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I’m not convinced Trump’s rewriting of the horrible bombing of a girls school won’t be Russia hoaxed, election rigged, and Chinese bioweaponed into Trumpist canon.

Every person in this chain of command should be *under* The Hague.

Trump’s wearing of baseball cap during dignified transfer draws criticism President Trump faced continued blowback for wearing a USA-emblazoned cap during a dignified transfer ceremony for soldiers killed in the war with Iran.

President Trump wore a white “USA” baseball cap as the remains of six service members killed in the war with Iran were carried off an Air Force transport plane.

The hat appeared to be a model that retails on the Trump Organization’s online store for $55.

Iran Live Updates: Oil Prices Fall After Trump Tells CBS News That Iran War Is ‘Very Complete’ President Trump told CBS News in the afternoon that “we’re very far ahead of schedule” on the war, and stocks rose after an early plummet. He later told Republican lawmakers that the U.S. still had more to do.

Breaking News: President Trump is holding a news conference on the 10th day of the war in Iran. Watch live.

GOP Rep. Ogles says Muslims ‘don’t belong in American society’ The Tennessee lawmaker’s post is part of a larger trend of House Republicans leaning on Islamophobic rhetoric.

Rep. Andrew Ogles (R-Tennessee) has become the latest Republican lawmaker to voice blatantly Islamophobic sentiments.

He declared on X that “Diversity is our weakness” and called for the deportation of even naturalized Muslim Americans.

Country Joe, bless him, was a dedicated collector of material about Florence Nightingale and the history of nursing. Some years ago he donated his collection to the University of California. oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:... #victorian

9 days in, the most basic question about the Iran war remains unanswered In just over a week, Trump and top administration officials have given at least 17 different responses about why the war began

WE STILL DON'T HAVE A CLEAR ANSWER ON THE MOST BASIC QUESTION ABOUT THE IRAN WAR

WHY did the U.S. go to war?

A Popular Information review of public statements over the last 9 days found 17 DIFFERENT EXPLAINATIONS. Many of which contradict each other.

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O.S.U. President Walter Carter Jr. Resigns Over ‘Inappropriate Relationship’ The president, Walter Carter Jr., said he “made a mistake in allowing inappropriate access to Ohio State leadership.”

Breaking News: The president of Ohio State University has resigned after he disclosed to trustees that he had an “inappropriate relationship with someone seeking public resources.”

Depositions in MLA-ACLS-AHA Lawsuit Over the NEH - YouTube As part of a lawsuit brought by the Modern Language Association, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the American Historical Association, two key ...

The government does not want you to watch these depositions. They are trying to make us take them down. You be the judge of why: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Opinion | The Danger of Being a Palestinian Citizen of Israel

The Danger of Being a Palestinian Citizen of Israel www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/o...

U.S. Tomahawk Hit Naval Base Beside Iranian School, Video Shows The evidence contradicts President Trump’s claim that Iran was responsible for a strike at the school that killed 175 people, most of them children.

Breaking News: New video adds to evidence that a U.S. missile likely hit an Iranian school where 175 people, many of them children, were reportedly killed.

Rare items of Charles Dickens’ clothing to go on display in London Exhibition includes linen shirt collar from when author suffered a fatal stroke along with other personal items Rare surviving items of Charles Dickens’ clothing, including the linen shirt collar worn by the writer when he suffered his fatal stroke in 1870, are to go on display. Other items being exhibited include Dickens’ black silk stockings – part of his only surviving suit – as well as personal effects and items related to his personal grooming, including a set of six silver razors used for his daily shave, a perfume bottle, silver candle snuffers and a gold locket, containing photos and locks of hair from Dickens and his son, Henry. Continue reading...

Rare items of Charles Dickens’ clothing to go on display in London

These poor kids. This family did nothing wrong except believe in the United States.

Country Joe McDonald, Whose Antiwar Song Became an Anthem, Dies at 84

RIP Country Joe McDonald, whose antiwar song, "Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag," remains relevant today as when he sang it at Woodstock. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/a...

