An airstrike hit Iran’s #University of Science and Technology in Tehran [#IUST] on Saturday, the state-run IRNA news agency reported.

The strike damaged #research & #education buildings, IRNA reported, citing the university’s public relations office.

#IranWar #TrumpsWar #US #Iran #Israel #war #Trump #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #geopolitics #MiddleEast

#IranWar

Yemen’s #Iran backed #Houthis claimed responsibility for a missile attack on #Israel on Saturday, raising concerns about the rebel group entering the fighting in the #MiddleEast. Israel said it intercepted the missile, the first time it has faced fire from #Yemen since the start of the #war last month.

#TrumpsWar #US #Trump #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #economy #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-trump-03-28-2026

An Iranian attack on a military base in #SaudiArabia wounded at least 15 #US service members, including 5 who were seriously wounded in the attack….

#Iran fired 6 ballistic missiles & 29 drones at Saudi Arabia’s Prince Sultan air base in a Friday attack that wounded at least 15 troops, including 5 seriously…. US officials initially reported that at least 10 US troops were injured, including 2 seriously wounded.

#IranWar #TrumpsWar #war #Trump #RegimeChange #law #Congress #WarPowers #MiddleEast

#Kuwait’s international #airport has been hit by drone attacks, the Civil Aviation Authority said on Saturday.

It said the attacks severely damaged the airport’s radar systems.

No casualties were reported.

#IranWar #TrumpsWar #US #Iran #Israel #war #Trump #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #geopolitics #MiddleEast

The casualty toll from a missile attack early Saturday in #AbuDhabi has risen to 6.

The Abu Dhabi Media Office said an additional Pakistani national was injured by falling debris in the vicinity of Khalifa Economic Zones Abu Dhabi when air defense systems intercepted a ballistic missile.

The attack caused 3 fires in the area which have been brought under control.

#IranWar #TrumpsWar #US #Iran #Israel #war #Trump #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #geopolitics #MiddleEast

Trump is now stealing money from his european NATO allies apparently.
#trump #nato #ukraine #iran #europe #geopolitics @geopolitics

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Trump stealing money from NATO allies that was meant for Ukraine

Since the 1950s, the #federal govt has consistently operated as the predominant source of #research #funding for #universities, acc/to the #NSF.

One of the largest govt sources of research funding has been the #NIH, which disburses about $35 billion each year. The largest recipients of those NIH #grants are #MedicalSchools, acc/to the Association of American Medical Colleges.

#law #Constitution #AcademicFreedom #education #privacy #MafiaState #RevengePolitics #Trump #science #medicine

By directing a triad of investigations specifically at #MedicalSchools in a single day, the #Trump admin is widening its targets & transforming a decades-long financial partnership into a tool of #cultural leverage.

That partnership dates back to a postwar consensus in the country that #ScientificProgress is a fundamental #PublicGood — one too vital to be left to the vagaries of the market or the limitations of private philanthropy.

#law #AcademicFreedom #education #privacy #science #medicine

…The govt’s attacks on #HigherEducation during the past year have in part been aimed at tilting the #political balance of #academia, which #Trump views as hostile to his brand of “conservatism”. Some #MedicalSchools had been swept up in the campaign, but largely at #universities like #Harvard, #UPenn & #UCLA, where the full force of the govt was on display through investigations into “antisemitism” [#Palestinian Rights activism], protections for #transgender athletes & #admissions policies.
#law

The government is seeking information about #MedicalSchool #applicants from each of the past 7 years, including test scores, home ZIP codes & any familial relationships to alumni or ties to university donors. The #Trump admin also demanded copies of any internal messages at the universities about #diversity, #equity & #inclusion & any correspondence between school officials & pharmaceutical companies about admissions policies.

#law #AcademicFreedom #education #privacy #MafiaState #science

The #Trump admin has opened investigations into #admissions policies at 3 major #MedicalSchools, expanding the #federal govt’s pressure campaign beyond campus #culture & taking aim at the heart of #ScientificAuthority in the #US.

The #DOJ on Wednesday informed #Stanford, #OhioState & #UCSD, about the investigations & demanded that the schools turn over extensive lists of #data by April 24 or risk interruptions to essential federal #funding….

#law #AcademicFreedom #education #privacy #medicine

Great. Let’s impede #medical #education./s

#Trump Admin Begins Investigations Into Three #MedicalSchools

The #DOJ’s demands for #admissions-related data from #Stanford, #OhioState & the University of California, San Diego [#UCSD], represent a flex of #federal #power.

