Lisa Farrar

Anti-war protests 🌎

(From paddystinian)

Between oil prices and the markets, POTUS is getting a major dose of reality today—potentially prompting greater urgency in finding an off ramp.

"Operation Epic Fury and Operation Roaring Lion are manifestly illegal, constituting both a violation of the UN Charter and the international crime of aggression."

Iran, War Powers, and the Power of the Purse With America’s war in Iran costing around $2 billion per day, Congress faces a choice: use leverage to force an exit, or continue to fund it.

With #Trump's unauthorized war in #Iran costing around $2 billion per day, Congress will soon face a choice, writes @bfinucane.bsky.social (@crisisgroup.org). Use its leverage to force an exit, or vote to legalize it by funding it?

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#IranWar

There Have Been No Approvals for New Transit Projects in the First Year of the Current Trump Administration

For the 1st time in the 1st year of a presidential administration since at least 1993, under Trump 2, the Federal Transit Administration signed 0 new contracts for major transit projects, like subways or light rail.

The US is facing a crisis of rail transit investment: www.urban.org/urban-wire/r...

One week into President Trump’s war on Iran, traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has ground to a virtual halt. Now, the most severe shock to energy markets since the 1970s is cascading through the world economy. 🔗 on.wsj.com/4bwNQts

TSA Security Lines Are Dragging On for Hours, and Airports Say to Brace for More Airports are warning travelers to prepare to spend hours in security checkpoint lines, with the partial government shutdown stretching federal security workers.

Airports are warning travelers to prepare to spend hours in security checkpoint lines, with the partial government shutdown stretching federal security workers.  on.wsj.com/4ssokLE

“.. Here's a fun fact: The United States now has fewer manufacturing jobs today (12.573M) than it did in March 2018 (12.576M) when Trump first started his tariff wars:”

- @scottlincicome.bsky.social
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The Epstein Files Coverup With Representative Maxwell Frost YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

Today with @hcrichardson.bsky.social & @maxwellfrost.bsky.social
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What defence support could Ukraine offer Middle East states amid Iran war? Ukraine has built low-cost drones to counter Russian attacks with imported Iranian Shahed drones.

Ukraine has built low-cost drones to counter Russian attacks with imported Iranian Shahed drones.

Iran war elevates Marco Rubio in Trump's 2028 succession jockeying Trump has been informally polling his circle of friends and advisers about the 2028 election that could pit some of his top administration officials against one another.

JD Vance's on the outs with Trump and Lil Marco is on the way up, NBC News reports. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

B'Tselem: Under cover of the ongoing Israeli-American assault on Iran, ethnic cleansing in the West Bank grows deeper. Armed settler militias, backed by the Israeli military, invade Palestinian communities daily, attacking families in their homes with clubs, stones, and tear gas,

As the cost of oil increases due to the Iran War, the cost of materials to convert these warehouses into concentration camps will only increase in turn in the form of fuel surcharges and more expensive materials.

Be ready for #ToonieTuesday - French Translation 💙💛

Anthropic v. The Pentagon: A Battle of Values The fight over AI and how it is used is, like AI itself, a reflection of who we are.

Anthropic just sued the Trump administration for its retaliatory designation of the company as a supply chain risk. I wrote about the larger ethical values at stake asharangappa.substack.com/p/anthropic-...

Family demands answers after US citizen detained at O'Hare Airport, held for more than 30 hours Family and friends of a U.S. citizen detained at O'Hare Airport say they're furious after she was held for more than 30 hours.

For a US citizen to arrive from abroad and simply disappear, being detained by Trump's secret police, is no longer anything unusual. www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/f...

When an AIPAC-backed candidate is so threatened by Kat Abughazaleh that Laura Fine sends one of her staffers to try & infiltrate Kat’s ground game, you know Kat’s doing something right.

Reject dark money, reject the forever war. Fight for real progress & democracy.

Forget MAGA hats. Trump’s favorite gift for advisers and friends is a pair of leather oxfords. 🔗 on.wsj.com/4rhoTGX

Ken Paxton's greatest legal achievement of his entire career: in Texas, people can only wear gender correct underwear as personally inspected and approved by Ken Paxton. Because in Texas, wearing gender appropriate and approved underwear is essential to the health and happiness of the people

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This is the MAGA GOP that Mike Johnson is building.

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⚡️ @dailymail.co.uk repeatedly depicts Crimea as Russian territory in videos

The media outlet has repeatedly featured maps depicting Crimea as part of Russia, appearing to favor Moscow’s narrative over international law.

Inside the DHS Campaign Against US Citizens Must Read The Wall Street Journal over the weekend published an extensive...

TPM surveys the Trump make over of the DHS, as revealed in a major exposé of the WSJ. The conduct that WSJ catalogues is the classic work of secret or political police in authoritarian dictatorships around the world. Nothing unusual on the global stage. But new for America, it's true.

Has the US government found 145,000 ‘lost’ migrant children? Fact-checking Kristi Noem • Minnesota Reformer Jennifer Podkul, chief of global policy and advocacy at KIND, a nonprofit organization that advocates for unaccompanied minors, said calling the children lost is a "fundamental misunderstanding" of th...

Kristi Noem has often congratulated herself and her department for finding thousands of "lost" migrant children. This depends on heavily stretched definitions of both "lost" and "found." minnesotareformer.com/2026/03/09/h...

Anthropic sues the Pentagon over being declared a ‘supply chain risk’ Start-up accuses Trump administration of ‘seeking to destroy’ its economic value in dispute over military use of AI

Anthropic accused the Trump administration of 'seeking to destroy' its economic value in a lawsuit that marks an escalation in a weeks-long dispute between the start-up and the Pentagon over the military use of its AI technology. ft.trib.al/SVAJVU5

As work moves ahead to convert the Williamsport, Md. facility into a concentration camp, the local media’s top billing is a missive on Gov. Moore’s statement that the Maryland flag is a “contradiction.”

No mention of GardaWorld in local Arizona news, for that matter.

Sgt. Pennington is the 7th servicemember we’ve lost in this war. My thoughts are with his loved ones and the folks in Fort Carson where he served.

May his service and bravery never be forgotten.