The Trump regime detained Leqaa Kordia, a young woman from New Jersey, for an entire year for using her constitutional right to protest Israel's genocide in Gaza.

At a hearing Friday, the judge said "I’ve heard testimony. I’ve seen thousands of pages of evidence presented by the respondent, and very little evidence presented by the government in any of this."

Monday she was released.

https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2026/3/16/pro-palestine-protester-leqaa-kordia-freed-from-us-immigration-detention

"Source close to the admin: 'He ended up saying, "I just want to do it. He grossly overestimated his ability to topple the regime short of sending in ground troops.”' The source said Trump was 'high on his own supply' after last summer’s quick strikes in Iran and January’s abduction of Nicolás Maduro."

~ Ron Filipkowski

#Trump #Iran #war #death #destruction #violence #megalomania #MalignantNarcissism #stupidity
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https://www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-politics-bulletin-329-31626

During the 2024 election, Russian intelligence secretly worked with an agent, Alexander Smirnov, who planted false information with the FBI, claiming Joe Biden had corrupt ties to Ukraine.

The FBI figured out Smirnov was lying, and he was sentenced to 6 years in prison.

Now Trump’s Justice Department is helping Smirnov get a retrial, which would then allow Trump to get the case dismissed.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/donald-trump-doj-justice-alexander-smirnov-russia-ukraine-burisma-fbi/

Party trick.

My @smh @theage cartoon.

"[J]ournalists could easily exploit their knowledge for insider trading on (gambling 'markets'). I dearly hope that’s not been happening, and won’t happen, in this unnerving new arena, where reality, journalism, gambling and criminality intertwine."

https://www.timesofisrael.com/gamblers-trying-to-win-a-bet-on-polymarket-are-vowing-to-kill-me-if-i-dont-rewrite-an-iran-missile-story/

Adiós a la privacidad: las gafas con IA ahora pueden reconocer a cualquier persona, en cualquier lugar.

Un periodista holandés acaba de probar unas gafas con inteligencia artificial capaces de identificar instantáneamente a desconocidos en la calle.

Sin base de datos gubernamental. Sin sistema policial. Solo datos públicos e inteligencia artificial comercial.

Miras a alguien y, en segundos, su nombre, su perfil de LinkedIn y sus antecedentes aparecen ante tus ojos.

¿Lo más aterrador? Que realmente no puedes detenerlo.

Puedes prohibirlo, regularlo, añadir luces rojas intermitentes... pero una vez que existe tecnología como esta, alguien siempre encontrará la manera de usarla.

Para mí, esto marca un punto de inflexión.

Oficialmente, hemos desdibujado la línea entre ver a las personas y conocerlas.

Entre estar en público y estar expuesto.

Entonces, aquí está la pregunta:
Cuando cada rostro se convierte en un conjunto de datos, ¿cómo protegemos el significado de ser humano?

#AI #Privacy #Ethics #Technology #Innovation #Data #Surveillance

Trump keeps pressuring Europe to enter his war with Iran.

Instead of taking the call, I advise all European Prime Ministers to replace their voice mail greeting with Billy Joel singing, “We didn’t start the fire!”