another excoriating column via Janan Ganesh in the FT
www.ft.com/content/d975...
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another excoriating column via Janan Ganesh in the FT
www.ft.com/content/d975...
Every reporter needs to do this. Challenge Trump with facts.
March 6: "The Government of Israel has requested to buy twelve thousand (12,000) BLU-110A/B general purpose, 1,000-pound bomb bodies." www.state.gov/israel-munit...
While developing our defence capabilities, with new funds & new procurement of new weapons, we need also overcome fragmentation.
That’s why we must also concentrate our efforts on creating a more integrated European Market in defence with strengthened security of supply.
‘This war was a choice, Iran wasn’t a new threat’ – US diplomat
www.channel4.com/news/this-wa...
South Africa calls in new US ambassador over 'undiplomatic remarks' reut.rs/3NjEW9s
Liz Truss. Never miss the opportunity to point this out as probably my finest UK politics bragging right.
In case you missed Paul Guyer's excellent talk in the Milan Seminar for the History of Modern Moral Philosophy (A Supposed Right to Lie: Kant and Hutcheson), it's now on our YouTube channel:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=95xR...
4/ Ok, so what ARE the goals? It seems, primarily, destroying lots of missiles and boats and drone factories.
But the question that stumped them: what happens when you stop bombing and they restart production?
They hinted at more bombing. Which is, of course, endless war.
I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.
I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.
1/ Here's what I can share:
This story suggests that Witkoff and Kushner bungled the negotiations with Iran because they don't understand nuclear technology
www.ms.now/news/trump-i...
Kremlin backs covert campaign to keep Orbán in power ft.trib.al/daSmFU9
Staggering numbers. “Mass displacement across Lebanon has forced nearly 700,000 people – including around 200,000 children – from their homes, adding to the tens of thousands already uprooted from previous escalations…Children are being killed and…thousands are now sleeping in…overcrowded shelters.”
Nesrine Malik is one of the best-informed and perceptive commentators on the current crisis that you’ll find anywhere. www.theguardian.com/world/video/...
So a vastly different speech to what we heard from von der Leyen yesterday.
After VDL says EU must decide if rules are a "help or hindrance" to the bloc, Costa says EU must ensure they survive.
Costa also with pointed critique of US & Israeli action in Iran (& US in general)
European Council President Antonio Costa now speaking to the same EU ambassadors addressed by VDL yesterday.
Starkly different message to VDL:
"We must defend the rules-based international order. We must uphold the principles enshrined in the UN Charter"
The Trump administration ordered more U.S. diplomats to leave the Middle East, issuing an “ordered departure” for nonessential American staff and their families at the U.S. Consulate in Turkey after sending a similar notice to staff in Saudi Arabia.
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NEW: We just published a deep dive into just how much billionaires are now dominating U.S. politics.
We found 300 billionaire families accounted for 19% of federal donations in 2024. The deluge was even larger in many state and local races.
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www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/u...
The Trump administration is currently trapped between the specter of a global economic recession and a naval catastrophe. And it’s all Trump’s fault.
Using classified information to make a profit is potentially a serious crime in the U.S. In practice, however, it’s relatively simple to skirt these laws and regulations by exploiting the anonymity of prediction platforms, particularly Polymarket. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/JfyEmH
Apple increased iPhone production in India by about 53% last year and now makes a quarter of its marquee devices there, reflecting the US company’s efforts to avoid tariffs on China.
For most of my journalism career, pardons were considered criminal justice or human interest stories.
Now, thanks to Trump's transactional approach, they're part of the lobbying & influence beat.
A look behind the scenes of the @nytimes.com's clemency coverage:
The Dutch intelligence services have issued an urgent warning: Russian intelligence services are now running dangerous phishing and intelligence gathering operations through Signal and WhatsApp. They have cracked both platforms. Customers should use extreme caution around both programs.
The day President Trump announced his assault on Iran, a company that tracks data on crypto transactions posted a message on X: “Six suspected insiders made $1.2M betting on a US strike on Iran.” newyorkermag.visitlink.me/NwNrpQ
One week after Donald Trump called the Spanish government “terrible” and threatened to cut trade with Madrid, Spain’s leaders remain furious with Friedrich Merz for sitting in silence in the Oval Office while the U.S. president delivered his tirade.
Trump’s comments today could be an indication of US intentions. Or they could be an exercise in manipulating the markets for the benefit of insiders. Or both.
And that is not where a US President should be.
My lecture Social Equality: Then and Now for @triphilosophy.bsky.social is now available online.
youtu.be/9xL1gyM4f3Q
"Our government is treating the suffering of the Iranian people as a backdrop for our own entertainment, as if it’s just another piece of content to be swiped through while we’re waiting in line at the grocery store"
Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago
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