Monday, March 23, 2026

Kentucky Supreme Court rules GOP-backed charter schools bill unconstitutional

article314759611.html

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Trump Officials Flee Into the Bunker

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

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

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 >.

~~ recommended by desmond ~~

Marx in the Twenty-First Century by Michelle William

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

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

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

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

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

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/

~~ recommended by tpx ~~

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

https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-new-capital-complex-pax-silica-and-the-embryonic-fascist-state/

~~ recommended by tpx ~~

Xi Jinping Has A Chance To Do The Funniest Thing Right Now By Spencer Ackerman • 19 Mar 2026

https://www.forever-wars.com/r/cabbc40f?m=b656041a-c61a-4a6b-910d-7d396ec2db1f

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

The Iran War Situation Gets Ever More Dire and the Effects Widen Throughout U.S. and Other Western Societies. Is this the U.S.' Suez Crisis??

1). “Nuclear Power Plant Attack, Oil War Escalation, Restraint Off | Larry C. Johnson”, Mar 20, 2026, Pascal Lottaz interviews Larry C. Johnson, Neutrality Studies, duration of video 48:48, at < https://www.youtube.com/live/0l10rCkQGbM >.

2). “The US already LOST the Naval War | Commodore Steve Jermy”, Mar 18, 2026, Pascal Lottaz interviews Steve Jermy, Neutrality Studies, duration of video 49:17, at < https://www.youtube.com/live/1MN7nECum_w >.

3). “The $13 Billion Failure: How Exhaustion and Fire Broke the USS Ford”, Mar 18, 2026, Anon, Warships and Warriors, duration of video 5:18, at < https://www.youtube.com/live/gy5fsq1hvqo >.

4). “Fire damage, clogged toilets, and sinking morale: USS Gerald R Ford to set sail for repairs in Crete: Aircraft carrier has been participating in strikes on Iran, after previously taking part in the operation to seize Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro”, Mar 18, 2026, Mark Saunokonoko and agencies, The Guardian, at < https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/18/onboard-fire-uss-gerald-ford-aircraft-carrier >.

5). “US Navy’s 100,000-ton nuclear-powered warship exits Iran war after onboard fire”, Mar 19, 2026, Munis Raza, Interesting Engineering, at < https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-navy-100-000-ton-105315760.html?guccounter=1 >.

6). “US carrier involved in Iran fight heads back to port after fire”, Mar 18(?), Tony Capaccio, Courtney McBride & Peter Martin, Bloomberg News, (Includes embedded video from local TV station report about hit on U.S. F-35 Stealth fighter-bomber, KYTX-TV 19, Tyler Longview, Texas), at < https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-carrier-involved-in-iran-fight-heads-back-to-port-after-fire/ar-AA1YQQWa >.

~~ recommended by desmond ~~

James Comey subpoenaed in alleged "grand conspiracy" against Trump

https://www.axios.com/2026/03/19/comey-subpoena-conspiracy-trump

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

The Deadly Danger of Careless People - Now they want $200 billion more for their reckless adventures Steven Beschloss Mar 20

https://www.americaamerica.news/p/the-deadly-danger-of-careless-people

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Trump Cover up of Epstein Drug trafficking investigation

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-18-2026

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

More Trump coverups - this time of unclassified investigations of Epstein and 14 others for drug trafficking... RELEASE THE FILES

What Do Countries Do When the Head of Their Government Is a Foreign Asset? Other democracies have been here. Here is what they did. Christopher Armitage Mar 19

https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/what-do-countries-do-when-the-head

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

This Is How Reproductive Rights Are Lost

https://staytuned.substack.com/p/this-is-how-reproductive-rights-are?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3387038&post_id=191269434&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=16jbk&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Save (Trump's Ass) Act - what it means in terms of stealing elections and how it came about.

