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Monday, March 30, 2026
Iran accuses US of plotting ground assault while publicly seeking talks
Iran has warned the US that it is prepared to confront any ground assault, accusing Washington of secretly planning a land attack while publicly seeking talks, as the war that has killed thousands of people and caused the biggest ever disruption to global energy supplies entered its second month...
Pope seems to rebuke Trump in remarks about leaders with ‘hands full of blood’
Pope Leo has said God ignores the prayers of leaders who wage war and have "hands full of blood", in an apparent rebuke to the Trump administration.
The pontiff made the comments on Sunday as thousands of US troops arrived in the Middle East and days after the US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, prayed for violence against enemies who deserved "no mercy"…
"This is our God: Jesus, king of peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war," he told tens of thousands of worshippers. "He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them."…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/29/pope-rebuke-trump-leaders-with-hands-full-of-blood
Rep. Madeleine Dean on POTUS Pardon Corruption (Norm Ornstein guest host) (Al Franken podcast on YouTube)
Guest Host Norm Ornstein welcomes Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) to discuss legislation they're working on to curb the President's pardon power after the onslaught of blatantly corrupt pardons from the Trump administration. Rep. Dean was the former impeachment manager for Trump's second impeachment, so she also addresses how the blanket pardon of January 6th insurrectionists is especially grotesque.
We also discuss the latest on the "stolen documents" case and what Trump might have intended for them. Plus, people are making LOTS of money on insider trading around the Iran War.
Rep. Dean shares her thoughts on the ICE brutality her constituents in Pennsylvania and around the country are facing. And she shares her first hand account of the Dilley detention center, where ICE is mistreating detainees and neglecting children.
LEARN more about Rep. Madeleine Dean: https://dean.house.gov/biography
LISTEN to Norm's podcast "Words Matter" with fellow friend of the show David Rothkopf: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dsrs-words-matter/id1420216970
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We also discuss the latest on the "stolen documents" case and what Trump might have intended for them. Plus, people are making LOTS of money on insider trading around the Iran War.
Rep. Dean shares her thoughts on the ICE brutality her constituents in Pennsylvania and around the country are facing. And she shares her first hand account of the Dilley detention center, where ICE is mistreating detainees and neglecting children.
LEARN more about Rep. Madeleine Dean: https://dean.house.gov/biography
LISTEN to Norm's podcast "Words Matter" with fellow friend of the show David Rothkopf: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dsrs-words-matter/id1420216970
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Brief Hallucinations (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Unjustified podcast)
- Hackers linked to Iran have breached FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal emails.
- Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a Jack Smith progress memo to Congress outlining Trump's motive for illegally retaining classified documents.
- A top deputy to U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro acknowledged in a closed-door hearing this month that the Justice Department did not have evidence of wrongdoing in its criminal investigation of Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
- Legal experts are stunned after a federal judge catches DOJ lawyers using artificial intelligence to write briefs.
- Plus listener questions.
Interview:
Trump Officials Accidentally Revealed The Truth About Immigration (Justin Wolfers on YouTube)
If job growth slows when immigration slows, what does that say about the story politicians have been telling for years? Justin Wolfers uses plain-English economics to answer that question—and to show why the immigration debate affects far more than border politics.
At the center of this discussion is a basic but often ignored fact: people are more than workers. They are also consumers, neighbors, entrepreneurs, and sources of new ideas. When immigrants arrive, they do not just increase labor supply. They also increase demand for homes, food, transportation, healthcare, education, and countless local services. That helps support jobs throughout the economy.
Justin Wolfers argues that the familiar “they’re taking your job” message depends on a false assumption that there is a fixed number of jobs to go around. Economists call this the lump of labor fallacy. It sounds intuitive, but it misses how growth actually happens. More people can mean more production, more spending, more innovation, and more employment.
The video then turns to an important political reversal. Trump administration figures defending weaker payroll numbers have said the economy no longer needs as many new jobs because immigration has fallen. That claim is revealing. It concedes that immigrants were helping generate jobs all along.
Using research on the sharp drop in net migration and a simple back-of-the-envelope calculation, Justin Wolfers shows how the decline in working-age immigration roughly matches the decline in monthly job growth. The implication is that restricting immigration may shrink the economy’s capacity to create work.
