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<\/a><\/p>\nHeather Delaney Reese: The president can’t keep his lies straight<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nBut the Pearl Harbor comment, as disgraceful as it was, wasn\u2019t even the most dangerous thing Trump said in those 27 minutes. It was just the most offensive. The most dangerous part was when he exposed his own lie about the war.<\/p>\n
Last night, on Truth Social, Trump posted that the United States \u201cknew nothing\u201d about Israel\u2019s strike on Iran\u2019s South Pars gas field, part of the largest natural gas field in the world. …<\/p>\n
That was last night. Today, with Takaichi sitting beside him and the cameras rolling, a reporter asked Trump directly whether he had spoken with Prime Minister Netanyahu about the Israeli strikes. Trump didn\u2019t hesitate.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, I did. I did. I told him, \u2018Don\u2019t do that.\u2019 …<\/p>\n
He knew. He spoke to Netanyahu. He described a coordinated relationship. And then he tripped over his own words trying to hold together a story that had already collapsed, because he\u2019d told us a completely different version twelve hours earlier. So either he lied last night to distance himself from the fallout after Iran retaliated by bombing Qatar\u2019s largest gas facility. Or he lied today to look like he\u2019s in control. Or both. …<\/p>\n
And buried inside that same exchange was something just as revealing. When asked about the economic damage the war is causing, Trump said, \u201cI thought it would be worse, much worse.\u201d Someone warned him. …
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\n(Heather Delaney Reese more…)<\/a><\/p>\nHeather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – March 20, 2026<\/a><\/h2>\nOn Wednesday, Israeli forces hit Iranian facilities in the South Pars natural gas field in the Persian Gulf, shared by Iran and Qatar. Helen Regan and Ivana Kottasov\u00e1 of CNN explain that the South Pars gas field is part of the largest natural gas reserves in the world, supplying most of Iran\u2019s domestic energy and crucial to Iran\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n
Targeting crucial oil infrastructure is a significant escalation in the war. Iran responded by hitting energy targets in Qatar and Saudi Arabia. As Summer Said, Rebecca Feng, and Alexander Ward of the Wall Street Journal<\/em> wrote, these strikes put oil and gas facilities at the center of the war, worsening the crisis over the supply of energy around the world.<\/p>\nTrump\u2019s social media account blamed Israel for the strike and said the U.S. hadn\u2019t been informed about it ahead of time, but Barak Ravid of Axios<\/em> reported that both Israeli officials and an official from the U.S. Defense Department said the strike was coordinated with and approved by the Trump administration. The Wall Street Journal<\/em> reporters added that Trump approved the strike to put pressure on Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\nToday Iraq declared \u201cforce majeure\u201d on the country\u2019s oilfields developed by foreign oil companies. …
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\nLucian K. Truscott IV: Bloodbath<\/a><\/h2>\nNicole Duncan-Smith @ Atlanta Black Star: \u2018Hates Him\u2019: Trump Pushes World Leader to Speak Then Refuses to Give Up the Spotlight as the Slick Signal to Staff Has Everyone Zooming In<\/a><\/h2>\nJess Weatherbed @ Verge: \u2018Work from home,\u2019 encourages the world\u2019s energy watchdog<\/a><\/h2>\nThe IEA is recommending measures to alleviate impending fuel shortages amid the war in Iran.<\/p>\n
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Emma Glassman-Hughes @ NY Post: Could UK\u2019s deadly meningitis outbreak spread to the US? Here\u2019s what experts say<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nGhosh, the health administrator in Kent, told news outlets in the UK that his team was trying to determine if this strain of the disease is more transmissible than past strains. So far, they aren\u2019t sure why there have been so many cases identified so quickly.<\/p>\n
While it\u2019s very common to have \u201csmall, sporadic outbreaks of meningitis from time to time,\u201d especially among university students and younger age groups, the speed of this outbreak has been \u201cquite unprecedented.\u201d
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James Eagle: Unemployment in Germany during the collapse of the Weimar economy<\/a><\/h2>\nFew statistics capture the social dislocation of the early 1930s as clearly as unemployment. In Germany the labour market deteriorated rapidly as the global economic crisis deepened. By 1932 nearly one third of the workforce was without a job, placing immense strain on the country\u2019s political and social stability.<\/p>\n
This chart traces the sharp rise in unemployment after the Wall Street crash and the collapse of international credit. Germany had relied heavily on foreign lending during the late 1920s, particularly from the US. When those financial flows reversed the economy contracted sharply, forcing firms to dismiss workers on a vast scale.
