The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 3/6/26

Good morning kids. The military operations to degrade Iran's military capabilities and ultimately to take down the regime continue, and evidently it is turning into a global affair. First we have the nation of Sri Lanka:

The fact the ship has been handed over to the Sri Lankan authorities so quickly strongly suggests the captain took the decision to preserve the life of his men by opting out of the conflict. . . Given the facts as known, this is the first time since the Second World War that a warship has been interned by the government of a neutral power. During the Second World War, several damaged U-Boats were able to limp to neutral harbours and turn themselves over to the authorities after being damaged in attacks, preferring to see out the remainder of the war in captivity rather than the certainty of death at sea.

And crucially Azerbaijan coming in against the Mullahs

President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan declared on Thursday that his country would use “the full might of our ‘Iron Fist'” against the terrorist regime in Iran after drones flying in from Iran struck an airport and near a school building in the Caucasus nation.

You might recall that during the Obama reign of error, Azerbaijan was going to allow Israel to base strike aircraft on its territory, making it much easier for the Israelis to reach Iranian targets with adequate payloads and fuel for the return trip, while attacking from the north, which would provide for the element of surprise. And Obama, being the Jew-hating dog-eating Muslim traitor he is, tipped off the Mullahs to this. Whether Israel alone even with these advantages could have achieved anywhere near a successful knockout blow against the Iranian nuke facilities back then is debatable, but in the event, it's now obviously a moot point.

On a positive note, along with Israel, Azerbaijan for sure does not want to see another Mullahocracy take control and so has a vested interest in real regime change.

Turning back to the USA, the big story is the departure of Kristi Norm from the Dept. of Homeland Security.

Noem’s tenure as head of DHS comes to an end after a heated Senate hearing, in which Noem blamed Trump for approving questionable contracts worth over $200 million for deportation ads, which raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest.

Say what you will about her personally, but the fact of the matter is DHS, with her as its administrator, was the key agency that finally sealed our border and deported thousands of illegal aliens, representing a key, if not the most important accomplishment for President Trump's administration to date, and fulfilling a campaign promise and the longstanding desire of all real Americans who voted for and support this President.

And now Sen. Markwayne Mullin has been tapped to replace her.

An administration official reportedly told NBC News that Trump decided to fire Noem due to “a culmination of her many unfortunate leadership failures including the fallout in Minnesota, the ad campaign, the allegations of infidelity, the mismanagement of her staff, and her constant feuding with the heads of other agencies, including CBP and ICE.” The official allegedly said: “Kristi’s drama sadly overshadowed and distracted from the Administration’s extremely popular immigration agenda, which will continue full force.”

Well, unnamed sources, so there you go. But the fact remains that Trump sacked her. And with regards to Minnesota, is she being blamed for the multi-billion dollar Somali/Democrat grifting or ICE rounding up the grifters, which is what they're supposed to do?! The fact that the Democrats and their propagandists in the media are over the moon about Noem's departure leaves me more than a wee bit disappointed.

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AMERICA & ISRAEL STRIKE IRAN!

“Khamenei’s son [Mojtaba Khamenei] is a lightweight.”
Trump: ‘I Have to be Involved in the Appointment’ of Iran’s Next Leader
He didn't stand a chance.
How Israel Tracked Ayatollah Khamenei
Israel delivered one of the most dramatic and accurate military strikes in modern Middle East history when a precision ballistic missile killed Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Talk about warheads on foreheads!
How Israel’s Blue Sparrow Strike Flew Through Space and Caught Iran Off Guard
Sri Lanka (Ceylon) has assumed control of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ship (IRIS) Bushehr, a fleet supply ship (oiler). Sri Lanka has sent craft to receive the 1970s-era ship within its territorial waters and, per local media, has taken off 208 officers and men, who are to be sent ashore. The ship will now be taken by the Sri Lankans to Trincomalee for internment for the duration of hostilities.
Iranian Warship Surrenders to Sri Lankans, First Time Ship Interned By Neutral Nation Since Second World War
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan declared on Thursday that his country would use “the full might of our ‘Iron Fist'” against the terrorist regime in Iran after drones flying in from Iran struck an airport and near a school building in the Caucasus nation.
Azerbaijan Vows ‘Iron First’ Against Enemies After Suspected Iran Bombing
It's not always Iraq. And pretending that it is, is ignorant.
Regime Change Vs. Regime Replacement: Lessons From History
No one wants another war, but Biden proved appeasement doesn't work. (It wasn't appeasement so much as it was COLLUSION. Biden, i.e. OBAMA wanted Iran to get nukes and become the dominant power in the region. Even if it meant, and really wanting the destruction of Israel - jjs)
Why Trump Took on Iran
As the Operation Roaring Lion enters its sixth day, the Israeli Air Force has destroyed more than 300 ballistic missile launchers across Iran.
IDF Orders Mass Evacuation of Hezbollah Stronghold in Beirut Ahead of Strike
"We're not just hitting what they have," Cooper said. "We're destroying their ability to rebuild. And so as we transition to the next phase of this operation, we will systematically dismantle Iran's missile production capability for the future, and that's absolutely in progress."
Iranian Ballistic Missile Fire Down 90 Percent Since Start of Operation Epic Fury, Pentagon Says
Prediction: This war will end with Iran’s mullahs still in control. (At least, the ones that haven’t been killed yet.) Because it has to: We’re hoping the Iranian civilians will rise up and overthrow the government, but they can’t do that until the bombing stops. Which means that immediately after America and Israel conclude their air strikes, Iran will claim victory because it’s still standing.
Iran’s Strategy to Defeat America, Shatter the MAGA Movement, and End Trump’s Presidency
I’m confident it’s going to be the same in Iran. Unlike Iraq and Afghanistan, where stupid people like me believed you could turn 7th-century goat herders and religious fanatics into Thomas Jefferson, Trump’s stated goals in Iran are clear: Annihilate Iran’s rocket, missile, and ballistic missile capabilities. Destroy their nuclear program. Remove any leader who does not accept this or who continues to fund terrorism outside of Iran. The Trump Doctrine is that you state your objective, achieve your objectives, and then you declare victory and get out.
Trump Doctrine of ‘Declare Victory and Leave’ Goes Back to 2007
Iran is often looked at in terms of terrorism. But economically, the mullah regime has cost us billions, too.
47 Years of Economic War: Epic Fury at Iran’s Assault on America
Fred Fleitz: As Iran unleashes missiles and drones across the Middle East while racing to build a protective “missile shield” for its nuclear ambitions, Operation Epic Fury may have come just in time.
Iran’s Surging Missile ‘Shield’: The Best Justification for Attacking Iran Now
Perhaps we forgot what it’s like when politicians act on their promises. Perhaps our enemies forgot as well.
Douglas Murray: Unlike past presidents, Trump kept and delivered his promise to eliminate our enemies
Neutralizing the military infrastructure of a deadly regime.
Operation Epic Fury’s Goals
From Iran's perspective, this is an existential conflict. The revolutionary government in Iran intends to destroy Israel, slaughter Jews worldwide, and, in its leaders' more fevered dreams, conquer the globe. The war it began 47 years ago ultimately is a war of annihilation.
What It Means To Achieve Victory in Iran

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If the United States Senate can figure out who’s responsible for all these unfortunate wars over the last couple of decades, somebody’s really gonna hear about it.
Senate Debate On Iran War Turns Into Senile Men Shouting At Sky
Those who support our enemies are enemies, too.
‘Death to America’ Democrats Don’t Belong Here
CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
The incident happened in Ann Arbor when two employees at the shop told Jacob Lindemyer and his wife Erika they had to leave because his hoodie said “Trump 2024 – Take America Back,” Fox 2 reported Wednesday.
VIDEO — ‘Better Watch Your Back’: Trump Supporter Refused Service at Michigan Smoothie King Says Family Is Being Threatened
Abdul Jalloh, an illegal alien from Sierra Leone, allegedly stabbed to death Stephanie Minter, 41, at a Virginia bus stop. He entered the U.S. in 2012.
Virginia Lt. Gov.’s Bodyguard Pushes Reporter Who Asked About Illegal Alien Accused of Murder
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
The current Secretary, Kristi Noem, who has served us well, and has had numerous and spectacular results (especially on the Border!), will be moving to be Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas, our new Security Initiative in the Western Hemisphere we are announcing on Saturday in Doral, Florida. I thank Kristi for her service at “Homeland.”
Kristi Noem Out: Trump Picks Sen. Markwayne Mullin as Replacement
The announcement follows two Congressional oversight hearings Tuesday and Wednesday where lawmakers grilled Noem on her job overseeing the Department. Two fatal shootings in Minnesota following the DHS’ Operation Metro Surge and an alleged affair with her top aide have led members of Congress to scrutinize Noem’s leadership.
Trump Reveals Sen. Markwayne Mullin Will Replace Fired Kristi Noem At DHS
The official allegedly said: “Kristi’s drama sadly overshadowed and distracted from the Administration’s extremely popular immigration agenda, which will continue full force.”
Kristi Noem Out as Homeland Security Secretary; Sen. Markwayne Mullin Tapped to Take Her Place
"We all work by the grace of somebody.”
Minutes After Trump Replaced Her, Noem Highlights Key Point About Her Work
THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE
: Over $250 million in taxpayer funds were allegedly stolen, with dozens charged in the fraud scheme.
Fraud: Judge Accuses Walz of Lying About Order to Fund Scandal-Hit ‘Feeding Our Future’ Org.
In Maryland, for instance, federal authorities moved in to shut down three India-based call centers that were making cold calls to U.S. seniors to sell fraudulent gold bars. The scammers reportedly stole upwards of $50 million from more than 600 victims in the U.S. through wire transfer, cryptocurrency, and gold bar schemes, ABC News reported
FBI Cracks Down on Indian Migrant ‘Gold Bar’ Scam Targeting Seniors
Lankford is introducing The Stop Unemployment Fraud Act to reform the joint federal-state Unemployment Insurance (UI) program following the hundreds of billions in fraudulent unemployment payments made during the height of the layoffs during the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill would strengthen the program and ensure only those eligible and in need would be able to benefit from the system. (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Whip Emmer Says Blue States Are ‘On Notice’ In Trump’s War On Fraud)
EXCLUSIVE: Sen. James Lankford Goes For Jugular Of $100,000,000,000 In Blue State Unemployment Fraud
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
Col. Allen West: One judge. One ruling. The will of Texas voters overturned.
When Judges Override the People
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
All efforts to stop it have been shut down as “Islamophobic.”
How Did the Muslim Brotherhood Advance This Far?
Israel has been shrinking while Islam has been growing.
The Big Lie of “Greater Israel”
There are only two possible and mutually exclusive options.
Can The Quran Affirm The Bible Without Contradicting Itself?
Instead of their Jew-hating tormentors.
Elderly Jewish Ladies Booted Out of Spanish Museum (Nobody expected the Spanish Inquisition . . . to return. Feh - jjs)

OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
“But the issue of Bibi is interesting because he’s got his own domestic issues. He’s trying to stay out of jail.”
Newsom Repeats Slur Israel is an ‘Apartheid State’ in Blatant Attempt to Appeal to Dem Base
One meme that caught Corinne Goldman's eye mocked the slogan 'Jews for Palestine' as 'chickens for KFC'
Levi Strauss Heir Dan Goldman Distances Himself From Pro-Israel Wife Who ‘Liked’ Social Media Post From ‘God Bless Donald Trump’
Our moral betters, our moral superiors, those who sneer at us for our support of someone as “uncouth” as Donald Trump; those who have lectured us for a decade about how they are the virtuous, tolerant, and empathetic ones… These very same people are suddenly okay with supporting and defending a guy who sported a Nazi tattoo for 18 years.
Bulwark, Matt Yglesias Embrace Graham ‘Nazi Tattoo’ Platner
American Priorities PAC has said it will capitalize on the growing anti-Israel sentiment sweeping the Dem base
Mamdani Donor Attack on Democrat Incumbent Fails
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
When the dust settled, the annualized productivity growth rate for the entire current business cycle — dating from the fourth quarter of 2019 — was revised up from 2.0 percent to 2.2 percent. That matches the long-run average going back to 1947, and far exceeds the 1.5 percent rate of the sluggish 2007-to-2019 cycle that spawned a decade of productivity pessimism.
America’s Productivity Boom Is Getting Hard To Ignore
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
A Satanic cultist who killed his parents in a plot to assassinate President Donald Trump was sentenced Thursday to two life sentences without the possibility of parole. Nikita Casap, 18, confessed to the murders in January after authorities found him living with his parents’ corpses in their Wisconsin home, court records show. Law enforcement also found materials detailing his descent into nihilistic ideology, terrorist plots and discussions with unidentified individuals who egged him on — a spiral that ultimately led a Waukesha County court to lock him up permanently.
Court Sentences Teen Who Killed Parents In Deranged Trump Assassination Plot
This guy is playing the race card because the left handed it to him and told him he’s a victim.
Father of 12-Year-Old Rape Suspect Says Son Shouldn't Face Prison Time Because He's Black
But critics object, equating lawlessness with free speech.
States Take Steps to Fight Civil Terrorism
Does it ever seem like certain types of crimes get ignored or played down by legacy media? As humorist David Burge (Iowahawk) famously stated, “journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving.” We aim to correct this by bringing you the crime stories the media hate to cover in our new daily feature...
American Crime Blotter: 3/5/26
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
Unless Governor Kathy Hochul can change course, the 2019 Climate Act’s unrealistic targets threaten the grid’s reliability.
New York, Get Ready for Higher Energy Bills and Rolling Blackouts
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
The school labeled his remarks a “major incident”.
Maine Eighth Grader Suspended for Private Comments about Trans Investigation
Trump’s EOs and the Supreme Court make DEI illegal—but colleges keep rebranding it to dodge the law.
Bad Faith Noncompliance: Virginia Schools Flout Supreme Court and Trump with DEI ‘Rebrand’
More than 2 in 3 schools (68 percent) are performing worse in both math and reading than they did before the Covid panic.
Another Study Shows How Covid Learning Losses Are Still Hurting Students
THE 2020 and SUBSEQUENT ELECTION HEISTS , SHENANIGANS/FRAUD and AFTERMATH
The House on Wednesday approved the Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act, with 176 Republicans voting in favor — just a week after some GOP House members reportedly drew battle lines over blocking Senate priorities. President Donald Trump has been pushing Congress to pass the SAVE America Act for weeks in a bid to advance the GOP’s election integrity agenda. (RELATED: Senate Republicans Have The Power To Force Democrats To Filibuster Voter ID — So Why Don’t They?)
House GOP Seemingly Relents In SAVE Act Standoff With Senate
GOP commentators expressed disappointment at Paxton’s offer, but he actually appears to be calling the bluff of those who expect him to stand aside for Cornyn, demanding they advance President Donald J. Trump’s agenda if they want to keep their Republican-in-name-only (RINO) colleague in post.
Ken Paxton’s Genius Move Turning the Texas Primary Into a Referendum on the SAVE Act and the Future of America’s Elections.
The North Carolina Republican primary for state Senate District 26 is currently separated by two votes.
North Carolina’s Two-Vote Race Is Exactly Why The SAVE Act Is So Necessary
Unless the President and Republican leaders become strong men on immigration and the SAVE Act, we are in for some very bad times.
Weak Men And Hard Times: The SAVE Act As A Tipping Point
BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS
The DOJ’s failure to act against Biden or his aides marks another setback for Bondi, who has already failed to act hold the likes of former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James to account.
Pam Bondi Ends Investigation into Biden’s Autopen Usage.
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
The Kennedy heir closed his remarks with a quote from the Broadway musical 'Hamilton' that he attributed to 'our Founding Father'
FLASHBACK: Schumer Taps Jack Schlossberg to America250 Commission
From arguing ‘God is nonbinary’ to ‘grieving’ over protecting the unborn, it’s clear Talarico is a leftist lab experiment gone wrong. (Testube marked 'failure' - jjs)
17 Times James Talarico Made Us Wonder If He Was Created In A Lab
Gonzales is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee and faces calls to step down, while continuing his campaign for re-election.
Congressman Confirms Affair With Staffer Who Later Burned Herself to Death.
POLITICS
Those who constantly point the finger of calumny at Trump point three fingers back at themselves.
Will Never-Trumpers Ever Admit They Were Wrong?
A May 2025 clip of Carville telling Omar to leave the Democrat Party on his “Politics War Room” podcast resurfaced and went viral on Feb. 25. Host Stephen A. Smith asked the Democrat strategist on his show to explain what prompted him to push Omar to depart from his party.
James Carville Slams BRO-FO Omar Over ‘Stupid’ Rhetoric
16 months after Kamala Harris cackled her way into a loss against President Donald Trump, the Democratic Party seems to have realized its candidates need an image makeover to get voters to forget what their team actually believes. The name of the game is acting normal and talking like a moderate. For Democrats, that’s a stretch.
Texas Democrat James Talarico’s ‘moderate’ act exposes his party’s new scam
The 36-year-old nominee is described as a “rising star” in Democrat politics and was seen the more moderate and electable choice for the party, given Crockett’s reputation as an outrageous and theatrical Democrat firebrand. But newly uncovered past tweets exposing Talarico’s bizarre woke views make the 44-year-old Crockett seems like an elder stateswoman in comparison.
‘He’s Toast’: Texas Democrat James Talarico’s Old Tweets Come Back to Haunt Him (Beatification to Beto-fication - jjs)
Endorsing John Cornyn, the Senate’s leading RINO, would be disloyal to Texas’ loyal conservative base — and to himself.
Trump Despises RINOs. So Why Is He Reportedly About To Endorse One Of The Swamp’s Biggest?
What I learned
Two Decades in the Swamp
There are no moderates among elected Democrats. (because their policies and beliefs, like Islam, are antithetical to morality, sanity and civilization - jjs)
They Can’t Give It Up
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
The incident highlights the escalating tensions between Ukraine and Hungary, with Zelensky accused of imposing an “oil blockade” on Hungary and Orban threatening to block tens of billions of dollars in EU aid for Ukraine in return.
Zelensky Threatens to Give Orban’s Address to Ukrainian Military.
Short version: Putin is stirring up ethnic crap in western Ukraine to distract from the ethnic crap he’s stirring up in eastern Ukraine, and he’s being aided in his efforts by pro-Moscow forces in Budapest and by ethnic Rusyns overseas. Put into an even broader context, we now have two ostensible NATO allies — Hungary and Turkey — working at cross purposes to Western interests. Putin doesn’t have to blow up NATO to get what he wants; the edges of the alliance are fraying all on their own. NATO is turning into a giant new Sub-Carpathian Ruthenia — it just doesn’t know it yet.
The Weirdest Thing Just Happened in Ukraine... Again
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
And yes, while China is a net importer of oil and natural gas — and yugely so — the Communist nation exports refined products including gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and marine bunker fuel, largely to Southeast Asian, South Pacific, and African nations. But not as of today.
EPIC FURY: Trump's Play to Starve the Dragon?
The conference highlighted the U.S.’s commitment to using military power to protect the homeland and emphasized the importance of regional cooperation against cartels.
EXC: War Department Declares ‘The Western Hemisphere is Ours,’ Sets Out New ‘Donroe Doctrine.’
U.S. actions in Venezuela have intensified pressure on Cuba, leading to severe economic instability.
Trump Says ‘Cuba’s Going to Fall,’ Mulls ‘Friendly Takeover.’
The "special" job is, of course, taking over Cuba (last week, Trump called it a "friendly takeover"). The president implied during his speech that it would happen in a couple of weeks, but he said we need to get Iran under control first. But Trump was adamant, as he has been for weeks, that Cuba will fall. Of the regime, he said, "They want to make a deal so badly. You have no idea."
Trump to Rubio: Here's Your Next Project
The Americas Counter Cartel Conference Joint Security Declaration aims to ‘expand multilateral and bilateral cooperation’ in the hemisphere to combat narcoterrorism and other security threats.
Hegseth Partners With 17 Countries To Fight Narcoterrorists In Western Hemisphere
Somali officials are allegedly linked to a network trafficking terrorists, fraud and children into the U.S. and Western nations, according to confidential reports exclusively shared with the Daily Caller by a Somali lawmaker.
EXCLUSIVE: Somali Lawmaker Shares How US Pays The Price Of Somali Terror And Trafficking
One thing unites the three great powers: all stand in increasingly strained relations with Brussels and the leading capitals of the European Union.
Fresh Troubles for the EU
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
Echinus Geyser, the largest acidic geyser on Earth, has erupted again for the first time since 2020.
Dormant Geyser Reawakens in Yellowstone With a Dazzling Show, Supervolcano Speculation
This result is actually disappointing, in that an impact of this asteroid, estimated to be about 200 feet in diameter, would have not only been spectacular, but would have been scientifically useful. ... The impact would have also eliminated the chance this asteroid might hit the Earth in the future.
New Webb data says asteroid 2024 YR4 will miss the Moon in 2032
...these results add weight to the need for developing interplanetary spaceships with some sort of artificial gravity.
Does weightlessness cause blood clots?
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
He refused to use transgender pronouns – now the school district is going to pay a $650,000 settlement to end the lawsuit.
Teacher Wins $650K Settlement After Refusing To Use ‘Preferred Pronouns’
International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8 is touted as a global celebration of the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. However, this year’s celebration is also providing a worldwide platform from which gender ideologues hope to promote their efforts to recognize men who say they identify as women as actual women through official themes and a number of trans-inclusive events worldwide. Make that make sense.
Celebrating International Women’s Day In a Culture That Cannot Define What a Woman Is
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
“By age seven, the younger Mill had read most of Plato’s dialogues. . . He did not believe that happiness itself could be attained by rational means. . . Larger ideals are just what technocratic liberalism tells us to do without. . .I don’t want to see armies of drones when I look out the window. . .Liberals would do well to take more seriously the anti-liberal critique of technocracy.”
Abundance Is Not Enough
A once-banned novel about migration and civilizational guilt reads today less like dystopia than prophecy—an unsettling mirror held up to a West losing the will to defend itself.
The Camp of the Living Dead
Christian Toto: Film captures career of one of comedy's most consequential figure
Will ‘Lorne’ Doc Ask the One Question We’re All Wondering?
Time and again, what appears to be the inexorable march to the hard left turns out to be another example of fake news. Traditional, right-of-center Americans are usually too peace-loving to take to the streets and too respectful of law and order to vandalize stores or set buildings on fire when things don’t go their way. Often, it looks like most of the momentum is on the left by their frequent shows of riotous force.
From Bud Light to Netflix, Traditional Americans Keep Winning the War on ‘Woke’
HITHER & YON
Selections from The Camp of the Saints revisit a dystopian warning about mass migration, cultural collapse, and the West’s moral paralysis—one that many readers now see as uncomfortably prophetic.
Excerpted Passages from a New Translation of Jean Raspail’s The Camp of the Saints
Above all, however, this history does illustrate what Washington himself believed, that God himself was on his side, that “the same bountiful Providence, which has relieved us in a variety of difficulties before, will enable us to emerge from them ultimately and crown our struggles
with success.” Tuchman illustrates the almost miraculous confluence of events that made
that success possible. And in looking at those facts, it sure looks like God was playing favorites in making the birth of the United States possible.
The American Revolution, as seen from across the Atlantic

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 06, 2026 07:31 AM (hY+PL)

2 Good morning horde! Happy Friday!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 07:32 AM (ExV1e)

3 Greetings one and all! It's a decent day so far made easier by the fact I have just enough coffee to get through the next few hours.

Oh right. The articles. Back in a moment.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 06, 2026 07:32 AM (+4yJ5)

4 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at March 06, 2026 07:32 AM (NcvvS)

5 “ I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”

Genesis 12:3

Posted by: Marcus T at March 06, 2026 07:33 AM (zEajA)

6 Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at March 06, 2026 07:33 AM (lBwkW)

7 Gut shabbes and a happy weekend to you, too, JJ!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 06, 2026 07:34 AM (MIIRH)

8 6 Guten morgen, horde.
Posted by: clarence at March 06, 2026 07:33 AM (lBwkW)

You have Clearance Clarence...!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 06, 2026 07:34 AM (x0n13)

9 My heart will go on.

Posted by: Supreme Leader at March 06, 2026 07:34 AM (vFG9F)

10 Waiting to hear details:

https://tinyurl.com/ymkkfncp

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 06, 2026 07:35 AM (hY+PL)

11 Lindemyer said his family merely wants to feel safe and be able to wear what they choose without being targeted.

Democrats: "It's your fault for wearing something that was so threatening!"
Also Democrats: "You can't blame a woman for assault just because of how she was dressed!"

Posted by: NR Pax at March 06, 2026 07:36 AM (+4yJ5)

12 "Echinus Geyser, the largest acidic geyser on Earth, has erupted again for the first time since 2020."

Jerry Nadler is second runner up.

Posted by: fd at March 06, 2026 07:36 AM (vFG9F)

13 I recall Valerie Jarrett's mouthpiece saying that s/he wouldn't rule out the USAF/Navy flying interdiction missions for Iran if Israel should decide to strike. What a different time.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 06, 2026 07:38 AM (BI5O2)

14 My heart will go on."

And on and on and on...

*cues up "Bits and Pieces" by the Dave Clark Five*

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 07:38 AM (XuXeR)

15 "New Webb data says asteroid 2024 YR4 will miss the Moon in 2032"

whew

Posted by: Space 1999 at March 06, 2026 07:39 AM (vFG9F)

16 Lankford is introducing The Stop Unemployment Fraud Act to reform the joint federal-state Unemployment Insurance (UI) program following the hundreds of billions in fraudulent unemployment payments made during the height of the layoffs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Unless this legislation cuts off federal funds for states who do not police the system, I anticipate that this will accomplish nothing, even if it were to be enacted.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 07:40 AM (ExV1e)

17 13 I recall Valerie Jarrett's mouthpiece saying that s/he wouldn't rule out the USAF/Navy flying interdiction missions for Iran if Israel should decide to strike. What a different time.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 06, 2026 07:38 AM (BI5O2)

I had forgotten that!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 06, 2026 07:40 AM (x0n13)

18 An Indiana school district will pay $650,000 to end a lengthy legal battle after one of its schools tried to coerce a Christian teacher into using made-up pronouns for its gender-confused students.

These people need to be fired until they get the hint to leave normal people alone.

Oh, and they need to stop grooming kids. I don't care if it's a beautiful lifestyle choice.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 06, 2026 07:41 AM (+4yJ5)

19 Waiting to hear details:

https://tinyurl.com/ymkkfncp

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 06, 2026 07:35 AM (hY+PL)
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"IT'S A TRAP!"

https://tinyurl.com/4522pe7e

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 06, 2026 07:43 AM (hY+PL)

20 Oh, and they need to stop grooming kids"

Why? After all, it's not their kids...

/

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 07:43 AM (XuXeR)

21 14 My heart will go on."

And on and on and on...

*cues up "Bits and Pieces" by the Dave Clark Five*
Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 07:38 AM (XuXeR)

Dem bones dem bones . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 06, 2026 07:44 AM (x0n13)

22 20 Why? After all, it's not their kids...

/
Posted by: man

They can't reproduce so they have to recruit.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 06, 2026 07:44 AM (+4yJ5)

23 The state of Colorado is repatriating bison to various Indian groups in the state.

DENVER — The City and County of Denver will give 34 yearling bison to American Indian tribes, on Friday, March 6.

The transfer is part of an ongoing effort to return the animals to their native homes and support conservation efforts on tribal land. The bison are part of the herd you see at Genesee Park along I-70.

Sidenote: our queer governor's partner in sodomy- sorry, 'husband'- is an animals rights fetishist, so it's plausible he has a hand in this

Posted by: Don Black at March 06, 2026 07:45 AM (ZxPkt)

24 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning , Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at March 06, 2026 07:45 AM (fcoLq)

25 They can't reproduce so they have to recruit."

Exactly so. I'm always a bit surprised that so many teachers are single, childless women...

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 07:46 AM (XuXeR)

26 A most excellent MR, JJ. Thanks!

Also noting this auspicious occasion, the anniversary of your birth.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 06, 2026 07:46 AM (wVcYX)

27 so it's plausible he has a hand in this"

Ewwww.

Oh, you meant "hand in the project". Whew.

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 07:47 AM (XuXeR)

28 The City and County of Denver will give 34 yearling bison to American Indian tribes, on Friday, March 6.
The transfer is part of an ongoing effort to return the animals to their native homes and support conservation efforts on tribal land. The bison are part of the herd you see at Genesee Park along I-70.

How soon before the indians sell the bison to a meat packer and use the money for booze?

Posted by: Zombie Andrew Jackson, Indian Fighter at March 06, 2026 07:47 AM (D1j1g)

29 The House on Wednesday approved the Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act, with 176 Republicans voting in favor — just a week after some GOP House members reportedly drew battle lines over blocking Senate priorities. President Donald Trump has been pushing Congress to pass the SAVE America Act for weeks in a bid to advance the GOP’s election integrity agenda.

Sure would be nice if the article had given a brief description of what that act did and why Thune wants it so much. Seems pretty reasonable.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 07:48 AM (ExV1e)

30 I would like to know the ratio of bulls to heifers in that donation

Posted by: Ben Had at March 06, 2026 07:49 AM (+nEug)

31 27 so it's plausible he has a hand in this"

Ewwww.

Oh, you meant "hand in the project". Whew.
Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 07:47 AM (XuXeR)

My friend, sadly now of blessed memory, used to tell me the moment he decided not to become a veterinarian, when he had to shove his arm up a cow's ass to remove some sort of obstruction. At the point he quit and became an artist.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 06, 2026 07:49 AM (x0n13)

32 31, that's why they sell shoulder-length rubber gloves out in the country stores ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 06, 2026 07:51 AM (MIIRH)

33 >>when he had to shove his arm up a cow's ass

Doctor Pol seems to do that about once per episode. I think he rather enjoys it.

Posted by: one hour sober at March 06, 2026 07:51 AM (Y1sOo)

34
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 06, 2026 07:51 AM (tljrc)

35 28 How soon before the indians sell the bison to a meat packer and use the money for booze?
Posted by: Zombie Andrew Jackson, Indian Fighter at March 06, 2026 07:47 AM (D1j1g)

It's Denver. It's going to be weed.

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 07:51 AM (wa/yD)

36 Colorado is always doing stupid things.

Posted by: Don Black at March 06, 2026 07:51 AM (ZxPkt)

37 Pam Bondi Ends Investigation into Biden’s Autopen Usage.

Damn Bondi! Who cares if they can find no evidence that laws were broken. I want a armed raid, I want people in perp walks, I want mug shots. Even if it's got no legal basis.

Did I do that right?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 07:51 AM (ExV1e)

38 I used to have a different nic, spot on !

Posted by: Ben Had at March 06, 2026 07:53 AM (+nEug)

39 when he had to shove his arm up a cow's ass to remove some sort of obstruction. At the point he quit and became an artist."

So, Hunter Biden style?

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 07:54 AM (XuXeR)

40 You have Clearance Clarence...!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
****

Shirley, you jest.

Posted by: clarence at March 06, 2026 07:54 AM (lBwkW)

41 >Pam Bondi Ends Investigation
----

that's the complete headline, if one were being honest

has she had any high profile take-downs yet?

Posted by: Don Black at March 06, 2026 07:55 AM (ZxPkt)

42 It's Denver. It's going to be weed."

Dave's not here, man...

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 07:55 AM (XuXeR)

43 InfantryDort
@infantrydort
You know what’s more “dishonorable” than ambushing someone in war?

Losing.
4:50 AM · Mar 5, 2026

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 07:55 AM (WIlc2)

44 As Special Envoy to the Shield of the Americas, does Noem get an eyepatch like Nick Fury?

Posted by: PA Dutchman at March 06, 2026 07:56 AM (h/O4U)

45 39 when he had to shove his arm up a cow's ass to remove some sort of obstruction. At the point he quit and became an artist."

So, Hunter Biden style?
Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 07:54 AM (XuXeR)

No an actual artist. Not a criminal drug addict mutant.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 06, 2026 07:56 AM (x0n13)

46 What’s the vector, Victor?

Our maintenance Test pilot was named Roger. He had fun with that on the intercom.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 06, 2026 07:56 AM (15vO0)

47 I thought that was a very good editorial by Douglas Murray. Thanks for including it, J.J.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 07:57 AM (afKoR)

48 Damn Bondi! Who cares if they can find no evidence that laws were broken. I want a armed raid, I want people in perp walks, I want mug shots. Even if it's got no legal basis.

Did I do that right?

No...you forgot the frog march across the front lawn in front of CNN's cameras at zero dark thirty.

Leave it to the professionals like us.

Posted by: Merrick Garland, SS Gruppenfuhrer and closeted homosexual at March 06, 2026 07:57 AM (D1j1g)

49 I was acquainted years ago with a high-level associate at Saatchi & Saatchi, a well-known advertising and PR agency. She worked in their corporate image area and told me that woman's hair style will tell you much about them, especially in relation to their age. Women of a certain age who wear styles such as Kristi Noem's have a problem with stability, maturity and honesty. I thought it was interesting, and stayed with me.

Posted by: Ordinary American at March 06, 2026 07:57 AM (fZiTB)

50 There's an acidic geyser in my pants!

Posted by: Joe From Rehoboth Beach at March 06, 2026 07:58 AM (oftw2)

51 "Women of a certain age who wear styles such as Kristi Noem's have a problem with stability, maturity and honesty."

