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  1. Mother Jones 3/3/26 (click photo for link)

    What a War Powers Resolution Vote on Iran Actually Means

    What a War Powers Resolution Vote on Iran Actually Means
    While Congress could narrowly pass a resolution, it would likely not have the two-thirds majority needed to overturn a Trump veto.

    Key members of Congress are calling for a vote on a war powers resolution on Monday to stop the Trump administration from continuing its illegal military assault against Iran without congressional authorization.
    The strikes, which began early Saturday, have been widespread, reportedly killed over 100 schoolchildren in Minab, a city in southern Iran, as well as Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iran has retaliated, targeting US bases and allies in the region. Three US service members were killed in action on Sunday morning.
    The White House reportedly notified some members of the House and Senate Armed Service committees only after the strikes had already begun. Article 1 of the Constitution grants Congress, not the president, the power to declare war, and the War Powers Act all0ws Congress to halt unauthorized military action by requiring troop withdrawal within 60 to 90 days.
    The House of Representatives’ bipartisan resolution, led by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), would require Trump “to terminate the use of United States Armed Forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran…unless explicitly authorized by a declaration of war or specific authorization for use of military force against Iran.”
    But in practice, Congress’s power is limited to halt Trump’s military actions, given that any resolution could be vetoed by the president and would require a two-thirds congressional majority to overturn. Even if the resolution on Iran does pass, it will likely be by a narrow margin, since Republican leadership, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), have backed the US and Israeli strikes. In January, Senate Republicans blocked a similar war powers resolution after Trump’s attacks on Venezuela.
    As a result, any vote on a war powers resolution would be largely symbolic. But members of Congress say the vote is important anyway to make clear their stance on the war. “The Constitution requires a vote, and your Representative needs to be on record as opposing or supporting this war,” Massie wrote on X on Saturday.

  2. https://www.npr.org/2026/03/02/g-s1-112092/iran-war-powers-congress-trump

    Congress gears up for vote on Trump’s war powers in Iran — after the battle began

    Congress is set to vote on bipartisan war powers resolutions this week meant to limit President Trump’s military operations in Iran.

    The dual efforts in the House and Senate face uphill battles to become law, as previous efforts have failed in asserting congressional authority to declare war.

    But most Democrats and a handful of Republicans on Capitol Hill still support the effort to curb Trump’s use of military power in Iran, after the U.S. and Israel launched attacks against Iran over the weekend that have already claimed the first American casualties. [continues]

  3. Attribution: Operation Epic Fascism by Jonathan Brown, PoliticalCartoons.com
    [Jonathan Brown was the editorial cartoonist for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, for many years, winning many awards. He became a freelance cartoonist, drawing for scores of clients and he created the comic strip “Analog,” which follows roommates Bradley, a human, and Nigel, a dog who identifies as a cat, as they navigate life in the digital era.]


  4. President Trump still hasn’t told the American people why he’s bombing Iran, the U.S. and Israel have sent mixed messages about whether the goal is regime change, and Secretary Hegseth boasted that the military will disregard customary rules of engagement during this campaign.


  5. Jon Stewart dives into America and Israel’s impromptu attack on Iran, Trump’s laid-back war announcement from the Mar-a-Lago basement, and MAGA’s refusal to sell the American people on the plan, purpose, and duration of the war. Plus, Jordan Klepper reveals America’s calculated war strategy: winging it.

  8. That’s what the midterms are for: Elect a Congress that will stop the this madman.

    Starting with Winnie’s choice for today’s Dem primary in Texas: James Talarico could make it to the Senate.

  10. patD – That Daily Show/Netanyahu post you put up yesterday morning is the one I was looking for. Thanks. He’s been hawking that story ‘any minute now, Iran will have nukes’ for years.

    BiBi flee to Berlin when the attacks started. Why didn’t the arrest him for the ICC?

  12. Texas… I don’t care which D wins today so long as he or she has the best odds t beat whichever R wins today.

  13. That’s a good point Pog….the Dem who can win in Texas…..one might say that in Texass the white male candidate would probably have the edge.

    However: (lol)
    We’ll see.

  14. https://crooksandliars.com/2026/03/us-troops-were-told-iran-war-armageddon

    U.S. Troops Told Iran War Is For ‘Armageddon,’ Return Of Jesus

    More than 110 similar complaints about commanders in every branch of the military had been logged by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation from Saturday morning through Monday night.

