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Pentagon says about 140 troops wounded, 8 severely, in war with Iran The vast majority of the wounded had minor injuries, a Pentagon spokesman said. The toll is higher than previously disclosed.

140 US troops injured, 8 severely in war with Iran.

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Blumenthal after getting briefed on Iran: "We seem to be on a path toward deploying American troops on the ground in Iran to accomplish any of the potential objectives here. There's also the specter of active Russian aid to Iran putting in danger American lives ... China also may be assisting Iran"

KENNEDY: You said, 'Republicans think can troll their way to ethnic cleansing.' Did I read that correctly?

BIER: DHS tweeted for 100m deportations. That would be ethnic cleansing!

K: You don't think it's hyperbolic?

B: I think advocating 100m deportations is ethnic cleansing. Yes. Your time is up

Meta has deliberately cut civil rights and civil liberties out of its calculus. As an internal Meta memo reasoned, “Many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.” The company presumably sees a business opportunity in the ongoing assault on American democracy. That’s where Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, is wrong: We are paying attention, and we understand clearly that this technology is part of that very same assault on our rights. We are always ready to fight, and we will continue to defend everyone’s rights — from both the government and Big Tech.

It was recently leaked that Meta plans to quietly roll out smart glasses equipped with facial recognition while civil liberties groups like ours are busy dealing with the Trump administration.

They're wrong. We can walk and demand Meta halt production on these creepy glasses at the same time.

America Still Has a Mission in the World America’s greatest influence has never been domination. It has been demonstration.

After WWII we could have gone home and left the world to burn.

Instead America rebuilt Europe, defended trade routes, and helped inspire the fall of the Iron Curtain.

Because America has always had a mission.

One we're dangerously close to forgetting.
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A democracy cannot survive when billionaires are allowed to utterly deform its politics.

End Citizens United.

MAGA influencer Jake Lang getting caught for allegedly soliciting a minor is the least surprising thing of the day.

Trump has now conducted 42 boat strikes, killing nearly 160 people.

Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.

He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.

This is a danger to us all.

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FLM 136: America’s cheap Iran-designed Shahed drone clone The US is deploying its own inexpensive drone to counter Iran’s Shahed 136 unmanned aerial vehicle. Enter the Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System known as FLM 136 LUCAS.

The US is deploying its own inexpensive drone to counter Iran’s Shahed 136 unmanned aerial vehicle. Enter the Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System known as FLM 136 LUCAS.

Buzz of the Week: Who should be allowed to vote by mail? Utah's entire system is built around mail ballots — every registered voter automatically receives one. So if Trump’s version of the SAVE Act passes, that ends. We want to know what you think about that.

Utah's entire system is built around mail ballots — every registered voter automatically receives one. So if Trump’s version of the SAVE Act passes, that ends.
We want to know what you think about that.

​​Native Students Receive Excessive Discipline in This New Mexico School District, Report Finds The Navajo Nation report echoes a 2022 investigation by New Mexico In Depth and ProPublica that found Indigenous students were punished more harshly than other students in the state’s Gallup-McKinley ...

The Navajo Nation commission's report detailed harsh discipline, language barriers, discriminatory hiring practices and more.

“It’s our kids, our students, who are suffering the consequences of entrenched racism,” the commission chair said.

With @nmindepth.bsky.social

What are the challenges in securing shipping through the Strait of Hormuz? The Pentagon is looking at ways to escort ships safely through the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine said on Tuesday.

The Pentagon is looking at ways to escort ships safely through the Strait of Hormuz, US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine said reut.rs/46RnPm3

Exclusive: Hezbollah returns to guerrilla roots, awaits Israeli invasion Lebanon's Hezbollah is applying lessons from its last war with Israel as it braces ​for a possible full-scale Israeli invasion and protracted conflict, returning to its roots in guerrilla warfare in s...

Exclusive: Lebanon's Hezbollah is applying lessons from its last war with Israel as it braces for a possible full-scale Israeli invasion and protracted conflict, returning to its roots in guerrilla warfare in south Lebanon, four Lebanese sources said reut.rs/4cFzjNg

WHO warns of health risks from 'black rain' in Iran The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday that the "black rain" falling in Iran ​after strikes on oil facilities could cause respiratory ‌problems, and it backed Iran’s advisory urging people to...

The World Health Organization warned that the 'black rain' falling in Iran after strikes on oil facilities could cause respiratory ‌problems, and it backed Iran’s advisory urging people to remain indoors reut.rs/4s5G7bI

Almost 700,000 displaced, 84 children killed after Israeli strikes on Lebanon, UN agencies say The humanitarian crisis in Lebanon ‌has deepened amid the wider Middle East war, with 84 children killed and more than 667,000 people displaced, two U.N. agencies said on Tuesday, as lives are upended...

