Spain just made a diplomatic snub to Israel permanent. Madrid formally ended its ambassador's posting to Israel, confirming that the role is being scrapped. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

ICYMI: A new poll from Quinnipiac University found that just over half of U.S. voters oppose the ongoing military campaign against Iran, and nearly three-quarters would be against the use of American ground forces there.

In the last 24 hours, Iran has: - Struck three ships trying to cross the Strait of Hormuz, disabling a Thai cargo ship - Blown up a large oil storage facility in Oman - Struck two oil tankers at harbor in Iraq, setting both ablaze. - Blown up oil storage tanks next to Bahrain’s main airport

“Just watching his online reporting and broadcast, you could see that he was not aligning with [Weiss’s] agenda,” a CBS source said about Scott MacFarlane. “He would not mince words when reporting about the Trump administration and January 6 or anything really.” Indeed, check out the clip below:

I have a better plan

Ossoff: "The president appears increasingly to have lost touch with reality. That is deeply concerning when you have a a cabinet much more concerned with winning his favor than giving good advice & the nation now plunged into war. It speaks to the necessity of winning these midterms in a landslide."

Hey friends, please give this short piece by @milestaylor.bsky.social a read. This is Trump’s circus of souls (and soles) - grown men in clown shoes. open.substack.com/pub/defiance...

This is clearly fine with the GOP.

Kristi Noem has done a stunning amount of damage and it’s good she’s gone. But this doesn’t change the fact that we need a complete overhaul of DHS, impartial investigations into the killings of two American citizens, and information on children that were taken from Minnesota.

Pete Hegseth spent $2 million on Alaskan king crab, $7 million on lobster tail, and $15.1 million on ribeye steak in just one month. — But please, tell me again how the elderly who’ve worked their entire lives to get $800 a month on Social Security are bleeding this country dry.

A man who was shot by Connecticut police last year and later died had to wait 10 extra minutes for another ambulance to arrive at the scene, after another officer having an anxiety attack took the first one.

Never stop talking about the Epstein Files. Never stop talking about the Epstein Files. Never stop talking about the Epstein Files.

Incredible moment as a Beluga whale rescues an iPhone from the sea in Norway!

For the first time in history, humans have flown a rotorcraft on an alien planet! Discover how this groundbreaking achievement expands our understanding of space exploration.

Discover the stunning surface of Mars as captured by the Curiosity rover in this breathtaking video!

The US was isolated in its opposition to the adoption of agreed conclusions at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, recording the only “no” vote at the UN on Monday.

Democrats ask what happened to millions earmarked for Trump’s library

Pentagon bars press photographers over ‘unflattering’ Hegseth photos

Trump wears a baseball cap when he doesn’t have time to do his hair…or when his hair might get messed up, like at a windy Air Force base…it isn’t planned fashion statement www.huffpost.com/entry/baseba...

@maddow.bsky.social In early voting in Texas, some polling places had more voting machines for GOP voters than for Democrat voters, causing long line for the Demo voters while GOP machines were open…

NEW (altho I'm dumb and forgot to post this morning): @carolinehaskins.bsky.social took a deep dive into US government procurement records to uncover who ICE and CBP use Palantir, Microsoft, Amazon, and Google products: www.wired.com/story/how-bi...

Yeah, given the pattern of Trump toadies screaming their way through the hearings, this is essential. (Though a lot of this will depend on the committee chair, and all are GOP now of course.)

after absolutely eviscerating Kristi Noem and calling for her resignation, Tillis is applauded. He thens threatens to hold up nominees if she doesn't stop stonewalling him. My God.

Donald Trump is using taxpayer funds to bomb Iran while he jacks up health care costs by thousands of dollars.

SCHIFF: Are you saying it's just fortuitous that $143m went to a subcontractor that you worked w/ extensively as gov of SD? KRISTI NOEM: I had no choosing of contractors. S: Can you state for record that you or Lewandowski had no communication with any agency involved? N: To best of my knowledge

If you're a wealthy donor looking for favors from the most corrupt president in American history, spending money at one of his luxury resorts might do the trick.

GET HER ASS AGAIN

The top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee sounded the alarm that President Donald Trump launched a war without having enough weapons.

As Trump swings his wrecking ball, we're relying heavily on the lawyers filing suit after suit and the judges putting their fingers in the dike. But the legal system likely can't help us when it comes to the Iran war he just started. My latest at @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/can-lawsui...

The majority of America’s teachers — a whopping 71% — have at least one side job because they’re so underpaid. Meanwhile, the country is about to be launched into a long, drawn-out war that has already cost an estimated $2 billion. Priorities.

“No one should fall into financial ruin, simply because they got sick or injured.” abc7chicago.com/post/cook-co...

As Americans lose their health care and go hungry.

“It was unconstitutional yesterday. It’s unconstitutional today. And it’ll still be unconstitutional tomorrow. Today’s reversal is an embarrassment."

I feel very secure knowing Director of Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and ex-Fox weekend host and Secretary of “War” Pete Hegseth are in the Situation Room handling this international crisis…😱

Interesting Paramount-CBS cannot afford to continue Late Night with Stephen Colbert, but it can afford to buy Warner, Discovery and HBO….

#Trump administration attacking/sanctioning international criminal court judges as if they were criminals. #US www.theguardian.com/law/2026/feb...

Republicans handed DHS a $170 billion funding windfall in last year's "Big Beautiful Bill" DHS Sec Kristi Noem told The Post her agency was "making tough but necessary workforce and resource decisions.” yep she & Corey still traveling in style - DHS buying up warehouses for concentration camps👿

yeah great move on the eve of a massive east coast blizzard. let’s screw things up even more at the airports

Just because they aren’t extermination camps doesn’t mean they aren’t concentration camps Nor does it mean that people aren’t dying in them Because they are

Is there a gift of a wooden horse on the hospital ship by any chance? Also, we are giving other countries free health care? Cause they already have that. Know who doesn't?

Umm didn’t Greenland 🇬🇱 JUST med evacuate a 🇺🇸 service member from a 🇺🇸 submarine from Greenland’s waters??? I Think Greenland has medical issues covered more than the USA does for their own US military 🤦🏻‍♀️

Fact: Maritime tracking proves the ship stuck in drydock in Mobile, Alabama for a months-long, $18.7M maintenance overhaul. It's out of the water, can't be deployed instantly, and isn't built for Arctic ice.

It’s not going anywhere anytime in the foreseeable future. Being in drydock puts a damper on any deployment plans… bsky.app/profile/mykl...

Both US hospital ships in dry dock with no public timeline for completion. Meanwhile, Denmark/Greenland just saved US submarine crew in a real medical emergency. Not sure if Trump has said thank you yet ...