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Wednesday, March 4, 2026
US troops were told war on Iran was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’, watchdog alleges
Religious freedom group says 200 troops sent complaints of superiors using extremist Christian rhetoric to justify war..
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/03/us-israel-iran-war-christian-rhetoric
US strikes on Iran triggered by Israel’s plan to launch attack, Rubio says
"This is Trump's war. This is a war of choice. He has no strategy, he has no endgame," the Senate's Democratic minority leader Chuck Schumer said before going into the briefing.
As he exited, Schumer said that lawmakers present asked "a whole lot of questions" but he found the officials' responses "completely and totally insufficient. In fact, at least to me, that briefing raised many more questions than it answered."…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/02/rubio-us-attack-israel-iran
Rubio's war remarks blow open MAGA's Israel divide
The big picture: Rubio's remarks were widely interpreted as making the U.S. look subordinate to Israel's interests. And they inflamed already angry MAGA elites who had spent the day railing against President Trump's decision to go to war.
On their podcasts and social media, frustrated pro-Trump influencers argued the president had become beholden to the military hawks and neocons he explicitly ran against...
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/03/rubio-trump-iran-israel-attacks
More than 220m children will be obese by 2040 without drastic action, report warns
World Obesity Federation says half a billion children will be overweight and calls on governments to act to create healthier environments…
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testifies before Senate : NPR
Tillis also threatened to block nominees and bills from advancing the committee to floor votes if he did not get answers soon regarding immigration enforcement in North Carolina.
"And in two weeks, if I don't get a response, I'm going to deny quorum and mark up in as many committees as I can until I get a response," he fumed...
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/03/nx-s1-5732788/kristi-noem-judiciary-hearing-homeland-security
House Democrats introduce alternative war powers resolution - Live Updates - POLITICO
The new proposed resolution from the six lawmakers would call for an end to military operations in Iran within 30 days unless Congress provides authorization for use of military force or a declaration of war. In contrast, the resolution that is being forced for consideration Thursday from Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) would require the immediate withdrawal of troops from Iran...
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/03/03/congress/dems-new-war-powers-measure-00810200
The Culture Wars Are Coming for Your Electricity – Mother Jones
Utah Republicans celebrated last week when PacifiCorp, one of the largest utilities in the West, announced it would stop serving customers in Washington state. PacifiCorp mainly operates in Utah, but also in Wyoming and Idaho—and, to the chagrin of some Utah legislators, blue states like California and Oregon. Utah legislators had previously pressured to break their utility's ties with states with more aggressive climate policies. …
"We want a divorce from the three states that don't look like Utah," said Mike Schultz, Utah's Republican House Speaker. "This is the first step forward."
Rx Kids launches in entire Upper Peninsula
A program that gives direct cash payments to pregnant and new mothers launched Monday across the entire Upper Peninsula.
Rx Kids will provide U.P. mothers $1,500 while they're pregnant, and another $500 per month for the first six months of their baby's life. This is an expansion to the program, which was already available in the peninsula's eastern counties and several other communities in the state...
https://www.michiganpublic.org/health/2026-03-02/rx-kids-launches-in-entire-upper-peninsula
Meta Ray-Bans send 'sensitive' videos to human data annotators
"The workers in Kenya say that it feels uncomfortable to go to work. They tell us about deeply private video clips, which appear to come straight out of Western homes, from people who use the glasses in their everyday lives. Several describe video material showing bathroom visits, sex and other intimate moments […]
"Someone may have been walking around with the glasses, or happened to be wearing them, and then the person's partner was in the bathroom, or they had just come out naked", an employee says"
Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna propose bill to impose wealth tax on billionaires
"In its first year, the bill would provide a $3,000 direct payment to every man, woman and child in a household making $150,000 or less – $12,000 for a family of four – and use the estimated $4.4tn in revenue raised over the next decade to address the most pressing crises facing working families," per the press release.
In addition, the lawmakers said that the bill would use revenue from the wealth tax to expand medicare to cover dental, vision and hearing for millions of seniors, build, rehabilitate and preserve over 7m affordable homes, and more...
White House faces thousands of lawsuits as it tries to slow-walk tariff refunds - POLITICO
This deliberate effort to withhold Americans' hard-earned dollars is unacceptable," said Jeanne Shaheen, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Shaheen and several of her Democratic colleagues introduced Senate legislation last week requiring U.S. Customs and Border Protection to issue full refunds with interest for the tariffs. The proposal would also direct companies that receive refunds to pass the money on to consumers...
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/02/businesses-ready-battle-white-house-tariff-refunds-00808048
Biblical Literalism is a Fiction (Data Over Dogma podcast on YouTube)
This week we're diving in to some deep controversy, and we gotta say: come on in, the water's fine.
First, we're looking at biblical literalism. There are a lot of Christians out there these days who claim that they believe that the Bible is to be taken exactly at face value. It's literally true exactly as it is, no interpretation needed. Well, if you've been with us for any amount of time, you already know that's a position that's not going to work around here.
But what is biblical literalism really? When you boil it down, what are the literalists really saying? Is literalism a dogma that goes back to beginning of Christianity, or is it relatively new?
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First, we're looking at biblical literalism. There are a lot of Christians out there these days who claim that they believe that the Bible is to be taken exactly at face value. It's literally true exactly as it is, no interpretation needed. Well, if you've been with us for any amount of time, you already know that's a position that's not going to work around here.
But what is biblical literalism really? When you boil it down, what are the literalists really saying? Is literalism a dogma that goes back to beginning of Christianity, or is it relatively new?
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