Autor: Al Punto Hoy from ANASTACIO ALEGRIA

OAKLAND — Betty Yee knows what people are thinking. She’s heard what they’ve said and read the many emails she’s gotten.The former state controller has been running for California governor longer than just about anybody in the cheek-by-jowl field. And yet the Democrat is bumping along near the bottom, a blip in polls and a laggard in the money chase.But no, Yee said, she has no intention of quitting the race, as she’s been urged, and no fear that, by staying in, she’ll help two Republicans advance to November’s runoff, locking Democrats out of the governor’s office for the first time since…

Even before February 28, the reasons for Donald Trump’s imploding approval rating were abundantly clear: untrammeled corruption and personal enrichment to the tune of billions of dollars during an affordability crisis, a foreign policy guided only by his own derelict sense of morality, and the deployment of a murderous campaign of occupation, detention, and deportation on American streets.  Now an undeclared, unauthorized, unpopular, and unconstitutional war of aggression against Iran has spread like wildfire through the region and into Europe. A new “forever war”—with an ever-increasing likelihood of American troops on the ground—may very well be upon us.   As we’ve…

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi has declared that the US and Israel’s war in Iran “shouldn’t have happened”, adding that seeking regime change would be unpopular and destabilising.But he signalled that the US’s decision to attack Iran, one of China’s closest partners in the Middle East, would not derail the upcoming meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing in April.China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi.APSpeaking on the sidelines of China’s top annual political meetings, Wang did not directly condemn the US by name, but positioned Beijing as the global champion of state sovereignty while seeking…

A flight from Nashville was diverted to Atlanta Friday. The FBI said the man accused of a passenger disturbance was speaking his native tongue and did not make threats.  The Federal Aviation Administration said the crew of Southwest Flight 2094 out of Nashville International Airport reported a passenger disturbance, which resulted in the diversion to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. It was originally supposed to fly to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.  A video purportedly taken on the plane after it landed at around 9 p.m. local time was then posted to TikTok. It shows people chanting “heads down, hands up,” passengers…

Yves here. Michael Hudson describes long form how the US has forcefully repudiated the principles of the 1648 Peace of Westphalia, reaffirmed in the the 1945 United Nations Charter, that nation-states should be not be invaded or coerced save via UN-approved actions. As readers know well, the US was never a good actor in its better days, as its 1953 overthrow of Iran’s democratically elected president Mohammad Mosaddegh, followed. Nevertheless, we maintained enough in the way of pretenses so as to be able to conduct diplomacy. We’ve now moved into unabashed might makes right, over-the-top uses of force, and astonishment…

Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally., the new album from Harry Styles and therefore one of the biggest pop events of 2026 so far, is out today (March 6). Accompanying the release is a new video for the song “American Girls.” In the James Mackel-directed clip, Styles is on a film set doing a bunch of stunts. That includes everything from driving a car under an exploding truck, although it’s made abundantly clear that green screen was heavily used to achieve these big moments. Styles recently told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe of the song: “It’s actually quite a lonely song…

The NFL offseason is in full swing.As teams continue to fill out their coaching staffs, some teams are already making plans on what to do with their rosters ahead of the start of the new league year in March. Who’ll get cut? Who’ll get traded? Who’ll get extended? Who’ll get the franchise tag?Here’s the latest look at some of the most notable rumors around the NFL.[2026 NFL Free Agency: Top 100 Players Available and Potential Fits]Nine-time Pro-Bowler Mack agreed to a one-year, $18 million deal to remain with the Chargers. That figure is fully guaranteed. The 35-year-old will officially return for…

T he Founders missed Frankenstein by 30 years and the Mar-a-Lago face — that overworked, unnatural, unmistakably altered look — by a few hundred more. But they may have recognized the presidency we have now: a grotesque concentration of authority in the hands of Donald Trump. The modern executive branch is a creature made monstrous by what George Washington called “unprincipled men.” The Framers had another name for them: Congress.  If the presidency seems dangerous, don’t fixate on Article II, the part of the Constitution laying out the powers of the presidency. The office expands because Article I permits it.…

NEW YORK — Families and supporters of Americans detained in Iran say their loved ones face new dangers during the intensifying war, including the risk of becoming unintended casualties of Israeli and American bombardment or victims of retaliation from Iran’s repressive regime. “For Americans imprisoned in Iran, this is about as terrifying a moment as it gets,” said Siamak Namazi, an Iranian American who was detained for nearly eight years before being released as part of a deal with the U.S. in 2023. “What these families are facing now is days of war with no clear end in sight.” The…

Despite ongoing U.S.-Israeli strikes against its launch capabilities and claims from Washington and Tel Aviv that its offensive capacity is being rapidly reduced, Iran was still firing missiles and dozens of drones at U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf on Friday. Sirens reportedly sounded in Kuwait City hours after the Iranian Army claimed to be unleashing «a large volume of Army attack drones» against «U.S. positions» in Kuwait.The United Arab Emirates, meanwhile, said it had «detected and intercepted 9 ballistic missiles. Additionally, 112 drones were detected, of which 109 were intercepted, while 3 fell within UAE territory.»»Since the start of the…