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Trump blocks FBI terror threat alert linked to Iran war Top Trump officials ordered it placed on hold over concerns that it could show the domestic risk of the war and further erode public support.

“The White House did not deny blocking the terror bulletin”: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Headline and subhed of Washington Post op-ed arguing that there should be more representation of evangelical Christians on the Supreme Court and other government institutions.

I’m currently writing a book about what’s really wrong with #SCOTUS and how to fix it.

Suffice it to say, this ain’t it:

Republicans spend an incredible amount of time and energy finding new ways to obstruct justice and accountability. www.news5cleveland.com/news/politic...

... And did that settlement include a non-disclosure agreement?

Worth watching the whole clip, but purely in propaganda terms it seems to me, admittedly just an amateur observer when it comes to war fighting, that it may be useful to send the message to the 91+ million Iranian civilians that we are not trying to kill them.

So let me get this straight ...

1. US bombs Iran
2. Oil price goes up a bit, benefitting Russia's petrostate
3. Russia gives Iran targeting info
4. Oil price shoots WAY up
5. US unsanctions Russian oil

graphic with the quote, "When a few drones get through or tragic things happen, it's front-page news. I get it, the press only wants to make the president look bad."

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's response to US troops dying

"Wow. A big drop" -- CNBC highlights that labor force participation is now the lowest it has been since in late 2021, before the covid vaccine was widely available

Like clockwork.

Ryan to Colby: "In his victory speech, Trump said, 'I'm not going to start a war. I'm going to stop wars.' How can we consider that anything but a straight up betrayal? I think you are lying to the American people about it, I think the VP is lying about it, I think the president is lying about it."

Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Kristi Noem.

PAT RYAN: 'Does the US want to be the policeman of the Middle East getting nothing but spending precious lives & trillions.' Rng a bell?

COLBY: Defer to you

R: That was Trump. How about this - 'we simply cannot afford to get enmeshed in a Middle East war'

C: Defer to you

R: That was actually you

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

I wish we could stop discussing current events as if our President wasn't bonkers and surrounded by people who are incompetent or malign actors or both. There is such an urge to parse this in usual terms, to make it make sense, make it palatable, calm us down when the house is on fire.

Ted Lieu Is 💯% Correct.......

What???!

RHODES: “.. This was a decision made by one man with no legal basis, little public support and no coherent explanation of an endgame.”

@nytopinion.nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/o...

The NYT style guide

So many ostensibly straight news stories just flatly assumed that any friction in leaving Afghanistan had to be a result of incompetence by Biden, like there was a "no chaos" button he could have pushed to make the mass withdrawal of troops from an instantly failed state happen with no risk

They are literally trying to convince you that starting a war is ending a war.

Noem refused to fire 'asleep at the wheel' ally fearing it would make her look bad Madhu Gottumukkala, a close ally of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem who followed her from South Dakota to Washington, was reassigned this week following his tumultuous tenure at ...

www.rawstory.com/noem-firing/

There is nothing much to say right now other than that this war is illegal, unprovoked, and unconstitutional, and Trump and Netanyahu are both war criminals who belong in the Hague. And that I hope for as few people to die because of their madness as possible.

In the past, sometimes presidents have said it’s just a military operation or limited airstrikes to skirt Congress. Trump has unilaterally launched major combat operations, declaring war with the goal of regime change. A major violation of the U.S. Constitution, also illegal under international law

Denver’s mayor warns federal immigration officers: Obey the law or face arrest Denver's mayor issued an executive order barring federal immigration officers from using city property directed police to protect peaceful protesters.

Finally.

Denver’s mayor warns federal immigration officers: Obey the law or face arrest | Read full article at san.com/cc/denvers-m...

Netflix drops out of bidding after WBD deems Paramount’s takeover bid ‘superior’ | CNN Business Netflix said Thursday afternoon that it has “declined to raise its offer for Warner Bros.” after the Warner Bros. Discovery board determined that Paramount has submitted a “superior” offer.

There goes CNN into the clutches of Bari Weiss and Scott Jennings: state media for the authoritarians. This is fucked.
Netflix drops out of bidding after WBD deems Paramount’s takeover bid ‘superior’
www.cnn.com/2026/02/26/m...

democrats should internalize that this is what their colleagues think of them and act accordingly

Former Prince Andrew's Arrest Is A Wake-Up Call Even King Charles recognizes the need for accountability in the continuing horror of the Epstein sex crime operation

“How ironic and tragic that we must look to the British monarchy for a strong example of ethical and democratic thinking while suffering an anti-democratic and criminal tyrant ruling America.”

www.americaamerica.news/p/former-pri...

Find who this person is and make them the next AG

Turns out there’s an economic cost to everyone hating us.