    A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that Donald Trump was “anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth,” according to a complaint by a non-commissioned officer.

    Complaints came from more than 40 different units spread across at least 30 military installations, the MRFF told substacker Jonathan Larsen’s Monday night. They remain anonymous to prevent retribution by the Defense Department. The Pentagon did not immediately respond to Larsen’s request for comment.

    One complainant identified themselves as a non-commissioned officer in a unit currently outside the Iran combat zone but in Ready-Support status, deployable at any time. The NCO said they were Christian and emailed the MRFF on behalf of 15 troops, including at least 11 Christians, one Muslim, and one Jew.

    The NCO wrote to the MRFF that their commander “urged us to tell our troops that this was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’ and he specifically referenced numerous citations out of the Book of Revelation referring to Armageddon and the imminent return of Jesus Christ.”

    Mikey Weinstein reported said his office was “innundated with calls.”

    These calls have one damn thing in freaking common; our MRFF clients [service members who seek MRFF aid] report the unrestricted euphoria of their commanders and command chains as to how this new “biblically-sanctioned” war is clearly the undeniable sign of the expeditious approach of the fundamentalist Christian “End Times” as vividly described in the New Testament Book of Revelation.

    Many of their commanders are especially delighted with how graphic this battle will be zeroing in on how bloody all of this must become in order to fulfill and be in 100% accordance with fundamentalist Christian end of the world eschatology.

    *Whelp, if any Evangelicals were on the fence, they just hopped into Orange Adolf’s cow pasture.

    WW3

    Midterms, what midterms?

  15. As Flatus might point out, an idea overlying the Cold War was;
    MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION.

  16. 1) If Hegseth and company were actually Christians, it would be pretty conceited of them to think they could initiate the second coming.

    2) If they intend for a bloody “end of the world,” why are so many in and near the regime betting on war with insider knowledge to make money, creating crypto crap, and grifting at every opportunity?

    3) The billionaires all have bunkers, but even if they survive, what good do resources and no worker bees do for them?

    4) Did Elon have all of those kids do he’d have organ donors while he rides out nuclear winter in his bunker?

  17. ps – Epstein files. Never letting it go, even in WW3, because some of the creeps in those files are the ones starting this war.

    Project 2025
    Epstein files
    Concentration camps
    Incinerators (medical waste includes human tissue & if these monsters can get away with unaliving someone by destroying the evidence because they are given the apparatus to do it, they’ll use it)
    WW3 being sold as a religious war to troops

  18. another factor with Crockett and Talarico — how would they vote on conviction if a Dem House impeaches him after the midterms? That would have been my debate question but i don’t think it was asked.

  21. Midterms? Hegseth and his lackeys are calling this a religious war. A war they started with no Congressional approval. The tRUMP regime is all stupid and/or crazy, as is anyone who supports them. Claiming they are inciting the second coming?

    W Bush started that nonsense, and he’s a Methodist – except that’s not part of the doctrine so no idea who told him that. The rapture isn’t part of the doctrine, and as for any second coming, they point to the book of Matthew and ‘not even the angels knowing the hour nor the day’ – we we taught that we are the hands and feet of Christ on Earth, so there was no waiting for his return thing – zero magic.

  22. Supposedly a blue wave will add many dem seats in the house, right?

    Assuming there are elections.

    I would also hope a district which voted in Crockett would also follow her with another dem .

    Assuming there are elections.

    I feel sure that Ms Crockett has examined the ramifications of her possibly leaving the house for the senate.
    I trust her.

  23. Pog – Not sure about this morning, but last night gas was still $2.59 at 3 of the 4 stations in town, but one was $2.99.

    For any MAGAts, that means it’s also more expensive to haul product around the country to your stores, and shipping costs increase, too.

    ~So much winning ~

  24. Pogo
    according to the evening news last night, where the price of gas was the opening lead. Friday’s cheapest gas was $2.25 and while there were still places the price was unchanged one major retailer had already raised the price to close to $3.
    It was kind of a “danger,danger, Will Robinson” report.
    The significance for politics. The price is rapidly rising and the story was as good as having someone bleeding on camera.
    Jack

  25. Reagan, Bush2, Stump.
    Those people, and their Republican Party voters have set their sights on and have used all their power to bring about the destruction of America from within, just like Nikita said they would.
    Yeah, Nixon too. The deal he made to get elected, his gang of thugs?
    Yeah, Nixon too.