That matters to you because a slower-growing economy usually means fewer openings, weaker local business activity, and less opportunity for workers and families trying to get ahead.
Topics covered:
💡 Key takeaway: Immigration is part of what makes economies more dynamic, and cutting it can reduce job creation rather than protect it.
Subscribe for more from Justin Wolfers—where the analysis is evidence-based, the jargon is optional, and the arithmetic mostly behaves. 📚
The video then turns to an important political reversal. Trump administration figures defending weaker payroll numbers have said the economy no longer needs as many new jobs because immigration has fallen. That claim is revealing. It concedes that immigrants were helping generate jobs all along.
Using research on the sharp drop in net migration and a simple back-of-the-envelope calculation, Justin Wolfers shows how the decline in working-age immigration roughly matches the decline in monthly job growth. The implication is that restricting immigration may shrink the economy’s capacity to create work.
That matters to you because a slower-growing economy usually means fewer openings, weaker local business activity, and less opportunity for workers and families trying to get ahead.
Topics covered:
- Why the immigration debate is really about how economies grow
- How the lump of labor fallacy distorts public policy
- Why immigrants are both workers and consumers
- How immigrants can complement native-born workers
- Why business formation is part of the immigration story
- What Trump advisors said about weaker job growth
- How falling net migration affects labor force growth
- Why fewer immigrants can mean fewer jobs overall
- 00:00 The Question That Changes The Debate
- 01:09 The Claim That Immigrants Take Jobs
- 02:28 Why That Story Misses Half The Economy
- 03:22 The Lump Of Labor Fallacy In Plain English
- 04:29 Why Newcomers Expand The Pie
- 05:42 The White House’s Accidental Admission
- 06:56 The Economics Of Workers Plus Customers
- 08:09 What The Migration Data Shows
- 09:29 Simple Arithmetic, Big Implications
- 10:21 Why This Matters For Your Paycheck
💡 Key takeaway: Immigration is part of what makes economies more dynamic, and cutting it can reduce job creation rather than protect it.
Subscribe for more from Justin Wolfers—where the analysis is evidence-based, the jargon is optional, and the arithmetic mostly behaves. 📚
Interview:
This Is All Because the Religious Right Is Losing (Drew McCoy/Genetically Modified Skeptic on YouTube)
Their plan is failing. They're scrambling. Is right wing media misleading its donors now that they've failed to convert Gen Z?
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Nick Fuentes’s Strategy is Working (The Atlantic)
Viral clips of the far-right white supremacist are growing his audience.
“Trump is better than the Democrats for Israel. For the oil and gas industry. For Silicon Valley. For Wall Street. Is he really better for us? I don’t think so,” Fuentes declared while gazing at the camera in one of these fan-uploaded clips. “Biden made it so that medical debt doesn’t go on your credit report—that was good for me. Biden tried to forgive the student loans—that was good for me.” Retouched in a tasteful black and white, the video featured an orchestral soundtrack that crescendoed as the fast-talking, besuited polemicist delivered his final punch: “The free market says that Republicans have enough money to bomb Iran but not enough money to pay for my student loans. And I’m going to vote for that ’cause I’m an idiot.”
'Trump was warned': Reports contradict Trump's claims of surprise by challenges in Iran
Despite Donald Trump expressing shock and surprise at how Iran has responded to being attacked by the United States and Israel, Jen Psaki shares reporting that Trump was warned about everything from attacks on regional U.S. allies to the closing of the Strait of Hormuz, and Trump's struggle with these challenges is due to a lack of preparation, not a lack of prediction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nSkr_gDVBU
They Said What? (Freethought Today, April 2026) 4
"I wouldn’t label the evangelical community as extreme because I believe they are following the scripture and what the scripture says about Israel: “Those who bless Israel will be blessed.” They take it literal and I’m one of those people. . . I believe Jesus will come back and I’m going to be on his side."
U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett, when asked about his religion’s influence on support for Israel.
Young Turks, 3-4-26
https://www.freethoughttoday.com/free/they-said-what-april-2026/
U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett, when asked about his religion’s influence on support for Israel.
Young Turks, 3-4-26
https://www.freethoughttoday.com/free/they-said-what-april-2026/
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