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Israel Accused of Using AI to Pick Iran Targets 'Without Any Human Oversight’—Just Like in Gaza | Common Dreams "Israel built AI targeting systems in Gaza—approved kills in 20 seconds, 10% error rate accepted," said one expert. "Now those same systems are running over Iran... and there’s an arms industry IPO-in...

“Israel built AI targeting systems in Gaza—approved kills in 20 seconds, 10% error rate accepted,” said one expert. “Now those same systems are running over Iran... and there’s an arms industry IPO-ing off the back of it.”

06.03.2026 00:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Airbnb settles $120M lawsuit vs. San Francisco — will receive $0 The settlement will bring an end to a contentious tax dispute that has drawn criticism from the city's labor unions and elected officials.

Airbnb settled its $120 million lawsuit against the city of San Francisco for $0.

The lawsuit had drawn criticism from the city's elected officials and union.

missionlocal.org/2026/03/airb...

05.03.2026 19:49 👍 13 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 3
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GOP Senator and AIPAC Darling Tim Sheehy Accused of Breaking Anti-War Veteran's Arm | Common Dreams “How has Tim Sheehy not yet been arrested for assault and hauled away as the deranged violent thug that we all saw brutalizing a marine veteran in the Senate today?” asked one observer.

I couldn't explicitly say it in the article because journalism has rules, but Sheehy broke McGinnis' arm, no doubt about it; that awful cracking sound 🙉 😬 Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL, has taken hundreds of thousands of dollars from AIPAC.

05.03.2026 17:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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‘Beyond Evil’: Medics Say Iran School Massacre Was Double-Tap Strike - Antiwar.com Blog As the US and Israel continued to wage war on Iran Wednesday, paramedics and victims’ relatives said last weekend’s bombing of an elementary in southern Iran was a so-called “double-tap” airstrike – a...

‘Beyond Evil’: Medics Say Iran School Massacre Was Double-Tap Strike
“The second bomb hit,” said one paramedic. “Only a small number of those who had taken shelter survived.”
by @brettwilkins.bsky.social | Mar 5, 2026

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05.03.2026 16:17 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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'Beyond Evil': Medics Say Iran School Massacre Was Double-Tap Strike | Common Dreams "The second bomb hit," said one paramedic. "Only a small number of those who had taken shelter survived."

Both the US and Israel—it is still unclear which of the two carried out the two-part massacre of around 175 children and others at an elementary school—have long histories of "double-tap" strikes against civilians.

05.03.2026 03:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Reminder that the US military budget is larger than the military spending of the next nine largest countries combined.

Over half goes to private defense contractors.

This is the military-industrial complex Eisenhower warned of — on steroids.

05.03.2026 00:30 👍 8189 🔁 2706 💬 250 📌 89
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While Bombing Iran, Trump Sends US Troops Into Ground War on Drugs in Ecuador | Common Dreams "Why is Trump attacking Ecuador?" asked one leftist news outlet. "Same reason he’s in Iran + Venezuela: oil 'secured' by force, sold as fighting a 'dictatorship' and/or 'drugs.'"

“Why is Trump attacking Ecuador?” asked one leftist news outlet. “Same reason he’s in Iran + Venezuela: oil ‘secured’ by force, sold as fighting a ‘dictatorship’ and/or ‘drugs.’” www.commondreams.org/news/us-troo...

04.03.2026 21:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Pressure Builds on US Lawmakers to Support Iran War Powers Resolution | Common Dreams "Lawmakers should have no doubt that this will be their equivalent of the Iraq War vote," said one observer.

“Lawmakers should have no doubt that this will be their equivalent of the Iraq War vote,” said one observer.

04.03.2026 20:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

“They got money for wars, but can’t feed the poor”—Tupac

04.03.2026 18:03 👍 3617 🔁 826 💬 42 📌 7
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Pressure Builds on US Lawmakers To Support Iran War Powers Resolution (Vote in Senate Wednesday and in House Thursday) - Antiwar.com Blog Sponsors and supporters of bipartisan resolutions aimed at limiting US President Donald Trump’s power to attack Iran are strongly urging Congress to back the measures when they’re up for votes later t...

Pressure Builds on US Lawmakers To Support Iran War Powers Resolution (Vote in Senate Wednesday and in House Thursday)

“Lawmakers should have no doubt that this will be their equivalent of the Iraq War vote,” said one.
by @brettwilkins.bsky.social | Mar 4, 2026

www.antiwar.com/blog/2026/03...

04.03.2026 17:17 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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They're both horrific. Before Trump's record of 10 countries bombed, it was Obama's record of 7. HRC supported it all—and was instrumental in adding Libya to that list of 7.

04.03.2026 16:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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People Across Global South Condemn 'Imperialist' US-Israeli War on Iran | Common Dreams Global South unites against US-Israeli war on Iran, condemning imperialist aggression. Innocent lives lost, families displaced. When will the cycle of violence end? Join the fight for peace and justic...

“No to war, no to regime change, no to oppression,” said one South African labor federation.

04.03.2026 15:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Rights Group Leads Push for UN to Declare US-Israeli Assault on Iran 'War of Aggression' | Common Dreams "No legal framework, international or domestic, can justify this."

“No legal framework, international or domestic, can justify this.”

03.03.2026 15:48 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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US, Israel 'Going Gaza on Iran' as Death Toll Tops 500 Amid New Massacres | Common Dreams "This is carpet-bombing, which has struck everything from playgrounds, to an emergency services HQ, schools, media buildings, and medical facilities," said one observer.