    Nikita was a prophet?

  28. While the idea of “end times” has been part of Christianity from the beginning, the modern interpretation with its constant regular promotion in failed dates is something new and only dates from mid 1800s.

    Rise of Dispensationalism:

    In the 1830s, John Nelson Darby introduced dispensationalism, which introduced the idea of a secret “Rapture” that removes believers before a7-year tribulation, fundamentally altering earlier, post-tribulation views.

    Pre-Tribulation Rapture: This view grew in popularity in the 20th century, particularly in North America, focusing on separating the “Rapture” (catching away of the church) from the Second Coming.

    Apocalypticism as Console/Identity: End-times thought remains popular during times of political and social crisis, offering comfort and helping to define religious, social, or political identities.

  29. The German healthcare system is a highly regarded, universal, multi-payer system providing comprehensive care through a mix of Statutory Health Insurance (SHI) for 90% of the population and Private Health Insurance (PHI). It is characterized by high, solidarity-based funding (14.6% + supplementary contributions), free choice of doctors, and a self-governing structure, but faces challenges with an aging population, bureaucracy, and digital adoption.

    Compulsory Coverage: Almost everyone living in Germany must have health insurance, either statutory (public) or private.
    Solidarity Principle: Costs are shared by members and employers based on income, ensuring equal access regardless of premium levels.
    Self-Governance: The government sets the legal framework, but providers (doctors, hospitals) and insurers (sickness funds) regulate the system.
    Access & Quality: Patients can generally choose their own doctors and specialists. The system offers high standards of care and is one of the best in the world, though it has high spending.
    Structure: Primarily, it operates with statutory insurance, with options for private insurance for high earners (over €73,800 annually in 2025) or civil servants.

  31. Healthcare in Denmark is largely provided by the local governments of the five regions, with coordination and regulation by central government, while nursing homes, home care, and school health services are the responsibility of the 98 municipalities. Some specialised hospital services are managed centrally.

    Danish government healthcare expenditures amount to approximately 10.4% of the GDP, of which around 84% is funded from regional and municipal taxation redistributed by the central government. Because necessary healthcare is taxpayer-funded, personal expenses are minimal and usually associated with copayments for certain services. Those expenses are usually covered by private health insurance.

    For every 1,000 people in Denmark, there are about 3.4 doctors and 2.5 hospital beds. Spending on hospital facilities, at 43% of total health care spending, is above the average for OECD countries, even though the number of beds has decreased considerably. Child vaccination coverage is over 90%. Mortality from heart disease decreased in the years up to 2015, while life expectancy increased.
    – Wiki

    *Many other countries have left a trail of how to provide healthcare and education with tax dollars. We don’t have to reinvent the wheel!

  33. Megyn Kelly torches Lindsey Graham over Iran, Hillary walks out of the Epstein hearing, and the MAGA civil war hits the Texas primary. Plus, a new VIP avatar drops.

    Catch today’s Digital Diner fallout here:

  37. TEXAS VOTE COUNT: When Will We Know?

    Expect the first massive data dump (early/mail-in) around 7:15 PM CST. While 80%+ of totals often land early, final Election Day tallies from Harris and Dallas counties usually grind until midnight. Watch for delays in some Republican-leaning hand-count counties. Statewide clarity typically firms up by 9:00 PM CST, but if the races are close we’ll have to sleep on it.

  39. Blue you were right about Spain. And Dumbass is mad…

    Trump: Spain has been terrible. In fact, I told Scott to cut off all dealings with Spain. Spain actually said that we can’t use their bases. And that’s all right. We could use their base if we want. We could just fly in and use it. Nobody’s going to tell us not to use it.

  40. Orange Adolf’s rape culture even extends into geopolitics.

    ‘We could if we wanted/we could just fly in/nobody’s going to tell us not to.’

  41. Look at those Cornyn ad dollars! (How many Texans could that feed? That’s another pet peeve; the campaign industry.)

    This is what Cornyn did in the general the last time he ran. She (MJ Hegar) had him on the ropes after his lackluster debate.
    The money to Cornyn’s campaign afterward was incredible.
    He won: Approximately 5.9 million to 4.8 million

  42. https://www.newsweek.com/kristi-noem-hearing-live-dhs-john-kennedy-11613027

    In a notable moment of GOP criticism, Kennedy cited more than $200 million spent on DHS television ads, saying the expense could draw backlash from budget hawks such as Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought.

