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how many cents per gallon is one Iranian schoolgirl's life worth, just curious?

Everyone knows a civilized nation just pushes its victims out of a high window or poisons them with radiation.

Come on, people, this is Dictatorship 101

# = The Present Age Subscribe Sign in What do you think happens to the next story about immigration enforcement abuses? Or the next investigation into deportation policy? Or any story that might embarrass the White House at an inconvenient time? Some of those stories will still get pitched. Some will still get made. CBS will still do critical coverage of the administration sometimes, if only to maintain the pretense of independence. But the calculus has changed. The risk-reward math is different now. And at the margins, that means stories that should get told won't get told. Not because anyone explicitly killed them, but because they never got started in the first place.

Orbán analogies abound, but... Today's Washington Post quotes an anonymous CNN employee saying uncertainty is, well, paramount: "Is this a Viktor Orbán-style takeover of a network, or is it not? We simply do not know yet." Margaret Sullivan also cites the Orbán model in her new column titled "Trump just got much closer to bringing CNN to heel." So, for a refresher on "Orbánism" and how news outlets in Hungary were "captured" by Orbán's government, here's my story, from last September. Some longtime media critics are making the case that it's currently happening in the US: Victor Pickard tweeted yesterday that "the new Ellison-controlled media combine will check the boxes for all three types" of capture, "capitalistic, oligarchic, and authoritarian." However, CBS News has not been "captured." I suspect liberals who claim CBS has gone MAGA aren't really watching the network. Tomorrow, "60 Minutes" is scheduled to air what sounds like a hard-hitting Bill Whitaker piece about federal judges being "under siege." CBS says the investigation "found that judges who have ruled against the Trump administration have become top targets."

Here's what I wrote in December about what CBS is going to do to try to fool people into thinking they're still a legit news outlet vs. @brianstelter.bsky.social writing that CBS doing that is evidence it hasn't been "captured."

You can't really be falling for this? www.readtpa.com/p/the-kill-s...

For my entire life, the people protesting US wars have always been ultimately vindicated and that being right is completely forgotten when the next war comes.

"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school

Every day even we log in to our devices, I just scan to see if he’s been uploaded to the clouds yet.

@RepJeffries on X: Donald Trump promised to keep America out of costly and endless foreign wars. He is now doing the exact opposite in the Middle East. Congress must vote on a War Powers resolution immediately. 28 Feb 26

While Republicans fully support Trump's war with Iran, Democratic leaders do not oppose it. There is no effective opposition.

Hakeem Jeffries is merely demanding that the administration "must explain itself to the American people and Congress" and "provide an ironclad justification."

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Fool Me Twice: The Case for War With Iran Is Even Thinner Than It Was for Iraq The Trump admin can't seem to settle on a reason for war with Iran. That hasn't stopped them from planning a war without a "why."

The case for invading Iraq was based on lies. The Trump administration’s case for war with Iran hardly exists at all.

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This is Buddy. He does hydrotherapy to stay strong and live forever as all good boys should. 14/10 #SeniorPupSaturday (TT: doggiesbeautysalon)

My guess is that Israel will also start bombing Iranian hospitals and universities, "in self-defense".

Gaza was a blueprint.

Rep Pat Ryan (D-NY): Trump “hasn’t explained his goals. 
He hasn't told you what it will cost – both in our tax dollars and (God forbid) our kids coming home in flag-draped coffins”

*Correction: Sat., Feb. 28, & Sun., Mar. 1

JUST IN: A federal judge in Oregon has barred ICE from conducting warrantless arrests without probable cause in the state, saying the agency's "dragnets" have flouted "clear and undisputed" law. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

a whole lot of businesspeople learning in real time that a predictable and stable regulatory state - even if you don’t like some of the regulations - is vastly preferable to “boss man doesn’t like you so you’re fucked now”

What a fucking nightmare

Donald Trump's first 100 days have been characterized by the most flagrant corruption imaginable.

Today, I want to talk about 10 of the absolute worst examples.

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White House officials believe ‘the politics are a lot better’ if Israel strikes Iran first As the administration mulls military action in Iran, officials argue it’d be best ifIsrael makes the first move.

For context, Politico reported Wednesday that the Trump regime thought it would be better optics if Israel bombed Iran first so that America could just appear to be helping an ally rather than starting a new war

A U.S. official said American military strikes on Iran were underway.

Remember when Congress authorized the use of force against Iran?

Me neither.

Any U.S. attack on Iran would violate U.S. and international law.

Israel has launched a preemptive attack on Iran, Defense Minister Katz says; sirens sound across Israel * * *

“Israel has launched a preemptive attack on Iran, Defense Minister Israel Katz says.

Katz says he declared an “immediate state of emergency throughout the entire country.’”

This is the truth about the Democrats, put to words much better than I could ever muster.

Federal judge blocks new DHS policy that would allow arrest of thousands of legal refugees "The new policy turns the refugees’ American Dream into a dystopian nightmare," Judge Tunheim wrote.

BREAKING: Federal judge blocks new DHS policy that would allow arrest of thousands of legal refugees.

"The new policy turns the refugees’ American Dream into a dystopian nightmare," Judge Tunheim wrote.

Tonight, at Law Dork:

The 75 Elections to Watch This March - Bolts The 2026 midterms really are starting. Five states hold all of their primaries for federal and state offices in March, and voters there face high-profile choices. They’ll decide which Democrat... Read...

in just four days is one of the busiest election days of the year,

and my guide to all that you should be watching contains literally dozens of elections that combined are getting less attention as Crockett-Talarico, and that’s a shame boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...

Éowyn is dressed in leather armor and a green cloak. She has loose hair and is holding a sword in front of her.

Éowyn Dernhelm, shieldmaiden of Rohan
This took its time to finish, but I am so happy with the colours!!

#tolkien #lotr #lordoftherings #eowyn #tolkienart #lotrart #lotrfanart #fantasy

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 an absolute wild story