Two thumbs up!

Posted by: Karen with a bowl cut at March 06, 2026 07:59 AM (vFG9F)

52 Couric: Do you have a Zoolander problem? Are you just ridiculously good looking as Vogue said? What do you do about that?

Newsom: You don’t do anything about it…It’s just who I am.

… i look forward to the “gas station scene”

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 08:02 AM (WIlc2)

53 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 06, 2026 08:02 AM (u82oZ)

54 Good morning Horde, happy Friday. Thx JJ, have a great weekend.
The "abundance" idea of leftism was made popular by Ezra Klein . Now Gavin the Pretty has taken it as his mantra. A chicken in every pot. And the five year plan will be accomplished in four years

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 06, 2026 08:03 AM (/C62k)

55 My heart will go on.

Posted by: Supreme Leader at March 06, 2026 07:34 AM (vFG9F)
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Like this guy?

https://tinyurl.com/mvmzaf7m

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 06, 2026 08:03 AM (hY+PL)

56 >"Women of a certain age who wear styles
----

Sarah Palin had a sexy secretary thing going on

IMO

Posted by: Don Black at March 06, 2026 08:04 AM (ZxPkt)

57 “Khamenei’s son [Mojtaba Khamenei] is a lightweight.”
Trump: ‘I Have to be Involved in the Appointment’ of Iran’s Next Leader

--

I'm no foreign policy expert, but wouldn't it stand to reason that any Khamenei, or anyone still associated with that regime, would just be a changing of the guard and business as usual once the dust settles? Here again, I know nothing, but unless the country is given back to the people in whatever fashion they legitimately determine, it's not going to change anything. The same ideological maniacs will still be running things and in enough time, they'll be back to business as usual. But as I reiterate, I know nothing...

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 06, 2026 08:04 AM (qBdHI)

58 I have never been aware of Kristi Noem's hair style and don't care about it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 08:05 AM (uA11f)

59 … i look forward to the “gas station scene”

"He hates these cans!"

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at March 06, 2026 08:05 AM (LOZbR)

60 Kristi Noem. Corey Lewandowski. Grift.

Sometimes it's job performance, and sometimes it's the other shit you do in the job.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at March 06, 2026 08:05 AM (MZ+PY)

61 Gonzalez drops out of Congressional runoff in TX.

Posted by: Jonah at March 06, 2026 08:05 AM (YCxFk)

62 My friend, sadly now of blessed memory, used to tell me the moment he decided not to become a veterinarian, when he had to shove his arm up a cow's ass to remove some sort of obstruction. At the point he quit and became an artist.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 06, 2026 07:49 AM (x0n13)
-

Any mooseum exhibits?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 06, 2026 08:05 AM (NGAfI)

63 Word on the street ...

*Hands Johnny a sawbuck*

Noam will enhance security of the Americas by calling a stupid commie leader a dog and reach into her purse.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 06, 2026 08:05 AM (u82oZ)

64 Lady in Black, be of good cheer. Iran is not going to be a theocracy ever again.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 06, 2026 08:06 AM (+nEug)

65 I think Noem did a good job, but there is more to it than we will ever know.

My only beef was with the glamour girl look

Posted by: Jonah at March 06, 2026 08:07 AM (YCxFk)

66 57 I'm no foreign policy expert, but wouldn't it stand to reason that any Khamenei, or anyone still associated with that regime, would just be a changing of the guard and business as usual once the dust settles? Here again, I know nothing, but unless the country is given back to the people in whatever fashion they legitimately determine, it's not going to change anything. The same ideological maniacs will still be running things and in enough time, they'll be back to business as usual. But as I reiterate, I know nothing...
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 06, 2026 08:04 AM (qBdHI)

If the Mullahs aren't completely driven out of power, what was even the point?

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 08:07 AM (wa/yD)

67 Hands up cows butts is a visual that I wasn't expecting this morning

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at March 06, 2026 08:08 AM (LOZbR)

68 Gonzalez drops out of Congressional runoff in TX.
Posted by: Jonah at March 06, 2026 08:05 AM (YCxFk)

Hopefully he'll remain in office until January rather than weakening the GOP majority further.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 08:08 AM (ExV1e)

69 May our troops, those of our allies, and the people of Iran yearning to be free, be safe in the turmoil of war.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 06, 2026 08:09 AM (u82oZ)

70 Make no mistake, as long as these geysers and steam vents are blowing off, we're good. Any significant rise in the dome should be our primary concern. If some whacko country throws a nuke at it, watch out!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 06, 2026 08:09 AM (M9gjJ)

71 Couric: Do you have a Zoolander problem? Are you just ridiculously good looking as Vogue said? What do you do about that?

Newsom: You don’t do anything about it…It’s just who I am.

--

I'm still actually marveling she asked that question. It's so bad, I can't read it without laughing. Worst part is, I can't make up my mind who sounds more ridiculous, Couric for asking that stupid question, or his answer. Both of them are unserious morons.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 06, 2026 08:10 AM (qBdHI)

72 Revenge is a dish best served cold. I have my vengeance against Lewandoski for my disarming - Michelle Fields

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 06, 2026 08:10 AM (/C62k)

73 If the Mullahs aren't completely driven out of power, what was even the point?

--

That's exactly where I'm at.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 06, 2026 08:10 AM (qBdHI)

74 A fine Friday morning to all.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 06, 2026 08:10 AM (wzUl9)

75 Posted by: Lady in Black at March 06, 2026 08:10 AM (qBdHI)

I don't even know what Zoolander is.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 08:11 AM (uA11f)

76 I don't think the Iranian people will let any muslim anywhere NEAR a transitional government in Iran

but such a transition will likely be a huge and complicated undertaking

they could take cues from pre-1979 Iran
they might want a new constitution
I would suggest legalizing private ownership of firearms as one of a set of bullet points

Posted by: Don Black at March 06, 2026 08:11 AM (ZxPkt)

77 {{{Ben Had}}}
🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good morning! ♬♬ ♩ ♪

We are a nation with 911 on speed-dial, microwave dinners, fast food, the desire for fast transportation. Some events take time and a shit-ton of explosives to resolve.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 06, 2026 08:12 AM (u82oZ)

78 Thirty years of cow and horse articial insemination and you don't even give it a thought.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 06, 2026 08:12 AM (+nEug)

79 "The DOJ’s failure to act against Biden or his aides marks another setback for Bondi, who has already failed to act hold the likes of former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James to account."

I hope I didn't encourage any optimistic expectations.

Posted by: Guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at March 06, 2026 08:12 AM (vFG9F)

80 My friend, sadly now of blessed memory, used to tell me the moment he decided not to become a veterinarian, when he had to shove his arm up a cow's ass to remove some sort of obstruction. At the point he quit and became an artist.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 06, 2026

***
Reminds me of all those "assisting a cow to give birth" scenes in All Creatures Great and Small . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 06, 2026 08:13 AM (wzUl9)

81 Newsom: You don’t do anything about it…It’s just who I am.

That hilariously dumb.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 08:13 AM (uA11f)

82 17 Times James Talarico Made Us Wonder If He Was Created In A Lab
_______
He's obviously not the product of heterosexual mating.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 06, 2026 08:14 AM (AlhUl)

83 Lady in Black, be of good cheer. Iran is not going to be a theocracy ever again.

--

Hoping and praying, Ben Had!

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 06, 2026 08:14 AM (qBdHI)

84 The school labeled his remarks a “major incident”.
Maine Eighth Grader Suspended for Private Comments about Trans Investigation
=======================
This is an unbelievable story, and the community needs to look hard at the people running its schools.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 06, 2026 08:14 AM (Ast+i)

85 Remember a couple months ago when Clapper and Brennan were gonna go to jail?

good times, good times

Posted by: Don Black at March 06, 2026 08:14 AM (ZxPkt)

86 Debating whether to have a portion of a creme-filled donut to top off breakfast this morning, or save it for dessert after tonight's pizza.

Yeah, I live a tough life.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 06, 2026 08:15 AM (wzUl9)

87 NaCly, dearest. Best line ever came from "Body of Lies"
" The support goes from positive to negative to downright hostile. People just want to be told it's over"

Posted by: Ben Had at March 06, 2026 08:15 AM (+nEug)

88 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at March 06, 2026 08:15 AM (2Ez/1)

89 “Why are you so Awesome, Governor? How do you deal with that?”

Posted by: Common Tater at March 06, 2026 08:15 AM (15vO0)

90 71 I'm still actually marveling she asked that question. It's so bad, I can't read it without laughing. Worst part is, I can't make up my mind who sounds more ridiculous, Couric for asking that stupid question, or his answer. Both of them are unserious morons.
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 06, 2026 08:10 AM (qBdHI)

The most ridiculous part is that there are actually people out there who want to see that kind of slop.

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 08:15 AM (wa/yD)

91 I don't even know what Zoolander is.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 08:11 AM (uA11f)

It's a comedy movie. I found it amusing.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 08:16 AM (ExV1e)

92 Debating whether to have a portion of a creme-filled donut to top off breakfast this morning, or save it for dessert after tonight's pizza."

Depends. If said donut is big enough, why not both?

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 08:16 AM (XuXeR)

93 How can you bear to let that lonely donut sit there all day, knowing that it will only be eaten later. Get it over with!

Posted by: fd at March 06, 2026 08:16 AM (vFG9F)

94 FenelonSpoke

Neither do I. But I am less attuned to popular culture than you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 06, 2026 08:16 AM (u82oZ)

95 What could be more boring than a documentary on Lorne Michaels? A person who may have been relevant 50 years ago. Who bankrolls this crap?

Posted by: Vast Wasteland at March 06, 2026 08:16 AM (oftw2)

96 Madison Cornnbread headed to the pokey?:

x.com/AnnieGrayerCNN/status/
2029883721629761654

I hope ace gives us an update in the style and form we all enjoy.

Posted by: banana Dream - yeah I know it's not happening, but funny! at March 06, 2026 08:17 AM (3uBP9)

97 shoulda bought 2 donuts

Posted by: Don Black at March 06, 2026 08:17 AM (ZxPkt)

98 How can you bear to let that lonely donut sit there all day, knowing that it will only be eaten later. Get it over with!"

This. Besides, can't you find a decent beignet?

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 08:17 AM (XuXeR)

99 It's being reported that Russia is providing Iran with targeting information on U.S. forces in the region.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 06, 2026 08:18 AM (NpAcC)

100 "What could be more boring than a documentary on Lorne Michaels? "

Everything he did after "Bonanza" was crap.

Posted by: fd at March 06, 2026 08:18 AM (vFG9F)

101 I recall Valerie Jarrett's mouthpiece saying that s/he wouldn't rule out the USAF/Navy flying interdiction missions for Iran if Israel should decide to strike. What a different time.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 06, 2026 07:38 AM (BI5O2)

I had forgotten that!!!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 06, 2026 07:40 AM (x0n13)

That's one I'll never forget. Israel ain't Iran. If we flew interdiction against them, there *would* be heavy American losses. We'd win in the end, but not without paying a price. The idea of American and Israelis slaughtering each other so Valerie Jarrett could protect her precious mullahs sickened me at a bone-deep level.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 06, 2026 08:18 AM (BI5O2)

102
That Newsome answer reminds me of a Bob Newhart episode where a very handsome guy, Emily's new tennis instructor, comes to see him about his "problem."

Tennis guy: Bob, you have no idea what it's like to be incredibly good looking.

Bob: No, I suppose I don't. (to much audience laughter)

Difference is, the guy was very good looking. Newsome is average looking at best. A Cracker Barrel 6.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 06, 2026 08:18 AM (qBdHI)

103 “ ….or save it for dessert after tonight's pizza”

Eat the donut now the. have the pizza for breakfast! EZ-peasey

Posted by: Common Tater at March 06, 2026 08:19 AM (15vO0)

104 90. If true, that is a act of War by Russia

Posted by: Jonah at March 06, 2026 08:19 AM (YCxFk)

105 Good morning JJ and horde
TGIF

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2026 08:19 AM (EtnSa)

106
but unless the country is given back to the people in whatever fashion they legitimately determine, it's not going to change anything.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 06, 2026 08:04 AM

we hear of the Iranians dancing in the streets celebrating the topple of Khomeini's regime

"yearning to be free" to coin a phrase

want to help them take their country back? arm them

a couple of containers of chicom milsurp SKS rifles & a flaming metric siht-tonne of 7.62x39 will go a long way towards eliminating the islamic theocracy for good (if that's what they really want)

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 06, 2026 08:19 AM (tljrc)

107 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 08:16 AM (ExV1e)

Thanks. And how does it relate to Katie Couric's girl fan question and Newsom's self aggrandizing stupid response? There is an equally clueless news person and politician in the movie?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 08:19 AM (uA11f)

108 s Special Envoy to the Shield of the Americas, does Noem get an eyepatch like Nick Fury?
Posted by: PA Dutchman at March 06, 2026 07:56 AM (h/O4U)
===================
I hope so!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 06, 2026 08:19 AM (Ast+i)

109 It's being reported that Russia is providing Iran with targeting information on U.S. forces in the region."

"Are they over here? *points at map*"

"Dah"

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 08:19 AM (XuXeR)

110 Couric's question is as hard hitting as Obama being asked "What has enchanted you the most about living in the White House?"

Posted by: NR Pax at March 06, 2026 08:20 AM (+4yJ5)

111 >1 I'm still actually marveling she asked that question. It's so bad, I can't read it without laughing.
---

she should just bury her face in his lap and get it over with

Posted by: Don Black at March 06, 2026 08:20 AM (ZxPkt)

112 >>> w can you bear to let that lonely donut sit there all day, knowing that it will only be eaten later. Get it over with!
Posted by: fd at March 06, 2026 08:16 AM (vFG9F)

People that eat half donuts and leave half in the box at work are all serial killers. true fact

Posted by: banana Dream at March 06, 2026 08:20 AM (3uBP9)

113 redridinghood , it is not being reported that Iranians are giving American and Israelis targeting information

Posted by: Ben Had at March 06, 2026 08:20 AM (+nEug)

114 68. Yes good point

Posted by: Jonah at March 06, 2026 08:20 AM (YCxFk)

115 Fenelon, I don't know what Zoolander refers to either. I just honed in on the "ridiculously good looking" part of Couric's stupidity.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 06, 2026 08:21 AM (qBdHI)

116 Good morning everyone.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 06, 2026 08:21 AM (3uBP9)

117 Albino Ratface Spanberger continues to turn VA into a failed state like NJ. Is there anything Commie women can't or won't do to undermine the nation?

Posted by: He-Man Woman Hater's Club #23 at March 06, 2026 08:22 AM (oftw2)

118 People that eat half donuts and leave half in the box at work are all serial killers. true fact"

People "who"...

And yes. Hang out in an office full of women with a tray of donuts nearby. All of the poor donuts will be torn into pieces w/in minutes. So sad.

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 08:22 AM (XuXeR)

119 redridinghood

Note that Iran is only hitting fixed targets like buildings, radar sites. They would love to hit a USN carrier, but even if told where it was, they can not.

For mobility reasons i.e. time to get info to the launch crews but the carrier has moved, plus they do not have the right missiles for that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 06, 2026 08:23 AM (u82oZ)

120 Madison Cornnbread headed to the pokey?:

x.com/AnnieGrayerCNN/status/
2029883721629761654

I hope ace gives us an update in the style and form we all enjoy.
Posted by: banana Dream - yeah I know it's not happening, but funny! at March 06, 2026 08:17 AM (3uBP9)
-----------------------------------
Here is a tinyurl link for the one given

https://tinyurl.com/3caa98ds

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 06, 2026 08:23 AM (Ast+i)

121 If the Mullahs aren't completely driven out of power, what was even the point?
Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 08:07 AM (wa/yD)

That bloodthirsty Communist whore Delcy is in charge of VZ, but not giving us any trouble.

A compliant set of mullahs would be fine. No nuking up, no sponsoring terror, and China gets their oil at market rates once they demonstrate compliance and we lift the sanctions. No more bargains for them.

It's not the optimal answer, and it would blow for the Iranians - but it would be an acceptable outcome.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 06, 2026 08:24 AM (BI5O2)

122 Today is Alamo Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 06, 2026 08:24 AM (NpAcC)

123 I would watch a documentary about Otto Preminger, though.

Posted by: TJM, Notwithstanding at March 06, 2026 08:25 AM (oftw2)

124 The DOJ’s failure to act against Biden or his aides marks another setback for Bondi, who has already failed to act hold the likes of former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James to account.

- Because no crimes were found to have been broken by Biden or his aides.
- Presumably because a DC grand jury, whose deliberations are secret, refused to indict.
- Ditto.

