New COVID variant in 25 states. www.the-independent.com/news/health/...

In essence, and this is really important to understand, Trump and Israel's war has ended up delivering Iran de facto sanctions relief. This means that Iran is all the less incentivized to end the war, unless the agreement provides Iran with formal sanctions relief.

Energy industry insider in Iran tells me the following, and it is STUNNING: Before the war, Iran produced just shy of 1.1mn barrels of oil per day, and sold it at $65 per barrel minus $18 discount (i.e. $47) Today, it produces 1.5mn barrels a day, and sells it at $110 with only $2-4 discount.>>

NEW: According to Punchbowl News, Senate Majority Leader John Thune cut a deal with Democrats to fund everything but ICE, including TSA, but TRUMP BLOCKED IT. www.youtube.com/watch?v=g727...

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak on Channel 13: “Can the Strait of Hormuz be opened? “You need to deploy two American divisions there and prepare to stay for months. That’s how the start of the war in Vietnam looked, the start of the war in Iraq, and the same in Afghanistan.”

~ The president can’t walk this one back ~ https://heatherdelaneyreese.substack.com/p/the-president-cant-walk-this-one

Royer Perez-Jimenez was 19 years old. He died by suicide at 3am on March 16 at Glades County Detention Center in Florida. He is the 2nd person to die in ICE custody this week, the 13th this year, and the 42nd under Trump. 🧵

Powell: "The thing a good number of people on the committee are concerned about is very very low level of job creation. If you adjust the trend job creation over the past 6 months for what we think is overstatement due to overcounting, effectively there is 0 net job creation in the private sector"

Anyone interested in promoting abortion access in the US should check out this site to find a list of abortion funds, clinics, and practical support orgs listed by state! donationsforabortions.com

"Failing, flailing Trump poses a clear and present danger to the US and the world. Take him down." Simon Tisdall's summary of what's happening in the Middle East is both devastating and well worth reading. No pay wall. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It’s hard to feel prepared for all the legal news that’s coming at you in a week like this where there is so much of it. Here is my modest effort to help you get there. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

In honor of Liam Ramos, the 5 year old detained by Ice,(now released) for the next 75 days, I will post one Democrat per day of the 75 who signed a letter expressing gratitude for ICE. We can and must do better. Everyone should know who these people are. #75icedems Day 54 Riley, Josh (NY-19)

It’s crystal clear now that Trump has lost control of this war. He badly misjudged Iran’s ability to retaliate. The region is on fire. 1/ I’m going to explain to you in this🧵what I’ve learned - in part from closed door briefings - about the four biggest current crises.

Read along with me. Important.

Declaring “no quarter” is a war crime. Pete committed a war crime this morning. bsky.app/profile/bcfi...

I don’t think unconditional surrender is imminent.

This is disgusting, underscores Trump’s homophobic attack on queer kinds. They’re going place gay, lesbian, bi and trans foster kids in homes that don’t accept them being queer, where religious extremists will harm them. This is on everyone who voted for Trump. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

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NEW: the texas state Supreme Court just temporarily BLOCKED a lower court judges ruling extending polling hours in Dallas County. Any votes cast by people not in line by 7 PM will have their votes set aside pending the outcome of the litigation.

They erased the Slocum Massacre from the textbooks. I’m putting it back in the story They buried the bloodshed in Slocum, Texas and hoped we’d stay silent. ERASED isn’t a book—it’s a weapon. Read it before they ban it. Share it before they silence it. Get your copy now: stan.store/gxldsociety/...

When Neil Gorsuch conceived of the impossibility of Congress abdicating one of its core roles in November, he raised the power to declare war. This was the oral argument for the tariffs that SCOTUS just declared illegal. emptywheel.net/trumps-illeg...

This is a big one. A newly uncovered document has revealed the existence of a mystery Epstein investigation. It was spearheaded by the DEA and involved drug trafficking and money laundering. Epstein was one of 15 targets. The other 14 names are redacted. I've got questions.

Are you really an #LGBTQIA+ ally? @markrf400.bsky.social @markymark757.bsky.social @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social @mccombgjm.bsky.social @meansofshitposting.bsky.social @michellespenc.bsky.social @minilover04.bsky.social @misskitty.art @misslizzy.bsky.social youtu.be/1zUaxjvzZZo

Chief executive Dario Amodei said the start-up ‘cannot in good conscience’ agree to the US government’s terms, citing concerns over lethal autonomous weapons and mass surveillance. ft.trib.al/e9W6Dto

Oh sure. Give the DoJ and DNI several more weeks alone with the ballots. Excellent idea.

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Trump continues to struggle to stay awake as this interminable "Board of Peace" meeting drags on. We're two and a half hours into this!

These crisis PR strategies: building a pseudo-feminist narrative around an alleged predator, relying on access journalists, and turning to partisan influencer "news" sources over actual journalists when that fails, are consistent across each of these cases. spitfirenews.com/p/epstein-jo...

Incredible commentary from this Swiss announcer, who accurately characterizes the Israeli team as "Self-defined zionist to the core...who posted several messages in favour of the genocide in Gaza...calling it ‘the most morally just war in history.’” Solidarity to a real one.

Where we are now. For Ukraine, this winter is incredibly difficult. Russian attacks on our energy system have effectively amounted to genocide of many Ukrainian cities, not just Kyiv. With the end of the cold, infrastructure will still remain destroyed/severely damaged.

BREAKING Russia Used Ecuadorian Dart Frog Poison to Assassinate Alexei Navalny Full Story: bit.ly/4rbCksS

There’s gotta be a German word for the cursed experience of reading the Fulton County affidavit after reporting on the 2020 election in extreme detail. Even redacted, every niche witness jumps out—many conspiracy theorists with no real expertise. The US government treating them as credible is nuts.

Bondi laughing at the end is the real pièce de résistance. This is all just a big joke to her.

Team USA Curler Rich Ruohonen: "We'd be remiss if we didn't at least mention what's going on in Minnesota...I am a lawyer, as you know, and we have a constitution... and what's happening in Minnesota is wrong. There's no shades of gray. It's clear."

🚨 An 86 page memo the DOJ deleted from the Epstein files exposing heavily implicated powerful perpetrators/co-conspirators. This substacker lays it out for us. substack.com/@redactedrep...

The Birther-in-Chief's disgusting history of racism has its own page on Wikipedia. See for yourself, here: shorturl.at/UQaXQ

This is a must-watch. #Epstein youtu.be/-V4YPl2uB1M?...

Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...

Dr. Isaac Pope is being called the Larry Nassar of Washington state. A civil lawsuit alleges he sexually assaulted hundreds of children in state juvenile facilities in the 1980s and 90s. Kids who were supposed to be protected. Kids who had no power. The abuse went on for years. 1/3

"There are numerous meetings between Thiel, Epstein and Russian proxies leading up to the 2016 elections, including meetings at Thiel Capital, run by white nationalist Jeff Giesea—who also ran Thiel’s PAC MAGA3X. Epstein met with Thiel alone ... several times and they had frequent phone calls."

A list concentration camps by state has been outlined here. They also offer information relating to the for-profit institutions being used by DHS for purposes of holding individuals they have opted to detain - for whatever reason(s). concentrationcamps.us

A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world

We at the @postguild.bsky.social are raising money for the hundreds of journalists the Post just laid off. This goes to the people who are hurting, not the Post. Or if you'd rather, go subscribe to an independent journalist. Support is hugely appreciated. www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...

I don’t believe Tom Homan. I think this is a ploy to get @democrats.senate.gov to fund DHS. They lied about deescalation last week and I don’t believe a word the Cava Czar says.