Fiona "Fi" Webster 🌎🌍🌏

@stevelevitsky.bsky.social and @lucanway.bsky.social wrote a book on the durability of revolutionary regimes

These are not regimes easily defeated internally nor will they simply collapse with some external pressure

Trump likening Cuba/Iran to Venezuela will lead us into very dangerous territory

Expanding Iran conflict threatens Brazil grain exports, fertilizer supplies Brazilian farmers may be squeezed by the escalating conflict in the Middle East, according to analysts and ​trade data showing the region is a key destination for Brazil's farm exports and an importan...

Trump/Israel Iran war isn't just driving up energy prices, it may start destabilizing world food supplies due to fertilizer disruptions. Via Reuters

Centrist Democrats Are Plotting How Not to Blow It in 2028 At a conference in South Carolina, moderates shared data, advice and gripes as they set out to try and get a candidate who can win a primary and defeat Trumpism.

Democratic primary voters are more likely to watch “Law & Order” than “Heated Rivalry,” said one conference speaker, saying that candidates need to recalibrate what they think the average member of the party looks like and believes.
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"I sexually exploited a now-dead employee and also I've got God on speed-dial and he always does what I want" is quite the self-portrait. Of right-wing Christianity. And evangelical entitlement.

Another lie by Trump!

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Trump Regime Dismantled: Noem Grilled By Her Own Party, Corruption Bombshell Explodes, America Turns On ICE, and Minnesota Prosecutor Says Charges Are Coming For Federal Agents Trump’s losing. We’re winning. This is more proof.

Trump’s losing. We’re winning. This is more proof.

Iranian Girls’ Elementary School Massacre Was a Double-Tap Strike, Medics Say The tactic involves bombing a target and then launching a second strike meant to kill survivors and first responders.

Paramedics said last weekend’s bombing of an elementary in southern Iran was a so-called “double-tap” airstrike — a common tactic used by US, Israeli, and Russian forces by which attackers bomb a target and then follow up with a second strike meant to kill survivors and first responders.

Minnesota isn't backing down. County Attorney Mary Moriarty is moving to charge federal agents for crimes against the community. The "just following orders" defense won't work in Hennepin County. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-regi...

Dreams of a Blue Texas Emerge Yet Again Yes, and No, and Be Careful, say typically nervous Dems.

Even the most skeptical Democratic operatives are hopeful about Talarico’s prospects. Could this time be the time?

They know Trump’s war is wildly unpopular.

So the script is obvious…

Hegseth shrugs off dead troops like it’s just “a few drones getting through,” and attacks the media for reporting about it. Then Leavitt denies he ever complained about it.

The disrespect for fallen soldiers is shameful.

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I'm screaming and crying. Those that Trump doesn't Kill over-seas, will balance out by his killing of Americans. There are so many of us barely hanging on. I am so tired...

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Morning Fi!☕ #Trump #Ecuador bsky.app/profile/bonk... edition.cnn.com/2026/03/03/p...

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The United States & Ecuador have launched joint military operations against “designated terrorist organizations” in that country.

WTF?

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The United States & Ecuador have launched joint military operations against “designated terrorist organizations” in that country.

WTF?

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Luke discusses Piers Morgan airing past Trump statements that contradict his current actions and more.SUPPORT MIRACLE FOUNDATION!https://give.miraclefoundati... OH SH*T: Piers Morgan Airs TRUMP’S HUMILIATION on National TV!

Ignore the headline & thumbnail: those rarely reflect the actual content of a video. But do click to watch Luke Beasley's show, just 13 minutes long, because he's really on point today re. how Republicans talk about the Iran War.

Tip: Click on the gear icon & change playback speed to 1.25.

How the US-Israeli war on Iran created a massive hole in global airspace Airlines are using long-readied contingency plans but bottlenecks have formed that no amount of planning can fix

War engulfing the Middle East has cleared the region’s skies, forcing airlines to make drastic rerouting plans & leaving a massive void in usually busy global airspace. Airlines have been forced to divert their passenger jets away from the Gulf or risk a catastrophic accident.

From petrol to groceries: how Middle East crisis is driving up prices Global supply chains are disrupted and prices are rising across sectors amid warnings worse is to come if conflict persists

The conflict in the Middle East has disrupted global supply chains and triggered price rises across a range of categories, prompting accusations of price gouging and warnings of worse to come if the conflict persists.

A quick summary of what's affected.

Israel flagged Hezbollah threat before launching air attacks, leaked memo shows US embassy cable said Israeli officials did not trust Lebanon or Syria to contain the group’s fighters

An internal US assessment indicates that Israeli officials had doubts that the Lebanese state could disarm Hezbollah even before Israel launched an aerial campaign against the group on Monday.

Three days after the US cable was sent, Israel launched the first of a wave of airstrikes against Hezbolla

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Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence reached out indirectly to the CIA with an offer to discuss terms for ending the conflict, according to those briefed on the outreach.

US officials are skeptical that either the Trump administration or Iran is really ready for an offramp,

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Good piece on undergrads who heeded MLK's call, inspired to join others traveling to Mississippi, where voting rights were under attack. 1964's Freedom Summer was dangerous work. It shook the conscience of the nation.

Voting rights are again endangered, now by the WH..

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Congress once fought to limit a president’s war powers − more than 50 years later, its successors are less willing to assert their authority At the tail end of the Vietnam War, Congress engaged in a breathtaking act of legislative assertion, affirming that lawmakers’ held the power to declare war – not the president.

Article 1 of the Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war, not the president. But most modern presidents have asserted that Article 2 allows the president to use the military in certain situations without prior congressional approval.

A poli sci prof explains. No pay wall.

Welcome to the ‘gray zone’ − home to nefarious international acts that fall short of outright conflict Nations are becoming adept at provocations that fall in the area between routine peacetime actions and open warfare.

Nefarious actors shape elections without leaving irrefutable evidence of ballot manipulation. Rogue states interfere with infrastructure through actions that resist clean attribution. State-backed hackers can warp information environments while avoiding immediate blame.

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s killing plays into Shiite Islam’s reverence for martyrs, but not for all Iranians Khamenei was a deeply polarizing figure in Iran – perceived by some as a martyr and others as an oppressor.

Shiite tradition calls for 40 days of public mourning. While some Iranians came out to commemorate Khamenei, others celebrated his demise. The scenes reflected the contradictions in how Khamenei was perceived: by some as a martyr, and by others as an oppressor.

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The brands Casey Means has touted—while being paid thousands to promote them—are not all the epitome of health & safety that she has claimed them to be. At least 5 of her sponsors sold products allegedly containing hazardous ingredients or unsafe levels of lead & cadmium.

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2/ "To where should we all self-deport?" asks Digby. "Mars, I guess. Elon better get a move on."

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1/ QOTD for Ice Barbie:

Rep. Correa: "What do you suggest I tell my constituents? Have a passport with you all the time?"

Noem: "No, I'd tell them to be grateful they live in a country where Pres. Trump is upholding the law. We will help them self-deport."

Correa: "These are American citzens!"

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