Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Strikes Kharg Island, Cuba Talks Turkey to Trump

Sundance reports CENTCOM Announces Tragic Loss of U.S. Refueling Aircraft – Four Killed, not from enemy fire, up to six, hosts Secretary Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine Hold a Pentagon Press Briefing, and Indicted John Bolton Beclowns Himself and Showcases Why His Neocon Mindset is Useless.

Speculation on the fate of Iran's Supreme Leader continues, Matt Vespa at TownHall, Israel's Mossad Account Posted Something Interesting About Iran's New Leader. Dr. Eli David @DrEliDavid, "Breaking - Official Mossad account: Mojtaba Khamenei is dead." That way he can't second guess the IRGC. A Larry vid at Hat Hair, New Ayatollah Incapacitated: Trump, Hegseth Deliver Iran Updates. 

The US has attacked Kharg Island, home of Iran major oil export port, destroyed military installations there while leaving the port intact, allowing oil exports, probably to assuage China and Japan. Nick Arama at RedState, 'Find Out' Moment: Trump Makes Big Announcement About What the US Just Did to Iran's Kharg Island. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, NEW: Trump Orders Strikes on Kharg Island, Warns Iran On Hormuz, "When Trump says "every military target," he wasn't kidding around. The New York Times reports that the targets include missile and mine storage facilities as well as assets that exist to protect the oil facilities on Kharg" and Hegseth: RIP Iran's Ballistic Missile Production, Hormuz Open, Where's Mojtaba? UPDATE: Marines Coming. News Wax, US Hits Iran's Kharg Island Military Sites; Vital Oil Facilities Spared for Now. Althouse "The United States bombed military installations on an island that serves as Iran’s main oil export hub and threatened to 'wipe out' the oil infrastructure there..." ""... if Iran continues to block the Strait of Hormuz. The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps replied on Saturday that Iran would turn U.S. regional economic interests 'into a pile of ash' if the United States carried out its threat...." The NYT reports." Streiff at RedState hears Up to 2,500 Marines Are Headed to the Persian Gulf As Iranian Blockade of Hormuz Takes Center Stage.

Insty, AS THE WAR “DRAGS ON,” TRUMP CONTINUES TO OBLITERATE ALL THE MULLAHS’ ASSETS: "Live Updates: Trump says U.S. “obliterated” every target on Kharg Island, as Iran war nears 2-week mark. No, seriously, The Atlantic is talking about the war “dragging on” after less than two weeks." Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "The Democrat/Media Complex is actively rooting for America's military to fail in Iran. Tokyo Rose and Lord Haw Haw never died. They just joined CNN." P.T. Ward @HTWardish, "In case you were wondering why CNN and Reuters are trying so hard to make it look like the United States is losing this war, look no further than this. There is a consistent trend showing Republicans gaining ground, and the media is growing desperate." Quote InteractivePolls @IAPolls2022, " 2026 Generic Congressional Ballot Democrats: 45.5% (+0.1), Republicans: 44.2% (+1.7)." Nick Arama, Tom Cotton Levels False CNN Story About the Strait of Hormuz With a Big Dose of Reality. Tom Cotton @SenTomCotton, "As Chairman of the Intelligence Committee, let me make clear: whoever leaked this lied. CNN should do some fact-checking. The U.S. has planned for Iran to try to close the strait for decades." It's what the military does when they're not at war, plan and train. Twitchy, WH Press Office Lights Up CNN After 'Clarification' Added to Trump/Strait of Hormuz Story. Jason Beale @jabeale, "Full quote for you, @NatashaBertrand - you must have missed it. I've highlighted the part you quoted in your post: "War is hell. War is chaos. And as we saw yesterday with the tragic crash of our KC-135 tanker, bad things can happen. American heroes - all of them. And as I have with all of them - as we have - we will greet those heroes at Dover, and their sacrifice will only recommit us to the resolve of this mission." Quote Natasha Bertrand @NatashaBertrand Replying to @NatashaBertrand, "Hegseth on the KC-135 crash: “Bad things can happen” in war. Caine starts out with a tribute to those killed." P.T. Ward @HTWardish, "This is really nasty from the single worst Pentagon/NatSec reporter I’ve ever seen. Not even close to what he actually said."

