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Robert Sherman @ NewsNation: War in Iran marks one month as Yemeni Houthis join the fighting
The U.S. and Iran have each submitted cease-fire terms as Saturday marks the start of the fifth week of fighting in the war in Iran.
Overnight, at least 15 U.S. service members were wounded following an Iranian missile attack at a base in Saudi Arabia, according to the Associated Press.
President Donald Trump has announced he is extending his self-imposed deadline for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran publicly rejected the U.S.’s 15-point peace plan, sending a counterproposal that calls for Iranian sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, an end to hostilities and a stop to attacks on government officials.
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Meanwhile, missile attacks from Yemen are now targeting Israel.
(Robert Sherman @ NewsNation more…)
Anat Peled @ WSJ: Israel Is Rationing Its Best Interceptors—and Iran’s Missiles Are Getting Through
WSJ: U.S. Marines Arrive in Middle East; Houthis Launch Attacks Against Israel
And an Iranian strike in Saudi Arabia injured a dozen American troops and damaged a crucial U.S. aircraft.
Ryan Dezember and Collin Eaton @ WSJ: The Other Markets Being Rattled by the Blockage of Hormuz
Supply-chain disruptions in the Persian Gulf are rippling through markets for fertilizer, aluminum, helium and other commodities
Heather Delaney Reese: The President thinks he’s a peacemaker
Shanley Hurt: Article 5 and the Diaper Rash
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Brad Reed @ RawStory: Trump tries to shrug off No Kings protests — but is hit by astounding turnout
While turnout numbers have not yet been confirmed, organizers expected more than 9 million people to attend the events nationwide.
This is the third large-scale No Kings protest. Organizers said the first two events held in June and October of last year drew roughly 5 million and 7 million people, respectively.
Millions of American across all 50 states on Saturday rallied against President Donald Trump and his authoritarian agenda during nationwide No Kings protests.
The flagship No Kings rally in Minneapolis, which organizers Indivisible estimated drew over 200,000 demonstrators, featured speeches from Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and US Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), and actress Jane Fonda, as well as a special performance from rock icon Bruce Springsteen, who performed “Streets of Minneapolis,” a song he wrote in tribute of slain protesters Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
The rally in Minneapolis was one of more than 3,300 No Kings events across the US, and aerial video footage showed massive crowds gathered for demonstrations in cities including Washington, DC, New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, and San Diego.
In San Francisco, thousands of anti-Trump activists gathered on a local beach to form a human sign that read, “Trump must go now! No ICE, no wars, no lies, no kings.”
(Brad Reed @ RawStory more…)
Joyce Vance: Well Done America!
Erik De La Garza @ RawStory: Emails show Trump official urged beating protesters: ‘No one likes being hit by a stick’
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – March 28, 2026
Almost exactly a year ago, on March 27, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued an executive order titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” The order asserted that “[o]ver the past decade, Americans have witnessed a concerted and widespread effort to rewrite our Nation’s history, replacing objective facts with a distorted narrative driven by ideology rather than truth.”
…Embracing the idea that there is a perfect past currently being destroyed, Trump echoes twentieth-century fascists who promised to return their country to divinely inspired rules that, if ignored, would create disaster.
(Heather Cox Richardson more…)
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Radley Balko: You can’t hide your lying ICE
Documenting DHS lies about ICE and Border Patrol abuses: The illegal raid on ChongLy Scott Thao
(Radley Balko more…)
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Hans Christensen: Russia’s Ukraine War Moves Closer to Nordics/Balticum
Ukraine has stopped 40% of Russia’s oil exports this week by bombing and seriously damaging infrastructure in Western Russia, more than 800 km from the Ukrainian border. At that distance, the precision of the hits is impressive, with photo reports showing oil tanks and equipment are on fire, days after the attacks. And the attacks continue, showing that Ukraine has enough capacity for long range attacks in an extended period. Also, Russia is not able to prevent the attacks, leaving critical resources—export oil to finance the war—completely exposed to Ukrainian destruction.
(Hans Christensen more…)
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Andrew Zaleski and Zahra Hirji @ Bloomberg: Why Urban Beekeeping’s Popularity Is on the Rise
While bees are showing up in cities across the US, there’s still a debate about the impact on crops and native bee populations.
(Andrew Zaleski and Zahra Hirji @ Bloomberg more…)
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Borowitz: Trump Furious After “Pro Kings” Rally Draws Sparse Crowd
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Al Jazeera Death toll and injuries live tracker
ICE Accountability Project
ICE deaths 2026 – They deserve remembrance and justice.
- March 16: Royer Perez-Jimenez
- March 14: Naseer Paktiawil
- February 25: Nurul Amin Shah Alam
- January 24: Alex Pretti
- January 14: Heber Sanchaz Dominguez
- January 14: Victor Manuel Diaz
- January 9: Parady La
- January 7: Renée Good
- January 6: Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
- January 5: Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres
- January 3: Geraldo Lunas Campos
- December 31, 2025: Keith Porter
Suffering Under President Obama
NACDL Criminal Case Tracker
Texas Tribune: A Walk for Peace: photos of Fort Worth monks’ journey to Washington
Walk for Peace – Dhammacetiya – The Ancient Sacred Buddhist Scripture Stupas
Margaret Chase Smith: Declaration of Conscience
NPR: January 6, 2021: A visual archive
Accountability Initiative ICE List
GriftMatrix
Trump Action Tracker
Timeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department’s Anti-Voting Shift
Tracking the Lawsuits Against Trump’s Agenda
Trump Pardons Database
Project 2025 Tracker
DOGE Tracker
ProPublica: Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Wired: 6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Civil Liberties
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