taxpayers‼️ This can’t be constitutional‼️ https://t.co/yhkCp4jZCc" / X

The intent is to end the UN, and this Board would now be controlled by a wealthy few and be funded $10b by US taxpayers‼️ This can’t be constitutional‼️ https://t.co/yhkCp4jZCc

x.com

Wut?

Democrats should run this year on returning tariff revenue to Americans. Trump already said today he’s going to fight this in the courts. An easy mode way to be on the right side of the affordability issue.

UK is really taking the stick to ol’ Andrew. And he isn’t mentioned anywhere near as many times as our pedo president. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Government considers removing Andrew from royal line of succession

The former Duke of York is eighth in line to the throne meaning he remains eligible to be King.

bbc.com

Trump’s EPA is making mercury poisoning OK again. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/c...

E.P.A. Weakens Limits on Mercury From Coal Plants

nytimes.com

The message from the DOJ is unmistakable: Justice is no longer the objective. Retribution is.

Warnock continued, “The folks who are so quick to use his name are some of the meanest people I know, and they support some of the meanest policies I know.”

Jen Rubin@jenrubin.bsky.social · 8mo ago

contrarian.substack.com/p/undaunted-... None has been more eloquent than Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) in speaking about Jackson’s legacy and in setting an example for how people of faith should speak in the public square.

This is pure fiction. Does this Navarro guy actually know how anything works? Cause and effect are not always always what they appear to be.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 8mo ago

Peter Navarro: "Here's the statistic I want every American to understand -- 1% increase in rents for every 1 million illegals that cross our border. In the four years of Biden we had 20 million, so rents went up nationally 20% because Joe Biden left that border open."

Biden would’ve been instantly impeached in a bipartisan vote if he put his face on the freakin’ Department of Justice building

This from the guy who cannot pronounce “origins” without it coming out “oranges.”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 8mo ago

Trump: "President ... Mirssssssurooyev of Uzbekistan. One of the most difficult names in history."