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Iran may be activating sleeper cells outside the country, alert says The U.S. has intercepted encrypted communications believed to have originated in Iran that may serve as “an operational trigger” for “sleeper assets."

“The U.S. has intercepted encrypted communications believed to have originated in Iran that may serve as "an operational trigger" for "sleeper assets" according to alert sent to law enforcement agencies.”

I was called an alarmist when I mentioned sleeper cells. 🤷‍♂️

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Welcome to the "Is It War?"

Putin is helping Iran.

Zelenskyy is helping us.

Trump does not seem to understand or is ignoring these basic facts.

Hope someone on his team will help the president correct this policy position and...

Thank Zelenskyy.
Arm Ukraine.
Sanction Putin.

‘Insult to injury': Former officers react to location of Jan. 6 plaque Just before dawn Saturday, a plaque honoring U.S. Capitol Police along with other law enforcement agencies who protected the Capitol on Jan. 6 was installed. It comes more than 5 years after insurrect...

‘Insult to injury': Former officers react to location of Jan. 6 plaque

Shouldn’t Brendan Carr be launching an FCC probe of Fox Broadcasting Co.?

So how about it, Mr. Chairman? Why not launch a probe to find out whether Fox’s editing issue was “inadvertent,” as they claim — or, as certainly seems possible given the network’s record, “an intentional effort to mislead the American people”?

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It’s fine for Russia to use drones to freeze out your population — by the way, can you give us your drone defenses? This is the actual US position.

Here's my deep dive on the 5-year mark of Jan 6 -- The ongoing impact on victims, the lies ... and the continued malignant corrosion of democracy As aired on..... The BBC

All one needs to know about why Scott MacFarlane -- one the of the network's most high-profile and respected correspondents -- left CBS News is spelled out in this tweet of his in January, where he unsubtly calls out his network for not airing his J6 deep-dive report.

It aired, instead, on the BBC.

The title for a story, with an illustration of Trump with a missile flying over his head. What comes next in Iran? Don’t ask Trump. Critics demanding a “day after” plan imply the president should adopt George W. Bush’s outlook. March 9, 2026 at 6:15 a.m. EDTToday at 6:15 a.m. EDT 4 min 133 Make us preferred on Google (Illustration by Washington Post staff/The Washington Post; Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters; iStock) By Douglas J. Feith Douglas J. Feith, a senior fellow at Hudson Institute, served as undersecretary of defense for policy from 2001 to 2005. I've put sirens next to Feith's name.

This guy:

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Thanks to PragerU and the White House, we have the Freedom Truck which hopes to educate kids via AI slop George Washington (and others) of their America can do no wrong version of US history. @mjgault.bsky.social reports.

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Scott MacFarlane, CBS News’ Hard-Charging Justice Correspondent, to Exit Scott MacFarlane, CBS News' Hard-Charging Justice Correspondent, to Exit

MacFarlane is a BEAST of a reporter.
I'll be watching for his next chapter.

@macfarlanenews.bsky.social @variety.com
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Trump: "Australia is making a terrible humanitarian mistake by allowing the Iran National Woman’s Soccer team to be forced back to Iran, where they will most likely be killed. Don’t do it, Mr. Prime Minister, give ASYLUM. The U.S. will take them if you won’t. Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP" (Trump's bombs have killed over 1,300 Iranians, including scores of children)

Trump: "Australia is making a terrible humanitarian mistake by allowing the Iran Woman’s Soccer team to be forced back to Iran, where they will most likely be killed. Don’t do it, Mr PM, give ASYLUM. The US will take them" (Trump's bombs have killed over 1,300 Iranians, including scores of children)

YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane Reports After three years of political foot dragging and delay.. the Jan 6 plaque is hung

After three years of foot dragging and delays by Trump supporters, the Jan 6 plaque is hung as Capitol opens for the week

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They must know some people. 🤡

@wsj.com
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Opinion | The Popcorn Resistance of ‘One Battle After Another’

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/o...

This is why I find it interesting that, in the week after this person (the 7th US service member killed in Trump's illegal war), DOD never managed to evacuate them to Ramstein to treat injuries suffered on March 1.

here's a photo of Hegseth's gesture (Saul Loeb/Getty)

TAPPER: You know that if you vote against an additional $50 billion of funding for operations in Iran, that vote will be cast as you voting against the troops.

CHRIS MURPHY: Come on. The American people do not want this war. If you support the troops, you should be voting against this war.

They would have crucified Obama if he wore a ball cap under these circumstances.

President Trump says he won't sign any other bills into law until the SAVE America Act, a ban on voting-by-mail, plus various transgender bills are passed by Congress

Yes. And we have to talk about this now, because talking about it is the first step to making it seem like a callous crime rather than a surprising emergency.

Attempted federal prosecutor Lindsey Halligan sent me a screenshot of a Trump Truth Social post which featured a screenshot of a Pam Bondi X post which said Lindsey Halligan “did a great job!”

United States Onurt of Appeals FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT No. 26-5050 September Term, 2025 1:25-cv-02471-ACR Filed On: March 6, 2026 Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot, et al., Appellees V. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of America, et al., Appellants BEFORE: Walker, Pan, and Garcia, Circuit Judges ORDER Upon consideration of the emergency motion for a stay pending appeal, the opposition thereto, the reply, the amicus briefs, and the Rule 28(i) letters, it is ORDERED that the motion for a stay be denied.

BREAKING: DC Circuit, on a 2-1 vote, keeps in place a lower court order blocking DHS Sec. Noem’s effort to end Haiti temporary protected status designation.

Judges Pan and Garcia deny DOJ’s request to stay the district court order. Judge Walker would have granted it.

Haiti TPS is safe for now.

The FBI would not have interviewed her *four* times if they thought Trump wasn't guilty. Trump raped children. Release ALL the files.

Justice Department publishes some missing Epstein files related to Trump The Justice Department has published additional Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor after an NPR investigation found dozens of pages were withheld.

Let’s see if the DOJ “finds” the missing 37 more pages of documents or if they are continue to be “offline”:

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The Alleged Trump Victim's Claims about Blackmail Are as Important as Her Claims about Rape - emptywheel One day before Jeffrey Epstein suicided, the woman who claimed Donald Trump had abused her told the FBI that Epstein and Trump had spoken about blackmail in front of her.

On the missing Epstein files: It's not JUST that DOJ is still withholding a bunch of pages re allegation he raped a teenager. It's that they only released duplicates (those sent to Ghislaine in discovery), raising questions if the originals still exist.

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Judging from the prose, the Pentagon appears to be using AI to announce the death of soldiers. If it’s not AI, it’s a person who simply does not care.

1. Emil Bove should not be a federal judge.
2. What a surprise that one of Bove's early majority opinions is a "reverse discrimination" case.
3. Concurring to your own majority opinion should be illegal, or, at least, you should only get one a career.
4. He really does not sound bright.

Trump is adding anti-trans provisions to SAVE America Act Trump appears to be using culture-war issues, which are popular among Republican voters, to increase the pressure on Republican lawmakers to back the bill.

🚨BREAKING: The White House confirmed Friday that President Donald Trump is pressing Congress to add new provisions targeting transgender people to the SAVE America Act — a sweeping anti-voting bill that could disenfranchise millions. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Last 14 months of Biden's term:

+1.74m jobs

First 14 months of Trump's term:

150,000 jobs

(total! for the whole 14 months!)

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