Tom Junod is one of the best writers alive today. I can't wait to read his latest.
preview of it from NYT here:
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/s...
Book website here:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/89092/...
A new statue on the National Mall
7th US servicemember killed in war with Iran. This one in Saudi Arabia from Iran attack.
White House video treats war as if it were a video game. It isn’t.
www.cnn.com/2026/03/06/w...
Trump fires Noem
There’s nothing political about prominently covering fallen servicemembers
www.cnn.com/2026/03/04/p...
Turkish Ministry of Defense says a ballistic missile heading toward Turkish airspace -- fired by Iran and crossing through Iraqi and Syrian airspace - was neutralized quickly by NATO air and missile defense elements in the Eastern Mediterranean.
May their memories be a blessing.
RIP
Sgt. Declan Coady, 20, from Des Moines, Iowa, was posthumously promoted from specialist to sergeant. He enlisted in the Army Reserve in 2023 as an Army information technology specialist.
Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor, 39, from White Bear Lake, Minnesota, enlisted as an automated logistics specialist in the National Guard in 2005. She transferred to the Army Reserve a year later, and deployed to Kuwait and Iraq in 2019.
Sgt. 1st Class Noah Tietjens, 42, was from Bellevue, Nebraska, and enlisted in the Army Reserve in 2006 as a wheeled vehicle mechanic. He had deployed to Kuwait twice before, in 2009 and 2019.
Capt. Cody Khork, 35, from Lakeland, FL, enlisted in the National Guard in 2009 as a multiple launch rocket system/fire direction specialist. He commissioned as a military police officer in the Army Reserve in 2014, and deployed to Saudi Arabia; Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; and Poland.
(CNN) — The Pentagon has identified four of the six US service members who were killed in an Iranian drone strike on Sunday.
All four were assigned to the 103rd Sustainment Command, an Army Reserve sustainment unit out of Iowa.
www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/p...
Two additional US servicemembers KIA in Iran war, bringing total at this hour to six KIA.
A fourth US servicemember has been killed in combat operations against Iran, one “seriously wounded during Iran’s initial attacks, eventually succumbed to their injuries.”
DOD claim: “This narrative is fake and being peddled by leftists in the media.”
Fact: It’s literally what Anthropic says are the issues.
www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...
Anthropic says of Hegseth demands: “we cannot in good conscience accede to their request.”
www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...
This was hung in the White House Entrance Hall last year but I only saw it in person today.
Replacing a portrait of President Obama, the portrait by Florida artist Marc Lipp was a gift to the president. Unusual for a president to hang a picture of himself.
Be on the lookout tonight for Skutniks!
What is a Skutnik, you ask?…
Judge who allowed FBI to search Washington Post reporter’s home rips into Justice Department
www.cnn.com/2026/02/20/p...
11 years ago the body of US veteran Richard Miles was found in the woods. He had sought help from the VA and he didn’t get it.
www.cnn.com/2015/03/19/u...
Supreme Court rules that Trump’s sweeping emergency tariffs are illegal
www.cnn.com/2026/02/20/p...
Message of Savannah Guthrie to her mother Nancy’s abductor: “It’s never too late to do the right thing.”
If you know anything about where Nancy Guthrie might be please contact 1-890-CALL-FBI
Greg Brown, Guitarist Who Wrote Cake’s Biggest Hit, Dies at 56 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/a...
Attorney General Bondi lambasted by Democrats, Republicans, and Epstein survivors for hearing testimony
www.cnn.com/2026/02/12/p...
Latest on abduction of Nancy Guthrie from her home outside Tucson, AZ.
New identifying details about suspect: male, approximately 5’9” - 5’10” tall, with an average build. In the video, he is wearing a black, 25-liter ‘Ozark Trail Hiker Pack’ backpack.
Sen Brian Schatz says: just because President Trump, AG Pam Bondi & US Attorney Pirro failed in their attempt to indict and send to prison 6 congressional Democrats for that video, that doesn’t make it OK.
youtu.be/Om2vrPP1RcY?...
