Andy Carvin

President Trump told CNN that Cuba 'is going to fall pretty soon' in a phone interview while touting US military success in his second term. https://cnn.it/3OV2kKO

So much to unpack

It was always a political apointment. What else could it be? Bari Weiss did not qualify for the job of running CBS, except ideologically. But that's not a newsroom virtue, it's normally treated as a vice. Thus the job she was appointed to requires conflict with the newsroom, via accusations of bias.

BREAKING: Trump announces that Kristi Noem has officially been removed from her position as DHS secretary.

He says he's nominating Sen. Markwayne Mullin to replace her.

I didn't even need to customize this one

Oh rub it in why don't you I was getting to zapodidae eventually

There's always more lettuce if needed

Mullahs scramble for primetime pundit slots on FOX News

Time to to break out the iceberg lettuce and see who wilts first.

Power without a throne: how Khalifa Haftar controls Libya – and is answerable to no one The long read: When Nato helped overthrow Gaddafi in 2011, there were hopes of a new beginning. More than a decade later, this former CIA asset runs the country – and Libya has become yet another less...

When Nato helped overthrow Gaddafi in 2011, there were hopes of a new beginning. More than a decade later, a former CIA asset runs the country – and Libya has become yet another lesson in the unintended consequences of foreign intervention

Had the slightly grim thought that maybe Trump's "big one" is en route and the US has quietly told allied governments that this is the moment to get as many people out as they can before they strike.

US Court of International Trade Orders Refund of All Illegally Collected IEEPA Tariffs Importantly, the Court ordered payment of refunds even to those businesses who have not filed a lawsuit to claim them.

Whomp, there it is

@ilyasomin.bsky.social watching the natural result of his win over Trump at SCOTUS

reason.com/volokh/2026/...

Iran drone attack at Azerbaijan airport Eyewitness videos from an airport in Azerbaijan captured the moment of a suspected Iranian drone attack.

In a major escalation, Iran uses drones to target the passenger terminal of Nakhchivan airport in Azerbaijan. aje.news/prolie

Bar chart: Most Americans disapprove of US military action against Iran A new CNN poll, conducted by SSRS shortly after the US launched a military operation in Iran, finds that roughly 6 in 10 Americans disapprove of the attack. Initial reactions closely track the results of a CNN poll conducted last summer after the US launched airstrikes in Iran.

New from us: Nearly 6 in 10 Americans disapprove of the US decision to take military action in Iran, as most say a long-term military conflict between the two nations is likely, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.

www.cnn.com/2026/03/02/p...

As a reminder the "Venezuela template" is to keep the regime intact and control the flow of oil.

More here: www.businessinsider.com/trump-energy...

Iran, Pakistan, Kabul? Grok Maps 3 Different 'Facts' For The Same Viral Video | BOOM Grok hallucinated three conflicting 'facts' about viral video of an Iranian school attack, failing to find its location.

"Faced with viral footage of an attack on an Iranian school, xAI’s chatbot Grok didn't just fail to identify the location—it hallucinated three different and conflicting 'facts' for the same video."

Now imagine this same technology networked into Pentagon command-and-control infrastructure.

They spent billions on regime change in Venezuela and left the Maduro's head of torture in charge.

They are now spending billions on regime change in Iran, knowing the most likely outcome will be harder line leadership.

We do not have serious people running our country.

Satellite imagery showing two tunnel entrances destroyed.

Satellite imagery showing three tunnel entrances and support buildings destroyed.

NEW: We've heard a lot about air strikes near Tabriz. This morning @planet.com has fresh imagery from today (01 March) of IRGC missile bases that have been hit.

MOE: +/ - 2.5 PTS FEBRUARY 25-27, 2026 OCBS NEWS POLL | YouGov HOW SHOULD THE U.S. APPROACH IRAN'S CURRENT LEADERSHIP? PRIOR TO START OF CONFLICT NEGOTIATE WITH THEM THROUGH DIPLOMACY PRESSURE THEM WITH SANCTIONS NOT GET INVOLVED REMOVE THEM FROM POWER WITH FORCE 38% 22% 22% 18%

MOE: +/- 2.5 PTS| FEBRUARY 25-27, 2026 @CBS NEWS POLL | YouGov TRUMP NEED APPROVAL FROM CONGRESS FOR MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAN? PRIOR TO START OF CONFLICT 74% NEEDS APPROVAL 26% DOES NOT NEED APPROVAL

CBS News conducts a poll.

It finds that only 18% of Americans advocate removing Iran's leadership "by force," and 74% say Trump needs congressional approval before starting a war.

So their headline is, "CBS News poll on Americans' views on Iran prior to conflict."

www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-new...

Iranians in Kazerun, Bame Karaj, and Isfahan took to the streets honking car horns to celebrate the alleged killing of Khamenei. #Iran

Celebrations in Tehran, Iran, over the death of the tyrant Khamenei; pro-illegal war and anti-illegal war people are celebrating worldwide. He's responsible for thousands of deaths, mass oppression, and boundless cruelty.

If all these high profile killings are confirmed, including SL, and if they happened in the early hours of the attack as some Israeli journalists are reporting, who has been running the retaliatory attacks across the region all day? Clearly some regime elements are surviving.

Trump says Khamenei is dead.

Trump in dopey USA baseball cap, posed at the head of a table full of crisis actor White House staffer flown into Perv-A-Lago for the “war” photo op, in a black-draped section of his club, which is supposed to make it look like a high security “situation room,” but doesn’t.

Cropped version on the previous photo, showing aires peeking in through the high security, top secret curtains.

Pipe and draping does not make it a SCIF. And DEFINITELY not a SCIF if you can just peek your head in from outside.

I had forgotten how The Simpsons put the extra effort in to flip this joke. Rather than just satirizing US nationalist parochialism, Homer is (momentarily) an expert on Iranian politics.

Trump to NBC News re: Israeli reports Khamenei is dead: 'We feel that is a correct story'

Curious to know how khamenei.ir will update its website if the supreme leader is indeed dead. Here's the current view.

As we await confirmation as to whether in fact Khamenei has been killed, I am holding in my heart his victims -- be it at home in Iran or abroad in places like Syria -- with all of the complexity of feelings that entails.

A United States senator from the president's own party, one who serves on the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, has no idea what's going on as America goes to war with Iran.

"Whenever the Leader becomes temporarily unable to perform the duties of leadership owing to his illness or any other incident, then during this period, the council mentioned in this Article shall assume his duties."