Source: The Intercept
by Sam Biddle
“OpenAI says Americans shouldn’t worry about the ethics of its new Pentagon contract. You’ll have to take their word for it (and Pete Hegseth’s).” (03/08/26)
https://theintercept.com/2026/03/08/openai-anthropic-military-contract-ethics-surveillance/
Source: The Scott Horton Show
“Scott interviews Matthew Hoh about an article he just wrote debunking the old lie, that is being pushed once again, that the Iranian government helped kill hundreds of American soldiers by supplying critical parts for armor-piercing roadside IEDs. He and Scott also discuss how insane Trump’s decision to attack Iran is.” (03/07/26)
Source: Lions of Liberty
“James Talarico’s Progressive Reveal.” (03/07/26)
https://www.lionsofliberty.com/episodes/polticks-james-talaricos-progressive-reveal
Source: National Public Radio [US state media]
“Justice Department releases missing Epstein files related to Trump.” (03/06/26)
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Ryan McMaken
“Historians have long noted that demands for unconditional surrender have worked to prolong conflicts rather than shorten them, leading to needless death on both sides. After all, Trump is essentially saying that the Iranians should put themselves in a position of accepting whatever terms the United States seeks to unilaterally impose, including the total dissolution of the Iranian state, plus sanctions, punishments, occupations and other humiliations. What government would accede to this? Very few would, which is why only very weak, small, and relatively unarmed regimes can be forced into accepting unconditional surrender after anything less than a protracted war. Iran, however, is not weak, small, or relatively unarmed. And, geography is in its favor.” (03/06/26)
https://mises.org/mises-wire/his-unconditional-surrender-goal-trump-signals-long-war
Source: Engadget
“When NASA crashed a spacecraft into the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in 2022, it altered both Dimorphos’ orbit around its parent asteroid, Didymos, and the two objects’ orbit around the sun, according to new research. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) said in a press release that this ‘marks the first time a human-made object has measurably altered the path of a celestial body around the Sun.’ It’s a promising result as scientists work to find a feasible method of defending Earth from hazardous space objects. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission was designed to demonstrate one possible way of deflecting such an object, targeting the non-threatening moonlet Dimorphos, which is about 560 feet wide.” (03/07/26)
Source: The Tom Woods Show
“You’re Obsessed With Israel!” (03/06/26)
Source: Glenn Greenwald
by Glenn Greenwald
“Every new war that the U.S. wages — at least over the past six decades — is accompanied by a series of official lies, shifting and inconsistent claims about the war’s goals, and constant exaggerations about the grand progress toward glorious victory. Now, a full week into the Iran War started by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his partner, the American President Donald Trump, this war already equals, if not surpasses, the brazen war propaganda that instigated and fueled those prior ones.” (03/06/26)
https://greenwald.substack.com/p/trump-iran-war-is-an-open-ended-regime
Source: Cato Institute
by Jon Hoffman
“President Donald Trump has plunged the United States into an open-ended war with Iran, lacking clearly defined and achievable objectives, a discernible endgame, or a viable exit plan. This is a war of choice — Iran posed no imminent threat to the United States, and the White House is now scrambling to devise a strategy for a war already underway and proving more difficult than anticipated. The war will likely escalate as Iran digs in and hawkish voices push Trump toward maximalist — and largely unachievable — aims. By setting this crisis in motion, the Trump administration is repeating the same failures that have long defined US Middle East policy. Absent a course correction, the United States is on the path to another forever war.” (03/06/26)
Source: The Atlantic
by Matteo Wong
“Whether it means to or not.” (03/06/26)