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The title for a story, reading: Intel report warns large-scale war ‘unlikely’ to oust Iran’s regime A classified U.S. report doubts that Iran’s opposition would take power following either a short or extended U.S. military campaign. Updated March 7, 2026 at 11:09 a.m. ESTtoday at 11:09 a.m. EST 5 min Summary 1,660 Make us preferred on Google Pro-government demonstrators march against the U.S.-Israeli military campaign in Tehran on Friday. A classified U.S. report recently predicted that the Iranian regime would be able to hold onto power even if the United States attacked. (Vahid Salemi/AP) By John Hudson and Warren P. Strobel I've marked the bylyine with a pink rectangle.

WaPo is in disastrous shape, but this is a wild byline on a story like this.

(For you youngs who forget this, Strobel was one of the few people who got the Iraq War right.)

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NASHVILLE BANNER on Estefany Rodríguez: “A reporter who faced death threats in her home country could now be sent back by ICE.”

Her attorneys allege its retaliation for her NASHVILLE NOTICIAS reporting on ICE.

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🇬🇧 The view from @lbc.co.uk across the pond: “If Trump started this conflict to divert attention from the Epstein Files, it’s not working… you have to ask what Netanyahu & Putin have on him… Netanyahu played Trump like a fiddle…”

They've now killed four people -- three U.S. citizens and a Mexican national. They've shot several more.

They've lied about all of them. They haven't shaded the truth. They haven't "misled" us. They've brazenly, knowingly lied while in possession of the evidence disproving their lies.

This woman, US citizen living in Skokie, was detained at Ohare yesterday, taken to Broadview, then transferred to a detention facility in Wisconsin, now released. We know all this not because of DHS, who repeatedly denied that they even had her, but because her phone was pinging in those locations.

Ruben Ray Martinez: Footage shows US citizen shot by ICE agent in Texas traffic stop The Department of Homeland Security did not disclose Martinez was shot by one of its agents until almost a year later.

Newly released footage shows an ICE agent killing Rubin Ray Martinez, 23, in his car in Texas.

"He was shot at point-blank range through his side window by an ICE agent who was in no danger."
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Iran retaliated with missile and drone bombardments against U.S. bases and allied territory, targeting military facilities across the Gulf, including Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. One Iranian drone killed six American service members at a U.S. command center in Kuwait. Asked whether Americans should be worried about retaliatory attacks at home, Trump acknowledges the possibility. “I guess,” he says. “But I think they’re worried about that all the time. We think about it all the time. We plan for it. But yeah, you know, we expect some things. Like I said, some people will die. When you go to war, some people will die."

Donald Trump’s White House is blocking top US intelligence agencies from warning law enforcement across the country about rising threats to the homeland tied to his war with Iran, the Daily Mail can reveal. The FBI, Homeland Security, and the National Counterterrorism Center were preparing to put out a joint intelligence statement on Friday to state and local authorities alerting them of a heightened threat due to the ongoing war in Iran, a senior DHS official said. The bulletin, which was reviewed by the Daily Mail, details 'elevated threats by the government of Iran to US military and government personnel and facilities, Jewish and Israeli institutions and their perceived supporters, and Iranian dissidents and other anti-regime activists in the United States.' 'Radicalized individuals with a variety of ideological backgrounds also may see this conflict or other geopolitical events as a justification for violence,' the report continues. The five-page bulletin blocked by the White House provides specific details on how Iranian proxies may carry out attacks across the country. One section explains how local law enforcement can respond to this type of violence. The official title is 'A Public Safety Awareness Report: Elevated threat in the United States during US-Iran conflict'. Homeland Security broke protocol and gave the White House a heads-up about the nationwide bulletin hours before it was set to be released. Top Trump officials ordered it placed on ‘hold’. The White House did not deny blocking the terror bulletin in a statement to the Daily Mail.

Time: Asked if Americans should be worried abt attacks at home: I guess.

Daily Mail: The White House blocked release of FBI/NCTC warning of elevated risks.

