After Khamenei, What Now? Iranians want democracy. Trump wants a brief conflict. Neither seems likely.

"Iran has had coherent opposition movements over the decades that have managed to create nationwide movements and strikes. Almost all of them have been systematically destroyed: people arrested; people killed; people exiled."
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...

Kash Patel’s latest firings ousted agents with expertise in Iran The FBI director gutted a specialized, global espionage unit of counterintelligence agents, just days before Operation Epic Fury.

Patel "targeted an elite counter espionage unit that investigates threats from foreign adversaries and specializes in Iran" days before the US attacked Iran.
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Prediction market trader 'Magamyman' made $553,000 on death of Iran's supreme leader It's the latest trade drawing scrutiny on the popular prediction market site for appearing to show an insider making profits on military secrets.

More corruption tied to the current administration? 🤔
Someone made $553K on a Polymarket bet on Khamenei's death.
www.npr.org/2026/03/01/n...

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Supreme Court justice sends shockwaves in dissent: 'Rules for thee, but not for me' A Supreme Court Justice sent shockwaves on Monday after she blasted a new unsigned order handed down by her conservative colleagues in a blistering dissent. The Supreme Court issued a stay on a lower court's order allowing New York lawmakers to redraw the state's 11th Congressional District to make ...

A Supreme Court Justice sent shockwaves on Monday after she blasted a new unsigned order handed down by her conservative colleagues in a blistering dissent.

The US Embassy in Riyadh seems to have taken a direct hit.

No idea on casualties, but it looks bad. Hope it was evacuated.

A graph showing the amount of tariffs collected and the growing interest on that debt.

A court has rejected Trump's stalling tactics on tariff refunds.

And every day he postpones it further will cost us millions in interest.

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Trump is inviting his supporters to watch Netanyahu on FOX tonight in hopes that Netanyahu’s propaganda will be better than his lame excuses. But even MAGA knows this is an illegal and unjustified war.

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‘We’ll run out of food this week’: attacks on Iran have left Gaza under siege Israel has closed all crossings into Gaza, threatening to plunge 2 million people into a new hunger crisis

“Israel closed all crossings into Gaza indefinitely when it attacked Iran, imposing a siege that has already pushed up food prices and threatens to plunge 2 million people into a new hunger crisis.”

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Republicans facing 'escalating backlash' as signature bill closes more hospitals: report President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" is triggering a healthcare crisis across rural America, forcing hospitals to close maternity wards, shutter clinics and lay off staff — and those consequences are now threatening Republican control of Congress.The sweeping $1 trillion healthcare ...

Republicans facing 'escalating backlash' as signature bill closes more hospitals: report

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