The war in Iran has already cost $22.8 billion.

For $22.8 billion, we could:

• Provide Medicaid to 6.8 million kids
• Build 2.6 million public housing units
• Fund Head Start for 1.3 million
• Hire 240,000 teachers
• Cancel $20,000 in student debt for 1 million borrowers

Woo!

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North Korea has a secret missile base that poses a ‘potential nuclear threat’ to the US, new report says | CNN North Korea has a secret missile base near its border with China that poses a “potential nuclear threat” to East Asia and the United States, according to a new report released Wednesday.

I feel like we invaded Iraq for less.

Trump administration says federal employees can encourage co-workers to "re-think" their religious beliefs Federal employees can talk about religion at work, including by encouraging coworkers to "re-think" their own beliefs, a memo said Monday.

It's like @theonion.com is writing itself these days.

Ghislaine Maxwell didn't kill herself.

Can you quantify that? Like, where can we see the comparison chart of lost revenue for tax cuts and giveaways to corporations? I believe you, but I want to see it so I can better explain it to others.

Brain worms

I had a special water bottle to filter the drinking water and still got a bug during my one week there. Luckily, I had antibiotics with me just in case, but I can't imagine that being a sustainable strategy.

The path is clear. Please share and repost.

White House defends not including Russia, North Korea on tariffs The White House on Thursday defended its decision to not include Russia, North Korea, Cuba or Belarus in the latest round of tariffs, which targeted dozens of global trading partners that were labe…

Day 1284 of pointing out that Trump is a Russian asset.

Hands Off! March on D.C. · Mobilize **Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them.** They're taking everything they can get their hands on—our health care, our data, our jobs, our services—and daring the world to sto...

Hi friends,

I'm planning to drive up to DC for the Hands Off protest action on April 5. We are leaving Durham around 7am. Happy to link up to caravan or just meet up there. DM me if you want to join and we can create a signal group to coordinate.

#resist #durham #bullcity

I swear. GPT Deep Research is like goofy ass Clark Kent taking off his glasses and flying into the sky like Superman. Like, I know they look the same, but how are they the same thing? Are the other models just pretending to be dumb?

That assumes there will be a free and fair election, if an election at all.

March Fourth!

This is what I needed to see today.

Sage advice for dark times ahead from Bernice King.

Bernie, what can we do to stop this? We need our leaders to take a stand and use the power they have, and if that power has been eroded, organize the people to take it back.

I don't see how continuing to point out their hypocrisy and conflict of interest is doing anything. That's the point. They are showing that they win, they have the power and they are unchecked. What I want to know is: WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT IT?

I'm so glad we held the moral high ground and peacefully handed over power to a fascist tyrant so he could finalize the sale of the country to Putin and the Broligarchy, exactly like we knew he would. Good for us. We are so morally awesome.

Thousands rally outside the Capitol to protest Musk and Trump’s destruction of the U.S. government.

Awesome day at #50501 protests at the Capitol building in Washington, DC.

Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.

They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.

Don't fall for it.

Presidents Day Protest February 17th, 2025 @your state Capitol

Presidents Day Protest
February 17th, 2025

This assumes the Dems leadership isn't complicit in the rise of fascism. Which, it really looks like they are. They had and have so many opportunities to hold this administration accountable and they just keep failing, over and over.

I giggled. Is GOL a thing?

It's literally the best food in the world.

NEWSFLASH: Super rich guy who owns recognizable shit says stuff that everyone already knows.

All this media coverage trying to make sense of what's happening ignores the most obvious truth. Trump works for Putin. Now also Musk. But that's it. We are a client state. There is no other explanation.

The art from the war is fascinating... the way they saw us. And different cities (generally north / south) have varying levels of affinity for western culture that you can see in the advertising and in conversations with locals.