Steven Lemongello

Susie Wiles Gave Whoop a Great Photo Op Despite what some people said on social media, Susie Wiles was not wearing an NSA-banned Apple Watch while monitoring the strikes on Iran. It was actually a Whoop, the brand’s founder clarified.

Despite what some people said on social media, Susie Wiles was not wearing an NSA-banned Apple Watch while monitoring the strikes on Iran. It was actually a Whoop, the brand’s founder clarified.

The number of fixed-wing aircraft lost in friendly fire incidents today equals the number lost during the entire 20-year span of conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan since 9/11.

Trump: "Finally, we honor one more American soldier, a fallen warria of world. Of wars. And really, terra.”

DHS admits it deported more than 80 DACA recipients “Dreamers” who came to the U.S. as children are protected under U.S. law, so deportations of them are unusual.

“The Department of Homeland Security admitted to Congress this month that it deported dozens of unauthorized immigrants who are protected under U.S. law because they were brought as children to the United States, according to a letter made public Thursday.” www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

MN’s U.S. Attorney ordered to appear at contempt hearing Tuesday over violations in immigration cases The judge said he called the hearing for the U.S. government to explain why they shouldn’t be held in contempt

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.

Striking Hegseth press conference. In his effort to insist war is limited and bounded, he frames war aims almost entirely around Iranian missiles, essentially ignoring everything Trump has said about regime change. Naturally, he insults and belittles journalists who quote Trump's 4-5 weeks comment.

Conditions at ICE Facility for Families Should Be National Scandal, Says Congressman As ICE rushes to turn warehouses into detention centers, Joaquin Castro wants to close one meant for families

“A family inside the detention center alleged to Castro that their daughter was sexually assaulted in the facility. Castro said he and his staff are working with the Dilley police and have forwarded the allegations to the Department of Justice.”

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a thing that's just behind the text of this piece is that the administration hasn't done *any* of the groundwork to prepare the american public if anything goes badly sideways

Before today, no F-15 had been shot down in more than 35 years — since January 19, 1991, during the Persian Gulf War.

Before today, the U.S. had never had more than one aircraft shot down by friendly fire in a single day, let alone three.

UPDATE: A total of 18 service members had been seriously wounded during the operation as of Monday afternoon.

Support among the youngest Americans (18-29) has reached a new low for Trump since before his first presidency. Today, just 27% of young Americans view Trump favorably.

Trump on an elderly veteran: "Do you feel like fighting? I think we could take him today. What do you say, Pete? We'll make a little deal with him."

No effort whatsoever is being made to sell conflict with Iran to the American people, but Trump absolutely will not stop talking about his ballroom. THAT gets the hard sell.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says Iran operations likely to last 4 to 5 weeks, but says he's prepared 'to go far longer than that.'

This not ruling out ground troops is such an unforced error. There are no significant ground forces to use in the theater! It would take at least two to about 6 months to get them there!

A minute ago, Trump said the war with Iran would take as long as necessary. "I don't get bored." He is now discussing the drapes he selected for the East Room.

A Saudi official saying this on Al Jazeera, a Qatari media outlet, is far more telling than any nugget of information carefully leaked to an American media outlet.

This war will permanently alter the relationship of the Gulf states, the US, and Israel.

so far i think in the last 48 hours trump has called

- michael scherer at the atlantic
- jonathan karl, abc
- jake tapper, cnn
- axios
- bret baier, fox news
- the new york times
- the washington post

just noting that when he wants to sell a war, suddenly theyre not "fake news" anymore

Tweet from Ryan Grim: "Understand what Neera is arguing for here: she thinks that no Democratic candidate should appear on any podcast where a host has flirted with conspiracy theories around Charlie Kirk and Israel. I don't think she understands how many podcasts that includes. And if you make the opposite argument, and say no, actually, tens of millions of people love those shows, Democrats should be on them, she says I'm "defending anti-semitic conspiracy podcasters." The good news is that this stuff doesn't work anymore. Save your breath, nobody cares."

I really don't think "There are so many antisemitic podcasts out there that you just can't help but appear on them" is the defense they think it is.

This has always been one of the big problems with Trump btw. The demand for people to make him seem more complex and interesting than he actually is makes careers but also leaves people misinformed in basic ways.

Trump tells CNN the ‘big wave’ is yet to come in war with Iran | CNN Politics President Donald Trump told CNN in a nine-minute phone interview Monday morning that the US military is “knocking the crap” out of Iran – but the “big wave” is yet to come.

And here's CNN where we get more quotes. He's just calling every media outlet and having a chat with no coherent message or meaning.

Remember what I said about how, when Trump is flailing, they start inserting a fake, fictional Trump into their stories, who is acting rationally and sanely?

May I gently suggest that if you are hiring people who think the Middle East is short on geopolitics then you might want to consider whether that is in the long-term interest of your hedge fund

ok john bolton is on CNN and he just said he asked "AI" how many times the US has been in wars and like we gotta just shut everything down

The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. JUSTICE KAGAN would grant the petition for a writ of certiorari. JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE JACKSON joins, dissenting from denial of certiorari. This case asks whether federal law prohibits the poorest prisoners from splitting the $350 fee required to file a federal lawsuit when it allows everyone else to do so. The answer statutorily appears to be no. Because the decision below held otherwise and deepened a split among the Courts of Appeals, the Court should grant the petition for a writ of certiorari.

Petitioners Topaz Johnson and Ian Henderson were incarcerated at High Desert State Prison in California when they filed this lawsuit in federal court. According to their complaint, corrections officers forced them and a third prisoner to stand in filthy cages that reeked of urine and measured 2.5 feet by 2.5 feet. They alleged that the officers forced them to stand in those cages for nearly nine hours with their hands cuffed behind their backs.

By a 6–3 vote, SCOTUS refuses to review a judge-made rule that bars indigent prisoners from splitting the filing fee among themselves when filing a federal suit—even though everyone else is allowed to split that fee. These defendants were allegedly tortured. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

Keep hearing commentators/Hegseth saying a version of "this is not Iraq, we are not doing nation-building, it's a decapitation, the people will handle it."

That's what Iraq 2003 was supposed to be! Nation-building, de-Baathification, disbanding of Iraqi army, it all came *after* things went wrong.

Anyway today one of the hard news reporters on the President's beat characterized the statement 'it is what it is' as 'expressing condolences' and ya'll are free to just take from that what you'd like

I hope that's not how they described it to the parents and/or spouses when they were informing them

Remember that the Pentagon purged the press corps just a few months ago