The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 3/3/26

Good morning kids. And so, despite President Trump serving up heaping helpings of KABOOM to Iran's leadership . . .

President Donald Trump said Monday the initial strikes targeting Iran killed dozens of Iranian leaders during a breakfast meeting with Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Trump confirmed Khamenei’s death in a post on Truth Social Saturday, hours after he announced the commencement of Operation Epic Fury early that morning. “Special Report” host Bret Baier told “America’s Newsroom” co-hosts Bill Hemmer and Dana Perino that Trump was “pleased”with the progress of Operation Epic Fury.

. . . over here it's turning into déjà vu all over again. Or is it? Has the President betrayed the MAGA movement and one of its bedrock principles of no more endless and pointless wars? Obviously the usual suspects on the Left and Right are bleating this out to sow political division for their own advantage . . .

As an aside, I have neither seen nor heard of any reaction from John Kerry. Considering he was one of the chief architects of Obama's nuclear deal that put Iran squarely on the path to getting the bomb, and was often parlaying and paling around with Javad Zarif and other big wigs of the Iranian regime, Even post his tenure at Foggy Bottom, his silence is interesting. Imagine if his rotten criminal corpse turned up in a Tehran mortuary!

But, it may be semantics but in my estimation what we're seeing with Iran is not going to be endless and certainly it's not pointless.

The two questions, which most of us outside the government simply do not have answers to, are: First: Was the threat posed by Iran really that great? Second: Can we effectively and efficiently install a friendly regime in Iran? Those are the two questions. Everything else is noise. . .
. . . This is not being pitched as Iraq 2.0. It is being pitched as a decisive, overwhelming, time-limited force. The early days have been extremely successful. Military leadership decapitated. Key targets neutralized. A regime that has openly threatened American interests for decades suddenly thrown off balance. But early success does not guarantee long-term success. A billion things could go wrong.

Indeed. And so far, so much has gone so incredibly right, the deaths of US servicemen as well as any innocent civilians notwithstanding, but such is the nature of war. As I and others have said and written here and on the podcast as well as elsewhere, The Iranian regime such as it was (and I hope and pray my use of the past tense is correct) had already spent the better part of nearly 50 years spilling rivers of blood, quite a bit of it American, all over the world as far and away the number one state sponsor of terrorism and also in that time had been hell bent for leather in building and acquiring nuclear weapons and sophisticated missile delivery systems, all of which to bring about Armageddon as the precursor to Shiite paradise on Earth and the final conquest of the world, capping off the 1,500-year crusade to make it Islamic from pole to pole and ocean to ocean.

Whether or not President Trump truly understands the existential threat that Islam poses to global peace and the advancement of civilization and human development from an historical, ideological and intellectual perspective I can't say. But that he does take that 50 year chants of "Death to America" and the regime's bloody history is self-evident insofar as where we are today.

And of course there are other considerations vis a vis this President's desire to see America's status in the world as its preeminent power and the driving force of its destiny, not merely for his own place in history but for the sake of ensuing America's security and prosperity well past its 250th anniversary this coming July.

With Kharg Island, Iran’s main oil-export terminal, in flames after Saturday’s US-led attack, China’s energy lifeline is going up in smoke.
Ignoring international sanctions, oil-thirsty China had long been the Ayatollah Khamenei regime’s main buyer.
To be sure, China was a cheap customer, paying well below the going market price for Iran’s bootleg oil.
Not only that, it insisted in paying in Chinese yuan, not dollars, ensuring the money would flow back to China.
Beijing’s slick sales pitches convinced the Iranians to spend their oil billions buying China’s military and telecommunications equipment — like the “state-of-the-art” radar systems that now lie in smoldering ruins after failing to detect the incoming American air strikes.
But the decapitation of Iran’s leadership and the destruction of its Chinese-made defense arsenal aren’t the worst of Beijing’s Middle East woes.
Iran’s reckless missile barrages have united the entire region against it — causing an enormous loss of face for its chief international backer.
Two years ago, China was riding high in the Arab world.
In March 2023 it brokered a normalization agreement between Shiite Iran and its longtime Sunni adversary, Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Investment Minister Khalid Al-Falih praised the new Middle Eastern power broker.
A multipolar world had emerged, he declared — and cooperation between the Gulf states and China would be “a significant part of the new order.”
A year into President Donald Trump’s second term, China’s role in that new order seems to be shrinking by the day.
It’s not just that Iran, the anchor of China’s Middle East ambitions, is now an international pariah.
That’s only the latest in a long series of recent geopolitical setbacks for America’s chief adversary. . .
. . . From Panama to Venezuela, from Greenland to Iran, the pieces of the puzzle are falling into place.
Trump is thinking very bigly.
As US energy production ramps up, China is not only deprived of cheap oil from Venezuela and Iran, but also the ability to pay for it by printing renminbi.  . .
. . .His goal is to transform the global order to America’s advantage — which necessarily means greatly reducing the malign influence of Communist China.
“Winning without fighting is the acme of warfare,” the ancient Chinese strategist Sunzi famously said.
And where China is concerned, it seems that one of Sunzi’s best students is a yangguizi — a “foreign devil” by the name of Donald J. Trump.

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY LINKS

Victor Davis Hanson: Trump’s doctrine is simple: strike first at the guilty, strike hard from afar, skip the nation-building, and end wars on America’s terms.
Trump’s Way of War

AMERICA & ISRAEL STRIKE IRAN!

Trump: “We’re knocking the crap out of them. I think it’s going very well. It’s very powerful.”
Trump on Iran: ‘The Big Wave Hasn’t Even Happened. The Big One is Coming Soon’
Posting on the third day of operations, United States Central Command wrote on X: “Two days ago, the Iranian regime had 11 ships in the Gulf of Oman, today they have ZERO.”
CENTCOM: Tehran’s Gulf of Oman Fleet Wiped Out — ‘ZERO’ Ships Remain as U.S. Hits 1,250+ Targets
“’Number one, they didn’t think we knew, but you never attack in the morning, having to do with winds and sun and a lot of things. It just, it was amazing that we knew everything we knew,’ he said there is a plan.”
Trump Says US Decapitated Iranian Leadership As They Ate Breakfast (they were eating "Kaboom" - jjs)
“The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia has issued a shelter in place notification for Jeddah, Riyadh and Dhahran and are limiting non-essential travel to any military installations in the region,” a “security alert” posted by the Riyadh embassy on X read.
US Embassy in Saudi Arabia hit in suspected Iranian drone attack: reports
“The first is it was abundantly clear that, if Iran came under attack by anyone, the United States or Israel or anyone, they were going to respond and respond against the United States.”
Rubio: We Knew Israel Would Attack Iran, Which Would Lead to an Attack on America
Starmer’s comments came despite criticism from US President Donald Trump over the UK leader’s initial refusal to let Washington use British military bases in the conflict.
UK PM says US will not use British bases in Cyprus
Spain’s decision may strain relations with Washington.
Socialist Spain Drives Out U.S. Military Aircraft.
Everything else is noise.
Two Questions Decide Whether The Iran War Is Brilliant Or A Disaster
IDF chief of staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir: “We will end this campaign with not just Iran being struck but with Hezbollah suffering a devastating blow.”
IDF Eliminates Hezbollah Intel Chief, Launches Massive Strike on Iran Regime Targets
The attack has raised concerns about potential disruptions in global oil supply.
Saudis Forced to Shut Massive Oil Refinery After Iranian Attack.
Unit 8200 and Mossad reportedly hacked nearly every traffic camera in the Iranian capital years ago.
Before The Bombs Fell, Israeli Cyber-Warriors Had Hacked Into Tehran’s Infrastructure For Years
Netanyahu said, “The reason that we had to act now is because, they were — after we hit their nuclear sites and their ballistic missiles program, you’d think they would learn a lesson. But they didn’t, because they’re unreformable. They’re totally fanatic about this, about the goal of destroying America. So, they started building new sites, new places, underground bunkers that would make their ballistic missile program and their atomic bomb programs immune within months. If no action was taken now, no action could be taken in the future.”
Netanyahu: If We Didn’t Hit Iran Now, We Couldn’t in Future, They Were Building New Missile, Nuke Sites That Would Be ‘Immune’ from Strikes
They thought the Ummah would rally. It recoiled.
The Mullahs’ Miscalculation
“Trump’s actions should be blamed on—or credited to—himself.”
Trump Was Always an Iran Hawk
The ghosts of Jimmy Carter’s debacle at Desert One in 1980 – the worst military humiliation in U.S. history – were finally exorcised
Trump’s Axing Of Evil Ends Both Neocon And Mad MAGA Ideology
American military power is unrivaled, while Europeans and Canadians give speeches about shoving the American military aside and becoming rival powers. This is not real.
The Iran Attack Presents A Series Of Reality Checks For The World
As if we couldn't hate the UN anymore. . . I consider myself a Jedi master of sarcasm, but I feel inadequate here. A missile launches from Iranian soil, veers off course, devastates a nearby school, and somehow Washington writes the script. United Nations officials share images later revealed to originate from separate crackdowns. Domestic commentators lean on a single government source that operates one of the world's most controlled media environments.
UN Weeps on Cue While Tehran Writes the Script
Raw Egg Nationalist: There’s no easy way to spin this. It could be bad. Really bad.
The Grudge: What Happens in Iran Next Will Decide the Fate of America First
CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
Tlaib inadvertantly revealed that she has no identification with the U.S., which she considers the 'other.'
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Palestine) refers to the U.S. as 'they'
As foreign capital converges with ideological ambition, America must guard the cultural institutions that shape its liberty before silence becomes surrender.
Who Owns the American Story?
Glenn H. Reynolds: As commentator William Wolf observed on X, “The fact that a billionaire real estate playboy who liked to slap his name on steaks and wine has proven to be a better diplomat and military strategist than every other politician and foreign policy expert over the last 30 years is such a damning indictment of the DC establishment I honestly don’t know how they recover.”
Why Trump and Hegseth’s swagger leaves Washington’s ‘elite’ seething
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
Mark Pulliam: The Left finds its heroes and idols in the most unusual places.
The Canonization of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
The arrests of the ten migrants came after an investigation was launched into their activities starting in 2024 in Kent County, Michigan, the Kent County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release on Thursday.
Report: Michigan Cops Nab Another South American Migrant Burglary Gang
THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE
Federal funds may be withheld if Minnesota fails to address the outlined issues, with $184.9 million in taxpayer funding at risk.
HHS Report Finds MN Child Care Agency is Skipping Fraud Checks, Attendance Verification.
The only thing the California Attorney General does is threaten anyone investigating corruption.
California Attorney General Promises to Prosecute Anyone Investigating Somali Fraud
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
Plane taking off from Long Island crashes into icy Hudson River during emergency landing
MIRACLE ON THE HUDSON 2
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
"It is exactly in moments like this that resistance fighter are born.”
Mosque 30 Miles From White House Calls Iran’s Khamenei “Our Leader”
Imagine if a Christian man had vandalized a mosque.
Muslim Man Vandalizes San Francisco Church
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
Far-left crusader Graham Platner is once again in the news after two instances of elevating known anti-semitic voices in the last week.
Dem Senate Darling Stumbles Into Third Nazi-Related Scandal Of Primary Campaign
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s longtime supreme leader responsible for executions, censorship, repression, and sponsoring terrorist groups worldwide, was killed in an airstrike on Saturday. His death comes weeks after his regime oversaw the execution of tens of thousands of Iranians who took to the streets to protest his very rule.
You Don’t Hate Media Enough: NYT, WaPo Remember Ayatollah As ‘Cleric’ With ‘Easy Smile’
“He affected an avuncular and magnanimous aloofness, running the country from a perch above the jousting of daily politics.”
Legacy Media Obituaries Almost Forget to Mention Khamenei’s Murderous Repression
The Post quoted Ermiya Fanaeian as a Howard PhD candidate with family in Iran. It did not mention her work for 'Armed Queers Salt Lake City,' which included a visit to the Cuban embassy in DC to celebrate the life of Fidel Castro.
WaPo Presents 'Socialist and Trans Liberation Organizer' Who Founded 'Armed Queers' Group as Concerned Student Protesting Trump's Strikes on Iranian Regime

THE ECONOMY, STUPID
An annual report from U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer details how Trump’s tariffs have helped recenter the nation’s trade policy to one that focuses on gains for America’s working and middle class.
Tariff Victory: U.S.-China Trade Deficit Plummets in Trump’s First Year
New York Times campaigns against 'gilded age' in Wyoming
Sanders, Khanna Unveil $4.4 Trillion Tax Increase
Elected Democrats rarely limit tax increases to wealthy families once in office.
Mamdani Says Quiet Part Out Loud About Democrats’ Tax-Hiking Agenda
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
The victim "sustained severe and permanent personal injuries, became sick, sore, lame and disabled."
Austin Shooter Once Mowed Down Pedestrian In NYC, Leaving Her With Life-Altering Injuries: Report
A State Department spokesperson told the Daily Caller that the 32-year-old suspect, Jared Llamado of McLean, Virginia, was working for the department at the time of the alleged stabbing and his death.
State Department Official Identified As Suspect In Deadly Alleged Road Rage Stabbing
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
Robert Zimmerman: "I must highlight this lack of understanding however, and how it is has consistently resulted in failed predictions for the past two solar cycles. The Sun is the biggest driver of the Earth’s climate, and we simply do not understand its behavior on a fundamental level. These cycles however do impact the climate, and if we don’t understand them and can’t reliably predict their behavior, how can we possible predict the climate over the next hundred years?
Sunspot update: Sunspot activity tumbles in February, including the 1st blank days since ’22
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
Justice Gerald Lebovits, an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School, said the expulsions were ‘arbitrary and capricious’
New York Judge Says Columbia Cannot Expel or Discipline Students Who Stormed and Occupied Campus Building

SECOND AMENDMENT
During oral arguments in U.S. v. Hemani, Justice Neil Gorsuch addressed the gun ban for “unlawful” users of marijuana by juxtaposing it with. . .
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L'AFFAIRE EPSTEIN
During Clinton’s deposition, Mace asked Clinton how she knew Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. Mace later revealed that she had an email from Lutnick that was sent to Epstein “and his people,” inviting them to a fundraising event for Clinton at Cantor Fitzgerald Offices.
Hillary Clinton Loses It on Rep. Nancy Mace During Epstein Deposition
Email showed judge helping Epstein locate “absconded” woman.
Remove Epstein Judge Who Approved Mar-a-Lago Raid

DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
During the interview, the 85-year-old former House speaker launched into an attack on the court's July 1, 2024, decision granting presidents immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts. Pelosi wanted to accuse the Court of giving Trump a blanket pass. There were just two problems. First, that’s not what the ruling did at all, and second, she couldn't say the word.
Malig-Nancy Pelosi’s Latest Flub Raises Question About Cognitive Impairment
Beijing is targeting local U.S. politics with unchecked influence operations in an effort to undermine our democracy.
California Mayor Refuses To Resign After Ex-Fiance Went To Prison For Being A CCP Spy
POLITICS
The poll asked respondents if the congressional election were held today would they be more likely to vote for a Democrat or a Republican for Congress, finding likely midterm voters split down the middle. The results mark an eight-point swing towards Republicans in the Harvard Harris poll since January when 54 percent of respondents replied they would be more likely to vote for Democrats with only 46 percent opting for Republicans.
Poll: Republicans Surge in General Ballot, Move Closer to Defying History of Congressional Midterms
The Democrat Party is now completely captured by its most radical, Anti-American fringe.
Two Defining Moments For Trump, And Democrats
When I listened to the State of the Union Address this year, I was reminded of the Res Gestae Divi Augusti — the fascinating autobiographical record of Augustus’ achievements, published in various places throughout the Roman Empire and largely preserved to this day.
The State of the Union Address: Another ‘Augustan Moment’ for Trump
If Gavin Newsom is going to try to flex on Donald Trump, he'd better be wearing a cup. . .
Gavin Newsom's Troll of Donald Trump Spectacularly Boomerangs and Hits Him in the Nads
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
His goal is to transform the global order to America’s advantage — which necessarily means greatly reducing the malign influence of Communist China. “Winning without fighting is the acme of warfare,” the ancient Chinese strategist Sunzi famously said. And where China is concerned, it seems that one of Sunzi’s best students is a yangguizi — a “foreign devil” by the name of Donald J. Trump.
Trump hit Iran — but he’s really got China in his crosshairs
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Nobel Winner María Corina Machado Announces Return to Venezuela ‘in a Few Weeks’
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
Retired Maj. Gen. William Neil McCasland was last seen Feb. 27 at approximately 11:00 a.m. in the area of Quail Run Court NE, the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) said in a post shared on X. It is unknown what McCasland was wearing or in which direction he was traveling at the time of his disappearance.
Retired General Who Led Air Force Research Laboratory Is Missing, Police Say
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
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Rocket Lab completes in-space commissioning of two Escapade Mars orbiters
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
HB4088 prevents officials from cooperating with investigations and keeps health data behind a veil of secrecy.
This Oregon Bill Would Hide Data About Gender Procedures for Kids
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Christian Toto: Far-left comic shreds media years after Russian collusion hoax collapsed
Jon Stewart is Late to the Party. Again

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1
Good morning all.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 03, 2026 07:02 AM (x0n13)

2 Ha! Excellent use of HQ source material, J.J.!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 03, 2026 07:04 AM (kpS4V)

3 I still say Khamenei looks like Fred from down the block. He's the pinkest, white cracker assed middle easterner I've ever seen.

No swarth with him.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 03, 2026 07:06 AM (Wc+7N)

4 Good morning again dear horde and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 03, 2026 07:07 AM (RIvkX)

5 Not only that, it insisted in paying in Chinese yuan, not dollars, ensuring the money would flow back to China

Interesting, though why would the Iranian regime have agreed to that? Other than they had no choice, of course.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 03, 2026 07:07 AM (q/G6k)

6 Top 10! Go me! Now for the articles.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 03, 2026 07:08 AM (OPGS/)

7
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 03, 2026 07:08 AM (tljrc)

8 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 07:09 AM (ExV1e)

9 As seen on TV last night; "Is April Cuba month?"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 03, 2026 07:09 AM (vFXRK)

10 No, the three from Iran was not too great, the point of taking out Iran is similar to why Trump took out Venzeula, it's an indirect attack on China and by proxy Russia, Iran is also the last domino to fall in reordering and mollifying the Middle East.

If all of this works, Trump goes on Mt. Rushmore.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 03, 2026 07:09 AM (XV/Pl)

11 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 03, 2026 07:10 AM (jtM2q)

12 Has anyone even heard anything about ground troops even being staged to move in to Iran? I really don't beleive there are any plans for boots on the ground there.

Of course, just hoping that the regime fails and the Shah returns in glory or the people rise up and form a new government on their own is one of those pixie dust and unicorn farts level of wishing for the best. I have to believe Trump and Marco have some sort of plan for the aftermath, but I have seen no indications that they do. Of course, it is probably wise to keep thst thing close to the vest for now.

Posted by: tankdemon at March 03, 2026 07:10 AM (9uW/C)

13 Trump on Mt Rushmore, pffft. He will need a whole mountain to himself

Posted by: Ben Had at March 03, 2026 07:11 AM (+nEug)

14 For this reason, it was not only built fast and at a low cost, it uses an innovative flight path that allowed it to be launched anytime and wait in orbit for the right moment to go to Mars. This last innovation provides for a lot more flexibility.
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Is there any other way? The travel routes to Mars are only available for a few months in every twelve, so launching, and then holding in orbit is how everyone will send large cargoes, I would have thought.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 03, 2026 07:12 AM (vFXRK)

15 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at March 03, 2026 07:12 AM (2Ez/1)

16 >>Trump hit Iran — but he’s really got China in his crosshairs

You don't say.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 03, 2026 07:14 AM (viF8m)

17 15 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering at March 03, 2026 07:12 AM (2Ez/1)

Still in two pieces but former koi pond is frozen solid.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 03, 2026 07:15 AM (x0n13)

18 Was the threat posed by Iran really that great?

A lot of the folks asking that think that because Iran cannot muster a vast army to raid our beaches and airdrop within our borders then no threat exists. It never occurs to them that sleeper cells can be brought in and wait to be activated.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 03, 2026 07:16 AM (OPGS/)

19 First: Was the threat posed by Iran really that great? Second: Can we effectively and efficiently install a friendly regime in Iran?
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1) don't care; irrelevant. "Just war" theory is a suicidal fraud-- that we must only go to war to defend. It's exploited by tyrants while hobbling the good to permanent inaction.
Iran killed Americans. That alone is justification. Future threat is irrelevant.
2) don't care; irrelevant. "Pottery Barn" war and peace is an even uglier and more destructive theory than just war.
We "owe" Iran and it's people-- even the freedom loving--nothing. Jack, diddly and shit.
Doesn't matter what shape the new government takes, as long as it knows to it's core: Harm one hair in the head of an American and you all will die.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 03, 2026 07:17 AM (HXT0k)

20 I am still blown away by how simple news pundits are, a great example being the group panel from two nights ago where one person figured out the ten million illegals Biden let in probably includes some number of Iranian jihadis, and then another person figured out they might have drones, and another finally connected those dots to conclude Iran can attack America domestically from inside our own country, and its all thanks to Democrats...

The lightbulbs going off above their heads was almost comic.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 03, 2026 07:18 AM (gonTq)

21 Oof. Add Sean Davis and Matt Walsh to the "I'm pretending that I don't understand" feigned ignorance clan. I'm sure there will be a Erika Kirk is actually Bibi's illegitimate son with a hug cock n balls! Bandwagon soon.

All so tiresome.

I think Trumps 4 week prognostication is accurate as far as ongoing strikes goes. Once enough heads have rolled the Iranian. People will need to do the rest...with pallets of guns of course.

Beats pallets of cash for suicidal 12 Imam mullahs so they can develop nukes, I suppose.

Posted by: GigantorX at March 03, 2026 07:19 AM (dDnfu)

22 The fact that a billionaire real estate playboy who liked to slap his name on steaks and wine has proven to be a better diplomat and military strategist than every other politician and foreign policy expert over the last 30 years is such a damning indictment of the DC establishment I honestly don’t know how they recover.

The DC establishment is a collection of mediocrities, at best. They are incapable of independent thought, assuming their capable of thought at all, and sought power to get laid and steal wealth from the masses.

In general, they are unworthy even of contempt.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 07:21 AM (ExV1e)

23 Defections of IRGC and Iranian army are ramping up. Those are the guys I want see killing the bad guys. They know where they sleep

Posted by: Ben Had at March 03, 2026 07:23 AM (+nEug)

24 Maduro. Check.
Khameini. Check.
Castro. Next.
Erdogan.
Xi.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 03, 2026 07:23 AM (RIvkX)

25 What changed? Matt Walsh said it.
"I voted for Trump to end the wars, not start them. He ran on ending the wars."

Walsh, you weren't even born yet when Iran was siezed by islamists.

You might want to stay at the kids table while the adults are talking.

People called for ending Iran for seven years before you were even a drip running down your momma's ass cheeks.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 03, 2026 07:24 AM (Wc+7N)

26 Just read the article about Maryland Man. As a resident of this blighted state, I wish that ICE would simply bag him and drop him off at some random country that he hasn't heard of.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 03, 2026 07:24 AM (OPGS/)

27 The fact that a billionaire real estate playboy who liked to slap his name on steaks and wine has proven to be a better diplomat and military strategist than every other politician and foreign policy expert over the last 30 years is such a damning indictment of the DC establishment I honestly don’t know how they recover.

The DC establishment is a collection of mediocrities, at best. They are incapable of independent thought, assuming their capable of thought at all, and sought power to get laid and steal wealth from the masses.

In general, they are unworthy even of contempt.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

DC is where we send half wits to get them out of our states.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 03, 2026 07:25 AM (Wc+7N)

28 Good boy, Alias. Have a cookie and I'm sure your dad loves you again.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 03, 2026 07:27 AM (OPGS/)

29 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering at March 03, 2026 07:12 AM (2Ez/1)
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The cedar waxwings that were flocking here the last few days seem to have moved on. Remarkable birds. Also a new azalea went into the shade garden.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 03, 2026 07:27 AM (RIvkX)

30 A Picture! Of ME!! I Am DONE Here!!!

Posted by: Hillary Clinton Queen of Excuses at March 03, 2026 07:27 AM (Q+gd/)

31 "The Great Miscalculation" by Francis Turner is a great article tying everything together:

https://tinyurl.com/yc3uay5w

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 03, 2026 07:27 AM (kpS4V)

32 The DC establishment is a collection of mediocrities, at best. They are incapable of independent thought, assuming their capable of thought at all, and sought power to get laid and steal wealth from the masses.

In general, they are unworthy even of contempt.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 07:21 AM (ExV1e)
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For years we peon citizens yelled "the emperors have no clothes!", but it took Trump to fully expose these low-talent losers and their think-tank grifting.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 03, 2026 07:28 AM (7H8bP)

33 National gas prices $3.11 the next 10% rise will be the shocker
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I haven't paid less than $4.50 the last 20 years

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 03, 2026 07:28 AM (RIvkX)

34 Not even meme-ing, I’m genuinely surprised that a district court judge hasn’t ruled that President Trump can’t do what he’s doing in Iran.

Posted by: Cray Cray at March 03, 2026 07:28 AM (MibTC)

35 National gas prices $3.11 the next 10% rise will be the shocker
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I haven't paid less than $4.50 the last 20 years
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Paid $2.49 this am

Posted by: rickb223 at March 03, 2026 07:29 AM (Wc+7N)

36 It's Canadian Bacon Day!

Maybe that will take the edges off of their devastating men's and women's hockey embarrassment.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 03, 2026 07:29 AM (gVUi7)

37 The speculation i mentioned yesterday that we deliberately cut the UK out is being confirmed.
US intelligence is (was) shared with MI6, who shares it with Lloyd's, who then had a massive risk analysis advantage over all insurers, not just making them the dominant insurer but also setting large loss policy rates worldwide.
And giving the UK hundreds of billions in revenue. And control.
If the UK had foreknowlege, they can cancel or threaten to cancel shipping policies to force businesses to demand no action but appeasement in Iran.
Too late they are now canceling policies trying to force Trump back to a limited war that returns the status quo, blaming the war for the canceling.
Iran's ships are sunk.
We control the strait.
Shipping is insured by the US Navy.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 03, 2026 07:30 AM (HXT0k)

38 Not even meme-ing, I’m genuinely surprised that a district court judge hasn’t ruled that President Trump can’t do what he’s doing in Iran.
Posted by: Cray Cray at March 03, 2026 07:28 AM (MibTC)
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President Boasberg hasn't been asked to weigh in yet, has he?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 03, 2026 07:30 AM (7H8bP)

39 BOING!

Busy. Maybe l8r.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 03, 2026 07:31 AM (1o8D5)

40 First: Was the threat posed by Iran really that great? Second: Can we effectively and efficiently install a friendly regime in Iran?

First, I'll defer to PDTS and give him the benefit of the doubt. I trust him.

Second, as long as it isn't a muslim theocracy we have no business installing any regime in Iran. I really don't give two shits what government they end up with. It's up to the people of Iran to make that decision.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at March 03, 2026 07:31 AM (luW68)

41 I think Trump saw the threat poised by China more clearly during *biden's reign and was chomping at the bit to counter them. China's influence is 2nd only to ours, but it was growing. Through their "belt and road" initiatives they were aligning much of the global economy with themselves... but more importantly, against us.

This, with the election fraud being perpetrated with vote and ballot tabulating systems controlled by the likes of Maduro and the Ayatollahs is certainly cause for great concern. Assuming one was "America First."

Anywhere in the world that China has influence is going to be a target of sanctions, political pressure, courting or military action if they don't cease dealing with Xi in degrading the US.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 03, 2026 07:33 AM (jtM2q)

42 >>>The DC establishment is a collection of mediocrities, at best. They are incapable of independent thought, assuming their capable of thought at all, and sought power to get laid and steal wealth from the masses.

>When I saw Schumer whining to the media about Epic Fury, it brought a tear to my eye.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 03, 2026 07:34 AM (gVUi7)

43 A lot of the folks asking that think that because Iran cannot muster a vast army to raid our beaches and airdrop within our borders then no threat exists.

What has historically been called “propaganda” is arguably just as dangerous as any invading army or bombs dropped from the air. At its core is the desire to foment revolution.

America is practically an open air insane asylum almost entirely because of relentless and pervasive nonsense downloaded into gray matter over generations.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 03, 2026 07:34 AM (2NfTM)

44 Hillary deserves the Jezebel treatment; tossed out the palace window, trampled by the horses and consumed by the dogs bringing a fitting end to Jezebel's thirty years of evil reign.

Posted by: kingsman at March 03, 2026 07:34 AM (ehY6c)

45 You might want to stay at the kids table while the adults are talking.

People called for ending Iran for seven years before you were even a drip running down your momma's ass cheeks.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 03, 2026 07:24 AM (Wc+7N)
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We spent some time with Girl F. last night to be sure she understood the gravity and meaning of these world-historical events.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 03, 2026 07:34 AM (RIvkX)

46 Not even meme-ing, I’m genuinely surprised that a district court judge hasn’t ruled that President Trump can’t do what he’s doing in Iran.
Posted by: Cray Cray

Or at the very least, re-animate Khamenei.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 03, 2026 07:35 AM (Wc+7N)

47 A lot of the folks asking that think that because Iran cannot muster a vast army to raid our beaches and airdrop within our borders then no threat exists. It never occurs to them that sleeper cells can be brought in and wait to be activated.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 03, 2026 07:16 AM (OPGS/)

On Crowder yesterday, it was pointed out that we slow rolled engagement with North Korea. Working with them, talking to them, and now they have nuclear warheads and missiles capable of hitting California.

