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EMERGENCY ACTION BY MARCH 5! Send a Public Comment to ICE: No Detention Camps in Maryland! In January 2026, DHS spent $102.4 million to purchase an empty warehouse outside Hagerstown in Washington County, Maryland to convert into a processing center to hold 1,500 people as part of a nationw...

As an alternative to our email-writing campaign, here is the Maryland Coalition to Stop the Camps’ Action Network page.

You have until Thursday, March 5 to tell ICE that they are bypassing citizen input and environmental responsibility at the Williamsport warehouse!

www.reuters.com/world/china/...

Middle Eastern countries are aggressively enforcing their long existing censorship laws against independent reporting of events. Exactly what Trump wants for the US!

SYRIA / ROJAVA - The Kurdish city of Kobanê has been under siege for over a month. The population is deprived of everything: food, water, medicine... and children are unable to attend school.

#KobanêUnderSiege #DefendRojava #SaveKurds

Iran crisis puts UK leader Keir Starmer in a new political bind The U.K. prime minister is under pressure from all sides over his stance on U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran.

British PM Keir Starmer is walking a Middle East tightrope, neither condemning nor celebrating Trump’s Iran gambit.

The strategy risks pleasing no one.

"Was it the right or wrong decision to attack Iran?"

Wrong: 45%
Right: 31%

Right Decision Among:
GOP: 65%
IND: 19%
DEM: 8%

YouGov / March 1, 2026

Three days into the widening conflict triggered by joint US–Israel strikes on Iran, Tehran has escalated its retaliatory missile and drone campaign against Israel and Gulf Arab states. Iranian barrages have hit multiple countries in the region.
#IranIsraelConflict #Iran #airstrike

Erbil Suffers Second Night of Iranian Drone Attacks as Iran War Expands Erbil came under renewed drone attacks on Sunday as the war triggered by joint U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran began to spill into Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, with Iran-aligned Iraqi armed factions…

Second night of drone attacks hit Erbil as the Iran war spills into Kurdistan. A pro-Iran faction said it targeted the U.S. base near Erbil airport, as residents reported explosions and power cuts. ✍️ Renwar Najm
www.theamargi.com/posts/erbil-...

US-Israeli strikes hit Gandhi Hospital in Tehran early Sunday, causing damage and forcing nurses to evacuate newborns. Earlier strikes also targeted Red Crescent HQ and hospitals.

#IranUSTension #iranisraelwar #iran #Tehran #طهران

Journalists Jailed by ICE Are Revealing the Horrors of Incarceration The Trump administration’s attacks on journalists have a side effect: further exposing the violence of prisons.

#U.S: Journalists detained by ICE have revealed harsh conditions in immigration jails, including shackling, medical neglect, denial of legal access and overcrowding. We call on U.S. authorities to uphold press freedom and ensure humane treatment for all detainees.
truthout.org/articles/jou...

Common sense security issues (as well as moral issues) ought to keep any non-US teams and non-US fans away from Trump's US.

The petition calling for a public inquiry into pro-Israel influence in Britain has surpassed 100,000 signatures, meaning it must now be considered for a debate in parliament.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...

Global markets falling sharply on escalating Iran tensions:

U.S. futures: Dow -1.5%, S&P -1.5%, Nasdaq -1.7%

Europe: DAX -2%+, CAC -2%+, STOXX -2%

Asia: Nikkei -1.5%, Hang Seng -2%+

Iran Red Crescent says 555 people killed in Iran since start of war <article data-history-node-id="434564" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iran-red-crescent-says-555-people-killed-iran-start-war" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iran-red-crescent-says-555-people-killed-iran-start-war" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Iran Red Crescent says 555 people killed in Iran since start of war</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>A total of 555 people have been killed across&nbsp;Iran&nbsp;in US and Israeli strikes that began two days ago, the Iranian Red Crescent said Monday.</p> <p>"Following the Zionist-American terrorist attacks carried out in various regions of our country, 131 cities have been affected to date and, regrettably, 555 of our compatriots have been killed," the humanitarian group said in a post on Telegram.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

Iran Red Crescent says 555 people killed in Iran since start of war - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iran-red-crescent-says-555-people-killed-iran-start-war

"Friendly fire" - we shot down our own planes.

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Ukraine has struck the Lukoil oil refinery in Ukhta, Russia, 1,700km from the front line, triggering a fire at a processing unit. The Ukhta refinery has a processing capacity of 4.2 million tons per year. #Ukraine

... the risk of Iranian retaliatory strikes against Saudi oil production facilities.

There are conflicting reports on this, but I am inclined to believe the version in which the Saudis opposed military strikes on Iran. Yes, the Saudi's would get a small one time boost in oil prices from knocking out Iranian oil production, but they have much more to lose from ...

At least one of these, and perhaps all, were due to "friendly fire". Nothing like shooting down our own jets, and pilots.

Israeli airstrikes inflicting major damage on Beirut, the capital of Israel's neighbor Lebanon. Also Israeli/US attacks on Syria and Iraq and Yemen. So Israel is simultaneously attacking most of its neighbors, which is standard antisocial behavior for Israel.

news.sky.com/video/israel...

Markets latest: Oil prices spike as key shipping route disrupted by Iran attacks There is a risk of an inflation spike ahead as oil and shipping costs surge due to the vulnerability of attack as Iran retaliates to US and Israeli airstrikes.

Markets latest: Oil prices spike as key shipping route disrupted by Iran attacks

Tasneem Al-Michael lays out the real opportunity in TX-33, one of the bluest districts in the country.

This community deserves more than a Corporatist Establishment Democrat in Name Only. It deserves a true Progressive who will fight unapologetically and relentlessly for working families.

#TX33

Video of an 🇺🇸 F-15 falling out of the sky in Kuwait was just shared by BBC verify

The pilots appear to have ejected, and were seen the back of a car

WASH POST: “Push from Saudis, Israel… No imminent threat…”

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Blackwater Founder Erik Prince to Bannon: “I’m not happy about the whole thing. I don’t see how this is in keeping with the president’s MAGA commitment. I’m disappointed.”

These guys cannot get their stories straight

... to know what their kids are doing and to prepare them for adulthood.

A ban on social media is a highly authoritarian action for a government to take!

It is a VERY slippery slope from social media to text messaging & email & Internet access in general & television & newspapers & libraries (consider the censorship the MAGAs have already imposed) & participating in public protest.

Government censorship is bad! Grant parents the responsibility ...

Starmer denies U-turn claims after giving go-ahead for US to use UK military for strikes on Iran Critics will accuse him of yet another U-turn, but Sir Keir Starmer insists circumstances have changed and British lives are now at risk from attacks by Iran.

Starmer denies U-turn claims after giving go-ahead for US to use UK military for strikes on Iran