Was the two pencils one doll to prepare us for this or
Was the two pencils one doll to prepare us for this or
*beats drum for twenty years*
βrnβ doing a lot of work here
SCOOP: The Army in recent days canceled a training exercise for the headquarters element of the 82nd Airborne Division, fueling speculation among soldiers that they may be called upon for a still undefined mission as the war with Iran widens.
wapo.st/4uiXxTO
Get ready for some "warflation": higher prices for oil, gas, food (lots of fertilizer passes through Hormuz), goods made with petrochemicals (umbrellas, shampoo, toys, etc.), and pretty much anything that needs to be transported anywhere.
Affordability! open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
The US also has intelligence suggesting that China may be preparing to provide Iran with financial assistance, spare parts and missile components, three people familiar with the matter said, though Beijing has stayed out of the war up until now. China relies heavily on Iranian oil and has reportedly been pressuring Tehran β to allow safe passage for vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.
uh china is preparing to do what now edition.cnn.com/2026/03/06/p...
U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION UNABLE TO COMPLY WITH COURT ORDER DIRECTING TARIFF REFUNDS -COURT FILING
This is not good.
OpenAI is practicing law without a license, according to an insurer's lawsuit filed in Illinois federal court that alleges ChatGPT provided faulty legal advice to a woman seeking disability benefits that led to a breached settlement and a flurry of frivolous court filings.
Virginia lawmakers have passed a first-of-its-kind bill that prohibits schools from teaching that the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection was a peaceful demonstration or that there was massive fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
Exclusive: Russia is providing Iran with targeting information to attack American forces in the Middle East, the first indication that another major U.S. adversary is participating β even indirectly β in the war.
!βRecords show that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein funded a studentβs UC Berkeley School of Law degree in return for referring female βassistants.β
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!βRecords show that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein funded a studentβs UC Berkeley School of Law degree in return for referring female βassistants.β
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A proposed law working its way through New York's legislature would bar artificial intelligence chatbots from impersonating lawyers and other licensed professionals in the state, opening up AI platforms to lawsuits by βusers reut.rs/40doISe
BREAKING:
The Justice Department just posted online three FBI interviews that had been missing from the massive trove of Epstein files initially released.
They're related to unsubstantiated sexual assault allegations against Donald Trump.
DOC 1: www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
Trump to Rubio: "Your next one is gonna be Cuba. He's waiting but he says, 'Let's get this one finished first.' We could do them all at the same time, but bad things happen."
FOLKSβ-
The House just defeated the Massie-Khanna War Powers Resolution on Iran.
Crosses, reportedly, were-
R's voting yes: Massie, Davidson (R-OH)
D's voting no: Golden, Landsman, Cuellar, Vargas
NOEM TAKING QUESTIONS - DOES NOT APPEAR TO KNOW SHE WAS FIRED
Blowing this up now should do additional wonders for US economic growth. π€‘
There it is: Noem out, Mullin in
ISRAELI MEDIA: U.S. AND ISRAEL CONSIDER REDUCING ATTACK FREQUENCY AMID DECLINING WEAPON STOCKS TO SUSTAIN LONGER MILITARY OPERATIONS
You know what it's like teach Con Law in 2026? Here's our current assignment:
Dames & Moore v. Regan (executive authority to negotiate deal over 1979 Iran hostage crisis)
War Powers Resolution
Trump v. United States
Trump v. Hawaii
Trump v. Vance
Trump v. Mazars
sigh.
2) Iran is 4x the size of Iraq with 2x the population. Much of the land is very mountainous. There are practical reasons why the U.S. has never seriously considered a land invasion or occupation of Iran.
what are we doing here
September.
OpenAI hit with lawsuit claiming ChatGPT acted as an unlicensed lawyer www.reuters.com/legal/legali...
Azerbaijan just closed airspace "in the south of the country" per Bloomberg macro squawk. Losing that link would have a massive impact on Europe-Asia (incl the Indian subcontinent and ANZ) air travel.
From FT comments