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Spain downgrades its diplomatic ties with Israel Madrid retires its ambassador to Tel Aviv and leaves its representation under the control of the chargé d’affaires.

Spain has been a leading critic of Israeli PM Benjamin #Netanyahu military operations in #Gaza & this month, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez blasted Israel for joining the U.S. in its “illegitimate” attack on Iran.
www.politico.eu/article/spai...

The U.S. Built a Blueprint to Avoid Civilian War Casualties. Trump Officials Scrapped It. The Pentagon dismantled its civilian protection mission as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made “lethality” a top priority and the Trump administration reorganized national security around two principl...

The civilian protection mission was dissolved as Def Sec Hegseth made “lethality” a top priority & the world has witnessed a tragedy in Minab that, if U.S. responsibility is confirmed, would be the most civilians killed by the military in a single attack in decade
www.propublica.org/article/trum...

🚨 Pentagon officials told Congress that the war with Iran has cost the U.S. more than $11 billion in its first week

Image showing the dictionary definition of “double standard.” The entry defines it as a set of principles applied differently, usually more strictly to one group or situation than to another.

The Achilles’ heel of our democracies

Persians carry thousands of years of history and pride. Their empires existed when America had not even been discovered yet.

You’re dealing with one of the oldest civilizations on earth.

You won't corrupt them with fake promises and a few cheeseburgers.

The FBI told police #Iran wanted to launch drones at the West Coast in retaliation for the ongoing war in the region.
ktla.com/news/califor...

ICE detainee in Arizona dies after not receiving medical attention for severe tooth pain Emmanuel Damas, a Haitian asylum seeker, was being held at the Florence correctional center before he died

A Haitian asylum seeker detained by ICE died after being refused timely medical attention for a severe toothache.

At least 40 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office — a two-decade high.

The monstrous cruelty of Trump's police state knows no bounds.

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Cartoon by MIke Luckovich | Counterpoint

One wealthy litigant “with hundreds of thousands of dollars” who is in jail put out word he wanted to hire a hit man.

Not only this — but donors who give $1M+ to a Trump-backed group organizing events for the nation's 250th anniversary will gain special access to, and can seek favors from, Trump himself.

Everything is for sale. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/u...

The U.S. borrowed $50 billion a week for the past five months, finds the CBO: 'Our fiscal problems will not solve themselves' | Fortune "We need policymakers to come together, agree to reduce deficits ... and put our national debt on a downward sustainable path as a share of the economy."

This cannot be sustainable,” MacGuineas said. “Our fiscal problems will not solve themselves. We need policymakers to come together, agree to reduce deficits.
fortune.com/2026/03/10/t...

It's difficult to end a war if you don't know why you started it in the first place.

ICE taking a watchdog community member Simi Valley, CA

Israeli forces kill Palestinian journalist Amal Shamali in Gaza attack Shamali, who worked for Qatar Radio, killed in an Israeli air strike on central Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp.

Israeli attacks have killed about 13 journalists every month over more than two years of war.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...

Event company that helped organize the infamously violent January 6th rally in 2021 has been given tens of millions in government contracts. #YourTaxDollars
#GOP

More shit for this admin to hide and say nothing here!

Chris Murphy: "I Just came from a two hour, closed door classified briefing on the war. It just confirmed to me it's totally incoherent. We are not gonna be able to achieve any of our stated objectives ... this is a disaster of epic proportions, a 10 day debacle"

UPDATE: The Rep. Jody Barrett & Sen. Mark Pody abortion death penalty bill FAILED in the house

Antichrist.

@freedomfighter.bsky.social 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱💙
@ChurchillFella at X

Victims of #Russian murderers. #Putin started this genocidal war to kill as many #Ukrainian people as possible.
Pray for Ukraine.
#ArmUkraine.
Close the sky over #Ukraine.

Exclusive: As many as 150 US troops wounded so far in Iran war, sources say As many as 150 U.S. troops have been wounded in the 10-day-old ​war with Iran, two people familiar with the matter told ‌Reuters on Tuesday.

The casualty figure has not been previously reported. Prior to Reuters' publication of the figure, the #Pentagon had only disclosed eight U.S. personnel seriously injured.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Alaskan king crab and a $98k piano —  Pentagon busted for $93 billion spending 'binge' A GOP senator fired a shot across the bow of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon for going ‘through tens of billions of dollars on impulse purchases” at the end of the fiscal year with multip...

Extravagant purchases on our dime by this admin. Anyone surprised?
www.rawstory.com/hegseth-pent...

When you need to take a break from all the troubles, here is a beautiful film. Narrated by one of my fav voices in storytelling #WillPatton. #filmsky.

Wow, what a perfect summary; I couldn't have said it any better….

We all know Trump is a coward, but the one thing that I think spooks him the most isn't his bad polling numbers, it's when the markets begin to crash and his billionaire donors start yelling at him.

He can't scream "fake news" at that.

As long as you don’t need gas, groceries, affordable healthcare, retirement savings or constitutional rights, things aren’t so bad.