U.S. has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war: Reuters
U.S. has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war: Reuters
The U.S. Army has used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its war with Iran, people familiar with the data told Reuters.
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This is honestly one of the most shocking images coming out of this administration and that’s saying something
Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social · last wk.“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
Irish musician Glen Hansard, who won a Best Original Song Oscar in 2008 for the indie film “Once,” died in a motorcycle crash at the age of 56, his management company says.
Oscar-winning Irish musician Glen Hansard dies in motorcycle crash
Hansard played a member of a Dublin soul band in 1991 movie “The Commitments” and won an Oscar in 2007 for the song “Falling Slowly” from the film “Once.”
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Last year, the Trump Administration delayed a $10 million grant meant for thinning out ~4,000 acres of dense, dry areas in the Superior National Forest. Most of the work never started. Now, it’s on fire. This is the cost of Elon Musk and the actions of DOGE. www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
‘We were shovel ready’: A Minnesota forest hit by DOGE cuts is now ablaze
Fire crews now have to thin out thousands of acres of dense, dry forest as wildfires burn.
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As Trump returns to tariffs, it's worth checking out what we've gotten from the trade war so far.
Larry laid his mouse in front of the press to be photographed. Lest you ask, this is a real photograph via the Press Association.
June 10: Ken Paxton receives $275,000 from the chair of the board of regents at Texas Tech, which faces potential sanctions by the Big 12 over a quarterback at the center of a betting scandal. June 11: Paxton threatens the Big 12 with a $200 million lawsuit if they sanction Texas Tech.
Texas Tech chair donated $275K to Paxton before he intervened for Sorsby
Cody Campbell, a major Texas Tech booster and GOP megadonor, has vocally defended Brendan Sorsby’s right to play amid a legal battle stemming from his betting scandal.
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This an official Vatican photograph of Leo at Lampedusa, Italy - one of the world’s heaviest migrant sites - where he went this morning to pray for migrants who died at sea. This is after turning down the offer to come to the United States.
My modest proposal as America turns 250 for celebrating the vote and keeping the Republic. I hope you’ll join me! open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
It's Our Country
Happy Fourth of July.
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The 11 a.m. Tuesday time slot is at the Great American State Fair is apparently not the most fruitful, as there are more musicians in the band than spectators. (The band, consisting of young musicians, including a heluva brass section, was quite good.)
NEW: Pentagon warns US unable to fight two ceasefires simultaneously
Pentagon warns US unable to fight two ceasefires simultaneously
Military leaders fear surprise ceasefire in Indo-Pacific could overstretch force
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Over 900 years of military experience has been lost due to Pete Hegseth's purge of 25 senior military officers. "Collectively, they represent over nine centuries of tactical, operational, and institutional experience across every domain of warfare." - Mike Schmitt 1/🧵
Ford has rehired hundreds of senior engineers after replacing them with AI backfired and has cost the company billions of dollars. AI adoption is blamed for Ford being the most recalled automaker in the U.S. with 51 recalls covering over 11 million vehicles in the first half of 2026 alone.
Apparently nothing disproves that you are a Nazi better than acting like a full on Nazi.
Adam Steinbaugh@adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social · last mo.After federal agents shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, a New Yorker sent ICE's director an email in January comparing him to a Nazi. This week, DHS agents stalked him across New York. His home. A hotel. They gave his wife a letter warning of criminal prosecution. www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...
The US Government has become a bank from which the Trumps can write unlimited checks to themselves. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/w...
Trump Cut a Billion-Dollar Mining Deal. His Sons Stand to Profit.
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Trump keeps insisting that America has become the "hottest country" since he took charge. But Pew, Gallup and other polling groups do test the perception of America in the world. And it's clear that Trump has tarnished the American brand like no president before him.
1) Open this image up 2) Find the small, blue feature in the very middle Congratulations, you've spotted the Perseverance rover on Mars, photographed from orbit! 3) Trace the rover tracks as they wend their way across the surface
Yikes, catastrophically low turnout for Trump's "rally" last night kicking off the 250 festivities...
If Popehat is permanently banned because of this post, I’m genuinely concerned about the viability of this platform. Hopefully, someone like @masnick.com knows more about what’s happening and whether this is just a temporary suspension
Charles Johnson@charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · last mo.Banning Popehat was a profoundly stupid move by Bluesky. Moderation is a very difficult job at this kind of scale, and I tend to grant lots of leeway for that reason. But this move was simply indefensible.
Graph of Strait of Hormuz crossings since June 2025. See that little spike all the way on the right? The one that's much lower than the leftward 2/3 of the graph, and immediately crashes back down? That's what the US government and quite a bit of US media tell us is fully open, with normal traffic.
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2mo agoHormuz vessel crossings: @bloomberg.com
Pope Leo XIV says that the Catholic Church’s teaching on sexual ethics must be less prioritized over “greater, more important issues.” “We tend to think that when the Church is talking about morality, that the only issue of morality is sexual. And in reality, there are much greater issues.”