Once the threat posed by Iran became "that great", it would have been too late to do anything about it other than prepare for mega-deaths around the world.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 07:36 AM (ExV1e)

48 Second, as long as it isn't a muslim theocracy we have no business installing any regime in Iran. I really don't give two shits what government they end up with. It's up to the people of Iran to make that decision.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at March 03, 2026 07:31 AM (luW6

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This.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 03, 2026 07:37 AM (RIvkX)

49
Why does this remind me of current events?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Q84cyFI5lfo

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 03, 2026 07:37 AM (dtajH)

50 CrotchetyOldJarhead, the people of Iran have made their decision. Pahlavi has a plan in place.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 03, 2026 07:37 AM (+nEug)

51 What would be the Iranian version of Rice Bowl for US politicians?

Posted by: davidt at March 03, 2026 07:38 AM (Q+gd/)

52 The lightbulbs going off above their heads was almost comic.
———

Have they actually realized all those terrorists are a feature and not a bug, of their “failure to secure the border”? It’s enemy action, clearly. Everybody learns at their own pace, I guess.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 03, 2026 07:40 AM (2NfTM)

53 52 Baksheesh

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 03, 2026 07:40 AM (gm9Sb)

54 Morning Horde. Thank you JJ

I wonder what Francis Fukuyama (the end of history guy) thinks about all this? Probably afflicted with a severe case of TDS like most "intellectuals"

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 03, 2026 07:41 AM (xT8gx)

55 European Commission Wants Your Free Speech. X Is In The Way

Last week, Elon Musk’s X launched a landmark legal challenge against a $140 million fine issued by the European Commission last December under the Digital Services Act, an EU censorship law. The case was filed at the General Court of the EU, which hears high-stakes challenges to EU regulatory and enforcement actions.

Posted by: SMOD at March 03, 2026 07:41 AM (7SaKR)

56 Question for the Texas Contingent of AoSHQ:

Are we Team Abbott (w/ Patrick, Hancock, Sheets)?

Benefit: they work with each other and the Gov position is really a function of who has the best Rolodex since the Gov doesn't do more than appoint people.

Which leaves Railroad Com. Hawk is a junk yard dog but he has no connection other than in the field, and Bo is definitely connected as Tarrant Cty GOP President.

Everyone else wants to regulate the crap out of the oilfields and people want to bring their property taxes down so energy is going to be the larger part of the pie that the schools eat.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 03, 2026 07:42 AM (a4flb)

57 Or at the very least, re-animate Khamenei.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 03, 2026 07:35 AM (Wc+7N)
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This reminds me of Woody Allen and Diane Keaton trying to clone a new Dear Leader from his nose.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 03, 2026 07:43 AM (RIvkX)

58 Good morning JJ and horde
Rainkng and below freezing, surprised roads were not tremulous

Posted by: Skip at March 03, 2026 07:43 AM (EtnSa)

59 This reminds me of Woody Allen and Diane Keaton trying to clone a new Dear Leader from his nose.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

*snort

Posted by: rickb223 at March 03, 2026 07:43 AM (Wc+7N)

60 Russia has warned that the war launched by the US and Israel against Iran could result in the very outcome they were seeking to prevent, by spurring both Iran and its Arab neighbours to seek to acquire nuclear weapons.

… and of course, Russia will sell them everything they need

Posted by: SMOD at March 03, 2026 07:43 AM (7SaKR)

61 >>I think Trump saw the threat poised by China more clearly during *biden's reign and was chomping at the bit to counter them. China's influence is 2nd only to ours, but it was growing. Through their "belt and road" initiatives they were aligning much of the global economy with themselves... but more importantly, against us.

Trump has been a public figure virtually his entire life. For those of us who grew up around NYC he was a constant presence in the media and always willing to give his opinion on any issue. Shocking, I know.

He's been railing against China since he was in his 20s because of their predatory business tactics which Trump dealt with first hand putting up buildings and buying steel and other building products. He was also very clear about his feelings that the terrorist regime in Iran should be taken out. He's been remarkably consistent on both issues and there are videos and news articles about both.

The west has been under attack and losing ground against an alliance led by China that was supported and fueled by rogue regimes like Venezuela and Iran. Trump is reinvigorating the western alliance and putting America first. Amazing to watch.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 03, 2026 07:44 AM (viF8m)

62 Hillary Clinton Loses It on Rep. Nancy Mace During Epstein Deposition
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I think I'd have left the room rather than witness a catfight between those two.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 03, 2026 07:44 AM (AlhUl)

63 The Iran Prosperity Project should be read by all.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 03, 2026 07:45 AM (+nEug)

64 we slow rolled engagement with North Korea. Working with them, talking to them, and now they have nuclear warheads and missiles
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The nuclear genie was never going back in that bottle, but …. it was the Soviets securing their own atomic bomb at an accelerated rate by 1949 that indirectly allowed the invasion in 1950 of Korea in the first place.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 03, 2026 07:45 AM (2NfTM)

65 The U.S. State Department confirmed to the Daily Caller that the deceased suspect in a mass stabbing outside Washington, D.C., on Sunday was employed by the department. A State Department spokesperson told the Daily Caller that the 32-year-old suspect, Jared Llamado of McLean, Virginia, was working for the department at the time of the alleged stabbing and his death.

Posted by: SMOD at March 03, 2026 07:45 AM (7SaKR)

66 What changed? Matt Walsh said it.
"I voted for Trump to end the wars, not start them. He ran on ending the wars."

Again. And again, and again, and again... Iran started the war 47 years ago when they declared war on the US. Trump is ending that war. Retard.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 07:45 AM (ExV1e)

67 There's never a perfect historical analogy.... but I'd say that PDJT makes a pretty good comparison with Teddy Roosevelt. Both huge personalities with unlimited ambition for the country. Walk softly, but carry a big stick.... Donroe Doctrine, MAGA. Trump should join him up there on Rushmore

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 03, 2026 07:46 AM (xT8gx)

68 Wow dallas morning news has started smoking crack. They had a guy on just now that is claiming that this time not only is Texas going to turn purple but that talerico will also flip the senate to democrats when he wins in November.

One thing he did get right is to say that there will be hundreds of millions of dollars pumped into the election from out of state.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 03, 2026 07:47 AM (0N4FZ)

69 On Los Angeles streets, tents aren’t just signs of homelessness — they’re where gangs openly deal drugs and collecting rent.

… dollars to donuts, Gavin Newsom and the Democrats get a cut. Why else would Newsom 10-year plan to end homelessness be on it’s 3rd decade.

Posted by: SMOD at March 03, 2026 07:49 AM (7SaKR)

70 Once the threat posed by Iran became "that great", it would have been too late to do anything about it other than prepare for mega-deaths around the world.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

As long as Israel dies first, the left in this county will be just fine with the rest of the world getting destroyed.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 03, 2026 07:49 AM (OPGS/)

71 Unknown Drip
Abbott/ Patrick
Paxton
Huffines
Bo for RR commissioner
Middleton for AG

Posted by: Ben Had at March 03, 2026 07:49 AM (+nEug)

72 66 The U.S. State Department confirmed to the Daily Caller that the deceased suspect in a mass stabbing outside Washington, D.C., on Sunday was employed by the department. A State Department spokesperson told the Daily Caller that the 32-year-old suspect, Jared Llamado of McLean, Virginia, was working for the department at the time of the alleged stabbing and his death.
Posted by: SMOD at March 03, 2026 07:45 AM (7SaKR)

Tox screen (bad drugs?) and relationship info (domestic possibilities) or stress or accident injury mental break is the best I got...it seems out of the norm that a dude would get that pissed to kill people and a dog...with a knife...

We'll probably never know but thanks to the cops, we don't need to know...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 03, 2026 07:50 AM (tOcjL)

73 Matt Walsh is a peculiar dude. He's been outstanding on trans stuff and right on other issues... but he has a contrarian streak that seemingly demands he occasionally lashes out at Trump. It's silly... the "forever wars" comment is just not well thought out. The same things were said about Venezuela and that obviously wasn't a war. I wouldn't even say Epic Fury is a war; it's limited military action that I'd predict will be over even before the (unconstitutional) war powers act timeline (60 days IIRC) could kick in...

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 03, 2026 07:51 AM (xT8gx)

74 "Hillary Clinton Loses It"???

She can't lose "it," with "it" being composure and dignity, because she never had either. She's always been a raging, lying, power-hungry bitch. The times she appeared calm were just the times everyone was working to appease her.

Posted by: Wally at March 03, 2026 07:51 AM (pduCL)

75 >>@EricLDaugh
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1h
>>🚨 HOLY SMOKES. Steve Witkoff confirms a jaw-dropping threat: “In that first meeting, Iran said to us directly, with no shame, that they controlled 460 kilograms of 60% and they're aware that that could make 11 nuclear bombs!”

>>Trump did the RIGHT THING.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 03, 2026 07:51 AM (viF8m)

76 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 03, 2026 07:51 AM (u82oZ)

77 If anyone else is planning to travel to the Ayatollah's Memorial Service, I'd be happy to carpool with you.

Posted by: Grieving In NC at March 03, 2026 07:51 AM (oftw2)

78 Are we Team Abbott (w/ Patrick, Hancock, Sheets)?

I voted for Abbott. He's a squish but his squishiness is a know quality and Dan Patrick keeps things pretty well in check.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 07:51 AM (ExV1e)

79 Russia has warned that the war launched by the US and Israel against Iran could result in the very outcome they were seeking to prevent, by spurring both Iran and its Arab neighbours to seek to acquire nuclear weapons.

… and of course, Russia will sell them everything they need
Posted by: SMOD

Except their Arab neighbors are backing us.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 03, 2026 07:52 AM (Wc+7N)

80 heard of any reaction from John Kerry"

Well, he's just ketchuping on events?

*ducks*

Posted by: man at March 03, 2026 07:52 AM (XuXeR)

81 Again. And again, and again, and again... Iran started the war 47 years ago when they declared war on the US. Trump is ending that war. Retard.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 07:45 AM (ExV1e)
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Shorter Matt Walsh & Co.: But that was like 50 years ago.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 03, 2026 07:53 AM (RIvkX)

82 News - U.S. embassy in Riyadh hit by drones

Posted by: Nova Local at March 03, 2026 07:54 AM (tOcjL)

83 Doesn't matter what shape the new government takes, as long as it knows to it's core: Harm one hair in the head of an American and you all will die."

This. Not one damn thing else matters. At all.

Posted by: man at March 03, 2026 07:54 AM (XuXeR)

84
National gas prices $3.11 the next 10% rise will be the shocker
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at March 03, 2026 07:24 AM (enDq3)

Yeah, gas was going to drop like a rock when Iran launched the nuke. Poor timing, huh?

Posted by: Roy at March 03, 2026 07:54 AM (qwype)

85 Unknown Drip
Abbott/ Patrick
Paxton
Huffines
Bo for RR commissioner
Middleton for AG
Posted by: Ben Had

From your keyboard to the ballot box.

Wait. Um,

Posted by: rickb223 at March 03, 2026 07:54 AM (Wc+7N)

86 "acme?" That's a Greek word. Did the ancient Chinese know Greek?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 03, 2026 07:55 AM (qFwJc)

87 They had a guy on just now that is claiming that this time not only is Texas going to turn purple but that talerico will also flip the senate to democrats when he wins in November.

Let's assume that Talarico wins today. Are blacks going to turn out in the general election for the guy who's 'racism' prevented their ebony kween from being anointed the designated loser?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 07:55 AM (ExV1e)

88 Hey! What about me? No one loves me anymore!

Why yes I'll have another Ensure with Titos thank you very much!

Posted by: Granny Guthrie, Sexy Granny Gone Wild at March 03, 2026 07:55 AM (/IU3q)

89 Sam's Club gas high test premium is 2.89 yesterday. Expect higher price today.

Posted by: kingsman at March 03, 2026 07:55 AM (ehY6c)

90 I remember back when I was going to be A Limited Military Action. Folks from DC rushed out to Bull Run to see the show because they feared the war would be over and they missed it.

Posted by: The War Between The States at March 03, 2026 07:56 AM (2Ez/1)

91 What changed? Matt Walsh said it.
"I voted for Trump to end the wars, not start them. He ran on ending the wars."

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I have to say that "ending wars, not starting them" was about #100 on my list of priorities in voting for Trump. I mean, was Harris out there frothing at the mouth about getting into wars and Walsh needed to counter that with his vote? Comparatively speaking, it was just not that important going into the 2026 elections. But that's just my humble opinion.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 03, 2026 07:56 AM (qBdHI)

92 Yeah, gas was going to drop like a rock when Iran launched the nuke. Poor timing, huh?"

Paid 2.19 and 2.85 (gas & diesel).
Grocery prices are really starting to improve as well - pretty much across the board. Notice the "shrinkflation" is reversing...

Posted by: man at March 03, 2026 07:56 AM (XuXeR)

93 … dollars to donuts, Gavin Newsom and the Democrats get a cut. Why else would Newsom 10-year plan to end homelessness be on it’s 3rd decade.
Posted by: SMOD at March 03, 2026 07:49 AM (7SaKR)
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That "10-Year Plan" I will hang on his neck like an albatross.

It's so Soviet even in it's failure.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 03, 2026 07:57 AM (RIvkX)

94 Paid 2.19 and 2.85 (gas & diesel).
Grocery prices are really starting to improve as well - pretty much across the board. Notice the "shrinkflation" is reversing...
Posted by: man at March 03, 2026 07:56 AM (XuXeR)

Eggs for Easter will be a revelation - they are $1.69/dozen everywhere around here - Aldi, Target, Safeway (in a 30 pack), etc...and that's just places I looked this week.

Cheap eggs and Lent are a lovely combo...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 03, 2026 07:58 AM (tOcjL)

95 Spain’s decision may strain relations with Washington.
Socialist Spain Drives Out U.S. Military Aircraft.

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Just curious, do we sent any $$$ to Spain? If so, time to close the pocketbook.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 03, 2026 07:58 AM (qBdHI)

96 ebony kween from being anointed "

I'm chuckling at her advert w/a jacket on over tshirt... "I'm not the crazy ass I play - that's just a show. Vote for me 'cause... reasons!"

Yeah, that's a winner.

Posted by: man at March 03, 2026 07:59 AM (XuXeR)

97 >>Spain’s decision may strain relations with Washington.
Socialist Spain Drives Out U.S. Military Aircraft.

Choosing sides... poorly.

Posted by: Roy at March 03, 2026 07:59 AM (qwype)

98 do we sent any $$$ to Spain?"

Well, I've never been to Spain...

*ducks. Again*

Posted by: man at March 03, 2026 08:00 AM (XuXeR)

99 What other country taxes their people and sends the money to us?

Posted by: I gotta ask at March 03, 2026 08:00 AM (2Ez/1)

100 Just curious, do we sent any $$$ to Spain? If so, time to close the pocketbook.
Posted by: Lady in Black

I'm thinking that all money to foreign countries stops until we care of our country first. But I'm an idealist.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 03, 2026 08:00 AM (OPGS/)

101 What other country taxes their people and sends the money to us?"

Well, to be fair, quite a few tax their people and send people to us, so there's that...