I think that the following two shorts are very important re the SAVE America Act U.S.. The second short is just incredible! I hope you can post them.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/av7xSEFwFkM

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qlO4BskpO1g

~~ recommended by larrymotuz ~~

Trump Crazy Train

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-17-2026?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20533&post_id=191336785&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Slavery and Birthright Citizenship

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/slavery-and-birthright-citizenship

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

One Bad Idea After Another A historically corrupt administration uses “fraud” to gut Medicaid.

https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/one-bad-idea-after-another

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

None of These People I Insulted Want To Die For Me in The Strait of Hormuz? By Spencer Ackerman

https://www.forever-wars.com/r/183ca752?m=b656041a-c61a-4a6b-910d-7d396ec2db1f

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

eight months later, FBI investigation of GOP Congressman Andy Ogles still awaits federal judge's ruling

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/newschannel-5-investigates/eight-months-later-fbi-investigation-of-gop-congressman-andy-ogles-still-awaits-federal-judges-ruling

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Man Who Spat on Allies For a Year Begs the World to Clean Up His Catastrophe

https://thecause.substack.com/p/man-who-spat-on-allies-for-a-year

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The Trouble With State Capitalism

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/trouble-state-capitalism?utm_medium=newsletters&utm_source=twofa&utm_campaign=Why%20Escalation%20Favors%20Iran&utm_content=20260313&utm_term=N

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

One shoe at a time

https://steveschmidt.substack.com/p/one-shoe-at-a-time

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

I guess this is just a way to debase and humiliate people... but that they all pretend it is "normal" and go along with it... shows how crazy these people are.

Iran War Promises Even More Pain for Farmers

https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/09/trump-iran-war-strait-hormuz-fertilizer-food-prices/?tpcc=preview_note&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Paywall%20Drop%20Announcement%20Note%20-%2003112026&utm_term=iran_open_access_preview_03102026

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

American Citizens Are Being Detained at U.S. Airports. Some Vanish Inside the System. Read This Before You Fly.

https://wendy664.substack.com/p/american-citizens-are-being-detained

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Music Friday for Class Strugglers

https://eastofborneo.org/articles/kalifornientraumen-bertolt-brechts-los-angeles-poems-and-other-sunstruck-germanic-specters/

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Stop the War ~~ protest March 17

https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=1710364&post_id=190750490&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=nsdhl&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjozOTk1NTAxNywicG9zdF9pZCI6MTkwNzUwNDkwLCJpYXQiOjE3NzMzNTU2MTcsImV4cCI6MTc3NTk0NzYxNywiaXNzIjoicHViLTE3MTAzNjQiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.NI3PBFUxGVzmejB6I_3SaJtUSTwMejsX7mIizvsb9sY

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

U.S. Spent Over $1 Million Per Migrant in Secret Deportation Deals

https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=271606&post_id=190746342&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTkwNzQ2MzQyLCJpYXQiOjE3NzMzMzQ0MTgsImV4cCI6MTc3NTkyNjQxOCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTI3MTYwNiIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.s_SgJEZ3QBinVW2PM8eqPW5bz74VNsW5royRH5Q2Vx4

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Oil Prices Rise as the Iranians Have cut access to the Straits of Hormuz to the U.S. / Israeli Zionist forces and their allies in the West

1). “Trump’s Iran war burns $1 billion a day”, Mar 7, 2026, Gary Wilson, Struggle*La Lucha, at < https://www.struggle-la-lucha.org/2026/03/07/trumps-iran-war-burns-1-billion-a-day/ >.

2). “Oil price jumps despite deal to release record amount of reserves”, Mar 12, 2026, Osmond Chia, Business reporter, BBC, at < https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1w5141vx53o >.

3). “The Trump Administration’s Untrustworthy War Messaging Causes Market Chaos”, Mar 11, 2026, Andrew C. McCarthy, The National Review, at < https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/03/the-trump-administrations-untrustworthy-war-messaging-causes-market-chaos/amp/ >.

4). “U.S. support for Israel continues to plummet, despite media’s best efforts: A fake scandal involving Rama Duwaji’s Instagram likes reveals how desperate pro-Israel pundits are grasping at straws as support for the country plummets in the U.S.”, Mar 10, 2026, Michael Arria, Mondoweiss, at < https://mondoweiss.net/2026/03/u-s-support-for-israel-continues-to-plummet-despite-medias-best-efforts/ >.

5). “ ‘We cannot separate imperialism from domestic militarization’: Understanding the links between ICE, Gaza, and U.S. foreign policy: Mondoweiss interviews author Harsha Walia about the history of ICE and how Trump's immigration crackdown is closely linked to U.S. imperialism abroad, including in Palestine”, Jan 28, 2026, Michael Arria, Mondoweiss, at < https://mondoweiss.net/2026/01/we-cannot-separate-imperialism-from-domestic-militarization-understanding-the-links-between-ice-gaza-and-u-s-foreign-policy/ >.