Matt Margolis at PJM, Democrat Fearmongering on Iran Isn’t Working. Here’s How We Know. At RCP, Sen. Fetterman: Democrats Can't Even Acknowledge Iran Strike Made The World Safer, It's Because Trump Did It. At Althouse, "Regarding the current U.S.-Iran conflict, former President Trump (who appears to be back in office based on recent reports)..." ""... declared at a rally in Hebron, Kentucky, on March 11, 2026, that 'we've won' the war against Iran, claiming it was effectively over 'in the first hour.' He has repeated variations of this, including that the U.S. has 'already won' but needs to 'finish the job,' amid ongoing military operations. The war itself seems to have begun around late February or early March 2026, with U.S. airstrikes and other actions escalating quickly...." So wrote Grok, after I asked about the difference between 2 events — the victor's winning and the loser's surrender. I was amazed to see the phrase "former President Trump (who appears to be back in office based on recent reports)."" And "The absence of President Donald Trump in the new poll’s question may have led more people to say they are 'unsure,' as views about the president tend to color people’s opinions....", "I'm reading "We asked 1,000 Americans if U.S. strikes on Iran should continue" (WaPo)(gift link)." Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom, "PS: The guy who's been tapped to lead this 90 day nonsense is Anthony Tata, whose bonkers conspiracy ideas (Obama is a Muslim, Brennan's a commie, etc) were so extreme that the Senate rejected him for a senior job during Trump 45. This time, the GOP caved, and here we are." Quote Secretary of War Pete Hegseth @SecWar "Professional Military Education should produce warfighters and leaders—not wokesters. That’s why we are establishing a Task Force to evaluate our Senior Service Colleges and ensure the focus is where it belongs. No distractions. Just warfighting." DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, "Hello Professor Nichols, You spent twenty-five years at the Naval War College. You taught the officers who would go on to run America's wars. Famously, you never served in any of them. In February 2003, you were at your desk in Newport when you wrote this, about Colin Powell’s presentation to the United Nations: “There is only one thing to say about Secretary Powell’s presentation at the U.N.: If this doesn’t do it, nothing will.” You were confident. You were expert. You were wrong. You acknowledged this twenty years later in The Atlantic — the invasion was, in your own words, “one of the greatest geopolitical disasters in American history...”" Salena Zito at WaEx thinks Our civilian-military bond is cracked.

Mike Peck at Uncommon Defense, Ukraine Is Getting Its Revenge on Iran, "Iran sent drones to Russia. Now Ukraine is helping America fight Iranian drones." Nick Arama thinks This Brilliant Move by the Iranian People Against Their Oppressors May Just Make Your Day. Reporting IRGC and Basij sites for drone attacks. Saul Sadka @Saul_Sadka, "WILD: The predicted “future” came within 24 hours. This is Israeli Air Force footage of drones and jets blowing up Basij checkpoints all around Tehran today, based on tips called in by Iranian citizens. A revolution with air support against a regime with no air defence."

USA Today has Cuba confirms talks with US officials. Could a historic deal be next? Sarah Anderson at PJM, Is It Happening? Cuban Regime Makes a Big Announcement. Hat Hair's Dave Strom, Cuba's Will Is Crumbling; Negotiations With Trump Have Begun. Sundance, Cuba Just Did What? At Da Wire, 51 Prisoners To Be Freed As Cuba Shows Cracks Under Trump Pressure. Ezra Levant @ezralevant, "Wow", Quote DaveO @Patri0tCx_, "In a surprising announcement, Cuban president Diaz Canel says he has authorized and awaits the arrival of FBI agents into the country." From Ace, Socialist Cuba Has Finally Run Out of Other People's Money and Is Looking for a Deal with Trump. "Cuba had been receiving free oil from Venezuela. Well, not free -- Cuba supplied Venezuela with top intelligence agents and torturers in exchange for the oil. But then Trump, probably on Bibi Netanyahu's orders because, obviously, sent Delta Force in to shoot L.O.O.K.E.R. guns at Cuba's security forces and abduct Nicolas Maduro. The oil shipments stopped. Trump also began raiding and seizing the "dark fleet" of illegal oil tankers moving sanctioned Iranian and Russian oil to low-class shithole barbarian states. Cuba is now out of oil and would like to speak with America's manager." Althouse, "For decades, Cuba has been held up as an ideological lodestar by leftists across Latin America...." ""Even among opponents, Cuba often earned grudging respect as an unyielding bastion of resistance against generations of American presidents. But now Cuba is running out of oil, and its economy is nearing collapse...From "Is Latin America Ready to Abandon Cuba? Latin America’s left saw Cuba as its lodestar. Now leaders across the spectrum are hesitant to aid a nation in the Trump administration’s cross hairs" (NYT). " Mark, Darkly Optimistic @mkos66, "Since Canada did not want to become our 51st state, maybe Cuba will someday. Advantages over Canada: Better weather Better food Better music Better baseball players."

VodkaPundit at Insty, BUT DON’T WORRY, LEFTIES RUN TOTALLY HONEST AND FAIR ELECTIONS IN THIS COUNTRY: Matt Forney @mattforney "Wow it's weird how the Latin American left suddenly started losing elections when USAID was killed." Quote Geiger Capital @Geiger_Capital, "Wow. Newest AtlasIntel poll for Colombia's Presidential election in May… Paloma Valencia - 46% Ivan Cepeda - 38%."

John Sexton at Hat Hair watches 60 Minutes: We've Had the Havana Syndrome Weapon for More Than a Year "Three independent sources from different agencies tell us that undercover homeland security agents purchased a miniaturized microwave weapon from a complex Russian criminal network. It's classified. We didn't see it. But it has been described to us. We are told it doesn't look anything like a gun. It is designed to be concealed and small enough to be carried by a person. It is silent and doesn't create heat like a microwave oven."

Sundance hosts Brian Kilmeade Interviews President Trump on Current Events, Ahead of Paris Meeting with Chinese Trade Officials, USTR Jamieson Greer Discusses Goals and Objectives and Secretary Bessent Announces “Narrowly Tailored, Short Term Sanction Relief” for Russia. Capt. Ed has Good News: Trump Mulls Suspending Jones Act to Alleviate Oil Crisis and The Enduring Media Myth Of a 'MAGA Split.' 

