Frank Bajak

You mean $200 million.

It’s no secret that investigative journalism is on life support. The economics of the profession, always shaky, have become increasingly untenable. If you enjoyed this, or any of my other work, and are looking for a full-time editor or writer, get in touch!

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Glad to see my former colleague @jimlaporta.bsky.social on the byline.

Dozens of U.S. service members in Kuwait suffered serious injuries, including burns, brain trauma and shrapnel wounds, sources say About 30 U.S. service members remained hospitalized Tuesday after an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait.

That deadly attack on US service members also left "dozens w/ injuries including brain trauma, shrapnel wounds and burns. At least one may require the amputation of a limb."

More than 30 are hospitalized.

And credit where due: This is a strong story from CBS News.

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Iranian hackers attack US medical device maker Stryker with a wiper, causing major disruption. Retaliation, they say, for the Feb. 28 Tomahawk missile strike on a girls school that Iran says killed more than 175, mostly children.

One sadly salient measure of the decline of the U.S. as a serious country is the public’s elevation of the former “Fear Factor” host, who fell for Trump’s con, to most-popular-podcaster opinion-molder status.

Iranian oil flows freely through Hormuz, much of it to China and India. bsky.app/profile/eric...

Takeaways: Trump had ZERO war plan. His braintrust had no clue how easily Iran could choke regional oil exports in the Strait of Hormuz.

Seems Apparent: Bibi Netanyahu and the out-of-control Israeli right played Trump to destabilize the Mideast.

NEWS: Democrat Shawn Harris has forced a runoff in the special election for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s deep-red Georgia seat (Trump +37).

With ~70% in, Harris leads with 38.3% to Trump-endorsed Republican Clay Fuller’s 34.5%.

Runoff set for April 7. A major warning sign for MAGA.

This way, Trump becomes the “surrender monkey.”

Nah, they mixed that one up with a call girl service.

Unlike Past U.S. Conflicts, Iran Attack Is Opposed by Most Americans

How do you define “the press” when so many get their news from unreliable online sources?
But yeah, the U.S. public probably isn’t getting hammered with the Ipsos poll finding of just 29% approval. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/u.... apnews.com/article/poll.... www.ipsos.com/en-us/most-a...

Some people living in Port-au-Prince told Human Rights Watch that drones are a constant source of terror, leaving some afraid to leave their homes. “I live with this fear, this anxiety, all the time,” said a shopkeeper living in Martissant.

Blackwater founder to deploy nearly 200 personnel to Haiti as gang violence soars The security firm of former U.S. Navy Seal Erik Prince will soon deploy nearly 200 personnel from various countries to Haiti, where gang violence is escalating.

Story on the Erik Prince (remember Blackwater?) contract. apnews.com/article/hait...

The U.S. govt gave Erik Prince’s mercenaries a license to kill with drones in Haiti and this is the result.

Look at these charts. TransUnion and Experian, two of the three major credit bureaus, have started dismissing a larger share of consumer complaints without help. The timing coincides with the Trump administration’s dismantling of the CFPB. www.propublica.org/article/cred... @joeljacobs.bsky.social

APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A top Iranian security official tells Trump: 'Be careful not to get eliminated yourself.'

30 countries use mail voting

Only if we can key one on Brendan Carr wherever he goes so he gets no rest and must be hospitalized in a psych ward.

Will a BYD drive me to China?

NPR ‘s hourly newscast at 7 pm broadcadt Trump’s outlandish claim that Iran might hace Tomahawk missiles without any context, i.e. explaining that it was a boldfaced lie.

"Iran has some Tomahawks" is a shit lie, even by Trump's standards.

APNewsAlert: BANGKOK (AP) — Oil prices soar to $114 a barrel, up more than 20% from Friday, as war with #Iran intensifies.

Marco Rubio hanging out with Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio at the "Shield of the Americas" event

Marco Rubio hanging out with Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio at the "Shield of the Americas" event, in case you were still thinking it had some sort of legitimate purpose

Live updates: Iran says oil storage facility in Tehran is hit in latest airstrikes Another major explosion rocked Tehran late Saturday as pillars of flame rose above an oil storage facility in Tehran, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised “many surprises” for the next phase of the week-old conflict.

BREAKING: An Iranian drone attack caused “material damage” to a desalination plant, Bahrain said. It is the first time an Arab country has reported Iran striking a desalination plant. Follow live updates.

It’s already happening. Iran attacked a desalination plant in Bahrain.

This war has to end immediately. If it turns into a water war we will be dealing with a whole different level of a humanitarian catastrophe across the region.

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Middle East war live: Israel expands attacks to Iranian oil storage facilities [FREE TO READ] Iran targets infrastructure in Bahrain and Kuwait as Middle East conflict enters ninth day

Our live blog on this shit show is up and running again. Just a mounting nightmare - as.ft.com/r/bbc5b47c-1...

Iran is also denouncing a U.S. attack on a desalination plant it says supplies 30 villages with drinking water bsky.app/profile/pete...

Watch: Huge flames in Tehran after Israeli strikes on oil refineries Social media footage shows flames leaping into the air and plumes of smoke above the city's skyline.

BBC images of the attacks on Tehran oil facilities. www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

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