6). “Iran destroys the radar systems at the heart of U.S. missile defense”, Mar 8, 2026, Anon, Struggle-La Lucha, Reposted by MRonline, Mar 11, 2026, at < https://mronline.org/2026/03/11/iran-destroys-the-radar-systems-at-the-heart-of-u-s-missile-defense/ >.

7). Iran War Cost Tracker: Estimated U.S. Taxpayer Spending, Based on the Pentagon's briefing to Congress: Currently around $17,730 Billion, at < https://iran-cost-ticker.com/ >

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

The U.S. Built a Blueprint to Avoid Civilian War Casualties. Trump Officials Scrapped It.

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-defense-department-iran-hegseth-civilian-casualties

~ recommended by emil karpo ~

Does Trump Have a KGB Card?

https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=302288&post_id=190555213&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTkwNTU1MjEzLCJpYXQiOjE3NzMyMzcxOTcsImV4cCI6MTc3NTgyOTE5NywiaXNzIjoicHViLTMwMjI4OCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.0dvLaTi6SzqEQL3EM-urJFFoRPzLc8N9iEp_lHZS6FM

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Iran Beyond The War Narrative: What Foreign Correspondents Actually See

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-dhs-thomas-fugate-cp3-terrorism-prevention

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Jeff and the Blondes

https://www.americanfreakshow.news/p/jeff-and-the-blondes

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Keeping the focus on the Trumpstein files...

Court records reveal gutting of DHS oversight: ‘Incredibly dangerous’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/08/dhs-oversight-court-record-review

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

The Hidden Ramifications and Results in the ongoing Iran war that Trump/Netanyahu Began with their attack on Iran

1). “Trump’s war aim: Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’ ”, Mar 6, 2026, Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing, Politico, at < https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/06/donald-trump-iran-war-unconditional-surrender-00816361 >.

2). “U.S. weighs sending special forces to seize Iran's nuclear stockpile”, Mar 7, 2026, Barak Ravid & Marc Caputo, Axios, at < https://www.axios.com/2026/03/08/iran-ground-troops-special-forces-nuclear >

3), “Iran Just Launched a Massive Missile Strike on Al Udeid Air Base — 10,000 U.S. Troops Inside”, Mar 8, 2026, Anon, Fred in Focus, duration of video 16:17, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbriJNCTbhE >. (This is a repost of what turned out to be the key article among those that I posted on Sunday, It is very pertinent so I posted it again here)

~~ recommended by desmond morista ~~

Why now is the time to be loudly anti-war

https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/be-anti-war-iran

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

The Nearly Impossible Problem for the U.S. / Israel Attack; How to Defeat a Long-term Civilizational foe like Iran:

1). “The US Missile Defense Shortage is Worse than Imagined”, Mar 3, 2026, Larry C. Johnson, Sonar 21, at < https://sonar21.com/the-us-missile-defense-shortage-is-worse-than-imagined/ >.

2). “[SPECIAL] Larry Johnson: Cluster Warheads Rain Down - Iran's Retaliation Update”, Mar 6, 2026, Judge Andrew Napolitano interviews Larry Johnson, Judge Napolitano – Judging Freedom, duration of video 24:01, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyc1aF4I53c >.

3). “Can Israel & the U.S. Sustain Iran's Military Power? (w/ Alastair Crooke) | The Chris Hedges Report”, Mar 6, 2026, Chris Hedges interviews Alastair Crooke, The Chris Hedges Report on The Chris Hedges YouTube Channel, duration of video 1:01:51, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL8rXeNkXsQ >.

4). “THAAD Radar Shredded: $300 Million Down in Flames, Iran's Devastating Hit Blinds US' Gulf Eyes?”, Mar 7, 2026, Anon, Hindustan Times, duration of video 8:00, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGbDE6Xbv34 >.

5). “Blind US First? Iran's Missile Defence Plan Hits Home As THAAD Radars Burn In Jordan & UAE | VERTEX”, Mar 6, 2026, Anon, Vertex, duration of video 11:00, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL88hBafD8Q >.

6). “Iran Just Launched a Massive Missile Strike on Al Udeid Air Base — 10,000 U.S. Troops Inside”, Mar 8, 2026, Anon, Fred in Focus, duration of video 16:17, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbriJNCTbhE >.