MSN, Former DHS Sec. Jeh Johnson: We can't tie policy disagreements to keeping the government funded. 'Becca Lower at RedState, DOT Sec. Duffy Announces FAA Ground Stop Is 'Over,' Airports Resuming Operations. Amy Curtis at TownHall, All It Took for Democrats to Cave on DHS Funding Was Four Terrorist Attacks. Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman, "HOLY CRAP! Guy Benson just ROCKED Senator Slotkin after she changed her tune on DHS funding, saying that democrats need to "put ICE funding aside." "ICE is already funded for the NEXT THREE YEARS" "There was a vote on [DHS funding] YESTERDAY... she made the choice to vote to MAINTAIN the shuttering." Democrats are BACKPEDALING because there is no defense for keeping DHS defunded. It's putting the American people in danger." Nice Deb at Am Great hears Thune to Bring SAVE America Act Up For ‘Show Vote’ Next Week.

DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, " SNAP Shock: Far many more millions in Food Aid Spent on King Crab, Lobster & Steaks than the Department of War. From an official government research study of $6.58 billion dollars in SNAP expenditures, $1.9 million dollars were spent on king crab, $2.2 million dollars were spent on lobster and $28.4 million on select beef loins. Federal SNAP spending in 2024 was $99.8 billion. Scaled up, that means SNAP recipients spent $28.8 million dollars on king crab, $33.36 million dollars on lobster, and $430.75 million on steaks. DoW spent $2 million on Alaskan king crab, $6.9 million on lobster tail, $15.1 million on ribeye steak. Ask any journalist pushing the "Hegseth is spending money on lobster" propaganda if they're willing to cut out those categories for SNAP recipients. They will not be."

Wall Street Mav @WallStreetMav, "NYC Mayor socialist Zohran Mamdani has proposed lowering the exemption on the death tax (estate tax) from $7.1 million down to only $750,000. He would also increase the death tax from 16% to 50%. No other jurisdiction in the USA confiscates wealth at death from people with that small of an estate. Anyone with any equity in a home in NYC would likely exceed the $750,000 and have to pay the death tax..." Ace, An Illegal Alien With a Criminal Record As Long as David French's Bull Roster Has Been Deported Four Times, But Is Still Allowed to Walk Around NYC Pushing Strangers In Front of Oncoming Subway Trains, "Via John Sexton. This is sick.Mamdani signed an Executive Order banning police from cooperating with DHS or ICE." David Marcus @BlueBoxDave, "I am getting an almost uniform sense from my sources in the black community that there are fears that immigrants are taking over the Democratic Party, and not even offering power sharing. Mandani’s commie cabinet is remarkably devoid of black men."

Scott Pinsker at PJM says I Think I Know Which Dem Is Behind the WaPo’s BRUTAL Takedown of Rep. Ro Khanna. "To me, the Clinton connection is far and away the most likely explanation." 

Shockingly WaPoo allows Carl Trueman to opine James Talarico represents Christianity’s past, not its future. "The Texas Democrat’s support for transgender rights helps explain why liberal Christianity is dying." Capt. Ed adds "Progressive Christians have been around for a long time. The fact that Talarico supports every far left idea is the only thing he has going for him as far as the left-wing of the Democratic Party is concerned. If he were ever to suggest his faith led him to disagree with them about even one thing, they would turn on him and call him a religious bigot."

Noah Smith thinks San Francisco's urban revival is in danger "If the Board of Supervisors falls to the Progressives, the old dysfunction will return." John Sexton sees a Portland Homeless Shelter Nonprofit to Close After Claims of Financial Mismanagement.

From WJ, Jasmine Crockett Security Officer Shot, Killed by SWAT Team. He sounds like a real peach. Ace hears White House Spokesman Steven Cheung Blasts Rancid Racist Stephen Colbert as a No-Talent Loser Who Brings Shame to His Racist Ancestors, "I can't believe this racist launched a psyop to deny a nomination to the supremely-qualified Strong and Proud Black Woman Jasmine Ratchet. I think we're all still grieving."

Stacy McCain on The Terrorist and the 12th District. CNN, Michigan synagogue assailant had connections to Hezbollah members in Lebanon, sources say. Dead relatives. The Persian Jewess@persianjewess "The Michigan shooter who attempted to murder toddlers at a Jewish preschool claimed he had lost “family members” in an Israeli strike in Lebanon. Those “family members” were his brothers, who were members of Hezbollah, a U.S. Designated Terror Group." PoIiMath @politicalmath, "Imagine if a man attacked a black church, specifically targeting black children, because a black man killed his daughter. Imagine if someone told you "that's not racism, that's blowback" idk, that would seem like a weird take to me bc it's saying that the killer is not a someone with agency. Because, wink wink, of course the killer would target black children. That's just the natural inclination of people "like that". You know. *Those* people. You just have to expect this kind of behavior from them." HonestReporting @HonestReporting, "Seriously, you don’t hate the @nytimes enough. A synagogue with a preschool is targeted. The NYT reminds readers it was “dedicated to the formation of a Jewish state.” The journalistic equivalent of: “well… what was she wearing?”" Ace,
"The Motive May Never Be Known" Is Now "The Motive Is White Supremacy, Somehow", "David Strom rounds up some of the most egregious disinformation from the far-left terrorist propaganda networks, which are simply now denying that Islamic terrorism exists just as they previously denied antifa exists." The Constitutional Conservative @TheCCShowcast, "After a Jewish temple was JUST ATTACKED by a terrorist in West Bloomfield, Michigan, the anchor at a local station in Detroit feels the need to connect it to "white supremacy." Anchor: "Its not just a fear of Iran and what's happening, there's a rise in white supremacy." WTF?"

