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YouTube video by British Comedy Yes Prime Minister - Sir Humphrey shows poll rigging

British satirical comedy "Yes Minister" did a skit on exactly this issue on how you word surveys some decades ago:
youtu.be/6GSKwf4AIlI?...

A few thoughts during this extremely short break from a very cramped courtroom:

1. The FBI is making a lot of the anarchist and leftist "zines" they found at people's homes.

2. Answering questions, FBI agents keep admitting there's nothing illegal about this literature or the guns they seized.

I am in Fort Worth, Texas, covering the Justice Department's first trial against antifascism as "terrorism."

The "Prairieland 9" protesters are accused of attacking an ICE facility last summer ... but there's much more to this story than that.

Writing a story in the coming days.

Somebody they haven't killed?

First Draft: Israel First, America Second Trump’s madman war with Iran has led to Democrats finally coalescing around a new anti-war, Israel-critical stance, while Republicans flounder with no idea what they’re supposed to say.

Spoke to senators amid Marco Rubio's shocking admission that Israel is why the US joined the disastrous war on Iran.

From what they told me, Democrats finally seem to be coalescing around a new anti-war, Israel-critical stance — while Republicans flounder, with no idea what they’re supposed to say:

Bibi has been trying to sucker the US into an all out war with Iran for his entire life and he finally found a president dumb enough to do it.

This is why we have separation of church and state and why Congress must demand answers from DoD now.

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Donald the warmonger redux Trump has his Iran War, and it's already escalating. Congrats to everyone who got us here.

"His characteristic refusal to settle on a rationale means that supplicants must simultaneously assert that Mr. Trump is telling the truth when he insists he heroically destroyed the Iranian nuclear program last year and also that the mullahs were (or still are?) a week away from making a nuke."

No wonder Americans are so unhealthy and have a declining life expectancy.. And they want to impose their lack of regulation and oversight on other countries!

Investigation finds ‘secretly’ added chemicals of unknown safety in US food supply | CNN Over 100 chemicals of unknown safety were secretly added to foods and supplements without notifying the public or the FDA, a new investigation found.

At least 111 substances of unknown safety have been added to foods, drinks and supplements sold in the United States without alerting the US Food and Drug Administration, a new investigation found.

www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/h...

Cory Booker: "You're telling me under oath that you have not detained American children?"

Kristi Noem: "We don't detain children. Their parents have chosen to keep them."

CB: "How long do detentions last when you detain citizens?"

KN: "We don't."

CB: "You are not speaking truthfully under oath."

Trump really has no concept of consent. Not in any context!

NBC: US admin communicated that the “operation” in Iran will continue in phases

> 17,000 attacks already unleashed, targeting maritime targets and missile stockpiles

Next:

- “taking out” Iran Air Force /air defense / offensive capability
- then, moving inwards (they don’t rule anything out)

Saudi Arabia says it backed talks with Iran, not military action Statement comes as Gulf kingdom weighs its response to Iranian attacks in the region

Saudi Arabia is certainly denying that MBS lobbied Trump to attack Iran. The @washingtonpost.com gets less and less reliable.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-s...

Yeah, but they're not dealing with FDR, either.

Would that work in the US? #GenuineQuestion

Middle East war could be decided by who runs out of missiles or interceptors first, analysts say Stockpiles of the most advanced US-made weapons are limited – while few know how large Iran’s arsenal is

Middle East war could be decided by who runs out of missiles or interceptors first. Stockpiles of the most advanced US-made weapons are limited – while few know how large Iran’s arsenal is.

Or whether China is prepared to defend Iran militarily.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Donald Trump’s dangerous ‘war of whim’ Anyone who claims to know where this conflict will go is bluffing

Another excellent article. Thank you, Ed.

As an FT subscriber, I’m also providing a gift link 🎁 so when yours expires, readers can access it via this link:

giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Donald Trump’s dangerous ‘war of whim’

Kash Patel’s latest firings ousted agents with expertise in Iran The FBI director gutted a specialized, global espionage unit of counterintelligence agents, just days before Operation Epic Fury.

TERRIBLE TIMING: When FBI Director Kash Patel fired a dozen FBI agents and staff last week for their role in the classified documents investigation of Donald Trump, he targeted an elite counter espionage unit that investigates threats from foreign adversaries and specializes in Iran.

The Trump administration has bombed Somalia at least 272 times during Trump's first term and at least 111 times in 2025 with no clear objective which directly contradicts JD Vance's claim. Shocker, I know.

Trump must never be allowed to have the nuclear codes.

My much requested deep-dive into the latest immigration statistics begins!!

Part 1: What is the gender & age breakdown of asylum seekers?

Hegseth knows that playing a tough guy on TV and gratuitously abusing reporters will make the Audience of One happy, but what he actually said in substantive terms was just word vomit. Trump himself was buffoonishly incoherent in interviews with reporters. 2/

newrepublic.com/article/2072...

JD VANCE: "There's just no way Trump is gonna about this country to get into a multiyear conflict with no end in sight"

TRUMP HOURS LATER: "Wars can be fought 'forever,' and very successfully"

“The US stands with all of the children throughout the world."

...Or a war...

Pete Hegseth’s Crazed, Angry Tirades on Iran Give Dems a Big Opening It’s not enough for Democrats to say Trump’s war rationales haven’t been fully explained. The problem is that they are patently false.

Pete Hegseth's crazed rants at reporters reveal that Trump's rationales for attacking Iran are incoherent, confused, and based on lies. Dems don't have to take refuge in criticizing Trump's war on purely procedural grounds. They can go much harder. 1/

(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2072...

Our rights at work are under attack! #StopTheSteal Reform UK has pledged to rip up legal protections for workers and renters.

Reform UK has pledged to rip up legal protections for workers and renters.

They want to a) not pay taxes; and b) live in a bubble. It's a very comfortable bubble - it has alcohol and servants, a (probably half) decent British school, imported food. They don't need to speak Arabic, they don't need to assimilate. 🤷‍♀️

Problems only arise if they meet the legal system..

I’m really not following the logic of moving to Dubai because you are furious that there are too many Muslims in London.

Correct: "I was told repeatedly that this is a war without a plan, without a strategy, and without any clear understanding of where it leads or how it ends."