Rebecca Kennison

YouTube video by Associated Press Pete Hegseth says the US is winning against Iran 'without mercy'

Reportedly more than 1000 *civilians* have been killed so far, but “we’re just getting started,” says Hegseth.

“Without mercy” will now be our legacy.

No one in the Trump administration should ever use the phrase “moral clarity.” They are uniformly lacking in either morals or clarity, much less the two of those together.

Screenshot of Reddit from 6 months ago: Tow truck driver basically said: pay me cash or I'll take your car... legal in NYC? I was doing a delivery in the Bronx and parked for about 3 minutes. I'm not trying to excuse myself, but the yellow line was barely visible, it was poorly painted, and there were no signs anywhere in sight. Here's what happened: a tow truck driver approached me and said that if he took my car, I wouldn't be able to get it back until the next day when the yard opened. He insisted I had to pay him $218 in cash on the spot-he said he didn't take card, Zelle, or Cash App. I told him I didn't have my debit card with me, so I couldn't withdraw cash. I asked at least to grab my house key from the car before he towed it, and I told him to just take the car and I would pick it up tomorrow. While he was sitting in the truck supposedly filling out paperwork, he suddenly asked me if I had Apple Cash-which he had just said earlier he didn't accept. At that point, I sent him the money with Apple Cash, but it left me very suspicious. It feels like he might be pocketing the money for himself instead of processing it officially through the company. This situation doesn't feel right. Tow companies in NYC are supposed to operate under clear rules, with licensed addresses, official receipts, and proper payment methods-not personal Apple Cash transactions. Foreontext, the tow truck driver's name is Jake Rios, and the company listed on the paper he gave me is INSTANT RECOVERY CORP. The so-called receipt he handed me is almost unreadable, and it lists the address as 420 Bronx Park Avenue bronx, NY 10460. But when I checked the official NYC website to verify the company's license, the address that shows up is 1129 East 179th Street. That already makes me doubt if this was legitimate. 5 My question is: do tow truck drivers in NYC legally operate like this, or did this guy basically rob me? And if it was illegal or predatory, where can I report this type of incident?

We’re suing Instant Recovery, a Bronx towing company that has been breaking the law and scamming New Yorkers with illegal junk fees, overcharges, and cash-only demands.
 
No more taking advantage of New Yorkers stranded on the side of the road.

Mayor Mamdani holds a box of donuts open for five DSNY employees.

DSNY has been pulling 12-hour shifts since winter storm Fern. I stopped by during shift change today to say thank you.

They deserve more than just donuts, so please: Next time you see a DSNY worker, say thank you. They’ve kept this city moving through the worst of it.

"I asked God to forgive me, which he has."

Honestly this is the biggest perk of serving in Congress. Most people have to ask forgiveness and wonder. If you're in Congress you get a same day answer from the big guy.

At the end of this clip, Speaker Johnson says, "Members are reminded to refrain from engaging in personalities toward the president." I guess Johnson took umbrage at McGovern referring to Trump as a "draft-dodging dad"?

Also ... I learn something new every day. Like what that phrase even means.

Virginia Supreme Court clears way for voters to counter GOP gerrymanders The decision restores the referendum and allows election preparations to move forward immediately.

Good news!

The Virginia Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, for the second time, that voters can decide whether the state can redraw its congressional map — clearing the way for a referendum that, if successful, could help counter GOP gerrymanders nationwide. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

I am now in my 55th year of being an imminent millionaire.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans vote down legislation to halt war against Iran in early show of support for Trump’s campaign.

No Help and Few Options for Travelers Stranded by Mideast Conflict

One woman who called the State Department helpline looking for help said they told her to "stop ranting and raving" and hung up on her.

Another woman said they asked her how to spell Oman.

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This is who we have been for more than a year. Pirates and terrorists.

Pure godless evil.

Nobody hates living veterans more than Republicans. Dead veterans they can exploit in videos. But living veterans with opinions and medical needs are literally offensive to conservatives.

47 years is the *opposite* of imminent (which means "something that will happen soon"). These people are so stupid.

Senate GOP gives Trump free hand in Iran as war powers vote fails Republicans rejected a resolution to curb Trump’s ability to unilaterally take military action, even as questions linger about the scope and goals of the escalating conflict.

Fetterman just voted with every Senate Republican (except Rand Paul) to block legislation aimed at halting Trump's disastrous war of choice with Iran.

@fetterman.senate.gov and his GOP colleagues now share ownership of Trump’s stupid, unpopular, unjustified and already tragic war — and the fallout.

AOC goes on to say, "This is really about our humanity *and* strategic interests. It's both the same thing. A war with Iran — and a global war, as we've seen, of course — is just not what Americans want and I don't think it's what the majority of people around the world want."

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.

