Fertilizer Stocks Jump With Shipments Stuck at the Strait of Hormuz A surge in the price of fertilizer is sending shares of U.S. producers soaring, while forcing farmers into tough choices ahead of spring planting.

🎁WSJ: "The Middle East fighting has choked off big chunks of the world’s supply of ammonia, urea, sulfur and phosphates. It has also blocked roughly 20% of the supply of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, upon which fertilizer makers in Europe and elsewhere rely."

fertilizers price up=food price up

Side note: Media outlets that refused to cave to Pentagon press rules have been coming up with scoop after scoop from military sources. So much for Hegseth’s attempt to strangle journalism

Love this for Nancy Mace.

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US struggles to evacuate American personnel from facilities under fire in Iraq: Officials Some U.S. staff were flown out by the British air force, officials said.

wait, we had to ask *THE BRITISH* to evac US personnel? holy christ these people are incompetent abcnews.com/Internationa...

BREAKING:

This is Beirut right now.

Israel is MASSIVELY bombing Lebanon’s capital in the middle of the night — deliberately wiping out apartment block after apartment block.

Civilian homes. Residential buildings.

No justification. Just pure terror.🤬🤬🤬🤬

Via The Other 98%

A cartoon by Ron Cobb (1975), showing a shadow of US B-52 bomber above cratered landscape. Two people who look like Vietnamese peasants look up; one says “they’re having problems with their economy again.”

Spain permanently withdraws ambassador as rift with Israel deepens Spain permanently withdrew its ambassador to Israel on Tuesday as a ​diplomatic standoff worsened between the two countries ‌over Spain's opposition to the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran.

Spain just made a diplomatic snub to Israel permanent. Madrid formally ended its ambassador's posting to Israel, confirming that the role is being scrapped.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...

In the last 24 hours, Iran has:

- Struck three ships trying to cross the Strait of Hormuz, disabling a Thai cargo ship
- Blown up a large oil storage facility in Oman
- Struck two oil tankers at harbor in Iraq, setting both ablaze.
- Blown up oil storage tanks next to Bahrain’s main airport

We’ve never, ever had this before. A President completely untethered to truth. I mean completely untethered to truth. That’s such a bad thing. But you know what’s even worse? Way, way too many people don’t care. And way too much of the media no longer cares.

First 6 Days of Iran War Cost U.S. $11.3 Billion, Pentagon Says

The 2026 National Science Foundation budget is $8.75 Billion.

Sen. Murray: "I'm just sickened by this. To go into this war unprepared, to use outdated data, and to have this horrific thing happen where children were killed in a school sends a horrible message to those that are in a war with us and to our own constituents about what America's values are."

What Americans sacrifice due to high health costs Health cost concerns not only made people borrow money or stretch out prescriptions but delay major life events.

Tens of millions of Americans have delayed surgeries, vacation plans, career moves and other big life decisions because of the cost of health care, a new West Health-Gallup survey found.

March 11, 2026 In a brief call with Barak Ravid of Axios today, President Donald J.

March 11, 2026

Dead Bodies and a 300-year-old Death Bell: What will be found on Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch? New Mexico authorities are searching Epstein’s 7,400-acre ranch this week

www.miamiherald.com/news/article...

Bondi Is Said to Move to Military Housing Because of Threats

They are hiding while they terrorize communities, murder people in the Caribbean, use the DOJ for vendettas, and attack other countries. Less courage than Pretti and Good and the people caring for their neighbors in Minnesota. Despicable cowards.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/u...

Clyburn, 85, Might Join Record-Number of Lawmakers Calling It Quits Plus, Trump personally reverses DOJ move on law-firm sanctions, and Cornyn backs filibuster changes

If there are enough reps leaving Congress to fill 11 basketball teams, then why don't they get together as private citizens & speak loudly about restoring Congress to its Constitutional role? Bi-partisan safety in numbers. Courage, people. Do it! www.wsj.com/politics/cly...

