I know, another boring week where nothing happened...but now it's time for the weekly Will Bunch Newsletter...and your Ask Me Anything questions. I'm sure you'll think of something...fire away

Denver's the only city on the list I haven't been to recently, so....Go Denver! www.inquirer.com/politics/pen...

Happening now: anti-war protestors are gathereing in Chicago's Congress Plaza for a demonstration against ongoing U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran. Tonight's rally follows a similar protest in Chicago on Saturday; other anti-war actions are being planned across the city over the week.

NewsNation?? How long before Trump is on the phone with the East Hampton Star or some weekly in northern Idaho?

The US Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has been hit by Iranian drones. It’s on fire. (Al Arabiya)

RIP to hundreds of Iranians and one American vacation

"A Block Club investigation found dozens of protesters arrested by state police are still facing criminal charges for minor infractions, such as sitting on a concrete barrier — even after Gov. JB Pritzker vowed to protect their First Amendment rights." blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/26/w...

Preventing skin seems like an extreme measure

A Minnesota federal judge has ordered the state’s top federal prosecutor and ICE officials to appear in his courtroom Tuesday to explain why they should not be held in civil or criminal contempt for what he alleges are repeated court violations.

is everyone on glue

If you'd told me 15 years ago that a president of the United States was so easy for reporters to reach on a cell phone, I honestly would have thought it was really cool Of course, I wouldn't have imagined THIS president www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...

The essential @rexhuppke.bsky.social on our flippant, nonchalant commander-in-chief www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Trump has assumed the power of a king – to decide whether people live or die, based on his personal preference. We see it in Iran, on the high seas, and in the streets of Minneapolis. We must take away Trump’s license to kill and re-impose the rule of law. My free Stop the Presses newsletter.

As a newspaper opinion journalist, I'm biased, but here's the argument why this is not true. I was a straight news reporter for 25 years. Won a couple awards. The awful "reporting work" that gave us the 2003 Iraq War convinced me that America needed to be grabbed by the lapels and told the truth

The Trump regime hasn't decided who it wants to lead Iran because it's waiting for the best odds/payoff

The one famous time that "a conventional umbrella" caused regime change

It's 9/11 in reverse...remember the Saudi evacuations in 2001?

"No stupid rules of engagement" means no Geneva Conventions or other international humanitarian laws, which the U.S. signed and supported for more than a century. Hegseth and Trump are pro-war crimes.

My one and only question for Gen. "Raizin" Caine would be, given that a) Trump disrespected and disregarded your expert advice and b) issued you an unlawful order to start an unconstitutional and illegal aggressive war, why have you not resigned?

For normal people who don't understand the mad, mad, mad, mad world of metro news orgs (i.e., big city, but not national like NYT or WSJ), with World War III breaking out this is today's most popular story, by far www.inquirer.com/food/restaur...

The NYT style guide

You know who else did medical experiments on prisoners?

I'm so happy for these people. Who are they?

My man, you are going to prison* (*in 2029, probably) n.pr/4u48W9Q

Cool hey did anything happen *before* 1979 between the United States and Iran

Not ICE. Not Border Patrol. Just the same rotten local cops we've always had

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...

"Charles Manson owes the nation an explanation why he told his cult to murder those 7 people" -- Democrats, probably

Team Bari Weiss trying to make another Shah of Iran happen is the most on-brand thing ever

The Philadelphia Union will never stop reminding you what it feels like to be a Philadelphia Union fan

Iran’s soccer president casts doubt on World Cup participation following strikes

According to our sources in Williamsport, the vehicles have arrived.

Iranian schoolgirls, U.S. troops, Israeli villagers, random Emiratis, Pakistani rioters and maybe a couple folks in a bar in Texas — all dead because of a vainglorious American dictator

Great new column from Sabrina (who's also my editor!)

West LA Freeway Brigade out 2/28 with last minute amended message due to the illegal war launched by 47. Thank you to Michelle 💕@visibilitybrigade.bsky.social for capturing our energy in this edit!! @indivisiblewestsidela.com @hcrichardson.bsky.social @rbhubbell.bsky.social @bocksam.bsky.social 🧵

Angry crowds tried to storm the US embassy in Baghdad's Green Zone, and Iraqi security forces fought to repel them. Unclear if the breach attempts are still ongoing.

I share this before reading it because you are a trusted source, Will. The column is excellent and TBH I had forgotten about the 16 words. I grew up with Viet Nam and the Bush administration made me assertively political. Until we have new leadership, our country and constitution are in peril.

Been asking this too for a few years.

I feel like some weird deja vu from my 2013 inbox “Hello. You may be surprised to hear from me but I am the former finance minister of Ghana…”

Iranian schoolgirls, U.S. troops, Israeli villagers, random Emiratis, Pakistani rioters and maybe a couple folks in a bar in Texas — all dead because of a vainglorious American dictator

I’m challenging April McClain Delaney in the Democratic primary for Congress (MD-06) to stop marching the U.S. into forever wars. And you can help! Chip in $5: secure.actblue.com/donate/alexi...

Here's an excerpt -- please take a moment to read the whole column and tell me what you think

Patel's FBI is not to be trusted, of course, but there is a real possibility that the deadly terror attacks on U.S. soil feared as a response to Trump's illegal war have already started www.kxan.com/news/crime/p...

Charlie Kirk dropped out of an Illinois community college after one semester. He later advised Gen Z that today's higher ed probably isn't worth it. A perfect icon for this regime's attitude toward becoming educated

I used to think he could beast out a 2028 primary. I no longer think that

After a Local Police Chief Put a High School ICE Protester in a Chokehold, Should MAGA's Be Allowed to Be Cops? | A Truth Social account Quakertown Police Chief Scott McElree shares with his wife described the Democratic Party as “a deep state oligarchy” and “domestic terrorist organization.”

The Trump administration is using billions of dollars in ICE funding to put more immigrants behind bars than ever before, often in inhumane conditions with little or no oversight. It’s a recipe for a human rights disaster. bit.ly/4qWSVQ4

When Trump said in his baseball-hat Mar-a-Lago video that this is a war (thus, illegal) and that Americans will die (albeit pointlessly), it was the first true thing he's uttered in months

I've never understood why Murphy doesn't get rated higher as a national politician. Sure, he was one of those school-reform centrists (eyeroll) when he came up, but he got "woke" (in the original, good sense) after Newtown and now faced with the reality of dictatorship