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  I can't fully express the joy I have that Trump is 100% all-in on making this midterm elections about him and his abstract complaints. It is pure happiness to see him spending federal dollars on ads focused on him and claiming he'll throw money at people if Republicans win the election even while the debt is exploding under his leadership. And I'm so thankful for Natalie Harp being his personal echo chamber enforcer, allowing him to remain completely out of touch with reality. But...

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  What's Trump up to, then -- are his threats of huge attacks empty? No. The US has half a million (give or take) of "dumb" bombs and associated glider kits. What this means is, going forward, each time Trump tries to conduct widespread strikes, their success rates will plummet and civilian casualties will soar. We're going to see visuals on the ground that resemble Gaza -- the bridge was not struck, but the car park was. With the loss of precision munitions, Trump's name...

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  Why the Pentagon's $25B current estimate of money spent for the #IranWar is wrong. And anyway, the Pentagon has been hiding the scope of damages to US bases, as CNN showed, so we can't trust anything coming out of this administration. #USPol https://popular.info/p/the-real-cost-of-the-iran-war-72

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  Since COVID lockdowns, I have not stopped wearing masks while shopping at the grocery store. Haven't caught a cold since forever. https://katu.com/news/local/measles-confirmed-at-safeway-in-portland-health-officials-oregon-health-authority

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  USPS is going to add an 8% fuel surcharge starting April 26 to: - Priority Mail Express; - Priority Mail; - USPS Ground Advantage; - Parcel Select. First-class stamps are excluded. Inflation, here we come! #USPol #USPS https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2026/0325-usps-announces-transportation-related-time-limited-price-change.htm

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  "Some U.S. officials think a crushing show of force to conclude the fighting would create more leverage in peace talks or simply give Trump something to point to and declare victory." Trump is so profoundly stupid and incurious, that he's never bothered to research and think about solutions to the most vexing problems. All that he knows is all that he thinks he needs to know to make good decisions. It's why he's constantly saying, "Nobody knew...

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  The second Marine Expeditionary Unit sent to the Middle East is going to arrive a lot sooner than ppl assume. At earliest, it could arrive in 10-1/2 days from the day they left port. So by the new deadline, both MEUs and the 82nd Airborne will be in the theatre of the war. Soonest would be April 1st; that's a Wednesday. Assuming they'll wait for the end of the closing bell on Friday, Trump is going to unleash mass violence over Easter weekend. Mark it on the calendar. #USPol

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  Or, hear me out, they could do what they did all of last year and claim the unitary power of the executive to redirect money they already have in the pocket. ICE is fully funded, as seen with their reassignment to some airports. With ICE and TSA both under DHS, DHS could reallocate money from ICE to TSA. #USPol https://apnews.com/article/airport-delays-wait-times-shutdown-congress-tsa-b419e989a22dbc028d01cbd892fadb40

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  Trump said he was going to sign an EO to pay #TSA workers. He could have done that at any time, directing #DHS to redirect money #ICE received last year to TSA. Instead, he chose to not pay TSA and send fully paid ICE employees to take their jobs. So what was he waiting for? The irony is, it pushed Senate GOP into passing a package funding DHS except ICE and parts of #CBP. See, if they didn't beat Trump, it would have exposed the truth that he could have paid TSA all this time. 🤔 #U...

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  "Trump is bored with Iran" So not true. It's too hard for him to resolve that he's on the verge of throwing up his hands and walking away. When people are bored, it's b/c something's not stimulating enough -- see ADHD. For many who come across a difficult puzzle, there's a point where they reach the end of their patience and they move on. For others, it has to be solved one way or another, and that's all there is to it; it may t...

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  "It is another signal that a U.S. ground operation in Iran is being seriously prepared." No. That implies they half-assed their battle prep. The military doesn't do that. It means they had a plan but then decided to upgrade it. Either Trump wanted a bigger bada-boom or someone questioned the sufficiency of the plan and/or the tactical goals. We're in the ballpark of $50B into this war and no end in sight. #USPol https://www.axios.com/2026/03/27/iran-war-tru...

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  So many easy targets in this administration filled with incompetent, unserious people. #USPol https://www.reuters.com/world/us/iran-linked-hackers-claim-breach-of-fbi-directors-personal-email-doj-official-2026-03-27/

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  $101.18/barrel - West Texas Intermediate oil $106.89/barrel - Brent Crude oil 45,166.64 (-793.47|-1.73%) - Dow 31.05 (+3.61|+13.16%) - Volatility Index The markets have apparently figured out that Trump's BS war is going to get a lot worse because he's a lot dumber than they thought. #USPol #USEconomy

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  If people tell you Democrats are blocking funding of TSA, you retort: - Democrats said they would support any bill that funded DHS except for ICE, CBP - They were holding up funding of ICE, CBP to pass laws limiting their grotesque actions - Trump said he'd do an Executive Order to pay TSA - He could have ordered DHS to shift some $ out of ICE's BBB windfall to TSA - Trump chose to substitute unpaid TSA w/ paid ICE instead of paying TSA - GOP blocked this bill #USPol https://w...

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  "the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS" -- Trump Once again, Trump makes clear his intention to commit war crimes: Rule 50. The destruction or seizure of the property of an adversary is prohibited, unless required by imperative military necessity. Rule 54. Attacking, destroying, removing or rendering useless objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population is prohibited. We must #impeach Trump #USPol

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  But the question remains: What did Trump accomplish in Venezuela? · Did he shut down the drug trade? - No · Did he change the regime? - No · Did he open up Venezuelan oil? - Only partially, and only in response to his quagmire in Iran The US naval blockade's intact w/ new exceptions, spending a $Billion every month despite grabbing Maduro. Some Communist Socialism countries moving to Democratic Capitalism fail. See: Russia. Why? No patience. See: Afghanistan. #USPol https://www.pol...