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Trump, a warmonger and toddler, is lashing out at allies

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  Support our nonprofit journalism   March 16, 2026 Happy Monday. Let's roll through the top headlines. President Trump, a warmonger and a toddler, is lashing out at allies for refusing his calls for help in Iran. As we wrote last week, Trump's predicament with the Strait of Hormuz is directly tied to the administration's   apparent failure to think through  plans for the Strait of Hormuz, one of the most vital chokepoints for energy in the world, before he decided to start his war. But that isn't to say this administration has  no  plans. They've got plenty when it comes to  turning newspapers into distribution chains for US propaganda . As Noah Lanard wrote this weekend: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon has come up with a plan to limit the independence of  Stars and Stripes , the news publication for members of the US military that has been published continuously since World War II.   Under the new policy,  Stars and S...

SCOOP: Trump’s DOJ Is Helping a Convicted FBI Informant Tied to Russian Intelligence

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  YOUR FREE TRIAL HAS EXPIRED.   SCOOP: Trump’s DOJ Is Helping a Convicted FBI Informant Tied to Russian Intelligence By David Corn  March 14, 2026 A courtroom sketch of Alexander Smirnov from an appearance in a federal court in Los Angeles on February 26, 2024. William T. Robles/AP   Your free trial of  Our Land  has expired , so you're no longer getting the full version of each newsletter. We’re glad you signed up for  Our Land  in the first place and opened today's email, so here's David's lead story and a  friendly reminder that for just $5 a month  you can receive the behind-the-scenes and interactive features with each issue—and at the same time support  Mother Jones ’ reporting. I Want the Full Version   For a year, the Trump Justice Department has been on an odd mission: to assist a mysterious former FBI informant with ties to Russian intelligence who ended up in prison for passing disinformation about Joe Biden to the bureau. Hi...