Whoa. This is big. "The U.S. Navy has refused near-daily requests from the shipping industry for military escorts through the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the war on Iran, saying the risk of attacks is too high for now." www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Murphy: "Literally in my other ear I'm listening to Ted Cruz on another network explain why this mission is so essential to destroy the nuclear program. I may have to walk over there and tell him the admin is now briefing that getting rid of the nuclear program has nothing to do with this mission."
NEWS — Trump coercing staff to wear the same black pair of shoes that he wears.
“Everybody’s afraid not to wear them,” a staffer said, as some reportedly ditch their own footwear to comply with Trump’s wishes.
We’re officially in the dumbest timeline.
Iran has begun laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important energy chokepoint that carries about one-fifth of all crude oil, according to two people familiar with US intelligence reporting on the issue.
He allegedly said "he needed help transferring data from a thumb drive “to his personal computer so that he could ‘sanitize’ the data before using it at [the company.] ... [and] that he expected to receive a presidential pardon ... ." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Nina Jankowicz onstage, smiling, with arms outstretched, in a pink blouse and grey jacket. A digitally-added party hat is on her head
It's my birthday! Normally I would ask that you contribute to a charity in my honor but this year the charity is me 🙃
Times are hard for those of us who fight for our shared reality. Here are a bunch of ways that you can support my continued work to preserve it:
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More than 2 million American women get married each year- most change their names. Not to mention the number who move is even more. This is not some “small fraction” of people.
Fumbling lies upon lies. Wish the US had proper 4th Estate. Witkoff is just as bad as Trump.
Press needs to focus and be unrelenting on the LIES!
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BREAKING: Former military lawyers say use of JAG lawyers in Minnesota violates the Posse Comitatus Act.
Although recent litigation has focused on troop deployments to American cities, a new challenge in Minnesota looks at DOJ's use of JAG lawyers in non-military cases.
New, at Law Dork:
Hegseth reads from the Bible at his update today, reinforcing the impression that the illegal war is a Christian nationalist crusade.
The Pentagon calculated it was spending $1 billion a day on Trump and Netanyahu’s war. The truth? It was $3 billion…and that’s just for munitions.
Plus they’ve alarmed everyone by burning through scarce munitions in a matter of days.
goddamn is this a breath of fresh air after Allred 2024
“.. off limits to the public.”
According to @status.news, another senior journalist, reporter Scott Macfarlane, has quit CBS rather than head in the direction Bari Weiss wants to go. A big factor: the network's meek treatment of January 6th. www.status.news/p/scott-macf...
MacFarlane covered the Justice Department.
New in PN: The worst cabinet in history
"Even having one or two cabinet members as disastrous as Noem, Hegseth, Kennedy, or Bondi would be a stain on any administration; putting them all in one govt has created a kind of Bizarro World 1927 Yankees, an all-star team of incompetence and malevolence."
NEW: Energy Secretary Chris Wright returned home to Colorado and explained why he's forcing coal plants to remain open, even if operators want to close them and ratepayers will pay the additional bill.
BREAKING: powerful iPhone hacking tools used by Chinese criminals originated from US defense giant L3 Harris.
Their zero-click exploits went to Russian spies too.
Unbelievable harm to our collective security.
Scoop: @lorenzofb.bsky.social, here's why it matters 1/
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The Iranian girls’ school was hit by a US tomahawk cruise missile. NPR has confirmed the footage.
Reporter: You just suggested that Iran somehow got its hands on a tomahawk and bombed its own elementary school on the first day of the war. But you're the only person in your government saying this. Why?
Trump: Because I just don't know enough about it.
If Iran does anything that stops the flow of Oil within the Strait of Hormuz, they will be hit by the United States of America TWENTY TIMES HARDER than they have been hit thus far. Additionally, we will take out easily destroyable targets that will make it virtually impossible for Iran to ever be built back, as a Nation, again — Death, Fire, and Fury will reign upon them — But I hope, and pray, that it does not happen! This is a gift from the United States of America to China, and all of those Nations that heavily use the Hormuz Strait. Hopefully, it is a gesture that will be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP
Trump is completely flailing. He didn't anticipate the economic blowback and now he's trying to undo the past 10 days and contain the damage.
If you are watching Trump's presser right now, you are seeing beyond reasonable doubt a person not mentally suited for any position of responsibility. Even running a small store.
GOP members of the House and Senate: You are seeing this too.
The bottom line is Trump sacrificed 8 American lives (& counting) and more than 1,000 Iranian lives (& counting) for nothing. He hurt the US & global economies, destabilized the Middle East, & will pull out with the same Iranian regime in power. There's no silver lining.
A senseless, criminal waste
He is a fuckin’ weak-ass and a Putin puppet… Jesus it’s both.
"Jews don't belong in American society."
Imagine a sitting member of Congress tweeting that. You can't. Thankfully, it'd never happen. And *if* it did, it'd be the end of their career and the biggest story in America.
But Ogles can say this about Muslims without any censure.
Trump bought Netflix and Warner Bros bonds at height of bidding war with Paramount
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... if you want to make sure this ends with complete Iran capitulation, show some guts and go through that Strait."
Send Brian!
Why is the president lying? He cannot be trusted.
This is why I find it interesting that, in the week after this person (the 7th US service member killed in Trump's illegal war), DOD never managed to evacuate them to Ramstein to treat injuries suffered on March 1.
Lindsey’s diplomacy working wonders in UAE.
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