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Iran war is the largest oil supply disruption in history, report finds

“By projecting calm, modeling solidarity and preparing for the unexpected, peacekeepers help movements withstand pressure without fracturing.” This makes it harder for authoritarians to divide us — and easier for others to join us.

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Should Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Run for President in 2028? David Faris argues that the New York representative is the new national leader the Democrats need, but Daraka Larimore-Hall claims she can get more done in Congress.

At some point the Democrats must give their presidential nomination to someone who both believes in it and can sell it to the broader electorate. Is AOC the answer? David Faris and Daraka Larimore-Hall debate.
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In this week's 1 on 1, @staceyabrams.com joins Harry to confront Trump’s escalating attacks on voting rights—and lays out ten concrete ways Americans can push back before the midterms. bit.ly/AbramsTF

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March 10, 2026 Today, administration officials gave a classified briefing to the Senate Armed Services Committee about the war in Iran.

"Democrats are calling out that Trump is spending $1 billion a day in his attacks on Iran but that he slashed through government programs that help Americans, claiming the need to address the country’s ballooning national debt. "

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Bill aims to recognize inherent right of wild rice, Minnesota’s state grain in decline State agencies say such a law would create a legal vulnerability, but advocates say wild rice is vulnerable and needs protections.

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March 14, 12 & 2:30 showings
Sing-along: Singing Revolution
Harbor Theater - Two Harbors

Trump is adding anti-trans provisions to SAVE America Act Trump appears to be using culture-war issues, which are popular among Republican voters, to increase the pressure on Republican lawmakers to back the bill.

The White House confirmed that Trump is pressing Congress to add new provisions targeting transgender people to the SAVE America Act — a sweeping anti-voting bill that could disenfranchise millions.

If the Senate were to comply, the measure would have to return to the House for another vote.

Minnesota township elections are March 10. Here's what you need to know to vote Township elections are being held across Minnesota on March 10. They are uniquely hyper-local with voters serving two purposes: electing their township board and deciding the future of their township ...

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Unique Opportunity to Request that the Minnesota DNR List and Protect More Aitkin County Public Waters Streams and Wetlands!

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Bombing of Iran’s oil infrastructure to have major environmental fallout, experts warn Monitors admit they are struggling to keep track of the environmental disasters arising from widening war

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The Scale of Billionaires’ Campaign Donations is Overwhelming U.S. Politics

Across the country, billionaire spending is at an all-time high. At least 64 billionaires contributed directly to Republican Tim Sheehy’s campaign alone. Now, he’s doing their bidding by working to lower taxes for the ultra-wealthy.

Amnesty International chief calls for intensified resistance to attacks on gender justice Amnesty International's Secretary General Agnès Callamard on Monday urged UN member states to step up collective resistance against global attacks on gender justice and women's rights during the 70th....

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Rebecca Solnit Says the Left’s Next Hero Is Already Here

"[George Lakey says] polarization is good. That’s when you have clarity. Sometimes people have to pick sides. You do not get authoritarians to behave better by being meek and gentle and polite. You get it by being strong."
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‘Dark, like our future’: Iranians describe scenes of catastrophe after Tehran’s oil depots bombed Residents report terror of smoke-filled city, from potentially toxic rain, air and water to food scarcity and difficulty of escape

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Zenith City Indivisible Zenith City Indivisible - We are a community of citizens in Duluth, MN committed to raising our voices to protect democracy.

Peacekeepers needed at Duluth No Kings March 28.
Learn more at:
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Iran War Cost Tracker — $1 Billion Per Day The Pentagon estimates the war in Iran costs $1 billion per day. Track the running total in real time.

another site: iran-cost-ticker.com

US Military Cost: Iran Conflict 2024 Estimated US military spending on the Iran conflict since April 2024. Operations, weapons, air defense, and military aid.

iranwarcost.com

People are dying so Trump can give away billions of taxpayer money to weapons manufacturers and their billionaire CEOs.

In every Republican presidency of my lifetime there's been a recession and a new war in the Middle East.

nyt website currently resembles one of those mock covers people made before 2016 election: economy floundering, war in the middle east, scandal-plagued cabinet sec, brazen corruption....

The skyline of Tehran has a small shaft of light to the west. But the rest is darkness, shrouded in black cloud from burning oil depots and refineries

Daybreak brings only more night in Tehran. A city blackened by burning oil.

Hospitals, schools, aid centres, freshwater desalination plants and now fuel storage depots.

These are all the sites you would target if your wish was to perpetuate a genocide.

(📸 Al Jazeera)

BREAKING: The US has bombed Tehran’s main refinery and burning oil is now flooding down the streets into the city’s sewers.

This is a vision from hell, unleashed by the US tonight.

(🎥 Vahid Online)

U.S. Judge says Kari Lake broke law in overseeing Voice of America He declared all of Lake's actions over the past year to be null and void, including the layoffs of more than 1,000 journalists and staffers.

He declared all of Lake's actions over the past year to be null and void, including the layoffs of more than 1,000 journalists and staffers. n.pr/4sy0uhE

Iran’s people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes.

The Cloud Is a Battlefield, and You're Enlisted On March 1, 2026, Iranian drones hit three Amazon data centers in the UAE and Bahrain.

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Welcome to the Rise & Repair Alliance A diverse, non-partisan alliance advancing climate justice and Indigenous rights in Minnesota.

So many great ways to get involved!
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The Merger That Needed A War I need your focus for a few minutes on something that slipped through the noise today, and may not get another window soon.

the U.S. government authorized Oracle to run generative AI on federal government data. ..cleared at the highest civilian and Department of Defense security levels."

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Trump’s war is already costing up to $2 billion PER DAY – $83.3 million every single hour. And now Trump is gearing up to demand $50 BILLION more of OUR tax dollars from Congress to fuel his illegal, appalling war.