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Likely to rise as oil infrastructure and transportation continue to be affected.

Hell. Hell is where you go.

You cannot talk like this about any other minority in America.

And if it was any other president’s adviser who said something like this about any other minority, it’d be the instant end of their presidency.

Idiot son of idiot deposed puppet.

“Most celebrated foreign leader” is like winning “Employee of the Month” at a company you don’t work for.

Great week for the military industrial complex- their executives, principal investors, and stockholders. Lots of people about to make many billions from US taxpayers on Trump’s Iran bombings, which are costing us a fortune every single day.

This is a 1200-word column abt Trump's makebelieve negotiations, and it doesn't mention either Kushner or Witkoff.

Iran Things that Got Memory Holed, Including the So-Called Negotiators, Steve and Jared - emptywheel Among the things that have gotten forgotten about Trump's Iran invasion is that Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff were purportedly negotiating peace, which of course they weren't.

Reup: Iran Things that Got Memory Holed, Including the So-Called Negotiators, Steve and Jared

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Politico is doing to Mamdani why the press did to Obama when he was President. Every little thing was a scandal.

I actually started a snotty quip in response to Mike Huckabee when he floated this line, abt how he's so old he should remember 1953 but then looked it up, and the old fart, 70-yo Mike Huckabee, was born two years after the US and UK started this conflict.

Jonathan Karl @jonkarl Pres Trump told me tonight the US had identified possible candidates to take over Iran, but they were killed in the initial attack. "The attack was so successful it knocked out most of the candidates," Trump told me. "It's not going to be anybody that we were thinking of because they are all dead. Second or third place is dead."

There's a subtext to this sociopathic statement that some are missing, I think.

It suggests Trump IMAGINED the #2 and #3 choice would immediately side with Trump, like Delcy Rodriguez did.

There's no reason to believe anyone in Trump's vicinity is going him good analytical advice.

“.. A prolonged campaign against Iran could also produce a failed state with enriched uranium, destabilize crucial oil routes, threaten Gulf allies, trigger a refugee crisis, and disrupt the global economy.”

@theatlantic.com
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Iran’s soccer president casts doubt on World Cup participation following strikes

I don't understand this coordinated response of Dems going, "Trump owes us an explanation for attacking Iran!"

Do they expect his failure to provide one will produce a politically advantageous gotcha? Come on. Just say the war is stupid, wasteful and it should cease. Stop being weak and terrible.

Epstein’s New Mexico Ranch Gets Scrutiny at Last. It May Be Too Late.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/u...

Just resharing this.

They love to hit hospitals & elementary schools.

Parisa Hafezi @PHREUTERS X.com Israeli strikes hit hospital in Tehran, witnesses tell Reuters - Reuters 12:52PM • 3/1/26 • 20K Views

Israel targeted a Tehran hospital.

Will we be told the IRGC has a vast underground compound beneath it?

We’ll see.

NYT: “.. the president capped an extraordinary day of U.S. aggression abroad by attending a glitzy fund-raising dinner at his club ..

.. a striking departure from how other presidents have handled the gravity of war.”

@nytimes.com
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Currently trending on X.

Optics.

@thedailybeast.bsky.social
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Republicans use Iran strikes to pressure Dems in DHS funding fight GOP lawmakers argue that homeland security should be prioritized over partisan squabbles as the threat of Iranian attacks rises.

Republicans use Iran strikes to pressure Dems in DHS funding fight

ChatGPT is shedding users fast. Since yesterday alone, estimates suggest more than a million accounts have been deleted and the boycott continues to gain momentum. Incredible work, everyone!

KRISTOF: “When you’ve witnessed the horror of war, you believe it should be a last resort — not an abyss we tumble into without legal basis or clear objectives, pushing us all unnecessarily into a riskier world in which the only certainty is bloodshed.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/o...

USA TODAY reports the death toll at the school at 85: “Iranian media and officials are reporting a joint U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran struck a girls' primary school in the southern part of the country, killing 85.”
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Justice Department Exposed Cooperating Witnesses in Epstein Files

The Trump Justice Department exposed cooperating witnesses in the Epstein files:

After The New York Times confirmed that at least three of the seven people had in fact cooperated with the government, and then informed the department, agency officials took down the files.

HAAS: “.. regime change normally requires a physical, on-the-ground presence. ..

“.. while it only takes one side to begin a war, it takes two to end it. Iran now has a vote in how big this conflict becomes and how long it endures.”

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They did a much better job selling the WMD story back in the day than today’s version.

Jennifer Griffin @JenGriffinFNC X.com Senior Israeli security official tells Fox's @TreyYingst More than 40 senior Iranian security and regime figures were killed in the opening strikes this morning. This is one of the largest regime "decapitation operations" conducted in modern warfare history, the official added. Israeli intelligence managed to infiltrate the Iranian security echelon, making the strikes possible, the official explained. 2:58 PM • 2/28/26 • 43K Views

Israeli security official describes the attack on Iran as one of the largest regime “decapitation operations” conducted in modern warfare history and says Israeli intelligence managed to infiltrate the Iranian security echelon, making the strikes possible, per Fox News.

I’m being sarcastic