St. John Barned-Smith

St. John Barned-Smith

@stjbs.bsky.social

Reporting for the SF Chronicle. RPCV: Paraguay. Call me ‘Sinjin.' Signal: stjbs.82

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First 6 Days of Iran War Cost U.S. $11.3 Billion, Pentagon Says

That's about half of what it cost for USAID for a whole year www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...

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How Trump and His Advisers Miscalculated Iran’s Response to War

NEW: Before the Iran War, Trump ignored warnings that Iran could retaliate across the region and stop oil shipments. Now, with energy markets in chaos, some aides are pessimistic about the lack of a strategy to end the war. But they haven't told Trump. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/u...

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Mamdani Chooses His Words Carefully After Alleged Terror Attack

One day the NYT's editors will read these stories again and be ashamed of themselves. Mamdani called the attack "heinous," "criminal," "reprehensible," "terrorism," and "the antithesis of who we are." The insinuation that he's conflicted about this is disgraceful. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/n...

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Marco Rubio’s Florida Bestie Is an Accused ‘Foreign Agent’ Set to Go on Trial— With Rubio On the Witness List David Rivera and Rubio bought a house in Tallahassee when they were coming up together in Florida politics. But he’s been a headache for the secretary of state ever since, and now he could be one for ...

Marco Rubio's BFF is an accused foreign agent and money launderer. His trial is about to start — and Rubio is on the witness list.

My @vanityfair.com story on the legal bomb that's poised to go off in Trumpland.

www.vanityfair.com/news/story/m...

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They bought their North Beach dream home. The city says it must become four apartments Tenants rights groups are calling on San Francisco officials to make a North Beach couple fix a problem they did not create and revert their home to the four-unit complex.

They bought their North Beach dream home. The city says it must become four apartments www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/n...

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the president has no idea what he has set in motion. none.

www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

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Five years of work. One concise guide. Free to view and download now. – Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting News coverage of gun violence often inadvertently perpetuates stereotypical narratives about the people and communities most impacted. Typical coverage focuses on individual episodes of gun violence…

By changing the way gun violence is covered, reporters can take an active role in minimizing harm to injured people, communities, and society—and even make an important contribution toward preventing gun violence. www.pcgvr.org/toolkit/

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Paraguayan Senator Convicted of Aiding International Cocaine Trafficker A Paraguayan senator was convicted of aiding a fugitive drug trafficker’s cocaine network, fueling allegations of political corruption and international organized crime.

Sitting Paraguayan senator from the Trump / Netanyahu-allied Colorado Party (PC) convicted of trafficking cocaine with Uruguayan fugitive Sebastian Marset in a scheme ultimately linked to Hezbollah financing.
www.occrp.org/en/news/para...

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Eksplosjon ved den amerikanske ambassaden i Oslo Det har vært en eksplosjon ved den amerikanske ambassaden i Oslo. Ingen er skadet. Politiet jakter på en eller flere gjerningspersoner.

There's been an explosion at the gate of the U.S. Embassy in Oslo. Nobody was hurt. The police has searched the area and there's no other explosives. Suspects are at large and police is searching for them. It is too early to say who and why this happened.

www.nrk.no/norge/eksplo...

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Ty for flagging!

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The Iran War’s Most Precious Commodity Isn’t Oil The CIA calls it the “strategic commodity” of the Middle East. But it’s not referring to oil or natural gas. What the American spy agency has in mind is far more prosaic: drinking water. Don’t underes...

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A federal judge in DC rules that Kari Lake was not lawfully appointed and that actions she took as the claimed head of USAGM "shall have no force or effect," including last August's RIFs at the Voice of America.

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I wrote almost exactly this word for word in January: www.wired.com/story/donald...

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So according to the WSJ a US Senator conspired with another country to manipulate the US into starting a war, am I getting this right

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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.

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Today I tracked down video of the altercation between Mayor Lurie’s security detail and another man — shows a much more complicated picture, of the officer shoving the man before being slammed to ground www.sfchronicle.com/crime/articl...

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JUST IN: US customs agency says it cannot comply with tariff refund order reut.rs/3NjQxW0

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Bay Area mom arrested by ICE with her two young kids. Her attorneys can’t find them Immigration attorneys are scrambling to find a Bay Area mother and her two young children, one of whom has severe disabilities, after she was arrested by federal immigration officers in San...

Bay Area mom arrested by ICE with her two young kids. Her attorneys can’t find them www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

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CNN put together a video illustrating that while Trump regime officials keep describing the Iran strikes as a "war," Republican members of Congress are using all sorts of euphemisms

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One lawyer could take down California’s abortion shield. His star client is a convicted abuser Prominent conservative attorney Jonathan Mitchell wants to build a national abortion ban through California. His client is a convicted abuser of women.

One lawyer could take down California’s abortion shield. His star client is a convicted abuser www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

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Lankford: "Literally, we're at war with Iran right now"

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Trump sits down and immediately describes his strikes on Iran as "war"

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This is psychotic behavior by Sheehy. My goodness

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Moulton: He ought to think about the war that he didn't go to. That he allowed another American to go to in his place when he dodged the draft, making up some excuse about a sore foot so that he didn't go have to go serve in Vietnam. There is an example of a war where we sought regime change

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Eisenhower

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There’s a pretty robust case to make that the Iran Hostage crisis of 1979, the revolution itself, and the policies of the Iranian government towards the US
since, was all blowback from the CIA’s decision to overthrow Mossadegh in 1953. www.cnn.com/2013/08/19/p...

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Ted Cruz: "I have no indication they were anywhere close to getting nuclear weapons"

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A PSA from Thomas Massie:

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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.

www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

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Remember who we are fighting for!
10:42 AM • Feb 28, 2026 • 2,893 Views

it’s probably fine that this meme is one of the top posts on every military Reddit sub right now

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