Kat O’Brien

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez on Iran:

Twenty-three years ago, another US administration dragged us into a war in the Middle East. A war that, in theory, it was said at the time, was being fought to eliminate Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction, bring democracy and ensure global security.

Saint Jordi’s Flowers.

Els meus amics catalans. Avui an Osaka. Flors de Sant Jordi.

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I’m gonna keep spinning this on repeat.

When the media covers war, every other topic fades Trump will do anything to distract from the political damage of the Epstein files

Este de @sulliview.bsky.social fue bastante bueno en el tema hoy open.substack.com/pub/margaret...

A grove of plum trees in blossom with different colored flowers, and Osaka Castle in the background.

100+ varieties of plum trees in this grove adjacent to Osaka Castle.

Objection: What Happened in Dallas County Was Not a Glitch What happened in Dallas County tonight should scare the hell out of you.

What just happened in Dallas County is one of the most blatant voter suppression operations I've ever seen—and it happened in a *primary*.

In March. Imagine November.

I broke it down here:

open.substack.com/pub/objectio...

US strikes on Iran ‘outside international law,’ says Macron Macron joins Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez in calling the legality of the strikes into question.

After four days of hesitating, the president of France has joined the prime minister of Spain in saying that the 🇺🇸🇮🇱 attack on Iran is a violation of international law.

But they are still the only 2 EU leaders to have done so. Will others join?

El español más de derechas que conozco personalmente me ha enviado algo diciendo que Sánchez el corrupt está muy enfermo. Curiosamente, él (vive en EE.UU., yo estadounidense viviendo en España) no parece muy preocupado por ni la corrupción ni la salud de Trump.

I don’t know if he’ll be alive if that’s how he approaches health …

Braden Peters, the 20-year-old streamer known as Clavicular, has become the movement's breakout star. He claims to have started injecting steroids at age 14 to improve his physique, has dabbled in crystal meth to suppress his appetite and promotes the technique of hitting oneself in the face with a hammer (it's called bonesmashing in the looksmaxxer lexicon, and there's video of him engaging in it) to heighten cheekbones and create a sharper jawline.

What, and I repeat WHAT?
“dabbled in crystal meth to suppress his appetite and promotes the technique of hitting oneself in the face with a hammer (it's called bonesmashing in the looksmaxxer lexicon …) to heighten cheekbones and create a sharper jawline.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/o...

So now the total number of countries attacked by Trump is 8. 9 if you count his sending US military into US cities.

We will win.

Let’s flip NY-17.

Time to build a new House.

Join us: mikesacksforcongress.com

A screenshot of the Polymarket website showing a prediction market titled "Nuclear weapon detonation by...?" under the Geopolitics and Ukraine categories. The market displays three betting options with their current probabilities and "Buy Yes" or "Buy No" prices: "March 31" at 5%, "June 30" at 12%, and "Before 2027" at 22%. The total trading volume shown is over $843,000.

Polymarket has created a betting market on the use of nuclear weapons. Everyone involved in this should be put in prison for life.

WHAT??????

Perfect pic.

Oh my. Yes. They're testing the fences

The super-rich thinking they will never face consequences is what historically precedes the biggest consequences

Today, Congress was finally briefed on Trump's war of choice in Iran.

Even behind closed doors, they couldn't get their story straight.

But one thing is clear: they don't have a clue what the end game is, and it sure as hell isn't making America safer.

No, never. This is my first time in Japan.

The Islamic Republic and the Breaking of Iran Free Newsletter Day: A Revolution That Turned On Its Own People

Thought this was a good piece by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on this war in Iran, the repression of Iranian people & evil of regime ruling Iran, and that U.S. attacking it is anti-democratic & anti-American. He also writes as a Muslim man on distortion of Islam by regime.

open.substack.com/pub/kareem/p...

Yep, at the Tokyo Dome. I wanted to see Japan play (obviously), but secondary market tix were in the $1000 range/

How’s Korea? I’m going to that game against Czech Republic Thurs in Tokyo.

I am heartbroken to learn that one of Iowa’s own sons, Sgt. Declan J. Coady of West Des Moines, was among the six American service members killed in Iran. Four of the soldiers killed were part of a unit based in Iowa.

This case is horrifying. The man had deferred action, was on a full path to a green card, is a college grad magna cum laude, and ICE arrested him randomly while looking for someone else:

“What do we do?” said one ICE officer, to which another replied “We’re going to take him with us anyway.”

Sí sí sí, he puesto algo parecido. No puedo esperar hasta el momento que España gane el Mundial, y el ganador del falso premio FIFA de la paz tenga que darle trofeo a Lamine Yamal, Rodri, Pedri et al.
(Estadounidense viviendo en Barcelona aquí.)

Notre Dame's Hannah Hidalgo is the ACC player of the year for the second straight season.

Hidalgo has also been named the ACC's defensive player of the year for the third straight season.

When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946.

In 2007, the US president was born in 1946.

In 2017, the US president was born in 1946.

And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946.

Sanchez is the only EU leader with guts. Shameful that instead of following his lead, others are isolating him so Trump doesn’t get mad at them.

“Do not rely on the U.S. government…” really a fitting epitaph for Trump and the Republican Party.