I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

Rubio Bypasses Congress to Send Israel $4 Billion in Arms Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s emergency declaration calls for sending 2,000-pound bombs and other weapons to Israel as the war in Gaza continues.

Rubio declares an emergency to bypass Congress to send $4 billion of arms to Israel. The possible orders include more than 35,000 bombs that are 2,000 lbs. each — which US military officers say are unsuitable for urban combat. Story: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...

the only fucking decent European leader, again!

apparently, the rest are back to happy vassals, cheering US and Israel into another war.

1/2 Today, Newsmax Ukraine channel has been presented in Kyiv. Insiders share that it’ll focus on promoting a pro-Trump admin candidate for the next President of Ukraine.

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Dr. Catharine Young: We are now at 1136 new measles cases - in just the first 8 weeks of this year alone. A preventable disease resurging. This is an abject policy failure.

Notice of Activity in a 100-Year Floodplain | Homeland Security EO 11988 Posting

DHS posted this for Romulus, MI. "ICE proposes to acquire and retrofit the existing warehouse facility at 7525 Cogswell Street [...] for use as a Detention Processing Center."

"Any individual, group, or agency wishing to comment on the project may do so via email at icesustainability@ice.dhs.gov."

Streaming services badly need a “I am listening to trash and I know this. Do not recommend me more like this.” mode

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/o...

On February 10, Canada suffered one of the worst mass shootings in its history when eight people were killed in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, including five students and a teacher at a secondary school. After the shooting, OpenAI reached out to authorities to provide information about the shooter’s use of ChatGPT and announced it had banned the shooter’s account months earlier. However, what OpenAI didn’t say, but the Wall Street Journal discovered, was that employees pushed for the company to reach out to Canadian authorities to alert them to what the person who would later take eight people’s lives was inputing to ChatGPT. The user was flagged through an automated system for suggesting scenarios to the chatbot involving gun violence. “Internally, about a dozen staffers debated whether to take action on [the user’s] posts,” wrote the Journal. “Some employees interpreted [the user’s] writings as an indication of potential real-world violence.”

Altman’s comments were bad enough. But the following day to read about how OpenAI had neglected its duty when it banned a user in Canada who was using ChatGPT to play out gun violence scenarios put his comments in an even worse light.

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"Our plan? We risk the world economy investing trillions into AI, eliminating almost every job on this planet."

I can't get over this number: in 2007, there were 360,000 newspaper jobs. Now, there are 80,000. "My local paper sucked!" Sure. What sucks even more? The void. "I get all my news from the Guardian!" No, the Guardian doesn't report on your town council, your school board, local cops.

The first step to dealing with Trumpism is to ignore everything they say and only watch what they do.

Exactly
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He's a moron! We're giving over our entire society to a class of idiot grifters with more money than sense! They're all in cahoots with one another and want a world where there's nothing left for most of us to do but lie around catatonically as they hoard the riches of a dying planet! I say no!

A tariff “refund” mostly goes to whoever wrote the tariff check: the importer of record. That’s not the same person who paid more at the register. So refunds -- if they're offered -- might sound like consumer relief, but in reality, they're corporate windfalls.

Gov. Pritzker's letter to Donald Trump demanding a refund on tariffs.

Cut the check, Donald Trump.

Central Casting strikes again!

Israeli settlers kill 19-year-old Palestinian American, officials and witnesses say

Nasrallah Abu Siyam shot dead in occupied West Bank as UN human rights office accuses Israel of war crimes

Turns Out There Was Voter Fraud in Georgia—by Elon Musk The state board of elections found Musk’s PAC sent prefilled ballot applications.

The story that Elon Musk committed voter fraud has gotten next to no coverage -- one of those things you can't make come up on a Google search.

But I think it's time for Dems to go on offensive abt right wing coddling of this immigrant interfering in our elections.

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UK: Prince Andrew arrested.

South Korea: Former President Yoon sentenced for life.

Brazil: Former President Bolsonaro serving a 27-year sentence.

USA: President Trump demands $10 billion payout from taxpayers.

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ICE drawdown may be too late for small businesses like El Sazon Operation Metro Surge kept many people of Latino and East African descent home, afraid to go to work or out to shops and restaurants. This caused a drastic drop in revenue for small businesses, which are now seeking aid.

Cristian and Karen DeLeon are out of money and ready to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for their five El Sazon restaurants unless aid and customers arrive soon.

Many Twin Cities small businesses are in the same boat after the ICE surge.

“If the President can, at his pleasure, send troops into any city, town, or hamlet…then there can be no difference whatever in this respect between the powers of the President and those of...the Czar of Russia.” Illinois's Guilded-Age Governor John Altgeld in 1895

Journalists Arrested in Cameroon While Reporting on Trump’s Secretive Deportation Program

"An Associated Press reporter was beaten by the police and detained along with three other journalists on Tuesday in Cameroon while reporting on a secretive Trump administration program to deport migrants to the Central African country, according to two of the people detained." (gift link)

You’re not required to participate…

notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich

DOG AT THE OLYMPICS
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DHS is holding a 2-month-old BABY at a detention facility in Texas.

Last night, Juan Nicolás was rushed to the hospital after choking on his own vomit & being unable to breathe.

This demands accountability — not a blank check for more cruelty.

‘Residential protesting’ could be a crime in Minnesota under new GOP proposal A bill that’s backed by a coalition of GOP lawmakers set to be proposed at the start of the upcoming session would make “residential protesting" punishable under Minnesota law.

Two dozen GOP lawmakers in Minnesota want to make "residential protesting" against the law. I hope, after all Minnesotans have been through fighting off federal government brutality, that these GOP lawmakers are out of a job at the next election.

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February 16, 2026 NR26026kt Los Angeles Police Department Encourages School Attendance Amid Recent Downtown Activity Los Angeles: In light of recent activity in the downtown area, the Los Angeles Police Department would like to take this opportunity to remind parents and students of the importance of staying in school. School attendance is mandatory in the City of Los Angeles and there may be legal consequences for parents and students for: • Day time Curfew violations - It is unlawful for any minors under 18 to be in public places, streets, or amusement spots during school hours (typically 8:30 am to 1:30 pm. The only exception includes being with a parent, authorized school activities, or emergencies. • California Education Code violations: • Mandates that all children between the ages of six and eighteen, unless exempted, must attend a full-time public day school for the full designated school day. • Middle and high school students are legally permitted one excused absence per calendar year to participate in a "civic or political event," provided advance school notification (emphasis added). • Additionally, Los Angeles Unified School District policy states that three or more unexcused absences or tardies of 30 minutes or more, can trigger a School Attendance Review Board (SARB) intervention for disciplinary action. Parents and students are also reminded that presence at school promotes intellectual growth. It becomes more difficult to fill knowledge gaps with student absences. Attendance builds good habits and healthy routines; and provides structure and stability. Lastly, school attendance also increases student safety, which includes safety resources provided by the Los Angeles Unified School District. (Page 1 of 2) X Follow @LAPDHQ

Any adult that collects or picks up a child and transports them to participate in any illegal activities may be responsible for Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor and is subject to arrest and prosecution. This law applies to actions like providing drugs/alcohol to minors, promoting truancy, and for parents failing to exercise reasonable supervision. Community members, parents, and students may contact their local Community Police Station of the Los Angeles Police Department for additional guidance specific to their community.

The LAPD is citing truancy laws in an attempt to squash the ongoing school walkouts against ICE. The LAPD is also threatening to arrest any parents or adults who support the kids in their acts of civil disobedience.