But, sure, if only the AG had a huge swinging cock and was gunning down Democrats in the street... then everything would be better.

If only Bondi flouted the law like Garland - who had the bureaucracy and judiciary in his corner... then everything would be better.

Blah, blah, blah. The shit that's happening has been pointed out. The hurdles she's trying to overcome have been pointed out. Maybe if she had bigger tits she'd get more support.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 08:26 AM (ExV1e)

125 Turning back to the USA, the big story is the departure of Kristi Noem from the Dept. of Homeland Security.

Optics. She did well. You had your chance to leave the country when the lovely ICE Barbie asked you to. The MMA guy might not be as accomodating. (Of course, with us pounding the cartels, they may have a real country to go home to.)

Posted by: t-bird at March 06, 2026 08:26 AM (zHdFR)

126 Been speculating on who might next step into leading Iran's mullocracy. I'm thinking they need someone experienced in spinning a humiliating defeat into a moral victory. Therefore, I'm proposing that Jon Cooper, Canada's Olympic hockey coach, is the right man for the gig. He can regale the world with cutting analysis such as:

"The buildings destroyed so far make up an infinitesimal percentage of all the buildings in Iran. We've protected so many more buildings than they've managed to destroy - we really won!"

Posted by: Joe Kidd at March 06, 2026 08:26 AM (nbLIj)

127 ASS, they are masked because of lunatics on the left threatening their lives. If you haven't been keeping up, an overwhelming majority of all Americans was all illegal aliens sent back to where they came from.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 06, 2026 08:26 AM (qBdHI)

128 Aliassmithsmith is unintentionally hilarious they're so clueless.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 08:26 AM (xY6Tn)

129 "Today is Alamo Day.
Posted by: redridinghood "

Dang. Forgot all about it.

Posted by: fd at March 06, 2026 08:26 AM (vFG9F)

130 YD, the people of Iran don't want the mullahs or any part of islam.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 06, 2026 08:27 AM (+nEug)

131 Fen, Zoolander is basically the kind of comedy where you just turn off the brain and enjoy.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 06, 2026 08:27 AM (+4yJ5)

132 True story - part of a corporate thingy that had a bunch of car sales types attending. 1st break, they hit the donuts like, well... vikings at Lindisfarne. A few minutes later we walked in and two of them, no lie, were licking the boxes...

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 08:27 AM (XuXeR)

133 You can't step on Trump's toes and think there will be no repercussions. Maybe Noem's cowgirl hat cut off some O2 circulation from her brain to her mouth. I love that she shut down the border.

Posted by: Joe at March 06, 2026 08:27 AM (Uy/WF)

134 >>Today is Alamo Day.

Thanks, I had totally forgot about the Alamo.

Posted by: one hour sober at March 06, 2026 08:28 AM (Y1sOo)

135 this was breaking yesterday, but now it's all over:

"... the claim that pro-Israel and anti-Hamas accounts were being paid $7,000 was just projection and made up lies by people who actually have been given $7,000 by bad actors.

FEC records reveal that @RepThomasMassie, who has been spreading the lie that pro- Israel accounts are paid $7,000 per post, has actually been receiving donations of $7,000 from Muslim donors.

This explains why Massie appears to be pro-Iran and why he wants to limit President Trump’s ability to carry out strikes in Iran.

Another purveyor of the $7,000 lie used to attack Jews is @tparsi Trita Parsi, the founder of NIAC, and the founder of the Quincy Institute, who keeps appearing on @Bannons_WarRoom."

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:28 AM (GD0B3)

136 I thought today was Middle Name Day.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 06, 2026 08:28 AM (DgMqy)

137 Newsome has no self-awareness. That was a perfect opportunity to say "hahaha, maybe once upon a time, but even then I think it's an overstatement - and of course, leadership isn't about looks. I'm running for President, not trying to lock in a GQ photoshoot."

But instead he just gave her the answer Zoolander would have given.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 06, 2026 08:28 AM (BI5O2)

138 Dammit!

Posted by: one hour sober at March 06, 2026 08:28 AM (Y1sOo)

139 Are we supposed to rent a car on Alamo Day?

Posted by: Dick Hertz at March 06, 2026 08:28 AM (oftw2)

140 Alias, I don't who they are. If they are illegal, THEY DON'T BELONG HERE. No other country on Earth welcomes illegals with open arms.

We are going to have our civilization back one way or the other. Your feelings mean nothing.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 06, 2026 08:29 AM (+4yJ5)

141 "Thanks, I had totally forgot about the Alamo.
Posted by: one hour sober"

How come I never got a day?

Posted by: The Maine at March 06, 2026 08:29 AM (vFG9F)

142 It's being reported that Russia is providing Iran with targeting information on U.S. forces in the region.
Posted by: redridinghood at March 06, 2026 08:18 AM (NpAcC)

We do the same for Ukraine. Can't complain when the shoe is on the other foot.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 08:30 AM (ExV1e)

143 I would watch a documentary about Otto Preminger, though."

I'd rather watch Paula Prentiss as directed by Otto. Thnx.

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 08:30 AM (XuXeR)

144 >>>People that eat half donuts and leave half in the box at work are all serial killers. true fact"

People "who"...

>Or rookie cops who will never make it in law enforcement.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 06, 2026 08:30 AM (M9gjJ)

145 >>> >>Today is Alamo Day.
----------
Thanks, I had totally forgot about the Alamo.
Posted by: one hour sober at March 06, 2026 08:28 AM (Y1sOo)
-----------

I never remember.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 06, 2026 08:30 AM (3uBP9)

146 Typical typical typical mainstream liberal coverage of Israel at war. JJ and his linked Legal Insurrection story both emphasize that "IDF Orders Mass Evacuation of Hezbollah Stronghold in Beirut Ahead of Strike".

Yet a big CNN spread on the strikes take this attitude:
"scenes of chaos and panic as residents jammed roads trying to flee the area".

Posted by: Rip N Read at March 06, 2026 08:31 AM (fr4zq)

147 t's being reported"

So this is what, fourth hand "information"?

/heh

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 08:31 AM (XuXeR)

148 FEC records reveal that @RepThomasMassie, who has been spreading the lie that pro- Israel accounts are paid $7,000 per post, has actually been receiving donations of $7,000 from Muslim donors.

This explains why Massie appears to be pro-Iran and why he wants to limit President Trump’s ability to carry out strikes in Iran.

Another purveyor of the $7,000 lie used to attack Jews is @tparsi Trita Parsi, the founder of NIAC, and the founder of the Quincy Institute, who keeps appearing on @Bannons_WarRoom."
Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:28 AM (GD0B3)

Now we know why he randomly picked the $7K number...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 06, 2026 08:32 AM (tOcjL)

149 How come I never got a day?
Posted by: The Maine

Pfft. I never got a dinner!

Posted by: Zombie Aaron Chwatt at March 06, 2026 08:32 AM (oftw2)

150 Today is also, National Dentist Day.
Shoutout to Mossad.
When high-ranking Iranian officials close to the supreme leader went to the dentist or doctor, they ended up with a Mossad agent; if they got their molars fixed or had an endoscopy done, they’d insert nano-trackers into them.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 06, 2026 08:32 AM (NpAcC)

151 149,
Obscure reference FTW!

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 08:33 AM (XuXeR)

152 Thanks. And how does it relate to Katie Couric's girl fan question and Newsom's self aggrandizing stupid response? There is an equally clueless news person and politician in the movie?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 08:19 AM (uA11f)

No, it's about male models and a plot to kill a foreign leader by the fashion industry. The 'joke' is that the models are "ridiculously good looking" and so overwhelmingly stupid that you're surprised they can breath unassisted.

It's a fundamentally stupid movie but I enjoyed it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 08:33 AM (ExV1e)

153 IT IS ALWAYS PROJECTION WITH ANTISEMITES! They say someone is paid 7K to spread "pro_Isharaelll, propaganda" , rest assured, they are the ones are paid by jihadists, and muslem brotherhood to spread antisemitism, to support their jihadi paymasters. We now have receipts. Lots of them. Massie has some 'splaining to do. Then go away in disgrace. Someone should dig into his wife's death. See if he paid some jihadi for the hit on her.

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:33 AM (GD0B3)

154 Good morning! Thank you J.J. 1 class down, 1 to go. The world doesn’t appear to be taking Friday off. 😄

Posted by: Piper at March 06, 2026 08:34 AM (Wmg4n)

155 >>Optics. She did well. You had your chance to leave the country when the lovely ICE Barbie asked you to. The MMA guy might not be as accomodating. (Of course, with us pounding the cartels, they may have a real country to go home to.)

I think Noem was fired in much the same way Bovino was fired. After the shootings in MN, it was reported Trump was firing Bovino. In reality he moved back to his previous role in California but that didn't get many headlines.

Tomorrow, the first meeting of Shield is being held in Miami. Attending will be Latin American leaders like Bukele and Miele, Marco, Hegseth, Trump and Noem. In my experience fired people don't get a big new job and a high profile meeting with the boss.

I think Noem was becoming too much of the story in her current role, some her fault some not, and Trump thought it was time for a new leader with less baggage but he still wanted Noem on his team in a different role where the scrutiny would be different.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 06, 2026 08:34 AM (viF8m)

156 121 A compliant set of mullahs would be fine. No nuking up, no sponsoring terror, and China gets their oil at market rates once they demonstrate compliance and we lift the sanctions. No more bargains for them.

It's not the optimal answer, and it would blow for the Iranians - but it would be an acceptable outcome.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 06, 2026 08:24 AM (BI5O2)

The Twelver brand of Shi'ism can't be compliant, as their very religion demands they bring about the eschaton so that the 12th Imam can return.

Nor am I sure that allowing them to continue selling to China does enough to stop them from conquering Taiwan.

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 08:34 AM (wa/yD)

157 It's being reported that Russia is providing Iran with targeting information on U.S. forces in the region.

==

ugh, are they stupid enough to get this involved ?

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:35 AM (GD0B3)

158 I always thought that Donuts 101 was a curriculum requirement at the police academy.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 06, 2026 08:36 AM (M9gjJ)

159 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 08:33 AM (ExV1e

Thanks. I'll have to look for that movie.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 08:36 AM (xY6Tn)

160 76 I don't think the Iranian people will let any muslim anywhere NEAR a transitional government in Iran

but such a transition will likely be a huge and complicated undertaking

they could take cues from pre-1979 Iran
they might want a new constitution
I would suggest legalizing private ownership of firearms as one of a set of bullet points

Posted by: Don Black at March 06, 2026 08:11 AM (ZxPkt)

One of the critical jobs, maybe the most critical job, of a truly new, non-secular Iranian government is preventing sizable counter-revolution forces from surviving.

I'll bet everything I have the IRGC is already implementing counter-revolution plans. IRGC must have a number of hideouts for after a regime catastrophe of some sort, prepared and stocked in remote corners of the country. Mossad and the CIA likely know the locations. Or will find out. But it seems to me some sort of Tora Bora infantry forces search and destroy effort will be needed. To minimize if not quickly stop counter-revolution forces forming and recruiting in the boonies, a lot of executions may be necessary. Messy business ahead. Necessary business in my opinion.

Posted by: Gref at March 06, 2026 08:36 AM (5rh/l)

161 The ship will now be taken by the Sri Lankans to Trincomalee for internment for the duration of hostilities.

I didn't even know you could do that. Nice job by the captain.

Posted by: t-bird at March 06, 2026 08:36 AM (zHdFR)

162 I'd rather watch Paula Prentiss as directed by Otto. Thnx.
Posted by: man

Her sister Ann spent the last 13 years of her life in California State Prison.

Posted by: Richard Benjamin at March 06, 2026 08:37 AM (oftw2)

163 Now we know why he randomly picked the $7K number...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 06, 2026 08:32 AM (tOcjL)

all of them were harping the 7k nonsense, a few cretinous drive-bys here repeated this canard; so stupid

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:37 AM (GD0B3)

164 But instead he just gave her the answer Zoolander would have given.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 06, 2026 08:28 AM (BI5O2)

Which is funny because Zoolander was borderline retarded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 08:37 AM (ExV1e)

165 117 Albino Ratface Spanberger continues to turn VA into a failed state like NJ. Is there anything Commie women can't or won't do to undermine the nation?
Posted by: He-Man Woman Hater's Club #23 at March 06, 2026 08:22 AM (oftw2)

Two names for you- Don Scott and Louise Lucas. One is a convicted drug dealer and the other is the East Coast Maxine Waters. Oh, and they are also the leaders of the Virginia General Assembly. They tell the white bitch how things gonna go.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at March 06, 2026 08:37 AM (MZ+PY)

166 Jobs report is all over the place. 92k job loss , rate goes up to 4.5,%. However earnings are up.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 06, 2026 08:38 AM (/C62k)

167 How many US Senate races have we lost over the years due to Liberterians like Massie? No matter what happens in the Midterms, GOP Should kick him out of the Caucus if he wins again.

Posted by: Jonah at March 06, 2026 08:38 AM (YCxFk)

168 XTC

China has about a 40 day reserve on oil. They are saving (conserving by not manufacturing) as much as they can now to keep it that long. So the Chinese economy has already been hurt. Paying market price for oil will hurt China even more.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 06, 2026 08:38 AM (u82oZ)

169 100% Of Audited Medicaid Claims For Autism Care In Colorado Were Improper Or Flawed: Report

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 08:38 AM (RHGPo)

170 "is she being blamed for the multi-billion dollar Somali/Democrat grifting"

How does Noem get blamed for that?

Gotta take that up with HHS and DOJ.

Posted by: AB at March 06, 2026 08:39 AM (ArLSQ)

171 But instead he just gave her the answer Zoolander would have given.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 06, 2026 08:28 AM (BI5O2)
=========================
To give a Zoolander-level answer is the best criticism of the day!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 06, 2026 08:39 AM (2X9hl)

172 Jonathan Turley
@JonathanTurley
Virginia Democrats have not wasted time in moving the state to the far left after taking control with Gov. Spanberger. A new bill requires teachers to describe Jan. 6th as "an insurrection" and bar descriptions of peaceful protests or election fraud.

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 08:39 AM (RHGPo)

173 IT IS ALWAYS PROJECTION WITH ANTISEMITES! They say someone is paid 7K to spread "pro_Isharaelll, propaganda"

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:33 AM (GD0B3)
-

So I called the 1-800 number and some guy tried to sell me aluminum siding.

Maybe I misdialed.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 06, 2026 08:40 AM (NGAfI)

174 Virgina is the same thing that happened in Illinois. Chicago and NoVa got to the point where the rest of the state has no power.

30 miles outside of Chicago in either direction, is just as conservative as Wyoming. Great farm land and people

Posted by: Jonah at March 06, 2026 08:40 AM (YCxFk)

175 Gref

Good morning. This is a known problem called rolling up the stay-behind network.

It will not work with allied air superiority, a hostile population, and working cell phones.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 06, 2026 08:41 AM (u82oZ)

176 Jack Schlossberg, the only grandson of former president John F. Kennedy who is running in the Democratic primary for New York's 12th Congressional District, received no "earned income" in 2025 but holds millions of dollars worth of assets in four trust funds, a Washington Free Beacon review of his financial disclosures found.

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 08:41 AM (RHGPo)

177 only silver lining, is that Va Governor can only serve one term

Posted by: Jonah at March 06, 2026 08:42 AM (YCxFk)

178 100% Of Audited Medicaid Claims For Autism Care In Colorado Were Improper Or Flawed: Report
****

How many claims were there, in total?

Posted by: clarence at March 06, 2026 08:42 AM (lBwkW)

179 the ship will now be taken by the Sri Lankans to Trincomalee"

Famous port where the Pan Am Clipper stopped on it's way 'round the world...

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 08:42 AM (XuXeR)

180 ugh, are they stupid enough to get this involved ?
Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:35 AM (GD0B3)
*****
They have and they are.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 06, 2026 08:42 AM (NpAcC)

181 This is interesting ...

"Saeed Khatibzadeh, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister:

Trump is asking for change in the leadership of Iran… he cannot even appoint the Mayor of New York..."

Is he saying the Iranian mullahs appointed Mumdani, the current aytaollah "mayor" of NY? Is that why he keeps appearing with assorted jihadis, and going to their mosques .. hmmm.

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:42 AM (GD0B3)

182 They have and they are.
Posted by: redridinghood at March 06, 2026 08:42 AM (NpAcC)

can you post the source this info came from ?

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:43 AM (GD0B3)

183 I’m sure the Iranians would have been more open to peaceful relations had they had proper DEI training, maybe a Ayatollah of color.

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 08:43 AM (RHGPo)

184 One of the critical jobs, maybe the most critical job, of a truly new, non-secular Iranian government is preventing sizable counter-revolution forces from surviving.