Betsy Stauffer at LI, notices Norfolk’s Soros-Backed DA Blames GOP’s ‘Gun Absolutism’ for Old Dominion Shooting “America is a product of English Christian culture. NOT Islamic culture. NOT progressive culture. If we don’t cease to import islam, the West falls.”

John Sexton reports Antifa Defendants Guilty of Supporting Terrorism in Attack on ICE Detention Center. "Hopefully, this is just the first of many similar trials. Antifa might have gotten away with this in Oregon or California, but not in Texas."

NPR pretty happy Judge blocks DOJ's criminal probe of Federal Reserve, blasting it as political. Sundance hosts USAO Jeanine Pirro Responds to Activist Judge James Boasberg Blocking Grand Jury Testimony to Review Federal Reserve Fraud. She was pretty hot, under the collar, that is.

Shipwreckedcrew, hopes Another 9th Cir. Case on Temporary Protective Status For Venezuelans Might Finally Draw The Supreme Court Into The Fight. "The author of the panel opinion writes a statement on the denial of en banc review citing SCOTUS's Tariffs opinion as a reason the panel decision upholding the continuing of TPS is correct."

John Sexton is amused by An Amusing Dissent to the 9th Circuit Has Progressive Judges Upset Susie Moor at RedState, 9th Circuit Judge Comes Out Swinging (Ahem)...in Spicy Dissent Over Women-Only Nude Spa. "You may think that swinging dicks shouldn’t appear in a judicial opinion. You’re not wrong. But..." Peter St Onge, Ph.D. @profstonge, "Woke Ninth Circuit decides Korean spas have to let biological men swing their gear in front of women and children. The dissent is pure gold."

Plus more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 03.13.26.

Rule 5 Saturday - Ari-Maj

This week's Rule 5 paragon of feminine beauty is Ari-Maj, aka Ariadna Majewska

Self-proclaimed ambassador of femininity, she gained fame as the writer of the fashion blog Ari-Maj. Her simple and elegant style has also earned her more than 1.7 million followers on Instagram.

As a child, she aspired to become a poet and a writer. Into high school, she wrote anonymously for a popular blog.

She has a YouTube channel, Ari_Maj, where she has posted stunning lookbook videos.

She hails from Poznań, Poland.

She set one of her Instagram travel vlogs to Milan, Italy to the song "Holiday" by Madonna.

MD Set to Set New Striper Regs

MDE, Maryland Set to Adopt Changes to Chesapeake Bay Recreational Striped Bass Season

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is preparing to implement a shift in the season for recreational striped bass, or rockfish. The seasonal shift opens April to catch-and-release fishing and closes all of August to targeting striped bass.

These adjustments are intended to simplify existing regulations, while allowing more recreational fishing opportunities and protecting striped bass during the hot, final weeks of the summer.

On Wednesday, the Maryland General Assembly’s Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review approved DNR’s proposed regulation changes for the 2026 striped bass fishing season. The new 2026 striped bass regulations are scheduled to be published in the Maryland Register on March 20, and they will become effective ten days later.

This timing will enable the return of April catch-and-release fishing for striped bass. DNR is implementing the seasonal shift to enable anglers to catch-and-release striped bass in April when water temperatures are cooler, while closing the month of August for striped bass fishing when hot water temperatures make striped bass more likely to be accidentally killed by hook-and-line fishermen—known as recreational dead discards—while fishing them.

The 2026 recreational striped bass season in the Chesapeake Bay will be:

• January 1–April 30: Catch and Release
• May 1–July 31: Harvest
• August 1–31: Closed
• September 1–December 5: Harvest
• December 6–31: Catch and Release

 

“The new regulations simplify the recreational and charter boat seasons, making them easier to find and read,” said Kate Charbonneau, DNR’s Assistant Secretary of Aquatic Resources. “We are allowing for more access to recreational fishing opportunities without increasing mortality or total fish removed.”

The change has been under consideration for over a year and has been approved after extensive stakeholder engagement and consideration of thousands of public comments. Striped bass is one of the most popular recreational fisheries in Maryland. Recreational fishing and boating generate an estimated $701.5 million in value added economic activity in the state in 2024, according to outdoor recreation statistics compiled by the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis.

This is good news for Pete, who will not have to go to North Carolina for April, or play the "I'm fishing for Speckled Trout" game. You can catch specks in April, in the same places and with the same gear as for stripers, but not very many. Maybe none this year, with all the cold weather. 