It should be lost on no one that Defendant’s EO targets one of America’s largest Muslim civil rights organization for indirect suppression of speech. But, as we all know, it is easy for those in power to target minority groups with little pushback. Sadly, history teaches that it is often minority religious groups who find themselves in the crosshairs. And here, the Muslim community presents an especially easy target for Defendant, inasmuch as they make up less than 1% of Florida’s population.16 Despite this troubling history and present circumstances, this Court is reminded of one of the most prominent expressions of religious tolerance by one of our Founders in George Washington’s letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island. See “George Washington to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island, 18 August 1790,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-06-02-0135. Washington praised the nascent United States government, which he said, “gives to bigotry no sanction.” Id. And quoting his favorite Bible verse, Washington invited the Hebrew Congregation — “the Children of the stock of Abraham, who dwell in this land, to ---------- 16 Pew Research Center, 2025, “2023-24 U.S. Religious Landscape Study Interactive Database,” https://www.pewresearch.org/religious-landscape-study/state/florida/ (last visited March 4, 2026). It also pains this Court to have to point out that not all Muslims are terrorists.

continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other Inhabitants; while every one shall sit in safety under his own vine and figtree, and there shall be none to make him afraid.” Id. Channeling Washington’s clear expression of American hope, conservative columnist David French perhaps says it best. “Our nation is not a place — it never will be a place — where we all agree with one another, much less look like one another, or even come from a common culture. But we can live together as neighbors so long as we recognize one another’s inherent dignity and worth.” David French, A Movie About America Broke My Heart, New York Times (Feb. 8, 2026), https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/opinion/shakers-quakers-testament-annlee.html. The Constitution protects Plaintiff’s speech just as it protects any other organization’s lawful speech from suppression by governmental coercion of third parties. And Defendant has violated Plaintiff’s rights by targeting it in his EO and threatening any who wish to provide material support or resources to Plaintiff with government consequences. This the First Amendment does not permit.

Judge Walker gives a brief but powerful master class in American history, civics, and human dignity.

In short, Plaintiff has been publicly designated a terrorist organization from Florida’s bully pulpit [FN 7] and continues to suffer for it. Plaintiff’s speech injury is concrete and neither speculative nor conjectural. It is traceable to Defendant’s EO, which explicitly threatens the loss of government benefits to third parties who run afoul of its prohibitions and who have reliably heeded the State’s warning that it “would be wise to dissociate from CAIR,” given the EO’s broad restrictions.[FN 8] ----------- 7 The origin of the term “bully pulpit,” as described by Merriam Webster, is enlightening: Bully pulpit comes from the 26th U.S. president, Theodore Roosevelt, who observed that his time in office at the White House was a bully pulpit when he said, “I suppose my critics will call that preaching, but I have got such a bully pulpit!” For Roosevelt, bully was an adjective meaning “excellent” or “first-rate” — not today’s familiar noun bully referring to an abusive meanie. Roosevelt understood the modern presidency’s power of persuasion and recognized that it gave the incumbent the opportunity to exhort, instruct, or inspire. He took full advantage of his bully pulpit, speaking out about the danger of monopolies, the nation’s growing role as a world power, and other issues important to him. Since the 1960s, bully pulpit has been used as a term for a public position — especially a political office — that provides one with the opportunity to widely share one’s views. Bully pulpit, Merriam Webster Unfortunately, in this instance, Defendant is choosing to be a bully — in the familiar sense of the term — from his pulpit. While Defendant certainly has the right to speak for himself and his office, to select the views he wishes to express, and to attempt to persuade the public to share his views, the Supreme Court has drawn a line between permissible persuasion and unconstitutional coercion. As explained in more detail below, Defendant has crossed that line.

Judge Walker calls DeSantis a bully.

JUST IN: A federal judge has barred Gov DeSantis from designating CAIR as a terrorist organization and punish those who associate with the group.

“Once again, Florida chooses political posturing over the First Amendment,” Judge Walker writes.

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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.

US-Israel attacks on Iran: Death toll and injuries live tracker Preliminary figures are 1,045 dead in Iran, at least 11 in Israel, six US soldiers and nine killed in Gulf states.

Tl;dr: All deaths and injuries since Monday have been in Iran and Lebanon, with a total since the war began of 1,045 dead in Iran and 50 in Lebanon and thousands injured.

Jeffries: "Article 1 of the Constitution provides Congress with the sole authority to declare war. Framers made that decision b/c they were concerned about kings plunging their people into unnecessary wars to pillage resources of others for the benefit of a tyrant and his family. Sound familiar?"

YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders AI Expert Tells Bernie: “The Humans will be Discarded”

Will AI become smarter than humans?

If so, is humanity in danger?

I went to Silicon Valley to ask some of the leading AI experts that question.

Here’s what they had to say:

my first book (2020) was about online neonazis and my second book (2024) was about christian theocrats. they gained strength, voltronned and became a government. my third book (2027) is going to be a history of notable sandwiches so i hope this means we will be governed by sandwichocracy

Bondi too.

Jesse Singal: “I don’t understand why all these experts with degrees keep disagreeing with me. So demoralizing. What could the explanation be??”

Raskin tears Kristi Noem a new one: "Apparently when your blankie was left on one of the govt jets and not transported to the new one, your special govt employee, Corey Lewandowski, chivalrously stepped forward to fight the pilot -- mid air!"

If you didn’t need Congress to start the war, then you shouldn’t come to them for the money.

NOEM: Our federal detention centers are held to the highest standards in comparison to other detaining facilities

McBATH: Did you just hear me? He has to crawl through mold and feces and bodily fluids just to take a shower. This is absolute lunacy and you know it.