If a U.S. role were to be confirmed, the strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the ​Middle East.

This is honestly one of the most anti-Jewish things I’ve ever seen from the United States government.

Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike - www.reuters.com/world/middle...

It is so funny that so many of you take this statement of fact as a criticism. Why do you think that’s a criticism? It could be an asset. My husband teaches at community college and loves many of his students.

Mullin would be the first cabinet member since the 1950s without at least a bachelors degree.

It'll be interesting to see whether Mullin confidently resigns his Senate seat or nervously waits to see how confirmation hearings go.

“.. Johnson, 45, tried to keep the children quiet by telling them he would share millions of dollars in restitution money he expected to receive from the Trump administration in connection with his Jan. 6 case.” @npr.org www.npr.org/2026/03/05/n...

Notable - Trump's pick to be DHS secretary, MarkWayne Mullin is the only serving U.S. senator without at least a bachelor's degree. In 1997, at age 20, Mullin took over his father's business, Mullin Plumbing, when his father fell ill.

Under the war powers act - and I know I know there are so many rules that just don't ... exist in this climate - Trump has to either end the Iran war in 60 days (so late April) or come to Congress for authorization.

All the best people

New: ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients.

Starmer says UK's relationship with US still special after Trump criticism reut.rs/4aUgrbS

It does start to all feel a bit like - Iran, an "imminent threat" to America since 1979.

I keep seeing the "OUR 50 YEAR WAR WITH IRAN" headlines and think, dang, really? Then maybe we should've come down harder on those Reagan administration guys for selling arms to Iran and using the proceeds to seed an illegal slush fund for far-right counterrevolutionaries in Central America

The video of a United States Senator joining the violent removal of U.S. marine from a hearing and hideously breaking his arm in a door is an example of what has been unleashed in this country. They’re tapping in to get in on the violence. And then he bragged about it on X later.

Looks like DHS isn't getting more trustworthy any time soon. This does explain Mullin's TV tour — or maybe the tour explains Trump's interest in him.

Looking up whether the draft can be restarted via executive order - www.reuters.com/world/us/ira...

And meanwhile in the House.

Iran launched a wave of missiles at Israel early on March 5, sending millions of residents into bomb shelters as the US-Israel war with Iran entered its sixth day and just hours after moves to halt the US air assault were blocked in Washington reut.rs/3Pi9EjJ

US Senate backs Trump on Iran strikes, blocks bid to limit his war powers - www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

Moskowitz: I want to end on a happy note. I got you a new Coast Guard blankie, the one you lost.

Not the first Jan 6 participant to be arrested for something else, but this might be the weirdest one: www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/c...

Syria - which has already been through so much.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards take wartime lead, ensuring harder line, sources say - www.reuters.com/world/middle...

The CIA track record on stuff like this is … not great. www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/p...

Jayapal is now introducing 4 US citizens who were detained for at least 6 hours merely for observing ICE. Kristi Noem sent a much-delayed list of USCit detained by ICE yesterday. None of these four were on the list.

I didn't expect the "then they came for..." to hit me QUITE so specifically, but lesson learned.

Curious how going after Dunkin will play with the American public

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It appears we may have replaced Ayatollah Khamenei with Ayatollah Khamenei

NATO // Turkey becomes first NATO member drawn into expanding conflict - www.reuters.com/world/middle...

U.S. military action in another country.// US, Ecuadorean forces take action in Ecuador to combat drug trafficking - www.reuters.com/business/aer...

"Mark Feldstein, a journalism professor at the University of Maryland, said the array of direct interviews offers Trump an opportunity to relay his talking points without being subjected to a cross-examination." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Disregarding these deaths as just “the way it is” is a slap in the face to our men and women in uniform and anyone with a loved one in the military. He should be ashamed.

Re-upping this from a few days ago

The Trump administration has made gas prices a signature issue// US gasoline crosses $3 per gallon mark in test of Trump's Iran war - www.reuters.com/business/ene...

More snow

March 2 (Reuters) - The Supreme Court gave a potential boost to Republican hopes of retaining control of Congress in November, siding with a Republican in a dispute over the makeup of the only congressional district in New York City held by a member of President Donald Trump's party.

President Hegseth

“No stupid rules of engagement.”

Minnesota would like a word.

Video shows damaged buildings in Tehran's Gandhi street area. Israeli strikes hit a hospital in the area, two witnesses told Reuters on March 1, and added that the hospital was badly damaged and patients were being taken out

Israel launched new air strikes targeting Tehran and expanded its military campaign to include attacks on Iran-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, as President Trump signaled the US-Israeli military assault on Iranian targets could continue for weeks reut.rs/3OKfqKO

perhaps there will be an increase in GOP support that boosts the topline number as partisanship + elite cues kick in, but 27% approve / 43% disapprove are not great one-day-in numbers

Israeli strikes hit hospital in Tehran, witnesses tell Reuters reut.rs/4rLmtSj

Trump celebrates the opening of the Iran War with a formal dinner and dancing at Mar-a-Lago. Major US media decide somehow this really isn't reportable news.

Trump didn’t address the nation or come to DC to the Situation Room. He went to a fund-raiser (for what? He’s not running again) at his Florida club.// www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...

The poll showed that 56% of Americans think Trump, who has also ordered strikes in Venezuela, Syria and Nigeria, is too willing to use military force// Just one in four Americans supports Iran strikes, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds - www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...

he's right

The U.S. president sent Kushner, his son-in-law, and Witkoff, a real estate developer, to lead the negotiations before the strike on Iran.