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Trump presses ahead with Iran war despite warnings of political risk for midterms (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-presses-ahead-with-iran-war-despite-warnings-political-risk-midterms-2026-03-02/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260302/p65#a260302p65

Source: HBO Max is proceeding with its UK and Ireland launch on March 26, offering TNT Sports as a standalone or add-on service, despite Paramount's WBD deal (K.J. Yossman/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/global/hbo-max-uk-launch-going-ah…

HBO Max U.K. Launch Still Going Ahead Despite Paramount Merger
The U.K. launch of HBO Max is still going ahead as planned, despite plans to combine the streaming platform with Paramount+.

Trump pursues Iranian decapitation without a plan for what comes next
Trump’s inclination to bomb first and then wash his hands of whatever comes next in Iran has alarmed U.S. allies.
Security officials in the Middle East and in Europe have raised concerns that the U.S. is unleashing forces that could spill across borders, disrupt global trade and lead to asymmetric terrorist attack reprisals
— all with no certainty that the remaining Islamic hard-liners won’t ultimately …

Trump pursues Iranian decapitation without a plan for what comes next
The U.S. has a fraught track record of toppling autocratic regimes and securing peaceful democracies — even when it has vision for the day after.

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Quit then, you shitheads. https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ice-employees-vent-reddit-saying-theyre-not-getting-paid-still-no-insurance-despite-promises-1775650

ICE Employees Vent on Reddit, Saying They're Not Getting Paid and Still No Insurance Despite Promises (Thea Felicity/International Business Times)
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ice-employees-vent-reddit-saying-theyre-not-getting-paid-still-no-insurance-despite-promises-1775650
http://www.memeorandum.com/260202/p117#a260202p117

We speak with economist
Michael Hudson,
who details how Trump opted to attack Iran despite progress at indirect U.S.-Iran negotiations.
“The whole reason that America has attacked Iran has nothing to do with its getting an atom bomb,”
but instead the aim was U.S. control of oil, says Hudson.
The Trump administration may have been after the ability to “turn off the power” to countries that don’t follow U.S. foreign policy, he says

A War for Oil: Economist Michael Hudson on U.S. Quest to Control the World’s Oil Trade
We speak with economist Michael Hudson, who details how President Trump opted to attack Iran despite progress at indirect U.S.-Iran negotiations. “The whole reason that America has attacked Iran has nothing to do with its getting an atom bomb,” but instead the aim was U.S. control of oil, says Hudson. The Trump administration may have been after the ability to “turn off the power” to countries that don’t follow U.S. foreign policy, he says.

SCOTUS declines to hear a dispute over copyrights for AI-generated material, in a case where a computer scientist was denied a copyright for AI-generated art (Blake Brittain/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/u

Trevor Noah Sues Donald Trump Over Alleged Threatening Messages
Following Explosive Truth Social Rant
A high-profile legal and political controversy has erupted
after comedian and television host Trevor Noah filed a lawsuit
against Donald Trump,
alleging that the president sent “damaging, intimidating, and dangerous” private direct messages
following a public dispute tied to comments made during the Grammy Awards

Trevor Noah Files $100m Lawsuit Against Donald Trump for damages, Alleging the President Issued Dangerous and Intimidating Private Messages After Explosive Truth Social Rant where The President Denied Epstein Island Allegation Following Grammy Awards Backlash
Trevor Noah Sues Donald Trump Over Alleged Threatening Messages Following Explosive Truth Social Rant A high-profile legal and political controversy has erupted after comedian and television host Trevor Noah filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump, alleging that the president sent “damaging, intimidating, and dangerous” private direct messages following a public dispute tied to comments […]