    Kennedy repeatedly asked Noem if Trump had approved the $220 million price tag for the campaign which heavily featured Noem, telling her he did not believe the president would have green-lit it. The senator said it troubled him that such a campaign would go ahead when the government is “scratching for every penny”.

    *Noem tried to argue that the ads were effective, not that the funds weren’t properly appropriated. And then there is the matter of Noem’s ties to the media company that were OVERPAID to produce them, although they shouldn’t have been produced at all, IMO,

    “Well, they were effective in your name recognition,” Kennedy told Noem. “To me, it puts the president in a terribly awkward spot.”

  43. Did Jasmine Crockett Really Say That – The Senatorial Candidate’s Views on Latinos

    Texas Monthly: “Hispanic Texans have been moving in the Republican direction in recent elections. You told Vanity Fair that Hispanic voters who support Trump have a ‘slave mentality.’ How are you going to get them to vote for you with that kind of rhetoric?”

    Jasmine Crockett: “Donald Trump said he grabbed people by the p—y and that he could get elected even after killing somebody. I have found that real people are not dissuaded by the fact that I have laid some things out.”

    Some politicians, in a similar situation, might have seen the question as an opportunity to try and patch up damage done by a previous statement, or to try and redefine their views on a critically important constituency. As Jasmine Crockett frequently points out, however, she is a different type of politician.

    Also, it’s not clear here who Crockett means when she says “real people.” In any case, Crockett doesn’t appear to be worried about her characterizations of Latinos. That may or may not be true for Latino voters. In any case, let’s look at “some things” that she “laid out.”

    Crockett then explained that she has learned more about the Latino community since 2016. “In my later years, I’ve learned about all the complexities within the Latino community . . . I can say that the immigration thing has always been something that has perplexed me about this community. It’s basically like, ‘I fought to get here, but I left y’all where I left y’all and I want no more y’all to come here. If I wanted to be with y’all, I would stay with y’all, but I don’t want ya’ll coming to my new home.”

    Here Crockett again lumps all Latinos together, but in slightly different ways. For instance she frames the issue like all Latinos are immigrants.

    *Also, her comments about black men not voting for Kamala Harris as being only misogynistic (it could also have been Gaza or apathy or other things, plus misogyny) and that she “doesn’t trust white women.” The context of that last statement won’t matter to voters, because Repugz will exploit it.

    How in the heck does she think she could win the general with this baggage? I mean, her response to her own words was to point to Donald tRUMP’s rhetoric was that “real people” don’t care what I said about Latinos. ???

  47. Home

    “IT’S TIME TO START FLIPPING TABLES.”

    “Those billionaires want to keep us from seeing all that we have in common. They want to keep us from realizing there’s far more that unites us than divides us. Because once we do, we’ll come together — across party, across race, across gender, across religion — to fix what’s broken in our country and take back power for ourselves and our communities.

    2,000 years ago, when the powerful few rigged the system, that barefoot rabbi walked into the seat of power and flipped over the tables of injustice. To those who love our country, to those who love our neighbors:

    It’s time to start flipping tables.“

  48. https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/20/texas-senate-dark-money-superpacs-talarico-hunt-crockett-paxton-cornyn/

    The latest campaign finance reports show big-money interests are heavily invested in the Texas primaries — but unwilling to reveal their identities at a critical juncture of the race.

    The pro-Talarico super PAC, Lone Star Rising PAC, disclosed that it got $3.75 million of its money for the period from another super PAC called Government That Works PAC. That group’s report for January showed that it received $4 million from the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a leading dark-money hub for Democrats that has previously been associated with Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss and Democratic megadonor George Soros.

    Some of the notable individual donors to Lone Star Rising PAC were LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman, who gave $500,000, and Austin philanthropist Simone Coxe, who contributed $400,000.

    The anonymous funding is more politically sensitive for the Democratic candidates, who are running on platforms that include getting big money out of politics. Talarico has been critical of “corporate PAC money” and dark money, though he’s responded that he is not going to “unilaterally disarm,” when confronted about questions of super PACs supporting his campaign.

    When the pro-Talarico group started running negative ads against Crockett earlier this month, she released a statement suggesting he was a hypocrite. A Talarico campaign spokesman responded by emphasizing that campaigns and super PACs cannot coordinate under federal law and that the Talarico campaign had “no involvement” with the advertising.

