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"The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade."
My nephew and his friend made this excellent documentary chronicling their three year journey across the country documenting the effects of climate change youtube.com/watch?v=0rMLWjc0…
Thank you @SenJonHusted for your condolences to our family and for the kind words you said about my dad.
I was proud to write my dad's obit chroniclet.com/news/466858/j…
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"Sheryl Cowan, 57, was making $272,000 a year as a senior VP at a U.S.A.I.D.-funded nonprofit when she was let go at the end of March 2025. Last month she had an online interview for a $19-an-hour job managing a Penzeys Spices store in Falls Church, Va."
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As a former CAP employee who's work on Israel-Palestine was censored by Neera under pressure from AIPAC, the idea of her accusing anyone of not paying enough attention to Gaza pretty hilarious.
There are very few US news sites that continue to give as much attention to Gaza (and broader Israel/Palestine and Israel/Middle East) than Dropsite. Meanwhile, Tanden's Center for American Progress employees Anthony Blinken, who made sure Israel was getting all the weapons it needed to commit war crimes in Gaza.
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These should be household names: Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen. They are set to be the first humans to go to the moon in more than a half century. While not landing, they will travel further from home than anyone. @TimBella nytimes.com/2026/03/31/scien…
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No dumb wars.
No elite impunity.
These principles led to @RepThomasMassie & my work on the two most consequential matters of this Congress.
The Epstein Transparency Act & Iran WPR.
We are standing with the people against a corrupted government that has sold us out.
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SCOOP! U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday but have not yet reached a final conclusion or completed their investigation w/@idreesali114
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MEE has collected 61 names and ages of many of the 168 victims killed in a "double tap" strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school in Minab, Iran.
The identified victims include students, staff, and siblings, including a two-month-old baby.
Hana Dehqani, 8 years old
Fatemeh Salari, 34 years old
Reza Habashian, 7 years old
Arya Bahadori, 9 years old
Ali Asghar Zaeri, 8 years old
Zahra Bahrami, 7 years old
Ahmad Soltani, 8 years old
Hamed Par-ashegh-nezhad, 7 years old
Fatemeh Yazdan-panah, young girl, age unknown
Mahdis Nazari, 7 years old
Athena Chamani-nezhad, 6 years old
Amirghasem Zaeri, 7 years old
Fatemeh Dorazehi, 10 years old
Arad Ahmadizadeh, 8 years old
Saman Karimzadeh, 7 years old
Fatemeh Shahdadi, age unknown
Nadia Shahmiri, 9 years old
Parham Ranjbari, 9 years old
Mahmoud Gholamyani, 35 years old
Fatemeh Rahdar, 10 years old
Amir-Hassan Rasouli, 8 years old
Zahra Behrouzi, 8 years old
Mohammadhatam Raisi, 10 years old
Asna Raisi, 12 years old
Benyamin Jangjou, 8 years old
Mohammad-Sadra Zarei, 8 years old
Maryam Pazark, 10 years old
Liana Mohammadi, 7 years old
Mandana Salari, 29 years old
Sara Shayesteh, 5 years old
Zoha Pasand, 8 years old
Esra Zakeri, 9 years old
Salma Zakeri, 6 years old
Fatemeh Taherifard, 29 years old
Zahra Ansari, 7 years old
Fatemeh Fadavi, 10 years old
Mahna Zarei, 2 months old
Athareh Zarei, 10 years old
Alireza Zarei, 9 years old
Mohammadreza Shahsavari, 8 years old
Samira Basarde, 38 years old
Ehsan Saleminia, 6 years old
Fatemeh Zahra Karimi, 7 years old
Zeynab Bahrami, 10 years old
Mohammad Shah-dousti, eight years old
Reza Barani, seven years old
Athena Ahmadzadeh, 10 years old
Khadijeh Darvishi, 9 years old
Roqayyeh Karimi, 42 years old
Reza Ranjbar, 6 years old
Marzieh Bashiri-far, 38 years old
Mohammad-Mehdi Chegini, 10 years old
Mohammadian Bahrami, 17 years old
Ali-Akbar Karyani Pak, 8 years old
Hananeh Mehdikhah, 7 years old
Fereshteh Sangarzadeh, 44 years old
Mohammad-Ali Karyani Pak, 7 years old
Parsa Mokhtari-nasab, 12 years old
Arina Arab-Kish, 8 years old
Makan Nasiri, 12 years old
Esra Farahi-Zadeh, young girl, age unknown
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Bernie Sanders on Iran: “The war is unconstitutional. The war is illegal. My impression is that according to Mr. Rubio, this war was the fulfillment of a 40-year dream by Mr. Netanyahu to get the United States to support an attack on Iran. We have massive needs in this country ... we should be investing in the American people, not an endless war”
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This war is costing a billion dollars a day. In one fucking month we will spend more over there than we needed to save healthcare for more than 2 million Americans. They literally are taking away your food and your healthcare for this regime change war of choice.
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If you're wondering about who was at today's Pentagon press conference, here's some context >>>
The Pentagon has severely restricted access to info in the past year. Pete Hegseth credentialed a MAGA media "press corps" last fall after traditional news outlets rejected new press pass rules that media lawyers said criminalized routine reporting.
The MAGA crew does relatively little reporting, so most coverage of the US military is now happening from outside the Pentagon's five walls.
Journalists from some traditional outlets were allowed to attend this morning's press conference with Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine. But Hegseth only answered Q's from his chosen outlets. I'm told he had a pre-selected list of questioners, and all the reporters were in assigned seats, so he knew who to call on.
When NBC's Courtney Kube tried to get a question in anyway and said, "President Trump put a four-week timeline on it — are you saying that is wrong?," Hegseth dismissed it as a "typical NBC sort of 'gotcha' type question."
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Hello again! Here's our piece from Sunday about Twitter. Bye! youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZG_xWY…
The last time my trash was picked up was on Jan. 21. Still nothing.
NEWS: Some D.C. residents say they haven’t gotten their trash picked up in three weeks.
The post-storm collection challenges have also tied into some broader concerns with services from the D.C. Department of Public Works, @maustermuhle reports: 51st.news/after-snowstorm-de…
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#Browns Todd Monken opens his introductory press conference:
"Wow, man, am I excited to lead this flagship NFL franchise. It's been a long time coming. It's been a long journey...I'm jacked."
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Don Lemon and Georgia Fort have been released.
But the procedural history now emerging is unusual. Before the arrests, a federal magistrate judge found no probable cause to arrest them. The government appealed anyway.
Here’s why that matters—and what it signals more broadly.
