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Rep. Brian Mast warns Russia, China are ‘hurt the most’ by joint US-Israel strikes on Iran | Fox News Video Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., discusses the global impact of the joint U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran, the three American service members that were killed since the operation began and more on ‘Sunday Morning...

Brian Mast, chair of the Foreign Affairs committee, says "most congressional Democrats" are among the people "lining up in support of the ayatollah."

"They’re gonna line up next week and say, ‘We don’t want the president to have any authority to defend the [US] against the imminent threat of Iran."

Transcript: Sen. Ted Cruz on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," March 1, 2026 The following is the transcript of the interview with Sen. Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on March 1, 2026.

"I have no indication that that [Iran was] anywhere close to getting nuclear weapons" says Cruz. "That's one of the reasons I urged President Trump, 'Now is the time." Israel's strikes last year "weakened the regime and set up what [we're] doing.”

We're bombing because the threat is *not* imminent.

Lindsey Graham says it’s ‘not our job’ to pick Iran’s leader after Khamenei's death: Full interview In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) says there will not be American boots on the ground and that “this is not Iraq” following the killing of Iran’s supreme lead...

Graham redefines "America First" to encompass military interventionism. He says it means to "make sure that no regime who wishes to hurt America can" do so. "America First is to kill people who wish us ill, with a record of trying to destroy us."

Don't need imminent threats. Ill wishes are enough.

Lindsey Graham says it’s ‘not our job’ to pick Iran’s leader after Khamenei's death: Full interview In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) says there will not be American boots on the ground and that “this is not Iraq” following the killing of Iran’s supreme lead...

Q: "How will the United States make sure that the next Iranian government isn’t worse?"

Graham basically admits we have no plan. "That’s not our job to pick the next Iranian government," he says. "It's not President Trump’s job. ... This idea, 'You break it, you own it' — I don’t buy that one bit."

Bombing Iran Is Easy. What Comes Next Is Not. It comes down to a straightforward question: What’s the plan to translate military force into political change?

"There is a persistent belief in Washington that enough explosions will cause the Iranian people to rise up against their government. History suggests otherwise... A regime-change strategy without a phased-action plan is not a strategy at all."

@markhertling.bsky.social warns about what comes next.

Just as the Framers intended

YouTube video by Donald J Trump Tulsi Gabbard Endorses President Donald J. Trump

"We cannot be prosperous unless we are at peace. And we can’t live free as long as we have a government that is retaliating against its political opponents and undermining our civil liberties, weaponizing our very institutions against those they deem as threat."

—Tulsi Gabbard endorsing Trump, 2024

YouTube video by The Bulwark Trump Says There's No Point in Having Midterm Elections

"Republicans want you to believe that cheating is the only way Democrats can win elections."

Why? Because "if they can get the public to believe that, they can claim that they don’t have to accept the results."

My video on the GOP's scheme to delegitimize — and, if necessary, deny — the midterms.

YouTube video by The Bulwark Trump Says There's No Point in Having Midterm Elections

All said, watch this new video from @saletan.bsky.social at @thebulwark.com breaking down the current threats to our elections

GOP control of Congress is probably still the biggest issue, and it’s that Congress that will have power in the months after the votes are cast. youtu.be/_1brg1AxxqY?...

Rep. Lauren Boebert and Date Grope Each Other's Crotches in New Theater Video Rep. Lauren Boebert's night inside a Denver theater was way more handsy than it initially appeared -- new video shows her groping her date's crotch as he aggressively paws at her breast.

It's what happens when you massage it www.tmz.com/watch/2023-0...

Trump’s ICE Is Quietly Stockpiling Weaponry—and It Should Alarm Us All In addition to staffing up at a furious rate, ICE and CPB are acquiring a vast cache of weapons from private contractors, new data reveals. This will not end well—or anytime soon.

"Trump’s campaign of violent mass deportations [is] becoming its own forever war... It has launched a huge arms buildup. And it also has what might be termed its very own war profiteers."

@gregsargent.bsky.social digs into the deportation military-industrial complex. newrepublic.com/article/2069...

Sad to see such discredit brought to FIFA’s new peace prize 😢 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/w...

This is what happens when voters put a felon in charge of law enforcement. x.com/carolleonnig...

I know, reich?

Did Trump pre-plan that crack about not all the Democrats standing up for the hockey team? (Presumably he would have had a few options, depending on what the Democrats did.)

If he did, that means he deliberately set up the players to be used as partisan props.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: @petebuttigieg.bsky.social is joining us on tonight's SOTU livestream with @timmiller.bsky.social to react to Trump's speech

We're going LIVE to respond to whatever happens at Trump's State of the Union. Join @timmiller.bsky.social, @samsteindc.bsky.social, @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and many more from the team at 8:50 on Substack and YouTube.

After the speech @petebuttigieg.bsky.social will join us for a reaction.

Since this will likely come up in the SOTU: Yes, US stock markets are up since Trump took office (14%).
But in the rest of the world, markets are up WAY more. Cumulative market gains are more than triple ours (43%)

YouTube video by The Bulwark Trump’s War on Republican “Traitors”

Trump is furious that Supreme Court justices, the Fed chairman, and some Republicans in Congress aren't giving him everything he wanted.

Why would all these people turn against him? It couldn't possibly be that he's the bad guy — could it?

My tear-jerking video on our poor, betrayed president.

The more Trump lies about how easy a war in Iran would be, the more leaks he gets from the people who know he’s lying.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/u...

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Puck, ice

Just heard an Olympics broadcaster say “The hardest thing to do in sports is to win when everyone expects you to.” Bro, that is literally the opposite of the truth

Yesterday 10. Today 15. Do I hear 20?

It’s no wonder other countries are forming trade alliances to get away from us. Why would you even negotiate with a government whose commitments don’t last 24 hours?

This will do wonders to bring down prices throughout America.

Special Saturday Triad: What I Saw at the Battle of Minneapolis The national media has moved on. Minnesota is still under siege.

"The latest trick of the regime has been to pretend that the occupation of Minnesota is over," writes @jvl.bsky.social.

But "the observers I spoke to at Whipple said they have seen no reduction in the number of DHS vehicles going in and out ... or detainees being released ... or street abductions."

YouTube video by schmoyoho How Is The Dow - Auto-Tune The News, Wherein Pam Bondi Discovers An Unassailable Riposte That Canno

Comes in at a perfect 3 minutes. Catchy, too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q71X...

Congratulations to everyone who elected Donald Trump — twice — on his pledge to “drain the swamp.”

Extra credit to those of you in Michigan. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/u...

WTF Spelling Bee

So the Supreme Court struck down Trump tariffs..

This is bad news for... Trump's opponents?!?

(My conversation with @saletan.bsky.social)

Congratulations to everyone who thought these three guys were committed to a strict judicial philosophy and wouldn’t make decisions based on policy outcomes. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...