War makes inflation worse. Inflation is eroding wages. Living standards are declining. Job cuts are increasing. Economic inequality is widening due to corporate and financial elites. Decades of suppressed worker resistance are now surfacing as open conflict. Major strikes are erupting.
Unemployment rate up a tick to 4.4%.
A recession is inevitable. Purely from an economic standpoint, the war is a disaster. And the inflation picture before Trump’s war was ominous.
Payrolls fell -92k in Feb. Jan growth was revised down by -4k to +126k. And Dec revisions subtracted -64k to -17k.
Where is the U.S. News Media reporting the Iran War hourly and daily to America and the World?
Media’s refusal to report stark reality to the public, who has a right to know is unacceptable.
We need the Media’s influential and possessing strengths like legitimacy and experience.
Tehran said the world should be ready for oil at $200 per barrel and warned that any tanker bound for the US, Israel and its partners was a legitimate target. The regime has also declared it has the right to strike financial institutions in the region, after an attack on an Iranian bank.
Tehran said the world should be ready for oil at $200 per barrel and warned that any tanker bound for the US, Israel and its partners was a legitimate target. The regime has also declared it has the right to strike financial institutions in the region, after an attack on an Iranian bank.
Democrats should make no mistake: Voters understand that funding the war means supporting the war. Democratic lawmakers who do so will incur the same wrath as Republicans who have enabled this unconstitutional and unnecessary war.
Daily votes to end the war Democrats must not vote for more funds. And it should be. It is logically and morally inconsistent (not to mention politically self-destructive) to simultaneously wage a fight against the war and then vote for funds to wage that war.
Khamenei says this is especially true in the case in Minab, where a US strike near a school killed 168 people, including around 110 children.
Iran says the school was hit by a US missile, but the US has denied responsibility while it investigates.
Khamenei: Iran will 'avenge' citizens killed in war.
Khamenei says Iran will not hesitate to "avenge the blood of Iranians" who have been killed.
In Iran, US-Israeli strikes on Tehran have targeted street checkpoints of the Basij.
The US and Israel want to create the conditions for Iranians to take to the streets, writes Lyse Doucet - but for people living there, the strikes are amplifying their fear as war intensifies around them.
Today Thursday…
More cargo ships have been attacked in the Gulf, apparently by Iran, as the oil price rises again to almost $100 a barrel.
Two tankers were hit near Iraq, while a container ship was struck near the UAE. Iranian state media says Iranian forces were behind at least one strike.
This was part of a record-breaking $93.4 billion "use-it-or-lose-it" spending spree during the final month of the fiscal year.
Beyond food, the Pentagon's year-end push included significant spending on high-end furniture, technology, and luxury items ($225.6 million.
In September 2025, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) under Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly spent $2 million on Alaskan king crab, $6.9 million on lobster tail, and $15.1 million on ribeye steak.
Very truthful and on target. Thanks for speaking out day after day with today’s realism. This wakes up all the conspiracy believers. We must strive for leadership that fosters young people thinking for themselves. The pushing of political loyalism is harming America.
"Democracy" is being used as a rhetorical tool to justify military escalation and shield leaders from accountability, rather than being a sincere or achievable objective.
The war actually undermines American democracy because the strikes were launched without congressional authorization, bypassing the constitutional separation of powers.
Trump admin. has created uncontrollable “waste and inefficiency”. We have bureaucratic zigzagging. We must have our Government be well-funded, efficient, and responsive.
Trump and multi-political leaders advocate for aggressive military policy or intervention rather than peaceful negotiation.
🚨 Fox caught FAKING footage to cover Trump’s hat disrespect at soldiers’ return! AOC slams propaganda, Anthropic sues Pentagon, Van Hollen roasts DHS lies, & my receipts trigger MAGA meltdown.
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On Iran, the war is grossly illegal. There is much to say and the UN Charter needs to be pointed out, which the U.S. Senate ratified in 1945. That means it has been and continues to be the “law of the land. Trump is required to follow it. In fact: It doesn’t end in parades. It ends in caskets.
America wants true and factual information with transparency without any limitations to timing.
This info has extreme factual validity. The Media, Republicans criminal and mafia relationships use information, true and false for political benefits 100% of the time and don’t care about timing or us.
It's just impossible to keep up with the stupidity of our government
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the company it was obligated to permit “all lawful uses” of Claude. Anthropic filed a lawsuit against more than a dozen federal agencies, including the DOD, the Departments of State and Treasury, and the General Services Administration.
Anthropic Sues the Administration
Trump tried to sideline law firms that might be willing to take on his administration with the executive orders we’ve been discussing these past few days, as litigation over them reaches the court of appeals. So far, he’s failed.
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for the taxpayer-funded campaign.
DHS invoked the “national emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign, which has secretly benefited a firm with ties to Kristi Noem.
Here, there is a clear law that we all need to be aware of and insist upon. Public opinion really does matter, or Trump wouldn’t be trying so hard to impact it. We can’t let that happen.
Can Federal Troops be Stationed at the Polls in 2026: Federal law prohibits sending the military to American polling places. But Trump, again, is trying to move the Overton Window, the framework for what is normal and acceptable.
Americans can vote—no matter who they want to vote for. That’s what’s essential about America: Who you vote for is a political choice, but your right to vote is fundamental. Any politician who wants to take it away from you doesn’t belong anywhere near elective office or political power.