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Steven Beschloss: The Deadly Danger of Careless People<\/a><\/h2>\nWhen war zealot Pete Hegseth was asked yesterday about a proposed Pentagon request for $200 billion to supplement its war in Iran, he said, \u201cObviously, it takes money to kill bad guys.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bad guys.<\/em> Tell that to the Iranian families grieving over the murder of their daughters or siblings after the U.S. military bombed their elementary school. Tell that to the thousands of civilians that have died so far. That\u2019s not the language you use if you recognize your moral\u2014indeed human\u2014responsibilities.
\n…<\/p>\nThere\u2019s a famous, oft-repeated quote from F. Scott Fitzgerald\u2019s The Great Gatsby<\/em> that\u2019s frequently (and accurately) used to describe Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. But the same quote is appropriate to describe another couple, Donald and Pete. It goes like this:<\/p>\nThey were careless people, Tom and Daisy\u2014they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Maria Cardona @ Contrarian: A Reckoning Long Overdue<\/a><\/h2>\nThis moment of truth \u2014 for Dolores Huerta and for the other survivors \u2014 must also be ours<\/em><\/p>\nCivil rights icon Dolores Huerta has shared a devastating truth she carried alone for sixty years: that her closest colleague, mentor, boss \u2014 and the internationally revered face of the farmworker movement, C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez \u2014 sexually abused her.
\n(Maria Cardona @ Contrarian more…)<\/a><\/p>\nMelanie Mason @ Politico: What Cesar Chavez\u2019s biographer says now<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Mar\u00eda Teresita Armstrong-Matta @ RawStory: Unredacted Epstein email apparently contradicts core Trump claim<\/a><\/h2>\n… Trump’s attorney Alan Garten stated Epstein was “never asked to leave” the club, directly contradicting Trump’s public assertions that he kicked Epstein out.<\/p>\n
The email documents Trump’s deposition responses, where he stated he “may have been” on Epstein’s plane with “no young girls” and “may have been” to Epstein’s residence. Trump has publicly denied being “friendly” with Epstein and claimed he was “never” on his plane.<\/p>\n
Jack Hopkins: How Epstein\u2019s Lawyer Became the Gatekeeper to $600 Million\u2014and the Truth<\/a><\/h2>\nA.L. Lee @ Atlanta Black Star: \u2018They\u2019re Scrambling!\u2019: Democrats Go Scorched Earth on Bondi After Reckless Hearing Stunt \u2014 Then She Slips and Hands Them Exactly What They Need and It\u2019s Going to Blow Up in Her Face<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Charlie Savage @ NY Times: Striking Down Pentagon Press Limits, Judge Vindicates Independent Journalism<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nThe ruling is just a first step. Judge Friedman was appointed by President Bill Clinton, a Democrat. The Trump administration has lost many cases before judges at the lower court level, only to prevail on appeal, especially before the Supreme Court, which is dominated by a Republican-appointed supermajority.<\/p>\n
But the core part of the ruling \u2014 its finding that the policy was aimed at and produced unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination \u2014 cuts deeper than left-versus-right politics in American democracy.
