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In case anyone was unsure about the chaos being spread by #AI
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#iran #uspol #cdnpoli #war #deepFake
Cascade of A.I. Fakes About War With Iran Causes Chaos Online
The technology has been used to create misleading fakes before. But never at this scale.Stuart A. Thompson (The New York Times)
"Just over a week after the U.S. and Israel launched their joint war on Iran, Israeli settlers have ramped up their violence against Palestinians in the #WestBank."
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With World’s Eyes on Iran, Israel Locks Down the West Bank
The Israeli military has closed checkpoints around the West Bank, restricting Palestinians’ movement as settler violence ramps up.Theia Chatelle (The Intercept)
Rights groups have slammed Pete Hegseth for saying that “no quarter” will be shown to Iran.
"No quarter" includes executing people who've surrendered.
The mere announcement from a govt official can be a war crime.
Such threats are illegal under the Hague Convention & US domestic laws & military manuals.
Hegseth has publicly claimed he would not abide by “stupid rules of engagement”
aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/14/a…
Hegseth is military trained & he's no fool:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Heg…
Analysts say US threat of ‘no quarter’ for Iran violates international law
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said there would be ‘no quarter, no mercy’ as US continues to pummel Iran.Brian Osgood (Al Jazeera)
In October, ice agents “smashed the car windows and detained all seven occupants” of a van that they thought suspicious because people in it were going to work together. Carpooling. Carpooling is foreign and unintelligible to the brilliant and diligent ice agent who testified as JB. The concept of carpooling is beyond JB’s comprehension. 🤦♂️
The intellect on JB could be studied (but might make anyone studying it dumber).
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ICE agents reveal daily arrest quotas and surveillance app in rare court testimony
Under oath, officers said they were told to make eight arrests a day and given special tech to help choose ‘targets’Sam Levin (The Guardian)
BREAKING:
Belgium’s MEP Marc Botenga:
“You claim to stand with the people of #Iran while you offer European bases to #US killing machines.
#eu #europe #uk #france #germany #netherlands #greece #italy #hungary #europeanunion #belgium #news #mastodon #socialmedia #trump #cdnpoli #uspol #politi #sovereignty #economy #resistance #antifascism #lfi #protest #freepalestine #china #russia #yemen #hezbollah #lebanon @politics @socialmedia @democracy #education #canada #Africa #justice #humanrights
Trump endorsed Jake Paul for Congress, in case you were wondering what the dumbest person you know is going to be excited about tomorrow
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President Donald Trump Endorses Boxer Jake Paul for Office
President Donald Trump endorsed boxer and influencer Jake Paul ‘for political office’ during a speech in Hebron, Kentucky, on Wednesday, March 11Justin Harp (Us Weekly)
Welcome to the world of Alex Karp, one of the leaders of the new wave of techno-militarists in Silicon Valley:
"If they are not scared, they don’t wake up scared, they don’t go to bed scared, they don’t fear that the wrath of America will come down on them, they will attack us. They will attack us everywhere.”
~Alex Karp, CEO Palantir
juancole.com/2026/03/unhinged-…
The solution? Buy more Palantir
#USPol #EUPol #Palantir #BIGTech #USWarmongering #Racism .
A Clique of Unhinged Techno-Optimists Is Putting Humanity at Risk
Karp loves verbal combat as much as he likes running a firm that makes high-tech weaponryTomdispatch (Informed Comment)
"We won,"
- Trump declares the United States has won the war against Iran.
Trump has no end game plan in Iran. He has no plan at all.
First it was to aid the Iranian people - then he hung them out to dry.
Then it was regime change - now it's not.
Trump will simply declare victory and then run and hide...or pick on a smaller country like Cuba next.
THE MAN IS A MENACE!
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol
More at @Free_Press
Report: Millions of Israelis are spending sleepless nights in bomb shelters.
Israel’s radar systems have reportedly been jeopardised, making "it difficult to know when a missile has been launched from Iran."
In addition, "Hezbollah has developed a new long-range missile", one of which fell in Beit Shemesh near Jerusalem, "provoking anxiety among the Israeli public."
aje.news/apjw94?update=4387675
Not as many sleepless nights & anxiety as Palestinians have had & still are.
Iran war live: Tehran says US, Israel have hit nearly 10,000 civilian sites
Iran accuses the US and Israel of targeting civilians, saying more than 1,300 have been killed across the country.Tim Hume (Al Jazeera)
"They want our oil, to Balkanise Iran. But they’re failing miserably"
"Washington’s strategy echoes older imperial policies... They want to rule the Persian Gulf like the British did in the 19th C."
Trump "wants to take out the oil-rich southern part of Iran, disintegrate Iran... create a new state in southern Iran & use it to control oil resources while increasing pressure on China & expanding Israeli influence in the region."
~Foad Izadi
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Iran war live: Tehran says US, Israel have hit nearly 10,000 civilian sites
Iran accuses the US and Israel of targeting civilians, saying more than 1,300 have been killed across the country.Tim Hume (Al Jazeera)
Interview: "Trump & Hegseth & Rubio have completely misjudged the nature of this war".
