Lots of tails wagging lots of dogs this week. Trump clearly wants you to forget there are documents about him missing from the Epstein files. But I devote most of this piece to a quiet phenomenon: federal judges, declaring war on ICE open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Van Jones, in what I am sure is a purely sincere move arising from his interest in Middle Eastern politics, is out there pitching Reza Pahlavi to serve "transition leader" in Iran

Hahahaha holy fucking shit if anyone ever doubts their stance on any issue just look to Van Jones as an anti-compass and do the exact opposite of whatever this corrupt asshole is doing.

complete insanity

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URGENT: Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna are using a discharge petition to force a vote on stopping Trump's war in Iran. We've beat Mike Johnson BAD with discharge petitions before—and we'll do it again! Tell your Rep. to sign on right now:

ANNA PAULINA LUNA: It is not the intention of the US government to invade RAMPELL: Did we not just invade? LUNA: Are you seeing boots on the ground there? RAMPELL: We just killed the leader of the country! The president has called it a war LUNA: Strategic strikes are not war JORDAN: Really?

Rep. Nancy Mace on Rep. Ilhan Omar: "I'm ready to denaturalize her and deport her to Somali"

NEWSMAX: What is your reaction to three US service members being killed? REP. NANCY MACE: Number one, I want to thank President Trump for his speech today acknowledging those who sacrificed. I believe President Trump will go down as the most consequential president in American history

It’s only war if it comes from the war region of France. Otherwise it’s just sparkling conflict

If you claim thousands of Americans were killed, you should be able to say where. Dodging a basic question isn’t “good faith” — it’s avoiding accountability.

AYMAN: Can you tell me where Iran killed thousands of Americans in America? ANNA PAULINA LUNA: I said they are responsible for thousands of Americans being killed AYMAN: Where? LUNA: Are you serious right now? AYMAN: It seems like you don't want to have a good faith conversation

AYMAN: What is the legal basis that you understand this president has to launch this war? REP. ANNA PAULINA LUNA: His Article 2 authorities give him the powers to protect our troops, our citizens, if we're facing imminent threat

No.

It’s actually pretty revealing that the Democrats aren’t opposing the war and are just demanding an explanation. What fascism does is eliminate the need for a cover story or narrative to launder bloody imperialism and destruction. What they want back is the veneer of morality.

Bombing infrastructure is not the same thing as dismantling a political system. Iran’s regime is structured for continuity...not charisma.

Western strategy keeps looking for a “head of the snake.” Iran was built without one. www.jackhopkinsnow.com

This is the full breaking Epstein news from the Albuquerque Journal. More than worth your time www.abqjournal.com/news/feds-as...

Iran doesn’t have nukes, Bari, you dumb piece of shit

It’s becoming increasingly obvious that Trump and the stupid motherfuckers around him thought this was going to be Venezuela 2.0 and never spent an iota of a second considering what came after the decapitation strikes and completely ignored what military advisers told them.

This article should have made the basic point that other countries are governed by the rule of law. It’s not about “eagerness” to prosecute and it’s not a puzzle. It’s a marker of a deep US problem. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/w...

Casual

Not sure with those two parents he would pass the IQ test. He is prime Army grunt (or as Donald likes to refer to them as “losers and suckers”) material having dropped out at NYU. When your dad has stolen billions who needs an education?

When will Barron be enlisting? Let me guess, bone spurs?

It’s time

The new Countdown podcast drops at midnight - and we rejoin The Trump Epstein Scandal Show - already in progress! The former New Mexico Attorney General essentially accuses the Trump DOJ of SABOTAGING his investigation of Epstein’s Zorro Sex Trafficking Ranch in 2019; of taking it over to bury it

Trump is again calling on Iranian revolutionary guard and others to hand over their weapons. But to whom? Who will grant them immunity?

I get it. Lotsa people liked this guy. He had some appealing traits. But, um...absolutely not. His judgment sucks.

“All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal.” John Steinbeck

NEWS: In 2019, the Trump DOJ took over New Mexico’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch — telling the state to stand down and turn over its findings. According to officials and newly unsealed records, the probe soon fizzled after the federal takeover. Link to NYT reporting in reply.

Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, every Iranian in the world knows Pahlavi as the son of a guy the CIA installed as Shah of Iran in 1953 Kermit Roosevelt, Jr. ran a CIA operation in Iran which deposed Mohammad Mossadegh prime minister of Iran, and secured a throne for Reza Pahlavi's father as Shah of Iran.

Good lord You want to be MORE obvious?

Nope.

Those who stand for nothing will fall for anything.

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Netanyahu leveraged Trump’s desire to look tough to secure deeper U.S. involvement.

It's the same thing as bombing speedboats in the Caribbean. The question isn't "Are you in favor of drug trafficking?", it's "Are you in favor of one old pedo in the white house playing god when he has no authority to do so?"

Thing is, we don't actually know that it's good for anybody, and conceding this in Trump's favor isn't helpful. Yes, everyone at the top of the Iranian government was bad. But this does not necessarily mean unilaterally killing them improves the situation! It could make it much worse!

The first mildly prominent Internet thing I ever did (in 2006) was challenge then-POTUS candidate Mark Warner about his nutball ideas on Iran.

When you’re incapable of empathy.

Your kid gets killed fighting for this asshole and he responds with, "that's just the way it is"

"Suckers" and "losers."

3 U.S. troops are dead. Trump says “there will likely be more.” The war is now spreading across the region. Get the latest in our Weekend Bulletin — no paywall on these critical updates.

"Fox News has pushed for this war." -Tucker Carlson

A reminder that fascist Mussolini invaded Abyssinia partly to divert from domestic economic troubles at home.