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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 19/04/2026
Democrats have picked up enough momentum ahead of November's midterms that the Senate is now in play. In order to keep some grip on power, some in the GOP seem to have shifted their focus to the Supreme Court #Velshi www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...
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Control of the Senate is in play. Now, the GOP seems to be shifting focus to the Supreme Court
It may have seemed improbable just a year ago, but control of the Senate is actually in play this year. The Cook Political Report recently changed its ratings for four key Senate races this fall – and they all moved in favor of Democrats. It’s a real concern for Republicans, who are now openly talking about an alternate strategy to maintain power in Washington: extending their legacy by remaking the Supreme Court while they still can.
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11th Hour with Ali Velshi @11thhourmsnow.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
"The single most important speech...that should never have been given." Fmr. federal judge J. Michael Luttig, a lifelong conservative, slams Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for a recent address he gave. "I certainly wish Justice Thomas had not written and given this speech." #velshi
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'Most important speech...that should never have been given’: Fmr Judge pans SCOTUS justice's remarks
At a recent event, the conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas delivered a grievance-soaked address that argued that progressivism is incompatible with the Declaration of Independence. Former federal judge J. Michael Luttig, a lifelong conservative himself, took issue with the address. “I believe that this speech could prove to be the single most important speech of political and constitutional philosophy that should never have been given,” he tells Ali Velshi. “I certainly wish Justice Thomas had not written and given this speech.”
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 19/04/2026
"The single most important speech...that should never have been given." Fmr. federal judge J. Michael Luttig, a lifelong conservative, slams Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for a recent address he gave. "I certainly wish Justice Thomas had not written and given this speech." #velshi
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'Most important speech...that should never have been given’: Fmr Judge pans SCOTUS justice's remarks
At a recent event, the conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas delivered a grievance-soaked address that argued that progressivism is incompatible with the Declaration of Independence. Former federal judge J. Michael Luttig, a lifelong conservative himself, took issue with the address. “I believe that this speech could prove to be the single most important speech of political and constitutional philosophy that should never have been given,” he tells Ali Velshi. “I certainly wish Justice Thomas had not written and given this speech.”
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 19/04/2026
In a stunning verdict, a jury found Live Nation and Ticketmaster operate an illegal monopoly. It's a watershed moment for the antitrust movement and a loud warning shot to corporations using their monopoly powers to fleece consumers. #velshi
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Jury finds Live Nation violated antitrust laws
In a stunning verdict, a jury found that Live Nation and its subsidiary, Ticketmaster, operate an illegal monopoly in the concert venue ticketing market. The ruling, secured by a coalition of 33 state attorneys general after the Trump administration abruptly settled with Live Nation, is a watershed moment for the antitrust movement. It’s also a warning shot to corporations using monopoly powers to fleece consumers.
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11th Hour with Ali Velshi @11thhourmsnow.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
In a stunning verdict, a jury found Live Nation and Ticketmaster operate an illegal monopoly. It's a watershed moment for the antitrust movement and a loud warning shot to corporations using their monopoly powers to fleece consumers. #velshi
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Jury finds Live Nation violated antitrust laws
In a stunning verdict, a jury found that Live Nation and its subsidiary, Ticketmaster, operate an illegal monopoly in the concert venue ticketing market. The ruling, secured by a coalition of 33 state attorneys general after the Trump administration abruptly settled with Live Nation, is a watershed moment for the antitrust movement. It’s also a warning shot to corporations using monopoly powers to fleece consumers.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/04/2026
NEW: Porsha Ngumezi and Nevaeh Crain died during miscarriages in Texas after doctors delayed treatment. The state’s medical board has ruled that substandard care led to the deaths, but the doctors were given minimal punishment. By Kavitha Surana and Lizzie Presser
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Texas Medical Board Sanctions Three Doctors for Delayed Care That Led to the Deaths of Two Pregnant Women
The two women died during miscarriages. The state’s medical board has ruled that substandard care led to their deaths.
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Koreen Brennan @koreen.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
France passed a law requiring solar panels on every parking lot with more than 80 spaces. Equals 10 nuclear reactors Reduces heat island, shades cars The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight. Why aren't we doing this?
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
#WarOnCatholics
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Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Something like this will have to happen in this country once Trumpism is defeated. In the absence of accountability, the world will rightly assume that it will happen again.
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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
The revised list cuts about 100 readings, including Frederick Douglass' "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" - though it still includes Bible texts.
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Texas education board gives preliminary OK to required reading list that includes Bible material
The board will have multiple opportunities to revise the list before a final vote in June.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Hasan Piker, a progressive liberal, says that if JD Vance & Gavin Newsom are the presidential nominees, he'd vote third party. This is the problem with some progressives. If they don't get what they want, they screw us all -- and make their worst nightmares true. www.newsweek.com/hasan-piker-...
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Hasan Piker defends saying he'd vote third party over Gavin Newsom in 2028
Piker said this week he'd back a third party candidate over Democrat Gavin Newsom in a 2028 matchup against JD Vance.