The change was not made without a bit of kerfuffle. Just a few days ago, a hold on the regulations was made by a com-friendly legislator, potentially holding off the change until it would have made no difference. At Maryland Matters, Rockfish regulations on hold at General Assembly committee

The pause was ordered Friday by Del. Sandy Rosenberg (D-Baltimore City), a co-chair of the AELR committee, at the request of committee member Del. Jay Jacobs (R-Upper Shore). Rosenberg said he hopes to make a decision about the regulation by Wednesday, when Jacobs is expected to meet with DNR to discuss the matter.
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Jacobs said he feels the regulations, which will also open a fishery when rockfish are swimming up the bay to spawn, deserve further discussion. He is requesting a hearing before the committee.

While one group of charter boat captains, such as the light tackle fishermen, support the regulations because they open an April fishery, another group opposes the regulations because of the August closure.

That second group was hit hard a few years ago, when the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, a multistate compact, determined that charters in the bay could only keep one fish per person — as opposed to two. “They are very, very concerned because they took a huge hit,” Jacobs said. Now, it’s compounded with this August closure, Jacobs said. “There was no negotiating some other term, like people could fish in the morning,” Jacobs said. “I think there’s other solutions without entirely shutting down the business for an entire month.”

Flotsam and Jetsam - Two Domestic Islamic Terror Attacks and Democrats Complain Our Soldiers are Eating Too Well

There were two apparent domestic terror incidents yesterday conducted by Islamic terrorist who were naturalized citizens against US targets. In the first, a convicted ISIS sympathizer from Senegal, recently released from prison, invaded an ROTC classroom at Old Dominion University in Virginia, shot and killed the instructor, and was subdued, and stabbed to death by the students. In the second, a Lebanese man from Dearborn Michigan crashed his car through the doors of a synagogue in West Bloomfield Michigan, struck one security guard and opened fired. He was killed by another security guard. Cam at Bearing Arms, Shootings Reported at Virginia University, Michigan Synagogue ***UPDATED***. Karol Markowicz @karol, "News: I'm reliably informed that the alleged attacker of Old Dominion in is Mohamed Jalloh, the same Jalloh who was previously convicted of providing support to ISIL." Ace, TERRORIST SHOOTS UP OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY; UPDATE: Confirmed, the Terrorist Is an ISIS Member Released from Prison by... Joe Biden "Have you had enough Muslim Cultural Enrichment yet?" and Terrorist Rams Car Through Synagogue Gate, Starts Shooting the Congregation "Must have been a straight white conservative male. That's my bet. The shooter is now dead and they're still hiding his name which casts a slight amount of doubt on my guess that he's a straight white conservative male." Chase Spears @DrChaseSpears, "This is not the way I want to see a familiar face show up on my feed. Brandon and I were classmates at the Command and General Staff College. He deployed to fight the enemy overseas in combat zones. Meanwhile, America imported the enemy who k*lled him. When I say this nation's immigration policy is a betrayal, I mean it. Words fail." Quote Greg Price @greg_price11 "The victim of the terrorist attack at Old Dominion has been identified as Lt. Col. Brandon Shah-- who was a Professor of Military Science and the leader of the university's ROTC program. He was a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom." Amy Curtis at TownHall, The Old Dominion University Shooter Has Been ID'd and It Looks Like Islamic Terrorism. Jarvis @jarvis_best, "May he never have to buy another beer for himself in his entire life" Quote New York Post @nypost "Hero ROTC cadet fatally stabbed crazed Old Dominion gunman to prevent more carnage https://trib.al/pnRex5W." Kostas Moros @MorosKostas, "The tragedy WAS prevented. Because the synagogue didn't rely on late-arriving police, and took its security into its own hands. You have pushed for efforts to ban carry in churches. You want to aid would-be terrorists and killers like the perpetrator today. Shameful." Quote Brady | United Against Gun Violence @bradybuzz "Law enforcement are responding to an active shooter situation at a Jewish synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan. Our thoughts are with the West Bloomfield community." Detroit FreeP, Temple Israel attacker dead, guard injured, kids safe: Latest updates. "Ayman Mohamad Ghazali carried out "the tragic attack on Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield," a spokesperson for the department told the Detroit Free Press in a statement late March 12. Ghazali was killed in the attack, a security guard was injured and the temple partially burned in a fire." Ace also has Updates On the Last Two of the Four Muslim Terrorist Attacks This Month Alone. Western Lensman @WesternLensman, "MSNOW is in full ‘blame Trump’ mode in wake of Islamic attacks: Alex Wagner: “You have to wonder fundamentally about the degree to which this White House...actually has the interest in keeping Americans safe." “It doesn't give you a sense that the safety and the security of the American people is paramount." Anything but blame the ideology and the actual people responsible. Impossible to loathe legacy media enough." Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze "It's an entirely new rulebook. They used to just downplay Islamic terror, but just as they did with Charlie Kirk, they now spring into action and immediatly blame the act on the right. They mention Nick Fuentes, an online influencer, and ignore institutionalized antisemitism on the left, in Congress (The Squad), candidates with nazi tattoos, in Academia, and in their own media circles. It's a complete alternate reality they are crafting." Quote Nicholas Fondacaro, "@NickFondacaro, "MS NOW is already suggesting the Republican Party has something to do with the Michigan Synagogue shooter: "The Republican party is having, right now, a real fight on its hands, has a real fight on its hands amid wings of the Republican Party that are extremely antisemitic or flirting with antisemitism. And Republicans on the other side of the party who are saying, hold on, what are you doing? This is not this is ripping us apart. Democrats are having a fight on that as well, but it's been pretty pronounced within the Republican Party."

