Now Lloyd Blankfein & David Rosen warning about the $1 trillion private credit market being a fraudulent bubble.

Tommy Robinson allowed to enter US, apparently on the say-so of Kari Lake & Gen Michael Flynn. DeSantis tried to have CAIR declared a terrorist organization & Tyler Bowyer, TPUSA-Arizona PAC campaigning against "Qatar City" in Arizona.

March 5 2026 WSJ: More on Interior Secretary Doug Burgum's trip to Venezuela to discuss gold & critical mineral reserves. Gift link: www.wsj.com/world/americ...

Trump Chief of Staff Susie Wiles panics over gas prices & Interior Secretary Doug Burgum is in Venezuela discussing critical mineral mining.

March 5 2026 MH: Miami-Dade GOP's chat group for conservative students turned into a sewer of racism & anti-Semitism. One member is president of FIU's TPUSA chapter. Gift link: www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

Today's Business Insider newsletter has a brief primer on private credit & why some investors are freaking about it.

Steve Daines & Ryan Zinke out in Montana

Raskin is on 🔥!!! (Mr Noem doesn't look happy either)

Thanks in large part to Gov DeSantis & AG James Uthmeier laundering $10M thru Florida Hope, a "charity", to two anti-marijuana PACs & the FL GOP, there's a burgeoning underground gummies market for seniors who can't afford the $400 annual fee for a medical marijuana card.

March 3 2026 MH: FEMA balking at FL Division of Emergency Management's $608M reimbursement request for Alligator Alley. Operating costs skyrocketed, in part due to donor/contractors like the $92M to Doodie Calls. Gift link: www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

March 3 2026 Miami Herald: What reporters know to be true & false about the Cuban government shooting & killing Cuban nationals from Florida who invaded its territory. Gift link: www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

Donors who have given more than $250k to MAGA Inc in the recent months...

After I was reminded the Larry Ellison Foundation purchased Lion Country Safari in Palm Beach last year, I took a look at the foundation's 2024 990s. Lot of money going to the Tony Blair Institute & a project in California... projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...

An apt description of David Ellison, wannabe media mogul

March 2 2026 NYT: Update on Cuba where the economy is grinding to a halt due to the US blockade. I didn't know Rubio was in Saint Kitts and Nevis last week. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/w...

From Bloomberg's newsletter this morning:

Some Miami-Dade real estate news. Mark Zuckerberg will be a neighbor of Jared & Ivanka, Jeff Bezos, Carl Icahn, Eddie Lampert & other notables on Indian Creek Island, adjacent to Surfside.

I think Steve Witkoff is making stuff up & he & Jared Kushner were stalling for time rather than negotiating in good faith. They knew months ago what the end game was.

Reminder that Jared Kushner & associates were acutely aware of how much weaponry the military had in stock in June of last year even if Trump didn't.

March 2 2026 NYT: How Netanyahu convinced Trump to go to war. Tucker Carlson met w Trump several times to argue against it. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...

March 2 2026 WSJ: Steve Witkoff, the U.S.’s chief negotiator with Iran, told Fox News last month that Iran is “probably a week away from having industrial-grade bomb-making material.” The Iran War isn't a diversion for Trump's other problems. Gift link: www.wsj.com/world/middle...

🧵Jake Tapper interviewed Reza Pahlavi's chief of staff Cameron Khansarinia who is also vp of the National Union For Democracy in Iran, a 501c4. Pahlavi has a 189 page plan to govern Iran as soon as the Iranians rise up & overthrow the government. From the NUDI 2024 990:

Deleted the clips I did post. Those clowns don't deserve any attention from me or anyone else.

Not posting any more clips from Comer's shitshow. Comer, Mace, Boebert, Luna, the whole lot of them, are fucking morons who have a lot of nerve wasting everyone's time.

Who thought Melania leading a UN conference on the role of education's role in "advancing tolerance and world peace" was a good idea? Not only is she struggling to read her presentation, Mike Walz & Tammy Bruce have to sit thru it during a ME crisis.

Ryan Zinke out.

If, as some have suggested, Trump has the shingles because he didn't get the vaccine, he got very bad medical advice. Even the CDC still recommends it... www.cdc.gov/shingles/vac...

