DEREKTHOMPSON.ORG • 2026-03-06

The Economic Crisis of the Iran War Could Get Very Bad, Very Fast

If Donald Trump doesn't end the war by April, "oil prices could get into Scary Land," one expert told me.  On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that employment growth plunged last month, as the economy lost 92,000 jobs in February. Every major sector saw losses. Even health care, which has accounted for the majority of job growth in the last year, is so weak that a nurses strike in California was enough to push overall job growth into the red. The hiring market is frigid, and monthly job growth since last summer is averaging negative 10,000 per month.

JONATHANLARSEN.SUBSTACK.COM • 2026-03-02

U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus

Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military.

JONATHANLARSEN.SUBSTACK.COM • 2026-03-06

Report: Pentagon Eyes Defending “Armageddon” Briefings

Religious-freedom group claims a Pentagon source reports some are defending the briefings as personal speech.

AXIOS.COM • 2026-03-06

Energy woes deepen as Trump team looks to soften blow

Why it matters: Ships avoiding the Strait of Hormuz and military threats to regional infrastructure are together shocking oil and natural gas markets.      "There's no doubt that what's happening now is an order of magnitude bigger — in terms of potential fallout for oil markets — than Russia's invasion of Ukraine," writes Robin Brooks, a Brookings Institution economist.

TOVIMA.COM • 2026-03-05

Rising tensions in Iran disrupt fertilizer production and exports, threatening higher food prices worldwide. Analysts warn that shortages of urea and ammonia could impact bread, eggs, and meat markets within months

The Strait of Hormuz, about 35% of global urea exports pass through this waterway. Urea, a key nitrogen fertilizer, underpins roughly half of the world’s food production.

MAXWILBERT.SUBSTACK.COM • 2026-03-03

The War Against Us All

To fight against the war is to fight for your own interests, not the false interests of the defense Industry or the corporate media or the White House.

MARKETWATCH.COM • 2026-03-04

Get ready for Trump to chicken out on Iran as markets fall and gas prices rise

Congratulations, President Trump: The Israeli-U.S. war against Iran has just wiped out all of the U.S. gasoline-price savings achieved since you took office in January of last year.  Average U.S. gasoline prices rocketed Tuesday to $3.109 a gallon, according to AAA. That’s exactly where they were on Jan. 20, 2025. That’s an astonishing jump of 15 cents since the start of the war a few days ago, and of 30 cents since the start of this year.

BRENNANCENTER.ORG • 2026-03-02

Trump’s Iran Strikes Are Unconstitutional

President Trump’s “massive and ongoing operation” against Iran violates the Constitution and our nation’s founding principles. The president acted unilaterally and lawlessly.  Without congressional authorization and absent any imminent threat to the United States.

NEWS.USNI.ORG • 2026-03-02

Shipyard Worker Dead, Fire Breaks Out on U.S.-Flagged Tanker After Iranian Attack on Bahrain Port

A Monday morning attack on a port in Bahrain killed a shipyard worker, injured two more and damaged a U.S.-flagged tanker.

TRADEWINDSNEWS.COM • 2026-03-02

US Navy supply tanker hit by Iranian missile in Bahrain

One shipyard worker killed as Iranian missile causes fire on board the Stena Imperative.