KJ Lauck

As the laid off Middle East News Editor, I concur. Management eliminated the positions of every single staff correspondent and bureau chief in the Middle East.

My latest for Zeteo

The Kentucky House just passed this machine gun conversion ban, though 25 Republicans did break off to vote against it. #kyga26

The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering

The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory

DHS admits it deported more than 80 DACA recipients “Dreamers” who came to the U.S. as children are protected under U.S. law, so deportations of them are unusual.

“The Department of Homeland Security admitted to Congress this month that it deported dozens of unauthorized immigrants who are protected under U.S. law because they were brought as children to the United States, according to a letter made public Thursday.” www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Last week the city opened $30/hour snow clearing jobs and they filled fast.

Now what if we had a municipal jobs guarantee? Livable wages. Union benefits. Stronger communities.

The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. JUSTICE KAGAN would grant the petition for a writ of certiorari. JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE JACKSON joins, dissenting from denial of certiorari. This case asks whether federal law prohibits the poorest prisoners from splitting the $350 fee required to file a federal lawsuit when it allows everyone else to do so. The answer statutorily appears to be no. Because the decision below held otherwise and deepened a split among the Courts of Appeals, the Court should grant the petition for a writ of certiorari.

Petitioners Topaz Johnson and Ian Henderson were incarcerated at High Desert State Prison in California when they filed this lawsuit in federal court. According to their complaint, corrections officers forced them and a third prisoner to stand in filthy cages that reeked of urine and measured 2.5 feet by 2.5 feet. They alleged that the officers forced them to stand in those cages for nearly nine hours with their hands cuffed behind their backs.

By a 6–3 vote, SCOTUS refuses to review a judge-made rule that bars indigent prisoners from splitting the filing fee among themselves when filing a federal suit—even though everyone else is allowed to split that fee. These defendants were allegedly tortured. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

Pentagon tells Congress no sign that Iran was going to attack US first, sources say Trump administration officials acknowledged in closed-door briefings with congressional staff on Sunday that there was no intelligence suggesting Iran planned to attack U.S. forces first, two people f...

Trump administration officials acknowledged in closed-door briefings with congressional staff that there was no intelligence suggesting Iran planned to attack US forces first, two people familiar with the matter said reut.rs/46ybyTg

For 4 years, Russia sends Iranian drones at Ukraine, up to hundreds per day targeting civilians + critical infrastructure for national survival.

Most of that time we’ve all told them to deal by shooting down every single one instead of attacking RU launch and production sites /1

Raytheon Executive: I know you’re skeptical about buying American again. But hear me out. The MIM-104 Patriot is the only surface to air missile system with a proven track record of success against the US Air Force.

Danish Defense Minister: Continue.

Brandon Straka: I’m at the Pentagon this morning for a briefing with @SecWar @PeteHegseth on the Iran strikes. Session starts in 10 minutes.

Here's a Jan. 6 rioter posing with a press pass before Pete Hegseth's press conference, just to give you a sense of the type of "journalists" who were in the Pentagon briefing room this morning.

I have never seen a politician more directly copy this speech in my life

I remember realizing Americans sided with guns post Columbine and that bent my mind. Access to guns got even worse and the media turned shooters into celebrities and now my kid does active shooter drills in elementary schools. Imagine kids saying "active shooter drill" out loud like it's nothing

I’m actually not sure we can come back from “prediction markets for war crimes”, as a society. I think this might be it for us.

A long time ago, I used to know a lot about foreign-imposed regime change (FIRC) and study them.

I guess that makes me qualified to write a thread about them, especially in wake of Trump bombing Iran.

So here goes nothing. 🧵

If America still had the rule of law, this would be the easiest prosecution ever, but we all know absolutely nothing will happen.

While we sit around to find out how bad exactly it all is, a bit of cheer: the best baguette of Paris competition was won by a Sri Lankan who appears to have started as a dish washer in restaurants and eventually trained as a Boulanger.

www.paris.fr/pages/la-mei...

I'm late Gen X and all I'm saying is Millennials got fucked harder than anyone else. They were raised on post 9/11 American media and government and it's just been an endless stream of shit. And I'm not even talking about the 09 collapse. The wars, watching guns shred schools, social media insanity

Like at the very bare minimum of humanity to you want people who care and feel the weight of what they do, you want Abraham Lincoln struggling with his view of God and the decisions he makes as President, and the weight of all of it, and it just feels like it’s playing with toys and it’s perverse

X Is Drowning in Disinformation Following US and Israel’s Attack on Iran WIRED has reviewed hundreds of posts on X that promote misleading claims about the locations and scale of the attack.

“Almost all of the most viral posts reviewed by WIRED on Saturday came from accounts with blue check marks, meaning they…could be eligible to earn money based on how much engagement their posts generate, even if the content is false.”

From @davidgilbert.bsky.social

My hate and contempt for everyone who enabled this with their actions, inactions, words, and silence know no bounds.

"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school

The Twitter fascists don’t understand those they hate.

British Muslims just voted for a working white woman dog-breeder led by a gay Jewish man who defends trans rights.

Meanwhile, the Twitter fascists are accusing Muslims of wanting to ban dogs and force burqas on women.

Trump Has No Plan for the Iranian People The mere act of bombing Iran will not by itself create a stable regime.

The American bombardment of Iran has been launched without explanation, without Congress, without public support. Above all it has been launched without a coherent strategy for the Iranian people, and without a plan to let them build a legitimate Iranian state.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Please don't post photos of dead children, or videos of dead children, or yell DONT LOOK AWAY. You are sick. Log off. Touch grass. You have PTSD and are inflicting it on us all. If you are not in media/ a conflict researcher/ etc you do NOT need to consume Horrors. Blocking lots right now.

Post Conversation Bari Weiss @bariweiss 🔥 Quote Square profile picture CBS News @CBSNews · 1h "Mr. Mamdani, you are more than welcome to come to one of my safe houses." Masih Alinejad, who was targeted for assassination by the Iranian regime at her Brooklyn home, responded to a statement released by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani that today's military strikes on Iran Show more

Crazy how Bari Weiss tries to have it both ways. She decries mainstream media for failing standards then she herself violates core journalism ethics by doing biased posts like this attacking Mayor Mamdani. I know she's a Maga-coded pundit, not a journalist but this is still wildly unacceptable.

I'm already sick of "It's all a distraction from Epstein" replies. This regime is killing innocent people because our leaders are all power-hungry tyrants and war profiteers. When you say it's "just a distraction" you minimize the gravity of what's happening and the lives lost.

Israel has closed all the crossings into Gaza and reimposed total siege.

Imagine telling the world that you're liberating the women of Iran and one of the first things you do is blow up a school full of girls. Disgusting.

Honored to be on this call Thursday 3/5 with Sarah Parker and Frank Abe addressing the expansion of concentration camps in the US. There will be historical context, a look at exactly where we're at now, and concrete ideas for how to push back against the threat and build a better country.