For years on my old blog I published the names of servicemembers who died in Iraq & Afghanistan. No other outlets were. These are the first 4 Americans to die in the Iran War. Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35 Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42 Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, 39 Sgt. Declan J. Coady, 20

"Furthermore, their mamas don't dance and their daddies don't rock and roll."

I’m struck by how every day the admin is like “whoever could have foreseen these consequences?!” when the consequences thus far — evacuations, the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, rise in gas prices, etc. — are all the literal most obvious consequences.

The shadow docket and judicial imperialism, an ongoing series www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/03/the-...

Not going to see this kind of thing from CNN much longer

the feminist political science awards

Kansas invalidated a trans woman's license even though she never changed her gender marker. It's not about the gender marker. It's about targeting trans people and making their lives unlivable.

New post! Many Americans hold contradictory opinions on the same policies. Question wording effects can swing opinions by 20+ points on immigration, the budget, and transgender rights. That's a problem for people who interpret polls for a living. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/many-ameri...

Looking at the 2024 crime figures, it's absolutely insane how Trump, tech billionaires, and centrist pundits fooled everyone into thinking Biden had turned the U.S. into some Hobbesian hellscape. 50-year lows for violent crime, armed robbery, property crime. Second-lowest homicide rate.

NEW: I and colleagues reviewed 15,000 documents to illuminate how Jeffrey Epstein used VIP doctors to control and manipulate young women* — and how the doctors helped him, treating his needs as more important than the patients'. Gift link. *see next post in thread

Kalman and a Greenpoint

DC journalists have a golden opportunity. Just say something like "since they will be honoring an avowed enemy of free speech and a free press, I will not be attending the Correspondents' Association dinner this year." It's telling how many will not, even when handed to them on a silver platter.

As the laid off Middle East News Editor, I concur. Management eliminated the positions of every single staff correspondent and bureau chief in the Middle East.

The actual PURCELL PRINCIPLE (i.e. it is always too close to an election for a court to rule in favor of Democrats, it is never too close to an election for a court to rule in favor of Republicans) strikes again

i love that ryan grim is like "THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS NO LONGER BEHOLDEN TO CONSULTANTS!!!!!!!" while platforming the most consultant-brained candidate you've ever seen

As Kagan notes in her dissent, the Court opted not to hear the due process parental rights argument against bans on gender-affirming medical care in Skrmetti, basically setting up a regime where parents can force their trans children back into the closet but cannot help them out of it

Fawlty ass talking points

Which more or less is what Rumsfeld actually did in Iraq!

Let's drink to the not-hard-working people: www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/03/hitt...

Another round of hearty congratulations to the “Peace President will make Burger Less Exponsive” marginal voters in the seven swing states: www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/03/donn...

I'm beginning to think Markwayne Mullin is not very bright: www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/03/the-...

Does Iran also have Saddam's BALSA WOOD DRONES OF TERROR?

tbh, I think a credible, high profile case of the American left successfully policing antisemitism would ultimately do Palestine more good politically than one dipshit oysterman.

Graham Platner, the guy who had to cover his Nazi tattoo to save his senate campaign in Maine, went on the YouTube channel “Valhalla VFT” in January where he said he’s a “longtime fan of the show.” Check out these vile racist thumbnails from the channel & reporting on the antisemitic host.

The Keir Starmer Story

The joy I felt in this moment was indescribable. It was so strong that, for the few necessary seconds, it fully drowned out my needle phobia, which nothing else has ever done. It doesn't even bother me to look at the photo, as looking at needle photos usually does. I just remember the joy.

If the history of Iran has taught us anything, it’s that the US can kill or depose any public official in the Middle East of its choosing with no downside risk whatsoever

I genuinely cannot get over him launching a war from his house in Palm Beach.

will never stop being incredible to me that the son of a lawyer (and grandson of an architect) who went to hotchkiss (hotchkiss!) gets graded on a curve cause he’s “working class”

When you click on Bari Weiss’s Twitter profile, the site recommends that you also follow: Libs of TikTok Matt Walsh Tulsi Gabbard The Daily Wire James O’Keefe Scott Adams And… Catturd

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...

The media could not psychologically process the fact that we’d lost a war, much less that we’d lost it a long time ago. They had an expectation that the US could still call the shots in a country where we’d been defeated.

we all knew Bari Weiss was a deranged right wing hack but I thought that she’d at least be a little more subtle about it while running cbs news

So many ostensibly straight news stories just flatly assumed that any friction in leaving Afghanistan had to be a result of incompetence by Biden, like there was a "no chaos" button he could have pushed to make the mass withdrawal of troops from an instantly failed state happen with no risk

So, so instructive to compare media response to Afghanistan withdrawal -- months of hysterical garment-rending & catastrophizing, relentless criticism of the admin -- with the response to an unprovoked, unmotivated, illegal war of aggression, ie, "some critics say maybe Trump should have reasons."

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.

Florida Man forced to leave links to temporarily discuss some minor accidents in remote country www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/03/flor...

this is fucking shocking, and while i know politics journalists think it's cliché to point this out, a democratic president would be impeached for delivering this speech in this way, and rightly so.

‘That’s the way it is’ Like a homicidal Bruce Hornsby

it’s wild how everyone hates Fetterman (correctly) and there’s a guy running who’s basically holding a huge I’m The Next Fetterman sign and it hasn’t slowed him down at all

Also: Bleeding to death higher among those who spurn applying pressure, tourniquets.

the cathedral isn't real, hope this helps, Ross

graham platner's team rn

Man responsible for worst challenge in NHL history fired 10 months postmaturely

Trump take gas www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/03/trum...

Iran attack is extraordinarily unpopular among Americans www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/03/iran...

“war of choice” is a too kind way, in this case, of saying “war of aggression” — and aggression is itself a war crime that generally results in many others.

really one of the strangest media cycles in history, where mainstream media actively hid the fact that the columbine killers were popular upper class preppy kids with full on neo-nazi ideologies and instead pretended they were victims of bullying

I see David Rees is coming back into fashion, so enjoy his evergreen works.