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Washington Bureau chief at The Independent, MSNOW Columnist. Author: We’re Not Broken. Tar Heel. He/Him Eric.garcia@the-independent.com

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That last “God has a plan for all of us.” Gonzales said he had asked God for forgiveness for his affair. This came despite the fact he obfuscated or danced around the question of an extramarital affair for MONTHS.

06.03.2026 06:24 👍 49 🔁 15 💬 4 📌 0
Why San Diego is Becoming Unaffordable (Supervisor’s Honest Take) 📉
Why San Diego is Becoming Unaffordable (Supervisor’s Honest Take) 📉 YouTube video by San Diego Politics Show

How does the San Diego affordability crisis intersect with local cities running budget deficits? Supervisor Monica Montgomery Steppe broke it down for us on our last episode www.youtube.com/shorts/PADAH...

06.03.2026 05:18 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0
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🚨 Embattled Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, is dropping out of his re-election bid

06.03.2026 04:18 👍 343 🔁 97 💬 33 📌 40

WHOA! TONY GONZALES OUT! #TX23 He will not seek re-election

06.03.2026 04:21 👍 103 🔁 25 💬 8 📌 5

Late to this (as I am with everything) but really love Olivia Dean’s music lately. “The Man I need” has a great 80s-90s R&B bouncy vibe.

06.03.2026 01:55 👍 35 🔁 0 💬 5 📌 0
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Trump hints U.S. will turn to Cuba after Iran: 'Just a question of time' The Cuba comments show Trump, less than a week into an escalating military conflict in Iran, is considering another major foreign policy move.

President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested his administration will turn its sights to Cuba after U.S. military operations in Iran are finished.

“What’s happening with Cuba is amazing,” Trump said during a visit of Inter Miami CF. www.cnbc.com/2026/03/05/t...

06.03.2026 01:03 👍 41 🔁 23 💬 13 📌 8
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US natgas prices climb 3% on big storage withdrawal, US-Iran war energy supply concerns U.S. natural gas futures climbed about 3% on Thursday on a bigger-than-expected storage withdrawal, forecasts for higher demand this week than previously expected, and soaring global energy prices as the U.S.-Iran war escalated.

US natgas prices climb 3% on big storage withdrawal, US-Iran war energy supply concerns reut.rs/46G6egJ

06.03.2026 01:01 👍 33 🔁 14 💬 0 📌 4

This is also a magnificently strange statement to make when our primary partner in the illegal war is Israel!

06.03.2026 00:01 👍 412 🔁 72 💬 28 📌 4

Nah! He's probably favored to win re-election

06.03.2026 01:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A line chart of YouGov polling data with the headline: "Net approval of Donald Trump's handling of the economy in his first term and second term."

The chart has the sub-headline: "Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling these specific issues? [Jobs and the economy / the economy] (% of U.S. adult citizens who strongly or somewhat approve minus the % who strongly or somewhat disapprove)."

The chart has the note: "Note: Responses of "not sure" are not shown. Respondents have sometimes been asked about "the economy" and sometimes about "jobs and the economy.""

A line chart of YouGov polling data with the headline: "Net approval of Donald Trump's handling of the economy in his first term and second term." The chart has the sub-headline: "Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling these specific issues? [Jobs and the economy / the economy] (% of U.S. adult citizens who strongly or somewhat approve minus the % who strongly or somewhat disapprove)." The chart has the note: "Note: Responses of "not sure" are not shown. Respondents have sometimes been asked about "the economy" and sometimes about "jobs and the economy.""

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Net approval for Trump's handling of the economy at this stage of...
• Trump's current term -21 (low -23; start +12)
• Trump's first term +3
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06.03.2026 00:07 👍 25 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 1
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As Kristi Noem exits post, her ‘ICE Barbie’ shadow remains The former Homeland Security chief made her steely-eyed and polished image synonymous with deportation and the department.

Unlike most agency heads, Noem made herself and her image — steely-eyed and polished — synonymous with both deportation and the department.

05.03.2026 22:36 👍 34 🔁 5 💬 17 📌 3
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Steve-O was on Joe Rogan's show trying to defend trans people and Rogan went off, he called trans people "fucking perverts" and "mass shooters" who have done the majority of school shootings.