It's odd that Trump is offering the IRGC total immunity if they lay down their arms. Immunity. Are WE the interim government? (cue Marco Rubio in a Shah uniform)

Posted by: t-bird at March 06, 2026 08:44 AM (zHdFR)

185 ugh, are they stupid enough to get this involved ?
Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:35 AM (GD0B3)
*****
They have and they are.
Posted by: redridinghood at March 06, 2026 08:42 AM (NpAcC)

And we can't say boo about it. If we say that this is tantamount to an act of war by Russia then they can say, truthfully, that we've been at war since we did the exact same thing for Ukraine.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 08:44 AM (ExV1e)

186 Cuba would be a nice target for Trump, it seems so, him. I wouldn't mind living in a Trump designed Cuba, perhaps working as a vacuum cleaner salesman, picking up some extra dough selling bogus intelligence info to the Brits.

Posted by: Oglebay at March 06, 2026 08:45 AM (GPa4z)

187 172 Jonathan Turley
@JonathanTurley
Virginia Democrats have not wasted time in moving the state to the far left after taking control with Gov. Spanberger. A new bill requires teachers to describe Jan. 6th as "an insurrection" and bar descriptions of peaceful protests or election fraud.
Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 08:39 AM (RHGPo)

And they know their redistricting is being looked at negatively, so there is a whole campaign going on out there where the word bipartisan is said a lot, but nothing about it being ostensibly ignored. It’s awful what is happening to that state - I wish they could send NoVa to MD or DC.

Posted by: Piper at March 06, 2026 08:45 AM (Wmg4n)

188 Jobs report is all over the place. 92k job loss , rate goes up to 4.5,%. However earnings are up."

Oh noes... all numbers must always go up. UP, I tell you! Goose the numbers, your purchasing power be damned!!!
UP UP UP!

/your betters

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 08:45 AM (XuXeR)

189 Otto man?

Posted by: Naked Brian Stelter at March 06, 2026 08:45 AM (iNlZ7)

190 Iran will end up being a westernized country. The IRGC will leave, assimilate or be eliminated.

Posted by: MJ at March 06, 2026 08:45 AM (XOmY9)

191 In case there is doubt that Mamdami enterprise is a Muslim Brotherhood stooge financed by Iran.."Zohran Mamdani’s wife liked social media posts celebrating Oct. 7 attacks
NYC First Lady Rama Duwaji showed support for far-left orgs applauding Hamas rampage.."

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:45 AM (GD0B3)

192 There is an outfit here that anthropomorphizes their donuts. They give it a pair of candy eyes and the hole is the mouth. Sure, ok. And people bring them in. Same company also makes donut holes. So what did they decide to do? A couple of the donuts in a dozen will have the donut and the donut hole combined to make a fancy pastry thing.

But they still put the candy eyes on first. And it looks like a donut with a ball gag and I can't unsee it. I sometimes get the ball gag donut first just to put it out of its misery. But then I thought, what if it's an S&M donut and I'm just feeding in to its whole fetish? What does that make me?

Way too much to think about in the AM.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 06, 2026 08:45 AM (3uBP9)

193 Mornin’, All. Happy Friday.

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 08:46 AM (77rzZ)

194 Ferree is only marginally better than a horse whisperer as a source of Lieu. Ferree told the FBI that he met a young girl who told him she had been raped by Trump and Epstein at a “fancy hotel.” He claimed that the young girl was later found with her head “blown off.” He said that, while the officers at the scene thought it was murder, the coroner later ruled it a suicide. There was no proof of such a case.

It appears that Lieu knew or suspected that the source of the allegation was unhinged or unreliable because he later re-posted only two of the three pages of the statement to the FBI. The third page included other bizarre claims about the Oklahoma City Bombing and a drunk Hillary Clinton.

.. Rep Lieu seems hell bent to be the replacement for Schiff in the House

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 08:46 AM (RHGPo)

195 And we can't say boo about it. If we say that this is tantamount to an act of war by Russia then they can say, truthfully, that we've been at war since we did the exact same thing for Ukraine.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 08:44 AM (ExV1e)

Let's see if it is true first. Before debating it.

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:46 AM (GD0B3)

196 The Russian providing the Iranians with info is their way of getting back at us for providing the Ukes with arms, and info. No surprise . Probably costs them a lot less than us helping the Ukes does

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 06, 2026 08:46 AM (/C62k)

197 Nonfarm payrolls fell by 92,000 for the month, compared to the estimate for 50,000 and below the downwardly revised January total of 126,000. February marked the third time in the past five months that payrolls declined, following a sharp revision showing a drop of 17,000 in December.

At the same time, the unemployment rate edged higher to 4.4% as jobs declined across key areas.
======================
28,000 of that number was due to a strike at Kaiser Permanente that is now resolved, so that will flip in the next report.

Another large decline came at the federal government

In February, federal government employment continued to decline (-10,000). Since reaching a
peak in October 2024, federal government employment is down by 330,000, or 11.0 percent.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 06, 2026 08:46 AM (6NeQ2)

198 181 Is he saying the Iranian mullahs appointed Mumdani, the current aytaollah "mayor" of NY? Is that why he keeps appearing with assorted jihadis, and going to their mosques .. hmmm.
Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:42 AM (GD0B3)

I'd say "Probably not", but he is a Twelver, which is the Iranian brand of Shi'a...

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 08:47 AM (wa/yD)

199 can you post the source this info came from ?"

Well, you see, it's a news story. About a "report". That may have come from a source about the "report". The report, BTW, is absolutely certain that there is a "report".

So there. Happy?

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 08:47 AM (XuXeR)

200 In case you did not notice, Iran is trying to get every country in the region involved to slow down USA. Disinformation is one of the tools.

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:47 AM (GD0B3)

201 We do have domestic enemies in charge of a number of states. MI, MN, IL, CO, VA, XA, OR, WA to name names. Their ideology has failed for 155 years, since the Paris Commune. But the inner party has what they want -- power over others.

All attempts at reconciliation have failed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 06, 2026 08:47 AM (u82oZ)

202 If that piece of news came from Al Jazeera, I would take it with a grain of salt.

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:47 AM (GD0B3)

203 Lewandoski was tapping Hope Hicks and now Kristi Noem.

Dude gets some hot tail.

Posted by: Delurker at March 06, 2026 08:48 AM (gtcuf)

204 169 100% Of Audited Medicaid Claims For Autism Care In Colorado Were Improper Or Flawed: Report
Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026

I would love to read this and find out why or how. My concern is people are going to start thinking everyone with autism is faking it, and necessary resources will be eliminated for those who really do need it. My daughter is autistic. She is not faking it.

Posted by: Piper at March 06, 2026 08:48 AM (Wmg4n)

205 >>>It's odd that Trump is offering the IRGC total immunity if they lay down their arms. Immunity. Are WE the interim government? (cue Marco Rubio in a Shah uniform)

Posted by: t-bird

>This is just Trump, the Jew puppet, warning the crazy muslims that they will be spared from assassination by the IDF.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 06, 2026 08:48 AM (M9gjJ)

206 Trump's statement about being part of the choice for leadership in Iran was to tell the Euroweenies and especially Macron that they have no role in Iran.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 06, 2026 08:48 AM (+nEug)

207 “In This House We Believe….”

It is spelled Aluminium

Posted by: Common Tater at March 06, 2026 08:48 AM (XuiFR)

208 Louise Lucas should have gone to jail for her part in fomenting the mayhem when toppling the Confederate Memorial in Portsmouth. She was actively egging on the criminals tearing down the statue. One of the criminals was permanently disabled when the statue toppled on him.

Posted by: Gravity Is A Bitch at March 06, 2026 08:48 AM (oftw2)

209 There is an outfit here that anthropomorphizes their donuts."

Austin TX? Some ... unusual donut shops there...

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 08:48 AM (XuXeR)

210 I'd say "Probably not", but he is a Twelver, which is the Iranian brand of Shi'a...
Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 08:47 AM (wa/yD)

I am going to say yes, indirectly thought their various Muslim Brotherhood tentacle 503c organizations. Dig, DHS dig!!

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:49 AM (GD0B3)

211 205 Lewandoski was tapping Hope Hicks and now Kristi Noem.

Dude gets some hot tail.
Posted by: Delurker at March 06, 2026

His poor wife.

Posted by: Piper at March 06, 2026 08:49 AM (Wmg4n)

212 >>> Austin TX? Some ... unusual donut shops there...
Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 08:48 AM (XuXeR)

GA, ATL region.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 06, 2026 08:50 AM (3uBP9)

213 >>30 miles outside of Chicago in either direction, is just as conservative as Wyoming. Great farm land and people
Posted by: Jonah at March 06, 2026 08:40 AM (YCxFk)

Need to get a little further out. Jan Schakowsky's district goes at least that far. There is still a plethora of AWFLs and idiots within the 30 mi donut. Start at 50.

Posted by: Roy at March 06, 2026 08:50 AM (qwype)

214 *501C3 that is

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:50 AM (GD0B3)

215 can you post the source this info came from ?
Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:43 AM (GD0B3)
*****
Reported on Fox this morning and this-

https://tinyurl.com/4hn6e7zs

Posted by: redridinghood at March 06, 2026 08:50 AM (NpAcC)

216 His poor wife."

She's poor? The Paolo, he is disinterested...

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 08:51 AM (XuXeR)

217 You will know the end is near when the IRGC show up “clean shaven”

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 08:51 AM (RHGPo)

218 Posted by: person at March 06, 2026 08:48 AM (8CH0C)

Thanks for sharing. Go have yourself a ball gag donut.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 08:51 AM (ExV1e)

219 only silver lining, is that Va Governor can only serve one term

Posted by: Jonah at March 06, 2026 08:42 AM (YCxFk)

Another silver lining: The legislature is time-limited to 60 days in even-numbered years and 30 days in odd-numbered years (they can extend up to 30 days with 2/3 concurrence of the House and Senate).

VA Dems know that in November 2027 they could very well lose one or both of the House and Senate, which will hamper Spanberger's final two years, so they have to do all they can now and any leftovers next year. Although she can do plenty of damage with executive power.

Posted by: Vendette at March 06, 2026 08:52 AM (1ieqq)

220 Reported on Fox this morning"

Let me guess: "unnamed officials familiar with the matter"

Close?

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 08:53 AM (XuXeR)

221 Way too much to think about in the AM.
Posted by: banana Dream at March

Then you sent that donut to its happy end. In the alternative, you can pop the hole out and put it to the side. 😄

Posted by: Piper at March 06, 2026 08:53 AM (Wmg4n)

222 Al Jazeera: Why are the US and Israel framing the ongoing conflict as a religious war?

US troops reportedly told the war in Iran is intended to bring about biblical end times, Armageddon.

... proof please

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 08:53 AM (RHGPo)

223 "British counter‑terrorism police arrested 10 men, including an Iranian national and three dual British‑Iranian citizens, in London on suspicion of conducting surveillance linked to Jewish community targets on behalf of Iran, the Metropolitan Police said."

any attack on Jewish targets in the US is on Cucker Tarlson's head

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:53 AM (GD0B3)

224 ... proof please"

No proofs, please. We're journalists!

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 08:54 AM (XuXeR)

225 His poor wife.
Posted by: Piper at March 06, 2026 08:49 AM (Wmg4n)
=======================
I did not know he was married, but Piper is absolutely on target: he and his wife have four kids together.

Mostly I remember him for pulling Michelle Fields arm off ten years ago.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 06, 2026 08:54 AM (mgg5j)

226 MIRABELLI, ET AL. v. BONTA

The dispute dates back to 2023, when two teachers sued the school district, seeking an exemption from the district’s policies regarding gender and pronouns. They were later joined as plaintiffs by parents whose children socially transitioned at school (or who believed that their children socially transitioned at school).

The district court ruled for the challengers, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit put that order on hold while the state appealed. The challengers then came to the Supreme Court, asking the justices to intervene. In a mixed ruling on Monday night, the majority handed a victory to the parents but turned down the request from the teachers.

... seems there is a century or more of caselaw involving parental rights

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 08:55 AM (RHGPo)

227 Al Jazeera: Why are the US and Israel framing the ongoing conflict as a religious war?

US troops reportedly told the war in Iran is intended to bring about biblical end times, Armageddon.

===

this is exactly , word for word , what Cucker was spewing the day before; he is an agent

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:55 AM (GD0B3)

228 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 08:55 AM (oKJ0C)

229 I have no idea what kind of job Noem was doing ... Coulter never liked her for the job. And Ann says there were 47 better picks than Mullins for the job. Apparently Mullins has spoken (tweeted?) favorably about some sort of amnesty for illegals before.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 06, 2026 08:55 AM (vbXSk)

230 Major Announcement

I went to the ER January 16th for a kidney stone. When they did a CT scan to check the stone, they found a 50mm by 60mm mass just off of my pancreas. They couldn't tell what it was because the CT scan was done without contrast.

I went in last Thursday for an Upper GI Endoscopy and biopsy. The doctor that did it still wasn't sure what it was. He said it looked like a sack of marbles with fluid. They biopsied a round thing and aspirated some of the fluid. I had a doctor's appointment this afternoon and got the results.

It is NOT cancer.

They still aren't sure where it came from, what caused it, or if any organ is feeding it. I have a follow-up scan next month and they'll see if it's growing or not.

God is Good.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 08:56 AM (oKJ0C)

231 British counter‑terrorism police arrested 10 men, including an Iranian national and three dual British‑Iranian citizens, in London on suspicion of conducting surveillance linked to Jewish community targets on behalf of Iran, the Metropolitan Police said.

Hmmmm... I question the veracity of this report. That doesn't seem like something you'd get arrested for the UK. Supposedly, Starmer said that the IRGC has a safe haven in the UK.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 08:56 AM (ExV1e)

232 Lewandoski was tapping Hope Hicks and now Kristi Noem.

Dude gets some hot tail.
Posted by: Delurker at March 06, 2026

His poor wife.
Posted by: Piper at March 06, 2026 08:49 AM (Wmg4n)
*******
Yeah, what a creep.
And he's not even hot.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 06, 2026 08:57 AM (NpAcC)

233 They still aren't sure where it came from, what caused it, or if any organ is feeding it. I have a follow-up scan next month and they'll see if it's growing or not.

God is Good.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 08:56 AM (oKJ0C)
----
Alien embryo? Had any close encounters with a face-hugger recently?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 06, 2026 08:57 AM (ESVrU)

234 Oversight Committee
@GOPoversight

You can't make this up. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Democrat: "Mr. Chairman, it's outrageous that this is what we're choosing to spend our time on in the Oversight Committee."

@RepJamesComer: "Fraud?"

Democrat: " ... Yes, fraud."

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 08:57 AM (RHGPo)

235 Nota bene: Vauban Books has reprinted Camp of the Saints, I highly recommend it now that it is readily available.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 06, 2026 08:57 AM (0U5gm)

236 It's odd that Trump is offering the IRGC total immunity if they lay down their arms.

--

Always give your enemy the option of surrender

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 06, 2026 08:57 AM (znREB)

237 Reported on Fox this morning and this-

https://tinyurl.com/4hn6e7zs
Posted by: redridinghood at March 06, 2026 08:50 AM (NpAcC)

Fox was reporting a day ago that Iraqi Kurds were crossing the border to fight! then everyone from Iraqi Kurdish leaders to Iranian opposition denied it. Fox has some bad apples with Iranian ties feeding them bad and destructive info.

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:57 AM (GD0B3)

238 rickb223, thank you for the update.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 06, 2026 08:57 AM (+nEug)

239 I thought the whole idea behind ejecting the mullahs was so the Iranian people could pick who would be "their new leader."

Why is there speculation on who the US would choose?

I presume we'd have veto power over some radical cleric or whatever. But isn't it up to the Iranians once the dust settles? Or do we not trust the people there to "choose wisely?"

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 06, 2026 08:57 AM (jtM2q)

240 "Going to war without Canada is like going hunting without an hockey stick."

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 08:58 AM (RHGPo)

241 Fox needs to clean stables.

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:58 AM (GD0B3)

242 They still aren't sure where it came from, what caused it, or if any organ is feeding it.

I haven't combed my hair yet this morning so I can pull this off...

I'm not saying it's aliens, but it's aliens.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 08:58 AM (ExV1e)

243 Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 08:56 AM

Thanks for letting us know. May God continue to bless you!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 08:58 AM (uPdai)

244 >It's odd that Trump is offering the IRGC total immunity if they lay down their arms. Immunity.
-----

'surrendering troops will be given quarter'

Posted by: Don Black at March 06, 2026 08:58 AM (ZxPkt)

245 Vauban Books has reprinted Camp of the Saints, I highly recommend it now that it is readily available."

Get it while you can. It will (likely) be unavailable again soonest...

