Randall on Mississippi: "One of the perpetrators of that fraud? Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre, who received $1.1m from the govt for speeches he never made. Congressional Republicans' response was to invite Favre to testify about how we should strengthen oversight of federal welfare programs."

"Last night, @timmiller.bsky.social said that if Talarico wins this Senate seat he becomes a top-tier candidate for 2028. I thought Tim was high. The more I think about it, the less crazy it seems."

@jvl.bsky.social on Talarico and Woke Jesus in today's Triad: lnk.thebulwark.com/4rgFtqB

Sen. Murphy: They told us in there that this is an open-ended operation that hasn't even really started... they refuse to take off of the table the insertion of ground troops ... there is no question that this is war.

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?

She's absolutely obsessed with trans people. What a fucking psycho.

LIEU: Did Amalia commit a crime?

NOEM: She did not. She's with her family

LIEU: The reason she's with her family is because she almost died in ICE detention until folks brought a lawsuit forcing her release

James Talarico’s victory in the Texas Democratic Senate primary shows the power of a class-focused political message. His campaign emphasized economic populism and working-class unity rather than traditional Democratic Party messaging or identity politics.

Hopefully, the system doesn't crush him.

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) during a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images)

Ted Lieu to Marco Rubio “You told Americans to depart now via commercial means when you know many airports/airspace are closed — Maybe you should have thought of a frickin’ plan first”

Reminder: Four Americans died in Benghazi — six have died & three jets have been shot down in three days in Iran

🤥 @KristiNoem today: “I didn’t call Alex Pretti a domestic terrorist.”

FLASHBACK: she sure did 👇🏽

Jayapal: DHS is supposed to be protecting our residents. You have actually turned the United States government against its own residents. Yours is a case of failed leadership secretary, you need to resign, be fired, or be impeached.

NEWSNATION: Former presidents are now on the table, so when Trump leaves office will you ask him to testify?

COMER: Democrats are going to go after President Trump


N: But will you ask him to testify?

COMER: We're working with the president. He's answered thousands of questions about Epstein

Just a thought, maybe SecDef shouldn’t jerk himself off on live television at the thought of casualties in war.

War isn’t something to be giddy about. Were the most powerful nation on the planet. We’re supposed to be the quiet professionals, not carnival barking morons.

Democrats don’t have to agree on everything. We just have to agree on one thing:

It’s time to win the general.

JUST IN: Jasmine Crockett concedes and urges Democrats to rally around James Talarico, who is now officially the party’s nominee for U.S. Senate in Texas.

They cut Meals on Wheels for seniors, doctors for the VA, and food for American children - but send billions of taxpayer dollars to the Middle East for an unnecessary war of choice.

Seems like the media should at least express some curiosity about this.

open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...

Scoop: Lutnick volunteers to testify on Epstein ties "I have done nothing wrong and I want to set the record straight."

Breaking Axios:

Trump Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, once a neighbor of Jeffrey Epstein, has agreed to a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee over his ties to Epstein — ties that continued after Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to soliciting prostitution from a minor.

Chart of the week: Russia lost more territory than it gained for the first time since 2023 Russia lost more territory than it gained in February for the first time since Ukraine's failed counteroffensive in 2023, according to independent Finnish open-source intelligence collective Black Bir...

Russia lost more territory than it gained in February for the first time since Ukraine's failed counteroffensive in 2023, according to independent Finnish open-source intelligence collective Black Bird Group.

Coons: "Does DHS…operate on any quotas for immigration arrests every day?"

Noem: "No, we do not. We do targeted law enforcement operations."

Coons: "Just last year, Stephen Miller…went on Fox News and said we're setting a goal, a minimum of 3,000 arrest for ICE every day."

BLUMENTHAL: Have you met with any of the American citizens who have been detained or arrested by your agents?

NOEM: They could've been instructing law enforcemen--

BLUMENTHAL: You haven't met with them. I'd like to introduce you to 3 of them. Will you please stand?

This is what happens when oligarchs control the *news*

There you have it. "This is President Trump's War."

Own it all, Republicans.

BLUMENTHAL: The agent who shot her said, 'I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book, boys. I'm up for another around of F around and find out.' Will you join me in condemning that agent?

KRISTI NOEM: That situation, I don't know the details, but I will look into that

DURBIN: How does taking dad from child dying of cancer qualify as a violent crime?

NOEM: I don't know what you're speaking of

D: Ruben Torres 2 weeks ago buried his daughter. When he was arrested at Home Depot, he said, 'Please. My daughter is dying.' They deported him. Was he a violent criminal?

after absolutely eviscerating Kristi Noem and calling for her resignation, Tillis is applauded. He thens threatens to hold up nominees if she doesn't stop stonewalling him. My God.

Wasn’t she the one trump showed highly classified Iran documents to in New Jersey?

Voting rights groups sue Georgia for refusing to release voter purge records Without full access to the records, plaintiffs say they cannot determine whether eligible voters were wrongly removed.

NEW: Georgia removed nearly 471,000 voters from its rolls last summer — roughly 6% of all the state’s registered voters.

Now voting rights groups are suing, arguing the state is illegally hiding records about how the purge was carried out.

Jack Shanahan, retired US Air Force General and first Director of the Department of Defense Joint Artificial Intelligence Center:

Send their kids for a change.

www.rawstory.com Trump bashed for using Mar-a-Lago 'blanket fort' to monitor Iran strikes

Trump bashed for using Mar-a-Lago 'blanket fort' to monitor Iran strikes