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BeyondGeography's JournalTime to laugh at all the MAGATs who have been dying to throw Ukraine under the bus
Now that we’ve burned through most of our drone interceptors the country with first-hand experience with Iranian Shahed drones and supposedly “no cards to play” is there to lend a helping hand.
Say thank you, JD. C’mon, it won’t hurt too much.
The Pentagon and at least one Gulf government are in talks to buy Ukrainian-made interceptors to fend off attacks by Iranian drones, according to the Financial Times
— 🦋Special Kherson CatðŸˆðŸ‡ºðŸ‡¦ (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) 2026-03-05T06:28:13.915Z
Other countries are rapidly learning the value of Ukrainian experience with drone interceptors due to Iranian strikes.
— Maria Drutska (@mariadrutska.bsky.social) 2026-03-02T07:03:24.343Z
As expensive and limited US missile interceptors run low, cost-effective solutions like Sting interceptors are suddenly in very high demand.
No cards, hmm?ðŸƒðŸƒ‘
As the US ignores Mideast requests for more air defence interceptors, Ukraine is sending specialists to help defend against drones.
— Maria Drutska (@mariadrutska.bsky.social) 2026-03-05T08:25:01.669Z
With "several years worth of production" of US interceptors used in the last few days, Ukrainian drone interception experience will be critical.
Hey, someone tell Cirrhosis Pete that Ukrainian drone interceptors are only 00 each and can outfly all but the new jet-powered Shaheds:
— PhoenixWomanMN (@phoenixwomanmn.bsky.social) 2026-03-05T02:40:15.112Z
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AIPAC dropped six-figure ad against me, is that all they got? Kat Abughazaleh for Illinois
?si=EZLDWZY1RRKx4T89I wonder who got the heads-up on this attack
And how much money will be made in the next few days and weeks.
Our next Democratic President needs to appoint an Attorney General who will make providing answers to those questions top priority.
Death toll from school bombing in southern Iran reportedly rises to 165
Video and photographs of the aftermath, which have been verified as authentic and geolocated to the site, show hundreds of people gathered around the partially collapsed and smoking building, with rubble strewn across the street and men digging through it for victims. Screams can be heard in the background. In some of the images, schoolbags and textbooks are being pulled from the debris.
Capt Tim Hawkins, the spokesperson for US Central Command, said the US was “aware of reports concerning civilian harm resulting from ongoing military operations. We take these reports seriously and are looking into them”.
The school building appears to be adjacent to an Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps barracks.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/01/iran-school-bombing-death-toll-us-israel-strikes?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
DCCC Rakes in Millions From Palantir Lobbyists as Protests Target the Company's ICE Surveillance Tools
In January alone, more than a dozen lobbyists with firms representing Palantir bundled a combined $2.9 million for the DCCC, according to a newly filed FEC disclosure. The January haul from Palantir’s lobbying firms represents 38% of the DCCC’s total contributions for the month.
The bipartisan lobbying firm Invariant was paid $560,000 last year by Palantir, making the Peter Thiel-co-founded data analytics and artificial intelligence company its third-largest client. Its lobbyists steered more than $1.8 million to the DCCC in January, a sum that adds to the at least $3.8 million it gave to House Democrats’ campaign arm last year, making it one of the committee’s most significant known fundraising forces this election cycle. The other Palantir lobbying firm that gave big money to the DCCC last month is Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, whose leaders, top lobbyists, and company PAC bundled a combined $1.1 million.
…Some Democratic candidates have been refunding Palantir-tied contributions due to pressure from activists. In recent weeks, lawmakers like Colorado Rep. Jason Crow and Sen. John Hickenlooper announced plans to donate tens of thousands in Palantir-linked contributions to immigrant rights nonprofits, while Illinois Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi and New York Rep. Pat Ryan have redirected nearly $120,000 in similar funds to migrant support groups. Crow is a co-chair for recruitment with the DCCC this cycle. Activists, including those behind the Purge Palantir campaign, have pressured more politicians to follow suit or pledge to reject Palantir-tied money ahead of the midterms.
More at https://readsludge.com/2026/02/25/dccc-rakes-in-millions-from-palantir-lobbyists-as-protests-target-the-companys-ice-surveillance-tools/
The link gets you the first five paragraphs. You can read the whole article, which includes the names of Palantir bundlers with deep ties to the Democratic Party, if you sign up for a free trial sub.
Netflix head downplays Trump's Susan Rice threat
Netflix boss dismisses Trump's demand for Susan Rice to be fired
— TrumpWatch (@trumpwatch.skyfleet.blue) 2026-02-23T17:10:39.696Z
#Trump
So I'm reading ""The Fifties" by the great David Halberstam
And this quote blew me away. One party has long been the source of our nightmares.
From a letter written by Joseph Alsop to Isaiah Berlin about the 1952 election:
“I find myself constantly blackmailed by the virtual certainty that we shall have a first-class fascist party in the United States if the Republicans don’t win. The real need for a change in this country arises, not from the decay of the Democrats, but from the need to give the Republicans the sobering experience of responsibility.”
Jesse Jackson's speech at the 1984 Democratic National Convention
?si=A1rxZ5UK6pDEnyaXWe need more people like this guy
We need more people like this guy.
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) 2026-02-14T20:35:29.958Z
(Sorry if any of those words are misspelled, but I find that it's difficult to type with tears in your eyes.)
Context:
https://6abc.com/amp/post/protest-follows-ice-activity-lindenwold-new-jersey-school-bus-stop/18597460/
Imagine being an informed, educated European having to listen to a lecture by Marco Rubio
The things our allies have to put up with.
Unsurprisingly, it didn’t resonate, judging from the take here from Lindsay Hilsum of Channel 4 News, who was in the room.
“MAGA Lite,” was one response.
“Basically he was saying it was a bad idea to give up the colonies,” Hilsum said.
There are a lot of such gems here:
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