Wahls: The war in Iran is going to be devastating for farm states like Iowa. You mentioned diesel — that is what the vast majority of farm machines, like tractors or combines, run on. And the cost of oil not only has a huge impact on fuel costs, it also has a huge impact on other farm inputs

What exactly is the Pentagon paying these AI companies to do to us?

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Iran may be activating sleeper cells outside the country, alert says The U.S. has intercepted encrypted communications believed to have originated in Iran that may serve as “an operational trigger” for “sleeper assets."

“The U.S. has intercepted encrypted communications believed to have originated in Iran that may serve as "an operational trigger" for "sleeper assets" according to alert sent to law enforcement agencies.”

I was called an alarmist when I mentioned sleeper cells. 🤷‍♂️

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Putin is helping Iran.

Zelenskyy is helping us.

Trump does not seem to understand or is ignoring these basic facts.

Hope someone on his team will help the president correct this policy position and...

Thank Zelenskyy.
Arm Ukraine.
Sanction Putin.

My former GOP colleagues are still “standing by their man” — the month he starts a war, slaughters civilians, starts a global financial panic, puts Americans in the crosshairs of terrorist attacks, and is accused of raping a 13-year-old girl.

Good luck in the midterms.

The Week Ahead March 8, 2026

The government just told a federal court:
“Courts cannot tell the President what to say.”

That’s the theory behind Trump’s latest clash with the judiciary—and it could end up before the Supreme Court. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Rep Jason Crow has seen war up close-and he says Americans are DONE with endless conflicts. Working-class people pay the price while DC elites talk tough. Congress must return now, hold a War Powers vote, and demand answers from Trump before this spirals into another forever war. #sheshed

Nope!!!!

#Iran

#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles

The Week Ahead March 8, 2026

Lots of legal proceedings to read up on for the week ahead, and beyond. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Not just any white hat. It comes from “The Trump Store." You can find it there for $55 & plenty of other stuff & links to Trump Hotels, Trump Golf, etc. Apparently, to Trump, nothing says great opportunity for pushing merchandise like bringing home fallen soldiers. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

the president has no idea what he has set in motion. none.

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AOC: They wanted to issue this statement as though we’re just going after these 30-year-old men on Medicaid playing video games in their basement, right? This was the narrative that we heard.

First of all, I think everyone should have healthcare in America, regardless of who you are

This didn’t age well…

that the Trump administration is trying to shut down a leading AI company because it’s unwilling to develop autonomous murder systems is terrifying, and should be of grave concern to everyone in the world

This is disgusting, but also a tacit admission of just how horrible and indefensible it is.

Earlier this year, Donald Trump took control of Venezuelan oil assets without congressional approval. The Administration then moved $500 million from the first sale through Qatar with no transparency.

I introduced a bill to investigate this shady deal because the public deserves answers.

This is a bs “apology” from Fox. They claim it was “inadvertent” - a lie. They aired old footage because they didn’t want to show Trump wearing his campaign hat during the ceremony. Then in this statement they STILL don’t show the correct footage of Trump. bsky.app/profile/aaro...

Trump often wears hats because he is worried about the wind pushing up his massive comb over.

He was more worried about how his hair would look than the six US soldiers who died.

It's pretty bad when you are the chief lying liar who lies and can't get one of your obsequiously subordinate lying liars who lie to lie for you because even the subordinate knows it's just too big a lie to tell for anyone but the chief lying liar who lies so much that there is no lie he won't tell.

“Our government is treating the suffering of the Iranian people as a backdrop for our own entertainment … But, in the end, we lose our humanity when we are thrilled by the destructive power of our military. … The longer we remain blind to the terrible consequences of war ...

TAPPER: One of your points of contention with Noem was how she jumped to conclusions about the killings of Pretti and Good, but Markwayne Mullin said equally false things. Does that give you pause?

TILLIS: It gives me pause that you had people like Stephen Miller calling the shots.

TAPPER: Do you think Stephen Miller should go?

TILLIS: Of course I do. He's a big problem in this administration and has been since the beginning

Wow -- as first spotted by @BadFoxGraphics on X, Fox & Friends this morning used *old footage of a previous dignified transfer* to mislead their audience about the fact that Trump wore a baseball cap during the one yesterday

"He seems to have had no idea that the Gulf would be a target. … He professed that Iran’s attacks on American allies were 'probably the biggest surprise'—despite the fact that just about every country in the region had warned that Iran would surely attack them in retaliation."

There's something deeply obscene and broken about the fact that Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are bombing elementary schools in an illegal war of aggression, and there's still a sense among the opposition that it has to be explained in terms of gas prices in order to get American voters to care.

Healey: He offered comments that are detached from the reality of most Americans. I mean, most Americans right now are not out celebrating the Dow. They’re trying to figure out how to pay for housing…

Grisham: So he tells you to be angry while he’s ignoring you and leaving you behind, telling you it’s somebody else’s fault. It’s squarely his fault.

Iran’s Foreign Minister says Trump derailed a potential path to de-escalation. He says Iran signaled openness to lowering tensions but Trump’s actions “almost immediately killed” that opportunity, warning if he seeks escalation, it’s “precisely what our Armed Forces have long been prepared for.”