State Dept. Said to Order Diplomats in Saudi Arabia to Leave

EVERYTHING IS FINE!!!

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/w...

The guy who said it wasn’t going up now says $200. Price crash imminent 😆

we’ve had two truly enormous crises under Trump and the first one was covid which everyone apparently gave him a pass for despite the fact that he made it worse

but this one is completely, obviously, unquestionably his fault and would not have happened without him

Anyway, love to do regime change in countries we know so little about that we confuse them with completely different countries.

Curious how many dead US soldiers, higher gas prices, higher grocery prices, & more Epstein scandals MAGA are willing to tolerate before they cry, "Uncle!"

Massive spike in gas might finally be the straw that forces Trump to declare "Mission Accomplished" & back down from this disastrous war but...

The decision to end the war will be made in consultation with the guy subject to an ICC arrest warrant for crimes against humanity.

Jesus, Japan’s Nikkei index is down over 4,000 points, over 7%

South Korea’s KOSPI is down 8% and hit a circuit breaker.

Tomorrow is gonna be brutal, but it will probably also eventually make Trump TACO.

The obscenity never stops.

He was chief of staff to Elaine Chao, who is married to Mitch McConnell. I think I see the reason right there.

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Everyone needs to read this.
I added what we’ve learned since but this explains how Oman’s minister flew to the US and got on TV two Fridays ago, hoping to prevent this war.

So the new Ayatollah Khamenei?

Yeah, well:

US-Israeli forces have killed his father, mother, wife, son, sister, brother-in-law, niece, and nephew in the past week—AND injured him.

Scoop: U.S. dismayed by Israel's Iran fuel strikes, sources say The U.S. message to Israel was "WTF."

The Trump admin launched a war alongside, and at the urging of, Netanyahu. Not one U.S. official is allowed to claim surprise or dismay that Netanyahu escalated the conflict; that is what he does. Escalation wasn't just foreseeable, it was guaranteed.

I've been reporting on varieties of fundamentalism and Christian nationalism for 20+years, around US & world, I've seen violence firsthand, and still this is the creepiest thing I have ever witnessed. Every single element of it. I am afraid it will haunt me for the rest of my days.

Jake Lang, the white supremacist leader of this violent rally, was pardoned by Trump after participating in January 6th.

Imagine if Democrats had pardoned someone who then led a violent attack on Republican mayors?

It'd be 24-7 news. Our media institutions all bend the knee to the right-wing.

What a stomach turning possibility.

A good example of why we need answers about strategy: We're destroying refineries and oil production. If the goal is to immiserate the Iranians and cut off their income, fine. (Not great thinking, but understandable.) But if it's regime change...uh, they're gonna need that rebuilt. So why do that?

Trump keeps acting like predecessors didn’t do things because they lacked spine when the actual reason is they had brains.

This came in yesterday by Axios, where they - citing sources - shared that US and Israel are planning to send “special forces” into Iran to “take control over Iran’s uranium”. This remains to be seen and verified.

Key difference is US interdiction these days is a near-guarantee and unlike in previous years there will be no kind of wet foot/dry foot; it’d be detention and deportation for all.

NEW: A U.S. service member has died after suffering injuries during an earlier attack in Saudi Arabia — the seventh American military member killed in action in the war with Iran, says Central Command

Corpus Christi careens toward water catastrophe City officials expect to reach a “water emergency” within months and run out of water next year. That would halt jet fuel deliveries to Texas airports, hike gas prices and trigger a local economic dis...

Corpus Christi is nearly out of water and will likely hit a crisis point within months. If nothing is done, and so far the Texas GOP don’t seem to be taking it seriously, the entire city would essentially shutdown hurting fuel and gas prices

What's going on in Israel re: propaganda, so ppl know:

Was talking to family there this AM & they had TV on. It was reported to me (w/eyeroll) that there was a segment on "what a tough masculine hottie" Hegseth is, "with the tattoos and everything."

"Did they mention the Nazi tattoo?"

"What?!?"

From BBC:

“Mothers are worried we’re gonna have a draft.”

KAROLIE: “President Trump wisely does not remove options off the table.” 😳🤔

This should concern every American.

God forbid all those active duty service members on bases where FoxNews is blared 24/7 see how he really treats their sacrifice.

An ADSBx map showing C104 flying from Florida to Watertown SD late last night.

Ugh. The brand-new Coast Guard jet Kristi Noem was using before she got fired flew down to Florida late Friday -- presumably for the "Shield of the Americas" announcement -- and then returned to Watertown, SD, late Saturday. So she's still using it!!

Why top Senate Republicans are skeptical about using a 'talking filibuster' to pass Trump's SAVE America Act Senate Majority Leader John Thune said the conference isn't "unified" on using the rarely utilized tool as he faces increased pressure from the right.

Here is our recent piece about how a talking filibuster would operate under Senate rules, plus the history of this tactic (proponents can’t name an example where it worked to get around 60 votes), and why numerous Republicans don’t think it can work to pass SAVE. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Iran: It’s Hard to Know How Exit When You Don’t Know Why You’re There In discussions of modern wars Americans obsess about “exit strategies”. How do...

Iran: It’s Hard to Know How Exit When You Don’t Know Why You’re There talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/iran-...