David Hart

💥 Ukraine blew up a massive arsenal of Russian Shahed drones in occupied Donetsk yesterday.

Seriously, what does this? Minoxidil?

Asking for a thinning friend.

Wow. Republican Rep Kevin Kiley tells reporters in a virtual press conference that not only will he run as an independent in CA-6, but he will officially be an independent for the remainder of his current term in Congress, @melodykloepfer.bsky.social reports.

Note to self, watch Polymarket at 3:59.

“…proclamations like this come from the softest…”

Lindsey Graham: “Hold my beer.”

President Trump says he’ll hold a news conference in Doral, Florida, today 5:30 pm EDT (21:30 GMT).

Because it’s in the rear-view mirror …

Hope they protect them, but this is head-splitting hypocrisy…

U.S. Deports Planeload of Iranians After Deal With Tehran, Officials Say

“Iranians were told that 55 people were on the plane and that the rest would travel later… there were about 300 Iranians in detention and about 2,500 facing threat of deportation from the United States.”

It will be interesting to see how this develops. Seems like an otherwise normal response to an allegation of this nature, but that’s what makes it stand out in this admin. 🤷🏻‍♂️

I wondered if he had been sidelined for advocating for ROTOR Act/ ADS-B transponders, but ooof...

White House fires NTSB board member after reports of concerning behavior The White House said on Monday it had fired National Transportation Safety Board member Todd Inman ​after receiving reports of inappropriate behavior and failing to attend meetings.

The White House said it had fired National Transportation Safety Board member Todd Inman after receiving reports of inappropriate behavior and failing to attend meetings. Inman categorically denied the allegations bit.ly/40gqySl

Fox News mislabels Ukrainian Shahed-drone intercept footage as part of American ‘high-tech arsenal’ destroying Iranian drones U.S. media outlet Fox News aired footage of a Ukrainian interceptor drone destroying a Shahed-type drone but presented the video as showing American drones countering Iranian drones in the Middle East...

⚡️Fox News mislabels Ukrainian Shahed-drone intercept footage as part of American ‘high-tech arsenal’ destroying Iranian drones.

According to Ukrainian drone manufacturer Wild Hornets, the footage used by Fox featured STING — a Ukrainian interceptor drone used to destroy Shahed-type drones.

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9 days in, the most basic question about the Iran war remains unanswered In just over a week, Trump and top administration officials have given at least 17 different responses about why the war began

WE STILL DON'T HAVE A CLEAR ANSWER ON THE MOST BASIC QUESTION ABOUT THE IRAN WAR

WHY did the U.S. go to war?

A Popular Information review of public statements over the last 9 days found 17 DIFFERENT EXPLAINATIONS. Many of which contradict each other.

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“You can’t have your Cuba until you finish your Iran!”

New earthquake reported: M 5.9 - 21 km NE of Otobe, Japan - 2026-03-09T16:02:52.040Z

Trump comes out for asylum for Iran’s women’s soccer team.

His administration has worked hard to undermine asylum here in the United States.

Desal is viable soln to “augment” their water resources, but, as the article mentions, it is very expensive both capital and O&M.

My co helped Australia in early 2000s to fast track desal, then rains came back and they went offline. Believe they are all online now and expanding due to growth./e

That’s straight from the article. Rainfall will not fix the long-term issue of over allocation, but it would fix the emergent situation exacerbated by 5-yr drought.

Yes, tropical systems are a fact of life here in the Carolina’s as in TX. We are always preping for the next one. We rely on them./

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Trump DOJ offers a deferred prosecution agreement to Halkbank, the Turkish state-run bank charged with laundering billions in Iranian oil money.

Trump repeatedly tried to end this case in his first term—per John Bolton, as a favor to one of the "dictators he liked" (i.e. Erdogan).

That would be Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the nation’s top diplomat, who was a member of the United States Senate on January 6, 2021.

Wow!

“…did not happen as historians describe.*”

*… as historians describe from footage and firsthand accounts of prisoners, and American and allied soldiers (their ancestors) who fought and liberated them.

The GOP that Trump has made is chock full of antisemites. Among Republican men under 50, 54% are Holocaust deniers.

“Legacy of the Imbeciles.” Perfect.

The crazy part of this is the public, or those industries, will build desalination plants that they will mothball after the first tropical systems hit that area.

That being said, hope is never a strategy.

Yes. Major infrastructure projects are 10+ year projects from planning, to funding, to engineering, to construction, to startup.

When an industry proposes taking a major allocation of that infrastructure, you either ID how that’s going to be replaced, or you say “no.”

Americans do not want more forever wars.

From Abraham Lincoln to… Donald Trump? A history of the Republican Party – Part I: From anti-slavery origins to white conservative domination, 1850s to 1990

I wrote about the Republican Party’s historical trajectory:

From Abraham Lincoln to… Donald Trump. How the hell did we end up here?

Some thoughts from my new piece - an attempt to identify key moments and dynamics in the history of the modern Right:

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Fuzzy memories and hard facts: An SC accuser's claims against Epstein, Trump examined An alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein gave FBI agents true accounts of her time growing up in SC. Claims she made about Donald Trump remain unsubstantiated.

This is very sad, but she doesn’t want to come forward, nor do you want her to.

She’s been damaged, understandably, and as a result, she has a record of domestic abuse, drugs, and crime/fraud charges.

She would be eviscerated.

Kudos for the reporters for protecting her identity.