To nominate Talarico to sustain the possibility that Senate seat might go Dem?

To both
1. Nominate the Dem candidate who poses more of a risk to them in November
2. Warn everyone of their chicanery prior to the general election?

👇👇

Texas was Trump+13, but even considering the fact we expect an 8% shift left in the generic ballot would make it a competitive race. This doesn't even take into account that states won't shift uniformly, and Texas is likely to shift more than that average. It's very possible Talarico can flip it!

U.S. Opens Military Action in Ecuador Against ‘Terrorist Organizations’

The regime is now deploying troops in “military action” in Ecuador. It’s complete madness.

CIA working to arm Kurdish forces to spark uprising in Iran, sources say | CNN Politics The CIA is working to arm Kurdish forces with the aim of fomenting a popular uprising in Iran and the Trump administration has been in active discussions with Iranian opposition groups and Kurdish lea...

What is the point of having a covert action program if don't brag about it to the media?

On substance, what could go wrong?

www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/p...

Time for the wartime consigliere.

He enrolled at the US Naval Academy which carries a service commitment after graduation. He wasn't an NBA prospect before enrolling and growing, AFAIK.

Translation: he’s panicking because someone explained to him that we’re out of Schlitz, to use the operational term of art, but he’s now pot committed because he & Bibi have started a regional war that threatens to spill into a second region (Europe), & Bibi’s made clear he’s not going to stop.

No GOP panic? That's certainly... a belief you can hold.

No doubt true -- been his MO for ages, and when he was lucid enough he would do the same at MAGA rallies, just try out lines and see what sticks.

And also, if he ever remembered what he said from one place to the next, he surely isn't remembering it now.

Sounds like he's road testing talking points to see what sticks and shoppng around for his next applause line. He doesn't have a solid sound bite for this war yet so he's trying out a few things to see what gets the media going.

From my essay, "The plan is to have no plan." May 2020. pressthink.org/2020/05/the-...

I'm not surprised there are Wawas in FL. They're expanding rapidly.

I'm a LITTLE surprised there are that many on the I-75 side. Being a Philly chain, I'd expect them to migrate down I-95 like the Northeastern snowbirds have done.

Trump actually thought he was in the running for the Nobel Peace Prize in mid-2025. That's probably the only thing that dissuaded him from doing Israel's bidding.

No doubt but this is a stupid meme. Robinson grew after he enrolled at the USNA. Typically their maximum height to enroll is apparently 6'8", so they lucked out immensely to have a 7-footer playing for them.

He had no option to do anything other than "put his NBA career on hold."

This all a real funny way of saying "uhm, basically Israel, Qatar, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia bribed the President to attack Iran, and we're too chickenshit to admit that."

Maj. Gen. Randy Manner (Ret.): "It's a little bit disheartening to hear that the UK govt is arranging transport for the British citizens, whereas here as Americans we feel abandoned. The State Dept is in survival mode because as we know the administration reduced their budget by almost half."

Republicans Wage War As Politics ...and politics as war.

Via @brianbeutler.bsky.social, Dems should politicize the hell out of Trump's Iran bombing:

"It would be a mistake to treat this as an above-board idea over which people of good faith can disagree. There is no merit here, and there was no imminent threat."

www.offmessage.net/p/republican...

The Pentagon is hanging the White House out to dry.
www.cnn.com/world/live-n...

Making up one's mind is difficult without a mind.

there is really zero incentive to negotiate with trump because

1. he can change his mood at any time

2. negotiations have been used as a cover for military attacks

3. if you wait long enough he might get bored

Pentagon offers no evidence to support claim it attacked Iran in defense The Trump administration’s effort to construct a case for war after shots started flying has few historical parallels.

If you’re the Trump White House this is not the story you want at the top of Politico’s front page. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Trump is so addled that even this can't be completely taken at face value, but it's not really an obvious thing for him to lie
about.
bsky.app/profile/atru...

Trump is so out of his depth. He’s probably gonna be like “I’ll just put Jared in charge for now” or something equally stupid and networks like ABC will keep parroting it like rational, normal shit is happening.

Very curious about some claims I saw -- nothing confirmed or from known (to me) credible sources -- from posters with contacts in Tehran saying that the homes of prominent regime opponents / moderates had been hit too, as if targeting everyone with political potential

But when the ammo runs out, they'll say we accomplished the mission, which is a gambit that only works when you have a credulous media like we do in the US.

U.S. Races to Accomplish Iran Mission Before Munitions Run Out President Trump says the Iran campaign might last a week or longer, but dwindling stockpiles could limit his options.

i'm no fancy military strategist but "we didn't really plan so we're going to run out of munitions soon" seems not great

“Trump isn’t responsible for the outcomes of his own war” is honestly an accurate representation of how Republicans want Trump to be treated, like a very special toddler.

Trump in dopey USA baseball cap, posed at the head of a table full of crisis actor White House staffer flown into Perv-A-Lago for the “war” photo op, in a black-draped section of his club, which is supposed to make it look like a high security “situation room,” but doesn’t.

Cropped version on the previous photo, showing aires peeking in through the high security, top secret curtains.

Pipe and draping does not make it a SCIF. And DEFINITELY not a SCIF if you can just peek your head in from outside.