Don Surber, Military is winning in Iran, so the media spins a lobster tale. Amy Curtis, Democrats Are Attacking Hegseth's Supposed Steak Budget. They'll Hate This Next Number. @Chicago1Ray @Chicago1Ray, "Hit that like button, if you got no problem with our troops eating Steak and lobster.... they f'n deserve it Kudos to Pete Hegseth for hooking our guys up... The media is going apeshit over the cost of ($22M) dollars, but they're ok with ($18B) of Somali fraud in Minnesota." Ted @streetlevel, "The Obama Years > Afghanistan: For Some US Troops, Guacamole, Steak and Lobster on the Menu. #PeteHegseth Story Link: (Oct 26, 2011) https://eurasianet.org/afghanistan-for-some-us-troops-guacamole-steak-and-lobster-on-the-menu." Noam Blum @neontaster, "¯\_(ツ)_/¯." Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze, "Several CNN Guests repeated the Hegseth ribeye and lobster narrative. So @jaketapper is silent about how this has been a tradition for US troops for decades, despite how much he claims to prop up dead bodies of troops @brianstelter has not weighed in on it despite Guest on his network repeating it. @kaitlancollins did not correct any of her guests onset about what the seafood and ribeye is actually went to, which were troops on extended deployment. So I'll echo @EsotericCD, what the hell is going on it's CNN (I've never appeared on cnn for favorable book reviews)." Quote Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze, "So @kaitlancollins is now also going to correct Paul Begala on TwitterX and issue an apology? Does CNN's main guests or hosts get anything right? EVER? x.com/thomasmhern/st…" Erick Erickson @EWErickson, "I've heard Democrats complain more loudly about our soldiers being well fed than about fraud in California or Minnesota. They sure do have their priorities. They seem to only be upset about the military spending because they'd prefer the lobster and steak to go to illegal aliens." Foster @foster_type, "I'm not easy to surprise on this stuff but I'm genuinely surprised how far the libs went with this one without even making one phone call or reading one additional tweet. Is this stuff because they are all on Bluesky now?" Quote Alex Christy @alexchristy17 "Seth Meyers (with the help of a Jen Psaki clip) joins Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert in not knowing about military surf and turf meals, "They spent $15 million on steak in one month. Who are you? Sterling Cooper Draper and Pryce? If you're gonna eat that much steak, you better have come up with a new campaign for lucky strike. No wonder Hegseth always looks miserable. He's 24/7 meat constipated. That's the face of a man war fighting with his colon." Eric Matheny @ericmmatheny, "For years, your tax dollars have been buying cellphones and EBT cards for migrants, fake daycare centers for Somalis in Minnesota, and settlements for congress members accused of sexual harassment. The media didn’t utter one until we gave our troops a decent dinner." Streiff at RedState, Hegseth Hatred Leaves Democrat Politicians and Media With Egg on Their Faces As Well As Steak and Lobster. Alladdin @Alladdin1983, "Cracked it: I knew something was off about the fake outrage over the steak and lobster, because those are standard meals the troops get weekly at the DFAC. I did a little digging. It seems the two vendors who had a monopoly on DOD food supply lost their contracts: VAL-PRO, INC. (located in California) and CHICO PRODUCE, INC. (also based in California). The new vendor setup is now open to multiple vendors (see the last picture). @DataRepublican @PeteHegseth @SecWar @SomeBitchIIKnow @GuntherEagleman @nicksortor."

Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47, "In just one year under President Trump, blue-collar workers have made up all the wages they lost under Biden. More progress. More to come." Scott Turner @SecretaryTurner, "Existing home sales are up, and housing affordability has improved for the eighth consecutive month. @POTUS’ economic agenda is delivering for the American people." Quote Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47 "US Existing-Home Sales Increase as Affordability Improves." But NRO warns Price Controls Will Not Help Patients, but in the world we live in, every country but the US controls the price, and we pay the balance.

At OutKick, Marco Rubio Jumps Vance and Newsom As Favorite To Win 2028 Election "Vance is often viewed as the more natural heir to Trump’s MAGA political movement. Rubio, however, has emerged as one of the most influential figures in Trump’s administration." Vance/Rubio or Rubio/Vance? I could go either way.

Sundance at CTH reports Witkoff and Kushner Meet Russian Delegation in Florida – Reports Indicate Discussions of Strategic Economic Cooperation on Oil.

Betsy Klein @betsy_klein, "In today's edition of Washington is Veep: A Democratic congresswoman made a legal complaint against President Donald Trump for, in part, excluding her from an upcoming Kennedy Center board meeting. The invitation, it turned out, was in her spam folder. Aide filed an update today:" Dan Crenshaw @DanCrenshawTX, "Everyone is worried that Washington is like House of Cards, while hoping it is like West Wing. Truth is that it’s more like Veep."

