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As many as 150 US troops have been wounded in the war with Iran, according to sources familiar with the matter, far higher than the Pentagon’s publicly disclosed figure of just 8 seriously wounded troops. The true toll of this war is already far worse than the public has been told. (Reuters)
"Epstein used his mysteriously acquired wealth to pursue his two great interests in life: the sexual exploitation of young women & hanging out with celebrity scientists."
"Jeffrey was interested in interesting people."
Scientists got money; Epstein got prestige.
A statue depicting Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein styled like Jack and Rose from Titanic appeared on the National Mall today, showing the two figures standing on a ship’s bow with their arms outstretched in the film’s famous “King of the World” pose.
Some of the frivolous Sept purchases made under Hegseth:
$98K Steinway grand piano
$5.3 million for Apple devices
$2 million for Alaskan king crab
$6.9 million worth of lobster tail.
$15.1 million for ribeye steak
$124K for ice cream machines
$139K on doughnuts
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Democratic voters who describe themselves as moderate are in a different place. They want Dems to push harder to increase taxes on the wealthy & corporations and don’t think the party is overly liberal on issues such as abortion and transgender rights.
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Snickering gamers who now run WH comms hype the bloodbath. The gamification of violence is this admin’s trademarked move.
Hegseth & Huckabee have steeped in the twisted Book of Revelation for so long that their hearts thrum to cartoony gamer apocalypses involving psilocybin-style hallucinations.
I wrote in July 2024 about my fear that, emboldened by unconditional US support, Israel might launch a full-scale war against Hezbollah in Lebanon that could drag in the US. Clearly, I failed to comprehend the scope of Netanyahu’s & Trump’s barbaric ambitions.
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The gov't argued it was investigating harassment & antisemitism on campus, including campus protests over the war in Gaza. But the request upset many Jewish faculty & students, & Penn has refused to comply, calling the Trump administration’s demands unconstitutional & “disconcerting.”
As the US-led war with Iran enters a second week, drivers across the country, particularly ride-share workers and those whose daily routines include gas-guzzling commutes, are reeling at the extra expense.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/u...
The US & Israel’s war on Iran has “accelerated” the spread of harmful content targeting American Muslims on social media platforms.
The centre found that on X alone from Feb. 28, the first day of the war, to Thursday, users posted more than 25,300 Islamophobic remarks.
The US price of gasoline rose to an average of $3.54 a gallon, a 19% increase since the US & Israel attacked Iran.
Concern that oil shipments from the region won’t resume soon spiked oil prices. It shows just how vital the Persian Gulf region is & how interconnected global energy markets are.
‘The Air is Unbreathable’: Tehran Shrouded in Cloud of Toxic Smoke After Israel Strikes Fuel Depots
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Federal prosecutors on Monday charged two men with attempting to support the Islamic State after a homemade bomb was thrown near Gracie Mansion on Saturday.
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The administration’s proud evisceration of environmental protections such as auto fuel standards, oil drilling limits, & the “endangerment finding” underlying emissions regulations, & the EPA is radically reducing enforcement of many environmental laws.
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Karoline Leavitt dials up the cultlike obsequiousness to 11.
Iran will have entered into “unconditional surrender,” as Trump wants, whenever he merely says it has.
She dismissed widespread MAGA criticism of Trump’s war by essentially declaring that MAGA is whatever Trump says it is.
In 2024, Trump coasted on (undeserved) GOP strength on the economy, immigration, & national security, but those pillars are now crumbling. Americans are seeing the real “America First” agenda up close—militarism, imperialism, malign nationalism, unabashed authoritarianism—and they’re recoiling.
Cost of Iran war soars
Gas prices go up
The Dow falls
Jobs loss
Epstein cover-up
I hope to God that these people are finally starting to move themselves toward the conclusion that, even if they aren’t that troubled by the mendacity & malevolence, the man is just wildly incompetent.
Brent crude, the international oil benchmark, rose above $100 a barrel for the first time in roughly four years, more than 40% more expensive than it was before the US and Israel began attacking Iran on Feb. 28.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/b...
MOSTLY CIVILIANS
At least 1,255 people have been killed in Iran, including 200 children and 11 healthcare workers. Their ages ranged from eight months to 88.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...
In many countries, women’s rights are weakening. The position of women and girls who live near conflicts – 676 million in 2024 – is particularly dangerous.
“The number of conflict-related sexual violence violations documented by the United Nations has increased by 87% in just two years."
Leaders sell a short, controlled operation with a defined target. But mission creep turns that pitch into a pattern – retaliation cycles, credibility politics, alliance pressures, and market shocks – that pull those governments deeper into a crisis and make stopping the assaults harder.
As Ukraine cooperates with the US in the Middle East, Kyiv hopes to draw a contrast with Moscow. US officials say that Russia has provided intelligence to Iran during the war, including satellite imagery showing the locations of US warships & military personnel.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/w...
US:
• Northrop Grumman - up 5%
• RTX (formerly Raytheon) - up 4.5%
• Lockheed Martin - up 3%
• Boeing
• L3Harris Missile Solutions
• Honeywell Aerospac
• SpektreWorks
• General Atomics Aeronautical
• Huntington Ingalls Industries
• BAE Systems
• Elbit Systems
• Israel Aerospace Industries
• Rafael
“He is not worried about substance. He’s more worried about form, but I also think that he has an outsized influence over the operations of the cabinet. ...He’s a big problem in this administration. He has been from the beginning,” said Tillis.
Sunday's attack brought the death toll to:
• 40 strikes
• 157 people murdered
since the Trump administration began targeting those it calls "narcoterrorists" in small vessels in early September.
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Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their debts, among other things.
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If this is not damning, I don't know what is.
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Russia has emerged from the first week of the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran as an early winner, seemingly able to profit from the secondary economic and geopolitical effects of the war while others bear the costs.
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Rising oil prices, shipping disruptions in the Middle East, & a weak labor market. Higher prices paired with slowing growth, a dynamic known as “stagflation”, that could make it harder for the Fed to cut interest rates & ease pressure on American consumers.
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