Trump gets mad when asked Russia and Iran working together to kill US troops because he wants to talk about college sports instead

NEW: Federal judges have spent months ordering ICE to give detainees a chance for release in bond hearings.

Now, they're worried that the bond hearings themselves — conducted by Executive Branch immigration judges — are a farce.

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ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

Trump Says 'I Guess' Americans Should Worry About Iran Retaliating on U.S. Soil: 'Like I Said, Some People Will Die' In an interview with 'Time,' President Donald Trump acknowledged the possibility that Iran retaliates with attacks on U.S. soil, saying, 'We think about it all the time. We plan for it'

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MASSIE: “Iran is not Venezuela. The Ayatollah was not a president. He was a religious leader… 🇺🇸 & 🇮🇱 turned him into a martyr, expended billions, 6 🇺🇸 families must now lay to rest their sons & daughters. And for what? This administration can't even give us a straight answer.”

“No stupid rules of engagement”

“The president approved ahead of time you spending $220 million running TV ads across the country in which you are featured prominently?” Republican Senator John Kennedy asked Noem during Tuesday’s hearing. “Yes sir, we went through the legal processes–” Noem said. “Did the president know you were gonna do this?” Kennedy interjected. Noem answered again in the affirmative multiple times. “I’m not saying you’re not telling the truth. It’s just hard for me to believe, knowing the president, as I do, that you said, ‘Mr. President, here’s some ads I’ve cut, and I’m going to spend $220 million running them,’ that he would have agreed to that,” Kennedy said. “I don’t think Russ Vought” at the Office of Management and Budget “would have agreed to that,” he added. These frustrations have prompted the president to privately express his openness to replacing her, according to a person familiar with the matter. One name he has begun floating this week as a potential replacement: Oklahoma’s junior U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin.

Of all the bad looks from this week's hearings with Kristi Noem, it is not that she's NOT deporting the worst of the worst, that her fuck bunny signs contracts, OR that she has tanked his polling on most popular issue. It's that she claims he knew of her corrupt propaganda contract.

How a DHS shooting of a third U.S. citizen went unnoticed for months No state or federal agency disclosed that a Homeland Security Investigations agent had killed Ruben Ray Martinez until it was revealed in a public records request.

For nearly a year, DHS tried to keep secret that it had killed a U.S. citizen.

Then came a FOIA request from @weareoversight.bsky.social.

MAGA = party of pedophiles

Probably thrilled to get MarkWayne out of his chamber.

How did that guy get rich? He clearly failed Econ 101

Another tragic, and completely foreseeable, cost of this war.

with the Dow now below 48,000, Trump brags about the Dow hitting 50,000

US military official: "I think it's safe to say there's no plan for a wave of new Middle Eastern refugees to the US"

Hegseth: "This idea that the war might be expanded, or there's chaos -- nothing could be further from the truth"

Paxton offers to drop Senate bid if Republicans pass SAVE America Act The message quickly drew praise from online far-right activists.

🚨BREAKING: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is publicly offering to abandon his U.S. Senate campaign if Senate Republicans agree to change the filibuster rules and pass the SAVE America Act, a sweeping anti-voting bill. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

If I were Senator Mullin, I’d vote no at the confirmation hearing.

What happened? What did the Houthis do? What did Hegseth say? I don’t see any reporting.

AOC: He impulsively went in on Venezuela. He impulsively went in on Iran. It led to increased global instability and every time he’s done that, it has been consistent with a spike in what is happening with the Epstein files. I think that he feels existentially tied to it.

They’re still on the hook for this vote, no? They’re still anti-constitution.

China no longer buys US exports: Drawing the right lessons for the next Trump-Xi deal China essentially stopped buying US exports in April 2025. President Donald Trump had started his second term by launching a new trade war that he headlined with steep new tariffs on China. When China...

Without Trump’s trade wars since 2017, US exports to China would have been nearly 60 percent higher in 2025, or roughly $90 billion annually.

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