Rick Moran at PJM, Mojtaba Khamenei Is Nowhere to Be Seen as Speculation Grows Regarding His Health. Shayan Sardarizadeh @Shayan86, "This image of Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, which has been widely published by Iranian media today and now appears on his new X account, appears to have been manipulated with AI. Google's SynthID finds watermarks in it that indicate it has been edited using Google AI. A cropped reverse image search finds what appears to be the original version of the photo published several years ago. It shows Mojataba at a pro-government rally. The background and those surrounding him seem to have been edited and removed using AI." Althouse asks Is it true that "Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s new supreme leader, struck a defiant tone on Thursday in his first known public comments since succeeding his slain father"?, "That's what I'm reading in the NYT, but what proof is there that the man is even alive?" Ace claims it's Confirmed: New "Supreme Leader" Is In Coma, Lost Leg In Airstrike, "supreme leader more like supine leader amirite "Insider (World News)" claims the rumor is now confirmed."

Dave Strom at Hat Hair, Israeli Drones Striking IRGC Goons in the Streets. Saul Sadka @Saul_Sadka, "WILD: The predicted “future” came within 24 hours. This is Israeli Air Force footage of drones and jets blowing up Basij checkpoints all around Tehran today, based on tips called in by Iranian citizens. A revolution with air support against a regime with no air defence." Ace, Confirmed: Begun, the Drone Wars Have, "As I guessed, the new phase of the war is anti-personnel strikes on street enforcers and IRGC goons not with 1,000 pound bombs but with hand-grenade-sized charges delivered by drones." Mossad Commentary @MOSSADil, "MAJOR STRIKE IN IRAN Reports say the armored corps base in Ahvaz, Iran has been destroyed. This base is where Iran’s tanks and armored units are stationed and coordinated in the southwest of the country. If confirmed, it would be a serious blow to Iran’s ground forces and military infrastructure." Trent Telenko @TrentTelenko, "The Iranian Mullah Regime cannot meet the payroll of the Regime Security Forces... ...so, it is stealing the next payroll from everyone else. Food security issues started the last Iranian mass insurrection. The Mullah Regime just lit the short fuze for the next one." Quote Joe Truzman @JoeTruzman, "This morning, hundreds of thousands of Iranians woke up to frozen bank accounts. Customers of Bank Sepah and Bank Melli got an SMS saying their accounts were locked, @NarimanGharib posted on X. The banks' websites and service channels are blocked, and it's not possible to log into accounts at all. The regime is calling this a "Central Bank technical upgrade to communication switches for network stability," he wrote. This is almost certainly the regime freezing enormous sums of money taken directly from its own citizens to ensure its survival. Iranians are being robbed blind by their own government as it clings to power." Fusilli Spock @awstar11, "The hysterical predictions of obsolescence of the aircraft carrier were all wrong." Quote JinWoo Kim, IQ 289 @JinWooIQ "And it changes EVERYTHING about who's really fighting this war. CHINA SECRETLY ARMED IRAN WITH $5 BILLION IN WEAPONS →EVERY SINGLE ONE FAILED."

Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze, "Even the New York Times piece, despite all the throat clearing in the text, is forced to admit, that the school was situated on a military base, and the 157 death count is strictly on the word of the Iranian government. We've seen this before. Gaza Playbook" Quote Kyle Orton @KyleWOrton, "Let us hope even the Trump administration is not so stupid as to use civilian casualties figures derived from the Islamic Revolution. x.com/nytimes/status…" Kratos Disciple @KratosDisciple, "A tomahawk warhead is physically incapable of killing 153 people. The human body is mostly water, which absorbs explosive impact. Even if 153 children were somehow packed into a single room and the warhead detonated in the center of them, it still would not be able to kill all of them. As a point of reference, the explosion in Beirut was in excess of 5 million pounds of explosives. 5 million. 5,000,000+. The official death toll is 218 people. Approximately 7,000 injured." Twitchy, Steven Crowder Taking ABC and Their Iran 'Slopaganda' APART Point-by-DAMNING-Point Is a BEAUTIFUL Thing. Steven Crowder @scrowder, "A quick rundown on the slopaganda over at ABC. 1. ABC issues a report the FBI has warned California police departments Iran has aspirational plans to launch drone attack on California. 2. David Muir on his ABC nightly show (most watched news broadcast in America) parrots report seemingly aimed at causing panic in America. 3. Karoline Leavitt comes out with a post claiming that ABC intentionally omitted fact this was all based off of ONE SINGLE UNVERIFIED report. 4. Screenshots of initial FBI memo prove Leavitt correct and that ABC did in fact omit they were running their entire report off of unverified information." Sundance, President Trump Notes Briefing on Iranian Sleeper Cells that Entered During Biden Open Border Era. CBD at Ace's asks in The Morning Rant: What Is Winning In Iran? "So...to answer the question: Winning in Iran means degrading their war-making capacity down to nothing, so they cannot threaten their neighbors and world commerce. It means destroying their nuclear program so that rebuilding it would take many, many years."

