Tim Bak

BREAKING: ABC News, citing sources: The United States is facing difficulty evacuating its personnel from facilities under bombardment in Iraq

Is there a reason why OGR has not subpoenaed Maurene Comey? She'd need a proper subpoena to get by privilege (but her dad mastered that for his 2007 hospital hero testimony, so she knows how it works). But ... she would have a lot of insight on all this.

Opinion | James Comer: DOJ in 2019 “asked New Mexico to stop” Epstein ranch probe The House Oversight Committee chairman hinted at a cover-up by the Justice Department without noting that the president in 2019 was Donald Trump.

“Rather conveniently, Comer made no mention of who was president in 2019: Donald Trump. Nor did he mention that Trump appointee Bill Barr was leading the Department of Justice when this purported chicanery took place.” www.ms.now/news/james-c...

Seized Art, Eavesdropping Guards: Parents Describe a Clampdown at Dilley Detention Center as Kids Shared Their Stories Detainees told ProPublica that art supplies have been removed in room searches, immigrants have lost access to Gmail and staff hover within earshot during video calls.

Guards have taken away crayons, colored pencils and paper during recent room searches at Dilley, according to detainees and others.

After one inspection, the children just “cried and cried and cried,” a mother said. The facility denies the claims.

Intel shareholder claims board gave US an equity stake to avoid Trump’s social media attacks Lawsuit also criticised law firm Skadden for advising both Intel and the government

Lawsuit: The 10 percent/$11 billion stake in Intel given to the U.S. government is an "unlawful contract" granted "for no meaningful consideration in response to extortionary threats by the government."
www.ft.com/content/5506...

Hegseth should spend a little less time worrying about how he looks in photos and a little more time fixing the fucking disaster he has created in Iran and the Strait of Hormuz.

Breaking:

Someone who received a settlement from Epstein’s money manager was a Trump accuser.

U.S. Plan to Unblock Strait of Hormuz Collides With Realities of Global Insurance The U.S.-centric insurance idea runs counter to the realities of an international market, according to industry executives.

"U.S. officials called London insurers and brokers, trying to figure out how the market operates, industry insiders said."

When applied to the current administration, I urge caution in using terms like "plans," "strategy," "policy," or "doctrine."

www.wsj.com/finance/u-s-...

Diplomatic staff at the American consulate in Erbil were also forced to shelter-in-place when the facility came under attack from Iran before they were ultimately flown out of the country by the British Royal Air Force due to constraints on the U.S. military, which would normally carry out such a mission, according to the officials. The U.K. Ministry of Defense confirmed to ABC News that the RAF carried "a number of US consulate staff and contractors, at their request" from Iraq to Cyprus.

Trump apparently needed one of those allies he doesn't need anymore to rescue the Americans in Iraq who weren't evacuated before Trump shat the place up.

Meanwhile, Witkoff is meeting with the people who helped Iran do the targeting.

abcnews.com/Internationa...

“.. One official said the Strait of Hormuz could become an Iranian ‘kill box’ if ships start trying to pass through.

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/world/middle...

Offshore wind farms race toward completion despite Trump’s attacks Trump is trying to kill offshore wind. But two big East Coast projects are poised to start producing power, and others are hitting key construction…

Trump tried to take these five offshore wind farms down. They’re all hitting huge operations and construction milestones this month.

For comparison's sake, the entire National Park Service costs $3 billion - a year.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pentagon tells Congress the first week of the Iran war cost the US $11.3 billion, an AP source says.

DHS Seeks Access to Massive Employment, Salary and Family Database Legally Restricted to Use in Child Support Cases The Trump administration’s immigration enforcers are requesting unfettered access to the government’s “most powerful people-finder system,” which contains sensitive information on children and victims...

This is a massive (and illegal) expansion of the surveillance state.

www.propublica.org/article/dhs-...

Resign Fetterman

Duckworth: "The Trump administration is hiding behind the valor of our men and women in orders. The problem is who is giving those orders. Donald Trump has not done his job."

Campaign filing showing Eric Schmidt donated $1,041,896 to California Business Roundtable

Lots of new campaign filings coming out in California with tech billionaires spending big.

One new filing I hadn't seen reported on yet was Google's Eric Schmidt donating more than $1M to a committee combating the proposed billionaire tax

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

no way this survives en banc, but then we’ll see if SCOTUS takes it

U.S. court allows state bans on gender-affirming care for adults in unprecedented ruling While bans on trans youth’s care have been numerous in recent years, this is the first to restrict care for transgender adults.

NEWS: It was never about the children.

Transgender adults now face care restrictions after the ruling of the federal appeals court in Richmond, Virginia.

www.advocate.com/news/court-b...

Firm At Center Of $200M Contract That Led To Noem Ouster Tied To Two Top Officials The former Trump administration official who is centering a congressional campaign around her work for the ousted Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is employing the firm at the center of a sc...

It's really hard to understand how Tricia McLaughlin found time to steer her hubby a sweet propaganda contract, what with her non-stop lying (it may help that she told the same lies every time an ICE goon assaulted a protester).

But DailyWire describes she did!

www.dailywire.com/news/firm-at...

(Reuters) - U.S. intelligence indicates that Iran's leadership is still largely intact and is not at risk of collapse any time soon after nearly two weeks of relentless U.S. and Israeli bombardment, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

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I asked President Trump about the FBI reportedly seizing election records in Arizona. He said they must have done that because it was a “rigged” election. I pointed out to him that his own AG said there was not measurable voter fraud to overturn that election. Then he called me a rotten reporter.

Another hush money payment.

18 Senate Dems just voted to confirm Trump's NSA director:

Baldwin
Coons
Cortez Masto
Fetterman
Gillibrand
Hassan
Heinrich
Hirono
Kelly
King
Peters
Reed
Rosen
Schiff
Shaheen
Slotkin
Warner
Whitehouse

V.A. Begins Drive to Put Homeless Veterans Into Guardianship

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🚨 The Trump admin just gave VA lawyers power to initiate FORCED GUARDIANSHIP over homeless veterans — stripping them of legal autonomy and forcing them into institutions. Nearly 33,000 veterans are unhoused in America. This is despicable.
🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/u...

Billionaires’ % share of federal election spending in:

2008: 0.3%

2024: 19%

@nytimes.com #GildedAge
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/u...

Remember the civil contempt fine Judge Provinzino gave to a special asst US atty in MN that US Atty Dan Rosen appealed, even though it was "purged" & never had to be paid? Detainee Rigoberto Soto Jimenez has moved to dismiss Rosen's appeal for lack of jurisdiction (no standing and/or moot). ...
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Press, hospitals, children: there is no one Netanyahu won't shoot

Cartoon by Ben Jennings @bjennings90.bsky.social

TD Garden owner sues The Boston Garden cannabis dispensary over name TD Garden owner Delaware North said the name "The Boston Garden" is a rip-off of the original Garden trademark and could confuse customers.

the owner of sports & entertainment arena TD garden, formerly known as boston garden, sues cannabis dispensary "the boston garden" (punny!) which has several locations throughout greater boston, for trademark infringement

www.wcvb.com/article/td-g...

Cartoon: Why did we attack Iran? A cartoon by Jack Ohman. Related |� Trump started a war without a ...

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