Japan ready to act against sharp yen swings, finance minister says reut.rs/4bcI6na
Air freight rates soar as Middle East conflict blocks trade routes reut.rs/4urK2kH
Trump says he thinks Iran's new supreme leader is alive but 'damaged' reut.rs/4cEYyz7
Trying to use less plastic?
Big Oil and the plastics industry are spending billions to make sure everyone else uses more.
“I think what stood out most is the deliberateness and intentionality over the years of pushing plastic into our lives,” said @bethgardiner.bsky.social. “It was such a shock."
Executive and Judicial Branches Spar Over Control of Federal Courthouses www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/u...
Probably not the outcome most of us were hoping for.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
DP World: Jebel Ali port fully operational, inbound vessel traffic reduced reut.rs/4uq0emo
How the Russian intelligence services, with an okay from Putin, decided to use DHL parcel deliveries to bomb warehouses all across Europe. An essential read on Russia's idea of hybrid warfare against Europe. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump told them very sternly not to do this in a Truth Social post so I’m shocked they would defy him like this. Maybe Iran doesn’t have an account.
Trump was asked whether oil tankers are now safe to use the strait of Hormuz.
Trump: I think they should. I think they should. I think they should use the Strait. Look, we took out just about all of their mine ships…
A few hours later…
2 oil tankers set on fire in the strait.
Iran War Live Updates: Iraq Closes Oil Terminals as Energy Prices Surge www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...
"He told a colleague, who refused to help him upload the data because of legal concerns, that he expected to receive a presidential pardon if his actions were deemed to be illegal..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
In cases you were wondering . . . this is a photo that annoyed Pete Hegseth so much because he thought it was "unflattering" so he got the photographer barred. I encourage all of you to use it as often as possible.
🚨 Pentagon officials told Congress that the war with Iran has cost the U.S. more than $11 billion in its first week
Absolutely, flabbergastingly insane.
(Reuters) - U.S. intelligence indicates that Iran's leadership is still largely intact and is not at risk of collapse any time soon after nearly two weeks of relentless U.S. and Israeli bombardment, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
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BREAKING: ABC News, citing sources: The United States is facing difficulty evacuating its personnel from facilities under bombardment in Iraq
“'The administration thoughtlessly terminated people with crisis experience, and now they’re left without depth in the bench in the middle of a wide scale and broadening crisis,' said a former official with more than a decade experience in evacuation operations..."
www.cnn.com/2026/03/10/p...
This is like watching Trump bankrupt a casino in real time. Except this time we are the casino.
I was told we already won this war.
In South Burlington, Vermont, protesters are being tear-gassed by ICE and local police as they attempt to prevent a kidnapping.
JUST IN: A federal judge has blocked ICE from constructing an immigration detention facility in Hagerstown, MD after the state sued over the lack of a mandated environmental impact review. www.courtlistener.com/docket/72362...
Ossoff: "Trump has a problem with every side of his coalition ... they see this guy and his family raking in billions from all over the world while the cost of living crisis in America gets worse. It's infuriating people, and not just Democrats."
The Independent
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Meanwhile, Trump spent the day in Kentucky campaigning against the guy who got the Epstein files released.
Everyone knows our offensive capabilities are unrivaled. No surprises there.
One thing that worries me is that we’ve failed to learn the lessons from Ukraine.
Warfare has changed, and we’re behind the eight ball. We should have been pouring money into counter-drone technology.
Ossoff: "The president appears increasingly to have lost touch with reality. That is deeply concerning when you have a a cabinet much more concerned with winning his favor than giving good advice & the nation now plunged into war. It speaks to the necessity of winning these midterms in a landslide."
I don’t think unconditional surrender is imminent.