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 08:59 AM (XuXeR)

246 rickb223, thank you for the update.
Posted by: Ben Had

I was going to post it last night, but I kept flip flopping on whether or not to post it.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 08:59 AM (oKJ0C)

247 Rashida Tlaib
@RashidaTlaib
You cannot ‘free’ people by killing them and destroying their country.

... so, you're saying we should get rid of all illegals?

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 08:59 AM (RHGPo)

248 234
rickb that's wonderful!!!
Praise God.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 06, 2026 08:59 AM (znREB)

249 Why is there speculation on who the US would choose?

"It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set."

/some guy

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 09:00 AM (XuXeR)

250 >>> I did not know he was married, but Piper is absolutely on target: he and his wife have four kids together.

Mostly I remember him for pulling Michelle Fields arm off ten years ago.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 06, 2026 08:54 AM (mgg5j)

I get the feeling that DC is basically sodom and gomorrah. Raunchy bacchanalian romps all the time. Worse than anything people thought about Hollywood. I don't know how you go there and keep the slime off you. Like a paladin of old, cross and shield I think.

And some thrive, it's their perfect environ. That's the scary part.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 06, 2026 09:00 AM (3uBP9)

251 I presume we'd have veto power over some radical cleric or whatever. But isn't it up to the Iranians once the dust settles? Or do we not trust the people there to "choose wisely?"

The Europeans are sitting on the side-lines waiting for others to stop bleeding before they go in and assume to know better how nations should be governed.... for a price.

"Humanitarian Aid" is Globalist Speak for Endless Grift.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 06, 2026 09:00 AM (a4flb)

252 243 I thought the whole idea behind ejecting the mullahs was so the Iranian people could pick who would be "their new leader."

Why is there speculation on who the US would choose?

I presume we'd have veto power over some radical cleric or whatever. But isn't it up to the Iranians once the dust settles? Or do we not trust the people there to "choose wisely?"

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 06, 2026 08:57 AM (jtM2q)

=====

The only point of this is to get a regime that will not monetarily support interntaional terrorism and nuclear ambitions.

Islamic cleric, secular monarch, democratically elected president, it doesn't matter their background.

We're not bombing missile sites deep in the mountains to secure democracy. We're bombing missile sites deep in the mountains to kill military capabilities. Israel is targeting political leadership who would use it.

Regime change will probably be necessary, but that doesn't mean that Trump has to portray himself as bloodthirsty and obsessed with making Iran America.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 09:00 AM (GBKbO)

253 ‘ struck an airport and near a school building in the Caucasus nation’

What is this obsession with schools? Schools are everywhere in a country. It would be hard to land a bomb that wasnt ‘near’ a school. It’s like saying a bomb landed ‘near a fast food joint.’

Enough already,

Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 06, 2026 09:01 AM (2Sa7s)

254 I was going to post it last night, but I kept flip flopping on whether or not to post it."

Glad you did. We (ok, I) can use some good news for a change...

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 09:01 AM (XuXeR)

255 Congrats, rickb.
________

Was that a needle biopsy to aspirate it? Ouch.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 06, 2026 09:01 AM (XvL8K)

256 Posted by: person at March 06, 2026 08:59 AM (8CH0C)

Ace rarely reports. He opines. He comments. But it's all based on other people's reporting. Sometimes, regrettably, it's GIGO.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 09:01 AM (ExV1e)

257 Al Arabia (Saudi channel) trashes Cucker for spreading lies. Called the claims about MOssad agents being arrested in Saudi "baseless and untrue."

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 09:01 AM (GD0B3)

258 God is Good.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 08:56 AM (oKJ0C)
******
Yes. That is wonderful news!

Posted by: redridinghood at March 06, 2026 09:01 AM (NpAcC)

259 241 Fox was reporting a day ago that Iraqi Kurds were crossing the border to fight! then everyone from Iraqi Kurdish leaders to Iranian opposition denied it.

... it's called a "faint"

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 09:01 AM (RHGPo)

260 I read one of Michael Medved's books where he relates that coming up through the Democrat Party, lots of people having sex with each other was a thing they did.

I haven't read any books that describe Republicans, but I assume it's the same way.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 06, 2026 09:01 AM (DgMqy)

261 I have no idea what kind of job Noem was doing ... Coulter never liked her for the job. And Ann says there were 47 better picks than Mullins for the job. Apparently Mullins has spoken (tweeted?) favorably about some sort of amnesty for illegals before.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 06, 2026 08:55 AM (vbXSk)

While I am sure there will be a D or two trying to slow things down, being a senator, Mullin *should* get through confirmation by the end of the month, given senatorial courtesy and all that. If it was someone coming from elsewhere, the Ds could have played the "We need to know more about this person" and attempted to drag it out for weeks, forcing the GOP to use procedural tactics in committee and on the floor to speed things up.

Posted by: Vendette at March 06, 2026 09:02 AM (1ieqq)

262 ugh...troll touched my post, go back to your comfy chair, grandpa

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 09:02 AM (GD0B3)

263 The New York Post reports that many bettors on Kalshi assumed they had won big on wagers that Ayatollah Khamenei would be out as Supreme Leader of Iran by Saturday after he was killed in joint US-Israeli air strikes over the weekend. However, Kalshi, an American prediction market that allows users to bet on politics, sports, foreign affairs and pop culture, announced it would not be paying out any winnings on those wagers, since its guidelines prohibit markets directly tied to death.

... how convenient

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 09:02 AM (RHGPo)

264 Was that a needle biopsy to aspirate it? Ouch."

Yeah, ouch. Mrs had a needle bone biopsy last week. Quadruple ouch.
Still ouchy.

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 09:02 AM (XuXeR)

265 I get the feeling that DC is basically sodom and gomorrah. Raunchy bacchanalian romps all the time.

If you're ever trying to lose weight, at meal times picture the makeup of Congress... leave out Anna Paulina Luna... and then think of the preceding two sentences.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 09:03 AM (ExV1e)

266 That's terrific, rickb223!

Posted by: Gref at March 06, 2026 09:03 AM (5rh/l)

267 "Strong nations do what they will, and the weak suffer what they must."

Melian Dialogue. From 2,442 years ago. Some things have not changed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 06, 2026 09:03 AM (u82oZ)

268 A northern Virginia Democratic nominee is facing growing bipartisan calls to withdraw from an upcoming special election after resurfaced tweets containing racist and antisemitic language.

... this is Virginia. They have been doing that since Reconstruction.

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 09:04 AM (RHGPo)

269 Law.com: Nearly 200 Ex-Judges Tell Supreme Court: Your Unreasoned Emergency Orders Are Not Binding. More than 175 former federal and state judges signed an amicus brief responding to the Trump administration's argument that lower courts are "flouting" the Supreme Court's unexplained emergency orders.

Doubt that will change anything. The key to winning at SCOTUS is bribing Thomas. We all know how bitchy he gets when he doesn't get any money. Last time he stopped speaking during work for 10 years.

As an attorney, the McConnell rigged Supreme Courts opinions are all non-binding. It's political theatre. There is no such thing as law at this point. It's whichever political party is in power and can enforce said rulings or non rulings through State violence.

This is the issue. If they can arbitrarily ignore legal precedent and language, what makes their opinions have staying power? They’re reasoned against the prevailing way law has been interpreted for a very long time. There’s no foundation under the house.

One of the first things dems should do once we take back the congress and the White House is overturn every emergency decision this court made

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 06, 2026 09:04 AM (JCZqz)

270 The Europeans are sitting on the side-lines waiting for others to stop bleeding before they go in and assume to know better how nations should be governed.... for a price.

Import millions of muslims and sub-Saharan Africans. -- The Europeans

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 09:04 AM (ExV1e)

271 ‘ Noem blamed Trump for approving questionable contracts worth over $200 million for deportation ads’

Fake news. I watched the hearings. She did not blame Trump. She took responsibility, defended the ads, and only vaguely said that Trump knew she was making an ad.

The media is lying. As I suspected, this was a concerted effort to destroy her. She was apparently so good at her job that she had to be eliminated.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 06, 2026 09:04 AM (2Sa7s)

272 I get the feeling that DC is basically sodom and gomorrah. Raunchy bacchanalian romps all the time."

The worst part is that it's not filled with... er, the most... attractive (let's go with that) folks ever.
Unlike, say, L.A. land...

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 09:04 AM (XuXeR)

273 Was that a needle biopsy to aspirate it? Ouch.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

22ga needle. Upper GI endoscopy. I was out. They went thru the mouth, down to just above the stomach. Never felt a thing.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 09:04 AM (oKJ0C)

274 Fox also had a poll that showed a majority disapproved of Trump’s immigration enforcement.

I'm part of the Majority who disapprove of the execution of immigration enforcement

• Not aggressive enough.
• Use boxcars and container ships, not aircraft to yeet them out of the country
• seize and liquidate all assets confiscated from deported aliens.
• go after their employers
• and landlords
• and every single government employee that gave them aid in comfort in the form of welfare and documentation.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 06, 2026 09:05 AM (a4flb)

275 274 274 Law.com: Nearly 200 Ex-Judges Tell Supreme Court: Your Unreasoned Emergency Orders Are Not Binding. More than 175 former federal and state judges signed an amicus brief responding to the Trump administration's argument that lower courts are "flouting" the Supreme Court's unexplained emergency orders.
As an attorney, the McConnell rigged Supreme Courts opinions are all non-binding. It's political theatre. There is no such thing as law at this point. It's whichever political party is in power and can enforce said rulings or non rulings through State violence.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit

=======

This is hilarious.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 09:05 AM (GBKbO)

276 Virginia Democrats have proven there’s no bottom in modern politics (except James Talarico)

Klansman outfit, okay
Wanting kill children, totally fine
Antisemitism, no problem
Racism, it happens

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 09:05 AM (RHGPo)

277 The media is lying."

The deuce you say! Well I never...

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 09:05 AM (XuXeR)

278 Alright, friends. Enjoy the rest of your morning! I am off to teach this last class and then run home so everything is ready for the house cleaners.

Posted by: Piper at March 06, 2026 09:06 AM (OoFl2)

279 Couric is channeling Barbra Walter’s ‘What kind of tree would you be’ hard hitting interview question. Funny as I thought Marie jumped the shark lonnnng time ago. Surprised anyone listens to her.

Posted by: Paisley at March 06, 2026 09:06 AM (EUqDx)

280 Good morning again dear horde and happy birthday JJ

Yay for a 2 hour catnap

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 06, 2026 09:06 AM (RIvkX)

281 Tlaib "you can't liberate people by killing them"
Tell the Canadians. They free people from pain and disability by killing them

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 06, 2026 09:06 AM (/C62k)

282 279 • seize and liquidate all assets confiscated from deported aliens.
• go after their employers

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 06, 2026 09:05 AM (a4flb)

======

Both of these things are happening.

You're just unhappy because the NYT isn't reporting on it, or that major corporations use either eVerify (which gives employers no enforcement powers, they have to accept obviously fraudulent information by statute) or subcontractors (who are getting sued).

When an illegal is picked up by ICE, they forfeit literally everything to the US government.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 09:06 AM (GBKbO)

283 What we need in Iran is high heels on the ground.

Posted by: Sam Brinton at March 06, 2026 09:06 AM (2Ez/1)

284 Law.com: Nearly 200 Ex-Judges Tell Supreme Court: Your Unreasoned Emergency Orders Are Not Binding. More than 175 former federal and state judges signed an amicus brief responding to the Trump administration's argument that lower courts are "flouting" the Supreme Court's unexplained emergency orders.

——

Only 200? That’s all the trash they could find among decades of dogshit federal and state judges? Weak.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 06, 2026 09:07 AM (2Sa7s)

285 >>> The media is lying. As I suspected, this was a concerted effort to destroy her. She was apparently so good at her job that she had to be eliminated.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 06, 2026 09:04 AM (2Sa7s)

I don't believe Trump, this time out, is making missteps in appointments. I think if she's getting moved, for whatever reason, he has someone even better on tap.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 06, 2026 09:08 AM (3uBP9)

286 I Meme Therefore I Am
@ImMeme0
Congressman Gill: “I would rather preserve the America that we know and love so that my daughter and my son can grow up in that country, as opposed to growing up in a world where they go to the mall in Dallas, Texas, and see 90% of the people wearing burkas and speaking foreign languages.”

https://tinyurl.com/4tbm53wb

Posted by: redridinghood at March 06, 2026 09:08 AM (NpAcC)

287 Intrepid AoS Liason - wow, they really have zero ability to self-reflect! "Tell me you don't know what a Supreme Court is", indeed.

Posted by: RandomDave at March 06, 2026 09:08 AM (aJQbY)

288 One of the first things dems should do once we take back the congress and the White House is overturn every emergency decision this court made

Anarchy and Lawlessness is their answer?

Do these retards know that the law exists to protect them against me hunting them down for sport?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 06, 2026 09:08 AM (a4flb)

289 There is no such thing as law at this point. It's whichever political party is in power and can enforce said rulings or non rulings through State violence.

So reddit leftists approve of summary execution for anyone in government who defies Trump? Good to know.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 09:08 AM (ExV1e)

290
What part of immigration enforcement headed by Noem didn’t aos readers not like?
Posted by: Opinion fact

Not enough hickory shampoo handed out to protesters.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at March 06, 2026 09:09 AM (QVmho)

291 >>More than 175 former federal and state judges signed an amicus brief responding to the Trump administration's argument that lower courts are "flouting" the Supreme Court's unexplained emergency orders.

You know who else signed the amicus brief? Norm Eisen, one of the leaders of lawfare against Trump and his team. He's been part of every lie since Russia collusion.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 06, 2026 09:09 AM (viF8m)

292 22ga needle. Upper GI endoscopy. I was out. They went thru the mouth, down to just above the stomach. Never felt a thing.
Posted by: rickb223
__________

Good. If they're doing the needle biopsy alone, that's often done with just a local.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 06, 2026 09:09 AM (XvL8K)

293 More than 175 former federal and state judges signed an amicus brief...

This sounds a lot like the "51 former intelligence officials" stunt.

Posted by: t-bird at March 06, 2026 09:09 AM (zHdFR)

294 TGIF, all!

I think?
TBD

Posted by: Lizzy at March 06, 2026 09:10 AM (Suwql)

295 Popstonox is reporting that Hasan Piker is going to host Newsom in his stream.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 06, 2026 09:10 AM (gKWVE)

296 Excellent news, Rick

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 06, 2026 09:10 AM (0U5gm)

297 I'm part of the Majority who disapprove of the execution of immigration enforcement

• Not aggressive enough.
• Use boxcars and container ships, not aircraft to yeet them out of the country
• seize and liquidate all assets confiscated from deported aliens.
• go after their employers
• and landlords
• and every single government employee that gave them aid in comfort in the form of welfare and documentation.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

I'm part of those who disapprove of the lack of executions.

Criminal wetback who has killed someone?
Execute.
Criminal wetback who has killed someone and hidden here for ten years?
Execute them. Bury them. Dig them back up & execute them again.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 09:10 AM (oKJ0C)

298 When an illegal is picked up by ICE, they forfeit literally everything to the US government.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

You, sir, have brightened my day.

Looking forward to finding discount F-350 dualies on the market.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 06, 2026 09:10 AM (a4flb)

299 290
What part of immigration enforcement headed by Noem didn’t aos readers not like?
Posted by: Opinion fact

Not enough hickory shampoo handed out to protesters.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at March 06, 2026 09:09 AM (QVmho)

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Listen, 700,000 forcible inland deportations may be some kind of record, but the Democrats fought back.

Why couldn't she have done record deportations without the Democrats getting mad about it and making it an issue?

(Apparently, Noem's leadership did go off the deep end over the last few months, a not small part of it being spending $200 million to film and get onto the airwaves ads that featured her, as well as a bidding process for a large contract that she seems to have rigged.)

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 09:10 AM (GBKbO)

300 Some media are saying Iran can keep firing missiles that emerge from deep caves, fire, and retreat back before we can get them.

But surely we track exactly where they fire from, so we could at least bomb the entrances to their deep caves ... then I guess we'd need some big robot dogs (or some such thang) to run down the tunnel and explode inside.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 06, 2026 09:10 AM (vbXSk)

301 >>> Alright, friends. Enjoy the rest of your morning! I am off to teach this last class and then run home so everything is ready for the house cleaners.
Posted by: Piper at March 06, 2026 09:06 AM (OoFl2)

You ready your house for the cleaners the same way I ready my dishes for the dish washer. By cleaning them. I honestly try to just put a dirty messy dish in the dish washer, but my OCD seizes control and I prewash it. I'm helping!

Posted by: banana Dream at March 06, 2026 09:11 AM (3uBP9)

302 298 When an illegal is picked up by ICE, they forfeit literally everything to the US government.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

You, sir, have brightened my day.

Looking forward to finding discount F-350 dualies on the market.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 06, 2026 09:10 AM (a4flb)

======

You asserted that the government was not confiscating anything.

