Billions of people, possibly including you reading this, are alive today because you can run natural gas into a reactor and spit out ammonia (Haber Bosch). A large % of the installed base for that process is shut in or exploded. It’s northern hemisphere spring.

Deliberately and explicitly targeting civilian infrastructure is a war crime under the Rome Statute of the ICC. ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treat...

Trump’s repugnant reaction should not be the third paragraph of this fine man’s obituary. It should be in a separate story about how a profoundly vicious and despicable person is the president of the United States. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/u...

In West Africa, governments earn legitimacy not through constitutions or rhetoric, but by delivering tangible infrastructure like paved roads

Good god: “More than 200 U.S. troops have so far been wounded in the war, and at least 140 of those were TBI-related injuries…”

USA: Promises of fast cash pull Haitians into JBS, harsh conditions push them out — and to strike haitiantimes.com/2026/03/20/h...

TIL: Ireland’s population still hasn’t recovered from The Great Famine of 1845-52.

This #NYTimes article is dishonest. In truth, #Netanyahu actually does *not* want a "new regime" in #Iran, but instead a failed state, endless civil conflict, and a stream of #Iranian refugees toward Europe. @mondoweiss.net @tparsi.bsky.social @sinatoossi.bsky.social

Memo to #NYTimes. The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) is a front for #Israel's government, not an independent think tank. You should get your opinion pieces directly from the organ-grinder, and not waste time on his monkey assistant. #IranWar @mondoweiss.net @tparsi.bsky.social

This and thousands of lives are a small price to pay to secure Benjamin Netanyahu's future career

NYT misses the point of DOJ's failed crusade to prosecute protesters. Headline should say: "Trump appointees pushed to intimidate dissenters with prosecutions; Efforts to blame antifa for grassroots protests repeatedly failed for lack of evidence" www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/u...

Even if the war stopped today, supplies will be disrupted for months. If it continues on a few more weeks, supplies will be disrupted for years. If it lasts for months, we can mark this as the end of fossil fuel hegemony in energy markets. In the meantime, millions will starve.

Awful. A teenager, dead by suicide in an ICE detention center. There is now a crisis of suicide inside the detention system; I have never seen anything like it. Suicide has happened before, but they were very rare. This is the third or fourth this year.

Memo to #NYTimes. The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) is a front for #Israel's government, not an independent think tank. You should get your opinion pieces directly from the organ-grinder, and not waste time on his monkey assistant. #IranWar @mondoweiss.net @tparsi.bsky.social

Some brilliant reflections here that cover some undersold dynamics of the war — from Afghanistan to the politics of Christian Nationalism.

OK, #NYTimes. WHO killed the more than 1348 civilians in #Iran? Why didn't you report that, "The U.S. and #Israel killed more than 1348 civilians?" @mondoweiss.net @tparsi.bsky.social @sinatoossi.bsky.social

This #NYTimes article is dishonest. In truth, #Netanyahu actually does *not* want a "new regime" in #Iran, but instead a failed state, endless civil conflict, and a stream of #Iranian refugees toward Europe. @mondoweiss.net @tparsi.bsky.social @sinatoossi.bsky.social

In case you missed it, for @theguardian.com I spoke to people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s who had a parent who was deported. They talked to me about the impact this trauma had on their families, and other long-term consequences that are still shaping their lives.

Here's a key paragraph from my 2021 review of John #Ghazvinian's excellent book abut U.S.-#Iran relations. Here's the link to the review @mondoweiss.net. mondoweiss.net/2021/05/mast...

OK, #NYTimes. WHO killed the more than 1348 civilians in #Iran? Why didn't you report that, "The U.S. and #Israel killed more than 1348 civilians?" @mondoweiss.net @tparsi.bsky.social @sinatoossi.bsky.social

‘censor for review prior to publication: operational matters, intelligence, defensive preparedness, impact sites in Israel, armament management …and operational vulnerabilities in defense and offense.’

The secret CIA assessment that called for Trump to side with Maduro’s longtime deputy, rather than the democratic opposition, was based on the advice of a former Chevron executive. The oil company stands to profit from Trump’s decision to heed that advice.