Posted by: man at March 03, 2026 08:01 AM (XuXeR)

102 What other country taxes their people and sends the money to us?
Posted by: I gotta ask at March 03, 2026 08:00 AM (2Ez/1)

Frankly, that's what I want Trump to point out. We defend half the fucking world. Why aren't they paying for some of that?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 08:01 AM (ExV1e)

103 Now, I hate Hitlery with a passion but don't you think it was stupid of Lauren Boebert to take a picture of Hitlery and send it to Benny Johnson? I'd be pissed too.

Posted by: Jaimo at March 03, 2026 08:02 AM (BCuCF)

104 I'm still waiting for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to run around and set all of their oil fields and wells on fire.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 03, 2026 08:02 AM (gVUi7)

105 waiting for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to run around and set all of their oil fields and wells on fire."

Well, they would 'cept their GPSs suddenly don't work...

*heh*

Posted by: man at March 03, 2026 08:04 AM (XuXeR)

106 One thing Trump has done to open people's eyes is to pull the curtain back on "politics." It's really not all that nuanced as our political betters would lead us to believe. That only certain people, with special skills, can do "politics."

Seeing how basic and primitive it really is must shock the shit out our chattering class.

When the US implores you to stop what you're doing and you flip us off, shit happens. It's that simple.

But when you have "politicians" at the helm, and they need to dance the dance, string things out needlessly, people uninformed think politics is really, really complicated and hard. And we absolutely must elect only certain, qualified people to do it.

Only now are some realizing the political class is lining their pockets right under the public's nose.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 03, 2026 08:04 AM (jtM2q)

107 Death to America for 47 years is good enough for me

Posted by: Skip at March 03, 2026 08:04 AM (EtnSa)

108
Just curious, do we sent any $$$ to Spain? If so, time to close the pocketbook.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 03, 2026 07:58 AM

I've never been to Spain...

Posted by: Zombie Chuck Negron at March 03, 2026 08:06 AM (tljrc)

109 American oil and gas producers took the gloves off to go after Gavin Newsom the other day, reacting to a tweet wherein Newsom tries blaming Trump for any coming gasoline price increases:

Time to school the Pajama Boy who runs this account for the Gov - because this isn't the flex on Trump he thinks it is....

California imports 63% of is crude from foreign countries - despite sitting on at least 1.7 billion barrels of proven reserves.

The only state worried about rattling foreign markets is California because you have let yourselves become dependent on foreign supplies.

You've done this to yourselves.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 03, 2026 08:06 AM (MuzKJ)

110 Bombing the fuck out Iran after Beirut might have been a wise decision

Posted by: Ben Had at March 03, 2026 08:07 AM (+nEug)

111 Hey ASS, the Trump administration has always made clear there is no "time horizon" for this war in Iran, and they intend to keep going until the moment they achieve their war aims.

So your post is wrong. Again.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 03, 2026 08:08 AM (MuzKJ)

112 No annoying pop up ads this morning. My day is complete.

Posted by: jwest at March 03, 2026 08:08 AM (KtqtS)

113 109 American oil and gas producers took the gloves off to go after Gavin Newsom the other day, reacting to a tweet wherein Newsom tries blaming Trump for any coming gasoline price increases:

Time to school the Pajama Boy who runs this account for the Gov - because this isn't the flex on Trump he thinks it is....

California imports 63% of is crude from foreign countries - despite sitting on at least 1.7 billion barrels of proven reserves.

The only state worried about rattling foreign markets is California because you have let yourselves become dependent on foreign supplies.

You've done this to yourselves.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 03, 2026 08:06 AM (MuzKJ)

Gas here in NorCal is/was $4. 59...And climbing.... This was before the Iran showdown

Posted by: It's me donna at March 03, 2026 08:09 AM (VE6XX)

114 Too much podcaster opining about Iran. Matt Walsh, best example. How about STFU for a few days. Let it go and see what happens. The compulsion is to be so certain, so emphatic, so absolute. Beyond that, what's your vision or long-term view? NOW is your entire reality? Have you even thought about what this might mean a year from now? You can't concede that Trump has a vision?

Posted by: Ordinary American at March 03, 2026 08:09 AM (fZiTB)

115 I've never been to Spain...
Posted by: Zombie Chuck Negron"

Scroll up
/H. Axton

Posted by: man at March 03, 2026 08:09 AM (XuXeR)

116 110 Bombing the fuck out Iran after Beirut might have been a wise decision
Posted by: Ben Had at March 03, 2026 08:07 AM (+nEug)

Yes.... No one had the guts to do it except Trump it seems

Posted by: It's me donna at March 03, 2026 08:10 AM (6IkdQ)

117 Bombing the fuck out Iran after Beirut might have been a wise decision
Posted by: Ben Had at March 03, 2026 08:07 AM (+nEug)
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President Franpsycho would have done it November 5, 1979.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 03, 2026 08:11 AM (RIvkX)

118 116 110 Bombing the fuck out Iran after Beirut might have been a wise decision
Posted by: Ben Had

Unfortunately, Reagan listened to the advisors that said "We're BETTER than that!"

Posted by: NR Pax at March 03, 2026 08:11 AM (OPGS/)

119 The cedar waxwings that were flocking here the last few days seem to have moved on. Remarkable birds. Also a new azalea went into the shade garden.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Large flock comes to my place every year around April 1. 50-60 of them eat the new growth on my pecan tree, then move on northward and I won't see them until next year. They take turns eating, staying on one section of the tree at a time. They are beautiful and fun to watch.

Posted by: Easternmost NC Here at March 03, 2026 08:12 AM (oftw2)

120 Trump’s Axing Of Evil Ends Both Neocon And Mad MAGA Ideology
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Most people seem to miss the point here. Back when I was playing board wargames, one of the first things you had to do was understand the victory conditions. How is "winning" defined?

That is something Trump understands, apparently by nature, and the DC establishment - including the MAGA establishment - seems not to grasp. What do we want to achieve? Have a clear grasp of that, and when it's achieved, you've succeeded. Also, a clear grasp of what you see as victory may well show you it's impossible, as Bush's Iraq goals were.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 03, 2026 08:12 AM (AlhUl)

121 Wow dallas morning news has started smoking crack. They had a guy on just now that is claiming that this time not only is Texas going to turn purple but that talerico will also flip the senate to democrats when he wins in November.
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Someone put out a poll saying Crockett was 20 points ahead of Talerico.

LOL, her being the national face of the party while the rest are trying to pretend to be moderates.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 03, 2026 08:12 AM (HXT0k)

122 Truth be told President Franpsycho had a rather extensive target list in 1979 including Hanoi.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 03, 2026 08:13 AM (RIvkX)

123 Hey Gavin, how about you go get your f*cking shinebox.

Posted by: Billy Batts at March 03, 2026 08:14 AM (qwype)

124 97 >>Spain’s decision may strain relations with Washington.
Socialist Spain Drives Out U.S. Military Aircraft.

Choosing sides... poorly.

Posted by: Roy at March 03, 2026 07:59 AM (qwype)

Second look at Catalan Independence?

Posted by: XTC at March 03, 2026 08:14 AM (6Uni8)

125 Today is Primary Day in NC. Please vote early, often, and MAGA!

Posted by: Ultra MAGA Man at March 03, 2026 08:15 AM (oftw2)

126 If I may, I think the end game is for Trump to have cleared the way for the Iranian people to elect real government and statesmen. Pull that off and the dims get hammered in the midterms

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at March 03, 2026 08:16 AM (LOZbR)

127 114 Too much podcaster opining about Iran. Matt Walsh, best example. How about STFU for a few days. Let it go and see what happens. The compulsion is to be so certain, so emphatic, so absolute. Beyond that, what's your vision or long-term view? NOW is your entire reality? Have you even thought about what this might mean a year from now? You can't concede that Trump has a vision?

Posted by: Ordinary American at March 03, 2026 08:09 AM (fZiTB)

Not if he wants his videos to remain in the algorithm. Taking a day off is death.

Posted by: XTC at March 03, 2026 08:16 AM (6Uni8)

128 California Attorney General Promises to Prosecute Anyone Investigating Somali Fraud

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Well, fraud is their number one industry.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 03, 2026 08:17 AM (FXNzP)

129 116 110 Bombing the fuck out Iran after Beirut might have been a wise decision
Posted by: Ben Had

Unfortunately, Reagan listened to the advisors that said "We're BETTER than that!"
Posted by: NR Pax at March 03, 2026 08:11 AM (OPGS/)

I agree with the impulse but I suspect in 1983 that Reagan's decision to not bomb was driven primarily by Cold War dynamics. Back then, all those decisions were filtered through a "will this lead to nuclear Armageddon with the USSR?" prism...

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 03, 2026 08:17 AM (xT8gx)

130 121 Wow dallas morning news has started smoking crack. They had a guy on just now that is claiming that this time not only is Texas going to turn purple but that talerico will also flip the senate to democrats when he wins in November.”

Not surprising the DMN is writing this, because this is the official Left Story Line now - and hilariously, it flies in the face of all available evidence. They’ve been told that Talerico is their darling and they are outraged if anyone challenges that.

But even more outrageous, white progs are locked into the delusion that Black voters will shut up and do whatever they’re told to do by their white “partners” (overlords). That’s the fault line that Jasmine is blowing up - you go, girl!!!

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 03, 2026 08:18 AM (etYFQ)

131 121 Wow dallas morning news has started smoking crack. They had a guy on just now that is claiming that this time not only is Texas going to turn purple but that talerico will also flip the senate to democrats when he wins in November.

You need to follow the Austin local channel for the straight news.

Posted by: Roy at March 03, 2026 08:19 AM (qwype)

132
The Socialist regime of Spain is also welcoming as many North Africans to automatic citizenship as needed to insure electoral supremacy. They are open about it.

Posted by: Auspex at March 03, 2026 08:19 AM (Y8DZL)

133 Not surprising the DMN is writing this, because this is the official Left Story Line now - and hilariously, it flies in the face of all available evidence. They’ve been told that Talerico is their darling and they are outraged if anyone challenges that.

But even more outrageous, white progs are locked into the delusion that Black voters will shut up and do whatever they’re told to do by their white “partners” (overlords). That’s the fault line that Jasmine is blowing up - you go, girl!!!
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 03, 2026 08:18 AM (etYFQ)

So Talarico is Beto 2.0?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 03, 2026 08:19 AM (bss/y)

134 132
The Socialist regime of Spain is also welcoming as many North Africans to automatic citizenship as needed to insure electoral supremacy. They are open about it.
Posted by: Auspex

And then they will be shocked when the migrants take over and start killing them.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 03, 2026 08:20 AM (OPGS/)

135 So Talarico is Beto 2.0?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 03, 2026 08:19 AM (bss/y)

Whoever wins the Dem primary is the latest wunderkind to collect millions to lose a Texas Senate race by double digits.

The problem that the Dems have is the Mexicans won't vote for Crockett and the black, probably, won't vote for Talarico and not enough whites will vote for either for it to matter.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 08:22 AM (ExV1e)

136 I'm pretty well informed, but I've never heard or read one word of anything Matt Walsh has said or written. Couldn't pick him out of a lineup. Obscure podcasters are not a thing to me. I've never listened to the AOS podcast either, even though I am here every day.

Posted by: True Confessions at March 03, 2026 08:22 AM (oftw2)

137 And then they will be shocked when the migrants take over and start killing them.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 03, 2026 08:20 AM (OPGS/)

If socialists were capable of forethought they wouldn't be socialists.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 08:23 AM (ExV1e)

138 NR Pax

Socialist Spanish Government will find out, and not for the first time, that wrong-headed policies that harm the native pragmatic subjects united the natives in hatred for that government and it's foolish leaders.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 03, 2026 08:23 AM (u82oZ)

139 NR Pax

We needed the biggest failed President of all times, Biden, to get Trump 2.0.

pbho was the most evil President of all times. Alas, he was very successful.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 03, 2026 08:24 AM (u82oZ)

140 I agree with the impulse but I suspect in 1983 that Reagan's decision to not bomb was driven primarily by Cold War dynamics. Back then, all those decisions were filtered through a "will this lead to nuclear Armageddon with the USSR?" prism...
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 03, 2026 08:17 AM (xT8gx)

Not to mention that 1983 America did not have a fraction of the military capabilities we have now - it was still very much a Vietnam military, with B-52’s and massive ground invasions out only real options.

It’s taken 40 years of hard work and technological development to get to where we are now. Our military is not just twice as lethal as the army of Reagan’s day; I’d say that today’s military is easily 10 times more lethal than that of 1983, if not much more than that.

We can truly say that America’s military today is the most powerful and most unmatched military force that has ever existed in the history of the world. That is no exaggeration, it is the truth.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 03, 2026 08:25 AM (etYFQ)

141 Good morning again Horde. Thx JJ.
The best the Dems and their propaganda ministries can come up with is that the war is illegal cand Trump didn't follow the process. None of which is true but the Dems got nothing else. As long as the attacks keep going well the Dems will be flopping around like a trout on a dock

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 03, 2026 08:25 AM (HYqoK)

142 138 Socialist Spanish Government will find out, and not for the first time, that wrong-headed policies that harm the native pragmatic subjects united the natives in hatred for that government and it's foolish leaders.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

"But THIS time it will be different!" I really hope that the government reps get turned into screaming lawn darts thrown out of helicopters.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 03, 2026 08:25 AM (OPGS/)

143 They're still having trouble picking new leadership for the current Iranian regime. Last I heard, black smoke was rising from the rubble.

Posted by: Another Anon at March 03, 2026 08:26 AM (4h45B)

144 When was the last time Spain amounted to a hill of beans, 1588?

Posted by: He Inquisitioned at March 03, 2026 08:26 AM (oftw2)

145 I have mixed emotions about Wesley Hunt here in Texas. On the one hand, he might be a better senator than Ken Paxton if he got elected... on the other hand, he's not gonna win and all he's doing is setting up a runoff giving John Cornyn a gasp and a prayer. I'd much rather Cornyn were sent packing today but instead we'll have to wait for a runoff where anything can happen (and I get subjected to who knows how many slimy Cornyn ads)... sigh

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 03, 2026 08:27 AM (xT8gx)

146 Will we change the name of the Persian Gulf to the Trump Gulf? Having two Gulfs named in your honor is classy and yuge.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 03, 2026 08:27 AM (pZ64F)

147 Today Is Canadian Bacon Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 03, 2026 08:27 AM (NpAcC)

148 NR Pax

Paging Air Pinochet... Air Pinochet to the white courtesy phone...

