Source: Fox News
by US Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA)
“As a principled opponent of military adventurism since America’s 2003 invasion of Iraq, I was devastated this weekend when we learned that once again, American servicemembers will be coming home in body bags. Trump announced, ‘There will likely be more before it ends. That’s the way it is.’ No. That’s not the way it is. That must not be the way it is. As Trump now refuses to rule out sending ground troops to Iran, I believe we must do everything in our power to stop this horrific war of choice before more Americans are killed. That is why this week, I am forcing a vote in the House of Representatives on a bipartisan resolution with my Republican colleague, Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky, to end this illegal and unconstitutional conflict.” (03/03/26)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/rep-ro-khanna-congress-must-reclaim-war-powers-from-an-out-of-control-trump-over-iran
Source: Politico
“Ireland officially nominated former EU agriculture and trade commissioner Phil Hogan to the top job at the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the government said today. Hogan’s name emerged last week as a potential contender for the role of FAO director, with Ireland’s Department of Agriculture signaling him as their preferred candidate. The Irish politician played a significant role pushing forward the Mercosur agreement during his time as the EU’s farm chief under under Jean-Claude Juncker, before briefly serving as trade commissioner in Ursula von der Leyen’s first Commission.” (03/03/26)
https://www.politico.eu/article/ireland-backs-former-commissioner-phil-hogans-bid-to-lead-un-food-agency
Source: The Hill
“Robby Soave gives his radar recapping the key moments from Bill and Hillary Clinton’s deposition before the House Oversight Committee, where they repeatedly denied involvement in Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes.” (03/03/26)
https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/5758455-rising-march-3-2026/
Source: Quillette
by Julia Friedman
“Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Mick Jagger, and the theatre of degradation.” (03/03/26)
https://quillette.com/2026/03/03/arrest-and-moral-pageantry-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-epstein-mick-jagger/
Source: spiked
by Stephen Sidney
“On 23 February 2026, police in Heilbronn, a city in south-west Germany, opened a criminal investigation into a retired man. His alleged crime? Calling chancellor Freidrich Merz ‘Pinocchio’. No threats. No incitement. Just a blunt, rather amusing suggestion that Germany’s national leader tells lies. Welcome to Germany in 2026, where mocking a politician is now a police matter.” (03/03/26)
https://archive.is/8qGx2
Source: NBC News
“OpenAI CEO Sam Altman unveiled a reworked agreement with the Pentagon Monday night governing the Defense Department’s use of its AI services, which he says provides stronger guarantees that the military won’t use OpenAI’s systems for domestic surveillance. The new agreement states that ‘the AI system shall not be intentionally used for domestic surveillance of U.S. persons and nationals,’ according to a post on OpenAI’s website. OpenAI had faced some backlash as news of an initial agreement between the leading AI company and the Pentagon emerged on Friday. Many observers claimed the original language shared on OpenAI’s website provided ample loopholes for the government to surveil Americans. The move comes after weeks of intense debates between rival AI company Anthropic and the Pentagon over how the military can use advanced AI systems.” (03/03/26)
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/openai-alters-deal-pentagon-critics-sound-alarm-surveillance-rcna261357
Source: Liberal Currents
“Trent and Caitlin check in with journalist Gillian Brockell after the release of her article on ‘ICE Air.’ They discuss the recent mass layoffs at the Washington Post, the abhorrent treatment of deportees, the justifications used to mistreat humans, and the importance of empathy and being a human.” (03/03/26)
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-wapo-defenestration-and-ice-flight-brutality-half-the-answer-68-with-gillian-brockell/
Source: The Daily Economy
by David Hebert
“The Court limited one statutory pathway while leaving others intact. The opinion strengthens the major questions doctrine and clarifies how far emergency powers can stretch.” (03/03/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/six-takeaways-from-the-supreme-courts-tariff-ruling/
Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone
“War is the worst thing in the world. Westerners talk about it like it’s a fucking video game, like ‘hurr durr, we just go in there and achieve our objectives and win,’ when really war means shredding human bodies to bits. Children burning to death in front of their parents. People holding their own guts in their hands as their life slowly slips away. People getting trapped under rubble and dying excruciatingly slow deaths of suffocation or dehydration. People picking up pieces of their beloved family members. Westerners are able to hold this compartmentalized video game mentality about war because war isn’t something that happens to us. We’ve never had bombs dropped on our neighborhoods. We’ve never had the experience of seeing a severed hand on the ground after an explosion and trying to figure out who it belonged to.” (03/03/26)
https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2026/03/03/if-westerners-could-wrap-their-minds-around-what-war-really-is/
Source: The Verge
“Google is moving its Chrome browser to a two-week release cycle, instead of the current four, or the six-week cycle that existed for the decade before that. The change starts in September. ‘Building on our history of adapting our release process to match the demands of a modern web, Chrome is moving to a two-week release cycle,’ the company said in a blog post. The goal is to give users and developers faster access to performance improvements, fixes, and new capabilities. The smaller scope of the releases should also simplify debugging. The change applies to desktop, Android, and iOS, and begins with the stable release of Chrome 153 on September 8th. Beta releases will also move up to a two-week cycle.” (03/03/26)
https://archive.is/SSedR