Here’s my plea to the national security press: don’t report what he announces at face value. You’ve been suckered over and over to cover his fake trade deals and ceasefire “announcements” like they are real. He’s desperate to look like he’s got a plan. Make sure it’s not fake.

This is important. #Israel's censorship is preventing accurate reports from inside the country about the true extent of the damage that #Iran's missile attacks are causing. @mondoweiss.net www.972mag.com/israel-media...

He wasn't just an asylum seeker. Paktyawal was an Afghan special forces soldier who worked with the U.S. Army's 3rd Special Forces Group. He was evacuated on August 30, 2021, entered the U.S. legally and had a pending case with a work permit and social security number. Killed by ICE maggots.

Last month, for instance, the NYT had “more than 50” reporters cover the State of the Union. Both events could be viewed on television by any schmuck who wanted to. (And as the Oscars will tonight, the SOTU dragged on past ordinary human endurance.) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/i...

I can’t find a number for how many NYT reporters covered Davos. Probably somewhat smaller b/c it requires expensive foreign travel. But again, many more than necessary. In all three cases the driver is not newsworthiness but predictability, with a dash of status-seeking by reporters and editors.

Exactly this. 🎯

A former top Chevron executive was super tight with Delcy Rodriguez. He told the CIA to back her instead of Venezuela's democratic opposition,. The agency told Trump. Now Ali Moshiri is ready to cash in. He's raising $3 billion to get back in Venezuela's oil game. www.wsj.com/world/americ...

Here's a key paragraph from my 2021 review of John #Ghazvinian's excellent book abut U.S.-#Iran relations. Here's the link to the review @mondoweiss.net. mondoweiss.net/2021/05/mast...

Time to re-up my glowing review of this masterful 2021 history of U.S.-Iran relations, by John Ghazvinian. If Trump's advisers had read this, they might have persuaded him not to attack #Iran. @mondoweiss.net mondoweiss.net/2021/05/mast...

This is fascism. #Trump

Trump looks like The Nutcracker here.

We should all be outraged by the recent attack on the synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan. This is part of a growing tide of antisemitism in our country. As Americans, we must stand together and fight antisemitism, Islamophobia and all forms of racism and bigotry.

And: Will #FakeTapper report it?

Will the new CBS "News" report this? We shall see. #Hegseth #BariWeiss #Iran

NYT op-ed page leading w Iran pensées of Bret Stephens —In early 2003, he wrote that toppling statue of Saddam Hussein signaled that the hard part was over in Iraq. Dismissed views of "doom-and-gloomers." —Early 2003 named Paul Wolfowitz "man of the year" for "vision" in orchestrating Iraq plans

Trump looks like The Nutcracker here.

How hard is it to say STOP THE WAR Why are so few people saying that

That's about half of what it cost for USAID for a whole year www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...

Instead of cutting income tax rates for working-class and poor Americans that are pretty low already, Democrats should cut their FICA taxes, because 70 percent of Americans pay more FICA tax than income tax. My latest. newrepublic.com/article/2076...

"A carrier strike group is designed for blue-water power projection, not littoral escort through a corridor where a $500 contact mine can cripple a $4 billion destroyer." open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...

NYT takes a look at 17 Iranian strikes on US military installations across the Gulf area which appear to have been staged with intelligence furnished by the Kremlin. It fails to identify Americans killed or injured in these Russian-sponsored attacks.

Why on earth are you guys trying to save the GOP’s bacon in an election year? They control everything! Let them figure it out! Just fucking criticize them!

I've been struggling with how to express my dismay at the war coverage by our top newsrooms, and how it dances around the central fact that Trump is deranged and unfit to command. I finally wrote something. Please read it. presswatchers.org/2026/03/the-...

Time to re-up my review of this masterpiece -- the best single account of the disastrous U.S. invasion of #Iraq in 2003, and the 20 years of violence that followed. By Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, a brave Iraqi reporter. @mondoweiss.net mondoweiss.net/2023/04/an-i...

Mainstream U.S. media is characteristically missing the #Netanyahu/#Israel angle on the #Iran war.. The best #Israeli paper, @haaretzcom.bsky.social, shows how Trump is being played for a sucker. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Crabs, A Helicopter, and One Town's Fight Against ICE washingtonmonthly.com/2026/03/09/i...