This Australian academic crit Willis thru a MMT lens for her outdated economic model req job cuts & austerity. It also cf Lab & refutes Nat's manta it all Lab's fault. www.interest.co.nz/economy/1374...

⚡️Reversing its position, US allows India to buy Russian oil. "To enable oil to keep flowing into the global market, the Treasury Department is issuing a temporary 30-day waiver to allow Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil," U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on March 5.

2026 🌊

I'm so old that I can remember when this guy had a mystique that excited the pundit class - not yet even in Parliament, but already spoken of as a potential future PM, who is now destined to be remembered as little more than the David Brent of #nzpol

Senator Mullin on January 6th

I’m not mad she’s gone, but let’s talk about what’s really at stake here. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Not our war, but forced to pick up the pieces. Literally. | Sri Lanka Is Caught in the Middle as Second Iranian Vessel Seeks Safe Haven www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/w... (Gift link)

Hey, this is awesome. My publisher just told me my book - which is released next week - is already #5 on Amazon’s list! Thanks everyone!

Feels about right.

Interesting thread

And now he’s ritually humiliating Inter Miami by announcing the next war. "The Transitive Strongman" snyder.substack.com/p/the-transi...

BREAKING: This is the next Trump DHS Secretary, Markwayne Mullin. - A former MMA fighter who 2 years ago challenged the Teamsters' President Sean O’Brien to a FIGHT on the Senate Floor

BREAKING: Moments ago at the White House this took place. A bunch of old people praying for a convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, who appears to have just blown up 100+ Iranian schoolchildren, while he hides the Epstein files, in which he appears in thousands of times. We are a joke.

This is a stunning discussion between @timothysnyder.bsky.social & @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social . Watch it if you can - you won't regret it. snyder.substack.com/p/thinking-l...

C’mon, people. Look at your Kremlin style guide. The phrase is “special military operation.” Not all of you are getting this right.

US oil prices have passed the $80 a barrel mark for the first time in 13 months, up 45% since December. US gas prices are set to rise above $3.30 a gallon.

Trump: “I built the military and rebuilt it in my first term, and we’re using it more than I’d like to use it, to be honest with you.”

Trump on Iran: “They are calling and saying, “How do we make a deal?” I say, “You are being a little bit late.” “We want to fight now more than they do.”

THE ACTUAL FUCK We produce enough food in NZ (5.5million) to feed 45million people & we can't sell cheap butter here, so we have to buy American butter from monoculture grain fed cows housed in sheds, then throw on the carbon footprint Not one single thing about this is right

I’ve been asked if I would support Sen. Mullin as Noem’s replacement. The answer is a resounding NO. The rot in DHS is deep, much deeper than any individual. It’s a question of policy not personnel. The Senate should not consider any DHS Secretary nominee until DHS and ICE are reined in.

Thank you @nickyschwenzer.bsky.social 🥰

The USA has asked Ukraine for weapons to defend against Iranian drones. Zelensky told them to negotiate as they don't have any cards.

Last year when I was checking into a hotel, the desk person was wearing Meta glasses. I kindly asked them to take them off. They were annoyed. I said, “I do not consent to you looking at my credit card and ID with Meta glasses on.” My instincts were correct: www.bbc.com/news/article...

🚨BREAKING: A day before early voting begins in Virginia’s redistricting referendum, Barack Obama called on Virginians to vote in favor of a state constitutional amendment allowing the legislature to redraw its congressional map to counter GOP gerrymanders. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Well would you look at that

i really don't think Hegseth realized the diplomatic consequences of that strike

The US and Iran have obviously not been at war for 47 years, as regime propagandists tell us. What has been going on for 47 years is the Saudi-Iranian regional proxy war. So the propaganda defines us as a Saudi proxy state.

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!

Like Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

At more than $5 billion and counting, the cost of Operation Epic Fury so far could cover SNAP benefits for more than 2 million Americans. But instead of feeding hungry people at home, we're cutting food stamps in order to lower taxes for the rich and boost military spending to record levels.

Rep. Keating is in disbelief as DoD official Elbridge Colby plays dumb about a decision to suspend US weapons shipment *that was made by Colby's office*

Since receiving presidential pardons, dozens of former Capitol rioters have gotten into more legal trouble. In Florida, Andrew Paul Johnson was sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse. n.pr/4rUa1zD

PAT RYAN: 'Does the US want to be the policeman of the Middle East getting nothing but spending precious lives & trillions.' Rng a bell? COLBY: Defer to you R: That was Trump. How about this - 'we simply cannot afford to get enmeshed in a Middle East war' C: Defer to you R: That was actually you

Proving yet again one of my basic rules on navigating Trumpism: He will always replace an incompetent person with someone more incompetent.

So far the war in Iran has cost an estimated $5.5 billion. That's roughly $1 billion per day. $41,666,667 per hour. $11,574 per second. People do not want this. They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.

New Zealanders support more taxes on ultra-rich, new poll shows but the ultra-rich and large corps have the ear of the Government so change unlikely under current coalition actions show #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

In honor of Donald & his couch humping VP, Ukrainian drone interceptors should be named after cards or card games. ♠️♣️♥️♦️🃏

This is a great article and got too little attention when it first came out. @propublica.org is doing amazing work.

Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Kristi Noem.

At least 13 hospitals and health facilities hit during attacks on Iran, WHO says

The school building is located located immediately to the north-east of the IRGC base. Satellite imagery from 2013 appears to show the school building was part of the same compound, before a wall is seen in 2016 separating it from the base.

Two videos filmed in the immediate aftermath of the attack show multiple plumes of smoke within an IRGC base and medical clinic near the school, as well as the school's top floor. The location of smoke plumes in videos correspond to visible damage in satellite imagery.

Satellite imagery by Planet Labs shows at least five buildings with visible craters and black scorch marks in the area. "[It] seems it was intentional to hit the area," a satellite analyst said.

BBC Verify has pieced together verified videos, satellite imagery and expert views after a deadly attack near a primary school in Minab, souther Iran, which suggest the area was hit more than once "by multiple simultaneous or near-simultaneous strikes". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A March 3 explosion at the location of the now sunken Russian LNG tanker Arctic MetaGaz in the Mediterranean Sea was captured in mid-infrared optical imagery from the geostationary Meteosat-12 satellite. Visualisation: @simonsat.bsky.social/ESA. Data: EUMETSAT