And "the lies that the American mainstream media..are telling the American people.. are putting us in jeopardy in a real substantive sense"...
"because the American people have no way of judging just how foolhardy, how stupid, how unwise, how violative of international dictum & rule this war is."
~Ret Col Lawrence Wilkerson
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#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #News #USMediaLies #USImperialism .
Ret. Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: Netanyahu Could Turn to Nuclear Bombs If Iran War Escalates
As President Trump gives conflicting statements about the length and objectives of the war he launched with Israel against Iran, fears are growing that the conflict could continue to expand throughout the region and beyond.Democracy Now!
👉️Another #MAGA defector: #MegynKelly
PART II
Whereas yesterday's defection from the #Trump team, #CandaceOwens, was a blow to #Trump's social-media influence, the "legacy media" also continue to jump ship.
What is worse, the bad news is now coming even from #Trump's favorite right-wing channel, #FoxNews [#FauxNews.]
Where #CandaceOwens needed a lot of simple terms to dumb it down for the redneck #MAGA voter base, the intellectual #MegynKelly,...
*The #WarInIran is tearing the #Republican Party further apart.*
...deal of reporting on this pieces of hers from MSM to the Jerusalem post, for instance, and she has been taking a lot of heat.
In yesterday's episode, she doubles down on her statements:
👉"Donald Trump Has Betrayed America. | Candace Ep 308👈" 2)
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TBC
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1) Candace Owens:
youtube.com/watch?v=KqdGUlVy3t…, @ 8:15min.
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👉Another #MAGA defector: Rep. Kevin Kilev (Calif.) announced last Monday that his decision to leave the Republican Party and register as an #Independent, taking effect immediately. 👈
PART I
House Speaker #MikeJohnson’s (R-La.) two-vote majority just got even smaller.
*The #WarInIran is tearing the #Republican Party further apart*
A vivid example of this is a video message this week of influential right-wing "political commentator" and conspiracy theorist,...
Iran War Cost Tracker: US Iran Conflict 2026
US Military Cost: Iran Conflict 2024
Estimated US military spending on the Iran conflict since April 2024. Operations, weapons, air defense, and military aid.iranwarcost.com
The #US & #Israel now really have a friend in #Tehran.
In strikes #Mojtaba was wounded, while his father, wife and other family members were likely killed.
This new #Ayatollah guy is going to be super sympathetic to them!
They truly must have achieved their #war goal...
In case you haven't heard it, there is that old saying in #Iran:
"Kill somebody's family and (only) wife,
make a friend for life"
"Hearts and minds" eh?
#IranWar #News #middleeast #uspol #politics #military #Humor #Sarcasm
"Because at the end of the day, what really makes anybody qualified for any job?" Kristi Noem's 28-year-old aide, Madison Sheahan, wasted $2.25 million on unusable ICE vehicles in a non-compete contract with MAGA Trump GOP donor Rick Hendrick, owner of Hendrick Motorsports for 25 Chevrolet Tahoes.
The 28-year-old Sheahan graduated from Ohio State in 2019 and left ICE in January to run for Congress in #Ohio. She was Noem's political director from February 2021 to January 2024. In 2025, she became deputy director if #ICE.
"I absolutely think I’m qualified for the job," Sheahan said last year when questioned about her lack of credentials. "Because at the end of the day, what really makes anybody qualified for any job?" #USPol #Noem #ICE
A total of 10,000 vehicles were ordered
Vehicle article
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Bio 
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Noem associate Madison Sheahan bought 2,500 marked vehicles for ICE
Despite ICE employees seeking to keep a low profile in public, ICE official Madison Sheehan placed a bulk order for marked vehicles.Anna Giaritelli (Washington Examiner)
![‘Message from Khe Sanh.’ [Khe Sanh Combat Base Museum]
Black and white image of a person's back, wearing an army jacket with handwritten text. The text reads: "CAUTION: BEING A MARINE IN KHE SANH MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH." and "3rd BN. 26th" with the word "NEWSWEEK" in quotes below. The man is seen from the back, wearing a hat, with the jacket's collar up.](https://friendica.hellquist.eu/photo/preview/640/5476424 "‘Message from Khe Sanh.’ [Khe Sanh Combat Base Museum]
Black and white image of a person's back, wearing an army jacket with handwritten text. The text reads: \"CAUTION: BEING A MARINE IN KHE SANH MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH.\" and \"3rd BN. 26th\" with the word \"NEWSWEEK\" in quotes below. The man is seen from the back, wearing a hat, with the jacket's collar up.")
![Wooden stilt house with thatched roof and elevated wooden staircase in a park setting.
Union House at DMZ, seat of the International Control Commission [ICC] comprising India, Canada, and Poland. The ICC was responsible for overseeing the implementation of the 1954 Geneva Accords.](https://friendica.hellquist.eu/photo/preview/640/5476420 "Wooden stilt house with thatched roof and elevated wooden staircase in a park setting.