Time to feed the local orcas.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 03, 2026 08:28 AM (u82oZ)

149 I thought it was Pancake Day.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 03, 2026 08:28 AM (DgMqy)

150 There an Iran-shattering Kaboom!

Posted by: Marvin at March 03, 2026 08:28 AM (kgE5c)

151 Today Is Canadian Bacon Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at March 03, 2026 08:27 AM (NpAcC)
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Canadian Bacon has one and only one good use. The Egg McMuffin.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 03, 2026 08:28 AM (RIvkX)

152 148: Hey, the application of gravity poisoning to communists can solve a lot of problems.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 03, 2026 08:29 AM (OPGS/)

153 Mornin’ All. Happy Tuesday.

Posted by: Bulg at March 03, 2026 08:29 AM (77rzZ)

154 Nobel Winner María Corina Machado Announces Return to Venezuela ‘in a Few Weeks’

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Vamonos, Machado!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 03, 2026 08:29 AM (FXNzP)

155 Linus, I voted for Paxton with a glad heart

Posted by: Ben Had at March 03, 2026 08:29 AM (+nEug)

156 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

No baby yet, D-day +10.
Mrs. will be getting an ultrasound today to see how things look.

Posted by: Inogame at March 03, 2026 08:30 AM (53oGX)

157 When was the last time Spain amounted to a hill of beans, 1588?
Posted by: He Inquisitioned at March 03, 2026 08:26 AM (oftw2)

Yup...another euro country that needs to accept it's place in the dust bin of history.

Maybe wash once in awhile too but dirty euros gotta dirty euro.

Posted by: Don Quiote, Hung Like A Donkey at March 03, 2026 08:30 AM (/IU3q)

158 NR Pax

We need a better education system. Looks like it is happening, as public schools bleed students to homeschooling and private schools.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 03, 2026 08:30 AM (u82oZ)

159 137 And then they will be shocked when the migrants take over and start killing them.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 03, 2026 08:20 AM (OPGS/)

If socialists were capable of forethought they wouldn't be socialists.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 08:23 AM (ExV1e)
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Didn't something similar happen to Rome way back when? Germanic tribes migrating into Roman areas, then rioting and sacking the city?

Posted by: Another Anon at March 03, 2026 08:30 AM (4h45B)

160 Is there a link to Walsh's statement?

Posted by: Ben Had at March 03, 2026 08:30 AM (+nEug)

161 Linus, I voted for Paxton with a glad heart

Posted by: Ben Had at March 03, 2026 08:29 AM (+nEug)

I'm voting today and will happily vote for Paxton. I do think Hunt is a good man but kinda wish he'd stayed out of this race...

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 03, 2026 08:31 AM (xT8gx)

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

May your vote be mirrored by a majority of Texans.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 03, 2026 08:32 AM (u82oZ)

163 IHOP is "giving away free" pancakes today.

If you believe it.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 03, 2026 08:32 AM (DgMqy)

164 >>he fact that a billionaire real estate playboy who liked to slap his name on steaks and wine has proven to be a better diplomat and military strategist than every other politician and foreign policy expert over the last 30 years is such a damning indictment of the DC establishment I honestly don’t know how they recover.

Yup. And before him, our biggest anti-Communist POTUS was a Hollywood actor.

Think so much of Trump's experience/skill came from building things. There is nothing theoretical about a Trump tower, it is made from quality materials, by competent men, via negotiations with a variety of different groups (unions, mob, bureaucrats/politicians, community, etc.) and must stand strong for many years.
Compare that experience to Obama, who's only ever talked and talked and talked. It's all ideas and vibes, and of course, loads of taxpayer (i.e. unearned) cash. Did he ever have skin in the game -- do any of the lifetime politicians???

Posted by: Lizzy at March 03, 2026 08:32 AM (tj6OY)

165 best wishes Inogame!

hopefully soon

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 03, 2026 08:32 AM (j+aD2)

166 Unfortunately, Reagan listened to the advisors that said "We're BETTER than that!"

/zombie Colin Powell?

Posted by: man at March 03, 2026 08:32 AM (XuXeR)

167 158 We need a better education system. Looks like it is happening, as public schools bleed students to homeschooling and private schools.

Mind you, homeschooling is apparently raysis because Whites and Asians can form homeschooling groups and they exclude blacks from them.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 03, 2026 08:32 AM (OPGS/)

168 Didn't something similar happen to Rome way back when? Germanic tribes migrating into Roman areas, then rioting and sacking the city?
Posted by: Another Anon at March 03, 2026 08:30 AM (4h45B)

I thought that was tribes from Gaul.

Posted by: dantesed at March 03, 2026 08:32 AM (Oy/m2)

169 Victor Davis Hanson: Trump’s doctrine is simple: strike first at the guilty, strike hard from afar, skip the nation-building, and end wars on America’s terms.

The Mouse That Roars scenario was allowed to go on way too long.

I remember when it was revealed that Shrub was paying the families of jihadis for killing them.

Well, you get more of what you pay for don't you?

Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2026 08:33 AM (sKqQm)

170 Now, I hate Hitlery with a passion but don't you think it was stupid of Lauren Boebert to take a picture of Hitlery and send it to Benny Johnson? I'd be pissed too.

That is sort of the point. You get more interesting results from people when they are on Tilt.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 03, 2026 08:33 AM (a4flb)

171 NaCly, we shall see. Hopefully I will be raising a glass in celebration .

Posted by: Ben Had at March 03, 2026 08:33 AM (+nEug)

172 Another Anon

The parallels between the US and Rome are getting stronger the longer the Dems cheat their way to power.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 03, 2026 08:33 AM (u82oZ)

173 When was the last time Spain amounted to a hill of beans, 1588?
Posted by: He Inquisitioned

Ahh, the Spanish Armadillo.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 03, 2026 08:34 AM (FXNzP)

174 Trump understands the threat of the Left better than any leader anywhere in the last 60 years. I'm pretty sure he gets islam too.

Posted by: ... at March 03, 2026 08:34 AM (aBK/n)

175 Walsh is a bitch. All of these pundits want to flex their clout and turn the ship a little bit to show their power so Trump will be nice to them and give them a woobie.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 03, 2026 08:34 AM (bss/y)

176 >>Nobel Winner María Corina Machado Announces Return to Venezuela ‘in a Few Weeks’

Please take your fellow countrymen refugees with you!
They deserve to be a part of their homeland's future, now is the time to be there!!

Posted by: Lizzy at March 03, 2026 08:34 AM (tj6OY)

177 Didn't something similar happen to Rome way back when? Germanic tribes migrating into Roman areas, then rioting and sacking the city?"

Alaric waves "remember me?"

Posted by: man at March 03, 2026 08:34 AM (XuXeR)

178 A lot of high profile races here in Texas but the one I'm most passionate about is the race for my local district statehouse rep. Why? Because two years ago, the single-term RINO who was running for re-election was deservedly booted out in the primary because he voted to impeach Ken Paxton. We got a good solid conservative. But now this guy is trying to get back in and he must have financial backing because his ads are everywhere. On top of that, his wife is running for local GOP precinct chair! How many family members get positions?? I hope this guy loses and just fades away for good... sheesh

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 03, 2026 08:35 AM (xT8gx)

179 Islam and the Global Left each consider the other as Useful Idiots. What a toxic brew they are.

Posted by: tubal at March 03, 2026 08:35 AM (pDt9x)

180 How is Iran continuing to shoot their missiles? Are they mobile platforms?

Posted by: Opinion fact at March 03, 2026 08:36 AM (4hjRS)

181 It’s hilarious to see all those coming out against this action, both left and (supposedly) right.

It shows those that
A) have no understanding of geopolitics
B) have no understanding of military tactics or operations, and most of all
C) have completely forgotten that one never comes out against any war, especially one your own country is involved in, UNTIL you know whether it will be successful or not, defined in common term.

People don’t “hate” all war, people hate losing wars, including those that waste large amounts of lives and treasure for no clear goals achieved.

But people love a win, especially one done with ease. And they remember those who were opposed as traitors and cowards for the rest of their existence.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 03, 2026 08:36 AM (etYFQ)

182 Burnt toast and a rotten egg for breakfast here again. I got a tapeworm and it's good enough for him.

Posted by: Curly Howard at March 03, 2026 08:36 AM (oftw2)

183 Cleric with an easy smile
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Boy these people really are bottom feeding maggots dwelling under the deepest pit of hell

Posted by: ... at March 03, 2026 08:36 AM (aBK/n)

184 >>Walsh is a bitch. All of these pundits want to flex their clout and turn the ship a little bit to show their power so Trump will be nice to them and give them a woobie.

Pundits take strong stands on many things, and this is a perfect example of why sometimes they need to STFU, or at least admit limited knowledge before wading in.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 03, 2026 08:36 AM (tj6OY)

185 Trump in his first term was naive. Because he was a billionaire developer he assumed that when he said jump everyone in government could say "how high!", because his employees in private life did that. The blob that is government doesn't work that way. Now he knows how government works and he had people ready to deal with it, though rearguard actions in the bureaucracy (DoJ , FBI etc) are still occurring

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 03, 2026 08:37 AM (HYqoK)

186 All of these pundits want to ~~flex their clout and turn the ship a little bit to show their power so Trump will be nice to them and give them a woobie~~ get paid.

I'm sure that they have policy preferences but, fundamentally, their bank account is the most important thing in their thinking. Bomb Iran, don't bomb Iran... totally won't affect me, just make sure I get paid. They're as short-sighted as a Spanish socialist.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 08:37 AM (ExV1e)

187 Yup...another euro country that needs to accept it's place in the dust bin of history.

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Either that or grow up and start acting like a real country. Where is El Cid now that we need him?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 03, 2026 08:37 AM (FXNzP)

188 "Saudi media quoted reports from “media close to the Revolutionary Guards” saying that Iran’s interim defense minister, Majid Ibn Reza, who was appointed yesterday, has been killed."

you know, y'all can surrender...

Posted by: runner at March 03, 2026 08:37 AM (GD0B3)

189 I thought that was tribes from Gaul."

All Gaul is divided into three parts"

Posted by: man at March 03, 2026 08:37 AM (XuXeR)

190 Today Is Canadian Bacon Day.
Posted by: redridinghood

Oh. Ham day.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 03, 2026 08:37 AM (Wc+7N)

191 Morning JJ and the Horde

Posted by: Jonah at March 03, 2026 08:38 AM (YCxFk)

192 When was the last time Spain amounted to a hill of beans, 1588?
Posted by: He Inquisitioned
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I'd give them at least 100 or 150 years beyond that. The French were even worried enough in 1870 that it resulted in getting their asses kicked by Bismarck.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 03, 2026 08:38 AM (XvL8K)

193 Middleton for AG
Posted by: Ben Had

Why Middleton over Reitz? Trump said he was going to primary Chip Roy, and oddly enough Roy claims that going against Trump on a few major issues proves his devotion to Texas ideals.

WTF? AOC is against Trump on major issues, but that isn't a recommendation for her being an AG, unless Roy feels that Texans are ill served by major Trump policies.

So he is out. Reitz is Paxton's recommend, and Reitz knows how to be a war time consigliere which we needed during the Biden Reign of Terror.

Middleton seems to be a crusader for Evangelical interests which can often be cringy, how will she get along with the bureaucratic Lifers in the Texas DOJ who are inclined towards Austin Ethics?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 03, 2026 08:38 AM (a4flb)

194 have mixed emotions about Wesley Hunt here in Texas. On the one hand, he might be a better senator than Ken Paxton if he got elected... on the other hand, he's not gonna win and all he's doing is setting up a runoff giving John Cornyn a gasp and a prayer. I'd much rather Cornyn were sent packing today but instead we'll have to wait for a runoff where anything can happen (and I get subjected to who knows how many slimy Cornyn ads)... sigh
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 03, 2026 08:27 AM (xT8gx)
*****
Wesley is a nice guy and all, but he's missed a lot of important votes and not just while he's been campaigning.
It's a bad look if you're trying to run for Senate.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 03, 2026 08:38 AM (NpAcC)

195 Islam and the Global Left each consider the other as Useful Idiots. What a toxic brew they are.
Posted by: tubal at March 03, 2026 08:35 AM (pDt9x)
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Wait, whut?

Posted by: The Tudeh Party at March 03, 2026 08:38 AM (RIvkX)

196 "Saudi media quoted reports from “media close to the Revolutionary Guards” saying that Iran’s interim defense minister, Majid Ibn Reza, who was appointed yesterday, has been killed."

you know, y'all can surrender...
Posted by: runner

Iran's HR Department is getting a workout.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 03, 2026 08:38 AM (Wc+7N)

197 Canadian bacon is neither.

Posted by: There. I said it. at March 03, 2026 08:39 AM (2Ez/1)

198 What’s forgotten is if we didn’t do what we did in Iraq this operation would not have been possible as it was carried out. There could have been other options but much more difficult.

Posted by: Opinion fact at March 03, 2026 08:39 AM (4hjRS)

199 Spain is occupied territory - they are the country paying foreigners to come in so they can be immediately registered as voters and vote for the government paying them.

The whole line of "the government dissolving the people" is supposed to be a joke

Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2026 08:39 AM (sKqQm)

200 Iran's HR Department is getting a workout."

The guy painting names on the doors is running out of paint...

Posted by: man at March 03, 2026 08:39 AM (XuXeR)

201 Opinion fact

Yes. However, with US and IDF air supremacy, one getting ready to launch invited a bomb on the launcher. There are videos of just such an attack. Plus drones are easy to hide until launched.

Now that the air defenses of Iran are smashed, we can flood the air with F-16s, A-10s, and make a missile launch a life-ending decision.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 03, 2026 08:39 AM (u82oZ)

202 Islam and the Global Left each consider the other as Useful Idiots. What a toxic brew they are.

Posted by: tubal at March 03, 2026 08:35 AM (pDt9x)

Yet islam will triumph over them in the end because the Left are blind cowardly sheep who will always gravitate to the strongest will to power.

Posted by: ... at March 03, 2026 08:39 AM (aBK/n)

203 Hanson's summary at the top is very good. A broad view of how Trump is "doing business" with our adversaries.

Posted by: pawn at March 03, 2026 08:39 AM (+rKuc)

204 Good morning! One hopes that today is the last day for the flood of phone calls and texts exhorting me to vote.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 03, 2026 08:40 AM (wVcYX)

205 It seems to me that Ken Paxton has been fighting the difficult fights for a long time when others weren't and has earned the seat.

Posted by: Ordinary American at March 03, 2026 08:40 AM (fZiTB)

206 The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race starts today.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 03, 2026 08:40 AM (NpAcC)

207 How is Iran continuing to shoot their missiles? Are they mobile platforms?
Posted by: Opinion fact at March 03, 2026 08:36 AM (4hjRS)

I have read... I don't vouch for accuracy... that the missiles are stockpiled on bunkers. The Iranians have mobile launchers (answering your question) which they drive to the bunker, load up, and then drive to the launch site. The IDF, and presumably the US, are playing "SCUD hunt" and trying to kill the launchers and destroy the bunkers.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 08:40 AM (ExV1e)

208 Spain was still considered to be an important power at the start of the Spanish-American war but, uh, not after that point.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2026 08:40 AM (sKqQm)

209 I'm right here. On the plain.

Posted by: The rain at March 03, 2026 08:41 AM (2Ez/1)

210 Posted by: Tom Servo at March 03, 2026 08:36 AM (etYFQ)

Tom Servo Johnson is right!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 08:41 AM (ExV1e)

211 180 How is Iran continuing to shoot their missiles? Are they mobile platforms?
Posted by: Opinion fact at March 03, 2026 08:36 AM (4hjRS)

Yes, they are mobile platforms. There’s video of the Israelis catching these, they look like work over oil rigs with a large missile in the back of the truck rather than a derrick, and the targeting is preprogrammed.

