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Founder of http://TheReload.com. Former CNN contributor. Firearms reporter. Gun-safety instructor. Philly fan. DM me some story tips. Email: Gutowski@TheReload(dot)com

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This week's YouGov survey gives Trump his worst approval rating (-21) since November 2017.

In our tracker, he's down to -19, lower than any point in his first term: www.economist.com/interactive/...

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A man pardoned by Donald Trump for January 6th was just charged with threatening a cop at a January 6th memorial event. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

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Scenes from a personalist regime

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Netanyahu to the U.S. Congress, 2002: "If you take out Saddam, Saddam's regime, I guarantee you that it will have enormous positive reverberations on the region."

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'Blanket immunity': Sex trafficking charges dropped, lives ruined, but St. Paul officer still on force Federal courts make it all but impossible to win suits against police officers who are working as part of federal operations.

"Ahmed was among 23 Somali Americans who sued officer Heather Weyker for allegations that led them to spend a collective 44 years behind bars for crimes of which they were never convicted" www.startribune.com/false-accusa...

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Man awarded $29.5K for illegal arrest, search by St. Paul police who tricked way into apartment A federal judge said the officers violated the David Elgersma's constitutional rights.

More than 20 civil lawsuits have been filed against Officer Heather Weyker. In 2023, for instance, a man was awarded $30k after Weyker and other officers tricked their way into his apartment to arrest him and search his apartment without a warrant. www.startribune.com/man-awarded-...

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Supreme Court Declines to Hear Hamdi Mohamud’s Case Against St. Paul Officer Who Framed Her - Institute for Justice Today, the U.S. Supreme Court deniedΒ a petition for certiorari filed by the Institute for Justice (IJ) on behalf of Hamdi Mohamud. The petition asked the […]

A St. Paul police officer fabricated a massive sex trafficking case and had multiple people locked up under false charges. The Supreme Court yesterday affirmed a ruling that she can't be sued by her victims. She appears to still be employed by the St. Paul PD. ij.org/press-releas...

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Capitol Hill to answer questions for the first time since federal agents shot and killed two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis

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As Iran Retaliates, U.S. Closes Embassies in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait The State Department also ordered nonessential staff in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan and Iraq to to leave amid further retaliation from Iran.

The U.S. closed its embassies in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait on Tuesday and ordered nonessential staff in several other countries to evacuate as Iran expanded its retaliatory attacks on U.S. targets in the Gulf region.

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Trump says he's in place to fight his/Israel's war against Iran for a very long time.

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NEW: Multi-drone attack collapsed roof at US embassy in Saudi Arabia and contaminated the inside with smoke, per State Dept. alert obtained by The Post. US personnel β€œcontinue to shelter in place" www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

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These tweets are 8 months apart.

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U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for β€œArmageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war.

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been β€œinundated” with more than 110 complaints.

One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

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Trump officials saying Israel somehow forced their hand could easily be Team Trump's instinct for BS excuses when things go badly, another manifestation of the "good czar, bad boyars" defense.

But whatever the reason, it's crazy that they're saying it at all, and thinking it makes them look better.

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Sheriff’s Office investigating incident during arrest of demonstrators at Whipple Building The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office said deputies declared an unlawful assembly.

The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office is investigating at least one of the interactions between deputies and protesters after numerous demonstrators were arrested March 1 outside the Whipple Federal Building.

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Gunman was not on the FBI's radar before he opened fire on a crowded Texas bar, authorities say Federal and city authorities say the gunman who opened fire outside a Texas bar, killing two college students and wounding 14 others was not on their radar before the attack.

Federal and city authorities say the gunman who opened fire outside a Texas bar, killing two college students and wounding 14 others was not on their radar before the attack.

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Amazon's cloud unit says drone strikes damaged UAE and Bahrain facilities Amazon's ​cloud unit β€ŒAWS said ​on ​Monday its ⁠facilities ​in ​the UAE and ​Bahrain ​were impacted by β€Œdrone ⁠strikes amid ​the ​Middle ⁠East conflict.

