Poll numbers open.substack.com/pub/deadder/...

« Shall I compare thee to a summers day? Thou art more lovely and more delicate. »

BREAKING: Babe, wake up. New war just dropped. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u...

BREAKING: Cornyn and Paxton have been forced into a runoff. Hahaha

This is what actually happened tonight: bsky.app/profile/did:...

BREAKING US troops report commanders framing Iran war as “God’s plan”

❤️ 👊

good article by Robert Reich worth reading . . . www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-2...

There’s no daylight between this asshole and the way Colin Jost plays him on SNL.

So, in launching a huge bombing campaign on Iran they apparently didn't plan for: - Who takes over; - Interceptor shortages from sustained drone retaliation; - How to defend US bases in the region; - Threats to ships in the Strait of Hormuz; and - How to evacuate Americans with airspace closed.

From the archives . Sadly relevant . open.substack.com/pub/gregolea...

I just wrote my first note on Substack substack.com/profile/6923...

I believe he regularly roasts himself in a UV tanning bed – which is totally on-brand for him.

Great story about Tillis taking on Kristi Noem. He minced no words. www.rawstory.com/kristi-noem-...

Completely lost it.

Priorities.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps has 190,000 fighting men and 600,000 reserves.

Bright night.

Bahrain Ambassador to the US Abdulla R Al-Khalifa: “Bahrain’s air defences intercepted 70 Iranian ballistic missiles and 59 drones targeting the Kingdom. Attacks on civilian sites are a grave violation of sovereignty and international law. We reserve full right to respond.”

Trump tells NewsNation “you'll find soon what the retaliation will be for the attack on the US embassy in Riyadh and for the US service members killed.” He’s now saying he doesn’t think there’ll be a need for ground troops, four hours after he said he wasn’t ruling it out.

The US Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has been hit by Iranian drones. It’s on fire. (Al Arabiya)

My kind of town. “𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘹 𝘴𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺’𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘭 ‘𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘕𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘈 𝘚𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘸’ 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵. “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘳-𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳: ‘𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘐𝘊𝘌.’ “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪-𝘐𝘊𝘌 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 80% 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.” #Chicago

Mike “Meme Lord” Lee: The emotional maturity of a nine-year-old, and the intellectual capacity of a grapefruit. Imagine holding such a powerful (and potentially consequential) leadership position, and pissing away most of your day—every day—on Twitter. #Utah #WTF www.comicsands.com/lee-masked-c...

Track and field superstar Jesse Owens (1913 – 1980) arrives in London after winning four gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Owens, a Black American born in Alabama, was the most successful athlete at the games, publicly humiliating Hitler and crushing the myth of “Aryan supremacy.”

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘶𝘵, hand-colored soft ground etching by James Gillray (1756–1815), c. 1799, London

@velshi.com just named Howard Lutnick as his choice for the most deeply corrupt member of Trump’s cabinet. Hard to disagree with that assessment.

Congrats, MAGAts. While your rent, groceries, and medical expenses are soaring, Kristi and her pals are flying in billion-dollar style. @gbrockell.bsky.social writes: “𝘒𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪 𝘕𝘰𝘦𝘮’𝘴 𝘋𝘏𝘚 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘶𝘹𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘫𝘦𝘵𝘴.”

Nice work, MAGAts. The new Golden Age is everything you wanted—and more. “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘒𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘥𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘜.𝘚. #𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 #𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘮." – @thelancet.com

Remixed Nancy, via Mousie Cat

Via @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social

The richest Americans saw their net worth soar 120% from 2017-25 and the number of US billionaires jumped 50% to more than 900. Overall, the top 1% now control $55.8 trillion in assets — more than the GDP of the US and China combined. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...

Breaking news: Satellite images and videos provide the first window into where U.S. and Israeli strikes have landed across Iran, revealing various government buildings and civilian areas.

New: No imminent threat: Experts dispute Trump admin claims for attacking Iran open.substack.com/pub/diplomat...

Family and friends back home (Dubai) did not sleep a wink. Explosions are heard every 30min, and they’re no longer far off. Strikes seem random, too. Kids are having it worse. My niece woke up to the sounds and threw up. Thinking of kids back home. In Iran, Gaza and Sudan. All of them precious.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “We Americans have begun another Middle Eastern war based on dubious intelligence claims, and as in 2003, I fear we haven’t thought through the substantial risks and uncertain gains,” our columnist @nickkristof.bsky.social writes.

So hang on. All these Brits flee the UK to stop paying UK tax and then they want Britain to swoop in and rescue them at tax payers expense? I’d be making them pay for the service as a back tax. When they ‘register for help’ there should be a link to HMRC.

“No plan, no endgame, potential casualties, oil shock, unleashing carnage in the region, all leads to a disaster in the making for the US people.” £/$

Former ICE lawyer Ryan Schwank: “I received secretive orders to teach new cadets to violate the Constitution.”

the president is posting articles from two years ago

@ianthecovington.bsky.social I just noticed you're from Columbus, Oh. Me too

Oh, you have a better idea for how Putin can receive realtime updates on the deliberations?

In the fake SKIFE in the middle of Mar-a-lago by setting up a curtain. Oh yeah, total privacy.

"My father is three years dead, my godfather is now dead, and at 53, I am nearer the end of the journey than the beginning. In the tortuous TSA line of life, I’m one step closer to taking off my shoes and walking through the metal detector to the great airport terminal in the sky."

"More precious was the light in your eyes than all the roses in the world." - Millay

“This goes far beyond who gets to control Harry Potter and Superman. It has serious and far-reaching repercussions for the US — and for the rest of the world.”

Makarem Shirazi issued a fatwa identifying the United States and Israel as the “main perpetrators” and described retaliation as a religious duty for Muslims worldwide “until the evil of these criminals is eradicated from the world.” 3/3

Nouri Hamedani responded in writing to a request from the presidium of the Assembly of Seminary Students and Scholars in Qom, and on Sunday said all Muslims are religiously obliged to avenge Khamenei’s death at the hands of the perpetrators. 2/3

Two senior Iranian Shiite religious leaders, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Nouri Hamedani and Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi, have issued fatwas calling on Muslims worldwide to take revenge for the killing of Khamenei. (Iran International) 1/3