Why did you assert that?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 09:11 AM (GBKbO)

303 269 ugh...troll touched my post, go back to your comfy chair, grandpa
Posted by: runner

On the bright side, post on X claims and explains how Israeli hackers used the IRGC street and university surveillance system of street cameras including facial recognition to build a database of the entire IRGC and Basiji members. The surveillance system built by Chicoms was for creating an Iranian database for the regime to go after protesters and regime opponents.

The system also apparently caught much of the street violence where the Iranians killed innocent protesters (the drive by shootings) and these have been used to turn relatives of the dead into informants for Israeli intel.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 09:11 AM (E4rtv)

304 Where are all the college campus protests against the war in Iran?

Posted by: I gotta ask at March 06, 2026 09:12 AM (2Ez/1)

305 What part of immigration enforcement headed by Noem didn’t aos readers not like?
Posted by: Opinion fact

Not enough hickory shampoo handed out to protesters.
Posted by: BifBewalski

+1000

Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 09:12 AM (oKJ0C)

306 I'm not saying it's aliens, but it's aliens.
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Ancient Astronaut Theorists Say Yes.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 06, 2026 09:13 AM (pZ64F)

307 300 Some media are saying Iran can keep firing missiles that emerge from deep caves, fire, and retreat back before we can get them.

But surely we track exactly where they fire from, so we could at least bomb the entrances to their deep caves ... then I guess we'd need some big robot dogs (or some such thang) to run down the tunnel and explode inside.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 06, 2026 09:10 AM (vbXSk)

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We are bombing known missile caches under the mountains. We are bombing individual missile launchers.

The missile launch capabilities of Iran are massively reduced, evidenced by their massively reduced missile activity.

If the only acceptable target is 100% all missile and launchers destroyed, it's a target that will never be achieved, but Iran's missile program is...not very strong right now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 09:13 AM (GBKbO)

308 Looking forward to finding discount F-350 dualies on the market.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
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Most of those were with borrowed money and thus go back to the banks/financing agencies that lent the money.

One such big car agency went under last year that toted the note and sold vehicles to illegals. Big impact in the SW US.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 09:13 AM (E4rtv)

309 “I would rather preserve the America that we know and love”

Yeah, that’s rather the point, isn’t it. You don’t get to vote on that, oddly enough, and your betters decided decades ago to completely erase it.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 06, 2026 09:13 AM (XuiFR)

310 304 Where are all the college campus protests against the war in Iran?
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When they run out of money the protesters stay home. See Code Pink on how it works.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 06, 2026 09:14 AM (pZ64F)

311 >>A May 2025 clip of Carville telling Omar to leave the Democrat Party on his “Politics War Room” podcast resurfaced and went viral on Feb. 25.

IT'S FUNNY THAT CARVILLE NEVER NOTICED THAT SINCE 2018, AND ESPECIALLY AFTER OCTOBER 7TH, OMAR AND HE RILK ARE THE DEMOCRAT PARTY.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at March 06, 2026 09:15 AM (Suwql)

312 But surely we track exactly where they fire from, so we could at least bomb the entrances to their deep caves ... then I guess we'd need some big robot dogs (or some such thang) to run down the tunnel and explode inside.
Posted by: illiniwek

Bomb the entrance. Monitor remotely. If it looks like they are digging out, bomb it again. Eventually, they'll starve or get blown up.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 09:15 AM (oKJ0C)

313 OMG this is it. Send in the Tranny Brigade™!

Its their time!

Posted by: MJ at March 06, 2026 09:16 AM (XOmY9)

314 >>I'm not saying it's aliens, but it's aliens.
----------------------

Ehhh, we have documentation. . .

Posted by: Aliens at March 06, 2026 09:16 AM (Suwql)

315 I love the lefty lawyer on DU telling everyone that in his legal opinion, everything that the supreme court rules is not binding since they are illegitimate.

It goes hand in hand with their belief that a mob threatening a jury to come to the decision the mob wants is justice.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 06, 2026 09:16 AM (0U5gm)

316 I have a couple of questions

So if Mullins gets the Homeland job, will the OK gov nominate someone until a special election?

How does Oklahoma fill the spot?

And was it a good idea to pull an R from the senate as close as that balance is?

Posted by: Blanco at March 06, 2026 09:17 AM (sW/8y)

317 "...HE RILK..."

Help us out here, Big Ben.

Posted by: Confoozed at March 06, 2026 09:17 AM (2Ez/1)

318 rickb223

We are doing that. We basically have aircraft circling launch sites, looking for emerging launchers.

The missile storage is under so much rock we can't get a deep penetrator bomb to the store room.

So we plink launchers and exits.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 06, 2026 09:17 AM (u82oZ)

319 300 Some media are saying Iran can keep firing missiles that emerge from deep caves, fire, and retreat back before we can get them.

But surely we track exactly where they fire from, so we could at least bomb the entrances to their deep caves ... then I guess we'd need some big robot dogs (or some such thang) to run down the tunnel and explode inside.

Posted by: illiniwek
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And that is specifically what is being done. No openings, the big caves become tombs. If you look at bomb pictures, where you see smoke rising in a vertical pillar above the bomb explosion, that means it was a penetrator. Probably our 2000 lb cheap type which I forget the designation.

In a very permissive air environment where aircraft can loiter, we can be very precise even with relatively dumb bombs with a JDAM kit attached.

Remember, one of the problems of caves and explosions is that like the Hezbollah head, if the blast does not get you, then the poisonous vapors can and do kill people in unventilated bunkers. Most of those vapors are heavier than air.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 09:17 AM (E4rtv)

320 312 But surely we track exactly where they fire from, so we could at least bomb the entrances to their deep caves ... then I guess we'd need some big robot dogs (or some such thang) to run down the tunnel and explode inside.
Posted by: illiniwek

Bomb the entrance. Monitor remotely. If it looks like they are digging out, bomb it again. Eventually, they'll starve or get blown up
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This is a job for Loitering Munitions.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 06, 2026 09:17 AM (pZ64F)

321
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

IT'S OFFICIAL: Scott Presler is running for office in Pennsylvania

Scott is starting LOCAL, running for State Committee for the Republican Committee of Beaver County, Pennsylvania

This man NEVER slows down!

https://tinyurl.com/2cchmxm4

Posted by: redridinghood at March 06, 2026 09:17 AM (NpAcC)

322 Some media are saying Iran can keep firing missiles that emerge from deep caves, fire, and retreat back before we can get them.

This is known. There was video yesterday of what appeared to be just undeveloped desert sand energetically exploding after we somehow got a bomb or drone up wherever the entrance is.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 06, 2026 09:17 AM (QZThv)

323 Listen, 700,000 forcible inland deportations may be some kind of record, but the Democrats fought back.

Why couldn't she have done record deportations without the Democrats getting mad about it and making it an issue?

Because TDS. And only because of TDS.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 09:17 AM (oKJ0C)

324 >>>"Going to war without Canada is like going hunting without an hockey stick."

>Going to war with Canada is like getting a cheap-shot high-stick that knocked a guy's tooth out, - him coming back and scoring the winning goal.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 06, 2026 09:17 AM (M9gjJ)

325 The IRGC lobbed a missile into a palestinian enclave last night.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 06, 2026 09:18 AM (+nEug)

326 315 I love the lefty lawyer on DU telling everyone that in his legal opinion, everything that the supreme court rules is not binding since they are illegitimate.

It goes hand in hand with their belief that a mob threatening a jury to come to the decision the mob wants is justice.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 06, 2026 09:16 AM (0U5gm)

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That was hilarious.

Legitimacy comes from the office, not from whether people outside of it like it or not.

If it's the latter, then the office itself is meaningless, and his entire profession is pointless.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 09:18 AM (GBKbO)

327
Carville is a Gollum cartoon at this point, screaming absurdities.

Posted by: Auspex at March 06, 2026 09:18 AM (Y8DZL)

328 Bomb the entrance. Monitor remotely. If it looks like they are digging out, bomb it again. Eventually, they'll starve or get blown up.
Posted by: rickb223
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I would guess they had the foresight to do multiple entrances, like a dugout in WW1.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 06, 2026 09:18 AM (XvL8K)

329 You know who else signed the amicus brief? Norm Eisen, one of the leaders of lawfare against Trump and his team. He's been part of every lie since Russia collusion.

Noted author, Norm Eisen...

Posted by: t-bird at March 06, 2026 09:18 AM (zHdFR)

330 Blanco, this was being discussed yesterday - apparently Stitt would appoint a temp, then special election in November to make it official until the end of the term.

Confoozed - try "HER ILK".

Posted by: RandomDave at March 06, 2026 09:18 AM (aJQbY)

331 >>Virginia Democrats have proven there’s no bottom in modern politics (except James Talarico)

Klansman outfit, okay
Wanting kill children, totally fine
Antisemitism, no problem
Racism, it happens

"Macaca" is NOT

Posted by: Aliens at March 06, 2026 09:19 AM (Suwql)

332 Blanco

OK has a Republican governor. Direct appoint as soon as the Senate seat is vacant. Otherwise, he still votes.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 06, 2026 09:19 AM (u82oZ)

333 >>@DataRepublican

>>Had an amazing two days meeting with representatives from all over the world.

>>I discussed foreign NGO situations with representatives from:
🔹Estonia
🔹Romania
🔹France
🔹Germany
🔹Moldova
🔹Croatia
🔹Georgia
... and many more countries.

>>The takeaway: the NGO situation is identical all over the world. Everyone felt their people aren't truly in control of the country, and NGOs are imposing policies on them which nobody voted for.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 06, 2026 09:19 AM (viF8m)

334 Hasan Piker is going to host Newsom in his stream.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 06, 2026 09:10 AM (gKWVE)

Hasan Piker ( which came up initially as "Hand puker" from autocorrect ) is a leftist, so it's a shame he can't hold Newsom down in an actual stream.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 09:19 AM (lQ+/f)

335 isn't it up to the Iranians once the dust settles? Or do we not trust the people there to "choose wisely?"
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 06, 2026 08:57 AM (jtM2q

I implicitly trust the bulk of Iranians to choose wisely. They're DONE with this bullshit.

But the choice isn't theirs.

The proportion of Shia fanatics outstrips the carrying capacity of any government that isn't fanatical Shia. They'll destroy any attempt at it. So the way I see it, it leaves us three options.

1.) Let them choose new leaders, and guarantee this new regime's defense from the Islamists in to the foreseeable future: unacceptable.

2.) Let them choose new leaders, and leave them to be destroyed by the Islamists until such time as they regain power and start terrorizing the world again, and then do this same thing again: shitty but acceptable.

3.) Choose an acceptable Muslim leader to dominate the country, someone not too insanely radical but strong enough to impose order... someone like Qaddafi: still shitty, but probably the least risk to us.

No good option is on the table. A free and prosperous Iran is not achievable without a permanent presence, and likely not even then. We need out of this.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 06, 2026 09:19 AM (BI5O2)

336 310 304 Where are all the college campus protests against the war in Iran?
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When they run out of money the protesters stay home. See Code Pink on how it works.
Posted by: pudinhead

You may see some on March 28th, the next scheduled No Kings Protest across the nation. I think the focus will be more on anti-ICE stuff, with a bit of Jew hate, because the Iran attacks are popular, successful, and will probably mostly be done by then.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 06, 2026 09:19 AM (JCZqz)

337 >>This man NEVER slows down!

https://tinyurl.com/2cchmxm4

He is amazing.
Hate to see him pinned down to a job though, as he's so effective traveling the country.

Posted by: Aliens at March 06, 2026 09:20 AM (Suwql)

338 The missile storage is under so much rock we can't get a deep penetrator bomb to the store room.

So we plink launchers and exits.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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Actually not seeing that from reports NaCly. Their nuke facilities were, the missile magazines were designed to defeat the more standard bunker busters, not the ones that B2s can launch. The missile magazines are reportedly not as deep as the nuke sites were as the Iranians thought they would be able to launch many more missiles in salvos by now much earlier.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 09:20 AM (E4rtv)

339 feint

Posted by: Don Black at March 06, 2026 09:20 AM (ZxPkt)

340 269 ugh...troll touched my post, go back to your comfy chair, grandpa
Posted by: runner

Ooh-wee, ride me high
Tomorrow's the day that my bride's a-gonna come
Ooh-wee, are we gonna fly
Down into the easy chair...

Posted by: Old Fart Boomer at March 06, 2026 09:20 AM (D1j1g)

341 250 I get the feeling that DC is basically sodom and gomorrah. Raunchy bacchanalian romps all the time. Worse than anything people thought about Hollywood. I don't know how you go there and keep the slime off you. Like a paladin of old, cross and shield I think.

And some thrive, it's their perfect environ. That's the scary part.
Posted by: banana Dream at March 06, 2026 09:00 AM (3uBP9)

DC is the one place where you still get to be part of the debauchery even if you're ugly.

Anywhere else, you either have to be hot, or find people with a fetish for ugly people,

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 09:20 AM (3wOGw)

342 Is Hasan going to yell “Gavin, place!” and shock him?

Posted by: Ian S. at March 06, 2026 09:21 AM (QZThv)

343 Shampoo, Hickory or not, is dispensed, not “handed out”. Ladled would be acceptable as well, I think.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 06, 2026 09:22 AM (XuiFR)

344 I have a couple of questions

So if Mullins gets the Homeland job, will the OK gov nominate someone until a special election?

How does Oklahoma fill the spot?

And was it a good idea to pull an R from the senate as close as that balance is?

Posted by: Blanco at March 06, 2026 09:17 AM (sW/8y)

Governor (who is a conservative R) appoints someone to serve until a special election is held on the next regularly-scheduled general election day to fill the remainder of the term. Mullin was elected in 2022.

Of note, the appointee cannot run in the election to fill the remainder of the term, and must be a member for at least the past 5 years of the same party as the departing senator.

Posted by: Vendette at March 06, 2026 09:22 AM (1ieqq)

345 Iran’s Strategy to Defeat America, Shatter the MAGA Movement, and End Trump’s Presidency
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The walls are closing in.

Posted by: ... at March 06, 2026 09:22 AM (Et1h0)

346 >> Noem blamed Trump for approving questionable contracts worth over $200 million for deportation ads’

Is it wrong that I've been enjoying the deportation ads? I mean, no idea if the cost has been reasonable, but D@MN, they are fabulous. And DHS has been recruiting new hires like gangbuster, right?

Posted by: Lizzy at March 06, 2026 09:23 AM (Suwql)

347 I barely make it in this morning to say thanks to JJ and morning all

I'm gonna kinda miss DHS barbie...

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 06, 2026 09:23 AM (xT8gx)

348 Posted by: RandomDave at March 06, 2026 09:18 AM (aJQbY)
and
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 06, 2026 09:19 AM (u82oZ)

Thank you both.. I only read the posts late last night and not the comments. my own damn fault

Posted by: Blanco at March 06, 2026 09:23 AM (sW/8y)

349 There literally is no Ayatollah that is not an apocalyptic terrorist.

Twelvers believe it is their duty to bring about the end of the world so that the 12th Imam will return.

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 09:23 AM (3wOGw)

350 Before the art thread came in, I wanted to float something I am wondering if true:

So, in person, Newsom seems to be parsing and weaselly. He hedges his bets and wants to play both sides. In his social media, he is trying to swing his dick over his head and he does not care who gets smacked.

Is his campaign people forcing him into way harder positions than he himself would take? Is he really just an empty suit being driven by others? Ron Burgundy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 09:24 AM (bss/y)

351 So if Mullins gets the Homeland job, will the OK gov nominate someone until a special election?

How does Oklahoma fill the spot?

And was it a good idea to pull an R from the senate as close as that balance is?

Posted by: Blanco

Immediate filling, resignation does not take place until end of March reportedly which allows confirmation vote before then. A new nominee is inserted immediately after the resignation takes effect from governor's appointment. It does, however, mean another special Senate election in November 2026 to fill the rest of Markwayne's term (to 202

but since Oklahoma, unlikely to be a Dem and the appointed senator can run as incumbent in that election.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 09:24 AM (E4rtv)

352 Blanco, you've been here longer than me... and you _read the posts_? I'm shocked!

Posted by: RandomDave at March 06, 2026 09:24 AM (aJQbY)

353 349 There literally is no Ayatollah that is not an apocalyptic terrorist.

Twelvers believe it is their duty to bring about the end of the world so that the 12th Imam will return.
Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 09:23 AM (3wOGw)

Morn' all.... I agree

Posted by: It's me donna at March 06, 2026 09:24 AM (VE6XX)

354 Of note, the appointee cannot run in the election to fill the remainder of the term, and must be a member for at least the past 5 years of the same party as the departing senator.
Posted by: Vendette at March 06, 2026 09:22 AM (1ieqq)

That seems silly. It would preclude appointing the best person as you'd hope that the best person would win the full term.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 09:24 AM (ExV1e)

355 Carville is a Gollum cartoon at this point, screaming absurdities.
Posted by: Auspex

Switching to clever puns may give his commentary more wight. Mee-heeee-heeee-heeeeee!!!