Amazon's cloud unit says drone strikes damaged UAE and Bahrain facilities reut.rs/4b24Yps

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APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) β€” Saudi Arabia says US Embassy in Riyadh attacked by two drones, causing a 'limited fire.'

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Israeli military says it has begun a new wave of strikes on Tehran The Israeli military ​said late β€Œon Monday it ​has ​begun a new wave ⁠of ​strikes on ​Tehran.

Israeli military says it has begun a new wave of strikes on Tehran reut.rs/4u5r3MD

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US gasoline crossesΒ $3 per gallon mark in test of Trump's Iran war Average U.S. retail gasoline prices crossed $3 a gallon for the first time since November on Monday as the conflict in the Middle East ​worsened, setting up a key test of public approval of President Donald β€ŒTrump's decision to attack Iran, analysts said.

US gasoline crossesΒ $3 per gallon mark in test of Trump's Iran war reut.rs/4l5L5m9

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters Monday that the United States faced an "imminent threat" from Iran - but only if Iran was first attacked by Israel.
"The imminent threat was that we knew if Iran was attacked, and we believed they would be attacked, that they would immediately come after us. And we were not going to sit there and absorb a blow before we responded," Rubio told reporters on Capitol Hill, where he was briefing lawmakers.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters Monday that the United States faced an "imminent threat" from Iran - but only if Iran was first attacked by Israel. "The imminent threat was that we knew if Iran was attacked, and we believed they would be attacked, that they would immediately come after us. And we were not going to sit there and absorb a blow before we responded," Rubio told reporters on Capitol Hill, where he was briefing lawmakers.

So Rubio said we had to bomb Iran bc Israel was about to and all hell would then break loose.

If only there were some big, powerful country that could have stopped Israel.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

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Elite Doctors Served Jeffrey Epstein While Treating His β€˜Girls’

ICYMI over the weekend: My colleagues and I reviewed 15,000 documents to put together a detailed account of how Jeffrey Epstein leveraged medical care to manipulate and control victims, and how some doctors enabled that. Gift link:

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We will have more reporting on what went down in the marijuana user drug ban case in our newsletter this week. If you'd like to subscribe, head here: thereload.com/free-newslet...

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Supreme Court Skeptical of Marijuana User Gun Ban in Oral Arguments Does regular marijuana use render a person too dangerous to own a firearm? A majority of Supreme Court justices appeared uncomfortable with that proposition on Monday.

You can read the full report here for FREE: thereload.com/supreme-cour...

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Supreme Court Skeptical of Marijuana User Gun Ban in Oral Arguments

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No warning, no siren: six US service members killed in Iranian strike that hit makeshift operations center in Kuwait | CNN Politics The first US service members to die in the conflict between the US and Iran were killed by a direct Iranian strike on a makeshift operations center at a civilian port in Kuwait on Sunday morning local...

The total number of US troops killed is now up to 6. Apparently all were in a bunker at a US Army base in Kuwait that was struck by an Iranian missile. www.cnn.com/2026/03/02/p...

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Woman sues Kenbridge, police after chief allegedly tipped off shooting suspect The town of Kenbridge and its police department are facing a lawsuit of more than $140 million.

A woman’s ex boyfriend, who is a cop, threatens to shoot her

Women are at the highest risk for being killed when they try to leave a relationship.

She calls 911 for help & the Police Chief WARNS the boyfriend instead.

Boyfriend opened fire on her car

We aren’t angry enough.

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fucking hell

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The Iranians Cannot Overthrow the Regime Without Weapons | National Review If not supplied with arms, the people lose.

President Trump has urged the people to remove the Islamist regime.

The problem is that one armed zealot/hard man can control one hundred townsfolk. | Bing West

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-iranians-cannot-overthrow-the-regime-without-weapons/

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Exclusive | Trump Administration to Drop Defense of Law Firm Sanctions The Justice Dept. plans to abandon its defense of the president’s executive orders that targeted Jenner & Block, WilmerHale, Perkins Coie, and Susman Godfrey.

If you are a client of a firm that folded in this fight, you should know that not only were they morally wrong, but they were also strategically dumb www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

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