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I wrestled with this article all day - an honest effort to assess the arguments in favour of the war, which I don’t entirely dismiss, and whether they outweigh the arguments against - on which my conclusion is no - largely because I don’t trust this admin’s motives, staying power or competence.

V. good from @alexhh.bsky.social 👇

Kent Smetters, director of Penn Wharton Budget Model, recently told Fortune that total economic toll on US (direct & indirect) could reach as high as $210 billion fortune.com/2026/03/02/h...

Trump's actions don't square will his promise to tackle affordability.

Another reason why Palantir should be nowhere near the NHS

Sun Tzu said two and a half thousand years ago, “tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.”

'The Justification for the War against Iran Has Changed from Day to Day, with No Clear End Goal or Exit Strategy' From Washington DC, former diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall assesses the arguments used to justify the attack on Iran

🔴'The Justification for the War against Iran Has Changed from Day to Day, with No Clear End Goal or Exit Strategy'

Former diplomat @alexhh.bsky.social describes the chaos in Washington

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Important to hear the arguments being made in Washington, in order to combat them

Important to hear the arguments being made in Washington, in order to combat them

Remember Operation Rolling Thunder? This is Operation Rolling Bullshit.

Excellent piece joining the dots between Surkov’s doctrine, Bannon’s gameplay, and the current US / Israeli strategy of shoot first, spin later, retcon always.

You cannot negotiate away a capability that has not yet come into existence. You cannot declare victory over a weapon that nobody has yet made. The object stays live precisely because nothing can close it. The game, as designed, carries no endpoint.

Very good article.

Operation Epic Fury: A Mass of Shifting Objectives Dr Charles Kriel looks at the Iran War as an information operation and identifies what the West still refuses to understand about it

🔴 Operation Epic Fury: A Mass of Shifting Objectives

Dr Charles Kriel looks at the Iran War as an information operation and identifies what the West still refuses to understand about it

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"It's Illegal" - Trump's War On Iran

"Benjamin Netanyahu doesn't give a damn about the Iranian people - he's been willing to kill a helluva lot of them."

#IranWar @scottlucas.bsky.social @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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I'm certain Farage would have dragged us deep into this had he been PM.

We need to stay away because Ukraine still needs us. Plus it keeps Putin tied up and unable to help Iran. No doubt the real reason we aren't going in all guns blazing.

Darkly disturbing.

Palantir, of course, now in possession of our NHS data.

11 Loopholes in Labour’s Elections Bill which MPs are Pushing to Close Labour MPs break ranks to demand ‘Representation of the People’ law is tightened up to tackle crypto donations, AI deepfakes and more

My latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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"It's Illegal" - Trump's War On Iran

"Getting rid of a regime is really, really messy - look at Iraq 2003 - especially if you don't put troops on the ground..."

#IranWar analysed by @scottlucas.bsky.social

@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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'Shabana Mahmood’s Asylum Plans Will Put Lives at Risk for No Purpose' The Government talks about wanting to reduce division and increase integration and then implements policies which will do the complete opposite, argues Daniel Sohege

As I wrote for @bylinetimes.bsky.social earlier this week, Labour's anti-asylum proposals increase harm, increase the risk of exploitation and human trafficking and embed racism and discrimination as policy. The Home Secretary is ignoring evidence, and humanity. 8/

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Palantir’s Double Conflict of Interest in the War Against Iran War was inevitable claimed the three most senior figures in the AI analytics firm which both provided the justification for US/Israeli strikes and profits from the conflict

🚨EXCLUSIVE: Palantir’s Double Conflict of Interest in the War Against Iran

War was inevitable claimed the three most senior figures in the AI analytics firm, which both provided the justification for US/Israeli strikes and profits from the conflict

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A Letter from America - The Bear Mutated – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition Vladimir Putin’s greatest trick was convincing the West that the Cold War ended in 1991 with a whimper and a Big Mac in Pushkin Square.

🟧 Columnists — @therickwilson.bsky.social — Rick Wilson — Letter from America — (Edition 83)

The Bear Mutated — Vladimir Putin’s greatest trick was convincing the West that the Cold War ended in 1991 with a whimper and a Big Mac in Pushkin Square.

