US national security offices, weakened by firings, confront Mideast war
"FBI Director Kash Patel fired roughly a dozen agents and staff members who once had ties to an investigation of Trump. Among them were agents who specialized in addressing threats from Iran and its proxies." wapo.st/3P6HiJf
MAGA fans who side with Putin against Ukraine may want to take note...
Russia is providing Iran intelligence to target U.S. forces, officials say
The targeting information has included the locations of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East wapo.st/3OUfaJg (gift link)
Noem has been caught perpetrating $143 million in fraud with taxpayer money, says Rep. Joe Neguse
An important read, the latest reporting from @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social on Trump's cruel policies targeting immigrants.
"Damaris Bello’s mother attended a green card interview—and was deported less than 24 hours later." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Noem is answering questions from local organizations representing police officers, but they have not asked about her firing. Notably, she is still speaking as if she is leading the Department of Homeland Security. She said she was coming to meet with New York state sheriffs soon. President Trump said in his announcement that he wanted Senator Markwayne Mullin to start at the end of the month. Catie Edmondson March 5, 2026, 2:29 p.m. ET26 minutes ago Catie Edmondson There’s quite a split screen playing out as Noem takes questions at a conference in Nashville while Republican senators are backslapping Mullin on the Senate floor in the middle of a vote.
No matter how much bootlicking, no matter how much lying on his behalf… working for Trump always ends in humiliation and disgrace. Noem is just the latest.
Noem has been caught perpetrating $143 million in fraud with taxpayer money, says Rep. Joe Neguse
Damn, Barbara Starr 🔥
"Democrats are climbing over one another to vote, and control of the Senate is now in play... President Trump is inspiring Democrats to turn out, as he might put it, like no one has ever seen before." www.wsj.com/opinion/texa...
"You told a lie about them. Do you regret that?" -- Raskin grills Noem about her comments that Good and Pretti were domestic terrorists
Huckabee jokes to embassy staff about procreating while sheltering By John Hudson U.S. ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee joked to embassy staff about procreating while sheltering in place on Tuesday in a memo one U.S. official described as “awkward” and “odd.” The memo, addressed to U.S. diplomats, local staff and family members, said that if the “extended time” with your spouse “results in the birth of your next child in about 9 months, I of course expect that you will want to name the little bugger after me!” “If it's a girl, Michelle is a nice name too,” he wrote, in a memo reviewed by The Washington Post. The jocular missive came at a distressing moment for staff
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“Mike Huckabee joked to US embassy staff about procreating while sheltering in place on Tuesday… The memo said that if the “extended time” with your spouse “results in the birth of your next child in about 9 months, I of course expect that you will want to name the little bugger after me!”
What is the point of having a covert action program if don't brag about it to the media?
On substance, what could go wrong?
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staggering amount of self-dealing and corruption in Trump 2.0, just the latest example among many…
wait, WHAT?
“Ayatollah Ali Khamenei apparently ignored the evidence that the C.I.A. was tracking him and his top leaders, an operation that President Trump exposed in a social media post eight months ago.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...
In the briefing, Mr. Rubio argued that, no matter if Israel or the United States struck first, Iran would respond with a powerful barrage of weapons against U.S. bases and embassies. It was logical then, Mr. Rubio said, that the United States should act in concert with Israel, since America would be dragged in anyway. And Israel, Mr. Rubio said, was determined to act. This logic sat poorly with some Democrats, who thought the Trump administration was letting Mr. Netanyahu dictate American policy — and was making a circular argument that the United States had to attack because its military buildup could prompt Iran to strike.
just wild that Rubio would frame the US attack on Iran as beholden to what Israel was going to do and/or as inevitable based on circular logic like this… www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...
"A Reuters/Ipsos poll released Sunday showed that just one in four Americans approves of the US attack on Iran, while around half believe Trump uses too much military force. Unless the public is given more answers on exactly what the White House intentions are, those numbers are likely to get worse"
"For a guy who calls himself the secretary of war, Pete Hegseth sure is defensive" www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/o...
Trump was never antiwar — that's MAGA fiction. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Unreal… gives zero clarity about launching his war on Iran, but gold drapes for his WH ballroom
“The minting of dozens of new billionaires occurred in the immediate wake of the 2017 tax cuts championed by Trump, the nation’s biggest tax overhaul since 1986… Overall, the top 1% now control $55.8 trillion in assets—more than the GDP of the US and China combined.”
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a social media video in the middle of the night and then just staying sequestered at his private club… what a way to launch the United States into a war www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...
“Within hours of declaring that the federal government will end its use of artificial-intelligence tools made by tech company Anthropic, President Trump launched a major air attack in Iran with the help of those very same tools.” www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
Stephen Miller in 2024:
21%
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Read: The ‘Emergency’ Executive Order Proposal That Trump Activists are Rallying Behind talkingpointsmemo.com/news/read-th...
“There is no national consensus around the decision... There isn’t even a Republican consensus…only a mercurial man so detached from reality that he actually reposted “Iran Tried to Interfere in 2020, 2024 Elections to Stop Trump, and Now Faces Renewed War With U.S.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/o...
“Many officials said Noem’s handling of the report fits a pattern in which she has ignored or played down national-security concerns… her office [also] published photos of a secret government facility, publicizing a site meant to house the president in emergencies” www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
insane:
“FBI tactical agents have ferried her to a resort in Britain before a dinner at Windsor Castle and to an appointment at a hair salon in Nashville”
“Last month, a three-man SWAT team fanned out at a fundraiser where she sang… Afterward, agents drove Ms. Wilkins 135 miles to LAX”
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His frat boy antics at the Olympics were debasing and embarrassing, but this is on a whole different level, just a jaw-dropping abuse of power. Patel should resign or be fired www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...
reminder, now that Scotus has struck down the tariffs… www.wired.com/story/cantor...
Powerful speech from Gov. Abigail Spanberger... 13 minutes well worth watching if you missed www.wbaltv.com/article/span...