Okay all you armchair medical experts - what's up with Trump's neck? Is it contagious? (courtesy of @atrupar.com)

Speaking of the National Archives, one of my fav finds was the 1906 Cowen Report. The US government sent immigration inspector Philip Cowen undercover to the Pale of Russia to investigate Jewish persecution... catalog.archives.gov/id/602984

National Archives website on the nine original Founding-era documents being flown on the Freedom Plane to eight U.S. cities in commemoration of America’s 250th anniversary in 2026. freedomplane.org

Shortly after the US invaded Iraq, I watched Sec of Defense Donald Rumsfeld & Tim Russert heehaw on Meet the Press about the Iraqi playing cards. Then all hell broke loose in Iraq. Stuck in my mind all these years.

This is the 2019 tweet that inspired my idea for a "Death to America" Pepsi ad...

I had a lot of fun on Twitter over the years. I once tweeted a suggestion for a Pepsi commercial to Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif after learning the Chief Soda Jerk had a financial interest in a Pepsi bottling plant in Iran.

Years ago, I got it in my head to help the good people of Iran track down where their stolen money went. Eg Parviz Sabeti, former SAVAK top deputy under the regime of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi...

Reza Pahlavi & his family have done nothing to help Iranians whose last name isn't Pahlavi. Ask him how much money he & his wife, "Princess" Yasmine Pahlavi, raised for the Foundation for the Children of Iran... projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...

I've followed Reza Pahlavi around the series of tubes for years. Several organizations headed by Mark D. Wallace, Nicole's ex, support Pahlavi's return to Iran. Pahlavi says he doesn't want to be king but look how the Nixon Foundation honored him in Oct 2024...

President Jimmy Carter didn't want to permit the Shah of Iran into the US but Henry Kissinger & Chase Bank David Rockefeller exerted their influence which led to the US embassy hostage crisis. Shah was one of the bank's most profitable customers. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2019/12/29/w...

Scott Pelley's interview of Reza Pahlavi in Paris was pretty good (link in prev post). One question he didn't ask was about the Pahlavi family's net worth. The Shah looted billions from the Iranian treasury on his way out the door... www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-poli...

60 Minutes took up FCC Chair Brendan Carr's "suggestion" to air PSAs about America's greatness & featured poet Amanda Gorman along with pix of civil rights protests, union strikes & rainbow flags. At 41:40... www.cbs.com/shows/video/...

If Rudy Giuliani is still on or back on MEK's payroll, that would explain his criticism of Reza Pahlavi since MEK has offered to assist with the transition in Iran.

Has Trump made any public appearances today? Curious if it's dawned on him yet how unpopular this war is.

What a time to be alive. Erik Prince criticizes Iran War & Rudy Giuliani criticizes Reza Pahlavi. (Pahlavi is the proverbial dog that caught the car)

Larry Ellison's cash flow problem in a nutshell: www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...

Marcy's assertion the fix was in & Kushner & Witkoff had no intention of making a deal with Iran is fortified by Josh Greunbaum's interest in streamlining the purchase of missiles (see prev post) & his addition to Steve & Jared's negotiating team..

March 1 WSJ: US inventory of missiles etc being depleted at a rapid rate. Explains why GSA/FAS Commissioner Josh Gruenbaum, close to the Kushners, proposed streamlining the purchase of hypersonic missiles in June when war plans were first being drawn up. Gift link: www.wsj.com/world/middle...

70º & sunny here in Boca. Perfect weather to reward yourself with a round of golf after restoring peace in the Middle East. Again.

My first thought when I read MBS entreated Trump to attack Iran is that Jared Kushner enlisted his pal to bolster the argument for war. My cynicism is boundless these days.

Feb 28 2026 WSJ: AI energy demand is propping up coal industry for now. Interesting stats about the increase in pollution, costs. Trump ordered the Pentagon to buy electricity from coal fired plants. Gift link: www.wsj.com/business/ene...

Ali Hosseini Khamenei was 86 yrs old. Iran doesn't have a succession plan in place?

Downpour here in Boca. Hope it's the same for the patio panhandlers at MAL.