OPEC+ to raise oil output slightly even as US war on Iran disrupts shipments

Source: Reuters

“OPEC+ has agreed in principle to a modest oil output increase on Sunday, five OPEC+ sources said, after the U.S.-Israeli war on OPEC+ member Iran and Tehran’s retaliation led to shipment disruptions in the Middle East. OPEC+ has a history of raising oil output to cushion disruptions but analysts said the group currently has little spare capacity to add to supply, except for its leader Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, who will also struggle to export oil until navigation in the Gulf returns to normal.” (03/01/26)

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/opec-debates-oil-output-boost-us-war-iran-disrupts-shipments-2026-03-01/

Thomas L. Knapp

Larry Johnson on The Scott Horton Show

Source: The Scott Horton Show

“Scott interviewed Larry Johnson hours before the joint US-Israeli air campaign on Iran commenced. In the interview, Johnson presciently explained why he was virtually certain this was coming. He and Scott then debunked all the ridiculous lies this insane operation is built on and reflected on the complete lack of a clear endgame.” (02/28/26)

https://scotthorton.org/interviews/2-27-26-larry-johnson-predicts-trumps-war-on-iran-and-exposes-the-lies-its-built-on/

Thomas L. Knapp

A Small Nonprofit Did What the FDA Would Not

Source: Brownstone Institute
by Natalya Murakhver

“There is a question that has haunted me since the moment I watched institutions fail children during the pandemic: Who will ask the hard questions if the agencies charged with asking them refuse to? I have spent the past six years trying to answer that question through film, through advocacy, through lawsuits, through grassroots organizing. Now, Restore Childhood is trying to answer it through science.” (02/27/26)

https://brownstone.org/articles/a-small-nonprofit-did-what-the-fda-would-not/

Thomas L. Knapp

Pakistan: At least 22 killed as protesters try to storm US Consulate

Source: SFGate

“Violent clashes between protesters and security forces in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi and in the country’s north left at least 22 people dead and more than 120 others injured as demonstrators supportive of the Iranian government attempted to storm a U.S. Consulate on Sunday, authorities said. In the north of the country, demonstrators attacked U.N. and government offices. The violence came after the United States and Israel attacked Iran, killing its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Police and officials at a hospital in Karachi said that at least 50 people were also wounded in the clashes and some of them were in critical condition.” (03/01/26)

https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/at-least-6-killed-as-shiites-storm-us-consulate-21948592.php

Steve Trinward

OpenAI reaches deal with Pentagon after Trump drops Anthropic

Source: United Press International

“OpenAI announced it secured a deal to provide artificial intelligence services to the Defense Department hours after the Trump administration directed all federal agencies to stop using those provided by Anthropic. OpenAI is the San Francisco-based tech research company founded by Sam Altman, Elon Musk and others behind applications including ChatGPT and DALL-E. … Contract negotiations [sic] between the tech company and the Defense Department soured after the Trump administration demanded it be allowed to use the AI system for ‘all lawful purposes.'” [editor’s note: Demanding that an already in force contract be nullified to let you do anything you want is not “negotiation.” It’s just breaking the contract – TLK] (02/28/26)

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2026/02/28/openai-defense/8601772310881/

Thomas L. Knapp