11 Loopholes in Labour’s Elections Bill which MPs are Pushing to Close Labour MPs break ranks to demand ‘Representation of the People’ law is tightened up to tackle crypto donations, AI deepfakes and more

📌 ICYMI — 11 Loopholes in Labour’s Elections Bill which MPs are Pushing to Close

Labour MPs break ranks to demand ‘Representation of the People’ law is tightened up to tackle crypto…

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‘Domestic Terrorism’ ICE Contractor Palantir’s Tools for Tracking Dissent – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition The controversial data firm co-founded by tech billionaire Peter Thiel – which holds UK government contracts – researched protest prediction for the US Army before agreeing to build ICE’s data platform to conduct mass deportation. Nafeez Ahmed reports

🟨 Print Edition — ‘Domestic Terrorism’ ICE Contractor Palantir’s Tools for Tracking Dissent

The controversial data firm co-founded by tech billionaire Peter Thiel – which holds UK government contracts – researched protest prediction for the US Army before agreeing to build ICE’s data platform…

11 Loopholes in Labour’s Elections Bill which MPs are Pushing to Close Labour MPs break ranks to demand ‘Representation of the People’ law is tightened up to tackle crypto donations, AI deepfakes and more

📌 ICYMI — 11 Loopholes in Labour’s Elections Bill which MPs are Pushing to Close

Labour MPs break ranks to demand ‘Representation of the People’ law is tightened up to tackle crypto donations, AI deepfakes and more

‘Domestic Terrorism’ ICE Contractor Palantir’s Tools for Tracking Dissent – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition The controversial data firm co-founded by tech billionaire Peter Thiel – which holds UK government contracts – researched protest prediction for the US Army before agreeing to build ICE’s data platform to conduct mass deportation. Nafeez Ahmed reports

🟨 Print Edition — ‘Domestic Terrorism’ ICE Contractor Palantir’s Tools for Tracking Dissent

The controversial data firm co-founded by tech billionaire Peter Thiel – which holds UK government contracts – researched protest prediction for the US Army before agreeing to build ICE’s data platform…

11 Loopholes in Labour’s Elections Bill which MPs are Pushing to Close Labour MPs break ranks to demand ‘Representation of the People’ law is tightened up to tackle crypto donations, AI deepfakes and more

🔴 11 Loopholes in Labour’s Elections Bill which MPs are Pushing to Close

Labour MPs break ranks to demand ‘Representation of the People’ law is tightened up to tackle crypto donations, AI deepfakes and more – @josiahmortimer.bsky.social

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Operation Epic Fury: A Mass of Shifting Objectives Dr Charles Kriel examines the Iran War as an information operation and identifies what Western StratCom still refuses to understand about it

🔴Operation Epic Fury: A Mass of Shifting Objectives

Dr Charles Kriel examines the Iran War as an information operation and identifies what Western StratCom still refuses to understand about it

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Welcome to ‘Byline Times Substack’ Byline Supplement is evolving. Byline Times Editor-in-Chief, Hardeep Matharu explains how and why

Now, imho, the best and most important journalism source in the UK - and have often provided critical reports months or even years before anyone else picked that it really, really matters

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The Afghan Data Breach Victims Who Say They Have Been Abandoned by Britain The unprecedented data breach left many Afghans who worked for the UK military in fear for their lives. A year on and they tell Byline Times they have been abandoned by the British state

🔴The Afghan Data Breach Victims Who Say They Have Been Abandoned by Britain

The breach left Afghans who worked for the UK military in fear for their lives. Now they tell Byline Times they have been abandoned by the British state @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social reports
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‘We Are Still a Society Where the Postcode of the Bed You Are Born In, Sadly, Still Pretty Much Determines Where You End Up in Life’ – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition Last month, Byline Times was invited to the launch of ‘Class Ceiling’ – a new report reviewing working-class participation in the arts across Greater Manchester. A day after he was blocked from standing as the Labour candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election, Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham gave the opening address

🟨 Print Edition — ‘We Are Still a Society Where the Postcode of the Bed You Are Born In, Sadly, Still Pretty Much Determines Where You End Up in Life’

Last month, Byline Times was invited to the launch of ‘Class Ceiling’ – a new report reviewing working-class participation in the arts across…

The Afghan Data Breach Victims Who Say They Have Been Abandoned by Britain The unprecedented data breach left many Afghans who worked for the UK military in fear for their lives. A year on and they tell Byline Times they have been abandoned by the British state

📌 ICYMI — The Afghan Data Breach Victims Who Say They Have Been Abandoned by Britain

The unprecedented data breach left many Afghans who worked for the UK military in fear for their…

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