Iran has dispersed these to dozens of sites around the country, many in hard to detect tunnels cut into mountainsides. This was known, and why those who were aware of Iran’s capabilities knew it would take a couple of weeks and hundreds, if not thousands of sorties to track these all down and destroy them.
And the drone launchers are even simpler and easier to launch.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 03, 2026 08:42 AM (etYFQ)

212 And they remember those who were opposed as traitors and cowards for the rest of their existence.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 03, 2026 08:36 AM (etYFQ)
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Wait, whut?

Posted by: Hanoi Jane, Tokyo Sally, Lord Haw Haw, Father Coughlin, Candace Tucker, Tucker Carlson at March 03, 2026 08:42 AM (RIvkX)

213 Not long ago there was a travel advisory for African Americans traveling to Spain.

I don’t know our trading status with them but tariffs should go up 100%.

Posted by: Opinion fact at March 03, 2026 08:42 AM (4hjRS)

214 The Socialist regime of Spain is also welcoming as many North Africans to automatic citizenship as needed to insure electoral supremacy. They are open about it.
Posted by: Auspex at March 03, 2026 08:19 AM (Y8DZL)

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Please always refer to it by its proper name of al-Andalus.

Posted by: Emir Sanchez at March 03, 2026 08:43 AM (XH1Mb)

215 Alaric waves "remember me?"
Posted by: man

He was a dreamer, a worker, and willing to do the jobs Romans wouldn't.

Posted by: Auspex at March 03, 2026 08:43 AM (Y8DZL)

216 >> The cedar waxwings that were flocking here the last few days seem to have moved on.

>>Large flock comes to my place every year around April 1. 50-60 of them eat the new growth on my pecan tree, then move on northward and I won't see them until next year. They take turns eating, staying on one section of the tree at a time. They are beautiful and fun to watch.

I love cedar waxwings, with their crazy lil' masks across their eyes! Berry bandits.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 03, 2026 08:43 AM (tj6OY)

217 Please take your fellow countrymen refugees with you!
They deserve to be a part of their homeland's future, now is the time to be there!!

The status of refugee claims is a joke. *MOST* "refugees" vacation back in their home country.

Trump removing one of the regimes that was a legitimate location to be a refugee will help, but only if we reform what people need to do to get refugee status

Look at Maryland man. Why was he a refugee? Because he was a gang thug back home and one of the other gangs wanted revenge on him and his gang. How the hell does that make you a refugee?!?

Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2026 08:43 AM (sKqQm)

218 Posted by: man at March 03, 2026 08:34 AM (XuXeR)

Hi good to see you I hope you are hanging in.

Posted by: ... at March 03, 2026 08:44 AM (aBK/n)

219 "Saudi media quoted reports from “media close to the Revolutionary Guards” saying that Iran’s interim defense minister, Majid Ibn Reza, who was appointed yesterday, has been killed."

you know, y'all can surrender...
Posted by: runner

And forgo the seventy two virgins?!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 03, 2026 08:44 AM (FXNzP)

220 Are black people in Spain called African Spaniards?

Posted by: The rain furrows brow. Rubs chin. at March 03, 2026 08:44 AM (2Ez/1)

221 He was a dreamer, a worker, and willing to do the jobs Romans wouldn't."

Yeah. Who will pick our olives?

Posted by: man at March 03, 2026 08:44 AM (XuXeR)

222 "Anyone seen Achmed? He was supposed to be back from that pizza delivery an hour ago."
"About that...apparently, when he got there he was promoted to our Supreme Leader."

Posted by: NR Pax at March 03, 2026 08:45 AM (OPGS/)

223 205 It seems to me that Ken Paxton has been fighting the difficult fights for a long time when others weren't and has earned the seat.
Posted by: Ordinary American at March 03, 2026 08:40 AM (fZiTB)

Agreed. Whether or not Paxton comes in 1st or 2nd, it seems likely that no one will get over 50%, and there will be a Cornyn - Paxton runoff.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 03, 2026 08:45 AM (etYFQ)

224 >>Yet islam will triumph over them in the end because the Left are blind cowardly sheep who will always gravitate to the strongest will to power.

The Left will be slaughtered, with a few lucky ones only enslaved.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 03, 2026 08:45 AM (tj6OY)

225 Hi good to see you I hope you are hanging in."

Thanks. It's been a long week....

Posted by: man at March 03, 2026 08:45 AM (XuXeR)

226 Look at Maryland man. Why was he a refugee? Because he was a gang thug back home and one of the other gangs wanted revenge on him and his gang. How the hell does that make you a refugee?!?
Posted by: 18-1

And apparently he's such a thug that he can't be sent to over a dozen countries because the locals would go after him.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 03, 2026 08:46 AM (OPGS/)

227 Are black people in Spain called African Spaniards?
Posted by: The rain furrows brow. Rubs chin
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Moops

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 03, 2026 08:46 AM (XvL8K)

228 Now that the air defenses of Iran are smashed, we can flood the air with F-16s, A-10s, and make a missile launch a life-ending decision.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 03, 2026 08:39 AM (u82oZ)

I don't imagine that there are any A-10s in theater. The AF intends on having them fully retired by the end of the year (despite having no real replacement) and no SecWar has told the AF that if they won't support the Army then the Army will get planes and they can just STFU.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 08:46 AM (ExV1e)

229 >>The status of refugee claims is a joke. *MOST* "refugees" vacation back in their home country.

Trump removing one of the regimes that was a legitimate location to be a refugee will help, but only if we reform what people need to do to get refugee status

Yeah, was being a little sarcastic. Haven't some of the Venezuelans been in "temporary protected status" for decades?

Posted by: Lizzy at March 03, 2026 08:47 AM (tj6OY)

230 Be afraid. Be very afraid.

NEW: Jim Acosta *PANICS* at thought of @ScottJenningsKY getting his own show in merger

"Do we want Scott Jennings anchoring the CBS Evening News or AC360 & talking about what a great president Trump is & how he's the best since George Washington?"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 03, 2026 08:47 AM (FXNzP)

231 Bacha bazi boy out front told me "Free Grape Nuts".

Posted by: New Jerk Times at March 03, 2026 08:48 AM (4iXKJ)

232 There's a Truth Social post where Trump is reassuring us we have sufficient weapons. And he describes how Biden gave billions in US weapons to the "P.T. Barnum (Zelenskyy!) of Ukraine..." Trump is so awesome with his way with words.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at March 03, 2026 08:48 AM (Wg6v7)

233 224 >>Yet islam will triumph over them in the end because the Left are blind cowardly sheep who will always gravitate to the strongest will to power.

The Left will be slaughtered, with a few lucky ones only enslaved.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 03, 2026 08:45 AM (tj6OY)

The thing is, at this point the Left do not seem to be doing the replacement for what we would have thought were rational reasons. Look at england. They just seem truly suicidal and want to destroy everything about the country.

It is bizarre. We keep saying 'you are importing a populace that will destroy you.' as if that will make them realize.

Guys, I think that's what they are going for.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 03, 2026 08:48 AM (bss/y)

234
NEW: Jim Acosta *PANICS* at thought of @ScottJenningsKY getting his own show in merger

"Do we want Scott Jennings anchoring the CBS Evening News or AC360 & talking about what a great president Trump is & how he's the best since George Washington?"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 03, 2026 08:47 AM (FXNzP)

Yes

Posted by: It's me donna at March 03, 2026 08:48 AM (6IkdQ)

235 It seems to me that Ken Paxton has been fighting the difficult fights for a long time when others weren't and has earned the seat.

Cornhole is ranked "14th Most Conservative" in the Senate, which sound impressive except when you consider at least half of the Senate are hard core Marxists and well over half the GOP are dedicated Uniparty losers and grifters, with special attention to POS like KY's, ME's and AK's. Which makes him a bottom of the barrel Moderate Democrat who voted for a pile of really crappy judges and $30T in public debt over his career.

Texas's wartime consigliere needs a promotion.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 03, 2026 08:48 AM (a4flb)

236 Chip Roy talks a big game, but he was all in favor of Paxton’s impeachment, which told me he was just another Bush Machine republican through and through. I don’t want to see him in any job higher than he has now. (Backbencher congressman)

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 03, 2026 08:48 AM (etYFQ)

237 I really had to hold my nose to vote for Paxton .

Posted by: Opinion fact at March 03, 2026 08:49 AM (4hjRS)

238 Lizzy

Islam used the Left to take power in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Iran. After taking over, the Leftists were killed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 03, 2026 08:49 AM (u82oZ)

239 Posted by: Hanoi Jane, Tokyo Sally, Lord Haw Haw, Father Coughlin, Candace Tucker, Tucker Carlson at March 03, 2026 08:42 AM (RIvkX)

Tokyo Sally? Isn't that a song?

Are you conflating Tokyo Rose and Axis Sally?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 08:49 AM (ExV1e)

240 Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna have joined together to introduce a "Billionaire" wealth tax into Congress, hoping to raise more than $400 billion per year. Almost enough to replace the Trump tariffs they say they hate so much.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 03, 2026 08:49 AM (Emg1+)

241 Scott Jennings? The Jeopardy! guy?

Posted by: Barely awake at March 03, 2026 08:49 AM (2Ez/1)

242 Yet islam will triumph over them in the end because the Left are blind cowardly sheep who will always gravitate to the strongest will to power.

TBH I don't know if this is true. The left/Islamic alliance is clearly one of convivence, were they to finish destroying us they would then fight themselves and Islam is obviously a lot more violent.

BUT

The reason the left has generally appeared incompetent at fighting wars is they haven't actually wanted to win them - eg Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria.

Historically the left is very, very good at killing masses of people.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2026 08:49 AM (sKqQm)

243 Gator got my granny.

Posted by: Tokyo Sally at March 03, 2026 08:50 AM (2Ez/1)

244 What we intend to do in Iran has been stated plainly by the President and the Secretary of War, and by our actions. Hand wringing by pundits over their visions of Endless War are due to either a desire for clicks, or faulty information being supplied by their Palantirs.

Posted by: tubal at March 03, 2026 08:50 AM (pDt9x)

245 >>>Are black people in Spain called African Spaniards?

Posted by: The rain furrows brow. Rubs chin.

>Why not? Didn't Columbus discover the South American Indian?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 03, 2026 08:50 AM (gVUi7)

246 Agreed. Whether or not Paxton comes in 1st or 2nd, it seems likely that no one will get over 50%, and there will be a Cornyn - Paxton runoff.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 03, 2026 08:45 AM (etYFQ)

Ugh. I'm gonna have to cosplay as a Republican again.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 08:51 AM (ExV1e)

247 Are you conflating Tokyo Rose and Axis Sally?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 08:49 AM (ExV1e)
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Its still before 6 here...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 03, 2026 08:51 AM (RIvkX)

248 I used to have a different nic

Yes. Sad, really. I want A-10s mowing down the security forces killing the Iranians who want a different path in their life.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 03, 2026 08:51 AM (u82oZ)

249 >>NEW: Jim Acosta *PANICS* at thought of @ScottJenningsKY getting his own show in merger

IT'S FUNNY HOW THE CNN WH PRESS REPORTER WHO WAS LAUDED FOR 'SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER' IS ONE ALTERNATIVE VOICE IN HIS OWN WORKPLACE.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at March 03, 2026 08:51 AM (tj6OY)

250 If there are no air defenses left , I don’t know how many gun ships we have but send them all to Iran to hunt the launchers.

Posted by: Opinion fact at March 03, 2026 08:51 AM (4hjRS)

251 A word of caution about turning off the oil tap to Beijing.

The question becomes, does Beijing have the ability to meet its own energy needs besides military from other sources?

If no, then Beijing will start casting about for its own Dutch East Indies.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 03, 2026 08:51 AM (2GVsD)

252 Mark Cuban: The Democrat party should emulate the “brilliant” Mamdani on social media:

“Democrats should hire his team, pay them $10 million each."

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And the social justice! Don't forget the social justice!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 03, 2026 08:52 AM (FXNzP)

253 No that's Mustang Sally

Posted by: Don Black at March 03, 2026 08:52 AM (ZxPkt)

254 Scott Jennings? The Jeopardy! guy?

I stopped watching that show after Ken Jennings and Jeopardy fired Mayim Bialik for being Jewish.

She was no Trebek either, but she didn't come across as a self righteous asshole like Jennings does.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2026 08:52 AM (sKqQm)

255 Is Franco still dead?

Posted by: dantesed at March 03, 2026 08:53 AM (Oy/m2)

256 18-1

The left is very, very good at killing masses of people once they are in charge.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 03, 2026 08:53 AM (u82oZ)

257 >>Islam used the Left to take power in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Iran. After taking over, the Leftists were killed.

And yet they never learn!

Posted by: Lizzy at March 03, 2026 08:54 AM (tj6OY)

258 The death toll in the recent cold snap in NYC is now 29. Give Mamdani credit, he is dealing effectively with the homeless problem by allowing nature to take its course

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 03, 2026 08:54 AM (HYqoK)

259 Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna have joined together to introduce a "Billionaire" wealth tax into Congress, hoping to raise more than $400 billion per year. Almost enough to replace the Trump tariffs they say they hate so much.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 03, 2026 08:49 AM (Emg1+)

It'll raise $2.2T over 10 years because it's impossible for billionaires to relocate. -- Sanders and Khanna Comedy Duo

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 08:54 AM (ExV1e)

260 The question becomes, does Beijing have the ability to meet its own energy needs besides military from other sources?

I suspect the market is freer now then in the 40s. If China is able to spend more money they'll be able to get oil from other sources.

Interestingly taking Iran offline will boost Russia's economy and damage Europe's as well as China's.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2026 08:54 AM (sKqQm)

261 When was the last time Spain amounted to a hill of beans, 1588?
Posted by: He Inquisitioned at March 03, 2026 08:26 AM (oftw2)
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1642

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 03, 2026 08:54 AM (XwicI)

262 >>Mark Cuban: The Democrat party should emulate the “brilliant” Mamdani on social media:

“Democrats should hire his team, pay them $10 million each."
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We need the best authenticity money can buy!!

Posted by: Lizzy at March 03, 2026 08:55 AM (tj6OY)

263 People keep talking about China being cut off from oil but aren't they only being forced to buy it at market prices instead of at a deep discount?

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at March 03, 2026 08:55 AM (EcHpA)

264 Security Chief Ivanova (Babyon 5) boom today , boom tomorrow. operation balls of fury rocking the kasbah.

Posted by: kingsman at March 03, 2026 08:55 AM (ehY6c)

265 According to Powerline, Mossad hacked into the street camera system in Tehran, added plate reader and facial recognition software, and for years have mapped the daily habits of the Iranian regimes leaders. Israel knew when they went to work their preferred routes, and who they met. Phenomenal.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 03, 2026 08:55 AM (Emg1+)

266 The Left never learns or apologizes because they are very sure of themselves.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 03, 2026 08:55 AM (2GVsD)

267 Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna have joined together to introduce a "Billionaire" wealth tax into Congress

When they passed the income tax it was a percent or two on the highest wage earners.

