"While Congress is strongly encouraged to expeditiously pass legislation, further delay is not an option given what is at stake and the turmoil and instability currently facing universities across the nation." This is about college sports. 🤔

Liberation Day 2?

Donald Trump just posted this.

Donald Trump's White House published the "Urgent National Action to Save College Sports" presidential action on their website.

Donald Trump's White House published the "Liberating the Department of Homeland Security From the Democrat-Caused Shutdown" presidential action on their website.

Donald Trump's White House published the "President Donald J. Trump Takes Urgent National Action to Save College Sports" fact sheet on their website.

Donald Trump isn't going to make any public appearances today, despite what is going on in Iran: "The White House pool has travel/photo lid at 4:10 p.m. after no public sightings of the President today."

"A second US military plane — an A-10 Thunderbolt II — was struck by Iran on Friday, forcing the pilot to eject, according to a US official familiar with the matter. "

"The prediction site Polymarket briefly offered a betting market Friday on whether the US fighter jet crew shot down over Iran would be rescued."

"If anything, the [Iran] war has given more power to the hardline military factions inside the complex system of Iranian governance, as well as bolstered anti-American sentiments."

Meanwhile, Donald Trump is posting.

This was another of Donald Trump's phone conversations with whatever reporter happens to call at the right time during the middle of the work day.

DHS posted a Fox News clip, which featured one of Fox News' correspondents, Brooke Taylor, pronouncing Islamic as "Islambic."

Bondi, Bovino, Lewandowski and Noem. They served. They lied. They flailed. And now they’re political roadkill. An in memoriam for those we've lost in Trump 2.0.

Pete Hegseth on March 4: "Starting last night and to be completed in a few days, in under a week, the two most powerful air forces in the world will have complete control of Iranian skies. Uncontested airspace. [...] And Iran will be able to do nothing about it." This isn't aging well.

"Sources tell Newsmax a U.S. Black Hawk helicopter was struck while conducting rescue operations for the second F-15 crew member over Iran, but was able to safely exit Iranian territory and land without further incident."

Donald Trump is using a lot of words that don't mean "war" to describe his very-much-a-war entanglement in Iran. Read the whole thing from @saletan.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-expa...

Not pictured, the E-3 that the "decimated" Iran hit in Saudi Arabia last week.

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Despite the Department of Justice claiming they had released all the Epstein files at the end of January, the most recent update to their public release of the files was earlier today. www.justice.gov/epstein

Attacks on the federal workforce continue (down 18k jobs in March). Federal employment has shrunk an alarming 352k jobs since Jan 2025. The vital services federal employees provide cannot be done without these essential workers. The cost of these losses are only just beginning. #EconSky #NumbersDay

On the household side, the unemployment rate ticked down slightly to 4.3%. However, it's important to note that this happened for the "wrong" reasons as both the labor force participation and the share of the population with a job also ticked down. #EconSky

Today's jobs report came in stronger than expected with an increase of 178,000 to payroll employment. However, much of the gain was a bounce back to February declines (now a loss of 133,000 jobs). As a result, average monthly growth the last two months was only 22,500 jobs. #NumbersDay #EconSky

"Manufacturing is roaring back under President Trump. The sector added 15,000 new jobs added in March, capping off the first quarter of 2026 with the first positive manufacturing job growth in three years" Manufacturing jobs are still down 82,000 from when Trump took office. Less 🦁, more ⚓.

White House Spokesman Kush Desai: "Americans can rest assured that after the short-term disruptions of Operation Epic Fury are behind us, America’s economic resurgence is set to only accelerate."

"Job growth is accelerating in 2026. The economy has added an average of 68,000 jobs per month so far this year — a clear improvement over 2025" Who was the President in 2025? And did he repeatedly say the US was the "hottest" country in 2025?

Melania Trump preparing for the visit of a king. The descendant of the one that Americans got rid of.

Donald Trump's White House posted "Precision in every detail 🇺🇸 🇬🇧" on YouTube

"The person said Iranians are starting to lose hope that the war will ultimately be beneficial to them, especially if US President Donald Trump targets civilian infrastructure. “We’re going to lose our infrastructure and they (the [IRGC]) are going to stay [in power],” they said."

NEW POLL: Pete Hegseth’s Approval Rating Hits Rock Bottom Amid Iran War

CNN: Sources are telling us that recent U.S. Intelligence assessments found roughly half of Iran's missile launchers are still intact and that thousands of one way attack drones are still in Iran's arsenal tonight. That's despite daily U.S. And Israeli airstrikes.

If this were true, having a commission run by JD Vance to deal with it would be a significantly under-scaled project to address the issue. Where is a White House reporter to ask him and admin officials why they are not pouring more resources in to the supposed massive fraud?

Donald Trump: "The numbers are so large that, if successful, we would literally be able to balance our American Budget." The federal deficit was $1.8 trillion last year. Total federal spending was $7.01 trillion. If the fraud found was just federal, that would mean 1/4 of fed. spending is fraud.

The CDC updated their measles data today. Since the previous week, the number of cases this year has grown from 1,575 to 1,671. 2026 cases are already 80.92% of all 2025 cases. And 2026 cases are already are up 486.32% from all of 2024.

Donald Trump's White House posted "Holy Week at the White House" on YouTube

According to AAA, the average price of gas in the US rose again today. Up to $4.09 a gallon from $4.08 yesterday. It is now up $0.97 from the last day of the Biden administration. gasprices.aaa.com

"I am comforted slightly by the fact we have a commander in chief who appreciates and supports our military. What fills in the gap is my faith in our commander in chief" -- the Trump fluffing on Fox News is out of control today on the heels of news that an F-15 has gone down in Iran

Donald Trump's White House published the "Strong March Jobs Report Signals Accelerating Momentum Under President Trump" press release on their website.

All that self-debasement, all for naught...

JD Vance is taking a break from speaking to small crowds in US warehouses to do a speech in Hungary. Apparently, this is supposed to help Donald Trump's friend, the illiberal leader of Hungary, Viktor Orbán.

"They have no anti-aircraft equipment. Their radar is 100% annihilated." - Donald Trump during his address on Wednesday

Donald Trump's White House published the "Presidential Message on Easter" statement on their website.

Donald Trump's White House published the "First Lady Melania Trump Previews 2026 White House Easter Egg Roll Activities" statement on their website.

Donald Trump's White House posted "President Donald J. Trump Wishes a Happy Passover" on YouTube

Donald Trump's White House published the "Presidential Message on the Anniversary of the Death of Pope Saint John Paul II" statement on their website.

I spoke to Lisa Phillips, an Epstein survivor, about when she and other survivors raised their hands and Pam Bondi didn't bother to look at them. "That was a moment when I realized, ‘oh, this woman doesn't care about us." www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Donald Trump: "the magnificent White House Ballroom now rising on this Hallowed Ground" Was the rose garden he paved over also hallowed ground or just the ground under the East Wing, that he knocked down crudely?

Donald Trump: "I would like to thank the hardworking Commissioners and Staff of the National Capital Planning Commission, who just voted overwhelmingly, 8-1, to approve the magnificent White House Ballroom" The commission has 12 members. So 3 didn't vote? www.ncpc.gov/about/commis...

Fox News found someone who would praise Donald Trump on his birthright citizenship gambit. And then, of course, Trump posted the interview on Truth Social.