BREAKING: Former President Barack Obama has endorsed YES on Virginia’s April 21 referendum, calling it a “responsible, temporary step” to protect fair representation as several Republican-led states redraw congressional maps mid-decade to gain an advantage. Early voting begins March 6.

AOC: We already have multiple American service members who are dead for an illegal action that the president has pursued with no plan out. They don’t know why they got into this war. They’re talking about a hundred different reasons, and they don’t know how they’re getting out.

AOC: It’s beyond just the American service members who have tragically died in this, and our hearts do go out in prayer to their families, but also the over 100 Iranian schoolgirls who have been killed in these attacks, and the countless people who are affected, possibly displaced as well.

AOC: If people like Kristi Noem, Kash Patel, and Pam Bondi violate the law, there are supposed to be consequences. These are people who call themselves law enforcement officers. The message they’re sending is that they can cover up for pedophiles and street executions. That cannot be acceptable.

Wow: It appears Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) will not run for reelection. This comes just days after Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT) also announced he will not seek reelection.

NEW: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the United States has asked Ukraine for help intercepting Iranian-made Shahed drones, citing Ukraine’s battlefield expertise. Zelenskyy said any assistance will come only if it does not weaken Ukraine’s own defenses.

BREAKING: The House Oversight Committee has voted 24–19 to subpoena Pam Bondi as part of its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. Five Republicans joined Democrats in supporting the subpoena.

Rep. Moskowitz can be seen wearing a "JUSTICE FOR CRICKET" pin as he questions Kristi Noem

NEW: Trump begs a candidate in the Texas GOP Senate primary to drop out if he doesn’t get Trump’s endorsement, saying the race “MUST STOP NOW” and that the non-endorsed candidate should “immediately DROP OUT OF THE RACE.”

Hope everyone will read this brilliant piece from @katherineeban.bsky.social on Casey Means. Surgeon generals usually represent the very best of the medical community. Means isn’t even a part of it, by her own choosing. Link: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Americans stranded in the Middle East say the State Department hotline Marco Rubio told them to call plays a recorded message warning: “Please do not rely on the U.S. government for assisted departure or evacuation at this time.”

BREAKING: New York City reports the lowest levels of shootings, shooting victims, and murders ever recorded for the first two months of a year. Major crime is down nearly 8% citywide, burglary hit a record low, and retail theft dropped 25%

JUST IN: Jasmine Crockett concedes and urges Democrats to rally around James Talarico, who is now officially the party’s nominee for U.S. Senate in Texas.

Wow: under the radar special election in Arkansas tonight for House District 70, a GOP-held seat in suburban Little Rock. Democrat Alex Holladay with a huge 27-point win over Republican Bryan Renshaw. Another red to blue flip for Democrats.

Rubio Today: It’s false to say I said the U.S. had to attack because Israel was going to attack. That’s not what I said. Rubio Yesterday: We knew Israel was going to strike Iran, and that would trigger attacks on U.S. forces. If we didn’t act first, Americans would suffer higher casualties.

Wow. The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem tells Americans they’re on their own.

Meiselas: Trump is a parody in the most extreme sense of the boogeymen MAGA created to go after Dems. He’s quite literally all of it. He covers up the pedo ring. He starts wars everywhere. He uses government to tread on people. He's the most extreme example of what they claimed they wanted to stop.

Trump’s war in Iran quickly spirals out of control, disastrous appearances by Hegseth and Trump, the depositions of Hillary and Bill Clinton before the House Oversight Committee are released, and much more. Watch the MeidasTouch Podcast live!

BREAKING: 6 U.S. service members have now been killed in the Iran War, CENTCOM announces

🚨 Iranian Revolutionary Guard says the Strait of Hormuz is SHUT DOWN and any ship that tries to pass will be fired upon

Is this, too, from shaking lots of hands?

UPDATE ON TARIFFS: The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected the Trump admins attempt to delay/postpone the effective date of the SCOTUS tariff ruling. Trump admin asked for a 90 day delay. The circuit court granted the delay.

It would be nice if we had a Secretary of Defense who knew what he was doing and not one that just regurgitates quotes from action movies

Trump has no plan. This is a damning summary from The Economist’s Middle East Correspondent Gregg Carlstrom.

Four U.S. service members have now been killed in the Iran War

🚨 Trump tells The New York Times that Pentagon projections show U.S. casualties in Iran “could be quite a bit higher” than the 3 troops killed so far www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/u...

So Trump is OK with leaving the current regime in charge of Iran — just like he left the Maduro regime in power in Venezuela.

NEWS: In 2019, the Trump DOJ took over New Mexico’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch — telling the state to stand down and turn over its findings. According to officials and newly unsealed records, the probe soon fizzled after the federal takeover. Link to NYT reporting in reply.

3 U.S. troops are dead. Trump says “there will likely be more.” The war is now spreading across the region. Get the latest in our Weekend Bulletin — no paywall on these critical updates.

Graham: The goal of this operation is to change the threat, not the regime.

Trump: The only reason we enjoy the quality of life that we do, and the freedom and security, is we have done things that others are unable to do, but it's because of warriors who are willing to lay down their lives to do battle with our enemies, and they do battle better than anybody.

Trump: Combat operations continue at this time in full force, and they will continue until all of our objectives are achieved. We have very strong objectives.

Trump: Earlier today, CENTCOM shared the news that three U.S. military service members have been killed in action… And sadly, there will likely be more before it ends. That’s the way it is. Likely be more.

NEWS: U.S. war in Iran now expected to last “four weeks or so,” Trump says to Daily Mail

In Austin: 3 dead and 14 injured in mass shooting www.kxan.com/news/crime/p...

This is how Trump’s ambassador to the UN responded to news that three U.S. service members were killed and multiple others injured

So they have no plan. Got it.

A PSA from Thomas Massie:

BREAKING: The Pentagon says three U.S. service members have been killed and five seriously wounded in hostilities with Iran

Trump: Iran just stated that they are going to hit very hard today, harder than they have ever hit before. THEY BETTER NOT DO THAT, HOWEVER, BECAUSE IF THEY DO, WE WILL HIT THEM WITH A FORCE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE!

JUST IN: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead, Iranian state media reports. (AP)

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Trump posts that Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei is dead — claiming the country has been “destroyed and, even, obliterated” — while declaring that bombing will “continue, uninterrupted throughout the week… to achieve our objective of PEACE.”

🚨 IRANIAN SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI KILLED IN ATTACKS, BODY FOUND IN RUBBLE, ISRAELI OFFICIALS SAY. U.S. OFFICIALS SAY KHAMENEI AND 5-10 IRANIAN LEADERS, INCLUDING THE TOP IRGC COMMANDER, BELIEVED TO BE KILLED IN INITIAL ISRAELI STRIKE ON COMPOUND.

LIVE STOP ICE TERROR-TRUMP’S WAR WITH IRAN Protest in Chicago www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES1v...

Marjorie Taylor Greene unleashed on the Trump administration over its war with Iran, calling them “sick fucking liars.”

Oh.

It’s the Jeffrey Epstein War

This is what they’re going with for their regime change war