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✝️ A Holy War Against Iran? Mehdi on the Republican religious nutjobs pining for Armageddon in the Middle East. Plus: the latest on the Iran school bombing and, for once, a disgraced Republican is shamed into quitting politics.

"The Real Religious Fanatics Behind the Iran War"

They're not in Tehran, they're in Washington DC. I bring receipts in my lede piece for today's First Draft morning newsletter from Zeteo.

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Justin Ling: Trump’s war in Iran shows Carney has lots to learn about the new world order — one thing most of all The U.S. case for war is built upon a stack of lies, and Ottawa has seen fit to rationalize every one of them.

Two decades ago, Canada declined to go to war based on lies.

Today, Cabada wasn't even invited to the war — and yet, for some reason, we're participating in the fiction. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

I love em dashes and have been using them regularly for decades. I refuse to abandon them just because AI uses them like, every other sentence.

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Want to know how broken our media is? We are in an illegal war, & reporters/anchors are getting on the phone with Trump daily & just…relaying his words to their viewers, like stenographers. No challenging questions or follow-ups, no discomforting of Trump.

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Oh no. He will be hauled in front of multiple congressional committees multiple times. Don’t forget to thank James Comer for establishing the precedent.

Karoline Leavitt told us the US State Department was helping Americans stranded in the Middle East.

She lied.

One Texas woman in Dubai called the State Department hotline, was scolded for being scared and then hung up on.

This administration is *full* of incompetent, rude people.

AOC: He impulsively went in on Venezuela. He impulsively went in on Iran. It led to increased global instability and every time he’s done that, it has been consistent with a spike in what is happening with the Epstein files. I think that he feels existentially tied to it.

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

CNN: More than 1,000 civilians killed in Iran since war began, rights group reports By Helen Regan More than 1,000 people, including children, have been killed in Iran since the war began on Saturday, according to US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA). The rights group said as of Tuesday afternoon ET, at least 1,097 civilians had been killed, including 181 children. More than 5,400 civilians, including 100 children, have been injured, HRANA reported. The group said its report is preliminary and is veritying hundreds more reported deaths.

At least 1,097 civilians had been killed in Iran so far, including 181 children.

Never get an autoimmune disease. -100/10

If you want to distract from the Epstein Files, maybe don't name your act of war something that also has the initials E F.
Epstein Fury?
Epic Files?
We live in a grotesquely absurd timeline.

Let me guess, wealthy people who moved to Dubai to avoid paying taxes now want the countries they moved from to protect them?

Social media created this nonsense idea that not exposing yourself to hatred is isolationist. Choosing to not spend your free time with bigots isn’t living in a bubble. I don’t need to know what’s going on at X. I won’t be smarter or more knowledgeable or empathic by being there. Neither will you.

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Civilizations throughout history have had to deal with the consequences of a ruler who is a malignant aging despot sliding into dementia. I guess now it’s our turn.

Bombing Iran and starting a war to distract from the released Epstein files. Just imagine the content of that which the DOJ is illegally withholding from the public and has not been released. What kind of distraction does that necessitate?

Beyond frightening.

That’s a typo. It’s Epstein Fury.

Susie Wiles is wearing an Apple Watch during a highly classified meeting on Iran.

Unreal.

a man sitting at a desk with papers and a cup of coffee with the words dies of cringe written above him ALT: a man sitting at a desk with papers and a cup of coffee with the words dies of cringe written above him

Double cringe 😬

The dumbing down of America.

Hillary Clinton never even met Jeffrey Epstein, but was forced to testify about him. #CoverUp

One of the most underrated, underappreciated talents ever❤️

Neil Sedaka, “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do” and “Laughter in the Rain” Singer-Songwriter, Dies at 86 The Brooklynite's esteemed body of work also includes "Calendar Girl," "Oh! Carol," "Love Will Keep Us Together," "Where the Boys Are," "Bad Blood" and "Solitaire."

Neil Sedaka was so talented, and he inspired me to follow my dream of being a songwriter.

With love and gratitude and condolences to his family.

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It's not hyperbole to suggest that today we have a federal government that doesn't so much represent or resemble a federal administration as it does a family crime syndicate.

Uh oh, based on testimony and recently released documents (as of February 2026), Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is accused of lying to and misleading Congress regarding the extent of his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover

The richest man owns X.

The second and third richest men control Google.

The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post.

And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.

See the problem here?

Schiff: I've not missed the State of the Union in the 25 years I've been in Congress, but we have never had a president violate the constitution every day with seeming impunity.

We can't treat this as some new normal, so I'm here boycotting...

🗃️ In 2020, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped up President Donald Trump’s prepared remarks at the conclusion of his State of the Union address.

Donald Trump killed two of my constituents. He is a liar and should be ashamed of himself.