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Donald Trump’s Presidency Is in Free Fall Republicans typically lead on the economy, national security, and immigration. Trump is squandering the GOP’s traditional strength on all three.

Trump is in serious trouble. His war is deeply unpopular. He's now in the toilet on the economy, immigration, and national security. His public standing is getting close to being broken in an irreparable way, akin to Bush after Iraq and Katrina:
newrepublic.com/article/2074...

09.03.2026 11:31 👍 1181 🔁 366 💬 117 📌 40
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AI error or not, Iran school bombing is a permanent stain on America’s soul | Will Bunch A debate on AI in warfare obscures the truth about an Iran school bombing. U.S. humans are to blame for this war crime.

Wounded Knee. Tulsa. My Lai. Abu Ghraib

And now, Minab

We need to talk about the horror when 180 little schoolgirls, boys and teachers were obliterated by U.S. Tomahawk missiles last week. And tell Congress: Not one more dime for these war crimes

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/iran...

09.03.2026 11:15 👍 1769 🔁 553 💬 34 📌 25

This sort of thing is always hit with, "LOL he doesn't care he'll never face voters again." In fact, he does care. He has privately said he fears being impeached by a Dem House. And I don't know who I need to tell this to, but presidential approval matters in midterms.

09.03.2026 11:51 👍 494 🔁 123 💬 28 📌 4
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Senator mocked ‘green energy crap.’ His house runs on it. Montana Republican Tim Sheehy voted to scrap solar tax credits after installing panels and battery storage at his Bozeman home.

“Montana Republican Tim Sheehy voted to scrap solar tax credits after installing panels and battery storage at his Bozeman home.” www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

09.03.2026 04:19 👍 1193 🔁 521 💬 52 📌 37
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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...

09.03.2026 04:32 👍 1280 🔁 386 💬 96 📌 24
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The “Iran strikes” version of the Democrats who are now acting contrite over having supported Trump’s deportation agenda. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/w...

09.03.2026 04:44 👍 1218 🔁 208 💬 41 📌 40

“I didn’t vote for THIS,” say the manosphere podcasters who simply had no way of knowing that Trump would lie about being a populist to get into office and then govern like a autocratic lunatic once in power, other than the fact that he did it for 4 entire years before that.

09.03.2026 06:06 👍 4675 🔁 915 💬 143 📌 41
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Fuzzy memories and hard facts: An SC accuser's claims against Epstein, Trump examined An alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein gave FBI agents true accounts of her time growing up in SC. Claims she made about Donald Trump remain unsubstantiated.

"A woman who claims she was abused as a minor by both Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump has given the FBI vivid accounts that include aspects of her life corroborated by the The Post and Courier through public records."

09.03.2026 02:54 👍 1011 🔁 379 💬 14 📌 4
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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...

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Mississippi’s Black Voters Brace for SCOTUS to Gut Their Political Clout Black Mississippians won a key ruling last year in a case that challenges how the state elects supreme court justices. But the U.S. Supreme Court may soon weaken the Voting Rights Act and erase their victory.

Last year, a federal judge ordered Mississippi lawmakers to redraw the districts it uses to elect state Supreme Court justices, finding the current map illegally diminishes Black voting power. A U.S. Supreme Court ruling could soon undo that directive.

08.03.2026 20:04 👍 40 🔁 28 💬 0 📌 3
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Ohio Bans Grace Periods for Mail Ballots, Fulfilling Trump’s Wishes Ohio is the fourth GOP-run state this year to ban ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but arrive after. A Supreme Court case could force that policy nationwide next year.

Conservatives are currently pursuing a national strategy to ban grace periods for ballots sent through the mail. The U.S. Supreme Court will issue a ruling that could eliminate grace periods across the country.

08.03.2026 23:04 👍 88 🔁 57 💬 5 📌 6

Also, now that the Dow is so far off of 50,000, I believe that according to the Pam Bondi Rule we are legally allowed to care about the Epstein Files again?

08.03.2026 23:14 👍 2035 🔁 392 💬 26 📌 3
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Love this for them.

08.03.2026 23:18 👍 616 🔁 44 💬 42 📌 10
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Pete Hegseth: "The president has been right to say there will be casualties. Things like this don't happen without casualties. There will be more casualties."

09.03.2026 00:22 👍 816 🔁 223 💬 125 📌 55

here's a photo of Hegseth's gesture (Saul Loeb/Getty)

09.03.2026 00:41 👍 2049 🔁 686 💬 200 📌 79
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Witkoff always looks like someone shit their pants right next to him

(Roberto Schmidt/Getty)

09.03.2026 00:43 👍 1850 🔁 245 💬 145 📌 34

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09.03.2026 02:17 👍 1602 🔁 364 💬 10 📌 6
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Tillis: Republicans have ‘lost the debate’ on immigration Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.) said Sunday his party has “lost the debate” on immigration, days after President Trump tapped Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) to replace Department of Homeland Se…

Everybody's saying it now
thehill.com/homenews/sen...

09.03.2026 01:27 👍 733 🔁 202 💬 29 📌 12
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09.03.2026 00:45 👍 17035 🔁 4808 💬 980 📌 227

Well, at least all of this was completely unnecessary and avoidable

08.03.2026 23:55 👍 132 🔁 16 💬 4 📌 0

almost like he’s a clown and thank god we made it through one term and never had to do something so moronic again

08.03.2026 23:49 👍 12 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Could be the brain melt he has going on too. Why is a guy with worsening dementia making so many world changing calls. Maybe the GOP should do something.

08.03.2026 23:44 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

It must be so so so so bad for the Rupert Murdoch owned WSJ to run this

08.03.2026 16:03 👍 3768 🔁 1141 💬 103 📌 23

"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."

08.03.2026 13:26 👍 1706 🔁 535 💬 74 📌 17

The President has attacked SEVEN countries.

What happened to the “president of peace”?
What happened to lowering prices?
What happened to America first?

08.03.2026 14:48 👍 125 🔁 39 💬 6 📌 2

Donald Trump is willing to sacrifice American lives, for what?

For a war that the President’s own top military advisor has reportedly warned will be incredibly dangerous?

For a war built on lies?

For a war that won’t make us safer?

08.03.2026 14:51 👍 1047 🔁 196 💬 90 📌 11
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The WSJ 😯
Go off king

08.03.2026 15:58 👍 819 🔁 261 💬 22 📌 19

As though we needed any more evidence that Fox "News" is a mendacious propaganda machine and not remotely a serious journalistic enterprise.

Still, this is pretty astounding.

08.03.2026 16:04 👍 2594 🔁 745 💬 138 📌 30
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