I promise you that the government that murdered Alex Pretti and Renee Good does not give a flying fuck about the protests in Iran.

The U.S. Senate must be clear: no war with Iran.

"Mr. Patel’s demand that rotating SWAT teams provide his girlfriend with security for singing appearances, personal engagements and errands is unprecedented in the F.B.I" This is a world record grift/ abuse of power combo from Kash Patel: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...

This is one of the videos the NYT has verified and links to in their reporting. NYT: "Video verified by [NYT] showed ... rescuers digging through the rubble with building cranes and shovels, and piles of bloodied, dusty backpacks." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/w...

NEW: Combat vets from CO on Trump’s war on Iran. Rep Jason Crow (D) calls it a “war of choice with no clear end game” as people are “struggling to pay for health care, groceries and housing.” Rep Gabe Evans (R) calls it “necessary” to “defend our core national security interests”

👇🏽

Oh. And the VA might not take care of their injuries, invisible or otherwise.

Then what happened?

Trump releases a statement saying he is sending Americans to war with Iran because “Iran tried to interfere in 2020, 2024 elections to stop Trump.”

Apparently Canadians take a dimmer view of the United States when its president arbitrarily hits their country with maliciously destructive tariffs, recklessly blows up cross-border projects, threatens to seize it by force, and even daydreams openly about reducing it to a vassal state.

David Ellison is going to push CNN into more MAGA-friendly waters—just like he has with CBS News. Watch our full CNN segment from Power Lines here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZsx...

Mark Kelly, a Navy veteran, blasts the Trump administration's strikes on Iran "We’ve seen this playbook before. Weeks of inflated claims, selective facts, and talk of imminent threats that led the American people into a war that cost thousands of American lives and trillions of taxpayer dollars."

Jack Shanahan, retired US Air Force General and first Director of the Department of Defense Joint Artificial Intelligence Center:

Literally

Something that's being overlooked: The Saudi government—yes, the same gov't that butchered a Washington Post journalist a few years ago—is set to be a part owner of CNN. Watch the full episode of Power Lines on YouTube: youtu.be/nWEG5jUrP2Q?...

if you believe in any form of free enterprise at all, the idea that the Pentagon can not only cut off your contract but designate you a supply chain risk and prevent other companies from buying from you just because you won't build killbots for the government should be terrifying

IL is on the verge of electing a Senator far more aligned with Trump, MAGA power brokers & ICE infrastructure expansion than the values of a deep-blue state. Here’s what Raja Krishnamoorthi hopes you don’t know about him & how we elect someone better.

Don't vote for Raja, my fellow Illinois people! (I'm going to vote for @julianastratton.bsky.social)

New: As David Ellison prepares to take control of CNN, legendary CBS News producer Mary Walsh, who is exiting, sent a goodbye note to colleagues. In the note, Walsh writes, "We’ve been told to aim our reporting at a particular part of the political spectrum. Honestly, I don’t know how to do that."

Long knives … @politico.com www.politico.com/live-updates...

This is amazing. www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com

One of the great things about being 100% independent in this moment: We can tell it to you like it *actually* is.

Great point here from @mjtoma.bsky.social: Trump effort to sabotage elections could get easier with right wing oligarchic control over big news organizations, which gives pro-Trump forces "effective control over how it is presented." newrepublic.com/post/207138/...

More from @status.news this morning. "If staffers didn’t like the Chris Licht era, wait until Weiss is steering the ship." www.status.news/p/cnn-david-...

Welp

today in things i say that apparently will generate vitriolic hate trains against me: "oligarchical consolidation of media is bad but also there are limits to what can be done given the nation's size and its deeply-rooted tradition of a free press."

It's not hyperbole to suggest that today we have a federal government that doesn't so much represent or resemble a federal administration as it does a family crime syndicate.

“These are not normal times…It means refusing to blithely tolerate journalists, athletes or any Americans who behave as if our republic is not under siege by a criminal WH occupant who will pursue any means to hold onto power & deny our constitutional rights.” www.americaamerica.news/p/plotting-t...

Amen

According to Nielsen, 'CBS Evening News' just recorded its lowest-rated February of the 21st century, averaging 4.4 million total viewers and 538,000 in the key 25-54 demographic.

I know we're several terrible news cycles past this, but I'm still not really over Sam Altman looking around at the broad backlash to out-of-touch tech execs and deciding to openly lament the foundations of human life as wasteful. just immensely unremarkable and utterly incapable of shutting up

‘Ello, guv’nah. 🇬🇧 @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/b2a8...

This reminded me of the bogus framing that occurred during the Biden administration. Whole ass interviews and news segments on the price of milk being $2.79 and directing blame at Biden. The price of milk is $4.99 at my supermarket. Is @cnn.com going to investigate and ask Trump about it?

From @onthemedia.bsky.social A rocking interview about media capture from mid-19th century to now. Clear, detailed, with helpful comparison to systems other than ours. Can't say enough about it. With @victorpickard.bsky.social, a brilliantly accessible expert. www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

I recently started a newsletter called The Fine Print*, if anybody's interested:

We’re not being governed, we’re being looted. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

We are living through a period where we have mass government layoffs literally causing countless deaths while at the same time DHS has so much money that Noem will have a different luxury jet for every day of the week

So has @cnn.com done a whole interview about the current price of milk at $4.99 and asked what Trump is going to do about it like they did during the Biden admin?

@cnn.com was destroyed by Chris Licht who turned it into a 24 hour infomercial for the GOP, Oliver. Good riddance. #ConservativeNewsNetwork

Interviewer: "What's your take on how he's framing the economy?" Me: "It's that he's lying."

Now that CNN and WBD are set to become state media in a sale to Paramount/Oracle/TikTok, it is especially important to support independent media. Off the top of my head: www.thehandbasket.co 404media.co www.garbageday.email Add your favorites in the replies. Fuck state-backed media monopolies.

Breaking on MS NOW: @alivitali.bsky.social reports the Hillary Clinton deposition has resumed, but that Clinton is asking press be allowed into the room for the rest of the deposition. Comer said NO — despite Lauren Boebert taking photos of Clinton and giving them to a far-right activist.

The second you leave this country for even a few days, you realize the place you call home is decaying at an almost exponential pace. The realization that you don't have to live like this is stark, and that nobody in power is taking tangible actions to fix it in your lifetime is even starker.

Daaamn, girl. This is a powerful rebuke. It establishes her authority as a credible truthteller and builds and builds until you feel overwhelmed with the veracity of the conclusion. Only a partisan would deny the power of this testimony.

In addition to its draconian measure on drivers licenses, the state of Kansas is offering $1,000 bounties to citizens who want to report that a transgender person is using the “wrong” bathroom. amp.kansascity.com/news/politic...

Yep. The absurdity of media's slobbering over Trump's "stand up" stunt is that many people view *ICE* as posing more of a threat than immigrants do.

ICYMI — BILL CLINTON: "Mr. Netanyahu has long wanted to fight Iran, because that way he can stay in office."

Did you know about the fuel blockade around Cuba? I didn't. I found out by reading the Jamaican press. jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news...