Bombed boats, dead fishermen, starving children, and broken families reveal the human cost of power without empathy...
This week, tens of thousands of game developers and producers will once again gather in San Francisco, as they have since 1988, for the weeklong Game Developers Conference. But this year's show will be missing many international developers who say they no longer feel comfortable traveling to the United States to attend, no matter how relevant the show is to their work and careers.
The Wall Street Journal found that "the Department of Homeland Security, created in 2002 to protect Americans, has turned its force against citizens." "Of the 279 people accused by officials on X of attacking federal officers in the past year, 181 were U.S. citizens, the Journal found. Close to half of those Americans were never charged with assault. None have been convicted at trial." "Yet names, mug shots and other identifying details posted by the government put a bull's-eye on them. They had to explain the accusations to family, friends and employers. In a few cases, their home and workplace addresses were leaked online, drawing death threats."
Mile-long queues at TSA security checkpoints are exhausting passengers at airports nationwide Monday morning as the partial government shutdown of the fascist Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continues.
Another FAFO lesson for the American people
On behalf of Willy Wender Aceituno (46) of Charlotte, NC, the ACLU has filed a $1.25 million federal damages claim against the US government over a November 2025 incident in which ICE agents smashed his car window and slammed him to the ground, even though he was a US citizen.
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An MS NOW panel called out Donald Trump over his dismissive attitude and response to reports that Vladimir Putin is giving aid to Iran by helping the embattled regime target U.S. troops. On Friday, the president was pressed by Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy on reports that Russia is assisting Iran to attack American military targets, which led Trump to snap, "That's an easy problem compared to what we're doing here, But I - can I be honest? It's just, I have a lot of respect for you. You've always been very nice to me. What a stupid question that is to be asking at this time. We're talking about something else." "I think there are a couple of things we can say this morning that really do put it all in perfect perspective of how strange things have become," he added, "Number one, the Russians helped the Iranians target Americans to kill them. And the administration, including the president, says it doesn't matter. We do it, too.'"
Ukraine has deployed interceptor drones and a team of specialists to help protect U.S. military bases in Jordan, President Volodymyr Zelensky told the New York Times in an interview published on March 9. Zelensky said the U.S. requested assistance on March 5 as tensions in the Middle East escalated following strikes on Iran. Ukraine agreed immediately and dispatched the team the next day. "We reacted immediately," the president said. "I said, yes, of course, we will send our experts." The deployment comes as Iran retaliates against attacks by United States and Israel, launching drones and missiles against U.S. bases, diplomatic facilities, and civilian targets across the region.
It shows the missile slamming into a building inside a walled compound " likely a health clinic that was also inside the perimeter of what was at one point an Iranian Revolutionary Guard naval base. "what was at one point an Iranian Revolutionary Guard naval base." Read more
A U.S. National Guard Soldier died in a health-related incident in Kuwait on March 6 during a medical emergency. The exact cause of death is under review. Read more
Iranian Lego-animation war propaganda video featuring Satan, Trump, and the Epstein Files :)
Seventh US service member killed in Iran war after being wounded in attack in Saudi Arabia Read more
Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald - March 8, 2026
An inmate housed at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York told the FBI he overheard guards talking about covering up Jeffrey Epstein's death on the morning he died.
The federal government's online Epstein library contains a five-page handwritten report of an FBI interview with an inmate who awoke the morning of Aug. 10, 2019 to the loud commotion in the Special Housing Unit, or SHU, where he and Epstein were jailed.
"Breathe! Breathe!" he recalled officers shouting about 6:30 a.m. Then he said he heard an officer say "Dudes, you killed that dude."
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) " Iranian state TV announced Sunday that Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the country's late supreme leader, has been named his successor.
Israel's strikes on 30 Iranian fuel depots Saturday went far beyond what the U.S. expected when Israel notified it in advance, sparking the first significant disagreement between the allies since the war began eight days ago, according to a U.S. official, Israeli official and a source with knowledge. Why it matters: The U.S. is concerned Israeli strikes on infrastructure that serves ordinary Iranians could backfire strategically, rallying Iranian society to support the regime and driving up oil prices. Driving the news: The Israeli air force's Saturday strikes created large fires in Tehran, igniting flames visible for miles and blanketing the capital in heavy smoke. The IDF claimed in a statement that the fuel depots "are used by the Iranian regime to supply fuel to different consumers including its military organs."
The imminent depletion of water supplies in Corpus Christi threatens to cut off the flow of jet fuel to Texas airports and other oil exports from one of the nation's largest petroleum ports, triggering potential shockwaves through energy markets in Texas and beyond. Without significant rainfall, Corpus Christi is headed for a "water emergency" within months and total depletion of the system next year, according to the city's website. "The impacts are going to be felt tremendously through the state, if not internationally," said Sean Strawbridge, former CEO of the Port of Corpus Christi Authority, the nation's top port for crude oil exports, in a 40-minute interview Thursday. "This should be no surprise to anybody. We were talking about this over a decade ago."
The body in charge of selecting a new supreme leader for Iran says it has reached a decision " although the name was not immediately announced.
Israel has warned it would target any figure chosen to replace Ali Khamenei, who was killed in joint US-Israeli strikes on the first day of the war with Iran.
"The most suitable candidate, approved by the majority of the Assembly of Experts, has been determined," Mohsen Heydari, a member of the selection body, said on Sunday, according to Iran's ISNA news agency.