7). “Larry Johnson: AIR POWER CANNOT BEAT an ENTRENCHED ENEMY LIKE IRAN”, Mar 4, 2026, Daniel Davis interviews Larry Johnson, Daniel Davis / Deep Dive, duration of video 54:12, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9hyUHkxol4 >.

8), “Trump has privately shown serious interest in U.S. ground troops in Iran: The president’s private comments have not focused on a large-scale ground invasion of Iran, but rather on the idea of a small contingent of U.S. troops that would be used for specific strategic purposes, sources say”, Mar 6, 2026, Courtney Kube, Katherine Doyle, Julie Tsirkin & Gordon Lubold, NBC News, at < https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-privately-shown-serious-interest-us-ground-troops-iran-rcna262176 >.

9). “ ‘God help us’: Critics aghast at report Trump privately eyeing ground troops in Iran”, Mar 6, 2026, Erik De La Garza, Raw Story, at < https://www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-2675698589/ >.

10). “Will the US put ‘boots on the ground’ in Iran? US President Donald Trump hasn’t ruled out ground troops in Iran, but experts expect targeted special ops over an invasion”, Mar 4, 2026, Mohammad Mansour, Al Jazeera, at < https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/3/4/will-the-us-put-boots-on-the-ground-in-iran >.

11). “Lawrence Wilkerson: U.S. Arms Kurdish Fighters in Iran to Start Civil War”, Mar 4, 2026, Glenn Diesen interviews Lawrence Wilkerson, Glenn Diesen, duration of video 54:00, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3r8Ie-yNZU >.

~~ recommended by desmond morista ~~

Trump’s Iran Con Put Us in the Covid Before Times Again

https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=329291&post_id=190271230&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTkwMjcxMjMwLCJpYXQiOjE3NzI5Njk2MDQsImV4cCI6MTc3NTU2MTYwNCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTMyOTI5MSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.N1UVy48v7zzv0JxqhqSDMrUeikEBtJUzJ_8Pz-PYLyE

~~ frecommmended by newestbeginning ~~

California’s new folic acid mandate for tortillas sparks controversy over fortified foods

https://foodprint.org/blog/new-folic-acid-mandate-for-tortillas/

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

On this day March 7, 1965 Bloody Sunday: Civil Rights Activists Brutally Attacked in Selma and War Crimes don't Hide Sex Crimes

https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/mar/07

https://www.facebook.com/share/1EBngcJVtG/

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Kash Patel gutted FBI counterintelligence team tasked with tracking Iranian threats days before US strikes, sources say By Hannah Rabinowitz

https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/politics/patel-fbi-national-security-division-firings-iran

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

War... Music Friday for Class Strugglers

https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=1172080&post_id=189675018&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTg5Njc1MDE4LCJpYXQiOjE3NzI1NDM0OTUsImV4cCI6MTc3NTEzNTQ5NSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTExNzIwODAiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0._nwZzhHJNLmhJjzJFuMC6H9u9Tk7AeU-acrvwZvClzg

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

We have completely unqualified people declaring war and sending OTHER PEOPLE's kids to fight for THEIR interests and sick vanity projects. How obscene is that?

Israel Brings ‘Gaza Doctrine’ to Lebanon

https://youtu.be/rAi3_8_am-4?si=UTGoOwXaYUhW4mib

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

They Always Hunt the Girls First W. A. Lawrence

https://substack.com/app-link/post/publication_id=6198417&post_id=190001711&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTkwMDAxNzExLCJpYXQiOjE3NzI3MjUwNzQsImV4cCI6MTc3NTMxNzA3NCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTYxOTg0MTciLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.n-oaPEn7uUO-EYWaSABsGxseFRNGTnF-csVO4Xv1QIk

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Vance's "war on fraud" is a fraud

https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=501423&post_id=189583659&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTg5NTgzNjU5LCJpYXQiOjE3NzI3MDk0OTcsImV4cCI6MTc3NTMwMTQ5NywiaXNzIjoicHViLTUwMTQyMyIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.svtewidBlaHCAAvFRzZiL8iSY3pHPmGDIfTEVAzONYw

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Geez, the ONLY one allowed to commit waste fraud and abuse of taxpayer money and the Commons is Trump and his fellow conmen, grifters and thieves who are bilking us for hundreds of Millions or Billions.