Mrs. Peabody is tethered to the facts 📎

Editor’s note: See Iran

I'm watching Cornyn and Thune abasing themselves, caving to pressure from 🍊🤡 and thinking aha! Now I know why the felon needs such a huge ballroom -- it's storage space for his huge ball collection.*

*See also clown shoes

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Oh well. Have a good one, people ☕

"In Iran, Mr. Khamenei may be physically out of public view, BUT HIS FACE IS ALREADY ON LARGE BANNERS INSTALLED AROUND THE CAPITAL TEHRAN, AND ON A GIGANTIC MURAL SHOWING his late father handing him the flag of Iran."
-nytimes

Huh. Reminds me of what's-his-name. You know, rhymes with 'hump.'

A headline reading “Camel pageant thrown into chaos after 20 competitors disqualified for using hump-plumping injectables”

Yes everything is terrible but let’s not lose sight of the fact that someone has written the Headline to End All Headlines.

Iran’s New Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei’s Son, Is a Mysterious Figure

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/w...

On the newly chosen Iranian leader:

“Since the war began, U.S. and Israeli airstrikes have killed not just Mr. Khamenei’s father, but also his wife, Zahra Adel; his mother, Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh; and a son; the Iranian government said.“

I’m sure he’s favorably disposed to America 😬

👆When you are so bereft of humanity that in your mind, the tragedy is that you must appear in public on a bad hair day.*

*From the continuing saga: "What happens when a sociopath wrests control of the presidency"

Well the orange one is sacred.

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Good morning, folks ☕

Not exactly a brilliant showing here, but today the answer feels like a soft landing rather than a 'you gotta be kidding me' kind of solution.

I mean, I like this word. So sue me 🤷‍♂️

Wait — Are you saying you alone can fix it?
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@dennisgoris.bsky.social

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This is not a pipe

That tracks, what with our infinite supply of weapons and all

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*Ed Martin 🤦‍♀️, not Ken

… And she was just a spokesfascist, never actually policy maker.

This is like Progressive deciding to fire Flo or Liberty Mutual letting the emu go.

She got the equivalent of a golden parachute.

When he fired, say, Jim Comey or Jeff Sessions, he really wanted to destroy them and there was no possibility they’d ever be back in his orbit.

This is different. Like Bannon or Ken Martin, she’s on tap. And she’s hardly walking away empty handed. …

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Good morning, friends ☕
We keep on keeping on.

The orange felon has mellowed, it seems. A regular Doris Day.

Que sera sera
Whatever will be will be

If gas prices rise, they rise.

If soldiers die, they die.

He won't be paying the price, nor will his friends. But we will.

Markwayne Mullin, huh?

(I'm old enough to remember when Ron Johnson (R-Moscow) was considered the dumbest person in the Senate.)

It’s like if he fired RFKJr and announced that Laura Loomer would replace him.

There is no bottom.

Statement from Jasmine Crockett.

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How Trump Decided to Go to War

"The WH insisted that its diplomatic talks with Iran were not mere theater. But it became clear over the past month that there was never the space for a deal that could satisfy [everyone]."

Like Putin "negotiates" with Ukraine, no?

#SendBarron

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...

During a Feb. 18 meeting, General Caine discussed an array of options including a limited strike or a larger campaign with the goal of toppling the government. The latter option in particular, he said, carried high risk of American casualties, could destabilize the region and significantly deplete stocks of American munitions.

General Caine underscored that all of the options under consideration would be much more difficult than the successful capture of Maduro of Venezuela, an operation that Trump viewed as a sign of potential US success in Iran.

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Top military adviser Caine told Trump that A WAR COULD LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT AMERICAN CASUALTIES. Days later, Trump told the public that his military adviser had been far more reassuring [writing] that Caine had said that any military action against Iran would be “something easily won.”..

Trump Administration Abandons Efforts to Impose Orders on Law Firms

Trump’s DOJ abandons efforts to strong arm law firms 👇

“The move is particularly striking given that some firms opted to reach deals in a bid to head off executive orders that Trump’s DOJ said it would no longer stand behind.”

They obeyed in advance
#Losers

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www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...