Red Pill Dispenser @redpilldispensr, "Historian Bill Federer: "By 2030, there will be a majority Muslim population in Europe, and they'll just flat out vote in Sharia law." "People forget Egypt was completely Christian for six centuries. It's not anymore. All of North Africa was completely Christian for six centuries. It's not anymore." "Constantinople was the largest Christian city in the world, and the largest Christian church in the world for hundreds of years was the Hagia Sophia. And it got turned into a mosque." "They want to do the same thing with the Vatican."" Athena Thorne at PJM has a Shocking Video Out of NYC Almost Makes Me Rethink This Whole 'First Amendment' Thing. Jason Jones @jonesville, "Left: Emir Balat giving the one finger ISIS salute after an attempted bombing in NYC. Right: Zohran Mamdani’s guest giving the one finger ISIS salute as they celebrate Ramadan at City Hall in NYC. Why is no one calling him out on this?"

PJM's Stephen Kruiser warns Never Forget How Quickly Everything Can Go 'Full Spanberger.' Natalia Mittelstadt at JTN reports Ex-Virginia first lady Dorothy McAuliffe launches campaign for state's 7th congressional district. The New York Times @nytimes, "Breaking News: James Clyburn, the 85-year-old Democratic power broker from South Carolina, will seek an 18th House term, defying a push for generational change." Power is a hard thing to give up. Twitchy, Hypocrite Josh Shapiro Uses Squatter's Rights to Build Himself a Security Barrier on Neighbor's Property. PJM's Matt Margolis wonders Is This the Scandal That Dooms Josh Shapiro’s Presidential Ambitions? I doubt it. The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee, Democrats Expel Fetterman After Repeated Warnings To Stop Supporting America https://buff.ly/QiR2gqH." Quick, while it's still a parody!

From Atop Da Hill, Oz: Millions may be falsely enrolled in ObamaCare. Ace, Dr Oz: Up to 25% of Obamacare Enrollment Might Be Pure Democrat/Foreign Piracy "What are the odds." Green Beret Nap Time @GBNT1952, "Remember when Southwest Key, Catholic Charities USA, and Endeavors, all non profit organizations, received about $5.6 billion of tax payer money under Biden from 2021-2024 to help facilitate illegal immigration? Their CEOs made millions of dollars in salaries and most of their executives made $600-700k salaries annually each, all funded by you and yours so they could relocate illegal aliens all over the country. Lots of people got rich off of our money to ensure the establishment never loses again. Now our legislature is refusing to pass the SAVE Act… I wonder why?" Quote Green Beret Nap Time @GBNT1952 Replying to @GBNT1952 Top NGO recipients of your tax dollars: Catholic Charities USA - $1.4B." Vicky Taft at PJM, Watch This Shock Voter Fraud Video in California — Then Tell Your Senator to Pass the SAVE America Act. jj smith @war24182236, "Mar09 2026 1:54pm Location 6th & Mission These people are paying people $5 dollars to sign a ballot, but as you watch the video their telling them what name to sign (which is someone else name) and what address to write. Seems kind of suspicious to me. Why not sign your own name and you can hear people doing it actually twice."

Cam at BA, Cornell Student Facing Felony Charges and 'Red Flag' Order After Rifle Purchase. Said he wanted to protect himself from ICE agents. Shooting News Week, Will Minnesota’s Proposed Mandatory Home Inspection Law Be Enough to Prompt SCOTUS Action? "The law states that, in addition to securing state permission or certification for the possession of existing weapons, owners must “agree to allow the appropriate law enforcement agency to inspect the storage of the device to ensure compliance with this subdivision.” And, Parolee With 131 Priors Caught After Setting Homeless Man on Fire in Mamdani’s NYC.

Dave Strom reports on Yet Another Immigration Enforcement Hoax That Went Viral. 

At Hat Hair, Capt. Ed, CNN Anchor: On Fifth Thought, Our Teleprompter May Have Gotten That Terror Attack A Skosh Wrong and Dave Strom, WTH, CNN? Yet More Massive Lies From the Network. Matt Margolis, CNN's Abby Phillip Issues Humiliating On-Air Correction for Pushing Fake News. Tim Young @TimRunsHisMouth, "A correction a day later is bullshit. Abby Phillip and Ana Navarro should be fired… they both knew what was said was false to begin with." Quote Right Angle News Network @Rightanglenews "BREAKING - Not even a full 24 hours after CNN’s Abby Phillip was forced to issue a retraction after lying and claiming Mamdani was the target of the Islamist attack in NYC, Ana Navarro repeats the same exact lie with zero pushback from Abby."

Fred Lucas at Da Signal signals a First Grader’s ‘Any Life’ Message Sparks Major First Amendment Ruling. "The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of an elementary school student’s First Amendment rights after she was punished for adding the words “any life” to a picture of “Black Lives Matter.”"

From Breitbart, Report: Kansas Revokes Drivers’ Licenses of 1,700 Trans-Identifying Individuals for their declared sex not matching their biological sex.

Link Lauren @itslinklauren, The loudest feminist voices are suddenly silent regarding Iran’s women’s soccer team. Megan Rapinoe, Amber Glenn and all the female athletes who preach about supporting women... they're nowhere to be found. Such hypocrites and cowards.

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