The judge did not make publishing the videos illegal. He just ordered the party in the case to remove their own upload. Whether the videos fall under the protective order isn't decided yet, and, even if they do, any individual who downloaded it while it was up remains free to disseminate it.

The Democratic Party of Illinois has spent nearly $190,000 in the last month to defend 31-year incumbent state Sen. Sara Feigenholtz from upstart progressive challenger Nick Uniejewski, who was born two years after her first electoral victory.

It's the only way it ends (cutting and running). It's just a matter of when.

People can be so naive. Nobody in power cares about helping Iranians as people, even as they seek regime change; Iranians even experienced this firsthand when the US ruled Iran for decades last century. Still some manage to delude themselves into believing the US & Israel (!!) want to save them.

I assume 404 Media downloaded the files? The court order only runs against the parties, and appears to be based on nothing. The information is now public and more importantly is in the public interest. There is nothing confidential about it & parties don't get to unilaterally declare confidentiality

I 1000% support Iran acquiring nuclear weapons to protect itself from the US and Israel.

Michael Kozak and Jeff Graham should be in locked cages. (Rubio goes without saying.)

This is a Democratic Party-run prison system.

I mean it would be after we attacked them! Before that, not at all. Iran represented no threat to me and my family in the US. The very thought of it is absurd. Imagine lying up at night awake, unable to sleep because you can't get the fear of Iran out of your mind.

Oh my god, stop. First, the claim that the US depends on foreign countries for access to the US dollar (“The system holds together as long as the world keeps buying”) is obnoxiously wrong. The US is not dependent on Japan, Britain, or China to obtain the currency it alone can issue.

Just say no.

This rank economic ignorance is a disease that must be killed. Net govt spending (a "deficit") injects financial assets into the private sector. It's literally the only mechanism by which the PS acquires $ in freehold—i.e., as financial assets not offset by a corresponding PS liability (bank loan).

These are the children to whom Trump delegated authority to make national policy for the US. The reference to reducing the deficit to zero—an impossibility w/o throwing the country into depression—reflects the childishness of this literal child's beliefs. He is, unsurprisingly, deeply ignorant.

100% this. In fact, eliminate them. They are regressive theater that serve only an accounting function. No fiscal space/power is derived from them that can't be generated through the progressive income tax code (which should be made more progressive).

A man who was shot by Connecticut police last year and later died had to wait 10 extra minutes for another ambulance to arrive at the scene, after another officer having an anxiety attack took the first one.

I think he genuinely believes this, which is bad news for the Republican Party. It means congressional Reps may have to apply pressure to get Trump to stop, which they will not want to do.

(Reuters) - U.S. intelligence indicates that Iran's leadership is still largely intact and is not at risk of collapse any time soon after nearly two weeks of relentless U.S. and Israeli bombardment, according to three sources familiar with the matter. uk.news.yahoo.com/exclusive-us...

An amazing stat: Iran exported more oil *today* than it did daily before the war. It's the one country whose tankers are getting through the Strait of Hormuz. www.wsj.com/world/middle...

Israel can't accomplish its objective without US ground troops and that seems incredibly unlikely so what he's saying here without saying it is that Israel has no plans to ever stop bombing Iran.

More confirmation the Trump admin is playing junior partner to Israel, whose objective IS regime change or, failing that, relentless destruction and terrorism. Trump has stated Israel will determine when the war ends, and that means it won't ever end, at least until Trump reneges on that deal.

The Trump admin doesn't do "takeovers." It does bombings and decapitations, and for performative reasons only.

Thesis, antithesis, synthesis

Markets are dumb.

To stop the war, Iran is either going to need to gain the capacity to target Israeli leaders directly (not likely) or have the US order Israel to stop. The latter is only likely if enough domestic pressure is applied to the administration as a result of the economic fallout (oil prices). We'll see.

This is stark evidence the US govt no longer exercises sovereignty over Israel and is operating as its junior partner. A competent imperial state would never put itself in a position to be surprised in a war by military acts of a client state. The Trump admin has ceded tremendous power to Israel.

Video released by investigators in the fatal shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez shows he was given conflicting instructions as he encountered law enforcement officers in South Padre Island, Texas, last year.

Absolutely chilling story

Trump will not be able to sustain the war against Iran politically so the US will have to order Israel to stop attacking Iran at some point.

Newly released footage shows an ICE agent killing Rubin Ray Martinez, 23, in his car in Texas. "He was shot at point-blank range through his side window by an ICE agent who was in no danger." www.bbc.com/news/article...

Exclusive: Hezbollah deployed elite fighters to confront Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, sending them back into the border region from which they withdrew after a war in 2024, three Lebanese sources familiar with the deployments said reut.rs/4cuUfWZ

People need to understand US-ruling-class-speak. A "threat" = a competing ruling class, i.e., a foreign country that is not 💯 subservient to the US ruling class. In short, sovereignty. Iran became a "threat" when it reclaimed sovereignty from the US ruling class in 1979. That's what Cotton is saying

I am defending Donald Trump by refraining from murdering him. You're welcome, Donald.

China should do this with the Black population in the US.

Really hate that words have no meaning anymore. There's literally no point in talking to people who refuse to use words. Why is this word-denialist being interviewed? Stop it. Instead, just tell us what is happening. You know, like a journalist.

NEW Economist/YouGov Feb 27-Mar 2 26% of Independents approve of Trump's job performance and a record-high 69% disapprove, for a net job approval of -43 — a record low for either term At this point in Trump's first term, his net approval among Independents was -12 yougov.com/en-us/articl...

The absurd demands were made specifically for the purpose of being refused by Iran and to give Israel a pretext to eliminate the Iranian government.

"Looking into" is not enough. There are video recordings that are plenty sufficient for obtaining an indictment. Investigation can continue after indictment, but investigation will never produce better evidence than videos of an alleged offense taken from multiple angles. Indictments are deterrence.

These are both ways of saying that the US made the decision to attack Iran. Israel cannot do anything without US permission, so saying "Israel was poised to strike Iran anyway" is just saying the US made the decision, albeit at Israel's request and without any consideration of US interests.

Israel doesn't have negotiation as an objective. And the Trump administration has no objective.

The Democratic Party hasn't given him any reason to. It's the same discredited party serving the ruling class that it was a decade ago.

I do not think this is going to happen. Even they have to know Trump can't credibly preside over a flow of body bags with American soldiers in them.

A Minnesota federal judge has ordered the state’s top federal prosecutor and ICE officials to appear in his courtroom Tuesday to explain why they should not be held in civil or criminal contempt for what he alleges are repeated court violations.

I have always rejected that Israel controls the US. But I do think Trump has delegated virtually all policy decisions (other than tariffs). That includes middle east policy, which has effectively allowed Israel to set the policy—and which a part of the US ruling class is totally on board with.

What fun it would be to a private jet dealer in Dubai right now. You literally get to laugh at rich people trying to stay alive.

People should understand by now that Trump has no idea what is happening. He just gave the green light. If you as a reporter want insight on what is happening or what the military objectives are in Iran, you will not be able to get any from Trump.

You see, if he had a plan to take over Iran a la George W. Bush, then "bombing first" is A-OK.

They forgot to manufacture consent. But also consider this is consistent with the rise of oligarchy. Why bother manufacturing consent when the will of the public is not terribly relevant to your ability to continue to amass wealth and to wield power?

Harrison Ford is singlehandedly bringing sincerity and earnestness back into style.

I can see the future NYT opinion piece now: "Gas the Jews," by Former Vice President Nick Fuentes. Disseminating views of people in power is not an actual principle of journalism. This is just fascism apologia.