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The Trump administration is confronting mounting discontent from allies in the Persian Gulf who have complained they were not given adequate time to prepare for the torrent of Iranian drones and missiles bombarding their countries in retaliation for strikes launched by the U.S. and Israel.

Officials from two Gulf countries said their governments were disappointed in the way the U.S. has handled the war, particularly the initial attack on Iran last Saturday. They said their countries were not given advance notice of the U.S.-Israeli attack and complained the U.S. had ignored their warnings that the war would have devastating consequences for the entire region.

The executive order, issued in December, prevented the Council on American-Islamic Relations from receiving government benefits.

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' order to classify a prominent Muslim civil rights group as a terrorist organization, calling the Republican's action "a political statement at the expense of others’ constitutional rights."

U.S. District Judge Mark Walker issued a preliminary injunction against the governor's actions related to the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR.

DeSantis issued an executive order on Dec. 8 calling CAIR a "terrorist organization," which prevented the organization from "receiving any contract, employment, funds or other benefit or privilege."

"The First Amendment bars the Governor from continuing the troubling trend of using an executive office to make a political statement at the expense of others' constitutional rights," Walker wrote.

A federal judge found this year that Halligan was unlawfully appointed as an interim U.S. attorney.

Former Justice Department official Lindsey Halligan, the Trump loyalist with no prosecutorial experience who brought failed cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, is under investigation by the Florida Bar, a bar official said in a letter.

The bar official wrote in a short letter to a nonprofit watchdog group, the Campaign for Accountability, that the bar had “an investigation pending” into Halligan.

The Campaign for Accountability had said that by falsely claiming to be a U.S. attorney, Halligan committed a variety of ethical violations. It filed complaints with both the Florida and the Virginia bars in November, and it followed up with the Florida Bar last month.

Do you think congress may have forgotten how their job works? Like I remember learning the importance of congress in middle school. Power of purse and all that. Why is the congress petitioning the president for legislation? Can we please replace the congressmen who don't understand what their job description is? Every day in the news its just "Legislator asking someone else to do their job" "Legislature confused on how laws are made" "legislator claiming the presidents office is just better at making laws"

Lemmylibs: "We can fix him! I don't know how, but you all must vote for him!"
Him: "How can I better appeal to the block that swore never to vote for me?"

UK Miners' Strike (1984 - 85)

Tue Mar 06, 1984

Image: One of seven miners who were arrested near Llanwern Steelworks being led away by the police [https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/]

On this day in 1984, the UK Miners' Strike of 1984-85 began, leading to more than 26 million lost workdays in what the BBC termed "the most bitter industrial dispute in British history".

The strike action was led by Arthur Scargill of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), which sought to oppose colliery closures, using the possibility of energy shortages as leverage (a tactic used in 1972). Opposition to the strike was led by the Conservative government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who wanted to reduce the power of the trade unions.

The strike was ruled illegal in September 1984, as no national ballot of NUM members had been held, and the labor action failed on March 3rd, 1985. It was a defining moment in British industrial relations, with NUM's defeat significantly weakening the trade union movement and providing a major victory for Thatcher and the Conservative Party.

The number of strikes fell sharply in 1985, and all of Britain's working pits were closed in the following three decades. Poverty significantly increased in former coal mining areas; in 1994, Grimethorpe in South Yorkshire was the poorest settlement in the country.

• Date: 1984-03-06
• Learn More: en.wikipedia.org, news.bbc.co.uk, www.marxists.org.
• Tags: #Labor.
• Source: www.apeoplescalendar.org

US military investigators have said it is likely its forces were responsible for a strike on a girls’ school in Iran that killed scores of children and has been condemned as a war crime, according to a report by Reuters.​

The attack on the Minab girls’ school in southern Iran on Saturday is believed to have killed at least 165 people, mostly children under the age of 12.

​The UN’s education agency, Unesco, said the attack was a “grave violation of humanitarian law”.

​US war secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday that the military was investigating the incident. Investigators have not reached a final conclusion and it is still unclear what evidence contributed to their assessment, Reuters reported, citing two unnamed officials.

It was also unclear what type of munitions were used and who was responsible, the outlet said.

An investigation by news outlet Middle East Eye determined that the attack on the school was a “double tap” strike – where a target is hit a second time in order to kill rescuers who come to the aid of the injured.

“When the first bomb hit the school, one of the teachers and the principal moved a group of students to the prayer hall to protect them,” a Red Crescent medic told the outlet, citing conversations he had with survivors.

“The principal called the parents and told them to come and pick up their children. But the second bomb hit that area as well. Only a small number of those who had taken shelter survived.”

​The UK has joined the war on Iran – which is illegal because it was not approved by the UN or US congress – by allowing the use of its bases for strikes against the country.

Prime minister Keir Starmer has claimed the UK’s involvement is an act of self-defence, despite the fact the US and Israel started the war.

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A wide range of anonymous X (Twitter) users have reported that their real names are suddenly being Googled in Israel shortly after they began criticizing the country for its actions in Palestine. Some connected the phenomenon to Au10tix, the software X requires users (even anonymous ones) to use in order to verify their real identities.
Au10tix is an Israeli company founded and staffed by former Israeli spies from the elite Israeli military intelligence group Unit 8200. MintPress News investigates this disturbing phenomenon.

Crosspost from https://lemmygrad.ml/post/10927965

Finished my turning saw yesterday! I’m very happy with how it came out. Darker wood is white oak, lighter is Port Orford cedar, all finished with BLO and paste wax. It was made from plans by Rex Krueger.

Also, his brother is Matt Groening, the guy who created The Simpsons.

I want to post something but I don't know the proper place to post it. How do I find the appropriate community is there a sub for that? I don't post to or read anything from lemmy world.

New satellite images from several key military bases in the Arabian Peninsula suggest that Iran is seeking to degrade air defenses by destroying US-made radars that detect incoming missiles and drones.

The radar system for an American THAAD missile battery in Jordan was struck and apparently destroyed in the first days of the US-Israeli strikes on Iran, a satellite image taken on Monday shows.

Buildings housing similar radar systems were also hit at two locations in the United Arab Emirates, CNN analysis shows, although it is unclear if the equipment was damaged.

The radar is a critical element for the high-end missile interceptor system, which is used to engage and destroy ballistic missiles as they fly toward their target. The US operates eight THAAD batteries, while the UAE operates two and Saudi Arabia one. This one was at the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, over 500 miles from Iran.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/44105335

It appears that India has successfully protected its interests in the Arabian sea. Iran has declared that the Strait of Hormuz, from where 20% of world's total oil flows will remain open for India and China.

It has declared that it is only closed for US allies and Israel.

Don't you see a pattern. The news was of around yesterday and today suddenly India has officially condemned the Death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayotollah Khamenei. It appears India negotiated about diplomatic support to Iran in exchange for the right to pass through strait of Hormuz and in return has also condemned the death of Khamenei.

I think now Indian ships have minimal danger as collateral damage is impossible to avoid, but US-Israel will not attack Indian cargo ships, same cannot be said about Chinese cargos, as they maybe safe from Iran's side but US-Israel remain a constant threat for them. India on the other hand, as it has appeared by recent development, seems to be safe from both the sides. We need to praise GOI and External Ministry of Affairs for this, yeah not too much, because things can still go wrong. We must not let our guard down.

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