    “And when James has the power to change federal law in the U.S. Senate, he will fight to ban super PACs like this one,” the spokesman, JT Ennis, said.

    Crockett also has a super PAC supporting her — Texas Forward — but it did not start spending in the race until after the deadline that would force it to disclose its most recent donors before the March 3 primary. That makes the money boosting her also effectively anonymous for now.

    *Well, this will be a problem; Reid Hoffman is in the EPSTEIN files. Did he make contribution to taint Talarico’s campaign?

    Remember when Pam Bondi was testifying and DARVOed Senator Whitehouse saying he’d received a donation from Reid Hoffman? Whitehouse checked with his staff and there was no evidence of said donation.

    Talarico needs to reject that donation, as Beto O’Roarke did a donation from Sam Bankman-Fried.

    He’s also got trouble with a donation from Miriam Adelson. An AIPAC event from 7 years ago doesn’t show continuity of support for/from Israel. The specter of George Soros, as usual. Has anyone ever seen the guy? I seriously only know his name and that he’s wealthy.

    Beware of donors trying to poison your well.

  49. https://johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-republican-evangelical-suicide

    The Republican-Evangelical Armageddon Death Pact to Kill the Earth and Bring Back Jesus

    This planetary annihilation has been the white Christian nationalist plan for decades. Their entire nihilistic Revelation-based theological worldview rests on the destruction of this world so that God can send back his son to do his righteous renovation. This helps understand why the most deeply indoctrinated of MAGA Christians have no interest in Jesus’ instructions about loving their neighbors, feeding the poor, healing the sick, and welcoming the stranger. Their gaze is so laser-focused on the afterlife that this life is almost irrelevant, as is the suffering of people in the here and now.

    To the violent Evangelical zealots and brimstone-breathing fundamentalists who have permeated the Trump regime and our nation’s military, war isn’t hell, it’s “Hello, Jesus!”

    *This Substack is worth a read.

  50. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/international/satellite-images-expose-devastating-iranian-strikes-on-u-s-military-bases-across-middle-east/videoshow/128950390.cms

    Satellite imagery from Planet and Airbus appears to confirm extensive damage to U.S. military facilities across the Middle East following Iranian retaliatory strikes. Two satellite communications terminals were destroyed at the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet headquarters in Manama, Bahrain.

    Additional damage has been reported in Kuwait, Iraq, and the United Arab Emirates, including impacts near Ali Al Salem Air Base, Camp Arifjan, Erbil International Airport, and Jebel Ali Port.

    While casualties have been reported in Kuwait, the full scale of destruction remains under assessment. The strikes mark a significant escalation in tensions between Iran and the United States, raising urgent regional security concerns.

  51. Megyn Kelly just left my jaw on the floor. She actually went on air and said Mark Levin and Lindsey Graham spent the entire weekend with “a massive hard-on” for war. The MAGA civil war is getting graphically real. Click here for that moment →

  53. https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/politics/cia-arming-kurds-iran

    CIA working to arm Kurdish forces to spark uprising in Iran, sources say

    Iranian Kurdish armed groups have thousands of forces operating along the Iraq-Iran border, primarily in Iraq’s Kurdistan region. Several of the groups have released public statements since the beginning of the war hinting at imminent action and urging Iranian military forces to defect. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has been striking Kurdish groups and said on Tuesday that it targeted Kurdish forces with dozens of drones.

    Any attempt to arm Iranian Kurdish groups would need support from the Iraqi Kurds to let the weapons transit and use Iraqi Kurdistan as launching ground.

    In recent days, the Israeli military has been striking Iranian military and police outposts along its border with Iraq, in part to lay the groundwork for the possible flow of armed Kurdish forces into northwest Iran, one of the sources said. An Israeli source said those strikes are likely to intensify in the coming days.

    *And what happens if the Iranian government is overthrown? Can US Israel be trusted to let it end with any new government? No, I didn’t think so.

  55. https://www.texasdemocrats.org/media/hundreds-of-voters-in-dallas-and-williamson-counties-affected-by-polling-location-confusion

    The Dallas and Williamson County Republican Parties refused to agree to a joint primary election.

    That decision forced voters out of the countywide voting system they’ve used for over a decade and sent them scrambling to find their assigned precinct.

