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Documentary filmmaker and photographer. Michigan based. Watch “The Forgotten” at www.davewasinger.com
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There is absolutely no bottom.

@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2026/03/13/p...
March 14, 2026 at 8:51 PM
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2 headlines from this week
March 14, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled.

A truly extraordinary moment.

We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.

Act like it.
March 14, 2026 at 9:52 PM
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Hegseth: "Some in the press can't stop. Allow me to make suggestions. People look at the TV and they see banners, 'Mideast War Intensifies.' What should it read instead? How about, 'Iran increasingly desperate.' More fake news from CNN. The sooner David Ellison takes over that network, the better"
March 13, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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"The sooner David Ellison takes over that network, the better." - Hegseth on CNN. There are no more quiet parts. It's all said aloud.
(And I'll bet he wouldn't like this shot.)
March 13, 2026 at 12:16 PM
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they double bombed an elementary school for girls
To strike 1,000 targets in 24 hours in Iran, the U.S. military leveraged the most advanced AI it’s ever used in warfare.

Anthropic’s Claude partnered with the military’s Maven Smart System, suggesting targets and issuing precise location coordinates. https://wapo.st/46BFe1T
March 5, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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In 1966 the New Jersey Young Republicans gleefully sang racist and antisemitic songs at their gatherings. The lyrics to one went “Riding the Reich in my Mercedes Benz, shooting every kike, saving all my friends." Hartford Courant, 13 February 1966.
March 5, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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here's the full clip of Karoline Leavitt getting big mad when Kaitlan Collins presses her on Hegseth complaining about press coverage of US troop deaths
March 4, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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Polymarket has created a betting market on the use of nuclear weapons. Everyone involved in this should be put in prison for life.
March 4, 2026 at 1:05 AM
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High-ranking US military officers are tying the action attack on Iran to fulfilling a Christian prophecy. www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Commanders Accused of Framing Iran War as Biblical Mandate, Jesus' 'Return'
More than 100 complaints were made by military officers between Monday and Tuesday, totaling over 200 in total across every installation.
www.military.com
March 4, 2026 at 12:52 AM
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the phrase “more than a dozen pregnant children” ringing in my ears www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
March 4, 2026 at 12:09 AM
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Disgusting way to talk about your fellow humans. Silicon Valley needs to be quarantined for an indefinite period of time until the nazi mad scientist fever is cured.
SAM ALTMAN: “People talk about how much energy it takes to train an AI model … But it also takes a lot of energy to train a human. It takes like 20 years of life and all of the food you eat during that time before you get smart.”
February 21, 2026 at 11:40 PM
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👀 Invoking Orwell, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore panels and historical acknowledgments of the history of slavery that the National Park Service removed in Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 16, 2026 at 6:24 PM
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read that first paragraph if nothing else:
Federal court orders Trump administration to restore historical panel exhibits at President’s House in Philadelphia.

Happy Presidents Day.
February 16, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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Whatever happened to Trump’s plan for 10% credit card rates?

It met the same fate as his tariff rebate checks. And his health care “plan.” And the DOGE rebate checks. And 50-year mortgages. And...
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
For Trump, rapid-fire policy gimmicks come and go at breakneck speeds
The more desperate the president becomes, the more he starts throwing out ideas he thinks people might like as if he were a casino dealer tossing cards.
www.ms.now
February 16, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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Just going to point out again that our arbitrary political rules permit Republicans to attack urban areas with impunity but strictly forbid the faintest whiff of condescension toward rural areas by Democrats
“The first thing I thought was, ‘What is she talking about?’” said Bryan Fish, the vice mayor of Culver City, whom everyone calls Bubba but doesn’t look like someone whom everyone calls Bubba. “The only crime here,” he added, “is like the $18 strawberry at Erewhon.”

culver city, crime haven! lmaooo
Bondi Suggests Culver City Has a Crime Problem. Culver City Has a Problem With That.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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They're telling us what's up. The only question at this point is what we're going to do about it when they try to steal this election.
Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
February 14, 2026 at 11:59 PM
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Moskowitz: By the president’s own metrics, what accomplishments does Noem have?

• She’s holding up 200 miles of border wall.
• She’s deported fewer people than Obama.
• She’s not helping any of these red-state governors with their disasters.

Why hasn’t he fired her?
February 15, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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Shot, and one-hell-of-a-chaser.
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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Breaking news: The IRS improperly shared confidential tax information of thousands of people with immigration enforcement officials, appearing to breach a legal fire wall intended to protect taxpayer data.
IRS improperly disclosed confidential immigrant tax data to DHS
The tax agency only recently discovered it improperly disclosed tax information on thousands of the wrong people to immigration enforcement.
wapo.st
February 11, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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Police in Bloomington, MN just announced that one of the guys they arrested in an underage sex trafficking sting was a **background checker for ICE agents.**

He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
February 11, 2026 at 1:06 AM
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in a text string after the shooting, a fellow agent told Exum he's a "legend"
"Beers on me"
February 10, 2026 at 11:46 PM
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a great article you should read instead of the Washington post one:

theracket.news/p/the-most-a...
February 10, 2026 at 2:09 PM