Completely unhinged bigotry paid for by your Spotify subscriptions.

05.03.2026 19:30 👍 3555 🔁 793 💬 199 📌 265
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Exclusive: Iranian girls killed by ‘double-tap’ strikes on Minab school Eyewitnesses describe second blast which killed survivors as they sheltered in prayer hall

The girls’ school in Iran, where 165 people were killed by an apparent US-Israeli attack, was hit with two strikes, with the second missile killing sheltering survivors, two first responders and the parent of a slain child have told Middle East Eye.

04.03.2026 22:40 👍 2352 🔁 1300 💬 107 📌 265

Jon Tester keeps it real: "I don’t believe that, as none of us were running. He fucked his own party"

05.03.2026 23:52 👍 151 🔁 38 💬 5 📌 0
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Exclusive: Daines says his stunning exit was designed to avoid ‘a very expensive’ race The Montana Republican sat down with Semafor to talk about the backstory behind his sudden, field-clearing retirement from Congress.

BACKSTORY: in interview Sen. Steve Daines says he closely worked with White House to coalesce behind Kurt Alme, avoid a primary and withdraw from race at last minute to block Democrats Tester, Bullock or Schweitzer from running. Alme didn’t even know White House was vetting him

05.03.2026 23:33 👍 89 🔁 45 💬 12 📌 24

Thank you. Now just gotta wait to see what happens to Tony.

05.03.2026 23:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I was not patronizing you at all. Apologies for coming off as a jackass. I was agreeing with you. But I came off as a putz. I was saying I remember all this and it's been a long time rolling.

05.03.2026 23:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you. Five for Six

05.03.2026 23:25 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Five for six? Not bad. And Herrera might beat Tony in a runoff. I'll take it.

05.03.2026 23:25 👍 42 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

You still gotta pay for the barbershop. But I've had my haircut in the Senate barbershop a few times. It's nice, but still costs a penny.

05.03.2026 23:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Russia is kind of boned because they no longer have Assad in Syria and Maduro in Caracas. Its focus on Ukraine means it can't support those proxies as much as it once did.

05.03.2026 23:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The administration calling it a war gives away the game

05.03.2026 22:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Zelensky: Trump using up all his missiles on Iran risks leaving Ukraine short In an exclusive interview with The Independent’s world affairs editor Sam Kiley, Volodymyr Zelensky said his country may be left more vulnerable by the Iran conflict, but he needs weapons to force Put...

Zelensky tells my @the-independent.com colleague Sam Kiley that the War in Iran means "“Our estimation, of course, is that air defence [for Ukraine] could decrease.” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

05.03.2026 22:45 👍 25 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 2
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Former House Speaker and current candidate for governor Charles McCall says the governor's appointee can only serve what's left of Sen. Mullin's unexpired term and will be barred from running in the election. So who does he want to see in the seat? #oklahoma

05.03.2026 21:45 👍 33 🔁 9 💬 2 📌 3
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House kills effort to rein in Trump on Iran as GOP leadership says it’s not a war All but two Republicans oppose the War Powers measure in the House while four Democrats join the GOP

Ro Khanna put it straight to me after the failed vote on the War Powers Act resolution.

"“But basically, now that Republicans have become the party of regime change wars and the Democrats are the anti war party."
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05.03.2026 22:17 👍 63 🔁 20 💬 5 📌 2

Democrats who voted against the War Powers resolution:
-Cuellar
-golden
-Landsman
-Vargas

05.03.2026 21:51 👍 74 🔁 43 💬 8 📌 9

Robin Kelly and Jasmine Crockett are deep in conversation right now. Kelly is running her own campaign where she is trailing in third for Senate in Illinois.

05.03.2026 21:26 👍 34 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 1

Pelosi giving a forceful speech on the war powers act on Iran. People forget, she not only votes against the Iraq War: SHE WHIPPED AGAINST IT.

05.03.2026 20:23 👍 227 🔁 41 💬 7 📌 1

True. The majority are the ones who didn't do a thing and it took Thom Tillis raising hell and Kennedy asking a good question to axe her.

05.03.2026 20:11 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Moral of the story? Congressional oversight matters. Congress should do it more.

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