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Exclusive | Trump Is Preparing to Fire Kristi Noem The president has already been asking aides and congressional Republicans for names of potential replacements for the DHS secretary.

Sounds like it's time to investigate and prosecute Noem!

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

I will miss Kristi Noem's inimitable constitutional insights, as when, asked by Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H. at a Senate hearing to define "habeas corpus," she replied, "Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country."

Satellite imagery shows strike that destroyed Iranian school was more extensive than first reported The images suggest that precision munitions struck other buildings, including a clinic that was also inside the complex.

EXCLUSIVE: The strike that destroyed a school in Minab, Iran was larger than has been previously reported. A nearby clinic was also hit.

The evidence suggests a precision strike against an IRGC base that was adjacent to the school.

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U.S. sub sinks Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, killing 87 and expanding war zone A U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, killing dozens of sailors and dramatically widening Washington's pursuit of the Iranian navy.

A US submarine sinking a lonely, dinky Iranian surface ship an ocean away from the theater of the main conflict—and 9000
miles from North America—makes it pretty clear the US is fighting a general war, without the declaration required by the Constitution. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

The booster in Irbid is one of the many incidents where munitions and debris are reported to have fallen onto countries caught in the crossfire. There are various videos online showing missile and drone interceptions, creating additional debris.

EMP DRINK!

Time for the appearance of Edward the EMP Egret!

#AtomicAnimalFriends

We obtained the first publicly released satellite image of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's compound in Tehran, after it was struck by Israel/US. There are several destroyed buildings. Current whereabouts of Iran's supreme leader are unknown; compound used as his official residence. 🛰️📸: @airbus.com

BREAKING

The headquarters of the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet has been struck by an Islamic Republic missile.

Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War A statement from our CEO on national security uses of AI

⚠️ Anthropic:

“We cannot in good conscience accede” to the demands of the Department of War.

Concerns about the Department’s potential use of AI for mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons have not been resolved.

Secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules are made public The Energy Department made the rules public a month after NPR reported about their existence. The rules slash requirements for security and environmental protections.

SCOOP: The Department of Energy has made public a set of newly revised nuclear safety rules that slash security and environmental protections.

@npr.org first reported on the existence of the rules last month.

www.npr.org/2026/02/26/n...

More details about the US registered vessel fired on by Cuban Border Guard Troops

Sir Ian McKellen read a poem by Ukrainian veteran Arthur Dron to mark the anniversary of russia’s full-scale invasion 💙💛

Some say that republicans should be grateful that women are seeking equality instead of revenge. But if I’m being honest, I’m kinda leaning toward revenge at this point.

I encounter at least some of these behaviors by non-Japanese almost every time I ride the train in Tokyo. The most annoying to me fall into the category of "obstruction," like big suitcases/backpacks on crowded trains, blocking doors, etc. Japan requires situational awareness few non-Japanese have.

The 10 most annoying things foreign tourists do on Japanese trains, according to locals Train etiquette can be hard to navigate for tourists, but locals need to watch their manners too.

Japan’s train etiquette may be a key arena where strains of overtourism materialise. Nowhere is this felt more acutely than during daily commutes on packed trains, where locals have direct encounters with foreign visitors. In these crowded settings, frustration—and at times resentment—can take root.

Yes. Every word.

New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

Inside Trump’s ICE Concentration Camps “This system is designed to punish, not protect”

The most comprehensive report you will read on the concentration camps, deaths, abuse, and profiteers: contrarian.substack.com/p/inside-tru...

Wow, Elon Musk sure does like White people | Opinion Elon Musk, the world's richest man and a guy whose social media platform most companies still use, is a BIG fan of White people. Problematically so.

Terrific piece by @rexhuppke.bsky.social on Elon Musk, White Nationalist

Heard someone refer to a (large) datacenter as an "ohio-class datacenter" and now I only want to hear datacenter sizes referred to by reference to submarine classes

There will be people who are understandably desperate to hear this, but it's important to be clear-eyed about Rubio himself and what the Trump administration is doing. 🧵

OK everyone who is making fun of Kristi Noem over the blanket thing has OBVIOUSLY never had a toddler who was elevated to a Cabinet position

“The closure of the Washington Post’s Ukraine bureau is a major blow to coverage of Europe’s largest war since WWII.”

Business Ukraine editor Peter Dickinson joined Kyiv’s Телеканал Київ24 as the Washington Post dramatically reduces its international correspondent network

New START ended in a very Trump way:

1. Expiry deadline passed with nothing from the White House, everyone assumed it was over.

2. Anonymous sources claiming that Kushner and Witkoff were cooking up a stopgap "handshake" deal in Abu Dhabi.

3. Trump Truth Social post confirming(?) it's over.

Every American needs to watch this:

The world factbook was an invaluable resource in asylum petitions—a place where the federal government acknowledged in writing that, for example, Tibetans face systematic repression in China. I don’t like to have it vanish.

Six Ways to Reform ICE and CBP And why congressional "reform" isn't actually the real problem....

I heavily pushed @vermontgmg.bsky.social's testimony on CBP's long-term criminality. Here, he lists 6 ways to fix DHS:

1) Basic Uniform and Identification Standards
2) Use of Force
3) Enforcement Standards and Restrictions
4) Restore DHS’s “Sensitive Locations” Restrictions
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Amazing

(From @atrupar.com )

It is surprisingly inexpensive and relatively easy to rewild cities and to restore soft, permeable surfaces. Facilitating “sponge city” strategies is a key approach to mitigating the urban heat island effect and adapting to climate change. Japan's shrinking cities would be an ideal testing ground.

19-TS of 020326 hearing - Segundo APG v. Bondi, 26-CV-603

The transcript of the MN hearing where an AUSA said “This job sucks” is remarkable for more reasons than that. It’s a searing portrait of a crisis perpetrated by depraved & oblivious high-level officials. Read it all. ...
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