'Up There With My Lai': Investigations Find US Was Likely Behind Iranian School Massacre | Common Dreams "If a US role were to be confirmed, the strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of US conflicts in the Middle East."

'Up There With My Lai': Investigations Find US Was Likely Behind Iranian School Massacre www.commondreams.org/news/us-bomb...

So far the war in Iran has cost an estimated $5.5 billion.

That's roughly $1 billion per day.

$41,666,667 per hour.

$11,574 per second.

People do not want this.

They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.

Trump’s War On Iran: Myth Vs. Fact The White House has defended strikes on Iran, stating that the country’s leaders are “paying for their crimes against America.” The Onion examines the myths and facts surrounding President Trump’s war...

Satire: Trump’s War On Iran: Myth Vs. Fact — theonion.com/trumps-war-o...

They always have trillions of dollars for illegal wars in the Mideast, but SCOFF in your face and clutch their pearls when you ask for universal healthcare. You are all being played.

Eisenhower

Those who stand for nothing will fall for anything.

A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to being called unpatriotic. War grants leaders all sorts of emergency powers. War consumes everything else.

We mustn’t let this war do so.

Sociopaths are terrific at spotting other sociopaths.

{gift link} www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Netflix ditches deal for Warner Bros. Discovery after Paramount’s offer is deemed superior Netflix is ditching a deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery's studio and streaming assets after the WBD board deemed a revised bid by Paramount to be superior.

This really feels like an Orban/Erdogan situation in which the aspiring dictator is making sure his friendly oligarchs control as much media as possible

www.cnbc.com/2026/02/26/w...

The ICE surge in Minnesota cost $280M to detain 4k people. Of those- only 30 were accused of violent crimes.

$9 million per capture of the "worst of the worst".

Renee Good and Alex Pretti were unavailable for comment….

Netflix has dropped out of the Warner Bros. Discovery bidding, clearing the way for Trump-aligned David Ellison’s Paramount to move forward.

If the deal goes through, Ellison could take control of CNN, HBO, and much more, amid deep ties between the Ellisons and the Trump White House.

Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover

The richest man owns X.

The second and third richest men control Google.

The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post.

And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.

See the problem here?

Nurul Amin Shah Alam, Blind Rohingya refugee dumped by CBP, dies in cold "They just left him."

Nurul Amin Shah Alam, Blind Rohingya refugee dumped by CBP, dies in cold www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/20...

BREAKING

Former ICE agent:

On my first day training new cadets, I received secretive orders to teach them to violate the Constitution by entering homes without a judicial warrant.

Wait! There's a vaccine against (willful) stupidity? Oh I know! Education!!!!! But ... from my bird's eye view: alot of students have been left behind by schoiol standards that just aren't right for them. And ... we hardly ever teach or foster critical thinking, open inquiry, and reasoned debate.

God Admits He No Longer Loves Humanity But Is Too Afraid To Leave THE HEAVENS—Admitting He felt torn between His true feelings and His fear of the unknown, the Lord God Almighty announced Monday that He no longer loved humanity but was too afraid to leave. “Any affe...

The Onion: God Admits He No Longer Loves Humanity But Is Too Afraid To Leave — theonion.com/god-admits-h...

US’s top 10 wealthiest are $700 billion richer under Trump: report The president’s own personal wealth allegedly grew by $3.4 billion during his two terms in office

"America’s top 10 richest saw their wealth grow by $700 billion combined under Trump: report
The president’s own personal wealth allegedly grew by $3.4 billion during his two terms in office

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Money is flying out of our pockets - and who is getting richer? Billionaires and Trumpm and his family.

Volunteers for the Center for Victims of Torture need help supporting victims of torture now forced into hiding. Please help these families with basic needs such as food, diapers, and rent, if you can. give.cvt.org/campaign/760...

Governments must use new UN resolution to turn ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on climate change into robust action A vital moment for states to show they stand on the side of climate justice - not delay, weaken, or turn away from their legal obligations and moral duty. Amnesty International is calling on governmen...

Governments must use new UN General Assembly resolution to turn International Court of Justice’s 2025 Advisory Opinion on climate change into robust action, Amnesty International said, ahead of discussions to finalize new UN climate change resolution

www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Does that seem fair to you?

Black and white image of fanged, pop-eyed, horned, winged, skeletal demon holding a Friday 13 sign. Headed The Only Official and Accurate Picture of the "Friday Thirteenth" Jinx

Happy #FridaytheThirteenth ! The only official and accurate picture of the Friday Thirteenth Jinx.
( #PhantomsFriday for good measure.)

What's left to do? Decarbonize your own life, as much as you can. Help others do the same. Run for something yourself, and recruit and support climate candidates. Act locally in your town, city, and state.

EPA reverses long-standing climate change finding, stripping its own ability to regulate emissions The agency announced it is repealing its 2009 conclusion that greenhouse gases warm the Earth and endanger human health and well-being.

There are so many fucked up things with the current administration that it's hard to focus on one but this recent move is basically a death sentence for the planet. I've been involved with more boots on the ground actions over the years than I can count and this really bums me out.

BREAKING: on this Super Bowl Sunday, Epstein Survivors have just released this PSA:

“Stand with us.  Tell Attorney General Pam Bondi IT’S TIME FOR THE TRUTH”

Please share everywhere!

Massie on Howard Lutnick: "He should just resign. Three people in Great Britain resigned for less than what we've seen Howard Lutnick lie about. He clearly went to the island, if we believe what's in these files. He was in business with Jeffrey Epstein."

Opinion | America’s Rare-Earths Solution Is Hiding in Plain Sight

Rare earths are not rare at all. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...

The Long Goodbye: A California Couple Self-Deports to Mexico (Gift Article) Enrique Castillejos and his wife, Maria Elena Hernandez, raised a family in California. But they were undocumented immigrants, and after President Trump’s crackdown began, they decided to return to Me...

Here is a great piece of personal journalism from the NY Times. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

NSA detected foreign intelligence phone call about a person close to Trump Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff

The Guardian is a great paper and is paywall-free. They rely on donations, and I try to give when I can. Today: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...