Andrew RC Marshall

Home page of the U.S. Embassy in Egypt. Missiles, drones, security alerts . . . and "the Trump Declaration for Enduring Peace."

After many years of court reporting, I've just had a completely new (to me) reason for a hearing delay: “The lights have gone off downstairs”

The courtroom is fine but the cells appear to be in darkness 😬

01 Mar 2026 14:50:19 - U.S. SAYS THREE U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN ACTION AS PART OF IRAN OPERATION -CENTCOM Oil jumps 10% on Iran conflict and could spike to $100 a barrel, analysts say

Two consecutive @Reuters headlines just now. How long before Donald Trump has to change course?

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A major shift, via Gallup. More from @joshuakeating.bsky.social www.vox.com/politics/480...

Bafflement with Bezos The whole debacle of the Washington Post brand hara-kiri last week dispatched the myth that a tech billionaire could save serious journalism.

“Bezos doesn’t understand how to run a news organization any more than Woodward and Bernstein could figure out how to deliver dog kibble to your door by drone.”

Tina Brown on WaPo’s sad demise.

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United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, Francesca Albanese poses for photographer ahead of the conference on "A Cartography of Genocide: Israel's Conduct in Gaza since October 2023", an investigative project on Israeli-Palestinian conflict, at the Roma Tre University, in Rome, Italy, October 6, 2025. REUTERS/Remo Casilli

Despite U.N. insistence that she had diplomatic immunity, the Trump administration imposed sanctions on Francesca Albanese for “writing threatening letters” to U.S. companies and urging the ICC to investigate, Reuters found.

In Trump’s war on global justice, court staff and U.N. face terrorist‑grade sanctions Trump’s sanctions on U.N. expert Francesca Albanese and the International Criminal Court froze assets and disrupted war crimes investigations. The clash is part of the broader campaign by his administ...

Trump's unprecedented campaign against U.N. expert Francesca Albanese and the International Criminal Court is partly aimed at averting future attempts to hold him or his officials accountable for U.S. military action overseas. My story with @reuters.com colleagues.

www.reuters.com/investigatio...

“This is unjust, unfair, and persecutorial,” Albanese told Reuters. “I’m being punished because of my human rights work.”

United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, Francesca Albanese poses for photographer ahead of the conference on "A Cartography of Genocide: Israel's Conduct in Gaza since October 2023", an investigative project on Israeli-Palestinian conflict, at the Roma Tre University, in Rome, Italy, October 6, 2025. REUTERS/Remo Casilli

Despite U.N. insistence that she had diplomatic immunity, the Trump administration imposed sanctions on Francesca Albanese for “writing threatening letters” to U.S. companies and urging the ICC to investigate, Reuters found.

In Trump’s war on global justice, court staff and U.N. face terrorist‑grade sanctions Trump’s sanctions on U.N. expert Francesca Albanese and the International Criminal Court froze assets and disrupted war crimes investigations. The clash is part of the broader campaign by his administ...

Trump's unprecedented campaign against U.N. expert Francesca Albanese and the International Criminal Court is partly aimed at averting future attempts to hold him or his officials accountable for U.S. military action overseas. My story with @reuters.com colleagues.

www.reuters.com/investigatio...

All 2.4m of Britain’s creative workers are at risk — and we know why A new report into the impact of AI on the creative sector makes for apocalyptic reading. The government must act now

'the UK creative industries — which contributed £125 billion to the economy in 2024 and supported 2.4 million jobs — are being destroyed by an AI sector that... contributed just £11 billion in the same year and supported only 85,000 jobs." www.thetimes.com/culture/film...

OMG - Sepp Blatter is now occupying the moral high ground.

Which says everything you need to know about how far the rest of the ground has fallen.

ICE's standards of professional conduct require that its employees be "professional, police, respectful, considerate, helpful and patient in all official activities ... even in the face of considerable provocation."

www.ice.gov/doclib/foia/...

Nice transatlantic military alliance you’ve got there. Be a shame if anything happened to it.

This is excellent . . . and terriying.

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor Russian pundits are thrilled with Trump's approach to Greenland

Meanwhile in Russia: pundits rejoiced about Trump's approach to Greenland, which they surmised is "delivering a catastrophic blow to NATO" and is "truly tremendous for Russia."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ThS...

I also grew up in 1970s Britain. Life in the 2020s is immeasurably better.

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The Telegraph, the UK's most conservative major newspaper, has this editorial view (link at end):

"Donald Trump’s attempt to strongarm Denmark and Europe into accepting the annexation of Greenland is a disgraceful betrayal of the Western alliance..."

I passed my PhD. If I gave my PhD certificate to my stepmother’s cat, that wouldn’t make her a doctor.

"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smoking."

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How did Liz Truss become prime minister? Truss has launched a bizarre YouTube show steeped in conspiracy theories. Thank goodness her time in Number 10 lasted just 49 days

“The Liz Truss Show (is) a weekly YouTube interview format that makes QAnon feel like the Periodic Table.”

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/con...

UK grocers begin to feel impact of appetite-suppressing drugs Britain’s major food retailers are beginning to feel the impact of a new trend as the surging popularity of appetite-suppressing drugs starts to reshape shopping habits and sales.

Gregg’s sausage roll v. glucagon-like peptide.

www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Why is every new AI announcement a solution you don't want to a problem you don't have

Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation. Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But in this environment, they’ve found their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated.

“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever,” Department of Education spokesperson Madison Biedermann wrote after our reporter repeatedly asked agency officials for comment to ensure fairness and accuracy.

Thin Lei Win on changing her Myanmar passport for an Icelandic one.

“I don’t think I fully appreciated the mental load of carrying a passport that turns routine immigration appointments into nerve-wrecking ordeals; of being a citizen of a country whose government actively wants to harm you.”

How combative videographers fire up Britain's asylum hotel protests Adam didn’t set out to expose what he calls Britain’s “broken asylum system.” About four years ago the 32-year-old started working in one of hundreds of hotels being used to house asylum seekers because, he said, he wanted to help them settle in the country.

How combative videographers fire up Britain's asylum hotel protests reut.rs/4s3hGvY

Ghost jobs, robot gatekeepers and AI interviewers: let me tell you about the bleak new age of job hunting | Eleanor Margolis In my six months of looking for work, I’ve found that from fake ads to AI screening software, the search is more soul-destroying than ever, says columnist for the i newspaper and Diva, Eleanor Margoli...

‘I’ve now read their “what we do” section four or five times, and I have a problem – I can’t figure out what they do.’

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Some of the nearly 1,600 people who received clemency from Trump over the Jan. 6 attack have met with Justice Department officials and provided advice on how to retaliate against those who helped put them behind bars, a Reuters investigation finds reut.rs/4qeX9mu