Why is the U.S. at war with Iran? Here’s what the Trump administration says. President Donald Trump and top administration officials have offered a range of rationales for launching Operation Epic Fury.

Why is the U.S. at war with Iran?

Trump: “They would have had a nuclear weapon within two weeks”

Vance: “I think the president was looking for the long haul”

Rubio: “We knew that there was going to be an Israeli action”

Trump: “If anything, I might have forced Israel’s hand”

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Recent U.S. Assessment Found an Attack on Iran Unlikely to Result in Regime Change

A report by the National Intelligence Council completed before the US and Israel launched attacks on Iran assessed that even a large-scale military assault on the country would be unlikely to topple its theocratic government. @julianbarnes.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/w...

Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base

Read the full analysis.

"Who gives a shit about foreign countries targeting American soldiers in the reckless war we started?" is just a hell of a take for a White House press secretary

NYU cancels live school graduation speakers - Washington Square News Graduation speakers will no longer give live remarks at school-based ceremonies and must instead record their statements for a video, in compliance with a policy NYU is rolling out this year. The tran...

they are this afraid of people advocating for humane behavior
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They've now killed four people -- three U.S. citizens and a Mexican national. They've shot several more.

They've lied about all of them. They haven't shaded the truth. They haven't "misled" us. They've brazenly, knowingly lied while in possession of the evidence disproving their lies.

State Department Bypasses Congress to Send Israel More Than 20,000 Bombs

NEW: Trump aides declared an emergency over Iran to bypass Congress to sell more than 20,000 bombs to Israel valued at $660 million. The State Dept. hasn't publicly disclosed info on half of the bombs. US gives $3.8 billion of arms aid to Israel annually. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/u...

DOJ releases Epstein files with accusations against Trump Over the course of four interviews in 2019, a woman told the FBI that Epstein and Trump sexually abused her in the 1980s.

“A DOJ source told the Miami Herald that agents found her to be credible—and that they would not have interviewed her four times if they thought she was lying.”

@jkbjournalist.bsky.social bringing it home
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

Across the country, as housing and other costs continue to outpace income increases, many middle-class home buyers are finding they can’t easily scrape together a down payment on their own.

The median U.S. home price now tops $405,000. https://wapo.st/4stHBwa

U.S. May Have Committed War Crime In Sinking Of Iranian Ship The Geneva Conventions say nations have a duty to “take all possible measures” to help rescue victims of shipwrecks. A U.S. submarine left that to Sri Lanka.

“The 312-foot Dena and its 130-member crew, many of them musicians in the Iranian navy band, had just finished participating in an Indian government naval exercise and cultural exchange that the U.S. Navy had also participated in and were on the way home on Wednesday.”

Wars Often Lose Public Support Over Time. Trump Started This One Without Much.

Americans skipped the rally-around-the-president stage this time. JFK gained 13 points after Cuban Missile Crisis, LBJ 8 after bombing Hanoi, GHW Bush 18 during Gulf War, GW Bush 8 after Saddam captured, Obama 11 after OBL killed. Trump gained 0 since Iran. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/u...

Strongly recommend calling your US senators today to tell them:

1. Publicly call for Sheehy to be expelled from the Senate for assaulting a protestor.

2. DO NOT vote to confirm Mullin for DHS.

Find your senators at reps.fyi

The White House is transforming the Iran strikes into a meme war The White House is using memes that make light of violent combat in Iran, mixing footage of real missile strikes with clips from action films and video games.

Less than a week after an airstrike killed dozens of children at an Iranian elementary school, the White House posted a video of bombing footage mixed with clips from movies and video games.

Many online were outraged by what they said was a callous joke.

AIPAC is trying to derail my House campaign because I'm a Jew who defies Israel The group's tactics show they know that voters don't support their agenda

A must-read from IfNotNow member @robertpeters.bsky.social

“Groups like AIPAC are concerned that if Jewish people like us can speak out against Israel and still win elections, then others who may have been nervously hanging back may feel like they can take bolder action as well.”