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It took just one phone call from Donald Trump for Starmer to jump into yet another Middle East illegal war, failing to learn the lessons of the tragedies of Iraq, Libya and Syria.

Both times, actually.

Were NOT completely obliterated back then.

But there was also no evidence they were building an ICBM now.

Goddammit all to hell.

Shoutout to everyone in the national media who has spent months glazing this guy and treating people who suspect he’s a legit ideological antisemite like they’re hysterical

Currently trending on X.

A favorite Christmastime watch for me - never fails.

Another rough month. Searching for my mojo & negotiating w/the new normal. 65 films in Feb for a 2026 total of 105. So exhausted now, all the time. Best first time watches: Borzage's MORTAL STORM, Kon Ichikowa's BURMESE HARP, Catherine Breillat's BLUEBEARD, Kiarostami's CLOSE-UP.

America's pedophile führer, claiming he got a "great deal" for the dead US military service members:

"We have three, but we expect casualties — but in the end it's going to be a great deal for the world."

Looks like Uncle Drunky can't even cow the group formerly known as the Boy Scouts into submission.

Feeble Criticism of War With Iran Echoes the Lead-Up to War With Iraq We need to take a firm stand against this reckless and pointless war, not fixate on whether or not it was done the "right way."

"This was still an argument about means, not ends, that put undue trust in Bush’s willingness to seek alternatives to war. A more effective resolution would have required Bush to get explicit UN Security Council authorization to use force, but this was eschewed by the Democratic leadership."

Anthropic to sue Trump administration after AI lab is labelled security risk Pentagon bans start-up from government contracts, as OpenAI announces deal to deploy models in classified networks

#Anthropic: “No amount of intimidation or punishment will change our position on mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weapons.”

Transparency, ethics & rule of law do also matter for security.

Respect.

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‘I Have Agreed to Talk’ Trump tells The Atlantic that Iranian leaders want to resume negotiations.

On Saturday, Trump called on Iranians to overthrow their regime. On Sunday, he says he wants to talk to that very regime. Typical incoherence. His objective ping-pongs between change of regime and change of regime behavior. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Donald Trump has not made the case to the American people for his new war.

There was no imminent threat to the country that justified putting our troops at risk.

I'll be helping force a debate and vote in the Senate that would end it.

Trump Can’t Use War or Other Excuses to Take over American Elections The Contrarians won't let you — Publisher's Roundup 56

"The only way they can get elected is to cheat"

Also Trump: pass me a law so I don't have to win fair elections

Students, Seniors, Married Women & Disaster victims — all turned away over trivial paperwork

My publisher's note on why it won't stand this week on @contrariannews.org 👇-TN\

3 dead, 14 injured in downtown Austin mass shooting Three people have died, and 14 were injured in a shooting on West Sixth Street overnight Saturday into Sunday, according to Austin-Travis County EMS.

Patel's FBI is not to be trusted, of course, but there is a real possibility that the deadly terror attacks on U.S. soil feared as a response to Trump's illegal war have already started www.kxan.com/news/crime/p...

‘Music Is the Message’ At Chicago’s Metro — And It All Started With a Voicemail From R.E.M. Billboard’s venue deep dive: Metro in Chicago, the storied stage where Joe Shanahan helped shape generations of emerging and iconic artists.

What a great profile of Joe Shanahan‘s beloved Metro in Chicago… along with WXRT and JAM, one of the major reasons Chicago was arguably R.E.M.’s most proven American city, right up there with Dublin and Madrid and Milan and probably a few more, but who’s counting?!

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The Cranberries released their debut album ‘Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?’ 33 years ago on March 1, 1993 | Listen to the album + revisit our tribute here: album.ink/CranberriesEE

This is the type of mealy-mouthed bullshit you get when a guy is quite clearly lining up a run for POTUS. He wants to seem thoughtful and measured, meanwhile what he’s saying in reality is that if the Trump admin would have just come and lied to congress, sure, Trump could start a war for no reason.

The notice provisions you cite only kick in if the President does not have that congressional consent - in the case of a response to an attack. The War Powers Act DOES NOT give the President a free pass to take military action from 60-90 days. That's insane and not true.

You have clearly not read the War Powers Act, Mike. Everything you've written is totally wrong.

The War Powers Act SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITS military action unless: a/ there is a prior congressional authorization; or b/ it's a response to an attack against the U.S.

babe wake up, they're doing insider trading on war crimes

They went to war with Iran (which nobody in America was asking for) so they could conjure an excuse to allow ICE to keep murdering Americans and teargassing schools here at home with impunity (which nobody in America was asking for).

Idiot president

Even Trump loyalists are struggling to defend his attack on Iran The US President has set in motion something he can’t control – it could engulf him

"Trump has regularly mocked Barack Obama for launching military operations in the Middle East. He tapped into a huge sentiment among US voters to stop overseas adventures. Now he has launched one with no approval from Congress, no legal basis and with barely any explanation."

Screenshot of "Trump" and "Hegseth" in the Saturday Night Live "cold open" last night

“Bottom line, all of you should be thanking us – we took out a horrendous, horrible leader who was oppressing his own people. But don’t get any ideas!” - "Trump" on SNL bluevirginia.us/2026/03/sund...

One reason they’re ordering release of detainees — rather than bond hearings: Berger and Johnston say the hearings are increasingly a pre-cooked sham, resulting in detention without a genuine chance for bond. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

They are calling out violations of court orders, sloppy paperwork in detention cases, the destruction of families, the erosion of civil liberties and a climate of fear wrought by masked agents operating on WV’s roadways. Contempt is next, they say. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Judges in a Trump stronghold condemn ICE tactics “If the government may simply seize someone without due process, there is no check on its ability to seize anyone,” one judge wrote.

For weeks, Judges Joseph Goodwin (Clinton), Robert Chambers (Clinton), Thomas Johnston (GWB) and Irene Berger (Obama) have been ordering the release of dozens of detainees ICE and its WV partners have picked up since Jan 1. But they’re not stopping there

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NEW: Four federal judges have formed a firewall against ICE in West Virginia — and say they’ll punish state and federal officials of they continue detaining people in ways they have ruled illegal and unconstitutional.

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A children's hospital is renamed for Dolly Parton and hopes to transform pediatric care in Tennessee Dolly Parton’s name might inspire full-throated sing-a-longs to her working woman’s anthem “9 to 5,” or evoke memories of thrilling days spent at her Dollywood theme park.

“Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital did not share how much Parton donated as part of the naming announcement. But Matt Schaefer, its president and CEO, said her support would ensure ‘every child who walks through our doors receives the treatment they deserve.’”

GOD BLESS DOLLY PARTON