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VoteVets: Your Daily Four Star<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Borowitz: Hegseth Bans Microphones at Pentagon After Press Briefings Make Him Sound Like Idiot<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Onion: Trump Threatens Airstrikes On U.S. Gas Stations<\/a><\/h2>\n\u2018Lower Your Prices Now Or Face The Might Of The American Military,\u2019 Says Commander-In-Chief<\/p>\n
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\nBut the Pearl Harbor comment, as disgraceful as it was, wasn\u2019t even the most dangerous thing Trump said in those 27 minutes. It was just the most offensive. The most dangerous part was when he exposed his own lie about the war.<\/p>\n
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – March 20, 2026<\/a><\/h2>\nOn Wednesday, Israeli forces hit Iranian facilities in the South Pars natural gas field in the Persian Gulf, shared by Iran and Qatar. Helen Regan and Ivana Kottasov\u00e1 of CNN explain that the South Pars gas field is part of the largest natural gas reserves in the world, supplying most of Iran\u2019s domestic energy and crucial to Iran\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n
Targeting crucial oil infrastructure is a significant escalation in the war. Iran responded by hitting energy targets in Qatar and Saudi Arabia. As Summer Said, Rebecca Feng, and Alexander Ward of the Wall Street Journal<\/em> wrote, these strikes put oil and gas facilities at the center of the war, worsening the crisis over the supply of energy around the world.<\/p>\nTrump\u2019s social media account blamed Israel for the strike and said the U.S. hadn\u2019t been informed about it ahead of time, but Barak Ravid of Axios<\/em> reported that both Israeli officials and an official from the U.S. Defense Department said the strike was coordinated with and approved by the Trump administration. The Wall Street Journal<\/em> reporters added that Trump approved the strike to put pressure on Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\nToday Iraq declared \u201cforce majeure\u201d on the country\u2019s oilfields developed by foreign oil companies. …
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\nLucian K. Truscott IV: Bloodbath<\/a><\/h2>\nNicole Duncan-Smith @ Atlanta Black Star: \u2018Hates Him\u2019: Trump Pushes World Leader to Speak Then Refuses to Give Up the Spotlight as the Slick Signal to Staff Has Everyone Zooming In<\/a><\/h2>\nJess Weatherbed @ Verge: \u2018Work from home,\u2019 encourages the world\u2019s energy watchdog<\/a><\/h2>\nThe IEA is recommending measures to alleviate impending fuel shortages amid the war in Iran.<\/p>\n
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Emma Glassman-Hughes @ NY Post: Could UK\u2019s deadly meningitis outbreak spread to the US? Here\u2019s what experts say<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nGhosh, the health administrator in Kent, told news outlets in the UK that his team was trying to determine if this strain of the disease is more transmissible than past strains. So far, they aren\u2019t sure why there have been so many cases identified so quickly.<\/p>\n
While it\u2019s very common to have \u201csmall, sporadic outbreaks of meningitis from time to time,\u201d especially among university students and younger age groups, the speed of this outbreak has been \u201cquite unprecedented.\u201d
\n(Emma Glassman-Hughes @ NY Post more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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James Eagle: Unemployment in Germany during the collapse of the Weimar economy<\/a><\/h2>\nFew statistics capture the social dislocation of the early 1930s as clearly as unemployment. In Germany the labour market deteriorated rapidly as the global economic crisis deepened. By 1932 nearly one third of the workforce was without a job, placing immense strain on the country\u2019s political and social stability.<\/p>\n
This chart traces the sharp rise in unemployment after the Wall Street crash and the collapse of international credit. Germany had relied heavily on foreign lending during the late 1920s, particularly from the US. When those financial flows reversed the economy contracted sharply, forcing firms to dismiss workers on a vast scale.
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Steven Beschloss: The Deadly Danger of Careless People<\/a><\/h2>\nWhen war zealot Pete Hegseth was asked yesterday about a proposed Pentagon request for $200 billion to supplement its war in Iran, he said, \u201cObviously, it takes money to kill bad guys.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bad guys.<\/em> Tell that to the Iranian families grieving over the murder of their daughters or siblings after the U.S. military bombed their elementary school. Tell that to the thousands of civilians that have died so far. That\u2019s not the language you use if you recognize your moral\u2014indeed human\u2014responsibilities.
\n…<\/p>\nThere\u2019s a famous, oft-repeated quote from F. Scott Fitzgerald\u2019s The Great Gatsby<\/em> that\u2019s frequently (and accurately) used to describe Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. But the same quote is appropriate to describe another couple, Donald and Pete. It goes like this:<\/p>\nThey were careless people, Tom and Daisy\u2014they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
(Steven Beschloss more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Maria Cardona @ Contrarian: A Reckoning Long Overdue<\/a><\/h2>\nThis moment of truth \u2014 for Dolores Huerta and for the other survivors \u2014 must also be ours<\/em><\/p>\nCivil rights icon Dolores Huerta has shared a devastating truth she carried alone for sixty years: that her closest colleague, mentor, boss \u2014 and the internationally revered face of the farmworker movement, C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez \u2014 sexually abused her.
