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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/us/politics/deportation-iranian-revolution.html

Federal agents arrested a man whose mother served as a spokeswoman for the Islamist embassy captors during the hostage crisis that began in 1979.

A State Department statement on the matter did not accuse the three arrested of any specific unlawful or harmful acts but stated that the Trump administration “will never allow America to become a home for foreign nationals tied to anti-American terrorist regimes.”

his tie is that his mother was a spokesperson 47 years ago? incredible logic by trump.

#trump #resist #iran #deportation

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/11/middle-east-crisis-live-iranian-officials-arrive-in-islamabad-for-conditional-peace-talks-with-us

JD Vance says US delegation leaving Pakistan after failing to reach deal with Iran

"But again, we just could not get to a situation where the Iranians were willing to accept our terms."

if they are leaving after only one day, then there were no real negotiations.

#trump #resist #iran #vance

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/us/us-military-draft-automatic-registration-war.html U.S. Government Moves Toward Automatic Registration for Military Draft The Selective Service System, an executive branch agency that is separate from the Defense Department, has required men ages 18 to 25 who are eligible to be drafted to register with the government since 1980. But government officials, bracing for what experts say are potential confrontations with China or Russia while military recruiting has slumped, plan to comb other federal databases to bolster the list. #militarydraft #registration #resist

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/09/civil-war-chimpanzee-group-closer-to-human-condition-aoe

Wild chimpanzees recorded waging ‘civil war’ with coordinated attacks between two groups

In a new study published this week in the journal Science, Sandel and his colleagues document what may be the first observed “civil war” in wild chimpanzees. While chimpanzees have long been known to wage campaigns of lethal aggression on outsiders, witnessing a once unified group turn on itself is something new – and very human.

“Cases where neighbours are killing neighbours is more troubling and, in a way, it gets closer to the human condition. How do we have this seeming contradiction within us where we are able to cooperate, but then also very quickly turn on one another?” Sandel said.

#chimpanzees #war #behavior
#ecology

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/09/house-democrats-trump-war-powers-resolution-iran

An attempt by House Democrats to pass a long-shot resolution on Thursday curtailing Donald Trump’s war powers over Iran failed after the Republican pro forma speaker, Chris Smith, did not recognize lawmakers from the opposite party on the floor.

republican democracy.

#trump #resist #republican #congress

https://www.npr.org/2026/04/09/nx-s1-5779627/birthrate-united-states-babies-immigration 710,000 fewer babies were born last year in U.S. compared with two decades ago The impact of that change in real numbers is sizable: In 2007, there were 4,316,233 babies born. Last year, even though the nation's population as a whole is larger, there were only 3,606,400 newborns. relatively good news (population is still growing) for an overpopulated world. #population #environment #birthrate

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/us/politics/white-house-foreign-steel-ballroom.html

White House Secures Foreign Steel for Ballroom Project

President Trump has championed the U.S. steel industry, promising to strengthen it and to impose stiff tariffs on foreign metals to shield manufacturers from overseas competitors.

Yet the White House has secured tens of millions of dollars worth of donated foreign steel for Mr. Trump’s $400 million ballroom project, according to two people familiar with the plans who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive and private conversations.

#trump #resist #steel #ballroom

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/us/politics/trump-budget-cuts.html

To Boost Military Budget, Trump Targets Popular Programs at Home

Mr. Trump did not address Medicare and Medicaid directly. But he did ask Congress to slash about $73 billion next fiscal year across a wide array of domestic agencies and programs, including education, health care, housing and nutrition assistance.

He coupled that call for cuts with a request to ratchet up military spending by more than $400 billion, which would amount to one of the largest one-year boosts in modern history.

#trump #resist #military #spendingcuts

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/30/nx-s1-5745926/endangered-species-committee-hegseth-security U.S. exempts oil industry from protecting Gulf animals, for 'national security' "To be secure as a nation we need a steady, affordable supply of our own energy," Hegseth told the six members of the committee, nicknamed the God Squad for its ability to make life or death decisions about endangered animals. "This is not just about gas prices; it's about our ability to power our military and protect our nation." rolling stones: "I wanna see it painted, painted black Black as night, black as coal I wanna see the sun, blotted out from the sky" #resist #trump #hegseth #endangeredspecies #environment

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/31/nx-s1-5768399/npr-pbs-trump-federal-funding

A District Court judge has found that a Trump White House executive order to defund NPR and PBS violated the First Amendment and is therefore "unlawful and unenforceable." It wasn't immediately clear what the decision, which could be appealed by the administration, would mean for the future of federal funding of public broadcasting.

In his ruling, Judge Randolph D. Moss of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, said "the First Amendment draws a line, which the government may not cross, at efforts to use government power – including the power of the purse – 'to punish or suppress disfavored expression' by others."

#trump #resist #npr #pbs

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/30/price-of-oil-trump-iran-stock-markets-middle-east

The price of oil hit nearly $117 (£89) a barrel on Monday as Donald Trump threatened to “blow up” and “completely obliterate” Iranian electricity plants, oilwells and its export hub Kharg Island if it did not agree to a deal.

He wrote: “We will conclude our lovely ‘stay’ in Iran by blowing up and completely obliterating all of their Electric Generating Plants, Oil Wells and Kharg Island (and possibly all desalinization plants!), which we have purposefully not yet ‘touched’ …

#trump #resist #iran #threat

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/30/nx-s1-5745926/endangered-species-committee-hegseth-security

U.S. could exempt oil industry from protecting Gulf animals, for 'national security'

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, citing "reasons of national security," has triggered a meeting this week that could exempt the oil and gas industry in the Gulf of Mexico from requirements of the Endangered Species Act, a move that would lift protections for endangered whales, turtles and other animals threatened with extinction.

The news, revealed in court filings last week, astonished environmental lawyers, who were already shocked after the Department of the Interior announced two weeks ago that a meeting to discuss an exemption would take place on March 31.

A gathering of the six-person committee, nicknamed the "God Squad" for its power to make life-or-death decisions about endangered animals, has only happened before after extensive prior consultation with environmental agencies and months of public notice.

both hegseth and trump need to be impeached for reasons of national security.

#trump #resist #hegseth #endangeredspecies

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/29/middle-east-crisis-live-explosions-tehran-yemen-houthis-iran-war-updates-trump-us-israel-strikes-lebanon

Middle East crisis live: Trump says he wants to ‘take the oil’ in Iran and could seize Kharg Island ‘easily’
US president tells Financial Times his ‘preference would be to take the oil’ but that ‘some stupid people back in the US say: why are you doing that?’

The newspaper quotes him as saying his “preference would be to take the oil”, comparing the potential move to Venezuela, where the US intends to control the oil industry “indefinitely” following its ousting of president Nicolás Maduro in January.

he admits he wants iranian oil but some 'stupid' people in the u.s. would question it. for him the u.s. is just a profit making organization to benefit himself and his fellow billionaires.

#trump #resist #oil #iran #stupid

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/29/nx-s1-5765380/pope-leo-rejects-claims-god-justifies-war-palm-sunday

Pope Leo XIV rejects claims that God justifies war in Palm Sunday Mass message

With the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran entering its second month and Russia's ongoing campaign in Ukraine, Leo dedicated his Palm Sunday homily to insist that God is the "king of peace" who rejects violence and comforts those who are oppressed.

"Brothers and sisters, this is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war," Leo said. "He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them."

#trump #resist #pope #peace #iran