Erik E. Mueller

Live updates: About 140 US troops wounded in Iran war, 8 severely, Pentagon says The Pentagon said Tuesday that about 140 U.S. service members have been wounded since the start of the war. It said the “vast majority” of the injuries were minor, with 108 service members having alre...

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After detainments and deportations, the lives left behind in Minnesota From abandoned possessions to unpaid rent, many Minnesotans had to lean on family, friends and community organizations for help with their unfinished business.

Given the scale and speed of detentions and deportations during the past few months, it’s often a scramble to figure out where someone is being held, much less how to contact their landlord or renew their vehicle tabs.

BREAKING Iran will continue missile attacks for as long as necessary says foreign minister, adding negotiations with US 'no longer on the agenda'

5 Things to Know About LomaBonita Market, Richfield’s Massive, Multifaceted New Mexican Food Wonderland - Racket That old wisdom about how you shouldn't grocery shop hungry? Ignore it!

That old wisdom about how you shouldn't grocery shop hungry? Ignore it! racketmn.com/5-things-to-...

LomaBonita absolutely rules. My wife and I were accidentally there for the grand opening of the Richfield location (we were picking up our Thanksgiving turkey from the Popeye’s next door). Tacos are incredible and the grocery is great. I have slept on the deli and need to head back.

Very excited to see this paper out in the world! Across 3 rounds of interviews with white Minnesotans, I show that white id varies and responds dynamically to shifts in context. Many whites have low id but vary in how they interpret whiteness—as providing them dis/advantages. 1/7

Video Shows US Tomahawk Missile Strike Next to Girls’ School in Iran - bellingcat New video footage shows a US Tomahawk missile hitting an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) facility in Minab, Iran, on Feb 28, showing for the first time that the US struck the area. The footag...

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The WSJ calls it “the most severe energy crisis since the 1970s.” ⛽️

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U.S. stock futures sink after oil surges above $100 a barrel as Iran conflict rages U.S. stock-market futures fell on Sunday as crude futures surged above $100 a barrel for the first time since 2022 amid growing fears about the economic effects of the conflict with Iran.

U.S. stock futures sink after oil surges above $100 a barrel as Iran conflict rages

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Six Arrested After Explosive Devices Tossed Near Mamdani’s Home A device ignited and thrown during unrest outside the residence of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Saturday was an improvised explosive device that could have caused “serious injury or death,” N...

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JUST IN: Iran indicated it had chosen Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's son Mojtaba as his successor reut.rs/4cB2AIQ

March 8, 2026 - Tehran at sunrise today. But the sun is hidden behind a sky filled with smoke. After a night of intensive strikes on oil facilities, thick black clouds now hang over the city, turning morning into something that feels like night.

Iran Sustains Strikes on Arab States, Oil Supply Shock Deepens Iran picked a new supreme leader and kept up attacks on the ninth day of the war in the Middle East, hitting a water plant in Bahrain, while Israel struck fuel depots in Tehran and threatened the Isla...

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'Night turned into day': Iranians tell of strikes on oil depots Fuel depots were hit in Tehran and Karaj overnight, with videos showing huge fires and plumes of smoke in multiple locations.

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US Considers Idea of Special Operation to Seize Iran’s Uranium The strikes on atomic facilities last June complicated the task of tracking the Islamic Republic’s stockpile.

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Oil built the Persian Gulf. Desalinated water keeps it alive. War could threaten both As the Iran war widens, experts say the Middle East’s real strategic weak point may be water – not oil.

The desalination plant attack in Israel mentioned at the top of the thread appears to have been a misidentified video of a flood from in December. That means the US appears to have struck a desalination plant in Iran first.

This sobering AP article explains why that’s insanely dangerous.

Iran Is Hitting the Radars That Underpin U.S. Missile Defenses Tehran is carrying out many of the strikes with one-way attack drones.

Iranian strikes have hit radar, communications and air defense systems in Qatar, the U.A.E., Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, according to U.S. officials, military analysts and commercially available satellite images

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Live updates: Iran accused of attacks in the UAE and Bahrain, while Tehran blanketed by smoke from Israeli strikes Earlier, Israel also struck southern Lebanon, Beirut and oil storage facilities in Tehran as the war in the Middle East keeps escalating.

Iranian drone attack has caused ‘material damage’ to desalination plant, Bahrain says

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having a lovely date night with my wife (watching shrek 2)

Two in custody after 'suspicious devices' found outside Gracie Mansion amid anti-Islam protest The anti-Islam protest was led by right-wing influencer Jake Lang. It's not clear whether New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was in Gracie Mansion at the time.

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Kuwait Cuts Oil and Refining Output as Hormuz Transits Slow The United Arab Emirates and Kuwait started reducing oil production, as the near-closure of the crucial Strait of Hormuz ripples through energy markets and affects global supply.

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men in the sun is a good one

Bodycam video contradicts ICE claims in fatal shooting of U.S. citizen Ruben Ray Martinez in Texas Video of last year's fatal shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez obtained by CBS News appears to contradict claims that Martinez was shot by an ICE agent because he "accelerated" and "intentionally ran over"...

DHS claimed "an ICE agent had fired 'defensive shots' into Martinez's vehicle after Martinez 'intentionally ran over' another agent."

But body cam video now "shows that Martinez's vehicle, a blue Ford Fusion, was stationary or going at a very low rate of speed when he was fatally shot."

Trump gets angry at Fox News' Peter Doocy for asking about Russia helping Iran to kill Americans during his roundtable on college sports.

Trump: "What a stupid question that is to be asking at this time. We're talking about something else."

Priorities for the US Commander in Chief.

Exclusive: Israel backing Iranian Kurdish plans to seize Iran border areas, sources say Israel has been bombing parts of western Iran to support Iranian Kurdish militias who hope to exploit the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran to seize towns near the frontier, ​according to three sources familia...

Exclusive: Israel backing Iranian Kurdish plans to seize Iran border areas, sources say, with Israel planning its own operation separate from the US www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-backing-iranian-kurdish-plans-seize-iran-border-areas-sources-say-2026-03-06/

Meanwhile, Spain's massive investment in renewables is paying dividends now: with prices for Spanish industry and consumers low and stable compared with other European economies.

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Brent Oil Hits $90 as Middle East War Paralyzes Hormuz Traffic Brent crude futures hit $90 a barrel for the first time in almost two years as the war in the Middle East unleashed a wave of disruption across energy markets, with shipping through the Strait of Horm...

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Saudi Arabia Has Intensified Direct Line to Iran to Defuse War Saudi Arabia has stepped up direct engagement with Iran to try and contain a war in the Middle East that is causing havoc and stressing global markets, according to several European officials.

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US oil prices notch biggest weekly surge since at least 1985 as Iran war disrupts Strait of Hormuz US oil prices notched their biggest weekly gain since at least 1985 on Friday as the conflict headed toward the one-week mark and the critical Strait of Hormuz remained essentially closed off to thru-...

US oil prices notch biggest weekly surge since at least 1985 as Iran war disrupts Strait of Hormuz

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