Trump signaling that an invasion of Cuba is next.

Hegseth says U.S. can "sustain the fight for as long as it takes" as Iran offensive continues Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a press briefing with Admiral Brad Cooper, the commander of U.S. Central Command.

Note how at this extended press conference at which Hegseth displayed a map of Iran on which Minab was marked with an icon, not a single reporter asked about the US bombing of a girls' school in Minab that killed roughly 180, mostly school girls. Shameful. www.cbsnews.com/news/pete-he...

Trump Puts Noem Down Like a Dog Her tenure—with its illegal deportations, immigrant pain, and killings of U.S. citizens—ends this month.

Rep Joaquín Castro (D-TX): “The utter corruption uncovered over the past few weeks is astounding. If Democrats take back the House majority next year, there will be much to review about her time in office. People have to be held accountable.”

Gulf states could review overseas investments to ease financial strains caused by Iran war Three leading Middle East economies consider options as US-Israeli campaign against Tehran continues

Gulf Arabs are preparing to pull investments out of the US after gauging damage that Trump's Iran War is doing to their economies. Pressure on the Gulf states’ budgets force them to consider options to ease the financial strain caused by the US-Israeli war against Iran. ft.trib.al/3Kk0Kcg

Daniel Swain: All signs are increasingly pointing to a significant, if not strong to very strong, El Niño event. I'll have more to say in coming weeks & months, but for now I'll just say that this is increasingly likely to become a major regional-to-global climate driver in 2026-2027.

Prof. Eliot Jacobson: Monthly Arctic sea-ice data was just posted by PIOMAS. Here is average Arctic ice thickness, through Feb. 28. Thickness is currently second lowest for the date, with only 2017 seeing lower average thickness than 2026.

Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump in Jan. 6 case gets life sentence for child sex crimes Andrew Paul Johnson, authorities said, tried to keep one of his victims mum by floating the promise of money he was expecting to receive from the Justice Department.

A Jan 6 defendant pardoned by President Trump for his role in the Capitol attack has been sentenced to life in prison for child molestation and related crimes. 33 pardoned Jan 6 defendants have faced criminal charges, 6 of them involving the sexual molestation of children.

Justice Department posts FBI interviews related to Trump sex abuse allegation | CNN Politics The Justice Department has posted online three FBI interviews related to sexual assault allegations against President Donald Trump that had been missing from the massive trove of Epstein files release...

The Justice Department has posted online three FBI interviews related to sexual assault allegations against President Donald Trump that had been missing from the massive trove of Epstein files released by the Department of Justice. Trump has consistently denied wrongdoing in connection with Epstein.

Strategic Escalation Briefing --Iran Modeling the Real Worst Case

Robert A. Pape: When a president says he will choose the next leader of Iran, the war stops being about missiles. It becomes a regime change war. History’s warning: regimes don't collapse from air power alone. Those wars last months or years — not weeks.

Eliot Jacobson: Average Arctic sea-ice thickness is at a *record low* for the date, if we are looking at either the 1-year or 3-year running average.

The US lethal attack on a girls school in Minab, that killed about 180 mostly young girls, will forever been connected by the world with Pete Hegseth's pronouncement that "we won't be following any stupid rules of engagement." It's a war crime plain and simple.

It's clear at this point that Russia under Putin has carried out the most massive, influential and successful influence operations in history. American and European counterintelligence essentially slept through all of it.

Opinion | Nine Law Firms Surrendered. Four Law Firms Won.

NYT: The law firms that fought Trump look a whole lot better than those that capitulated to him. And they have been winning in court. Those who folded demonstrated fecklessness and incompetence as practitioners of the law. Why would anyone engage them as lawyers?

Goulash: Kremlin's Vote-Meddling Team in Budapest; Slovakia's Shady Help for Arms Group IPO - VSquare.org Hungary's campaign is heating up fast, and the kitchen is getting crowded: we have fresh scoops on Russian meddling in the vote and on growing discontent inside Orbán's own camp — specifically around ...

Putin launches major effort to reelect Orbán. Putin tasked Sergei Kiriyenko to run a Moldova-style election meddling operation in Hungary for Orbán, sending three GRU-linked political technologists with diplomatic or service passports to operate from the Russian Embassy in Budapest.

Russian disinformation continues to flood Twitter/X.com

ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

The headline says it all

Costco Says It Will Use Potential Tariff Refunds To Lower Prices It is unclear whether the wholesaler will receive tariff refunds, though it is one of several companies suing the Trump administration for the refunds.

Costco: if we succeed in getting tariff refunds, we will pass them back to our members. Sets the standard for others. www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...

The logical "Nuremberg" solution for Trump and his co-conspirators may be referral to the ICC in the Hague. But the US will need to restore its membership.

I will always remember Frau Noem as the Altheimatschutzstaatsministerin. The title suits her well.

Iran : les Moudjahidin du peuple comptent participer à la chute du régime Retirés de la liste des organisations terroristes de l’Union européenne en 2009, les Moudjahidin du peuple affirment avoir attaqué le Guide suprême avant la frappe américano-israélienne qui a tué Ali ...

After being propped up and funded by America's Neocon Republicans for generations, the Iranian MeK is determined to serve the Americans and further its long-time objective of toppling the clerical IRGC regime. www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

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Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune

Rep Don Bacon's (R-NE) whole statement here is trenchant.

Nature Report, Killed by Trump, Is Released Independently

Scientists and other experts were preparing an assessment of the health of nature in the US when Trump returned to the White House. He canceled the report. The researchers went ahead and compiled it on their own. This week, they released a 868-p draft for public comment and scientific review.

One day after we won a vote in House Oversight with united Democratic members to subpoena Pam Bondi, the DOJ just announced that they plan to post more Epstein files.

This is after they took down 50k files with no explanation. We are going to end this White House cover-up.

Russia Is Big Winner as Iran War Drains Supplies That Ukraine Needs Kyiv faces a shortfall of missile interceptors for its air defense, while surging oil prices are boosting Russia’s economy

Of course

Republicans Toil to Avoid Saying ‘War’ as Iran Conflict Widens

Republicans Toil to Avoid Saying ‘War’ as Iran Conflict Widens. Read George Orwell's Politics and the English Language.