\n(Maria Cardona @ Contrarian more…)<\/a><\/p>\nMelanie Mason @ Politico: What Cesar Chavez\u2019s biographer says now<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Mar\u00eda Teresita Armstrong-Matta @ RawStory: Unredacted Epstein email apparently contradicts core Trump claim<\/a><\/h2>\n… Trump’s attorney Alan Garten stated Epstein was “never asked to leave” the club, directly contradicting Trump’s public assertions that he kicked Epstein out.<\/p>\n
The email documents Trump’s deposition responses, where he stated he “may have been” on Epstein’s plane with “no young girls” and “may have been” to Epstein’s residence. Trump has publicly denied being “friendly” with Epstein and claimed he was “never” on his plane.<\/p>\n
Jack Hopkins: How Epstein\u2019s Lawyer Became the Gatekeeper to $600 Million\u2014and the Truth<\/a><\/h2>\nA.L. Lee @ Atlanta Black Star: \u2018They\u2019re Scrambling!\u2019: Democrats Go Scorched Earth on Bondi After Reckless Hearing Stunt \u2014 Then She Slips and Hands Them Exactly What They Need and It\u2019s Going to Blow Up in Her Face<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Charlie Savage @ NY Times: Striking Down Pentagon Press Limits, Judge Vindicates Independent Journalism<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nThe ruling is just a first step. Judge Friedman was appointed by President Bill Clinton, a Democrat. The Trump administration has lost many cases before judges at the lower court level, only to prevail on appeal, especially before the Supreme Court, which is dominated by a Republican-appointed supermajority.<\/p>\n
But the core part of the ruling \u2014 its finding that the policy was aimed at and produced unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination \u2014 cuts deeper than left-versus-right politics in American democracy.
\n(Charlie Savage @ NY Times more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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VoteVets: Your Daily Four Star<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Borowitz: Hegseth Bans Microphones at Pentagon After Press Briefings Make Him Sound Like Idiot<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Onion: Trump Threatens Airstrikes On U.S. Gas Stations<\/a><\/h2>\n\u2018Lower Your Prices Now Or Face The Might Of The American Military,\u2019 Says Commander-In-Chief<\/p>\n
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Trump\u2019s social media account blamed Israel for the strike and said the U.S. hadn\u2019t been informed about it ahead of time, but Barak Ravid of Axios<\/em> reported that both Israeli officials and an official from the U.S. Defense Department said the strike was coordinated with and approved by the Trump administration. The Wall Street Journal<\/em> reporters added that Trump approved the strike to put pressure on Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n Today Iraq declared \u201cforce majeure\u201d on the country\u2019s oilfields developed by foreign oil companies. … The IEA is recommending measures to alleviate impending fuel shortages amid the war in Iran.<\/p>\n … While it\u2019s very common to have \u201csmall, sporadic outbreaks of meningitis from time to time,\u201d especially among university students and younger age groups, the speed of this outbreak has been \u201cquite unprecedented.\u201d Few statistics capture the social dislocation of the early 1930s as clearly as unemployment. In Germany the labour market deteriorated rapidly as the global economic crisis deepened. By 1932 nearly one third of the workforce was without a job, placing immense strain on the country\u2019s political and social stability.<\/p>\n This chart traces the sharp rise in unemployment after the Wall Street crash and the collapse of international credit. Germany had relied heavily on foreign lending during the late 1920s, particularly from the US. When those financial flows reversed the economy contracted sharply, forcing firms to dismiss workers on a vast scale. When war zealot Pete Hegseth was asked yesterday about a proposed Pentagon request for $200 billion to supplement its war in Iran, he said, \u201cObviously, it takes money to kill bad guys.\u201d<\/p>\n Bad guys.