Spain’s PM Pedro Sánchez:
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Rubio says US launched strikes on Iran because Israel planned to attack ft.trib.al/UiVqx49
Secretary Rubio's remarks indicate that Israel put U.S. forces in harm's way by insisting on attacking Iran. And the administration was complicit—joining their war instead of talking them down.
This is unacceptable of the President, and unacceptable of a country that calls itself our ally.
"The Peace President."
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos met with Trump administration officials hours before the streaming company pulled out of the battle for Warner Bros. Discovery.
U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1.5 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
The military industrial complex is cheering today.
No new wars.
Today’s military strikes on Iran — carried out by the United States and Israel — mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression. Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war.
M. Burawoy: “Ron DeSantis…went after sociology…This shows that sociology is at the cutting edge of the attack here. We can defend ourselves and retreat or we can advance. And I think sociologists should be really at the vanguard of the critique of the new Trump administration and its policies.”
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Trump announced that Federal agencies would cease using Anthropic's tools within six months.
The British rock band Radiohead is demanding that the Trump administration take down a promotional video for ICE that uses one of their songs
‘We defeated the parties of billionaire donors’: Hannah Spencer’s victory speech
“Taylor finds that elite schools…enabl[e] students to push boundaries, bend rules and negotiate with those in authority. … This ability to navigate elite spaces with confidence—which she conceptualises as ‘audacity’—is a carefully cultivated form of privilege that is frequently mistaken for merit.”
"Global stocks…are up by 2 per cent so far in 2026. That’s decent. But if you strip out the US, you’re up a much rosier 9 per cent. The fact is, it has paid to give US markets a swerve … This is shaping up to be the worst year for US stocks compared with the rest of the world since at least 1995."
Nurul Amin Shah Alam was a blind refugee, unable to speak English. DHS improperly detained-but finally released him
Instead of bringing him home, they dropped him miles away-without regard to his disability or notifying his family
Unable to find his way, he died on the streets of Buffalo
Alone
“An artificial intelligence researcher conducting a war games experiment with three of the world’s most used AI models found that they decided to deploy nuclear weapons in 95% of the scenarios he designed.” #AI #simulation
Trump administration's 'third country' deportation policy is unlawful, judge rules
"At stake in the negotiations is whether the AI industry will push back against government demand for the military use of their products, something that has long been controversial among researchers and ethical AI advocates." #Anthropic #AI #ethics
“Anthropic had until 5.01pm on Friday ‘to get on board or not’ with Hegseth’s terms, said a senior Pentagon official. ‘If they don’t get on board, [Hegseth] will ensure the Defense Production Act is invoked on Anthropic, compelling them to be used by the Pentagon…if they want to or not.’” #AI
Breaking news: Peter Mandelson has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office following claims he leaked confidential UK government memos to Jeffrey Epstein ft.trib.al/cRr1m4T
“Top Democratic officials who worked on the party's still-secret autopsy of the 2024 election concluded that Kamala Harris lost significant support because of the Biden administration's approach to the war in Gaza, Axios has learned.”
“The president’s approval rating stands at 39 percent positive and 60 percent negative, including 47 percent who say they strongly disapprove.” #Trump #BlueWave
“Silence has largely defined Bannon’s public posture toward Epstein since the Justice Department released records on January 30 detailing a close personal relationship between the two men.”
“It was the beginning of an ordeal that would see Karen…incarcerated for a total of six weeks – even though she had been travelling with a valid visa. Karen has no criminal record. She is a grandmother who spent eight years working as an admin assistant at a primary school before her retirement.“
“Critics have often assumed that MAGA’s downfall would lie in its vulgar money-grubbing. It will be an extraordinary example of Hegel’s cunning of reason if MAGA eventually falls because it cares too much about high-falutin’ ideas.”
“‘Time to pay the piper, Donald,’ [Gavin] Newsom said in a statement. ‘These tariffs were nothing more than an illegal cash grab that drove up prices and hurt working families, so you could wreck longstanding alliances and extort them.’”
#AI #misalignment: “In plain language, an AI attempted to bully its way into your software by attacking my reputation. I don’t know of a prior incident where this category of misaligned behavior was observed in the wild, but this is now a real and present threat.”
Latest updates: Supreme Court rules against Trump's tariffs, limiting the president's power to impose taxes.
“Love is not neutral. Love is not weak. … Love sometimes requires that we look evil in the eye and not blink. Love sometimes requires that we flip over the tables of injustice. That kind of love has always been a threat to the powers that be.” @jamestalarico.bsky.social
Yesterday, those who teach Intro to Sociology at Florida colleges (as opposed to universities) received a ready-made curriculum from the state and were ordered to teach it.
Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions:
