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A woman stands on a dirt mound, her back to the camera, looking toward a horizon filled with dense, dark smoke. A label in the top left reads "Tehran." Photo by Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times.

The view of Tehran’s skyline overnight on Sunday was apocalyptic: Billowing smoke and towering oil fires turned the horizon orange as Israeli strikes ignited fuel depots outside the Iranian capital. By morning, dark, oily smoke hung over the city. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/w...

Trump is determined to pursue the war against Iran until Tehran cedes control of Greenland.

Trump does not seek regime change in Iran… except incidentally By leaving it to the people of Iran to take over their government, Trump is in fact sidestepping regime change

My assessment of the U.S. attack on Iran:

In leaving the Iranian people to take over their government, Trump is in fact sidestepping regime change - contrary to immediate perceptions

Trump does not seek regime change in Iran… except incidentally
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This is absolute gold

This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see.

His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.

Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.

Fyi @bryanagraham.bsky.social

What's worse, I ran passages from the article through ChatGPT and Gemini. They said "it cannot have been AI-generated as it's published by the @theguardian.com"! This outrageous! Any professor would notice that this is *FULLY* AI-generated in 30 seconds. Students fail courses for much less than that

Hey @theguardian.com. Are you denying that the following article is AI-generated? www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...

Sweden work trip. Notes. Drafts. More drafts. Grant logic. New drafts. Late nights. Stiff back. A steady drip of coffee. Final one submitted today at 14:00. Three applications in three weeks! Next?

White evangelicals remain among Trump’s strongest supporters, but they're less supportive than a year ago There has been an 8-percentage point drop since early 2025 in the share of White evangelicals who support all or most of Trump’s plans and policies.

NEW: White evangelical support for Trump
69% approve his job performance
58% support all of most of his policies
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/02/09/white-evangelicals-remain-among-trumps-strongest-supporters-but-theyre-less-supportive-than-a-year-ago/

Telegram founder slams Spain PM over under-16s social media ban Telegram founder Pavel Durov on Wednesday joined fellow tech tycoon Elon Musk in slamming Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez over his "dangerous" plan to ban social media for under-16s.

Tech tensions continue rising: the Spanish government has accused Pavel Durov of using his "unrestricted control" of Telegram to send a message full of "lies and illegitimate attacks" to all Spanish users of the app.

"It's the first time in the history of the country," Spanish sources say.

Want to be sure those who don’t speak Spanish know how the tech broligarchs are behaving. In addition to Elon’s petulant outbursts against Spain’s Pedro Sánchez, Telegram’s Pavel Durov has sent a message to all users with a Spanish number saying Sánchez threatens their internet liberties.

Great thread - and summary of Bluesky..

Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...

BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

Konstantin Kisin straight up lying on #bbcqt

Douglas Alexander: “When Fraser Nelson put it to you that Rishi Sunak is absolutely english… you said “he’s a brown Hindu, how is he english?”

Kisin: “No, that’s not what I said...”

The Ingenious Gentleman Matthew Goodwin of Hertfortshire Somewhere in Hertfordshire, in a place called St Albans, a gentleman lived not long ago, one with high ambitions, and a burning desire to break free from the chains of class and small-town upbringing ...

And the second from my free Substack, Partisan, 2023. Most of us knew what he was; we just didn't know how far he would go - and how fast! 2/

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White is the new black: populism and the academic alt-right “It is our duty to expose this moral agenda for what it is, not by 'deplatforming' them – only adding victimisation to their already lavish arsenal – but through reasoned argument.”

A good time to remember the two pieces I wrote on Matt and his co-warriors, Eric Kaufmann and David Goodhart. This was is from 2019. Matt threatened to sue @opendemocracy.net for publishing it! /1

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Matt Goodwin and the end of England How one man's career explains our public life.

Matt Goodwin and the end of England: How one man's career explains our public life iandunt.substack.com/p/matt-goodw...

And Tommy Robinson endorsed Matt! Quite an achievement in less than ten years. Matthew Goodwin will definitely be remembered in the annales of the 2020s - just not like the way he would have wanted to.

Rosalía irrumpe por sorpresa en el concierto benéfico 'Act X Palestine' de Barcelona Rosalía irrumpe por sorpresa en el concierto benéfico 'Act X Palestine' de Barcelona

#Rosalía por Palestina!

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Matt Goodwin's lies about his background have hopelessly confused Google AI 😉

Spain Offers Undocumented Migrants a Legal Way to Stay The measure, unexpectedly approved, comes as other countries are cracking down on immigration.

Breaking News: Spain issued a decree allowing hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants to apply for legal residency. The measure is bucking a trend, as many Western governments have cracked down on illegal immigration.

It actually shows that Trump is not the problem - though, of course, he makes things worse. White Christian nationalism has more supporters than often assumed.

This made my day!

A thread of MAGA protesting with guns and not getting murdered for it...

Arizona, November 2020

Sooner or later the media is going to have to accept they are actively trying to tear the country apart, to start a war.

Danske soldater er landet i Grønland - opgaven er at beskytte og bevogte Soldaterne er med stor sandsynlighed fra kasernen i Haderslev. Flere af dem har været i Grønland før og kender dermed terrænet.

A substantial contingent of combat soldiers arrived in Nuuk and Kangerlussuaq today. They were accompanied by Army Chief of Staff Peter Boysen—a highly unconventional move to signal that Greenland’s sovereignty is non-negotiable.

#Greenland #Denmark #ArcticSecurity #NATO

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Bleak Times in Copenhagen: Danes Feel Betrayed and Bewildered by Trump

"[Had I] pitched a story line to Netflix that an American president was vowing to get Greenland from Denmark “one way or another” — the exact words of Mr. Trump — “I would have been laughed out of the pitching room.” Adam Price, the creator of “Borgen”.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/w...

Get your filthy hands off #Greenland!

A “Stop Trump” protest is also underway in Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, led by the prime minister and other political leadership.

"Listen to us. Our country is not for sale. We do not want to be Americans... We are Kalaallit."

"Not to take over. Not to acquire. Not by pressure. Not now. Not ever."