#law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #education #privacy #InfoSec #dictatorship #authoritarianism #MafiaState #RevengePolitics #science #medicine #PublicHealth

#GiftArticle

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/us/politics/trump-medical-schools-civil-rights.html?unlocked_article_code=1.WFA.pWJo.d0KT6obrI1V6&smid=nytcore-ios-share

#MarALago

#Trump's Plutocrat-Bigot-Child Rapist power nexus

Now in a #Democrat ruled state district in #MAGA #Florida

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/24/dems-win-mar-a-lago-gregory-00843333

"They'll steal the vote"

You'll do #prematureCapitulation and not vote?

"Both sides the same"

You're an idiot fine with MAGA #fascism?

"But my obsessive single issue"

You're fine with destroying #transRights, #womensRights, #immigrantRights, etc in #ToxicIdealism?

#Vote

#Primaries and November

#Democrats suck but we can freeze Trump's agenda

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A Mar-a-Lago flip: Dems win Trump's hometown Florida House district Tuesday's results add more tallies to a trend of Democrats flipping Republican-held seats in state legislatures across the country over the past 14 months. FILE - This is an aerial view of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, Aug. 10, 2022, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File) "I think it demonstrates where the Florida voter is," Gregory told POLITICO after her win. "They want someone who is focused on solutions and the issues and not focused on the noise." | AP

One year to the day that the Trump administration let their illegal, classified bombing plans in Yemen leak to the Editor-In-Chief of The Atlantic while illegally concealing the conversation in violation of multiple government documentation retention laws on an uncleared consumer app:

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/

#fedi #fediverse #Hegseth #petehegseth #trump

One case that sparked tension involved #cryptocurrency entrepreneur #JustinSun, a major backer of the #Trump ​family's #WorldLibertyFinancial venture, & another involved #Tesla boss Elon #Musk, a big donor to Trump's campaign who briefly served as the president's special adviser, the 2 people said.

#criminal #law #SEC #felon47 #fraud #InsiderTrading #MarketManipulation

The #US Securities & Exchange Commission's top enforcement official, who left abruptly last week, had clashed with agency leaders over the direction of its #enforcement program, including the handling of cases with ties to #Trump & his family, according to 3 people familiar with the matter.

#criminal #law #SEC #felon47 #fraud #InsiderTrading #MarketManipulation
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/us-secs-ex-enforcement-chief-clashed-with-bosses-before-leaving-sources-say-2026-03-23/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

#SEC Enforcement Division Director Margaret Ryan resigned last Monday after just over 6 months on the job, Reuters was the first to report.…

3 of the people said Ryan wanted to be more aggressive in pursuing charges for #fraud & other #misconduct including in cases that touched #Trump
& his circle, but faced resistance from SEC chair Paul Atkins & other top #Republican political appointees.

#criminal #law #felon47 #InsiderTrading #MarketManipulation

A Top Democrat Is Urging Colleagues to Support #Trump’s Spy Machine

https://www.wired.com/story/a-top-democrat-is-urging-colleagues-to-support-trumps-spy-machine/

#surveillance #privacy #politics #JimHimes #Section702

3 weeks in, #Iran #war escalates beyond Trump's control [not that it was ever in his control after the first attack]

#Trump ends the 3rd week of the Iran war confronting a crisis that seems to be slipping out of his hands∶ Global #energy prices are surging, the #US stands isolated from [former] #allies & more ​#troops are preparing to deploy despite his promise the war would be only a "short excursion."

#TrumpsWar #IllegalWar #law #Congress #WarPowers
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/three-weeks-iran-war-escalates-beyond-trumps-control-2026-03-21/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

A defensive #Trump called other #NATO countries "cowards" for refusing to help secure the #StraitOfHormuz & insisted the campaign was ‌unfolding according to plan. But his declaration on Friday that the battle "was Militarily WON" clashed with the #reality of a defiant #Iran that is choking off Gulf #oil & #gas supplies while launching missile strikes across the region.

#TrumpsWar #IllegalWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast #energy #economy

#Trump, who took office promising to keep the #US out of "stupid" military interventions, now controls neither the outcome nor the messaging of a #war he initiated. The lack of a clear exit strategy carries risks both for his “legacy” & his party's political prospects as #Republicans scramble to defend narrow majorities in #Congress in the November #midterms.

