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abross.bsky.social @abross.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Does Russia have any O&G assets in the gulf region? Or do they just get the windfall of higher global prices.

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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Was browsing the Eisenhower Library site this morning trying to find a quote I remembered. President Eisenhower, WW2 military hero: “In my opinion, there is no such thing as a preventive war… none has yet explained how war prevents war.”

"War is mankind's most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men. Though you follow the trade of the warrior, you do so in the spirit of Washington -- not of Genghis Khan. For Americans, only threat to our way of life justifies resort to conflict."
Graduation Exercises at the United States
Military Academy, 6/3/47
"Possibly my hatred of war blinds me so that I cannot comprehend the arguments they adduce. But, in my opinion, there is no such thing as a preventive war.
Although this suggestion is repeatedly made, none has yet explained how war prevents war. Worse than this, no one has been able to explain away the fact that war creates the conditions that beget war."
Remarks at Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 10/19/50 [DDE's Pre-Presidential Papers, Principal File, Box

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abross.bsky.social @abross.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

At his age and build . . . there’s no way he’s been carded in the last 20 years.

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Debby33 ❌ 👑 @debby33.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

These talking points ⤵️ are a trap As soon as you start to argue, you are operating within their narrative frame - you cannot win The correct response "Even the Heritage Foundation admits that voter fraud is virtually non-existent The system we have now works Voter registration works"

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abross.bsky.social @abross.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

1a. Iran responds by closing Strait of Hormuz And strangely, rump didn’t bother to top off the SPR before starting his war 🤯

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

The surgeon general nominee can’t get people to stop asking her about vaccines Because she is an anti-vaxxer www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

politico.com

The surgeon general nominee can’t get people to stop asking her about vaccines

Casey Means alarmed immunization advocates at her confirmation hearing, but some opponents don’t trust her either.

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abross.bsky.social @abross.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Due in part to margin call scenarios in other assets? Got to cash out gold to pay for losses?

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abross.bsky.social @abross.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

I was told that treating the atmosphere as an open sewer would be good for the economy!

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Oof. Multiple THAAD radar systems have reportedly been destroyed by Iran. That’s bad. I’ve also seen some surprise that Russia is providing Iran with targeting data for US forces, but that was expected. We’ve been providing Ukraine with targeting data for 4 years. www.cnn.com/2026/03/05/m...

cnn.com

Radar bases housing key US missile interceptor hit in Jordan and UAE, satellite images show | CNN

New satellite images from several key military bases in the Arabian Peninsula suggest that Iran is seeking to degrade air defenses by destroying US-made radars that detect incoming missiles and drones...

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 06/03/2026

Of course they are

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abross.bsky.social @abross.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Seems the war with Iran is escalating / spreading more each day. Does not help that rump’s main go-to move is “doubling down”.

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Luke Russert @lukerussert.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Last year when I was checking into a hotel, the desk person was wearing Meta glasses. I kindly asked them to take them off. They were annoyed. I said, “I do not consent to you looking at my credit card and ID with Meta glasses on.” My instincts were correct: www.bbc.com/news/article...

bbc.com

ICO writes to Meta over 'concerning' AI smart glasses report

Videos, including of glasses-wearers using the toilet or having sex, are sometimes reviewed by a Kenya-based subcontractor.

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abross.bsky.social @abross.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I’m sure rump was fully briefed on how his War would impact Americans (and others) living all across the Middle East, right?

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I'm sorry, if you're going to make a big show about how you've got a Department of WAR helmed by a Secretary of WAR and staffed by WARfighters, it's totally inane to then claim that your massive bombing of a foreign country constitutes something other than a war.

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Our true and final enemy is finally revealed

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

When FBI Director Kash Patel fired a dozen FBI agents and staff last week for their role in the classified documents investigation of Donald Trump, he targeted an elite counter espionage unit that investigates threats from foreign adversaries and specializes in Iran www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...

ms.now

Kash Patel’s latest firings ousted agents with expertise in Iran

The FBI director gutted a specialized, global espionage unit of counterintelligence agents, just days before Operation Epic Fury.

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abross.bsky.social @abross.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

the goal he’s setting here … it was already accomplished in the treaty Obama negotiated with Iran

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abross.bsky.social @abross.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

He makes it sound like the US led on those strikes, but I’ve also heard reporting it was Israel?

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

“.. Depart now via commercial means ..” (via State Dept)

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abross.bsky.social @abross.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

presumably via the strategic oil reserve

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Optics. @thedailybeast.bsky.social www.thedailybeast.com/trump-hosts-...