“This is carpet-bombing, which has struck everything from playgrounds, to an emergency services HQ, schools, media buildings, and medical facilities,” said one observer.

03.03.2026 00:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Fiasco In Iran Trump’s latest war is a disaster, from illegal start to uncertain end.
03.03.2026 00:41 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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'Cuba's Next,' Says Lindsey Graham as Illegal Trump-Israel War on Iran Kills Hundreds | Common Dreams American and Israeli bombs are killing hundreds of Iranians, including students and girls at a school in Minab. Senator Lindsey Graham praises Trump for targeting Cuba next. Is this the foreign policy...

Lindsey Graham has supported every single US regime change war—including ones that haven't happened yet.

02.03.2026 19:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump Says He's 'Entitled' to Illegal Third Term as Allies Draft Voter Suppression Decree | Common Dreams Extensions of presidential terms or abolition of limits are hallmarks of dictators and backsliding leaders of erstwhile democracies.

When do we get to say that Trump and his cult are plotting a coup?

01.03.2026 21:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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US Army Reservists Spc. Breonna Alexsondria Moffett, Sgt. William Jerome Rivers, and Spc. Kennedy Ladon Sanders just died for Trump's war of choice on Iran. I wonder if any of them, or their loved ones, voted for him believing his "no new wars" promise?

01.03.2026 20:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Oman's Foreign Minister Said US-Iran Deal Was 'Within Our Reach.' Then Trump Started Bombing | Common Dreams "The Omani FM decided to go public," suggested one observer, "so that the American people knew that peace was within reach when Trump instead opted for war."

It was never about a deal. Israel doesn't want a deal.

01.03.2026 07:41 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Obama bombed a lot of countries (7). Trump has bombed even more (10).

28.02.2026 18:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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'Peace President' Trump Floats 'Friendly Takeover' of Cuba While Preparing to Attack Iran | Common Dreams As the world braces for possible US war on Iran, Trump hints at a "friendly takeover" of Cuba. Is this the peace president's next move? Critics slam the idea, calling for a reversal of aggressive poli...

“Trump ran on an explicitly anti-interventionist platform when he ran for president,” noted one critic. “He lied to the American people.”

28.02.2026 00:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Family of UN Palestine Expert Francesca Albanese Sues Trump Over Sanctions | Common Dreams Relatives of UN investigator sue Trump admin over sanctions for holding Israeli leaders accountable for Gaza genocide. Is justice being silenced? #FreePalestine #Accountability #HumanRights

“At its heart, this case concerns whether defendants can sanction a person, ruining their life and the lives of their loved ones... because defendants disagree with their recommendations,” the lawsuit states.

27.02.2026 19:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Everything the Ellison family could own if Paramount buys Warner Bros:

Paramount+
CBS
CNN
Showtime
HBO
Warner Bros
TNT
TBS
MTV
DC Studios
Nickelodeon
Comedy Central
Cartoon Network
And more...

This is a rotten deal that the Trump regime has rubber stamped.

State AGs must step in and block it.

27.02.2026 16:21 👍 5556 🔁 2107 💬 353 📌 179

Cuban annexation has been a US imperialist dream since the administration of James K. Polk, who was even worse than Trump.

27.02.2026 19:27 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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'Disgraceful Act of Complicity': Indian Left Denounces Modi's Israel Visit | Common Dreams Indian Left Denounces Modi's Israel Visit

“Modi’s embrace of Zionist Israel amidst its relentless genocidal assault on Palestine is a betrayal of India’s anti-colonial legacy,” said one leftist leader.

25.02.2026 21:17 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
No war with Iran

No war with Iran

25.02.2026 16:40 👍 3081 🔁 697 💬 109 📌 21
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Hilton is so scared of questions about ICE that they told us they’d arrest us if we went back into the lobby.

Hilton: will you stop housing ICE?

Why is that so hard to answer?

ICE terrorizes families. Hilton profits. We are not going to let them get away with it.

25.02.2026 18:20 👍 31 🔁 15 💬 0 📌 1
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Israeli Analysis Affirms Gaza Health Ministry’s Official Palestinian Death Count - Antiwar.com Blog An Israeli analysis published Tuesday examining the Gaza Health Ministry’s list of Palestinians killed during Israel’s US-backed annihilation of the Gaza Strip largely affirmed the official death coun...

Israeli Analysis Affirms Gaza Health Ministry’s Official Palestinian Death Count

One Israeli expert placed discrepancies in the list at “around 1%.” Another said the error rate appears even lower.

by @brettwilkins.bsky.social | Feb 25, 2026

www.antiwar.com/blog/2026/02...

25.02.2026 18:25 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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Trump Admin Sued Over 'Unlawful Warrantless Arrests' During North Carolina ICE Blitz | Common Dreams Advocacy groups are suing DHS, ICE, and CBP for unlawful warrantless arrests in North Carolina during Trump's crackdown on immigrants. Will justice prevail for those targeted based on race? Join the f...

“I am a US citizen, but my papers did not protect me,” said one plaintiff. “I want to be involved in this case because I don’t want this to happen to anyone else.”

25.02.2026 16:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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DOJ Under Fire for Withholding Epstein Files Related to Alleged Trump Child Sex Assault | Common Dreams House Oversight Committee Democrats are launching an investigation into the DOJ's withholding of Epstein files related to Trump's alleged sexual assault on a 13-year-old girl. Will the truth finally b...

Trump is accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl and punching her in the head after she bit him when he forced her head down on him. Around 50 pages of FBI documents on this alleged crime are missing from the disclosed Epstein files.

25.02.2026 00:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1