#Iran #TrumpsWar #IllegalWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast #energy #economy

…#Trump was caught off-guard by the resistance of fellow #NATO members & other foreign partners to deploying their navies ​to help secure the #StraitOfHormuz, according to a White House official….

With Trump not wanting to appear isolated, some aides have advised ​him to quickly find an "off-ramp" & set limits on the military operation's scope, said one person close to the discussions. But it was unclear whether that argument was enough to sway Trump.

#Iran #TrumpsWar #law #Congress #WarPowers

In the view of some analysts, #allies' unwillingness reflects not only their reluctance over entanglement in a war they were not consulted on, but a backlash against his belittling of traditional #US #alliances since his return to office 14 months ago [ya think?].

Differences with #Israel also have surfaced, with #Trump insisting that he knew nothing in advance about the attack on #Iran's #SouthPars #gas field, while Israeli ​ofcls said the strike had indeed been coordinated with the #US.

#war

…The war has also shown #Trump's once-iron grip over his #MAGA movement is weakening, with prominent influencers speaking out against the #war. While his base has mostly stood with him so far, analysts say that Trump's control could weaken in the coming weeks if gas prices keep rising and #US #troops are deployed.

#Iran #TrumpsWar #IllegalWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast #energy #economy

Since the #war's start on Feb 28, there has been a growing realization within the #Trump admin that the conflict & its consequences should have been better mapped out in advance [duh!], according to 2 sources familiar with White House thinking, although the first White House official countered that the campaign was extensively planned ​& well-equipped for any potential action [maybe, just badly].

#Iran #TrumpsWar #IllegalWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast #energy #economy

Analysts say Trump's biggest misjudgment was over how #Iran would respond to a #war that it considers existential.

Tehran has retaliated with its remaining missiles & ​a fleet of armed drones to ⁠offset its foes' military superiority, striking neighboring Gulf states & mostly shutting down the #StraitOfHormuz, the conduit for one-fifth of the world's #oil.

#Trump #TrumpsWar #IllegalWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast #energy #economy

#Trump’s #AI framework targets state laws, shifts child safety burden to parents

https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/20/trumps-ai-framework-targets-state-laws-shifts-child-safety-burden-to-parents/

#privacy #parenting #politics

White House urges U.S. Congress to take a light touch on AI regulations in new legislative blueprint.

@AssociatedPress reports: "The announcement comes as state governments have forged ahead on their own regulations for AI while civil liberties and consumer rights groups lobby for more regulations on the powerful technology."

https://flip.it/gLa9rE

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Trump #USPolitics

The #Trump admin has spent months trying to force a settlement on #Harvard, the largest target in the White House’s campaign to remake #US #HigherEducation. But the lawsuit Friday—more than 6 months after a judge blocked the admin’s opening push to strip Harvard of federal #research #funding —represented a new threat to the #university.

In its lawsuit, filed in Federal Court in Boston, the admin said that Harvard had “turned a blind eye to antisemitism & discrimination against Jews & Israelis.”

Here we go again

#Trump Administration Sues #Harvard Over Accusations of “Antisemitism” [Protests for #Palestinian #HumanRights]

The admin spent months investigating the #school. The two sides had been in talks to negotiate a settlement.

#law #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #AcademicFreedom #RevengePolitics
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/us/trump-harvard-antisemitism-suit.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

#tRump

Has he stopped slavering and babbling yet?

#davos2026

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a borrowed photo of a young hedgehog...

*War Not Just In The Middle East—The War(s) That the Mainstream Media Ignore(s)* *

(3/n)

...excursion” 1), and they offer disinterested thoughts and prayers, the wording closely resembling the official statements following the highly frequent shooting incidents in the #US, “…The lives of courageous #American heroes may be lost, and we may have casualties," #Trump said. "That often happens in war.’”
Oh, yes it does, which is why you usually do not start an attack on other countries…

*The War(s) That the Mainstream Media Ignore(s)* *

(6/n)

... “#Lafayette26” [#NATO training] mission in the #NorthAtlantic [to show #Trump that the #European NATO members *can* project power, too], which will include multinational exercises in the #BalticSea, aimed at deterring [the now quite frequent] threats to #UnderseaCables.” 2b)—In particular, from the unofficial #Russian #Oil #ShadowFleet, but also #Chinese sabotage vessels (e.g. the #YiPeng3-incident in...