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Your voice matters more than you think. Call your members of Congress right now at 202-224-3121 and tell them exactly what you need. It takes 2 minutes. Do it today. 📞 Then share this with every woman in your circle. The more voices, the louder we get. Tag a friend who needs to make this call too.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
“They’re destroying more than fifty research facilities..labs that house decades of irreplaceable long-term science, the kind you literally cannot restart once it’s gone. And they’re replacing all of it..with fifteen political appointees” www.hatchmag.com/articles/tru...
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Trump administration orders dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service
Late Tuesday afternoon, with the subtlety of a wrecking ball and the morality of a foreclosure notice, the Trump administration announced the most devastating attack on the U.S. Forest Service in the agency’s 121-year history. Not a budget cut. Not a policy shift. Not a “reorganization.” An execution.
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
60 years after LBJ signed the Voting Rights Act, the fight for democracy is still on & Obama isn’t holding back. Republicans are doing exactly what the VRA was meant to stop: purging voters, closing polling places, and rigging maps.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
ICE agents shot another driver -- on Tues. He had just asked to call his wife. They shot him six times. One bullet his jaw. Now he can't speak and has been mostly unconscious. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/u...
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Victim in ICE Shooting Suffered at Least Six Wounds, His Lawyer Says
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 09/04/2026
Absurd. After Pope Leo criticized Trump's war in Iran, Pentagon officials reportedly invoked the Avignon Papacy as a warning—a devastating 14th century military conquest of the Catholic Church. Pope Leo has since cancelled his planned US visit Tl:dr Even the Pope appears unsafe from Trump’s fascism
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
The Shingles vaccine is linked w/ reduced risk of Alzheimer's in 4 large natural experiments Today, the potential of high-dose flu vaccines vs standard dose in a large retrospective age 65+ cohort for less Alzheimer’s. More pronounced in women (like Shingles vaccines) neurology.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 07/04/2026
The President of the United States is threatening to commit war crimes and wipe out a "whole civilization" — all because he started a disastrous war of his own making and had no plan and no strategy for how to end it. This is abhorrent, and the American people do not support this.
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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
What the hell—Despite suddenly losing 1.6 million bee colonies to a mass die off in the U.S. in a year, Trump WH is instead planning to close the USDA’s premier bee 🐝laboratory, worrying beekeepers, scientists and farmers. nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news...
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Soon after massive honeybee deaths, Trump moves to close the nation's premier bee lab
When beekeepers saw widespread honeybee die-offs last year, researchers at the USDA Beltsville Agricultural Research Center stepped in to help. The Trump administration now plans to close the facility...
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
abc7news.com/post/us-immi... ⚠️For five months, the young father waited for his 3-year-old daughter's release from federal custody after she crossed the U.S.-Mexico border with her mother, hoping through delays for their safe reunion.
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3-year-old immigrant suffered alleged sexual abuse during months in federal custody, family says
For months after the girl was placed in foster care, her father's attempts to be reunited stalled as the government told him it couldn't make an appointment to take his fingerprints.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
An upcoming Montana ballot referendum would deny corporations the power to spend in state and federal elections. If it passes in deep red Montana, it could pass anywhere. State by state, this could effectively nullify Citizens United. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1fPbGHe3xE
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Could This Actually End Citizens United?
Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Orbán's false flag should remind us that other people in similar situations (I mean Trump) will have similar thoughts. See my essay from yesterday on "The Next Coup Attempt." (2/2) snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-c...
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The Next Coup Attempt
And How to Stop It
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Background: Orbán is an entrenched but wildly unpopular oligarch and authoritarian. He is facing an election that he will decisively lose — unless he can manage some trick. This obvious false flag (which he will now blame on Ukraine) should not fool anyone. (1/2)
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Valerie Gonzalez @valontheborder.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
NEW: An immigrant dad waited 5 mts for a fingerprinting appt required to reunite with his daughter. In that time, the toddler was sexually abused in government care. “I just think that if they would have moved faster, nothing like that would have happened,” the dad said. apnews.com/article/immi...
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3-year-old immigrant suffered alleged sexual abuse during months in federal custody, family says
An immigrant family is grappling with the ordeal suffered by a 3-year-old girl who endured alleged sexual abuse while her father fought for five months for her release from federal custody.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Why Is the Democratic Establishment Trying to Crush Progressives? Progressive Dem Effie Phillips-Staley, seeking to flip the NY-17 District, has come under attack by the Dem establishment after criticizing Israel's genocide and speaking to Hasan Piker. thelefthook.substack.com/p/why-is-the...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Elon Musk is now worth over $800 billion. Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025. Meanwhile, millions of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and household debt has risen to a record high. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Attention California Democratic Camdidates - DO NOT hand over the keys to the world's fifth largest economy to a MAGA Republican by fracturing the vote in June. We need to be removing power from this mad wanna-be king, not giving him more.
