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    CBS News Radio to Cease Operations

    In broad swaths of the country AM radio is still what people listen to; it gets a lot further out than FM radio can. Yes, streaming has long out-surpassed terrestrial radio but there still is nothing like turning on a radio and just simply listening to something, anything.
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    War in the Middle East (US-Iran-Israel Conflict)

    (The Guardian) 11:16pm Summary --President Donald Trump has threatened to “obliterate” Iran’s power plants if Tehran does not fully reopen the strait of Hormuz within 48 hours – threatening a new escalation, just a day after the president spoke of “winding down” the war. --Trump’s warning on...
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    War in the Middle East (US-Iran-Israel Conflict)

    (The Guardian) 10:41am Summary --Iran fired missiles at the US/UK Diego Garcia military base in the Indian Ocean, the UK Ministry of Defence has confirmed. The MoD said the strikes were unsuccessful, and took place before the UK said the US could use its bases for “specific and limited defence...
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    CBS News Radio to Cease Operations

    (Radio Ink) CBS News Radio will be winding down its operations over the next several weeks. The news was shared via an internal memo from CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and president Tom Cibrowski and first confirmed to Streamline Publishing by Manager of Affiliate Services Amy Bolton...
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    War in the Middle East (US-Iran-Israel Conflict)

    (The Guardian) 5:15pm Summary --Donald Trump continued to make his disappointment with the British government known, saying the UK “should have acted a lot faster” in allowing the US military to use its bases in the Middle East. “I was a little surprised at the UK, to be honest with you. They...
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    What Happened in OVW Here?

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    UAE Authorities Arrest Iran-Backed Terror Cell

    (The Guardian) UAE arrests members of Iran-linked 'terrorist network’: state media UAE authorities have arrested at least five members of a “terrorist network” linked to Iran and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, state media said Friday. The alleged network had “sought to infiltrate the...
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    • law enforcement & counter-terrorism us-israel-iran conflict
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    Lawmakers push for 'Privacy Nightmare Disguised as Child Protection' Acts Thread

    Its' "Think of the Children!" writ large, Monke. Ironically, a few of those different types of banking & investment apps already require ID verification of one sort or another (when I opened a Coinbase crypto account a few years ago, I had to put in my NC driver's license number as part of...
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    War in the Middle East (US-Iran-Israel Conflict)

    (The Guardian) 5:43pm Summary --Benjamin Netanyahu denied that Donald Trump was “dragged” into the war by Israel, as he tried to pour cold water on suggestions that Israel influenced the US’s decision to attack Iran and amid growing signs that the US and Israel are not aligned on their war aims...
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    Could the U.S. & Israel Be Diverging on Iran?

    (The Guardian) Netanyahu denies that Israel ‘dragged’ US into war with Iran Guardian correspondent Lucy Campbell notes that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu touted his country’s “historic” cooperation with the US at a press conference today. “We have brought our friend the US to a...
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    Could the U.S. & Israel Be Diverging on Iran?

    (The Guardian) 'I told him don't do that': Trump confirms he told Netanyahu to stop attacks on Iranian energy facilities Asked about Israel’s attack on Iran’s South Pars gasfield, Trump confirmed that he spoke to Benjamin Netanyahu about it – though he was not explicit about when exactly they...
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    War in the Middle East (US-Iran-Israel Conflict)

    (The Guardian) 11:43pm Summary --Donald Trump has threatened to “massively blow up” the entire South Pars gas field if Iran carries out any more retaliatory attacks on Qatar’s LNG gas facilities. Trump said that “no more attacks will be made by Israel” on the field – unless Iran “decides to...
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    War in the Middle East (US-Iran-Israel Conflict)

    (The Guardian) Gabbard won't say if White House claim Iran posed an 'imminent nuclear threat' is true As Guardian correspondents Joseph Gedeon and George Chidi report, Democrats on the Senate intelligence committee pressed Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, to explain why her...
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    "The Event That Wasn't" - NWS Columbia Post-Mortem on 16 March 2026 Weather Event

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    Official Politics Debate and Discussion.

    Democratic Underground, 17 March 2026
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