Her family owned the aviation company at the airport Epstein used, gave Ghislaine Maxwell housing after her father died, introduced Epstein to his plea deal lawyer & to Prince Andrew, & she joined Deutsche Bank’s advisory board just before they accepted Epstein as a client despite his conviction.

So Iran may to have to withdraw from the Fifa World Cup (Report, 12 March) because it is being bombed by the winner of the Fifa peace prize. Robert Lee Hampton, London Bang on.

1/2. He took the greatest military force in history, lost a war to a middle power in a week, begged the world to save him, & demanded the media lie about this & everything else. I try, but at a simple human level I do not see how anyone mistakes this man’s almost supernatural weakness for strength.

A Rollins College student marks Fred Rogers’ 98th birthday with an annual tradition: Gathering people of disparate backgrounds and beliefs to share a meal and meaningful conversation.

The Greens plan to put social media giants like X and Facebook on the same legal footing as all other publishers in order to regulate them using defamation laws. This is an important step forward. Everyone should back the move - even opponents of the Greens My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column

“We’ve won, but we haven’t won enough.” “We’ll know we’ve won when I feel it in my bones.“ Take a minute and imagine the reaction if President Biden had said anything close to this.

What is the point of copyrights if the most powerful companies on earth can ignore them?

Elon Musk is acting like “talking about your feelings” is weak and unnecessary while he simultaneously uses his account with 230 million followers on the platform he owns to post about his feelings like a 14 year old emo kid on MySpace in 2009

Britain’s electricity is currently 69% zero carbon, largely thanks to domestic renewable energy. Those ‘windmills’ sure are effective at insulating us from the effects of Donald Trump’s Iranian disasterclass.

Like are we as Americans cool with the cruelty Trump is afflicting on Cuba? It’s super fucked up. We took their electricity away. Why? Just to be cruel?

Also, hasn't Cuba been under the influence of Russia for decades? Is Russia just going to step aside and let the US take Cuba?

There's big money in for-profit prisons. Should be abolished.

“Oh no, Texas Senate Candidate James Talarico is a Pastor who actually follows the teachings of Jesus? How can we sink him?” “I know! let’s give him free advertising!” - the smartest NRSC comms staffer

“Why The Trump-Backed SAVE America Act Threatens Election Security Nationwide *** Buried in the Act is a mandate requiring every state to funnel voter data into a centralized voter-purge system plagued by security & accuracy concerns and controlled by the Trump administration.” By Jennifer Cohn 1/

This isn't true. It barely registers. Trump is obsessed with it, a large chunk of congressional Rs are parroting that even though they know it'll never pass, and the terminally online weirdos on the Rhodesia superfan's website talk it up. But there's no mass popular demand for it among GOP voters.

“DON’T KNOW, DON’T CARE”🤔 NC5 on William Lamberth and Republicans refusing to track which kids getting @GovBillLee’s private school vouchers were already in private schools — as they move to spend $300 MILLION in taxpayer funds on them. (Hint: almost all)

This is what Karoline Leavitt calls “transparency.”

Those three children would still have a father if Donald Trump had gone to jail for his many, many crimes, including inciting a deadly insurrection on January 6th, as he should have.

Soulless.

Incredible scenes from today's pro-Magyar, anti-Orban rally in Budapest. Only 4 weeks left until the most consequential election in the EU this year 🇪🇺🇭🇺

President Trump says he has demanded "about seven" countries reliant on Middle East oil join a coalition to police Strait of Hormuz.

There is nothing in the NATO Charter that requires a member-state to join wars of aggression started by another member.

'A frustrated Trump pressed the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff about why the US could not immediately reopen Hormuz. The answer was straightforward: Even one Iranian soldier... could fire a mobile missile right into a supertanker, or plant a mine' www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/u...

Kendrick Lamar saying we have to remove this guy if he can’t admit the truth of these wars. Or our democracy and progress will be destroyed. Agree.

Schiff: "We are now giving Russia $140 million a day by releasing them from these sanctions when Russia is providing intelligence to Iran to better attack and kill American troops. It is rewarding Russia and punishing Ukraine."

The administration conceded in January that DOGE team members within the Social Security Administration agreed to turn over state voter rolls to an advocacy group seeking to “find evidence of voter fraud and to overturn election results in certain States.” - Brennan Center for Justice

“I Love What I Do”: 13-Year-Old Has #Recycled 1.5 Million Drink Cans to Help People and the Planet - donated $24,000 to #charities so far. #environment #recycling #caring #SaveTheEarth Link for more info, a #video and photos: nicenews.com/environment/...

As a retired pilot, this one hits close to home. Six American airmen lost their lives over Iraq this week. They were young. They had dreams. They chose to serve anyway. A few thoughts on their sacrifice — and the price of war. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity... - WB Yeats, The Second Coming, 1919

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.

But of course. 🤡 @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/u...

I'm one of many professors quoted in this report from Alice Speri. I really appreciate The Guardian taking an angle which has basically eluded every other major outlet.

The guy who made this video wins the internet today - I literally laughed out loud all the way through. So true, and well done.

But who will guard the guards? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/w...

scheduled post Louie Schwartzberg is a renowned American director, cinematographer, and producer known for his breathtaking time-lapse photography and nature-focused storytelling.

France and Italy open talks with Iran amid oil scandal, leaving Trump humiliated .. www.themirror.com/news/world-n...

Extraordinary detail in this bio of Thiel, starting in Swakopmund, South West Africa ( Namibia now).

What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.” What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.” Funny how that works.

The SAVE America Act is a voter suppression scam. It would take away the rights of working people to make their voices heard at the ballot box. The Senate must reject this bill.

MEXICO STEPS UP: 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽

A secretive political organisation is paying influencers US$1500 per post to attack a young, female Democratic candidate in an upcoming primary in Illinois. I'd expect to see something similiar coming from Advance ahead of the Farrer byelection, and electoral laws struggle to respond.

Trump is once again begging all countries to fix his mess. This is getting sad, and it reeks of desperation.

Seriously? Right after he gave Starmer a snarky response to the UK's offer to assist? And I'm sure Canada is in no mood to help either.

This moment from Feb 2025 may go down as one of the most prescient exchanges in modern diplomatic history. Zelenskyy warned Trump that while the United States may feel protected by an ocean today, a time could come when America would need help in war. Trump scolded him instead.