He thinks he's George Patton now ..
This is just embarrassing
I just can't with Pete Hegseth this morning
Just another propaganda screed ..
Republicans are in *disarray* on the SAVE America Act
www.semafor.com/article/03/1...
Thune and Schumer just clashed over Homeland Security funding with no breakthrough. Schumer tried to get Thune to agree to funding just TSA. Thune said Dems could fund all of the department now and then continue negotiations on immigration enforcement
There’s also a roll call vote at 145 on DHS
ICYMI:
Via Tech Crunch:
A whistleblower claims that a DOGE engineer put Social Security data on a thumb drive
And said he "expected" to get a presidential pardon for it
techcrunch.com/2026/03/10/d...
WSJ:
"Reopening the [Hormuz] strait, military analysts say, may require a ground operation to seize the Iranian coastline."
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
The Atlantic (gift link)
On Trump's failure to sell the Iran war:
"Over the past year, the president has fallen in love with overwhelming, one-and-done demonstrations of force, like the kind he ordered in Venezuela, in Nigeria, and last summer in Iran. .."
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
None of us really knows if this bill (the SAVE act) will completely undermine democracy by allowing manipulation of vote tallies.
But if that’s what we all get, these senators will not necessarily be the beneficiaries except perhaps in the short term.
They are teeing up arbitrary government.
“We missed one opportunity. This is our second,” Kennedy said, citing the attempt to include housing legislation in the NDAA. “But I will tell you, if we don’t pass it this time, it’s going to be very difficult.”
"Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) told us he’d spoken to House colleagues on Wednesday about potential tweaks to the Senate’s housing bill. But the Louisiana Republican also warned that if the House rips the bill apart, Congress’ chance to pass a housing bill this year will be over. 👇
"Without clear marching orders from Trump, Republicans are descending into a pitched bicameral standoff. Rank-and-file House Republicans and their leaders are threatening to force a formal negotiation, potentially unraveling the carefully crafted Senate package. 👇
On the housing bill the Senate will pass today:
"Johnson informed House GOP leaders this wk that the president told him “no one gives a [bleep] about housing”-a message intended to convey that Trump has made the SAVE America Act his top legislative priority instead .."
punchbowl.news/archive/3122...
These guys really don't want women and racialized ppl to vote
In Playbook this morning:
Homan is busy kissing up to Markwayne Mullin 👇
www.politico.com/playbook
NOTUS on Senate Iran intel briefings:
Dem Andy Kim:
“Nothing I heard in there gives me a sense that there was any credible imminent threat..as someone who’s worked in national security, that would justify a war of this magnitude,”
GOP don't 'agree'
Nothing is real ..
www.notus.org/congress/sen...
Scary:
There's a new MAGA 'Mass Deportation Coalition' focused on lobbying the admin to NOT tone down the immigration rhetoric (WH told Congress to cool it)
They want the messaging (& actions) to be "ALL" illegal immigrants
This is about the midterms, kids
www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
Letter from DOGE Caucus Chair Joni Ernst to the House proposing $93.5B additional cuts via a new Reconciliation bill
Cuts include:
Covid funds
climate initiatives
State SNAP work req'mnt fines
$250 fee for EV owners
Problems:
Thin majority
Election year
So..
www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
Thune on internal GOP Senate opposition to Trump's mail in ballot ban:
“I understand his passion. We’re working through what that actual proposal might look like and to address what I think is the real problem.”
Suggests GOP may focus on "ballot harvesting" instead
Brace yourselves ..
SAVE Act status:
Senate GOP prepping for "marathon" debates next week
Including scheduling overnight sessions, and challenging Democrats to stay on the floor to prevent any Republican from calling a final vote
Could go on for more than a wk
It'll be a MESS
More:
www.politico.com/live-updates...
I hope I'm wrong, but Julie Le seems like a total schmuck.
similarly hope I'm wrong about my assumption that there's a grifter political operative attached to this misadventure
BREAKING: Bipartisan group of Senators call for an independent audit of the Justice Department’s protocol when redacting the Epstein files.
This feels like the most rational decision given how many people on BOTH sides knew Jeffrey Epstein
A GOP brawl continues to escalate over the SAVE America Act - more in 'Regular Order' from Capitol Hill jamiedupree.substack.com/p/senate-lea...
When I asked Grassley about Trump saying there are almost no more targets in Iran, he says “Why don't you ask me your question and leave Trump out of it?”
NEWS: Democrat Shawn Harris has forced a runoff in the special election for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s deep-red Georgia seat (Trump +37).
With ~70% in, Harris leads with 38.3% to Trump-endorsed Republican Clay Fuller’s 34.5%.
Runoff set for April 7. A major warning sign for MAGA.
🔵 Democrats flip another seat in the New Hampshire State House.
Democrat Bobbi Boudman wins a special election in a Trump+9 district, after losing the same seat by 14 points in 2024. A 13-point Democratic overperformance.
Since Trump’s election:
🔵 Democrats have flipped 28 state legislative seats
🔴 Republicans have flipped 0
New exclusive: Researchers have unmasked an Iranian troll operation — accounts posing as Scottish independence supporters, Irish nationalists and Latina women that all pivoted to war propaganda overnight. X and Bluesky removed them. Meta didn't respond. www.ms.now/news/iran-pr...
