Oil up by $12 a barrel in less than 12 hours. Gas prices skyrocketing. Almost 100,000 jobs lost last month. Another war in the Middle East. Are we great again yet?

Markwayne Mullin Reportedly Fingered Nostrils of Colleagues and Their Spouses During Visit to Israel

If you care about free and fair election this November, this is the most important story of the day. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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.

It’s looking increasingly likely that Kristi Noem and Lewandowski funneled almost 200 million in government money to a company that is run by her friend and that nobody can give an address for. Oh, and it was 8 days old when it was awarded the contract.

That’s a 29 point swing. In Arkansas.

Somehow, in despite 10 years of increasingly deranged behavior from Trump and co, they find creative new ways to surprise me with their depravity.

We didn’t go hard enough with the whole “weird” thing.

The best write-up I’ve read that voices what we’re all feeling. Reading Trump’s rambling this time is staggering. Worth a few minutes of your time and a repost.

So the State Department is forcing everyone to immediately leave the region but is also refusing to help people leave the region. The strike itself is illegal and disastrous but their lack of readiness for what comes next is unforgivable as well. Incompetence everywhere.

"Trump's attack on Iran is terrifying in part because it's so untethered from policy goals and logic. He offered a range of half-hearted explanations for his rush to war, but the conflicting excuses only underlined the obvious truth — he attacked Iran because he felt like it."

"When FBI Director Kash Patel fired a dozen FBI agents and staff last week for their role in the classified documents investigation of Donald Trump, he targeted an elite counter espionage unit that investigates threats from foreign adversaries and specializes in Iran..." www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...

I'm calling it Schrödinger's war from now on. It's not a war, but it is a war. It's a war, but really it's ending a war. Their messaging is atrocious

for those of you who werent adults during iraq, its hard to overstate how much the media loves war porn. they salivate over pentagon spin briefings. they love stories about all the bombs and how supposedly infallible they are. they love the notion of the commander in chief, in the situation room etc

I get why/that people say this, but dont' underestimate this: all other social networks are invested in making sure that posts that link to journalism remain buried, or at least never go viral. BlueSky doesn't do that. That makes it very valuable to a ton of newsrooms righ tnow.

Probably shouldn’t have had Claude doing the targeting, then.

“Cut the utilities, condemn the building, demo it, take it under eminent domain, whatever you can do. Make it impossible for them to use our neighborhood for a concentration camp,” he said. “This will not be solved by a harshly worded letter or resolution. We need action.” wdet.org/2026/02/27/c...

While operations are coordinated at a members-only, private beach club — in between fundraisers and parties.

“Washington Post reported on Saturday, citing four sources familiar with the matter, that Trump's decision to conduct a series of strikes… came at the behest of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who had been lobbying for the strikes for weeks, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.”

In case you were wondering, Polymarket had yet another spate of likely inside traders betting that the US would strike Iran by February 28. Per the due diligence investigation service Bubblemaps, the wallets used were created 24 hours earlier. The Pentagon Pizza Index has been replaced.

As US and Israeli bombs fell on Iran this weekend, bettors on Polymarket — where $529 million was traded on contracts tied to the timing of the strikes — were cashing in

The exact face I make every time I open my phone these days

As a professional military strategist, I just wanted to make sure everyone has a full understanding of the American strategy in Iran, thank you for your attention to this matter

My line on BBCr4 Today on the Iran strikes was this. Last June there were intensive US/Iran talks under way. Aborted by Israeli strikes on Iran which US joined. I think this is similar. The US-Iran-Oman talks seemed to be going well. Netanyahu preempted, and Trump felt he had to follow 1/5

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

Latest (NBC News) Iran says retaliation has begun, they say 30 missiles have been launched - Israel doesn’t see direct impact yet Explosions in Bahrain Shelter in place order in Qatar (US military base)

Does he get the Nobel Peace Prize now?

Everything is clear except for: 1. What is the legal justification for war? 2. What is the political objective of the war/what are the conditions for victory? 3. What is the exit strategy? 4. How sustainable is the use of force over time? 5. How is US national security threatened by Iran? #Iran

Academy Museum's screening every Kurosawa movie this spring 🚨

I promise you, there’s even less of a plan this time.

This is a big one. A newly uncovered document has revealed the existence of a mystery Epstein investigation. It was spearheaded by the DEA and involved drug trafficking and money laundering. Epstein was one of 15 targets. The other 14 names are redacted. I've got questions.

I've not been on socials much these days. But I'm very proud of this little movie - in particular because of the utterly spectacular performances of Ian McKellen and Michael Coel. It was a small film, written and shot on spec. It opens in NY and LA April 10. www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8eT...

Check out the new horror/sci-fi show I’ve been working on! From the Duffer Bros. (of Stranger Things fame) and featuring Geena Davis, Alfred Molina, Alfre Woodard, and Bill Pullman. www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...

Masterful Troll, TCM.

This is why you do stunts. This is why you do stunts. This is why you do stunts.

I refuse to listen to any more of his reckless and hateful rhetoric. That is why I’m not attending tonight’s State of the Union.

4 Minnesota guys

Can’t believe I’m gonna have to do this but, maybe those NYPD officers could’ve just done this instead of body slamming people into the ground?

predator is a better movie if you think of the actual Predator as being the yautja equivalent of an Orange County dentist on safari

anyway i have my issues with this place but the reason i’m not on X — and prefer here to there — is that i’m a bit too humorless to want to have to deal with being called a “nigger” every time i want to say something

As the guy who wrote the book on zoning abolition, I'd like to go on record as saying: if you can use zoning to stop the concentration camps, fucking go for it.

No court has authority to prevent the report from being subpoenaed by congress and read into the congressional record, FWIW

Amazing you can already call it but Knight of the Seven Kingdoms ends season one as best self contained Game of Thrones adaptation ever.

Landed the plane. Perfect season. Ugh, I love it so much #nospoilers #knightofthesevenkingdoms

Alysa Liu telling 60 Minutes “I love struggling, it makes me feel alive” is a legit revolutionary statement from a Bay Area native in a time when copious amounts of time and resources are being put toward convincing us to opt out of experiencing struggle, friction and self-actualization

And this chapter is called “narcissistic injury.”

Katyal: "I was able to go to court - the son of immigrants-- & say on behalf of small businesses, 'Hey, this president is acting illegally.' I was able to present my case, have them ask really hard questions, & at the end of it they voted & we won. That is something extraordinary about this country"

Funnily enough this is thanks to the Supreme Court

so are we gonna get a lot of wrung hands about the president attacking the legitimacy of the supreme court by calling them a traitorous cabal controlled by shadowy foreign interests or is that only for when progressives note the politically motivated reasoning in its decisions