    The result? Confusion, long lines, and working people being told they’re at the wrong location with no clear path to cast their ballot.

  56. https://www.fox4news.com/news/texas-primary-2026-live-updates

    4 p.m.

    We’re hearing reports from some Dallas County voters who were turned away at their polling location because of incorrect listings on the Secretary of State website.

    U.S. Senate candidate Jasmine Crockett issued a statement related to this.

    “The Dallas County Republicans and Williamson County GOP chose to implement precinct-specific voting locations for election day. Under state law, this forced the local Democratic parties to follow suit against our will. Both Dallas and Williamson county voters have grown accustomed to countywide voting, including on election day. This effort to suppress the vote, to confuse and inconvenience voters is having its intended effect as people are being turned away from the polls. We are monitoring the situation and working with our local county party to explore all solutions, including an extension of election day voting hours.

    I’m asking all voters in Dallas and Williamson Counties to check their county’s election website or their voter registration card and identify the correct polling location for today. Do not give up and do not give in. The only way we can put an end to these maneuvers is by outvoting the Republicans and kicking them out of office. I’m calling on you to go out and cast your ballots so they know — Texans don’t appreciate having their votes suppressed and we won’t take it lying down.”

  58. This is fun. As Trump gets more decrepit, as his mortality sinks in, the more MAGAts will chew on their own limbs to get ahead — in media and political spheres.

  59. https://www.texastribune.org/2026/03/03/donald-trump-texas-endorsements-republican-primaries-2026/

    Trump has backed over 130 candidates ahead of Tuesday’s primary, making it the biggest test of his intraparty strength in Texas yet. While he has stayed out of some of the blockbuster contests — most notably the U.S. Senate primary — he has otherwise spread his endorsement generously in an effort to further remake the state in his political mold.

    “We’ve got to win the midterms,” Trump said Friday during an event in Corpus Christi that was ostensibly meant to discuss energy policy but doubled as a de facto pre-primary rally. “We brought this country back. We don’t want to lose the midterms.”

    *Adolf is afraid to back Paxton or Cornyn in the primary. He can’t be seen backing a loser in a race everyone is paying attention to; it’s a reflection on him.

  60. Don Jr isn’t the heir apparent? Ivanka had the whole lack-of-penis thing making her unable to be POTUS…but I can see Vance or Rubio brining her in as veep (because MAGAts wouldn’t see her as a leader).

  61. While Texas hogged the mic, North Carolina and Arkansas are also serving midterm appetizers tonight.

    • North Carolina: Eyes are on the U.S. Senate primaries to replace retiring Thom Tillis. Former Gov. Roy Cooper (D) and Trump-endorsed Michael Whatley (R) are the heavy favorites.
    • Arkansas: Sen. Tom Cotton is cruising, but the GOP down-ballot races are a high-stakes litmus test for the MAGA vs. establishment wings of the party.
    • Texas: Polls close at 7:00 PM local time. Most of the state is Central Time, but parts of West Texas (El Paso area) are Mountain Time, so the final curtain doesn’t drop until 8:00 PM ET.

    Runoff Alert: If no one hits 50% tonight, North Carolina heads to runoffs on March 31, while Texas and Arkansas wait until May 26.

  63. “God Draws Straight With Crooked Lines”

    The Philippines’ People Power Revolution that marked the end of the Marcos’ regime; finale of the Imelda Marcos musical.

  64. Because of Dallas county demographics, and because Williamson county is near Austin, my thinking is that Repugz did this to try to hurt Talarico.

  65. If you ever watched an early episode of The Apprentice, it was clear Ivanka had the only brains.

    Dodo, Jr. played the fool.

  66. https://www.cbsnews.com/projects/2026/epstein-files/

    The DOJ has been taking down Epstein files. Here’s what remains.

    ***

    https://x.com/ProjectLincoln/status/2028944343201890382

    @ProjectLincoln

    Trump’s DOJ has been quietly removing Epstein files from the DOJ website since the attack in Iran m, CBS reports.

    This is a coverup.
    3:23 PM • Mar 3, 2026

    *So many have downloaded the full files or have taken screenshots of those of interest. Stupidest coverup, ever.

  67. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/3/us-will-provide-insurance-for-ships-in-gulf-amid-iranian-attacks-trump

    “Effective IMMEDIATELY, I have ordered the United States Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to provide, at a very reasonable price, political risk insurance and guarantees for the Financial Security of ALL Maritime Trade, especially Energy, traveling through the Gulf,” Trump wrote in a social media post on Tuesday.