The humanitarian crisis in Lebanon ‌has deepened amid the wider Middle East war, with 84 children killed and more than 667,000 people displaced, two UN agencies said reut.rs/4beGFVp

Iran bets on endurance, energy disruption to outlast US, Israel Iran's strategy is stark: Unleash drones and missiles, cut vital energy routes and jolt global markets hard enough ​to force Washington to blink first.

Iran is wagering it can outlast the United States and Israel — not militarily, but by grinding the war into a brutal contest of endurance. Its strategy is stark: Unleash drones and missiles, cut energy routes and jolt global markets hard enough to force Washington to blink first reut.rs/4bh04oL

Iran says oil blockade will continue until attacks end, Trump threatens to hit harder Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said it would not allow any oil to leave the region if attacks from the United States and Israel continue.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they would not allow ‘one litre of oil’ to be shipped from the Middle East if US and Israeli attacks continue, prompting a warning from President Trump that the US would hit Iran much harder if it blocked exports from the vital energy-producing region reut.rs/4bwHKJw

Commentary: Proposed 'buffer zones' near houses of worship could criminalize journalism The laws would hand police another tool they could use to suppress the media in violation of the First Amendment.

The Trump administration used a federal law prohibiting protests around houses of worship to criminally charge journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort.

Now, New York State wants to create its own similar buffer law.

@freedom.press' Caitlin Vogus explains in @timesunion.com:

Just a reminder that Muslims have been on this continent since the first arrival of non-Indigenous people. They were among the first generation of Americans, and have been here ever since.

Germany's Merz sees no plan for bringing Iran war to swift end German Chancellor Friedrich Merz underlined growing concern in Europe at the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran on Tuesday ​saying a "dangerous escalation" was underway with "clearly no joint plan" for bringing ‌it to an end.

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Trump appoints Charlie Kirk's widow to Air Force Academy board President Donald Trump has appointed Erika Kirk, the widow of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, to be one of 16 people to sit on the Air Force Academy's Board of Visitors.As a board member, Erika Kirk will make recommendations to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about potential changes at the A...

President Donald Trump has appointed Erika Kirk, the widow of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, to be one of 16 people to sit on the Air Force Academy's Board of Visitors.

The Oscars in Solitary Confinement - Seth Stern, Jeremy Busby & Corinne Shanahan - Inquest ‘The Alabama Solution’ might win an Academy Award this weekend. Meanwhile, its incarcerated filmmakers are in lockdown because there’s no legal protections for imprisoned whistleblowers.

The Oscars in solitary confinement: "The Alabama Solution" might win an Academy Award this weekend.

Meanwhile, its incarcerated filmmakers are in lockdown because there’s no legal protections for imprisoned whistleblowers.

FPF’s Seth Stern, Corinne Shanahan and Jeremy Busby explain:

Trump may send US troops to neutralize Iran's highly enriched uranium. There are no good options Deploying US troops to seize or destroy Iran's highly enriched uranium would bring significant chemical, logistical, and tactical hurdles.

Deploying US troops to seize or destroy Iran's highly enriched uranium would bring significant chemical, logistical, and tactical hurdles, writes Bulletin nuclear editor François Diaz-Maurin @francoisdm.bsky.social.

Trump tells Fox News it's possible he would talk with Iran U.S. President Donald Trump ​told Fox News that it's possible ‌he would be willing to talk with Iran but that it depends on ​the terms, the cable news ​network said on Tuesday.

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Elizabeth Warren: "I am a hard no on a supplemental. This is not a war the American people want us to engage in. This is not a war that makes us safer ... No. No more money. The only thing Congress has the power to do is to stop actions like this through the power of the purse."

Early Iran strikes cost $5.6 billion in munitions, Pentagon estimates The figure, accounting for the war’s first two days, is likely to intensify concerns in Congress that U.S. forces are churning through a scarce supply of advanced weaponry.

The Pentagon calculated it was spending $1 billion a day on Trump and Netanyahu’s war. The truth? It was $3 billion…and that’s just for munitions.

Plus they’ve alarmed everyone by burning through scarce munitions in a matter of days.

JetBlue nationwide groundstop lifted As of around 11 p.m., the full ground stop was cancelled.

Ground stop lifted

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BREAKING via AP

The FAA has grounded all JetBlue flights due to a request from the airline.

The ground stop impacts flights to all destinations, according to the advisory.

It was not immediately clear why JetBlue requested the ground stop or how long it would last.

"You want some Cuba? Why you've barely finished your Iran and Venezuela."