Trump’s $1B payoff to stop offshore wind is even stranger than it sounds

 https://grist.org/politics/trump-interior-offshore-wind-total/?utm_source=climate-desk&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=climate-desk-newsletter-03-29-2026

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Trump is deporting thousands of Cubans and other migrants to Mexico

 https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-03-21/mexico-deportations

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How the Prairieland ‘Antifa’ Verdict Threatens the Anti-Trump Resistance

 https://www.texasobserver.org/prairieland-antifa-verdict-threatens-anti-trump-resistance/

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Disastrous Iran War Situation Hidden by Corporate Controlled Media, Meanwhile No Kings Day 3 takes place

1). “IRAN DESTROYS 13 US BASES, REINFORCES KHARG ISLAND FOR GROUND INVASION | Mark Sleboda”, Mar 26, 2026, Rachel Blevins interviews Mark Sleboda, Rachel Blevins, duration of video 33:25, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T6YP0DLXOg >.

2). “Breaking: US Plans Weekend Iran Invasion. Devastating Consequences | Amb. Chas Freeman”, Mar 27, 2026, Pascal Lottaz, Neutrality Studies, duration of video 54:18, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSuoq0JKGuY >.

3). “Alastair Crooke: IRAN Will NOT Compromise”, Mar 27, 2026, Daniel Davis interviews Alastair Crooke, Daniel Davis / Deep Dive, duration of video 1:15:25, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzfqtjAIkJA >.

4). “Chas Freeman: If Troops Enter Iran… Israel’s Entire Strategy FALLS APART”, Mar 27, 2026, Nima Alkhorshid interviews Chas Freeman, Dialogue Works, duration of video 1:00:39, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnMwyOTXhAU >

5). “Iran War Could Trap the US Again – Vijay Prasad Warns”, Mar 28, 2026, Jyotishman interviews Vijay Prasad, India and Global Left, duration of video 44:26, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL8hfHAK5QI >.

6). “ 'Iran and Gaza Are ONLY THE BEGINNING' (Chris Hedges at Princeton)”, Mar 27, 2026, Chris Hedges speaks at Princeton, The Chris Hedges YouTube Channel, duration of video 34:35 at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV9dkU2E8j0 >.

7). “ ‘No Kings’ protesters pack city streets across the nation as crowds lash out against Trump”, Mar 28, 2026, Meg James, Jack Flemming, Connor Sheets & Nicole Macias Garibay, Los Angeles Times, at < https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-03-28/no-kings-rallies-draw-millions-protesting-trump-globally >

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The London Ambulances Attack: Of course it was a false flag

https://mronline.org/2026/03/26/the-london-ambulances-attack-of-course-it-was-a-false-flag/

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What I Saw in Cuba Was Resilience

 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/what-i-saw-in-cuba-was-resilience/

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The Worst and the Dumbest Has the U.S. military been Kudlowized? Paul Krugman Mar 27

 The Worst and the Dumbest

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Religion and Music Friday for Class Strugglers ~~ and ~~ Christian Zionists: A Fifth Column?

 https://www.juancole.com/2026/03/christian-zionists-column.html

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Is a Ground War With Iran Imminent, or Inevitable? The answer is an unqualified 'No.' Ken Klippenstein Mar 26

 https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/is-a-ground-war-with-iran-imminent

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Iran is a Nut too Tough for the Declining U.S. Empire to Crack

1). “How US Forces are Trying to Open the Strait of Hormuz”, Mar 24, 2026, Anon, Cappy Army, duration of video 24:08, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOGOelPbTF4 >.

2). “David Cay Johnston: Trump Doesn't Have A Way Out Of This”, Mar 24, 2026, Mark Thompson interviews David Cay Johnston, The Mark Thompson Show, duration of video 34:03, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGvIJn4DCZs >.

3). “US Dangerously Misunderstands Iran /Lt Col Daniel Davis”, Mar 24, 2026, Lt Col Daniel Davis interviews Lena Petrova, Daniel Davis / Deep Dive, duration of video 14:39, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_arrpNYyar0 >.

4). “Jeffrey Sachs: Iran is the Graveyard of American Hegemony”, Mar 25, 2026, Glenn Diesen interviews Jeffrey Sachs, Glenn Diesen, duration of video 32:36, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcqIEJEk4MY >.

5). “US Plays With Total War Insanity | Patrick Henningsen”, Mar 24, 2026, Pascal Lottaz interviews Patrick Henningsen, Neutrality Studies, duration of video 57:35, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvabZDCw6Zs >.

6). “Iran War: US Paratroopers On Their Way /Robert Pape & Lt Col Daniel Davis”, Mar 25, 2026, Lt Col Daniel Davis interviews Robert Pape, Daniel Davis / Deep Dive, duration of video 52:20, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pUOoaLSsZ8 >.

7). “Pentagon prepares to send another 3,000 troops to Middle East: The decision to move the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division to the region heightens the possibility U.S. troops will enter Iran”, Mar 24, 2026, Paul McCleary, Politico, at < https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/24/pentagon-troops-deploy-middle-east-00841827 >.

