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Hegseth’s heartless remarks come as lawmakers warn that more U.S. soldiers are likely to die in Trump’s escalating military campaign in Iran. So far, six service members have died after a drone struck their makeshift operations center in Kuwait. trib.al/6MuY3W3

if you were to write a prophecy of the future back in 2000 that "in 2026, President Donald John Trump has launched a war on Iran with Israel after previously attempting a coup to stay in power in 2020", people would think you've gone insane

The spot where my ritual one-KFC-meal-a-year-on-Super-Bowl-Sunday-only in 2001, 2002, and 2003 came from, back in the day I cared to eat that and cared to watch handegg. 🍗🏈

Congress Is Considering Abolishing Your Right to Be Anonymous Online The bipartisan push to remove anonymity from the internet is ushering in an era of unprecedented mass surveillance and censorship.

You should be able to criticize your government anonymously online.

Full stop.

"Age verification" legislation is just a pretty name for "forced online ID checks," meaning everything you post is associated with your government name

We have to stop this.

theintercept.com/2026/03/05/k...

There is absolutely zero explanation for hitting targets like this unless your objective is to destroy any possibility of normal life and produce mass civilian death. Completely unjustifiable and another war crime. We saw this thirty years ago in Iraq.

Iraq's first lady, Shanaz Ibrahim Ahmed, a political/humanitarian figure from a prominent (& very political) Sulimaniyah-rooted Kurdish family closely tied to the PUK, coming in hot with a free history lesson for people who think Iraqi Kurds might be unquestioningly game for more US bait-and-switch.

How Congress Set the Stage for Trump’s Illegal War in Iran Generations of lawmakers, straying from the Founders’ ideals—and fears—led inevitably to this era of unaccountable warmongering.

The president requested more than $850 billion for the military, and Congress responded by handing him $8 billion more than he had requested. trib.al/vy1ZDNF

"It could last six days, six weeks. I doubt six months."

— Donald Rumsfeld on the Iraq War (7 Feb 2003).

If you took $1 billion and gave it to the endowment of a different small college each day, they could each provide a free college education to several hundred students per year in perpetuity. Instead we are using that money to bomb schools and kill students in Iran, for no clearly stated purpose.

GOAT Tours Lionel Messi has never turned down a big cheque. His trip to India, organized by an event and sports marketing company, is just the latest example.

People keep waiting for Lionel Messi to say or talk about politics; otherwise, they argue, they can’t make up their minds about where he stands. But just look at how he moves and what he does. That will tell you everything. For example, elevennamedpeople.substack.com/p/goat-tours

Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

This isn’t just impeachable, this is criminal negligence and in a just society everyone involved (including the weapons officer who released the munitions) should face prison. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

The four Dems who voted to re-open DHS w/ no restrictions on ICE are: Henry Cuellar (TX), Don Davis (NC), Jared Golden (ME), and Marie Glusenkamp Perez.

Of those four, Cuellar won his primary, Davis was not challenged, and Golden is retiring.

Perez's primary is August 4th.

HR 7744 passes 221-209 w/ 4 Dems voting yea. Now to wait on the roll calls to update.

H Con Res 38 fails 212-219. 4 Dems voted against it. On to motion to recommit HR 7744, the carbon copy of HR 7147.

Up next is H Con Res 38, he resolution to compel Trump to stop hostilities in Iran until he gets congressional approval.

Already at 199-205. 2 Dems voting against it. One is probably recent primary winner Henry Cuellar.

Floor of the US House Chyron: on motion to suspend the rules and agree H Res 1099 Republican: Yea, 215, Nay 0, Pres 0, NV 3 Democratic: Yea, 157. Nay 53, Pres 2, NV 2 Totals: Yea, 372, Nay 53, Pres 2, NV 5

157 Democratic members of the House just voted yea for a resolution that confirms they agree with the Trump administration's reasoning for starting with a war with Iran.

It passes 372-53-2

Communications and Digital Committee - Publications - Committees - UK Parliament Publications for Communications and Digital Committee

The report can be read/downloaded at committees.parliament.uk/committee/17...

- AI training isn’t ‘learning’ and shouldn’t be treated as such

The House of Lords has been absolutely consistent on this, and they are totally right. Will the government listen?

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- the government’s mixed public messaging on AI & copyright is hindering licensing
- the government should make a clear public statement that AI companies operating in the UK need to license their training data (which is the law)

4/5

They say:

- the government must not weaken copyright law, and should instead strengthen licensing, transparency & enforcement
- the government should stop prioritising large multinational tech firms

3/5

They destroy the argument that big tech should be given the country’s creative output for free, and they lay out the case for maintaining and even strengthening existing copyright law to protect creatives from exploitation.

2/5

The House of Lords Digital & Communications Committee just published their report on AI, copyright & the creative industries, and their conclusions could not be clearer.

🧵 1/5

Thread. (TLDR: the House of Lords DCC report on AI came down hard on the correct side of the debate, rather than siding with industry lobbyists.)

Justice Department publishes some missing Epstein files related to Trump The Justice Department has published additional Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor after an NPR investigation found dozens of pages were withheld.

The Justice Department released *some* of the missing files, namely FBI interview notes from the woman alleging Epstein trafficked her as a young teen to Trump, Trump sexually assaulted her, and then she later endured a series of threats not to talk. Very dark reading www.npr.org/2026/03/05/n...

“EPSTEIN talked about blackmailing people in front of —. — was confident TRUMP knew EPSTEIN blackmailed people because she heard EPSTEIN and TRUMP talking about it. — stated she knew TRUMP had illegal building permits. She heard him (TRUMP) talking about washing money through casinos.”

DOC 3: www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

DOC 2: www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

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...

ICE arrested Nashville journalist without warrant, attorneys say The journalist, Estefany Rodriguez, was taken to a detention center and remains there as of 3 p.m. March 5.

"She frequently reported on stories critical of ICE for Nashville Noticias, the Spanish-language outlet."

www.tennessean.com/story/news/l...

Everyone needs to be talking about this.