In the past 2 weeks of zero clarity, the Trump administration is making one thing crystal clear: Wars don’t erase political crises — they amplify them. Rick Wilson explains: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13kJ8j0wfEY

the country is at war and the president is leaving DC this afternoon for a weekend at his private club in Florida that he'll spend with his paying customers

President Donald Trump insisted that the war with Iran would only be over when he felt it in his bones. www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-w...

I’m going to give our “Secretary of War” a little credit. I will assume that even someone as openly bloodthirsty as Hegseth would not deliberately blow up a school building filled with little girls. www.nationalmemo.com/when-hegseth...

Cuba held recent talks with the U.S. government, President Miguel Díaz-Canel said Friday, marking the first time that the Caribbean country confirmed such speculation as it grapples with a severe energy crisis. Source: AP News search.app/M13Aj

Epstein's apparent suicide in prison is the subject of conspiracy theories. www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...

✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here. Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning: Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime. And recognized as such by the US Government. From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.

Pete Hegseth won’t have to wait too much longer before notching his first official war atrocity as Secretary of Defense. It is unlikely to be his last. www.nationalmemo.com/deflecting-g...

Kal, The Economist

The U.S. military says a KC-135 refueling aircraft supporting operations against Iran crashed in western Iraq, killing four of its six crew members. www.2news.com/news/nationa...

💪🌊🌊🌊 The Ohio’s governor race is already turning heads. Amy Acton is drawing real enthusiasm with her record in public health and steady leadership. Meanwhile Vivek Ramaswamy keeps auditioning for cable news outrage panels instead of governing.

Hello?

Donald Trump has issued a late-night Truth Social post implying further action will be taken in Iran. www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-2...

Less than two weeks after President Donald Trump launched an ill-conceived, ill-planned war in Iran, the Fox News Cabinet members who urged him to launch military strikes there are either pushing him to escalate or stressing what a great job he’s done. www.nationalmemo.com/fox-news-ira...

There are few people in the world who have derived more benefit from our war with Iran than the Russian dictator, Vladimir Putin. We explain why: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Usv0...

The South Carolina Democrat announced that he'll file the paperwork for another term as other longtime Democratic leaders, Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer, plan to retire. Source: NBC News search.app/wX2s2

ExxonMobil is poised to move its legal headquarters from New Jersey to Texas in search of a more friendly business environment, the company announced Tuesday morning. Source: AP News search.app/ZfjgC

The internet was quick to comment on first lady Melania Trump's remarks during her Women's History Month speech in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. www.rawstory.com/melania-trum...

The UFC will host training sessions at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, this weekend, the mixed martial arts promotion and FBI announced on Thursday. abcnews.visitlink.me/GxSPli

Political Cartoon of the Day by Jeff Danziger.

UH OH. A White House called Axios to complain: The idea CBS would hire Liz Cheney's flack who has worked to jail President Trump and make it impossible for anybody who supported the president to get hired is insanity. What the hell is Bari Weiss thinking?

Starbucks founder says he is LEAVING deep blue home city of Seattle for Florida amid controversial wealth tax... as coffee giant begins shifting HQ staff to Tennessee www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

I hope the world knows that the people really didn't vote for this, & that he & musk literally cheated his way back into the White House. Congress had every chance to challenge this & verify. Elon told us he could hack any computer, & Trump said they don't need votes, b/c they already have them.

President Donald Trump receives the Order of Ikkos medal from Olympic bobsledder Kaillie Humphries as she speaks at a Women’s History Month event in the East Room of the White House on Thursday, March 12, 2026, in Washington. 📸: AP

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Yep I researched it🤦🏼‍♀️😨..This is Truth they are Really Sending MMA fighters to train FBI ... Are you F#%$^&! Kidding me how many millions more is this clown going to spend..And we have yet to see him do ANYTHING for the American People....

The Senate on Thursday passed a landmark housing bill by a massive bipartisan margin and sent it to the House, where it faces an uncertain future as lawmakers fume over being shut out of the negotiations by the upper chamber. thehill-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/thehill....

In a new interview, Palantir CEO Alex Karp predicted who will be hit hardest by shifts in technology ... and it wasn't the typical MAGA base. www.huffpost.com/entry/palant...

The California governor didn't hold back after the president called him a "cognitive mess" and accused him of being racist. www.huffpost.com/entry/newsom...

Our rights aren't up to ICE agents to decide.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr faces an important test of his stated standards for news organizations this week: www.nationalmemo.com/fox-news-267...

CRASH: Trump endorsed Ed Gallrein, TANKING Ed's support by 14% overnight, while his opponent Rep. Tom Massie enjoyed a 15% SURGE. Receiving Trump's blessing is more like a curse. We are witnessing the decline and fall of the GOP in real time. 🍿🍿

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) said Thursday that a recent trip to rescue a South Carolina family who was stranded in the Middle East amid the war with Iran turned into a “full scale evacuation” of hundreds of Americans from the region. thehill-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/thehill....

As Jason Beaman recounts his long slog searching for mental health therapy last year, he sounds defeated. The first therapist assigned to him by the Department of Veterans Affairs told him at their initial meeting that she was leaving the agency. www.rawstory.com/veterans-who...

Ed Martin, former interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, somehow managed to find the “dumbest possible rake” to step on, as Mark Joseph Stern tells Slate. Now the Trump attack dog is in even more trouble than he was. www.nationalmemo.com/ed-martin-ju...

The border czar is making a concerted effort to quickly build a relationship with Sen. Markwayne Mullin, the president's pick to lead DHS. Source: Politico search.app/oUk7Y

#BREAKING: Senate Democrats defeated a motion to proceed to a House-passed bill to reopen the Department of Homeland Security and end the 27-day shutdown that has crippled the functions of the Transportation Security Administration and other critical agencies.

The gunman who allegedly opened fire on Temple Israel in Michigan's West Blomfield is dead, according to multiple outlets. www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...

SNAKE OIL: Trump just claimed that "when oil prices go up, we make a lot of money." While it's true that the United States is the largest oil producer in the world, that's NOT how it works! Our tax dollars subsidize oil companies by $35,000,000,000 ANNUALLY.

“.. Neither side can afford to let the other’s narrative settle uncontested. The fight is not only over shipping lanes but over the perception of who controls them.l @mediaite.com www.mediaite.com/opinion/trum...

We all know how Trump likes to make up crazy numbers, which his lackeys then repeat. He has $18 trillion in foreign investment coming into the country. He won the 2020 election by millions of votes. He is lowering drug prices by 1500%. www.nationalmemo.com/trump-stock-...

Republican senators are getting louder in warning President Trump that economic headwinds caused by the administration’s tariff regime combined with the sharp reduction in global oil supplies could set the GOP up for a rude political awakening in November. thehill.com/homenews/sen...

Meanwhile….

When Trump says "we make a lot of money," he's talking about his Big Oil donors. They spent spent nearly $100M to get Trump elected in 2024, and the investment is paying off quite well for them. Oligarchy in action.

President Trump’s obsession with Florsheim shoes has led him to hand out the $145 loafers to J.D. Vance, Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth, Howard Lutnick, Sean Hannity, and Lindsey Graham, among many others. Read the full update: nymag.visitlink.me/gqWx2e

More than 318,000 children have already benefitted from Minnesota’s nation-leading Child Tax Credit this year - with families receiving an average credit of $2,669. The goal is simple - put money in the pockets of working families and lift children out of poverty.

Yup, spot on.