Truth Social post by Trump this morning 

Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP
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SisterSue @sistasue.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Meanwhile Prof Tim Snyder is also issuing warnings about the same.
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Janet Mills @janetmillsforme.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Susan Collins won’t stand up to Trump — but I can, I have, and I will.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
We are seven months away from the most consequential midterm election in US history. Meanwhile, we are fighting a war. These are the structural conditions for a coup attempt in which a president tries to nullify elections and take permanent power as a dictator. snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-c...
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The Next Coup Attempt
And How to Stop It
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
SEN. @jeffyarbro.bsky.social : “Ending TCAP testing for voucher kids is the clearest evidence yet vouchers were a BAIT & SWITCH. They’re doing it because the data shows voucher kids doing WORSE.” Even Republicans call it “disingenuous”
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Extremely fucked up. They should be getting at least two bsky.app/profile/davi...
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 03/04/2026
If you're wondering what's happening with the US Forest Service and why it matters, read this:
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BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service
The headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/04/2026
ICE wants to turn warehouses into detention centers. The suburbs are fighting back.
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“How am I going to sell my house with this crap in my backyard?”
ICE wants to turn warehouses into detention centers. The suburbs are fighting back.
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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 03/04/2026
There’s a new MAGA claim circulating this week that CA is home to a “$180 billion fraud empire.” It comes from the “Manhattan Institute,” a right-wing think tank posing as journalism under City Journal. The problem: the number is made up, analysis is flawed, and the “investigation” doesn’t hold up
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
We told you.
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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 03/04/2026
They are proposing cuts to clean water, education, housing and more. To spend even MORE money on war. Let that sink in. The administration in Washington does not care about you.
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Barry McCaffrey @brma64.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Hegseth just fired the Army Chief Gen Randy George. Immediately. Gen George the most competent and experienced combat leaders I have ever encountered. Courage. Integrity. Takes care of soldiers. A government of gangsters.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
We are deciding right now whether we want to be a country with concentration camps and ethnic cleaning
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/04/2026
this is the chaplain btw. wonder why he was fired.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 03/04/2026
Just over a month into the war in Iran, Pete Hegseth has purged the Army’s top officer—and the Army secretary’s job is also in jeopardy, Missy Ryan, Nancy A. Youssef, and Sarah Fitzpatrick report:
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An Army Shake-Up in the Middle of a War
A general is ousted and the Army secretary is in jeopardy, sources say.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
In addition to purging the Army Chief of Staff Randy George, Hegseth also fired Gen. William Green Jr., the chief of Army chaplains who happens to be Black. I can’t even begin to count how many Black officers he’s sacked. You can bet his replacement will be a white Christian nationalist.
washingtonpost.com
Hegseth forces out Army’s top general, two other senior officers
Gen. Randy George’s ouster is the latest clash between the Pentagon chief and the service’s senior leadership, and comes during the war in Iran.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Hegseth purge of Black and women officers larger than previously reported "Hegseth has taken steps to block or delay promotions for MORE THAN A DOZEN Black and female senior officers across all four branches of the military." www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
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Hegseth has intervened in military promotions for more than a dozen senior officers
The defense secretary’s efforts to block or delay promotions to general or admiral for some officers has raised concerns that he may be targeting them because of race, gender or affiliation with the B...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/04/2026
Trump is kicking 100,000 veterans out of their homes. www.npr.org/2026/04/02/n...
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Trump's VA killed a home loan program. Vets are now losing their homes because of it
Foreclosures on VA loans are at their highest level in a decade. VA has a fix but it is months away and could still leave vets worse off than most other homeowners.
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Sarah Szalavitz💡 @dearsarah.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
California is a sanctuary state. Its public pensions, CalPERS & CalSTRS invest in ICE contractors www.latimes.com/california/s... Public employee pensions should—as a rule—not fund harm to the public (or destroy the future livelihoods of public pension holders) no matter how profitable it may be!
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California is a sanctuary state. Its public pensions invest in companies working with ICE
Amid a ramp up in federal immigration sweeps in California in the last year, two of the state's biggest public pensions have invested in contractors who work with those law enforcement agencies.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/04/2026
Trump is committing war crimes in Iran and is threatening more and worse ones. His entire war strategy at this point is war crimes. A functional Congress would be far down the road of impeachment and removal.
Our Military, the greatest and most powerful (by far!) anywhere in the World, hasn’t even started destroying what’s left in Iran. Bridges next, then Electric Power Plants! New Regime leadership knows what has to be done, and has to be done, FAST! President DONALD J.TRUMP
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Mike Henry @onlyveesaz.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The Saguaro blossoms are starting to open 🪶🌵 (image from 2025)
Curve-billed Thrasher samples Saguaro blossoms
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
CNN: Sources are telling us that recent U.S. Intelligence assessments found roughly half of Iran's missile launchers are still intact and that thousands of one way attack drones are still in Iran's arsenal tonight. That's despite daily U.S. And Israeli airstrikes.
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