Marissa Rothkopf

YouTube video by The Secret Life of Cookies Live with Lt General Mark Hertling and Marissa Rothkopf: Leadership, Strength and Cookies

Hours after the attack on Iran, I interviewed Lt. Gen@markhertling.bsky.social about the breaking news & his book "If I Don't Return" about his yrs as a soldier and leader..I cried reading it. Kindness and intelligence in a leader makes me weep these days. Pls watch.
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"You can be a genius and kind and one of those things does not have to come at the expense of the other."

Commands around the world, including U.S. Central Command in the Middle East, use Anthropic’s Claude AI tool, people familiar with the matter confirmed. Centcom declined to comment about specific systems being used in its ongoing operation against Iran. The command uses the tool for intelligence assessments, target identification and simulating battle scenarios even as tension between the company and Pentagon ratcheted up, the people said, highlighting how embedded the AI tools are in military operations.

The WSJ is reporting that AI, specifically Claude, was used in targeting for the attacks by the Epstein Empire.

That would mean the use of AI led directly to the massacre of 115 schoolchildren and 20 volleyball players.

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He is hubris in a suit, tie and red,white and blue pocket square.

I SWEAR I spit out my muesli when I read this.

Someone didn’t finish his copy of How to Make Friends and Influence People.

For real? I was there moments before @harrylitman.bsky.social. You could’ve come over and made soufflé in person…a live Secret life of Cookies podcast!

The Week Ahead February 27, 2026

Lots of tails wagging lots of dogs this week. Trump clearly wants you to forget there are documents about him missing from the Epstein files. But I devote most of this piece to a quiet phenomenon: federal judges, declaring war on ICE open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Pres Trump told me tonight the US had identified possible candidates to take over Iran, but they were killed in the initial attack. "The attack was so successful it knocked out most of the candidates," Trump told me. "It's not going to be anybody that we were thinking of because they are all dead. Second or third place is dead."

complete insanity

@alonpinkas.bsky.social You didn’t actually think that was oil in those tanks in Elizabeth did you??

I read this article with horror. Inhuman.

Love this. Beautiful.

Live with Lt General Mark Hertling and Marissa Rothkopf: Leadership, Strength and Cookies A recording from Marissa Rothkopf's live video

Here's a link to the recording. open.substack.com/pub/marissar...

pay attention.

Live at 10 AM with Lt. General Mark Hertling My live event with Lt.

What a morning to have Lt. General Mark Hertling as my guest. We discussed the latest w Iran, and why character, values and listening are vital to good leadership... (And his imp new book, If I Don't Return). A must-listen. @markhertling.bsky.social

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This is the Epstein War. There is no imminent threat from Iran. There is no public support or authorization for war. Regime change is highly unlikely. This is about a domestic threat to Trump not a foreign threat to the nation. Trump is desperate to change the conversation from the Epstein scandal.

JFC

Senator calls for DEA to provide info on "incredibly disturbing" Epstein drug investigation Federal drug enforcement investigators targeted Jeffrey Epstein and 14 others in a yearslong probe first reported by CBS News.

This is a big one. A newly uncovered document has revealed the existence of a mystery Epstein investigation. It was spearheaded by the DEA and involved drug trafficking and money laundering. Epstein was one of 15 targets. The other 14 names are redacted. I've got questions.

This Is Not How Democracies Go to War. It’s How Dictators Do. Donald Trump has said almost nothing to justify going to war against Iran. The real reason may be something he dare not speak of.

Trump has hardly said a word about Iran over the past week, even in his State of the Union address. Congress is a bystander. There are no hearings, no debate, no public support. Whether America plunges into a unpredictable major war appears to rest on the whims of one man. tinyurl.com/2s3m42jv

Take the time and watch. Give it to yourself.

I adore her. Have you listened to her book? I really mean listen. Listening to her read her autobiography is perfection.

Might want to pair this with the other popular Times story: "More Americans are moving to other countries."

Remember, ICE only goes after "the worst of the worst" -- murderers, rapists, drug traffickers and, apparently, Ivy League students cramming for a Genetics exam.

In Homeland Security's latest act of indecency, it's seizing crayons from children who dare to draw what their life is like in immigration detention.

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Braggart!

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Yes. This. And go look at your local newspaper or watch cable TV news and tell me where this scandal figures. Crickets. Just another allegation of rape and sexual assault. Just another DoJ cover up.

Inside: Your Very Own State of the Union Bingo Cards! (plus: other things to do if you want to do something better with your time.)

I’ve made Bingo cards so you can keep track of all the best words he uses. open.substack.com/pub/marissar...

Now there's a fantasy.