    DFC is the US government’s development finance agency. Its mission is to “advance US foreign policy and strengthen national security by mobilising private capital” across the world.

    Trump added that the discounted risk insurance will be available for all shipping lanes.

    “If necessary, the United States Navy will begin escorting tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, as soon as possible,” he wrote.

    “No matter what, the United States will ensure the FREE FLOW of ENERGY to the WORLD.”

    *Italics mine on the low, low, discount price. Effing huckster. FDT

  70. Trump added that the discounted risk insurance will be available for all shipping lanes.

    more corporate welfare with your money, not his

  71. also very organized crime- “nice ship you got here, be a shame if something happened to it”

    “LUCKY for you…….”

    fuckers

  72. Is she now? Ha!

    I pulled in exhausted sunday evening, I should have stopped at the corner gas station, I would have made 10 bucks.
    I just paid $3 Friday it was $2.50
    But eggs are down 50 cents over last week.
    Planted some more early garden, taters, beets, bok choy, turnips lettuce, kohlrabi, Got some cabbage plants I started indoors ready to transplant.
    Life is good.
    Jack

  73. Got my spring break pelican flag flying. Doing the old man dreaming of warm breezes and young bodies.

    Jack

  74. Well, I made a comment about Hegseth not understanding how many moving parts this would unleash, because he brought it up first and said the same thing except he left out Hegseth and anyone’s accountability &…he defended Hegseth rather viciously; he’s a veteran who served two tours and warrrr fighter, blah blah blah. 🤦‍♀️ So, things can be wrong, but nobody can be held accountable unless there’s a D by their name.

  75. “Voting hours in Dallas County will be extended until 9 p.m. after voters were turned away at polls due to changes in voting location rules.” – TX Tribune

  77. i have two cabbages that survived winter and pests, more than none 🤷‍♂️

    pests were busy with the brussels sprouts

  78. “The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention

    Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention

    One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating violent extremism.

    According to LinkedIn, the bulk of Fugate’s leadership experience comes from having served as secretary general of a Model United Nations club.

    ProPublica sent DHS a detailed list of questions about Fugate’s position, his lack of national security experience and the future of the department’s prevention work. A senior agency official replied with a statement saying only that Fugate’s CP3 duties were added to his role as an aide in an Immigration & Border Security office.
    “Due to his success, he has been temporarily given additional leadership responsibilities in the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships office,” the official wrote in an email. “This is a credit to his work ethic and success on the job.”

    *In case anyone was planning to go to a bar, church, or anywhere else with a small crowd…maybe don’t since we have another Drumpf E I hire in charge.

  79. The mole/gopher repellent aka garlic made it through winter & it is greening up. I started digging the other day, but I’m told he’s renting a tiller, again, instead of fixing the one he has. Surely two years of rental fees would’ve fixed the old one. Not my call.

  80. I just called the “evacuation help line” the federal government is giving out for stranded Americanscstrandrd in the Middle East war.The recording tells you “not to rely on the Unied States government’. Watch the bureaucracy collapse here:

  81. From Yahoo Sports via Apple News:

    “Super Bowl 2026: Bad Bunny sets global viewership record with most watched halftime show of all time”

    Excerpt From
    “Super Bowl 2026: Bad Bunny sets global viewership record with most watched halftime show of all time”

    “Bad Bunny may have fallen short of the record for most-watched Super Bowl halftime show during his performance. But he quickly rose to the most-watched halftime show of all time hours after the event.
    Bad Bunny drew in 4.157 billion viewers across global and U.S. broadcasts of the game, YouTube and on other digital properties in the first 24 hours after his performance, Roc Nation announced Monday.”

    The guy Dumbass hadn’t heard of…

  82. tiller

    the new school is “no dig” anyway, tilling found to destroy beneficial subsurface microenvironments, rope off a spot and get ye some cardboard

    i went out last trash-night and picked out all the consumerists’ giant boxes, have a whole season’s worth from one run

    one large TV box is the size of a bed in itself when you fold it out

    have a Freedom vs. Fascism gardening competition and see whose methods yield what

  86. https://newrepublic.com/post/207263/kash-patel-fired-iran-experts-donald-trump-war

    Kash Patel Fired Entire Team of Iran Experts Right Before Trump’s War

    *Well, of course he did. Wouldn’t expect anything less than the worst from Orange Adolf’s administration.

