Mary E. Costello

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was just asked about this story and she said she doesn’t have the exact number but “it’s in that ballpark.”

I like it!

Prison Guard Made Mysterious Big Deposits and Google Searches Before Epstein’s Death: DOJ One of the guards responsible for checking on Jeffrey Epstein's well-being while he sat in a Manhattan jail cell googled him minutes before he was found dead.

Does anyone remember who was president when Epstein died in prison?

Representative Melanie Stansbury, a Democrat from New Mexico, right, speaks to members of the media. Photographer: Kayla Bartkowski/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Melanie Stansbury: “While this Administration is spending nearly $1 billion a day on a war in the Middle East that has now claimed the lives of 7 U.S. service members & doing the bidding of billionaires — Americans are struggling to put food on the table & a roof over their heads”

Anthony Blinken says Israel tried to pressure Obama to bomb Iran, warning they’d do it with or without the U.S. Obama refused. Trump caved to the same tactic. Also worth noting: Obama’s name doesn’t appear in the Epstein tapes.

Gallup Poll (3/5/26):

Do you approve of $8 gas

No: 99%
Yes: 1%

Do you approve of Donald Trump's $8 gas policy

No: 46.6%
Yes: 38.9%
Unsure: 14.5%

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

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The WSJ calls it “the most severe energy crisis since the 1970s.” ⛽️

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

Way to go, dumb Donald. Now Iran is even worse than before!

Holy shit. Crude oil futures going nuts tonight.

@sanders.senate.gov on the opportunity cost of war: "All over this country, people are sleeping out on the street, can't afford housing, can't afford healthcare. We are the richest country in the history of the world... We need to provide a decent standard of living for every man, woman and child."

U.S. Central Command @CENTCOM CENTCOM Update A U.S. National Guard Soldier died in a health-related incident in Kuwait on March 6 during a medical emergency. The exact cause of death is under review. We refer you to the U.S. National Guard Bureau for additional information. 10:00 PM · Mar 8, 2026 · 21.9K Views

8: A medical emergency, exact cause of death unknown.

I feel like it should be bigger news that Trump is now openly considering a military draft. Young men haven't been called up for a draft since 1972. Not during the Gulf War. Not during Iraq or Afghanistan. He received five draft deferments but is now open to drafting your kids.

Every single professional journalist who uses the phrases “Department of War” or “Secretary of War” without scare quotes should be lined up on a public viewing stage and bopped on the head with a giant inflatable hammer that says DUMB DUMB on the handle and makes fart sounds.

Scoop: U.S. dismayed by Israel's Iran fuel strikes, sources say The U.S. message to Israel was "WTF."

The Trump admin launched a war alongside, and at the urging of, Netanyahu. Not one U.S. official is allowed to claim surprise or dismay that Netanyahu escalated the conflict; that is what he does. Escalation wasn't just foreseeable, it was guaranteed.

The constituency of Americans who see DEI as detrimental to the country is vanishingly small, the sort of constituency that can easily be ignored if politicians want to ignore it.

“Death and destruction from the sky all day long.”- Pete Hegseth, 2026

Praying for the innocent lives. 🙏🏽

🚨 New airstrikes hit Tehran’s oil infrastructure. Reports say Israeli strikes targeted fuel storage and energy facilities, one of the most significant hits on Iran’s oil infrastructure since the war began.

The location of the plaque that was just hung, is in a place that it will not be visible to the public. While I am thankful for this first step, our lawsuit continues until they plaque is hung in accordance with the law.

"The idea that bombing our way to regime change solely from the air is going to help the people. Is one that has just been disproven so many times in history, that trying it again right now is a fool's errand at best."

@tessbridgeman.bsky.social on the futility of Trump's Iran war strategy.

Can't wait till all the dirt on Graham is revealed and released to the public.

📌We have learned tonight that Russia is in fact helping Iran target U.S. bases.
Go ahead and tell me again Trump isn't Putin's puppet.

Please please read this from the archbishop of Chicago

www.archchicago.org/statement/-/...

There are a lot of posts out there with the close-up visual of Markwayne Mullin on January 6, but this is a better perspective.

He’s not protecting others; he’s protecting himself and hiding. You can see plenty of people at the entry door, ready to take on the insurrectionists, but not Markwayne.

DOJ Source’s Verdict on 13-Year-Old Trump Accuser Revealed FBI interview summaries from the Epstein files detail allegations from a woman who said she was trafficked to Trump as a teen.

The most serious accusations of sexual assault asserted against Trump thus far were deemed credible by the FBI agents who interviewed the victim. www.thedailybeast.com/doj-sources-...

Helluva way for the president to refer to dead soldiers — soldiers killed in a war he started.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Kristi Noem Misled Congress About Corey Lewandowski’s Role in DHS Contracts Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Noem denied that Corey Lewandowski had any role in approving contracts. But internal DHS records and interviews with current and former agency staffer...

Kristi Noem personally approved all DHS contracts over a certain threshold.

But before the contracts reached her, they had to be approved by political appointees. Lewandowski was typically the last to OK a contract before Noem, DHS officials said.

Iran’s people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes.

I know a bunch of groypers run the administration’s Twitter accounts but just in terms of basic facts: 1) Iran or Iranians didn’t carry out Oct 7, & 2) no babies had their heads cut off on Oct 7. Just total atrocity propaganda that was long ago debunked but still pushed by Trump

Everything Trump said would happen if we voted for Kamala Harris is happening now.