Union House at DMZ, seat of the International Control Commission [ICC] comprising India, Canada, and Poland. The ICC was responsible for overseeing the implementation of the 1954 Geneva Accords.")
'This issue is not going away': Attorney eviscerates DOJ's claim on withheld Epstein files
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#BondiForPrison #EpsteinClass #TrumpEpsteinFiles #EpsteinFiles #IndictAlexAcosta #ChildRapistTrump #GhislaineMaxwell #JeffreyEpstein #MAGA #DonaldTrump #PamBondi #USPol
'This issue is not going away': Attorney eviscerates DOJ's claim on withheld Epstein files
Former Justice Department attorney Dave Aronberg took aim at the Trump administration on Sunday over its explanation as to why a series of accusations against President Donald Trump were withheld from the DOJ’s recent release of files on Jeffrey Epst…Alexander Willis (Raw Story)
"What we found is that the caregiving burden increases as aging family members get to be 75 and older. And, among Americans with an aging parent, spouse or partner, those with lower incomes are much more likely to be caregivers than those with middle and upper incomes."
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Kamala Harris had a plan to help #caregivers. #Trump couldn't give a flying f#&*.
Family Caregiving in an Aging America
Family members are increasingly caring for aging parents or spouses as the U.S. population gets older. Caregivers' experiences differ by gender.Reem Nadeem (Pew Research Center)
Long ago I considered starting a blog called Ya Think, which would have just been links to news stories with the caption "YA THINK"
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53% of Americans say Trump has made the economy worse
While just 24% say he has made it better. The U.S. lost 92,000 jobs in FebruaryG. Elliott Morris (Strength In Numbers)
RE: helvede.net/@jwcph/11618809291…
Seriously, another thing that has to stop right now is "Oooh, this is looking bad for Trump!" headlines.
Literally everything we know about him looks bad for even the idea of him in any kind of trusted position & this was true long before he ever ran for office.
You might notice that he's president just the same.
Yes, some of it grates on his fragile ego but again, how has that helped anything improve in any way so far?
Just stop.
#media #uspol #MAGA #corruption #resist
JWcph, Radicalized By Decency (@jwcph@helvede.net)
@jeffjarvis@mastodon.social How is there any kind of pressure on Trump? Is anyone forcing, or even gently urging him to do anything? Does he care? Does it incur any kind of cost to him - or even a reduction in the bribes he solicits through the MAGA …JWcph, Radicalized By Decency (Helvede)
New definition of "Unconditional Surrender" from the WH Press Sec -
"Unconditional surrender will be achieved when the president determines that Iran no longer poses a threat to the United States of America and the mission's goals have been fully realized.
Then Iran will essentially be in a place of unconditional surrender whether they say it themselves or not."
trump is looking for an exit. Words mean nothing anymore.
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WATCH: Leavitt clarifies what Trump's demand for Iran's 'unconditional surrender' means
Asked what Trump meant by accepting only “unconditional surrender,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Friday that will be achieved when the president “determines that Iran no longer poses a threat to the United States of America” and …PBS News
So let me get this straight, after launching another war in the middle east with absolutely no plan, to counter a threat that doesn't exist, the US is now strengthening the only country who actually does pose a threat, undermining European security.
Absolutely shambolic, these people are not our allies.
theguardian.com/business/2026/…
#USpol #EUpol #Ukraine #Russia #Iran
US considers lifting more sanctions on Russian oil as Iran conflict sees global prices surge
Washington says new measures not aimed at easing restrictions on Moscow and only affect supplies already in transitGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
Just so this doesn't get lost while the US and Israel are attacking Iran and Lebanon.
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#uspol #Trump #epstein #Israel
Withheld Jeffrey Epstein files with accusations against Trump released by justice department
The Department of Justice said the released files had been "incorrectly coded as duplicative" and inadvertently not published.Kayla Epstein (BBC News)
Report: US investigators say the US military probably carried out the double-tap strike that killed 165, mostly young girls, at an Iranian elementary school.
A "double-tap strike" kills one group, then waits for medics & other civilians to arrive in order to kill them as well.
middleeasteye.net/news/us-inve…
#USWarCrimes #USPol #EUPol #IranWar #IranSchoolAttack #news .
US investigators 'say American strike most likely responsible' for Iranian school massacre
US investigators probing an attack on a school in Iran that killed 165 people believe it is most likely that the United States military was responsible for the strike.Alex MacDonald (Middle East Eye)
Interview: "ChatGPT isn't made to speak the truth". "It's designed to tell you the most plausible thing given its training data. Sometimes that will coincide with the truth, but very often it won't."
"Not only does it get things wrong, it gets things wrong in very plausible ways."
These models compress large amounts of data into the neural network. But that compression process can't be perfect.
~Mike Wooldridge
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#USPol #EUPol #AI #NeuralNetworks #ChatGPT .
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