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How MMA defines the Trump administration It's a movement of insecure men trying to show how manly they are.

 https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-ufc-mma

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Shame Cometh: The Jared Kushner Story A tale of hubris and disgrace.

 https://gregolear.substack.com/p/shame-cometh-the-jared-kushner-story

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Jonathan Ross Shot Renée Good in January. The Prosecutor Has the Evidence. He Hasn’t Been Charged. Why? This is not normal. Christopher Armitage Mar 25

 https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/jonathan-ross-shot-renee-good-in

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ICE's Bounty Hunters Leaked database shows how ICE pays off local cops to do their bidding By Ken Klippenstein

 https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-ices-bounty-hunters

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What Arab and Muslim Silence Really Reveals ~~ and ~~ Greater Israel and the New Regional Order

https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/from-palestine-to-iran-what-arab-and-muslim-silence-really-reveals/
and
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/greater-israel-and-the-new-regional-order/

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There are no two sides to a confession, Marc Elias

 https://newsletters.democracydocket.com/member-note-tuesday

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The Travails of Empire, Internal and International, Inevitably Head into an Acute Period of Crisis

1). “Paul Craig Roberts: Trump’s Desperation Hits a BREAKING POINT as the War on Iran was LOST”, Mar 23, 2026, Nima Alkhorshid interviews Paul Craig Robterts, Dialogue Works, duration of video 50:44, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQGo03V1tvQ >.

2). “Iran War & Strait of Hormuz Energy Crisis Reveal Decline of U.S. Empire: Historian Alfred McCoy”, Mar 23, 2026, Amy Goodman interviews Dr. Alfred McCoy, Democracy Now!, duration of video 20:45, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE3AiFEkSP8 >.

3). “Imperial Decline in the Straits of Hormuz: The Iran War as America's Very Own Suez Crisis”, posted as the featured article in, “Alfred W. McCoy, How the Past Whispers to the Present in Iran - TomGram”, Mar 15, 2026, TomDispatch, at < https://tomdispatch.com/imperial-decline-in-the-straits-of-hormuz/ >.

4A). “Brian Berletic (clip): The War with Iran & Restoring Global Hegemony”, Mar 19, 2026, Glenn Diesen interviews Brian Berletic, Glenn Diesen Clips, duration of video 16:54, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL-Qg68NTmM >: 4B). Full interview at “Brian Berletic: Iran War - A Gateway to War with China & Russia”, Mar 19, 2026, Glenn Diesen interviews Brian Berletic, Glenn Diesen, duration of video 101:19, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rHhRNaH9LI >.

5). “Why the US Navy Rushed USS Boxer to The Middle East”, Mar 23, 2026, Anon, Engineering Unveiled, duration of video 11:29, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSuac57GHKY >.

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Insider Trading Runs Rampant in Trump Administration, SEC Official Resigns March 23, 2026

 https://mishtalk.com/economics/insider-trading-runs-rampant-in-trump-administration-sec-official-resigns/

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Kentucky Supreme Court rules GOP-backed charter schools bill unconstitutional

https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article314759611.html

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Trump Officials Flee Into the Bunker

 https://russbaker.substack.com/p/trump-officials-flee-into-the-bunker

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The Iran War Situation: Trump Wants to Open up the Strait of Hormuz to U.S. and U.S. Allied Shipping (it is already open to Iranian and Iranian Allied Shipping). Will the U.S. Rulers send in Ground Troops to Achieve their Goals??

1). “Why the U.S. Navy Can’t Control Iran’s Hormuz — Even Allies Said No”, Mar 18, 2026, Anon, Global Conflict Signals, duration of video 16:48, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfUh2MkOl60 >.

2). “Why 6,000 Iranian Mines Are a Nightmare for the U.S. Navy in Hormuz”, Mar 19, 2026, Anon, Global Conflict Signals, duration of video 17:34, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0Mcwam8rgI >.

3). “Why the US Navy Can’t Stop Mines in the Strait of Hormuz”, Mar 20, 2026, Lucas, WW2 with Lucas, duration of video 16:40, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S6_Kar1Hfk >.

4). “USS Wasp Leads Massive Marine Deployment to the Strait of Hormuz Amid Rising Tensions”, Mar 18, 2026, Anon, U.S. Current Affairs, duration of video 8:45, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VkKl2Zlzj0 >.

5). “US sending roughly 4,500 more troops to Middle East, officials say”, Mar 20, 2026, CNN, duration of video 10:02, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb0-lM4krkA >.

6). “U.S. sending USS Tripoli, thousands of Marines to Middle East”, Mar 13, 2026, Josephine Walker & Barak Ravid, Axios, at < https://www.axios.com/2026/03/13/marines-middle-east-us-deployment >.

7). “What Happens After USS Tripoli Reaches the Strait of Hormuz?”, Mar 18, 2026, Anon, Shipline, duration of video 9:49, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX0BIvVYTCQ >.

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Marx in the Twenty-First Century by Michelle William

 https://globaldialogue.isa-sociology.org/articles/marx-in-the-twenty-first-century

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Let's Talk About Fertilizer We don't need the Strait? Tell it to farmers

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/lets-talk-about-fertilizer

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Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or democracy prevails

 https://www.nationofchange.org/2026/03/20/scale-raises-the-ceiling-but-fiscal-foundations-determine-whether-autocracy-or-democracy-prevails/

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The New Capital Complex: Pax Silica and the Embryonic Fascist State

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