Over 1,300 strikes recorded by Iranian Red Crescent; Senate blocks war powers resolution on Iran; 66,000 displaced in Afghanistan-Pakistan fighting

U.S. and Israeli airstrikespoundIran for a fifth day, death toll rises to over 1,200. Iranian Red Crescent: Over 100 civilian sites hit. AirstrikestargetKurdish militia bases in Iraq. War SecretaryPete Hegsethsays war could last up to eight weeks. DoharejectsIranian claim that missiles were not aimed at Qatar. SpaindeniesWhite House claim it agreed to cooperate with American attacks on Iran. Israeli strikes pound Lebanon, killing eight. IsraelbombsPalestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon

'Screaming' panic inside White House

Iran has shut the Strait of Hormuz - through which a fifth of the world's oil flows - sending prices soaring by more than 10 percent in a single week, with Brent crude jumping from $72 to more than $82 a barrel

Dubai scrambles to save its reputation

In Iran, Israel’s morbid military cult now has the US fully in its grip

In this catastrophic war of choice, it is Tehran fighting a rearguard action to restore geopolitical sanity. If Iran loses, god only knows where Israel and the US will drag the world next

Massive Wave Of Iranian Missiles Pummeled Israel Overnight, As Trump Hopes Of 'Quick Victory' Fading

IRGC tightens wartime grip on decision-making as Kurds preparing armed ground units that could enter Iran...

Trump Floats Firing Kristi Noem in Fuming Call With GOP Allies After Bruising Hearings: Report

The conversations reportedly came as Trump allegedly fumed at Noem’s hearings before Senate and House Judiciary panels this week.

Anthropic In Chaos: CEO Tries To Salvage Pentagon Contract After Slamming Trump, Altman In Leaked Letter

Blinking intensifies...

Iran War: Systemic Risk of a Strait of Hormuz Closure, US Plan to Enlist Kurds, Hezbollah Unexpectedly Pounds Israel

Today’s Iran war update starts with a sobering, must-read analysis of the catastrophic real-world damage of a long Strait of Hormuz closure.

In Iran, Trump’s Luck Runs Out

Operation Epic Fiasco has punctured his mystique.

‘Arctic Metagaz’ Sinks Off Libya After Blast; Moscow Blames Ukrainian Drone Attack

An LNG carrier central to Russia’s sanctioned Arctic gas trade was rocked by an explosion around 4 a.m. on March 3 roughly 150 nautical miles southeast of Malta, in an incident Moscow said was a Ukrainian attack and that could ripple through the Kremlin’s fragile LNG shadow fleet logistics network

US Set to Escalate War into Ground Phase with Kurdish Vanguard

The next phase of the Israeli-American plan for Iran has been revealed.

‘Damn it!’ Stephen Colbert Mocks Trump For Calling Conflict He Insisted Was ‘Not a War’ a ‘War’

Colbert mocked Trump for repeatedly undercutting his own administration’s messaging on Iran by using a single word White House urged allies to avoid.

U.S. will come to 'bitterly regret precedent' after sinking Iranian frigate, Araghchi says

Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian foreign minister, posted on X Wednesday that the U.S.

The U.S. And Israel Are Carrying Out 'Double Tap' Strikes In Iran.

When the "Collateral Murder" Came Out It Was A Huge Scandal, Now The U.S. And Israel Are Carrying Out Similar 'Double Tap' Strikes In Iran.

The Limits of US and Israeli Air Power

The West, including Israel, refuses to learn from history with regards to the use of air power to achieve regime change.

How Operation Epic Fury Unfolded

The Pentagon, restrained for decades from attacking Iran, needed less than 10 hours to launch after getting the ‘go order’ from the president.

Fetterman Joins Republicans To Sink War Powers Resolution on Iran

Sen. John Fetterman was the lone Democratic vote opposing a war powers resolution on Wednesday.

House Republican Goes OFF in Hearing Over Colleague Accused of Harassing Staffer Who Set Herself on Fire: ‘Why the American People Hate Us!’

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) accused her colleagues of protecting abusers in a fiery rant during a Wednesday House hearing.

Mystery surrounds $1.2 billion Army contract to build huge detention tent camp in Texas desert

President Donald Trump's administration has awarded a $1.2 billion contract to a tiny Virginia company to build and operate what's expected to become the nation’s largest immigration detention complex at Fort Bliss in Texas

Never Forget — Covid Elevation Zones: Restaurant Masking

Oh the memories! Oh the good 'ol days! Once again it's time to reminisce and make sure it never happens again.

Visualizing Iran's Vast Size & Why Any Ground Invasion Means Years-Long Quagmire

"God created war so that Americans would learn geography" ― Mark Twain

Kristi Noem Asked — With Her Husband Sitting Right Behind Her — If She’s Had ‘Sexual Relations With Corey Lewandowski’

Kristi Noem ripped Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove for “peddling tabloid garbage” by asking if she ever slept with Corey Lewandowski, with her husband feet away

Support for Israel in the US Has Collapsed, Radically — and Finally — Opening the Debate

An article I wrote for Brazil’s largest newspaper documents growing opposition to Israel among Americans, and its relevance for other countries where Israel dissent is still taboo.

Bondi Subpoenaed to Testify

War Politics--AmCon Gets It

Listening to Mac earlier today, he told Judge Nap that he can see Trump getting 25thed over this war. Actually, I think impeachment is far more likely and appropriate, and things appear to be building in that direction. I get what Mac is saying, because some of Trump’s yammering seems quite out of touch—like the utter lack of empathy on display when he segues seamlessly from American casualties to his “golden drapes”—but that’s my view based on the language I’m hearing from the political class

‘Your ICE Agents Shot Them In The Face!’ Raskin Hammers Trump Chief Noem Over Killings For 5 Solid Minutes at Hearing

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) hammered DHS Secretary Kristi Noem for five solid minutes over the killings of unarmed Americans by Trump deportation force agents.

ICE has spun massive surveillance web

The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE and Border Patrol, is using a broad web of surveillance tools — purchased as its budget has ballooned under this administration — to monitor, apprehend and intimidate the people it seeks to deport and the U.S. citizens critical of its policies