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Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale apparently still believes the Minab elementary school was hit by a "failed Iranian missile," a belief that is not supported by *any accounts*
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@HouseBlueDogs We'll soon see if Congress will approve another $200 billion for Trump's Iran War. That amount could easily cover solar energy for every household in America (per @natpriorities figures on levelized cost of electricity) while ALSO issuing millions of 4-year college scholarships.
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Since the Blue Dog Coalition (@HouseBlueDogs) were so terribly concerned about the deficit impact of the Build Back Better Act, providing social services, they must be absolutely livid about $200 billion more for the Iran War!
Ah, rather, they have not posted about the Iran War.
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The Pentagon is asking for a $200 billion Iran war supplemental, per WaPo. The Trump admin and Congress will face off over it.
Think tankers talking on it are funded in part by weapons contractors who will profit, like CSIS and Lockheed Martin:
readsludge.com/2026/03/05/def…
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These think tank experts are dominating the major networks, which do not disclose that their contributors take funding from the weapons industry. Here are the top Pentagon contractor donors to think tanks:
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Follow-up: @HellGateNY reports that despite community protests, the Hudson River Park Trust will not cancel its ICE contract earlier than June 30, when the deal was set to expire. The Trust says it will not renew parking for ICE vehicles at Pier 40.
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AIPAC-tied groups flung tens of millions into House Dem primaries in Illinois, in ads that did not mention Israel. Rundown of results in #IL08 and more districts:
readsludge.com/2026/03/18/aip…
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ICE and journalist Estefany Rodríguez:
"Attorneys for Rodríguez have alleged that she was arrested in retaliation for her work as a journalist reporting on local ICE activities for the Spanish-language media outlet Nashville Noticias..."
tennesseelookout.com/2026/03/16/nas…
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Democrats Criticizing ICE Are Paying Consultants Tied to Palantir readsludge.com/2026/03/12/dem…
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How did the U.S. presidency become this powerful?
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Three Dems in the Blue Dog Coalition (@HouseBlueDogs) voted for the SAVE Act in April, as they raised more dark money.
Co-chair Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (#WA03), w/ Henry Cuellar (#TX28) and Jared Golden (#ME02). Ed Case #HI01, too, a former member.
readsludge.com/2025/06/11/cor…
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Senate Republicans will vote on the voter-suppression SAVE Act this week, which could disenfranchise 21 million Americans. The restrictive bill is pushed by the dark-money Heritage Foundation and other right-wing funders.
readsludge.com/2025/04/04/rep…
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@ChrisMurphyCT Chair Brendan Carr was featured, along with Energy Secretary Chris Wright, at a November gala by the Foundation for American Innovation (@joinFAI).
Your colleagues' staff will be hearing a lot on tech from FAI. It's been funded by Kochs, Bradleys, and board ties to Peter Thiel.
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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.
Brendan Carr@BrendanCarrFCC
Broadcasters that are running hoaxes and news distortions - also known as the fake news - have a chance now to correct course before their license renewals come up. The law is clear. Broadcasters must operate in the public interest, and they will lose their licenses if they do not. And frankly, changing course is in their own business interests since trust in legacy media has now fallen to an all time low of just 9% and are ratings disasters. The American people have subsidized broadcasters to the tune of billions of dollars by providing free access to the nation’s airwaves. It is very important to bring trust back into media, which has earned itself the label of fake news. When a political candidate is able to win a landslide election victory after in the face of hoaxes and distortions, there is something very wrong. It means the public has lost faith and confidence in the media. And we can’t allow that to happen. Time for change!
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A poll of 2,400 Dem voters who vote regularly in primaries, by Embold Research, found that 70% of self-described moderates think the party is “too timid” in taxing the rich and corporations.
Ask the Blue Dog Coalition (@HouseBlueDogs) if they've seen it:
newrepublic.com/article/207435…
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@ppolitics Soooo, we have management setting goals for their employees?
Check. Thanks for the info.
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In a federal case in Oregon, ICE officers admitted under oath they have daily arrest quotas and use Palantir's app ELITE for mass targeting.
(January reporting by 404 Media, linked here, describes the app in more detail.)
theguardian.com/us-news/2026/m…
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@TVietor08 House Dems could have passed the bill introduced by progressives Jayapal, Sarbanes, Raskin, Clarke (NY), Lee, et al. The Anti-Corruption Act would require executive branch officials to divest.
Pelosi did not move the bill 2019–2022, to send it to Senate.
readsludge.com/2025/04/15/con…
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Jared Kushner has no official role in government. No oversight. No accountability. So he can negotiate on behalf of the US government while shaking down gulf autocrats for billions and promising them god knows what. Staggering corruption.
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