Donald Trump says the United States was not obligated to help Ukraine, arguing the country is “thousands of miles away” and separated by a vast ocean while criticizing NATO allies for refusing to send ships to the Middle East. #US

Major cities have largely stopped building condos. That has to change if the U.S. wants to remain a nation of homeowners, M. Nolan Gray and Muhammad T. Alameldin argue:

If the Iran war damages America, it will be Binyamin Netanyahu who has made the gravest strategic mistake, in allying with an intensely polarising American president impulsive enough to wage war without support at home or overseas

Here's why any attack on Iran's Kharg Island oil shipping terminal would be a nightmare for energy markets

“LONDON, March 9 - Iran's oil exports would stall and output halve if the U.S. and Israel were to seize its port on Kharg Island, triggering further attacks from ​Tehran on regional oil infrastructure, JP Morgan said in a note.”

It is a ‘massive expenditure of Tomahawks’, said one person familiar with the US military’s use of weaponry, as the rapid depletion of stockpile raises pressure on Donald Trump over the rising cost of the conflict. ft.trib.al/9YuG1sf

Stephen Miller complaining about the UK finally eliminating heredity nobility from their legislature is a perfect encapsulation of how perverse it is to have these people in charge during the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

The authorities in New Mexico are searching for a retired, high-ranking Air Force officer who has not been seen since he left his home in Albuquerque nearly two weeks ago, the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office said.

Boy, a lot of people in the sports betting industry are really mad about this article.

You won’t find a sharper analysis anywhere of how Iranian leaders will be thinking about their interests and options at this stage of the war, and of how/when it is likely to end. Simon Gass really knows what he’s talking about. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Adam Smith wrote The Wealth of Nations 250 years ago this week. It remains as relevant, misunderstood and enlightening as ever

The @ihr.bsky.social has brought all its online resources - journals, @vch-home.bsky.social, OA book series, @bho.bsky.social, BBIH, @layersoflondon.bsky.social, and more - into one section of its website for easier access bit.ly/4cCrpUD. Much of this content is free to use online #Skystorians

"I don’t get bored,"Trump insisted. "Forty-six seconds later," @sbg1.bsky.social writes, "he began waxing about the 'very, very beautiful' new White House ballroom he’s building, which he thinks will be 'the most beautiful ballroom anywhere in the world.'" www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

That Trump repeats calls for Iran's unconditional surrender on same day he's got the defence industrial chiefs round for an emergency meeting on military supplies perfectly sums up his grasp of ends & means.

Another excellent article. Thank you, Ed. As an FT subscriber, I’m also providing a gift link 🎁 so when yours expires, readers can access it via this link: giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Donald Trump’s dangerous ‘war of whim’

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A full blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, which carries around 15m barrels of oil per day, could push prices towards $100. Enforcing this would be hard, yet the passage is fast becoming unnavigable anyway

White House's "War Powers Report" to Congress for attack on Iran.⬇️ Two conspicuous absences: 1. The word "imminent" appears nowhere. There is thus no justification in the Report for proceeding without prior congressional authorization. 2. No reference to wellbeing/protection of Iranian people.

America was once a global leader in critical minerals. How did China take its place? Listen to “Money Talks” to find out

Too many who should know better are backing this war. It wouldn't be happening if a) Trump were a remotely serious president who knew the risks of embarking on something whose aims he still can't specify, and b) Netanyahu wasn't embracing regional chaos as his get out of jail free card.

What Hegseth wants to do to Anthropic, future presidents, or even this one, can do to Elon Musk or Alex Karp. Always worth reading @himself.bsky.social www.programmablemutter.com/p/who-loses-...

Lol wow.

We need a ticker showing the cost to the American taxpayer every time a bomb is dropped, a jet takes flight, a warship moves etc Seems to be plenty of cash for that, not for, you know, actual living.

Here we are.

This is an immensely significant document that continues to get virtually no attention in US media—but lots abroad. In Jul 2015, Epstein arranged a meeting between a known highest-level Russian intel operative, Sergey Belyakov and Peter Thiel,

Masked thugs on the streets. Measles outbreaks across the nation. Blatant government corruption. Coverup of group of elite sex offenders. Ruling party trying to rig elections. Leader building grandiose monuments to himself. Collapse of remnants of nonpartisan civil service. Third world America.

NEW: Our investigation for @thenerve_news reveals not only that Peter Thiel’s Palantir is completely enmeshed in our critical national infrastructure. It’s also the ‘cloud support’ for our nuclear weapons system 🤯 1/ www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-t...

Read @gideonrachman.bsky.social

This is an interesting read. Know your enemies.

Donald Trump’s threats over Greenland are the latest test

“Adding our voices to millions of others across the US, leaders of the Reform, Conservative, and Reconstructionist Movements of Judaism condemn, in the strongest terms, the violence with which the Department of Homeland Security is enforcing American immigration law.” www.ccarnet.org/jewish-cross...

Thinking unthinkable with @gideonrachman.bsky.social (interesting and inspiring as usual). Europe should learn its lessons quickly and adapt them to reality, maybe EU army is not such weird idea. But speed and decisiveness are not typical features of European political reality of last years.

Agree with @gideonrachman.bsky.social excellent column. European appeasement hasn't worked. It's time to try a different approach.

Blueskis, studies have shown that when folks see or hear about a book more than five times, they are likely to check it out, and buy it. So in the spirit of creating buzz, here is the gorgeous cover of THE WESTERNERS, which will be published on March 31!

America is courting the old crises @bhgreeley.bsky.social here on the Trump administration’s attack on the Fed and other financial regulators www.ft.com/content/ace5...

“A billionaire congressional candidate can’t just send a check to Quinnipiac University and suddenly find himself as the polling front-runner, but he can place enormous Polymarket bets on himself that move the odds in his favor.” @saahildesai.bsky.social for @theatlantic.com

Trump has just declared himself the "acting president of Venezuela" over on Truth Social in case you're wondering about his mental health.

Is it time for a digital detox? It’s less effort than joining a gym; cheaper too, writes Robert Shrimsley: ft.trib.al/Yj80Fm1

Beware of overconfidence ft.trib.al/Hu8qWgk | opinion

This is a good read. Cory Doctorow on how Trump Tariffs are actually an opportunity for the rest of the world to break the grip of US tech companies.

If you think he's going to play nicely in markets/finance then I love that for you. Adorable. My thing this weekend: What is to stop Trump upending the rules in global finance too? - as.ft.com/r/53e52459-8...

All of this going down during the 250th anniversary year of America is a degree of cringey writing that would be roundly mocked were it a novel published in an alternative timeline.

In 1776 the colonies staged the original Brexit—only with muskets. From that act of defiance came a great liberal experiment. We’re looking back at 250 years of America, the British way

What can one do except weep for a country whose leaders would vilify a woman killed in front of her wife and dog like this, by a masked man whose reaction to ending someone’s life is to call her a fucking bitch?

“If there was ever a tipping point in the dark age of fascism that engulfs America, it should be the cold-blooded murder of a young woman driving home from dropping her kid off at school.” (Repost with correct image)

China hacked email systems of US congressional committee staff ft.trib.al/l6TMjDs

Believe it when I see it.

Shortly after being sworn in as acting president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez met with the ambassadors of China, Iran, and Russia. Priorities first.