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Court docs: the US DOJ failed to tell a judge about a 1980 law protecting journalists when it sought to seize WaPo reporter Hannah Natanson's devices last month (Charlie Savage/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/us/poli

DOJ Failed to Address Press Law in Application to Search Washington Post Reporter’s Home
The Justice Department did not address a 1980 law that generally bars warrants for reporting material when it sought to seize a Washington Post reporter’s devices, an unsealed filing shows.

The analogies that commentators use to describe the crisis Trump caused by launching an illegal attack on Iran jumble a lot together.
And while some economists say the world won’t suffer the kind of inflationary cycle it did in the 1970s,
many compare today’s disaster with the last time Iran’s radical clerics avenged US imperialism in epic fashion in 1979

emptywheel (@emptywheel.bsky.social)
From less than a month ago, given reports that one of the Black Hawks trying to find the fallen F-15 pilots also got hit. Trump Dreads Failing Like Jimmy Carter Did on Iran https://emptywheel.net/2026/03/09/trump-dreads-failing-like-jimmy-carter-did-on-iran/

Dallas Cowboys Coaching Staff Adds Secret Weapon With Ties to Maxx Crosby https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/dallas-cowboys-trade-rumors-maxx-crosby-odds-rise-post-combine-buzz

President Trump says the GENIUS Act is being "threatened and undermined" by banks, following their opposition to stablecoin yield payouts (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/03/03/trump…

Trump urges passage of U.S. Clarity Act, attacks banks for 'undercutting' GENIUS
U.S. President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social that the banking industry is trying to undermine the stablecoin bill he signed into law last year.

I share much of these feelings. But unfortunately some loved ones have been sucked into the Trump Cult. It is a Cult. And when a loved one is sucked into a cult you do need to try to get them out.
But if they won't leave after showing every angle of how they are being lied to and brainwashed and they still want to follow the cult and support fascism, racism, misogyny and war crimes, then they can no longer be loved ones. And maybe need to be puched since they have become a Nazi (though I’m not a very good puncher) https://todon.eu/@PaulDitz/115832636818580869

Kabinet reageert terughoudend, Kamer wil spoeddebat over Amerikaanse aanval op Venezuela | de Volkskrant
https://www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/kabinet-reageert-terughoudend-kamer-wil-spoeddebat-over-amerikaanse-aanval-op-venezuela~bc858e32/#Echobox=1767532287
Met -te- voorzichtig zijn weet Nederland weer eens flink te wrijven in de eigen vlek.
Door eenvoudig op minimale wijze slechts te wijzen op het feit dat dit 'niet past in de huidige rechtsgang' was de hele kous afgedaan. Ook dan was de oppositie boos geworden, maar was het allemaal niet opgevallen in de hele stroom van afwijzingen.
Maar nee ... Nu de volle aandacht

Some scents cause me an extremely peculiar feeling somewhere in my palate, towards the front of the mouth, occasionally even doing *something* to my incisives.
Does anybody else know what I'm talking about and maybe, just maybe, know what's the correct definition?
(searching for "scents that affect teeth and palate" only has halitosis-based results)
For reference: patchouli (patchoulol) is an example of such scents, for me.

“What they posed as the threat they were trying to preempt
—an attack by Iran against US forces
—is so extremely implausible, it is also laughable,” said one analyst
Experts Pillory Trump Case for War on Iran: ‘Flimsiest Excuse for Initiating a Major Attack’ in Decades
https://www.comm…

Experts Pillory Trump Case for War on Iran: 'Flimsiest Excuse for Initiating a Major Attack' in Decades | Common Dreams
"What they posed as the threat they were trying to preempt—an attack by Iran against US forces—is so extremely implausible, it is also laughable," said one analyst.

Trump has been on a media offensive since the Iran strikes, using short "exclusive" calls with mainstream outlets to make his points without cross-examination (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/03/03/trump-iran-press-calls/

Following Iran strikes, Trump floods news outlets with one-on-one calls
Trump’s unorthodox media strategy, a flurry of calls to reporters on both sides of the aisle, aims to shape public opinion on US military action against Iran.

The missile hit during the school’s morning session.
In Iran, the school week runs from Saturday to Thursday, so when US and Israeli bombs began falling at around 10am on Saturday, classes were under way.
At a point between 10am and 10.45am, a missile directly hit Shajareh Tayyebeh school, in Minab, southern Iran, demolishing its concrete building and killing dozens of seven to 12-year-old girls.
Photographs and verified videos from the site, which the Guardian has not publ…