<\/em> Tell that to the Iranian families grieving over the murder of their daughters or siblings after the U.S. military bombed their elementary school. Tell that to the thousands of civilians that have died so far. That\u2019s not the language you use if you recognize your moral\u2014indeed human\u2014responsibilities. There\u2019s a famous, oft-repeated quote from F. Scott Fitzgerald\u2019s The Great Gatsby<\/em> that\u2019s frequently (and accurately) used to describe Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. But the same quote is appropriate to describe another couple, Donald and Pete. It goes like this:<\/p>\n They were careless people, Tom and Daisy\u2014they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n (Steven Beschloss more…)<\/a><\/p>\n This moment of truth \u2014 for Dolores Huerta and for the other survivors \u2014 must also be ours<\/em><\/p>\n Civil rights icon Dolores Huerta has shared a devastating truth she carried alone for sixty years: that her closest colleague, mentor, boss \u2014 and the internationally revered face of the farmworker movement, C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez \u2014 sexually abused her. … Trump’s attorney Alan Garten stated Epstein was “never asked to leave” the club, directly contradicting Trump’s public assertions that he kicked Epstein out.<\/p>\n The email documents Trump’s deposition responses, where he stated he “may have been” on Epstein’s plane with “no young girls” and “may have been” to Epstein’s residence. Trump has publicly denied being “friendly” with Epstein and claimed he was “never” on his plane.<\/p>\n … But the core part of the ruling \u2014 its finding that the policy was aimed at and produced unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination \u2014 cuts deeper than left-versus-right politics in American democracy. \u2018Lower Your Prices Now Or Face The Might Of The American Military,\u2019 Says Commander-In-Chief<\/p>\n
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\nLucian K. Truscott IV: Bloodbath<\/a><\/h2>\n
Nicole Duncan-Smith @ Atlanta Black Star: \u2018Hates Him\u2019: Trump Pushes World Leader to Speak Then Refuses to Give Up the Spotlight as the Slick Signal to Staff Has Everyone Zooming In<\/a><\/h2>\n
Jess Weatherbed @ Verge: \u2018Work from home,\u2019 encourages the world\u2019s energy watchdog<\/a><\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nEmma Glassman-Hughes @ NY Post: Could UK\u2019s deadly meningitis outbreak spread to the US? Here\u2019s what experts say<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nGhosh, the health administrator in Kent, told news outlets in the UK that his team was trying to determine if this strain of the disease is more transmissible than past strains. So far, they aren\u2019t sure why there have been so many cases identified so quickly.<\/p>\n
\n(Emma Glassman-Hughes @ NY Post more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\nJames Eagle: Unemployment in Germany during the collapse of the Weimar economy<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n…<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nMaria Cardona @ Contrarian: A Reckoning Long Overdue<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n(Maria Cardona @ Contrarian more…)<\/a><\/p>\nMelanie Mason @ Politico: What Cesar Chavez\u2019s biographer says now<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nMar\u00eda Teresita Armstrong-Matta @ RawStory: Unredacted Epstein email apparently contradicts core Trump claim<\/a><\/h2>\n
Jack Hopkins: How Epstein\u2019s Lawyer Became the Gatekeeper to $600 Million\u2014and the Truth<\/a><\/h2>\n
A.L. Lee @ Atlanta Black Star: \u2018They\u2019re Scrambling!\u2019: Democrats Go Scorched Earth on Bondi After Reckless Hearing Stunt \u2014 Then She Slips and Hands Them Exactly What They Need and It\u2019s Going to Blow Up in Her Face<\/a><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nCharlie Savage @ NY Times: Striking Down Pentagon Press Limits, Judge Vindicates Independent Journalism<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nThe ruling is just a first step. Judge Friedman was appointed by President Bill Clinton, a Democrat. The Trump administration has lost many cases before judges at the lower court level, only to prevail on appeal, especially before the Supreme Court, which is dominated by a Republican-appointed supermajority.<\/p>\n
\n(Charlie Savage @ NY Times more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\nVoteVets: Your Daily Four Star<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nBorowitz: Hegseth Bans Microphones at Pentagon After Press Briefings Make Him Sound Like Idiot<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nOnion: Trump Threatens Airstrikes On U.S. Gas Stations<\/a><\/h2>\n
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