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 01/03/2026

🧵 Providing some context on the current situation: This past Friday, February 27, 2026, Oman’s Foreign Minister joined Face the Nation to share a critical update on the ongoing negotiations at that time. ⬇️

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Just want to note that 3am in Washington is like 11:30am in Tehran. The American people are the ones he snuck up on in the dead of night to conduct this illegal attack, not the purported enemy.

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abross.bsky.social @abross.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Why, so he can lose again? So much losing.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Still up on the official White House website: www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

This guy (a Pentagon official) has tweeted about Anthropic no less than 7 times over the past 2 hours.

$Under Secretary of War Em... • 19m X Anthropic is lying. The @DeptofWar doesn't do mass surveillance as that is already illegal. What we are talking about is allowing our warfighters to use Al without having to call @DarioAmodei for permission to shoot down an enemy drone swarms that would kill Americans. #CallDario Al Anthropic 2 @AnthropicAI • 6h A statement from Anthropic CEO, Dario Amodei, on our discussions with the Department of War. anthropic.com/news/statement... • 39 27 25 • 103 il 3.5K Under Secretary of War Em... • 52m Imagine your worst nightmare. Now imagine that @AnthropicAI has their own "Constitution." Not corporate values, not the United States Constitution, but their own plan to impose on Americans their corporate la' Claude's Constitution \ Anthropic. +$

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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

The Conference of Catholic Bishops is... not playing around in this brief. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

nytimes.com

Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover

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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

She's concluding by apologizing to her customers for having to cancel scheduled work—"because I'm going to parliament," by promising to stand for them, and by giving a shout-out to a little girl she met on the campaign trail. She's wonderful, and she's barely keeping it together. Pure joy.

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Well this seems bad! If only someone had thought to make a movie warning about this very thing. You know, in the 80's. Starring Ferris Bueller.

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 24/02/2026

A whistleblower just disclosed that FBI experts were delayed by AT LEAST A DAY in deploying to investigate Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Why? There was an FBI plane and pilot shortage… because Kash Patel was using them for personal flights.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/02/2026

Leonnig: "The whistleblower says in Dec. 2025, when there was a mass shooting at Brown U, Kash was on his FBI director jet in FL & there was only one other available jet, but Patel ordered it to be put on standby for another team. That meant an evidence review team had to drive through the night..."

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Checkmate, libs

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

A MOTHER JONES SCOOP! New details from Epstein files reveal Lutnick had a years-long business tie with the sex offender. This challenges his claim he had minimal contact with Epstein. The two were involved in a deal for six years, and an email shows they discussed it. @nlanard.bsky.social

motherjones.com

New details from Epstein files reveal Lutnick had years-long business tie with sex offender

The commerce secretary apparently still hasn't come clean on his connection with Epstein.

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

About $1.7 billion flowed from two accounts at Binance, whose founder was pardoned by Trump, to Iranian entities with links to terrorist groups, a possible violation of global sanctions, investigators discovered. David Yaffe-Bellany @pekingmikenyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/t...

nytimes.com

Binance Employees Find $1.7 Billion in Crypto Was Sent to Iranian Entities

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abross.bsky.social @abross.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Well at least the Dow is above 50,000 as Bondi and rump have been bragging … oh wait, scratch that.

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Trump, July 19: "All three nuclear sites in Iran were completely destroyed and/or OBLITERATED. It would take years to bring them back into service." Witkoff, Sunday: "They're probably a week away from having industrial-grade bomb-making material."

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Trump spent the last 8 months saying that "the nuclear threat of Iran was totally obliterated" by Operation Midnight Hammer which "set back Iran's ability to develop nuclear weapons for many years to come." Were they lying then or are they lying now?

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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Bunch:”It’s our challenge as the neighbors and allies of our nation’s immigrant communities to make sure those black marks on a page are never turned into the suffering of actual humans.”

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

“.. Brazil will enjoy the biggest reduction in average tariff rates — falling by 13.6 percentage points — followed by China .. “.. Long-standing US allies including the UK, the EU and Japan will suffer the largest hit ..” @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/a126...

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

NEW: Tom Homan declared last week the ICE surge in Minnesota was over + the drawdown of federal agents would carry on through this week. But ICE is still all over. “It certainly hasn’t stopped,” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey told me. "People are very much on edge." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...

huffpost.com

ICE’s Campaign Of Terror Is Not Over, Says Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey

Trump’s surge of federal agents is trending down but “certainly hasn't stopped and ... people are very much on edge,” he said.

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Trump on the arrest of Prince Andrew: “I think it's a shame. I think it's very sad. I think it's so bad for the royal family. It’s very, very sad. To me, it’s a very sad thing.”

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abross.bsky.social @abross.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

May have to start calling it K-Mart

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