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"Reading about this swindle, I found myself wondering why it rankled me so much," writes Andrew Egger. "After all, this is hardly the first time Trump and his family have cashed in on his cult of personality to part his superfans from their cash. Indeed, for many MAGA superfans, being endlessly shaken down for cash via a blizzard of unbelievably sleazy campaign-solicitation texts and emails has become a defining feature of their digital lives. And that's to say nothing of Trump's crypto projects, Trump's NFTs, Trump's guitars, Trump's sneakers, Trump's watches - I could go on."

Or maybe it just strikes me as so sordid because of the political landscape in which it's unfolding. Donald Trump, who swept back into office last year with approval ratings in the 50s and an unprecedented political coalition at his back, has been hemorrhaging voters ever since. His second-term approval has never been lower"in fact, it hit another new low just today. Pretty much every voter outside his cult has already headed for the hills. And yet that stubborn 35ish percent of the electorate remains, eyes screwed shut, fingers wedged in their ears, unhappy with the state of the economy, unhappy with the state of the country, unhappy with the state of the world"but still convinced beyond all reason or persuasion that their political messiah, Donald Trump, is about to turn it all around.

This is remarkable, unprecedented political loyalty. Without it, Trump could never have gotten back to where he is today"and he'd certainly be in no position to shake down the sheikhs. And how does his family repay this loyalty? By selling his poor dumb true believers a vaporware phone.

At least 12 US, allied radar systems hit by Iran since start of war (March 2026)
www.aa.com.tr

... Iran has hit 12 US and allied radar and SATCOM terminals since the start of the war, according to data compiled by Anadolu.

Kuwait International Airport's newest radar system was among those targeted, as three "hostile drones" damaged it on Sunday, according to Kuwaiti authorities. The full extent of the damage remains unknown.

A day earlier, an Iranian drone struck a US Saab Giraffe 1X radar system at the US Embassy compound in Baghdad, Iraq. The radar provided Counter Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar (C-RAM) and Counter Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) in a 75-kilometer radius and is estimated to be worth $2 million.

While the extent of the damage is unclear, satellite imagery analyzed by multiple outlets confirms that four AN/TPY-2 radars have been hit in Al Sader and Al Ruwais in the United Arab Emirates, Muwaffaq Salti Airbase in Jordan, and Prince Sultan Airbase in Saudi Arabia. AN/TPY-2 radar components belonging to THAAD missile defense systems are valued at an estimated $2 billion.

A US AN/FPS-132 early warning radar at Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, valued at $1.1 billion, was struck by an Iranian missile when retaliatory attacks began on Feb. 28. Qatari authorities confirmed that the radar was damaged.

Iran also struck the US Navy's Fifth Fleet headquarters in Manama, Bahrain, destroying two satellite communications terminals and several large buildings.

Open-source intelligence reports have identified the targeted communication terminals as AN/GSC-52Bs, with an estimated cost of $20 million, factoring in deployment and installation.

In addition to the terminals lost in Bahrain, satellite imagery analyzed by The New York Times of Camp Arifjan in Kuwait showed three destroyed radomes, adding roughly $30 million in damage.

In total, 12 radar systems or SATCOM terminals, valued at an estimated $3.152 billion, have been hit by Iranian strikes. ...


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AP FACT CHECK: Trump on discrimination in his business (2016)
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... A claim from the presidential debate and how it stacks up with the facts:

TRUMP: Donald Trump said that a 1970s racial discrimination case against his real estate business was settled "without any admission of guilt" and that the case was brought against "many real estate firms."

THE FACTS: The first claim is technically correct; the second is flatly false.

Trump and his father fiercely fought a 1973 discrimination lawsuit brought by the Justice Department for their alleged refusal to rent apartments in predominantly white buildings to black tenants.

Testimony showed that the applications filed by black apartment seekers were marked with a "C'' for "colored."

A settlement that ended the lawsuit did not require the Trumps to explicitly acknowledge that discrimination had occurred -- but the government's description of the settlement said Trump and his father had "failed and neglected" to comply with the Fair Housing Act.

Trump is also wrong to say that the suit was brought against many real estate developers -- it was specific to buildings rented by him and his father. ...


www.campusreform.org

"Campus Reform analyzed upcoming spring 2023 graduation ceremonies at 17 colleges and universities. These schools are hosting separate commencements based on race, sexuality, country of origin, and even socioeconomic status."

"Bryn Mawr College is offering separate dorm floors for "BIPOC Belonging" and "Pan-Asian Culture" in an affinity housing pilot program that runs from 2023-2024" more from CR.

"In just one year since it opened its doors to SUNY Brockport students, the Joey Jackson Intercultural Center has been busy creating lasting experiences for Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) through events and partnerships across campus.

During that one-year period, the Center welcomed Will Walker as its Coordinator of Intercultural Engagement and Programs. He has directed several events throughout the school year and has partnered with many groups and departments.

"The goal of the Intercultural Center is to give our BIPOC students a space to congregate, relax, enjoy and to see other individuals like themselves in a space (Brockport) that is predominantly white," said Walker. "We're letting people know that you have a space, there are people like you on campus, come hang out, and don't worry about switching codes." www.brockport.edu

Society is going backwards.

More: China increasingly casts itself not as a fading civilization trying to catch up to the West but as a superpower poised to surpass it. Chinese nationalists and state-linked commentators say they have Mr. Trump to thank. America under his rule, they say, validates Mr. Xi's worldview centered on "the rise of the East and decline of the West."

For decades, many Chinese viewed the United States with a mix of admiration, envy and resentment. America represented wealth, technological sophistication and institutional confidence. Even critics of Washington who reviled the American system often assumed that it worked.

Mr. Trump's ascent and his volatile second term shattered that image.

In January, a nationalistic Beijing think tank affiliated with Renmin University published a triumphant report about Mr. Trump's first year back in office. The report argued that his tariffs, attacks on allies, anti-immigration policies and assaults on the American political establishment had inadvertently strengthened China while weakening the United States. Its title: "Thank Trump."

The report called Mr. Trump an "accelerator of American political decay," with the United States sliding toward polarization, institutional dysfunction and even "Latin American-style instability." His hostility toward China, the authors argued, was a "reverse booster" that unified the country and helped bring about its strategic self-reliance.

"At this turning point in history," the authors wrote, "what we hear is the heavy and haunting toll of an empire's evening bell."

Such language, once confined largely to nationalist corners of the Chinese internet, has increasingly entered mainstream political discourse.

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