If they get a billionaire wealth tax in a decade or so it will apply to everyone. Have 10K in the bank? Sorry comrade the state is going to need to take 10% of that a year.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2026 08:56 AM (sKqQm)

268 Anna Puma

Good point.
The worry is that the Chinese military leaders with common sense are being purged for saying this is no time to be rattling sabers. The newbies have limited experience and are personnally loyal to XI. Like the German blood oath to Hitler.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 03, 2026 08:56 AM (u82oZ)

269 Thus war, in actual fact, is going far better so far than even its most ardent proponents have thought possible. The slaughter of the leaders was phenomenal, a thing never before done in any war.

It was always going to take weeks of strikes to truly destroy a regime, any who thought this could be one and done believed in a marvel comics version of the world. The IRGC, which claims 190,000 members, is going to have to be annihilated before Iran surrenders, and that will take a lot of work.

But it’s an achievable goal, with 2 - 3 weeks of constant hits . Once they are gone, we can talk peace.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 03, 2026 08:56 AM (etYFQ)

270 >>Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna have joined together to introduce a "Billionaire" wealth tax into Congress, hoping to raise more than $400 billion per year. Almost enough to replace the Trump tariffs they say they hate so much.

"Did I know these people, or what?"
-- Ayn Rand

Posted by: Lizzy at March 03, 2026 08:56 AM (tj6OY)

271 Mark Cuban: The Dumbest Billionaire Ever

Posted by: Opinion fact at March 03, 2026 08:57 AM (4hjRS)

272 Grok confirms this sport is real.
I Meme Therefore I Am
@ImMeme0
How is this even real?

Whoever came up with this competition should be jailed for life.

https://tinyurl.com/yc2p6rct

Posted by: redridinghood at March 03, 2026 08:57 AM (NpAcC)

273 It'll raise $2.2T over 10 years because it's impossible for billionaires to relocate. -- Sanders and Khanna Comedy Duo
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 08:54 AM (ExV1e)

Oh, and it'll destroy everyone's retirement accounts if billionaires have to sell assets to cover the taxes. -- Sanders and Khanna Comedy Duo

And it'll allow Chynah to buy more of America! -- Sanders and Khanna Comedy Duo

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 08:57 AM (ExV1e)

274 According to Powerline, Mossad hacked into the street camera system in Tehran, added plate reader and facial recognition software, and for years have mapped the daily habits of the Iranian regimes leaders.

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This is also a plot point of a very popular Israeli show Tehran(available on Apple TV)..maybe Powerline thought it was a documentary.

Posted by: runner at March 03, 2026 08:58 AM (GD0B3)

275 Button-Pushing-Monkey

Yes, however, their export driven economy needs very cheap energy to be competitive.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 03, 2026 08:58 AM (u82oZ)

276 265 According to Powerline, Mossad hacked into the street camera system in Tehran, added plate reader and facial recognition software, and for years have mapped the daily habits of the Iranian regimes leaders. Israel knew when they went to work their preferred routes, and who they met. Phenomenal.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 03, 2026 08:55 AM (Emg1+)

Human intelligence >> Artificial Intelligence.

Posted by: Roy at March 03, 2026 08:58 AM (qwype)

277 The idea of the billionaire tax in California went over like a lead balloon so let's make it a national thing. RO and Bernie are smaat

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 03, 2026 08:58 AM (HYqoK)

278 Something doesn't sit well with Middleton. I am going with Paxtons pick for AG, Aaron Reitz.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 03, 2026 08:58 AM (j/kby)

279 Interestingly taking Iran offline will boost Russia's economy and damage Europe's as well as China's.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2026 08:54 AM (sKqQm)

This does not trouble me.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 08:58 AM (ExV1e)

280 When they passed the income tax it was a percent or two on the highest wage earners.
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In five years, it was 75%.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 03, 2026 08:58 AM (XwicI)

281 And think about it even now...

You get a job. The government taxes you earnings. You buy a house with your salary. The government taxes the house. You have to buy tools to repair your house. The government gives you a sales tax. You save some of your taxed salary. The government taxes your savings. You have the gall to die. The government taxes you for that too.

Except now they'll tax you for just having any money left after they already taxed you for getting and using it.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2026 08:59 AM (sKqQm)

282 Plus Beijing's Temu quality exports also need to be cheap.

Thus there is a squeeze on Beijing's coffers from two directions.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 03, 2026 08:59 AM (2GVsD)

283 Russia owes us some Rare Earths!

Posted by: runner at March 03, 2026 08:59 AM (GD0B3)

284 Pahlavi has a plan in place.

So did Machado.

Posted by: t-bird at March 03, 2026 08:59 AM (e1mwr)

285 Mark Cuban: The Democrat party should emulate the “brilliant” Mamdani on social media:

“Democrats should hire his team, pay them $10 million each."

Posted by: SMOD at March 03, 2026 08:59 AM (RHGPo)

286 The most communist tax proposed is the unrealized capital gains tax .

Posted by: Opinion fact at March 03, 2026 09:00 AM (4hjRS)

287 Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna have joined together to introduce a "Billionaire" wealth tax into Congress

I'm old enough to remember Bernie hating millionaires. I guess inflation comes for everyone.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 03, 2026 09:01 AM (OPGS/)

288 >>>Mark Cuban: The Dumbest Billionaire Ever

Posted by: Opinion fact

>Bill Gates is right there with him. Why would his wife leave him?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 03, 2026 09:01 AM (gVUi7)

289 George F. Will
@GeorgeWill
At last, the credibility of U.S. deterrence is being restored

Posted by: SMOD at March 03, 2026 09:01 AM (RHGPo)

290 Legitimate question for my TX peeps...what's the word on the ground about Herrera's chances in TX-23?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 03, 2026 09:01 AM (kgE5c)

291
I'm old enough to remember Bernie hating millionaires. I guess inflation comes for everyone.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 03, 2026 09:01 AM (OPGS/)

Bernie is a millionaire

Posted by: It's me donna at March 03, 2026 09:01 AM (6IkdQ)

292 >>It'll raise $2.2T over 10 years because it's impossible for billionaires to relocate. -- Sanders and Khanna Comedy Duo

Yes, yes, the people who own homes all over the world (including mega yachts and New Zealand bunkers), have money stashed away in foreign banks, and who socialize (if not do business with) foreign politicians and business leaders are TOTALLY going to stay put should this effort start to pick up steam.
Sure, sure, let's see how far this gets. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at March 03, 2026 09:01 AM (tj6OY)

293 For a little bit of whimsy

Perhaps when Tehran is under new management, Tom Cruise will travel there to buy up what is left of Iran's F-14 fleet.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 03, 2026 09:01 AM (2GVsD)

294 Interestingly taking Iran offline will boost Russia's economy and damage Europe's as well as China's.

That is one way to keep Russia out of the fight.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 03, 2026 09:01 AM (a4flb)

295 Who had the largest securities trading volume in Congress in 2025?

Ro Khanna.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 03, 2026 09:02 AM (RIvkX)

296 286 The most communist tax proposed is the unrealized capital gains tax .
Posted by: Opinion fact at March 03, 2026 09:00 AM (4hjRS)l

Asset forfeiture. For The Cause, kulaks.

Posted by: tubal at March 03, 2026 09:02 AM (pDt9x)

297 You have the gall to die. The government taxes you for that too.
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Declare the pennies on your eyes.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 03, 2026 09:02 AM (XwicI)

298 >> Posted by: Anna Puma at March 03, 2026 08:55 AM (2GVsD)

Sid you see the Boeing E-6 Mercury running patterns up and down the East Coast?

Posted by: Marcus T at March 03, 2026 09:02 AM (vhFJq)

299 redridinghood

Judges, not points scored. This is a Gay talent show, while being furry adjacent.

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

300 Grok confirms this sport is real.
I Meme Therefore I Am
@ImMeme0
How is this even real?

Whoever came up with this competition should be jailed for life.

https://tinyurl.com/yc2p6rct
Posted by: redridinghood at March 03, 2026 08:57 AM (NpAcC)

You laugh but think of the years of training required to get a dumb animal to perform those actions. All while carrying a stick.

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

301 285 Mark Cuban: The Democrat party should emulate the “brilliant” Mamdani on social media:

“Democrats should hire his team, pay them $10 million each."

They continue to make the enormous mistake of thinking that what plays well in large urban centers will play well in the nation at large.

Posted by: Delurker at March 03, 2026 09:03 AM (gtcuf)

302 Posted by: Lizzy at March 03, 2026 09:01 AM (tj6OY)

You’re right. It didn’t work in other countries. How do you think Monte Carlo became the home of billionaires.

Posted by: Opinion fact at March 03, 2026 09:03 AM (4hjRS)

303 Is there nothing that sumbitch won't do?!!!

NowThis Impact
@nowthisimpact
Trump’s refusal to attend the White House Correspondent’s Dinner is more troubling than you think

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 03, 2026 09:04 AM (FXNzP)

304 The most communist tax proposed is the unrealized capital gains tax .

You own $10K in Acme Inc stock. It goes up 2% today. Do you have to pay a tax on it today? Then tomorrow it goes down 3%. Does the government write you a check?

And the absurdity of all this is that you already pay taxes when you do sell the stock, so if a few years down the line you sell your Acme stock and make $1K you will be taxed already this is just demanding that money from you NOW

Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2026 09:04 AM (sKqQm)

305 Looks like the Tehran Denny's is another entry for the long, long list of corporated closures.

They'll probably have to go all the way to Qatar to get a Grand Slam Breakfast now.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 03, 2026 09:04 AM (IG3/x)

306 The Daily Beast: Trump Admits He Has No War Plan in Bombshell Letter. “Although the United States desires a quick and enduring peace, it is not possible at this time to know the full scope and duration of military operations that may be necessary,” Trump said in the letter...sent to Congress as required under the War Powers Act.

I will always blame all Trump voters for what is happening to America right now. They are the root cause of our current problems.

How can ANY republican can survive re-election this season? For those who feel we should have bombed Iran, the region, all nations is now destabilized. Iran is not without weapons, since trump checked us out of the inspections.

We were safer exactly 5 days ago than we are today. This might be the one thing to break the rest of the non MAGA base. Service members dying for a war that no one wanted may be the bridge too far.

People are comparing this to Iraq, but that’s not the case. Iraq was popular. Extremely popular. It quickly lost popularity, but Spring of 2003 was a very jingoistic time. This didn’t even start popular.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 03, 2026 09:04 AM (JCZqz)

307 >>Who had the largest securities trading volume in Congress in 2025?

Ro Khanna.

Haven't his children been busy - and very successful - traders, too?

Posted by: Lizzy at March 03, 2026 09:04 AM (tj6OY)

308 Tacamo

Another 707 airframe still being used by the USAF.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 03, 2026 09:04 AM (2GVsD)

309 >>I will always blame all Trump voters for what is happening to America right now. They are the root cause of our current problems.

So. . . Tuesday?

Posted by: Lizzy at March 03, 2026 09:05 AM (tj6OY)

310 > Iran is not without weapons,

Oh, I'm pretty sure they're more "without weapons" than they were a few days ago.

Communist fucktards.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 03, 2026 09:05 AM (IG3/x)

311 So did Machado.
Posted by: t-bird at March 03, 2026 08:59 AM (e1mwr)

1. Pahlavi has the support of a significant portion of the population, possibly a majority. You'll respond that so did Machado, which may be valid.
2. There won't be significant elements of the old regime left to oppose Pahlavi. The same could not be said about Machado.

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

312 309 >>I will always blame all Trump voters for what is happening to America right now. They are the root cause of our current problems.

You're welcome !

Posted by: It's me donna at March 03, 2026 09:06 AM (6IkdQ)

313 I will always blame all Trump voters for what is happening to America right now. They are the root cause of our current problems.

Sounds like the book blurb for Plan 13 from K Street - "All you MAGATS are stupid!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 03, 2026 09:07 AM (2GVsD)

314 128 California Attorney General Promises to Prosecute Anyone Investigating Somali Fraud

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Well, fraud is their number one industry.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 03, 2026 08:17 AM (FXNzP)

So no free press in CA?

You might be the fascist.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 03, 2026 09:07 AM (i0Hi3)

315 Apparently Rubio fucked up and said we’re doing this on direct orders from Bibi. The Jew haters are ecstatic, of course.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 03, 2026 09:07 AM (QZThv)

316 I will always blame all Trump voters for what is happening to America right now. They are the root cause of our current problems.

One of the funnier parts of this is the left will swear up and down that modern, "late capitalist" America is the worst and we should go back to when a working man can make a decent salary like you know the 50s. And the humor here is they also tell us the 50s were boring, racist, and evil. Oh and that was also when we got rid of some communist in Iran.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2026 09:07 AM (sKqQm)

317 Haven't his children been busy - and very successful - traders, too?
Posted by: Lizzy at March 03, 2026 09:04 AM (tj6OY)
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After all, isn't that what public service is all about?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 03, 2026 09:07 AM (RIvkX)

318 Two groups running two games, one a collectivization of the entire world, the other the establishment of a Global Caliphate subjugating the entire world. Both pooling their resources, pretending to be allies. This is not or should not be hard to identify, and oppose. If you don’t want to be collectivized, or a Muslim at gunpoint, well, your enemies are right there.
Either bend your knee, or fight back, as you can.

Posted by: tubal at March 03, 2026 09:08 AM (pDt9x)

319 310 > Iran is not without weapons,

Oh, I'm pretty sure they're more "without weapons" than they were a few days ago.

Communist fucktards.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 03, 2026 09:05 AM (IG3/x)

Agree but they still have the dems and most of the US media going for them.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 03, 2026 09:08 AM (i0Hi3)

320 War is an ugly thing but not the ugliest of things . The decayed and degraded moral and
patriotic (political) feeling that thinks nothing is worth war is much worse…….

JSM

Posted by: Opinion fact at March 03, 2026 09:08 AM (4hjRS)

321 Another fun bit of info about Russia’s position on this war, and why they refused to help Tehran when the Mullahs begged for assistance: it’s believed that over the last few months, the Iranian leadership had transferred over a half trillion dollar equivalent assets to Moscow for protection from sanctions, etc. If the regime fails, Moscow simply denies that any of it exists, and keeps all of it for themselves.

Which might explain the faint smile playing around Putin’s lips when he condemns the current American Aggression.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 03, 2026 09:08 AM (etYFQ)

322 Something doesn't sit well with Middleton. I am going with Paxtons pick for AG, Aaron Reitz.

Reitz never ran for an office before, never held an elected post. All we have about Reitz is that he was Paxton's right hand man, and over the years, Paxton has shaped the DOJ.

Reitz is a vote for continuity. Middleton, again, seems to be a Crusader which is great, I want the Muslim problems GONE.

