Sarah Gray

Senator Merkley to me on Trump’s war in Iran:
“This president has chosen to steal the power of the purse, breaking the Constitution; steal the power of taxation, breaking the Constitution; and now, stealing the power of War, breaking the Constitution.
I’m not sure, are we still a republic?”

Kash Patel’s latest firings ousted agents with expertise in Iran The FBI director gutted a specialized, global espionage unit of counterintelligence agents, just days before Operation Epic Fury.

Kash Patel’s latest firings ousted agents with expertise in Iran

www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...

National Park Service database flags hundreds of items that might ‘disparage’ America An internal government database reviewed by The Washington Post demonstrates the vast scope of the Trump administration’s ongoing effort to revise or remove information on African American history, cl...

Exclusive: An internal government database reviewed by The Post demonstrates the vast scope of the Trump administration’s effort to revise or remove information on African American history, climate change and other topics at hundreds of national parks.

Frog and Toad were sad for a while.

Prof. Pape studied air campaigns including while at the US Air Force's School of Advanced Airpower Studies in the 1990s ->

NEW: A judge has restored lawmakers' unfettered access to ICE detention facilities, her third ruling to block Secretary Noem's policy attempting to limit unannounced visits from members of Congress.

www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Trump may have ordered a deadly military strike on a girls’ elementary school in Iran because the Pentagon was using an out-of-date map.

At least 175 people, including dozens of young girls between seven and 12, were killed Saturday in an attack on a southern town miles from Tehran. trib.al/1BhX9NO

Iran Live Updates: Israel Strikes Hezbollah in Lebanon as Trump Says He's Prepared to Fight for Weeks The explosions outside Beirut ended a yearlong cease-fire and threatened to expand the conflict. In an interview with The New York Times, President Trump said the U.S. plans to keep up the assault on Iran for “four or five weeks.”

Israel began attacking Hezbollah in Lebanon, shattering a fragile truce that had been in place for about a year and threatening to destabilize the region as both the United States and Israel ramped up strikes on Iran.

Today should be your 38th birthday.. When you lose your son you lose more than a child you lose a piece of your heart and your joy. Life is forever altered, and nothing can ever fill that space. Yet in my soul, he remains, my precious boy, forever loved. His laughter, his smile, and his love are woven into who I am. My love for him will never fade. Yor are my pride and my joy - you've made a change that cannot be broken..

Alex's mom on his 38th birthday.

This is a bombshell: "the Pentagon wanted the company to allow for the collection and analysis of unclassified, commercial bulk data on Americans, such as geolocation and web browsing data"

This kind of agenda echoes the defunded Total Information Awareness effort, post-9/11

This is a distressing story about Trump’s attempts to impede Thomas Massie’s efforts to release the Epstein files. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

A goodbye note to co-workers from veteran CBS News producer Mary Walsh:

"We've been told to aim our reporting at a particular part of the political spectrum. Honestly, I don't know how to do that."

(via @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social)

$PSKY $WBD

Sue Craig byline siren =>

“All right,” said Toad. “Let me think of a story to tell you.”

Something that's being overlooked: The Saudi government—yes, the same gov't that butchered a Washington Post journalist a few years ago—is set to be a part owner of CNN.

Watch the full episode of Power Lines on YouTube: youtu.be/nWEG5jUrP2Q?...

AI has a millennial cringe problem From the people who brought you avocado toast: We millennials are bringing the "chaotic," "unhinged," and other generational-coded words to ChatGPT.

Have you ever noticed that AI video like Sora always puts people in skinny jeans? I feel like ChatGPT is like that too -- it speaks in millenial cringe because it was trained on Reddit and 2010s internet posts www.businessinsider.com/chatgpt-mill...

Trump told FBI Director Kash Patel he didn't like his Olympics hijinks Trump told Patel directly that he wasn't pleased about his viral locker-room partying with the U.S. men's hockey team, as well as his use of a government jet to travel to Italy.

BREAK: Donald Trump told Kash Patel he wasn’t thrilled with his Olympic hijinks:

www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Core wholesale prices rose 0.8% in January, much more than expected The core producer price index increased a seasonally adjusted 0.8%, more than the 0.6% gain in December.

Core wholesale prices rose 0/8% in January - much more than expected. by Jeff Cox @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2026/02/27/p...

911 calls capture kids burning with fever, struggling to breathe at ICE detention center EMS crews were called to the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas at least 11 times since September for children in medical distress, records show.

NEW: We obtained 911 audio from the Texas detention center housing hundreds of immigrant kids and their parents.

Since mid-September, EMS crews have been dispatched to Dilley at least 11 times to treat children in medical distress.

Burning fevers. Low oxygen. Seizures. A broken leg.

My report:

CNN Braces for Ellison's Control With David Ellison poised to take control of Warner Bros. Discovery, a chill has settled over CNN as staffers fear for the future. "The panic at CNN right now is off the charts," an insider tells Stat...

Suffice to say, the mood inside CNN is not good tonight.

“We are doomed," one staffer texted me.

“The panic at CNN right now is off the charts,” an insider added.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cnn-david-...

Investigative Post obtained this video of Border Patrol abandoning Nurul Shah Alam, the nearly blind Burmese refugee who was found dead

www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/26/t...

I am devastated to hear of the passing of Nurul Amin Shah Alam. He was a refugee of the Rohingya genocide living in Buffalo, New York. Border Patrol agents wrongfully detained him and dumped him on the street in brutal winter conditions. Blind and walking with a cane, he died trying to get home.

Patel Ousts F.B.I. Personnel Tied to Inquiry Into Trump’s Retained Classified Records

NYT adds important context for this reporting on Kash Patel and Susie Wiles (plus oddity of Patel being Reuters' source for his own grievance)

[1] "Requests for phone records are common in complex criminal investigations to establish timelines and provide proof of communication."

Kash Patel fires at least six FBI agents tied to 2022 Mar-a-Lago search The dismissals come as the FBI director said his phone records were obtained by federal authorities during the Biden administration in connection with investigations into Trump.

"These actions weaken the Bureau by stripping away critical expertise and destabilizing the workforce, undermining trust in leadership and jeopardizing the Bureau’s ability to meet its recruitment goals—ultimately putting the nation at greater risk.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Florida uses emergency rule to cut patients off AIDS medication The state filed the changes the day before a legal hearing with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation.

Florida uses emergency rule to cut patients off AIDS medication
www.tampabay.com/news/florida...

Blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol dies in Buffalo. A nearly blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol miles from his home dies in Buffalo after having been missing for nearly a week.

Here's a story about his death www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...

I went to Trump's State of the Union. This was the moment when the room's mood shifted. Here's what it was like for one reporter to be in the room for the longest State of the Union in American history.

Here's what it was like for one reporter to be in the room for the longest State of the Union in American history.

Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

EXCLUSIVE: An @npr.org investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

Other documents that mention Trump have been taken down (and some restored).

More:

It's really amazing that hockey was handed this glorious moment to expand its reach with Heated Rivalry and then the US men's team just botched it.

Footage captured at major airports and verified by CNN showed distant smoke and panicked travelers.

Read more: https://cnn.it/4rZJfW4