Posted by: The Crypkeeper at March 06, 2026 09:25 AM (JCZqz)

356 What does Berry Douchebag do these days? Haven't heard a squeak from that boy in quite a while.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 06, 2026 09:26 AM (pZ64F)

357 Is it wrong that I've been enjoying the deportation ads? I mean, no idea if the cost has been reasonable, but D@MN, they are fabulous. And DHS has been recruiting new hires like gangbuster, right?
Posted by: Lizzy
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I think the problem was that Noem tried to claim Trump approved them and with the government cutting spending, $220 million may be a bit much.

Noem and Lewandowski's alleged affair came back up at the Senate hearing along and she has had internal fights with the head of Border Patrol, ICE, and Trump's immigration czar Homan.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 09:26 AM (E4rtv)

358 I propose we have a Make Tucker Great Again movement before this gets all out of hand.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 06, 2026 09:26 AM (M9gjJ)

359 349 There literally is no Ayatollah that is not an apocalyptic terrorist.

Twelvers believe it is their duty to bring about the end of the world so that the 12th Imam will return.
Posted by: XTC

You don't think some of them believe it's all bullshit, and just pretend for the power and perks of the position? Like the Pope?

Posted by: Moron Analyst at March 06, 2026 09:26 AM (JCZqz)

360 Posted by: Vendette at March 06, 2026 09:22 AM (1ieqq)

And thank you also

Posted by: Blanco at March 06, 2026 09:26 AM (sW/8y)

361 Tousi has a great teaser. 49 minutes.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 06, 2026 09:26 AM (+nEug)

362 Carville is a Gollum cartoon at this point, screaming absurdities.
Posted by: Auspex

Switching to clever puns may give his commentary more wight. Mee-heeee-heeee-heeeeee!!!
Posted by: The Crypkeeper
____________

He predicted Trump would utterly collapse within what, 60 days? And that was a year ago.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 06, 2026 09:27 AM (XvL8K)

363 On the bright side, post on X claims and explains how Israeli hackers used the IRGC street and university surveillance system of street cameras including facial recognition to build a database of the entire IRGC and Basiji members. The surveillance system built by Chicoms was for creating an Iranian database for the regime to go after protesters and regime opponents.

The system also apparently caught much of the street violence where the Iranians killed innocent protesters (the drive by shootings) and these have been used to turn relatives of the dead into informants for Israeli intel.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 09:11 AM (E4rtv)

You really should watch the fantastic Israeli series "Tehran". 3 seasons so far. That type of surveillance is extensively portrayed in the show. As if Israelis were not hiding the fact. I suspect that it is more that just the cameras. that were used IRL....And I am concerned about the type of surveillance the Chicoms are doing on us!. Given that over the last 25 years, every PC and Mac was made in China.

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 09:28 AM (GD0B3)

364 >>> Blanco, you've been here longer than me... and you _read the posts_? I'm shocked!

I try and fail to use my time wisely during the day.

Hence. I read the posts

Posted by: Blanco at March 06, 2026 09:28 AM (sW/8y)

365 He predicted Trump would utterly collapse within what, 60 days? And that was a year ago.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 06, 2026 09:27 AM (XvL8K)

He didn't say which 60 days!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 09:28 AM (ExV1e)

366 That seems silly. It would preclude appointing the best person as you'd hope that the best person would win the full term.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Apparently to allow all candidates to run in the special on an equal basis. That clause is fairly rare and Vendette is correct in pointing out that provision.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 09:29 AM (E4rtv)

367 That seems silly. It would preclude appointing the best person as you'd hope that the best person would win the full term.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 09:24 AM (ExV1e)

It was done that way to avoid incumbency advantage. Interestingly, the governor is term-limited so if he has designs on becoming a senator for longer than 7 months he can't appoint himself.

Posted by: Vendette at March 06, 2026 09:29 AM (1ieqq)

368 Willie Nelson?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 06, 2026 09:29 AM (Kt19C)

369 He predicted Trump would utterly collapse within what, 60 days? And that was a year ago.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

I once collapsed after 60 gays. That was a hell of a night, I tell you...and a sore ass for a week!

Posted by: Sam Brinton at March 06, 2026 09:30 AM (JCZqz)

370 Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 09:24 AM (bss/y)

Empty suit. Slithering snake. Wants it all ways.

Posted by: ... at March 06, 2026 09:31 AM (Et1h0)

371 You're not gonna believe this but Willie Nelson Lives. 92 years old. Hell of an advertisement for weed.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 06, 2026 09:31 AM (pZ64F)

372 Noodus gratia artis

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

373 359 You don't think some of them believe it's all bullshit, and just pretend for the power and perks of the position? Like the Pope?
Posted by: Moron Analyst at March 06, 2026 09:26 AM (JCZqz)

In a religion where shirk is punishable by death? You're not reaching the rank of Ayatollah, and certainly not Grand Ayatollah, by being actively subversive and cutting the religion's legs out from under it.

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 09:31 AM (3wOGw)

374 Gavin Newsom will say or do whatever he thinks will advance the cause of Gavin Newsom. He is completely amoral, and without principles.

Posted by: Don Black at March 06, 2026 09:32 AM (ZxPkt)

375 >>I think the problem was that Noem tried to claim Trump approved them and with the government cutting spending, $220 million may be a bit much.

Her new role could actually be bigger than DHS. Trump's big goal is the reordering of the world with the US as the leader of the Western Hemisphere. Noem is going to figure prominently in that in her new role.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 06, 2026 09:32 AM (viF8m)

376 OK, maybe is a scandal. . .
@lukerosiak
The contracts scandal at DHS is extremely bad, possibly criminal. NBC reporting that Noem made her random helper from South Dakota the *deputy director of ICE* (bad in itself), who then ordered a SECOND contract to be given to the exact same firms that the $200M were steered to. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at March 06, 2026 09:33 AM (Suwql)

377 I think the males Noem was feuding with all the time finally got sick of her shit and asked Trump to do something about her.

Posted by: one hour sober at March 06, 2026 09:33 AM (Y1sOo)

378 Good morning, all, and thanks, J.J. 🙏

"President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan declared on Thursday that his country would use “the full might of our ‘Iron Fist'” against the terrorist regime in Iran after drones flying in from Iran struck an airport and near a school building in the Caucasus nation."

Interesting. Would be surprised if Z & a tad of NATO aren't in on it.

AI Overview:As of early 2026, relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Russia are in a state of "limbo" or strained, marked by a widening gap between Moscow's rhetoric and legal actions following a December 2024 plane crash incident. While traditionally strategic partners with a 338 km border and $5 billion+ in annual trade, Azerbaijan is actively distancing itself from Russia's influence, balancing relations through ties with Turkey and NATO while supporting Ukraine's territorial integrity.

6 references to the above including CEPA dot org, 'Russia–Azerbaijan: Relations Back on the Rocks' The Kremlin’s idea of a rapprochement is very different to Baku’s. Feb. 5, 2026)

History

militarnyi dot com: 'Video emerges of the attack on the base of Russian “peacekeepers” in Nagorno-Karabakh' Sept. 23, 2023

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 06, 2026 09:33 AM (NFX2v)

379 As Special Envoy to the Shield of the Americas, does Noem get an eyepatch like Nick Fury?

Posted by: PA Dutchman at March 06, 2026 07:56 AM (h/O4U)

Eyepatch McCain may be looking for a new gig once he is done plundering the booty.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 06, 2026 09:33 AM (dK+Kv)

380 You really should watch the fantastic Israeli series "Tehran". 3 seasons so far. That type of surveillance is extensively portrayed in the show. As if Israelis were not hiding the fact. I suspect that it is more that just the cameras. that were used IRL....And I am concerned about the type of surveillance the Chicoms are doing on us!. Given that over the last 25 years, every PC and Mac was made in China.
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And that is a problem no doubt. You can see hobbyist videos on YT where hackers take apart these Chicom cheap routers, wireless access points, etc. and they spill info to overseas ip addresses. One trick is to put $(reboot) into the initial login screen as a password and on the no security types, it will launch a reboot of the device (it can also soft brick it so beware of doing that).

Best to stay away from no name internet cameras, networking, and IOT devices sold cheap at Amazon, Temu, et.

Plenty of decent equipment used on Ebay for things like network switches, etc. and the brand name stuff is only a few bucks more. Not all name brand are safe but rather safer in combination with locking down your router and outside comms from your network.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 09:34 AM (E4rtv)

381 Also from above, "Say what you will about her personally, but the fact of the matter is DHS, with her as its administrator, was the key agency that finally sealed our border and deported thousands of illegal aliens, representing a key, if not the most important accomplishment for President Trump's administration to date, and fulfilling a campaign promise and the longstanding desire of all real Americans who voted for and support this President."

Thanks, J.J.

ALL of the women and the young men in PDT's 2nd administration are being targeted for removal or worse by other forces. Noem hung in there much longer than predicted in a "nontraditional job" even for nowadays.

The Rs act keep trying to act like the big tent party. Notice that progressive women - competent or not - are largely running the Democratic portion of Congress, backed - and maybe even hiding behind - by some of the worse male politicians in the last 50 years of history.

Competency matters, regardless of DEI, in all of our government.

All, imho.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 06, 2026 09:34 AM (NFX2v)

382 >>. . .Noem and Lewandowski's alleged affair came back up at the Senate hearing along and she has had internal fights with the head of Border Patrol, ICE, and Trump's immigration czar Homan.

Ah, OK.
Drama.
Ugh.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 06, 2026 09:34 AM (Suwql)

383 As an attorney, the McConnell rigged Supreme Courts opinions are all non-binding.
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Heh. Be sure to tell the judge that every time you argue a case.

Posted by: Oddbob at March 06, 2026 09:36 AM (Fs0KI)

384 >>>Going to war with Canada is like getting a cheap-shot high-stick that knocked a guy's tooth out, - him coming back and scoring the winning goal.

Seriously.

You could not have scripted that -- would have been too on-the-nose. LOVE, LOVE, LOVED that game and those players.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 06, 2026 09:37 AM (Suwql)

385 Eyepatch McCain may be looking for a new gig once he is done plundering the booty.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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Trump may find a sinecure for him if he wants it. I don't think he was very interested in the dull business of legislating but he might do okay in another executive position.

As LBJ said, it is better to have people inside the tent pissing out rather than outside pissing inwards.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 09:37 AM (E4rtv)

386 I haven't gone digging into the details - I'll wait for Ace or Datarepublican to do it then read an excellent summary that cuts out the nonsense - but if what I'm picking up from the discussion tracks, this is probably at least 50.01% accurate:

Noem did some questionable stuff on the ad contracts
And was a bit too Alpha-dog with her direct subordinates and partners
But she's useful, skillful, photogenic, and on the same side
Thus a 'transfer/promotion' that's both reward and punishment
Slap on the wrist, fix the problem without losing the talent

Classic "good boss" strategy.

Posted by: RandomDave at March 06, 2026 09:39 AM (aJQbY)

387 It was done that way to avoid incumbency advantage. Interestingly, the governor is term-limited so if he has designs on becoming a senator for longer than 7 months he can't appoint himself.
Posted by: Vendette

Stitt's term is up in 2026 anyway as governor and he is term limited. So the appointment is likely to be a Stitt placeholder and Stitt is probably the leading candidate for the special election to fill the rest of the term if he wants it. Name recognition and money enough to drive away serious contenders on the GOP side.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 09:42 AM (E4rtv)

388 386 I haven't gone digging into the details - I'll wait for Ace or Datarepublican to do it then read an excellent summary that cuts out the nonsense - but if what I'm picking up from the discussion tracks, this is probably at least 50.01% accurate:

Noem did some questionable stuff on the ad contracts
And was a bit too Alpha-dog with her direct subordinates and partners
But she's useful, skillful, photogenic, and on the same side
Thus a 'transfer/promotion' that's both reward and punishment
Slap on the wrist, fix the problem without losing the talent

Classic "good boss" strategy.
Posted by: RandomDave

Walz, Trump's short lived NSA director, has done a creditable job at the UN as ambassador for example and I agree with you. Best to give soft landings unless outright betrayal or criminal actions.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 09:44 AM (E4rtv)

389 Stitt's term is up in 2026 anyway as governor and he is term limited. So the appointment is likely to be a Stitt placeholder and Stitt is probably the leading candidate for the special election to fill the rest of the term if he wants it. Name recognition and money enough to drive away serious contenders on the GOP side.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 09:42 AM (E4rtv)

And he signed into law the bill that is preventing him from appointing himself, so someone gets rewarded with a short-term job that allows them to keep the title "Senator" for the rest of their lives.

Posted by: Vendette at March 06, 2026 09:48 AM (1ieqq)

390 Maybe, ultimately, she just wasn't the right man for the job.

Posted by: rechill at March 06, 2026 10:08 AM (K1zyu)

391 We pause the Two Minutes Hate for Mrs. Noem and Ms. Bondi to point out that Mr, Lankford is all about open borders and coddling people who break our immigration laws.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 06, 2026 10:33 AM (fYhK6)

392 This is what has generally been reported by msm:

>Congressional Hearing: During a House Judiciary Committee hearing on March 4, 2026, Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif.) directly asked Secretary Noem if she had "sexual relations" with her top adviser, Corey Lewandowski.
Non-Denial: Noem did not directly deny the allegation, instead calling the question "tabloid garbage" and accusing the committee of sexism.
Reports of Dismissal: Reports indicate that this "non-answer" was considered a "final straw" by the White House, leading to her being fired by President Trump shortly after.
Context: The alleged affair, along with accusations of mismanagement at the DHS, has been widely covered by various news outlets.

BTW, both Noem and Lewandowski are still married to their respective spouses.

Then:
As of early March 2026, U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer is facing an internal investigation regarding allegations of misconduct, including an claimed affair with a member of her security detail.

Her husband, Dr. Shawn DeRemer, is accused of touching two women inappropriately at the agency in Washington.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 06, 2026 10:40 AM (NFX2v)

393 Back in Feb 2025: CREW: Trump 2.0: Bracing for criminals, corruption and constitutional crises

How about this gem? McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
November 2, 2018, 'Lest We Forget the Horrors: A Catalog of Trump’s Worst Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes
Atrocities 383-545'
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Eric S & Fang-Fang
Dianne Feinstein and chinese influence.

Trillions stolen from C19 funds, American Rescue Plan, etc.? The Bidens' Influence Peddling Timeline of many years.

Marty Walsh, former US Secretary of Labor, whether in or out of government, 2016 or now, rest assured scandal accompanies. (Now on the board of the Biden Library.)

Boston Herald: Battenfeld: Marty Walsh choice for VP under fire in children’s food scandal, Dec. 2, 2025

Marty Walsh’s tenure as U.S. Secretary of Labor (March 2021 – March 2023), the Department of Labor (DOL) oversaw a period of historically high, pandemic-related unemployment insurance (UI) fraud, with estimates suggesting that tens of billions of dollars in federal funds were improperly paid out.

San Bernardino Sun: Julie Su prepares to forgive herself for Julie Su’s mistakes

And, of course, much more but TGIF.

Nice weekend 🤗

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 06, 2026 10:40 AM (NFX2v)

394 Longtime lurker here, and Hungarian-American. The Orban-Zelensky items on here are a little bit misleading.

I like Stephen Green in general, but he's needlessly complicating the history of "Subcarpathian Ukraine." The history is pretty straightforward, actually, before 1920. It was part of the old Hungarian Kingdom before the Treaty of Trianon. Even under Austrian occupation or in the Turkish occupation period, it was considered part of occupied Hungary.

After 1920, it changed hands a bunch of times, but between the wars it was Czechoslovakia, during WW2 it went back to Hungary, then after WW2 it was first USSR and then now Ukraine. (Green does a good job of noting the exceptions to this, but those aren't that important.)

There is a small Hungarian minority there, of 150K people, but yes, they've always been mistreated by the Soviet and Ukrainian authorities. Green is acting like this is some kind of pro-Putin conspiracy theory. Its not.

150K people isn't a lot, but the whole Hungarian nation is about 10 million, so its more important to them than it would be to a larger nation.

And generally speaking, Hungary doesn't want it back. Its super-poor!

Posted by: Rofos at March 06, 2026 11:46 AM (ropxx)

395 The interesting thing about this is 99% of the Muslim World is not condemning Israel. As for the other 1%, well, that's the United Kingdom and France for you.

Posted by: hadsil at March 06, 2026 12:28 PM (Xht4H)

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