The Pretender YouTube video by Jackson Browne - Topic

The Pretender
Jackson Brown

Caught between the longing for love
And the struggle for the legal tender
Where the sirens sing and the church bells ring
And the junk man pounds his fender
Where the veterans dream of the fight
Fast asleep at the traffic light

Ninja owls 🦉

#greenwitchtea #greenwitch #birds #owls #nature #peace

A stylized owl sculpted into a heating grate at Walter Library.

One of many owls carved into the stone wall of the Walter Library Reading Room.

An owl sculpted into a metal gate on the first floor of Walter Library.

The vast majority of the owls can be found in light fixtures of the library. There are 946 of these stylized owl logos.

Screw it. It is Spring Break here at the U and I've finally done something I have always wanted to do: count all the owls at Walter Library. For the first time since the library was renovated in 2002, here is a complete count of all the owls carved, chiseled, and sculpted into the library: 1,167!

Early Edition: March 11, 2026 A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the last 24 hours.

Today's news roundup:
-IEA proposes largest ever oil release from reserves
-US dismissed Ukraine deal for anti-Iran drone tech last year
-Kremlin backs covert campaign to keep Orbán in power
-Chevron, Shell closing in on oil production deals in Venezuela
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www.justsecurity.org/133624/early...

The Illegality of Israel’s Military Campaign in Lebanon Israel and the United States must end their ongoing war of aggression against Iran, and Israel must end its unnecessary military campaign in Lebanon.

Israel’s military campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon is illegal under the UN Charter, argues Adil Haque. Israel, Iran, and Hezbollah are all violating international law at the same time, in different ways - and all parties must stop:

#Iran #Hezbollah #Israel #Lebanon

The CAH Treaty Moves Forward with First Preparatory Committee PrepCom’s success will depend on leadership, diverse perspectives, and a shared commitment to justice in a divisive multilateral environment.

@leilasadat1.bsky.social and @akilarad.bsky.social report on the recent First Preparatory Committee on the Crimes Against Humanity Treaty.

They write that this marks the next step toward closing an 80-year gap in international criminal law:

www.justsecurity.org/133160/crime...

Collection: Just Security's Counterextremism Initiative Introducing Just Security's new series on counterextremism and counterterrorism.

Introducing Just Security’s Counterextremism Initiative: A collection of essays by a diverse group of experts and researchers assessing the evolving threats of violent extremism and terrorism.

www.justsecurity.org/119009/count...

Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions A public resource tracking the legal challenges to Trump administration executive orders and actions.

Today's Litigation Tracker updates:

-17 states sue Ed Dept, argues new data collection requirements for colleges is unlawful
-AAUP v. Rubio: Judge denies govt’s request to pause sanction remedy protecting noncitizen AAUP/MESA members from retaliatory deportation

NYT: “…some officials are growing pessimistic about the lack of a clear strategy to finish the war. But they have been careful not to express that directly to the president, who has repeatedly declared that the military operation is a complete success.“ GIFT

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/u...

The Republican Who Wants to Banish His Own Constituents Representative Andy Ogles wrote on Monday that “Muslims don’t belong in American society.” He represents thousands of them in Congress.

Ogles now has more Muslim people in his district than does any other member of Tennessee’s House delegation

A Police Report About a House Candidate Surprised the White House A woman’s allegations of rape against a Republican House candidate have put Trump in a bind.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Tell Your Senators: Protect our Democracy, Vote NO on the SAVE Act Contact Congress today!

Our democracy is at stake! 🚨 Tell your Senators: VOTE NO on the SAVE Act to stop Trump’s voter suppression. Protect every American’s right to vote.

Act now:

Borderline Personality Trump and the Uses of Press Myopia Every president wants favorable press coverage. Most feel a surprising level of...

Step back and the picture comes into focus:
"Borderline Personality Trump and the Uses of Press Myopia" talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/borde...