    “Patel terminated a dozen employees and staff after accusing them—without providing evidence—of improperly investigating Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago residence.

    The FBI director specifically gutted a group known as CI-12, a counterintelligence unit tasked with monitoring threats from Iran and its proxies.”

    *Bringing up the old stolen documents case now, and the firing this specific group right before we attacked. Hmm.

  87. “PLEASE DON’T RELY ON THE US GOVERNMENT”

    Pretty much sums it up, Craig.

    All of those influencers are stuck in Dubai.

  88. Also interesting in that recorded message they call it “the crisis in the Middle East”. This is the voice of the government that started the “crisis”.

  90. Crazy crazy in Dallas — state supreme court, on a petition from Paxton, just overturned the judge’s order for an extension of closing time, saying the people in line after the original closing time can’t be counted!!!

  91. Williamson county is right next to Austin & that was another county where there was a kerfuffle like Dallas due to polling places.

    Can folks in line demand a provisional ballot? I was always told to stay in line!

    I wish I were sitting up in your TV room, Craig.

  96. the BiDs and Fugelsangs of the Land understand American Christo-fascism is about control and exclusion, yet remain hopeful some sincere genuine adherent is going to sway the racists with, i dunno, Bible quotes or some shit

    i’ll believe it when i see it

  97. https://www.thedailybeast.com/paranoid-pentagon-officials-are-secretly-panicking/

    While the president boasts that the strikes could continue for several more weeks, military leaders are sounding the alarm behind the scenes about U.S. air defense stockpiles running out if the fighting goes on that long.

    “The mood here is intense and paranoid,” one insider told The Washington Post.

    “At this point, it’s on. It’s not like we can say: ‘Hey, Iran, we’re out of missile defense systems now so we’re going to pause for a moment. Is that okay?’ It will stretch our ability to defend everything that we need to defend,” the House Armed Services Committee’s top Democrat, Rep. Adam Smith said, characterizing U.S. resources as “stretched thin.”

  99. Nobody will ever sway the hardcore MAGAts, but it will allow space for those who know they made a mistake to make a new choice and still feel like they haven’t actually strayed because Jesus, or whatever.

  100. Whatever is going on with Adolf neck, it’s interesting that it’s the same side as the magic ear.

  103. https://www.fox4news.com/news/judge-extends-polling-hours-after-dallas-county-voters-turned-away

    Texas Supreme Court blocks voting time extension in Dallas County

    Just before that extension ended, the Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocked the order, saying voting should only happen “as permitted.”

    The issue came after voting locations in some counties, notably Dallas and Williamson, were restricted to specific precincts. According to voters and lawmakers in those areas, mixups on election sites have led to people showing up in places where they can’t vote.

    The hours were not extended for Republicans as they did not seek the same change, Jenkins said.

    The order below, signed by Judge Staci Williams, is in response to a specific request by the Democratic Party of Dallas County, though the order itself does not make the distinction between parties.

    In a later press conference, U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Dallas) commented on the matter.

    “I am here to say that it is wrong for it to be done to anyone, a Democrat or a Republican,” Crockett said in her speech. “But the Republicans didn’t even have enough sense or enough courage to go out there and try to get a court order on behalf of their constituents, the Republicans. So these hours are extended for the Democrats.”

    The Supreme Court of Texas issued a temporary stay against the emergency order just before the 9 p.m. extension expired.

    The order says votes cast by voters who were not in line by 7 p.m. should be “separated.”

    One North Texas viewer reported being directed to a supposed Democratic voting location in Irving which, upon arrival, turned out to be a Republican location. From there, they were directed to a location in Farmer’s Branch, about 20 minutes away.

    “We are deeply concerned about the reports of voters being turned away from the polls in Dallas and Williamson counties following the GOP’s implementation of precinct-specific voting locations for election day. We will continue to evaluate the situation on the ground and are calling for an extension of voting hours to ensure all Texans’ voices are heard in thief critical election.” -Talarico

  105. They’ve never separated polling place by party in my decades as a TX voter. What is there angle? How did they get enough poll workers?

    The only confusion I had was living in the city of Dallas, but in another county, and my ballot was split between two polling places in the general; one polling place was not clear, I ended up at the wrong school and had to go to a third location.

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