IDF 'manpower shortage.'

Both #Israel and its main imperial sponsor are confronting the dangers of overextending themselves.

Fears of Imminent Ground Invasion Surge as Trump Weighs ‘Final Blow’ Options Against Iran | Common Dreams "Looking to the invasion of Iraq in 2003, a similar invasion of Iran, given its population size, would require as many as 1.6 million troops," warned one analyst.

"Looking to the invasion of Iraq in 2003, a similar invasion of Iran, given its population size, would require as many as 1.6 million troops." #IranWar
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If ever there was a crew member who's going over the side of the ship, it's #PeteHegseth.

Australia’s post-Bondi crackdown accused of targeting pro-Palestinian voices Fear for future of peaceful protest in Australia while some say Jewish community being prioritised over others.

Following the Bondi Beach attack, Australia has become a key front in the struggle to defend the #Palestinesolidarity movement and democratic rights.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...

No Israel prosecutions this decade for killing of West Bank Palestinians.

They've stopped even going through the motions. #WestBank

I admit that I'm no international diplomat but having to keep extending negotiations with a government that denies they are taking place is probably not a very solid indication that they are going well. #Trump #IranWar

Line up of countries voting on resolution condemning the slave trade. Votes against and abstentions are telling.

It looks like there's a European colonialism caucus at the #UN.

My Fighting to Win course goes to Ottawa
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Headline that the people of Israel are tired.

The racist selectivity that went into this little effort is jarring beyond words. #IranWar‌

Opinion | Abortion care ought to be available at the VA Serra Sippel and Janessa Goldbeck: The Senate refused to unblock important health care services for veterans

What is happening to US veteran Alexia Moore is tragic. She's being criminalized for allegedly taking abortion pills, when she should have been able to go to her local VA clinic to get the counseling, information and health care she needed and deserved.

Hickson 44 in Leo apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26032...
Scanning the skies for galaxies, Canadian astronomer Paul Hickson and colleagues identified some 100 compact groups of galaxies, now appropriately called Hickson Compact Groups.

Billy Bragg calls for big turnout at London march against far right Musician urges public to send clear message at what is expected to be UK’s biggest ever multicultural rally

📢 WE'RE GOING‼️ Please be there if you can... 👍♥️✊
#Unity #Love #Tolerance #NoToHate #Together www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Things stupid people say.

The UK Covid Inquiry has laid bare the avoidable horror of the second Covid wave It is becoming ever clearer both how devastating the second wave of winter 2020/21 was, and how much of that devastation could have been avoided.

'the overall conclusion is that the scale of deaths in the first wave could have been much lower and the devastating second wave could have been largely avoided'
@chrischirp.bsky.social

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Yep, a mom's COVID shot during pregnancy protects her baby, a large study finds A 3-year study published in Pediatrics examined newborns in Norway. It found a clear benefit for the baby when mom gets a COVID vaccination during pregnancy.

Wow, turns out vaccines during pregnancy are... safe and effective, even protecting babies!
Incredible! Truly shocking!
It's almost like science works?!💉🛡️👶

This admin keeps peddling COVID-19 antivax nonsense, but science prevails.💪

Science: 2,978,547
🧠🪱: -785

Global forecasting group sees U.S. inflation at 4.2% this year, much higher than Fed estimate The forecast is a sharp step up from the prior projection of 2.8%. Moreover, it is much higher than the 2.7% Fed officials estimated.

That's because the Mad King's regime is cooking the books.

Border Patrol agents ignored orders to end car chase before gassing Chicago neighborhood DHS claimed federal agents intentionally hit a fleeing vehicle to try to stop the driver in Chicago’s East Side neighborhood last October—but videos of the 18-minute high-speed pursuit show they actua...

NEW: Last October, Border Patrol agents gassed Chicagoans after agents caused a major car crash on the southeast side.

I analyzed body cam videos that show agents Benito Nunez, Oscar Guillen, and Carlos Chavira ignored orders to end the pursuit—moments before they blew a tire and crashed.

Senate Clears Deal To End DHS Shutdown Amid Airport Chaos—ICE Funding Excluded The Senate passed legislation to keep most of the Department of Homeland Security funded till the end of the fiscal year—except Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The Senate passed legislation to keep most of the Department of Homeland Security funded till the end of the fiscal year—except Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Australia’s post-Bondi crackdown accused of targeting pro-Palestinian voices Fear for future of peaceful protest in Australia while some say Jewish community being prioritised over others.

'“The laws introduce broad and poorly defined criminal powers directed at ‘hate groups'...

...exacerbated by inconsistent explanations from the government about whether the legislation could apply to criticism of a foreign government’s conduct..."

www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...

OECD says energy shock will drive US inflation to 4.2%

#Trump's regime change agenda at work. #Iran

Israeli intelligence chief's brother pinched for smuggling cigarettes into Gaza.

How ironic that this grubby little venture leads to charges when an genocide is unfolding with impunity. #GazaGenocide‌

APTN Investgates: Pimicikamak and its winter of discontent Pimicikamak has been experiencing what might be called a winter of discontent, after a power outage resulted in frozen and ruptured pipes.

"I think it’s important to remember that Cross Lake, #Pimicikamak, is one of the communities that’s the cash cow for Manitoba."
www.aptnnews.ca/investigates...

The war within the war Israel’s criminal war on Lebanon is part of its strategy of regional destabilisation which conflicts with US aims to achieve a compliant Middle East safe for US profits, argues John Clarke As t...

#Israel's assault on #Lebanon drives home the misalignment between its agenda of regional destabilisation and the US goal of a safe, compliant and profitable Middle East. My column for Counterfire this week.
www.counterfire.org/article/the-...

UN experts demand immediate release of Dr Abu Safiya after reports of “severe torture" GENEVA – Israel must immediately release Gazan doctor Dr Hussam Abu Safiya and ensure he is granted access to medical examination and treatment, UN experts* said today, after they received new reports...

'He has been systematically denied critical medical examination and treatment, and deprived of essential care to such an extent that his life, health, and wellbeing have been gravely endangered. #AbuSafiya
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Ukraine military aid may be diverted to Middle East.

Though we can still speak of a weakened US hegemony, any lingering notions of US invincibility have been buried in the Middle East. #IranWar‌

B.C. mulls plan to weaken DRIPA, in secret document shared with First Nations leaders OTTAWA — British Columbia Premier David Eby is considering amendments that would weaken the province's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, after two recent court decisions siding with...

There was a time when the term 'reformism' was hurled at those who wanted to make capitalism nice without fundamental change. We are now living at a time when reformism has run out of reforms and the BC NDP government is very much a case in point.
nanaimonewsnow.com/2026/03/24/b...

#Antisemitism as the socialism of fools.
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Headline describes an Israeli soldier firing on Palestinians as a 'man in military fatigues.'

The contortions that the Western media engages in to conceal or downplay #Israel's criminality have gone over to absurdity.

Middle East conflict weighs further on slowing trade outlook World trade is set to slow in 2026 following stronger than expected growth in 2025 on the back of surging trade in AI-enabling products. WTO economists warn that the ongoing conflict in the Middle Eas...

'The Middle East conflict threatens critical global transport corridors, with traffic through the Strait of Hormuz collapsing from 138 commercial vessels per day to almost zero.' #IranWar‌ #WorldTrade
www.wto.org/english/news...

Massive increase in Palestinians injured by settler attacks.

Charting #Israel's #ethniccleansing strategy.