The No World Order
Sarah Kendzior's latest, with fascinating research on Meir Kahane & Jewish Defense League, how it helped sway Israeli - American politics, and in which she helps us understand the whole messianic complex in today's war.
"If it were only history, I would not be so frightened."
Trump on terrorist attacks in America: “Like I said, some people will die. When you go to war, some people will die."
I put on my robe and wizards hat
I continue to be gobsmacked at 1) how common this formulation is 2) how antisemitic and generally bigoted it is 3) and how for all the talk of anti-semitism this is never cited as an example even though it’s quite literally the original incarnation.
Unbelievable that we have to watch for things like this now.
A picture of PEW poll on global attitude survey, saying the % who rate the morality and ethics of people in their country as good vs bad, where the US has the worst rankings and Canada the best
Americans: we live in a fallen state—embroiled by sin, cheating, lying, and evil. You cannot trust anyone, not even those who claim to know you best
Canadians: I love my neighbors and my friends!
feels like a minute since i have pointed out that donald trump has pardoned more child sex offenders than every other president of the united states combined
Zelenskyy said today that in 3 days of the war in the Middle East, 800 PAC-3 Patriot missiles were used. Ukraine hasn’t had that many of them throughout the entire war.
I can't stop thinking of these numbers for a couple of hours already.
Three panel comic where a couple points to two birds in the familiar WW shape and says "Look, birds! Spring is coming". Second panel has the woman squint and say "Not spring". Third panel same as first except birds show WW3
Spring you say?
I wrote about how the US and Israel carried out an attack on an Iranian girls school on par with the OKC bombing and US media relegated it to a back page story. No stand alone evening news segments, no front page stories, it made A11 in the NYT then everyone moved on.
FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?
Just buy carbon offsets?
PEPFAR, the program to stop hundreds of thousands of children and adults from dying of HIV/AIDS, was $6.5 billion a year.
Day 6: This is the list of countries either attacked, launching attacks or have military hardware involved:
Iran
Israel
US
United Kingdom
France
Greece
Germany
Italy
Lebanon
Syria
Iraq
Cyprus
Azerbaijan
Turkey
Saudi Arabia
Bahrain
Qatar
United Arab Emirates
Kuwait
Yemen
Oman
Jordan
Sri Lanka
Unfortunately one of their bombs didn't miss the elementary school
@lkrozen.bsky.social on how Trump administration dummies appear to have botched Iran nuclear negotiations, based on background briefings by admin officials: diplomatic.substack.com/p/was-diplom...
Quietly, calmly and forensically, BBC just dismantled the Trump communications shitshow on Iran.
No hyperbole, just laying out an unprecedented military, diplomatic and reputational shambles.
Worth a watch.
(🎥 BBC News/BBC Verify)
“No front-page stories in NYT, WSJ, WaPo. No mention on NBC and CBS Sunday Shows. No stand alone segments on Evening News shows. A death count on par with the OKC bombing is relegated to the back page.” www.columnblog.com/p/corporate-...
An intricate octopus cut from a single piece of paper
Japanese artist Masayo Fukuda hand-cut this life-sized octopus from one sheet of paper. Known as Kirie in Japanese (translated as “cut picture”), the art form involves cutting intricate forms from a single sheet of white paper and then contrasting it against a black background to reveal the design.
It’s estimated that it would take roughly 700 years to demine Ukraine, with each year of war adding another decade to clean up the aftermath.
But residents of the breadbasket of Europe are not waiting for foreign aid to save them. They are taking matters into their own hands:
BREAKING: The U.S. government must refund all tariffs charged under President Donald Trump's now struck-down IEEPA tariff regime, regardless of whether they filed a suit at the U.S. Court of International Trade seeking a refund, a CIT judge ordered Wednesday. www.law360.com/artic...
Galileo’s handwritten notes found in ancient astronomy text Discovery sheds new light on how famed astronomer came to lead a scientific revolution
A historian has discovered that a 16th century printing of The Almagest—a highly influential ancient astronomy text—contains extensive annotations from Galileo Galilei, the astronomer who later overthrew that text’s conception of a geocentric cosmos.
Learn more: https://scim.ag/4aMAwRm
Do they need to work overtime to steal the labor and profits from desperate people just trying to get by? Their whole industry is built on exploitation, so I guess it kinda makes sense it applies to the white collar workers as well
McGovern: How the hell is this America first? You guys broke your top campaign promise. Good luck with that. I hope the defense contractor money was worth it. Shame on you all. The mask is off. You're all just a bunch of pathetic Neocon Warmongers.
Bernie Sanders’ billionaire tax would soak about 900 people to fund $3,000 checks for the middle class
Okay. Great
God it's bleak when a "normal" or positive piece about a democrat from the NYTimes makes me really wonder how his win helps rich people (policy-wise I don't think it does), the NYTimes is just so obviously biased against Dems (especially progressives!) all the damn time
Here's what I believe: no more business as usual in the Senate. We shouldn't be voting to proceed to normal legislation until Republicans schedule a debate and a vote and on a declaration of war against Iran. Let's see if Trump has the votes to authorize war. I bet he doesn't.
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If you want to know what is happening right now then a recommended follow is Sarah Kendzior.
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Trump Administration has elevated to the highest levels of the public health bureaucracy people who are hostile to vaccination & endanger lives. And now they're trying to sweep under the rug until after the midterms the fact that we'll lose measles elimination status. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/w...
