NATO Ambassador Whitaker: "There's no indication we can talk about publicly that the Russians are participating with the Iranians. In fact, Steve Witkoff has said the Russians told him they are not. But even if they are, it's certainly not helpful because the Iranians are getting their butts kicked"

"It’s almost as if Trump felt that, as a would-be dictator, he had to have his own nihilistic war, just like his idol Vlad Putin. But Trump’s 'excursion' against Iran is nothing like Putin’s years long 'special military operation' against Ukraine — it’s actually more stupid." — @davidrlurie.com

Russia was likely paying a bounty to the Taliban for killing U.S. troops between 2016-2019, and we did f**k-all about it.

Slotkin: "If Russia is helping to kill US forces, we have crossed a rubicon. We have to take decisive action on that. Instead, we're giving them breaks on oil. They're making a ton of money."

This is the third government shutdown since Trump took office. TSA agents are unpaid, some sleeping in their cars, while his war is torching about $1 billion a day. ICE detention is still draining around $10 million a day to run centers where people are disappearing into a broken system.

Trump is basically telling oil companies to go play chicken in a war zone. Three commercial ships were just hit and any competent president would’ve known the risk before pushing tankers into the Strait of Hormuz. Instead, we got: “I think they should use the strait.”

Gen. Grynkewich: "What I've observed over the course of studying air power in history is that any time you attack a civilian population, you usually end up finding that it just hardens their resolve."

In Tehran, hope for change turns to panic: 'They are turning the country into ruins' Great job liberating the Iranian people!

Trump is doing the spasm he calls dancing while the gulf burns.

“The United States is the largest Oil Producer in the World, by far, so when oil prices go up, we make a lot of money,” Trump posted on his TruthSocial account Thursday.

Maybe his adm. guys stumbling around in their too-big Trump loyalty shoes are feeding him fake AI "news" videos. Or maybe it's his brain. Or both. What's clear is 1) his adm. people are too chickenshit to 25th Amendment him, and 2) Congress & the Senate are too chickenshit to stop him as well.

This should piss us all off, no one can agree with this waste!

Keep in mind that Pete Hegseth's reported Pentagon spending spree happened just months after Trump and Republicans made devastating cuts to the social safety net in exchange for huge tax cuts for the rich. And defense spending may soon hit a record $1.5 trillion. Priorities.

This interview with the great @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social was a "wow" moment for me. Thanks, New York Times and David Marchese. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/m... I couldn't help noticing the question that seemed the most Times-like to me.

On Saturday, Trump told us the attack on an elementary school in Iran that killed 175 people – mostly children – “was done by Iran.” Now the U.S. military admits it was a U.S. strike. If they are lying about something as obvious as this, what else are they lying about?

I knew it..

What kind of 'leader' encourages civilian shipping in a war zone? We hold these truths to be self-evident.

A person or group accused of a war crime (or any crime) should NEVER be the governing body investigating said crime.

Did Donald Trump pick *any* targets for the US military to bomb? If so, what, specifically, were they? The world is entitled to know.

Is the New York Times manufacturing consent for war in the Middle East? Is the mainstream media as a whole? Zeteo dug into some of the numbers in our First Draft newsletter this morning: zeteo.com/p/how-media-...

Bullshit, they inform the president before they inform the press.

What a self righteous prick! Actually, yes it does!

The Trump administration just announced that gas prices will not return to pre-war levels until at least mid-2027 at the earliest.

Ahead of schedule, on the ballroom and the war. We are lucky little citizens, because he says so.

So it is a war?

Stupid is as stupid does. Every comment is the same, it’s both the start and the end, both a war and an excursion. Don’t bother me for precision, I’m lucky my brain is even firing at all!

Shocker

We came here so an idiot madman, who we all *knew* was an idiot madman, could make his increasingly feeble mind feel powerful and stop us from talking about his crimes.

"Suffice it say, right now, THEY DON'T KNOW how to get the Strait safely back open. Which is unforgiveable, because this part of the disaster was 100% foreseeable." ~Murphy The whole Trump presidency is a disaster that was 100% forseeable.

Markwayne Mullin loves to hype his MMA past in speeches and interviews to project toughness and resilience. Reality: he fought in small regional amateur bouts. He had 3 documented fights in Oklahoma 2006–2007. Record: • 2 wins by submission • 1 loss by decision He never fought professionally.

F ing wanna be puts American servicemen in danger should he require assistance. Luckily he failed.

Perfect

And it detracted from the Epstein files being withheld! Two for!

(Guardian) — Iran has spurned two messages from Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, seeking a ceasefire as its leaders sense it is not losing the war and the US president is at the minimum feeling the political pressure. @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) installed rooftop solar panels on his home, despite once criticizing green energy as “goofy, subsidized green energy crap.” His response: “It’s my personal home, so it’s not really any of your business” His hypocrisy is everyone's businesses..

Donald Trump's war is driving up gas prices. But now he's using this chaos to lay the groundwork to restart offshore oil drilling in California at the sites of previous spills. Californians do not want more drilling off of our coasts. Renewable energy is the best way forward.

NEWS: Democrat Shawn Harris has forced a runoff in the special election for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s deep-red Georgia seat (Trump +37). With ~70% in, Harris leads with 38.3% to Trump-endorsed Republican Clay Fuller’s 34.5%. Runoff set for April 7. A major warning sign for MAGA.

Nasty fake Christian making tons of money lying and insulting people especially Joe Biden. He did more for the USA in a day than this joke of a citizen will ever do.

I just remember seeing signs about Impossible burgers outside at Burger King for quite a while.

What a joke Johnson is, nothing redeeming about the smarmy sycophant. Can’t wait to see him lose his position in November. Then sterilize the gavel because it’s filthy

📌Erika Kirk's appointment is appalling, but not surprising. The Air Force has basically been a racist church for as long as I can remember, which is why this unqualified know-nothing can get within a thousand miles of the place. Further, like Trump, neither Kirk bothered to serve in our military.

> @cnn.com

Jesus probably doesn’t feel like Leavitt does about bombing kids. Might be a bridge too far?

Yes, send all his boys

The Tennessee abortion bill that would make women eligible for the death penalty has failed. This is good news but these radicals won’t stop so keep the resistance Tennessee!

Murphy: "Literally in my other ear I'm listening to Ted Cruz on another network explain why this mission is so essential to destroy the nuclear program. I may have to walk over there and tell him the admin is now briefing that getting rid of the nuclear program has nothing to do with this mission."

NEW: Federal judge has ordered pardoned Jan 6 riot defendant Jonathan Munafo to be detained and transferred to New York Munafo faces new accusation of violating supervised release in separate threat case

WATCH: “Bill fails for lack of motion” Jody Barrett’s abortion death penalty bill dies, failing to even get a motion to be heard from his own Republican supermajority Not something you see every day. Impressive stuff, Jody! 😬