But she brags about the Prayer In Schools. In Principle I like to see prayer in schools, but not sure that this is Mayberry anymore and the prayers will be led by woke LGBTQ+ danger hair mystic, or the local Imam.

Continuity vs Idealism.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 03, 2026 09:08 AM (a4flb)

323 Public service is all about the assets they made along the way.

Posted by: Delurker at March 03, 2026 09:09 AM (gtcuf)

324 After Gulf War I, Iran was very happy to keep Iraq's air force.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 03, 2026 09:09 AM (2GVsD)

325 Khanna 's father in law has huge bucks. He doesn't even have to be a corrupt Congress critter. He does it because of his ego

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 03, 2026 09:09 AM (HYqoK)

326 These same anti-Iran attack people wanted us to send troops on the ground to Ukraine to fight Russia.

They are evil retards.

Posted by: Opinion fact at March 03, 2026 09:10 AM (4hjRS)

327 In my estimate Russia is one of the big winners of US Special Military Operation against Iranian terrorist regime. One, they have an inflow of hundreds of billion dollars in gold and crypto from escaping, and in some cases no longer living mullahs. No refunds! Two, now China will be forced to buy Russian oil. You don't expect China to buy Saudi oil, do you? And while Russia and Iran were sort of buddies, Russia knew mullahs were still jihadi savages feeding jihad along its eastern border. So that is why Russia's voice is so minimal, they left it with low level (UN rep and foreign minister) expressions of disappointment in the whole thing. Shame, shame! And when Iranians called Putin, he was..not available.

Posted by: runner at March 03, 2026 09:10 AM (GD0B3)

328 Whoever came up with this competition should be jailed for life.

https://tinyurl.com/yc2p6rct

I managed to find a wikipedia entry for it. "Hobby Horsing". It seems to be taken seriously by some in Europe. The Euro championships will take place in the Czech Republic this year. That Australian breakdancer from the Olympics should give it a go.

Posted by: t-bird at March 03, 2026 09:10 AM (e1mwr)

329 California Attorney General Promises to Prosecute Anyone Investigating Somali Fraud

If there is no fraud to be found anyone trying to do it will embarrass themselves.

Its only if there is fraud and the current people in power are involved that you would want to stop people from investigating.

Also, I suspect a lot of this is going to be a specific form of fraud the FNM/left doesn't want to talk about where a Somali guy is married to multiple women. Wife 1 claims she is running a daycare and her clients? The children of Wife 2. And same with Wife 2 and Wife 1's kids.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2026 09:10 AM (sKqQm)

330 Tom Servo

The Soviets did the same thing with the Spanish Good from the treasury. It was shipped over during the Spanish Civil War. And never returned.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 03, 2026 09:11 AM (u82oZ)

331 Tacamo

Another 707 airframe still being used by the USAF.
*************

Air Force? Try again.

Posted by: one hour sober at March 03, 2026 09:11 AM (Y1sOo)

332 The time of jawboning us all into equivocating our will to support what we are engaging in has come now. As inevitable as the sunrise, right out of their playbook.

Posted by: tubal at March 03, 2026 09:11 AM (pDt9x)

333 We fired our guns and the IRGC kept a-comin'
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
On down the Karun to the Gulf of Oman

Posted by: Zombie Johnny Horton at March 03, 2026 09:12 AM (wVcYX)

334 Apparently Rubio fucked up and said we’re doing this on direct orders from Bibi. The Jew haters are ecstatic, of course.
Posted by: Ian S
___________

That's quite a stretch:

"The president made the very wise decision—we knew that there was going to be an Israeli action, we knew that that would precipitate an attack against American forces, and we knew that if we didn’t preemptively go after them before they launched those attacks, we would suffer higher casualties."

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 03, 2026 09:12 AM (XvL8K)

335 These same anti-Iran attack people wanted us to send troops on the ground to Ukraine to fight Russia./i]

I remember one of the British news orgs put together their prediction of how the war would go.

And I remember when it got to the US/Europe invading Russia proper they argued the Russian people would see the jig was up and just surrender. I thought to myself, I know the left doesn't read history but they seem to know Russian stereotypes about drinking and such...surely they know the stereotype here about "The Motherland" don't they?

Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2026 09:13 AM (sKqQm)

336 292 >>It'll raise $2.2T over 10 years because it's impossible for billionaires to relocate. -- Sanders and Khanna Comedy Duo

Yes, yes, the people who own homes all over the world (including mega yachts and New Zealand bunkers), have money stashed away in foreign banks, and who socialize (if not do business with) foreign politicians and business leaders are TOTALLY going to stay put should this effort start to pick up steam.
Sure, sure, let's see how far this gets. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at March 03, 2026 09:01 AM (tj6OY)

Like mamdanis policies, I think the goal is to drive out the productive and the rule the rest with an iron fist. Then expand to the next city until the rule all that is ruined.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 03, 2026 09:13 AM (i0Hi3)

337 A friendly regime taking over would be ideal, but not entirely necessary if the ability to project/export force and terror outside their own borders is eliminated.

Posted by: can of spam at March 03, 2026 09:13 AM (14gFN)

338 TACAMO is a weird acronym for TAke ChArge And Move Out

Will also see the term Looking Glass.

Airborne command post for a USAF general and staff to provide command continuity.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 03, 2026 09:13 AM (2GVsD)

339 Russia is, however, losing drone production from Iran.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 03, 2026 09:14 AM (MIuJq)

340 A friendly regime taking over would be ideal, but not entirely necessary if the ability to project/export force and terror outside their own borders is eliminated.

The goal isn't really to make friends. The goal is to make regimes believe that there will be consequences to attacking America.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2026 09:14 AM (sKqQm)

341 " I will always blame all Trump voters for what is happening to America right now. They are the root cause of our current problems."

I guess this person flunked out of their specificity in argumentation class.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 03, 2026 09:15 AM (PFs9e)

342 Thank goodness it's primary day today so candidates can stop texting me even though I've already voted.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 09:15 AM (ExV1e)

343 lol keep trying

Posted by: one hour sober at March 03, 2026 09:15 AM (Y1sOo)

344 The Soviets did the same thing with the Spanish Gold from the treasury. It was shipped over during the Spanish Civil War. And never returned.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 03, 2026 09:11 AM (u82oZ)

Endlessly funny how Old Tricks are still the Best Tricks.

(“Oh but the Russians would never dare to pull that one again!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 03, 2026 09:15 AM (etYFQ)

345 It seems to be taken seriously by some in Europe.

Because of course it is.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 09:15 AM (ExV1e)

346 Let's all remember the Iranian drone industry comes directly from Obama letting them steal one of ours. They saw where it landed and did not then blow it up before Iran could dissemble it...

Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2026 09:15 AM (sKqQm)

347 Jim VandeHei
@JimVandeHei
3 US soldiers dead. This shifts the debate inside MAGA, Congress and America to: Is the killing the Iranian leader and degrading its capabilities worth three American lives? Puts a human face and reality on Trump’s war of choice…This ? will dominate politics for weeks.

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Well, I'd've preferred Ratshit Taliban, AOC, and Ilhan Omar.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 03, 2026 09:15 AM (FXNzP)

348 Apparently Rubio fucked up and said we’re doing this on direct orders from Bibi. T

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what kind of low IQ idiot would believe this groyper nonsense ??

Posted by: runner at March 03, 2026 09:15 AM (GD0B3)

349
Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
UNREAL. The Washington State Supreme Court ruled that Lucy Lauser, a transgender Stevenson City Council Member who faced a recall petition after being ARRESTED for indecent exposure, will NOT be removed from his city position

Chief Justice Charles W. Johnson wrote, referring to Lauser with using "She/Her" pronouns, that “She (Lauser) did not believe her exposure violated the law because it was an act of protest."

Woke judge referring to a MAN as a WOMAN. The court is compromised.

https://tinyurl.com/22bexx7k

Posted by: redridinghood at March 03, 2026 09:16 AM (NpAcC)

350 what kind of low IQ idiot would believe this groyper nonsense ??

people who just really wanna

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 03, 2026 09:17 AM (j+aD2)

351 3 US soldiers dead. This shifts the debate inside MAGA, Congress and America to: Is the killing the Iranian leader and degrading its capabilities worth three American lives

As of 2024 (most recent stats I could find) there were 15000 people on ICE's deport list convicted of murder in the US.

Can we put a similar "human face" then on the cost of allowing illegals to come here?

Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2026 09:18 AM (sKqQm)

352 what kind of low IQ idiot would believe this groyper nonsense

Well there are books out there that claim RMS Titanic was swapped out with RMS Olympic and it was RMS Olympic that actually sank just to commit insurance fraud.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 03, 2026 09:18 AM (2GVsD)

353 348 Apparently Rubio fucked up and said we’re doing this on direct orders from Bibi. T

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what kind of low IQ idiot would believe this groyper nonsense ??
Posted by: runner at March 03, 2026 09:15 AM (GD0B3)

That is transparently foolish and tortured propaganda. They are out of ideas. Be more creative, comrades!

Posted by: tubal at March 03, 2026 09:18 AM (pDt9x)

354 Chief Justice Charles W. Johnson wrote, referring to Lauser with using "She/Her" pronouns, that “She (Lauser) did not believe her exposure violated the law because it was an act of protest."

"It is different when we do it"

Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2026 09:18 AM (sKqQm)

355 The talking points are out :

--On the direction of Israel...
--American lives....
--This is Iraq again
--No one wants this "war"
--Boots on the ground
--Iranian mullahs not threat
--Were not even close to nulrear weapon
--Trump is a neocon
--Rubio is a neocon

Posted by: runner at March 03, 2026 09:19 AM (GD0B3)

356 redridinghood

I knew a Marine Major who had "First Moscow, then Congress" painted in small letters on his CH-53. He had to paint it over fast.

But "First Iran, then Leftist Judges" is a good plan, IMHO.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 03, 2026 09:19 AM (u82oZ)

357 Have a great day!

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YOU'RE NOT MY SUPERVISOR!!!!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 03, 2026 09:19 AM (GBKbO)

358 George F. Will
@GeorgeWill
At last, the credibility of U.S. deterrence is being restored
Posted by: SMOD

So is Will starting to recover from his TDS?

Posted by: Bulg at March 03, 2026 09:20 AM (77rzZ)

359 Ro Khanna.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 03, 2026 09:02 AM (RIvkX)
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Divorce has to be on the horizon for Khanna. His FIL is a big GOP donor, a self-made man, and his daughter screwed up and married Khanna.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 03, 2026 09:20 AM (WjwD7)

360 Bulg

No, George is just angling for more money

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 03, 2026 09:20 AM (2GVsD)

361 Posted by: runner at March 03, 2026 09:19 AM (GD0B3)

I noticed the talking point had gone out yesterday ... "War of choice ." The Dems and the media, basically one and the same, all used it...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 03, 2026 09:20 AM (6IkdQ)

362 291 Bernie is a millionaire
Posted by: It's me donna

I know. Maybe a lot of people kept pointing that out to him so he had to shift his hate to billionaires.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 03, 2026 09:21 AM (OPGS/)

363 So is Will starting to recover from his TDS?

He saw Kamala Harris wearing blue jeans and then decided Trump was indeed the lessor of two evils

Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2026 09:21 AM (sKqQm)

364 358 George F. Will
@GeorgeWill
At last, the credibility of U.S. deterrence is being restored
Posted by: SMOD

So is Will starting to recover from his TDS?

Posted by: Bulg at March 03, 2026 09:20 AM (77rzZ)

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$5 says his next article will be about how the Trump administration is criminal because it won't obey some UN resolution or other.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 03, 2026 09:21 AM (GBKbO)

365 moar talking points !

--MAGA is splintering (this is a big one, to elevate "influence" of 5 losers on the internets)
--Iran will divide into a million provinces
--Military unhappy
--US is running out of munitions

Posted by: runner at March 03, 2026 09:21 AM (GD0B3)

366 I will always blame all Trump voters for what is happening to America right now. They are the root cause of our current problems.

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You're welcome!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 03, 2026 09:21 AM (FXNzP)

367 And I remember when it got to the US/Europe invading Russia proper they argued the Russian people would see the jig was up and just surrender. I thought to myself, I know the left doesn't read history but they seem to know Russian stereotypes about drinking and such...surely they know the stereotype here about "The Motherland" don't they?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2026 09:13 AM (sKqQm)

Russians are famous for surrendering. In WW2, Stalingrad surrendered before the Germans even invaded Poland.

Dumbasses.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 09:21 AM (ExV1e)

368 He saw Kamala Harris wearing blue jeans and then decided Trump was indeed the lessor of two evils

It could be worse - Stacey Abrams in a pair of jeans.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 03, 2026 09:22 AM (2GVsD)

369 356 I knew a Marine Major who had "First Moscow, then Congress" painted in small letters on his CH-53. He had to paint it over fast.

A Marine in my Platoon raked up 17 confirmed kills with his bulldozer. He was looking for a can of spray paint and a stick figure stencil and the Sergeant Major shut him down.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 03, 2026 09:22 AM (OPGS/)

370 > Let's all remember the Iranian drone industry comes directly from Obama letting them steal one of ours. They saw where it landed and did not then blow it up before Iran could dissemble it...
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I read that the Iranians spoofed the GPS in that region, basically jammed the RQ-170 and fed it bogus coordinates to land at. That there's no comparable drone in Iran's inventory leads one to believe they were unable to reverse engineer it.

And subsequent RQ-170's are networked and do not have to rely only on GPS for navigation.

But, it was a significant, technological loss that probably has been leveraged by China and, to a lesser degree, Russia.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 03, 2026 09:22 AM (jtM2q)

371 Chief Justice Charles W. Johnson

Not *that* Charles Johnson. I think.

/jk

Posted by: Delurker at March 03, 2026 09:22 AM (gtcuf)

372 I noticed the talking point had gone out yesterday ... "War of choice ." The Dems and the media, basically one and the same, all used it...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 03, 2026 09:20 AM (6IkdQ)

I miss Rush's roundups...

Posted by: runner at March 03, 2026 09:22 AM (GD0B3)

373 Chief Justice Charles W. Johnson

Not *that* Charles Johnson. I think.

It all depends, does the judge ride a bike?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 03, 2026 09:23 AM (2GVsD)

374 361 Posted by: runner at March 03, 2026 09:19 AM (GD0B3)

I noticed the talking point had gone out yesterday ... "War of choice ." The Dems and the media, basically one and the same, all used it...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 03, 2026 09:20 AM (6IkdQ)

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This war of choice is effectively over already.

When the other side can't launch rockets or drones anymore, when our side is using dumb bombs instead of smart bombs because we own the skies so much, it's pretty much over.

Trump ain't sending in a hundred thousand men to hold Iran. He's doing what he did in Venezuela.

Chop off the head, and then negotiate with what's left. It's what one can do when one has overwhelming force on one's side.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 03, 2026 09:23 AM (GBKbO)

375 Biden sent Iran 100 BILLION DOLLARS. I am glad that all the jihadi shit they bough and built, including hamas an hezbollah are now smoldering piles. Still work to be done.

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