Thursday, March 12, 2026

Flotsam and Jetsam - Iran Planning Drone Attack on California?

At NYPo, Iran’s revenge terror attack plot on California with army of drones revealed in terrifying FBI memo. Sarah Anderson at PJM, BREAKING: FBI Warns California That Retaliation From Iran May Be on the Way. "We have no additional information on the timing, method, target, or perpetrators of this alleged attack." Ace, FBI Warns That Iran Plots an "Army of Drones" Launched from a Stealth Vessel Against the West Coast, "I suppose it's possible that Iran sneaked a drone-carrier out of the Persian Gulf in the weeks before the war, plotting a spoilsport retaliation attack. And I guess it would have taken that ship a couple of months to get into position. Anyway, let's hope not. Not sure why they'd attack anti-America California, but then they did attack their own allies in Qatar." You might recall that in the early days of WWII Japan sent "balloon bomb" over California, in largely ineffective attacks. This could be far worse. Also from Ace, Has the Drone Phase of the War Begun? "I mentioned at the beginning of the war that the only possibility that I could see for fighting a ground war without ground troops (apart from SpecOps spotters spies and such) is to adapt the tactics of the Ukraine-Russia war, using drones to attack personnel on the ground." Throwback Iran @Tarikh_Eran, "Holy sh*t Drones are flying all over Tehran tonight hitting basij/IRGC stations Israel is neutralizing the regime’s crackdown machine…it’s finally happening."

 Althouse finds "President Trump told Axios in a brief phone interview Wednesday that the war with Iran will end 'soon' because there is 'practically nothing left to target.’” ""'Little this and that... Any time I want it to end, it will end,' Trump said during the five-minute call." Axios reports." Sundance at CTH hosts CENTCOM Commander Bradley Cooper Provides an Update on Operation Epic Fury and Energy Secretary Chris Wright Discusses Iranian Tanker Strikes Near Strait of Hormuz and Strategic Petroleum Reserve Release. From Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog Iran Strikes: Day 12. NYPO, US destroys Iranian navy vessels — including 16 minelayers — near Strait of Hormuz.

Da Signal catches Reuters crowing As Many as 150 US Troops Wounded So Far in Iran War, Sources Say. With 7 dead, that seems about on track. I'm sure they range from minor to catastrophic. The Scuttlebutt, War, Good God Ya’ll. Mostly Peaceful Latinas @mplpodcast305, "The internet: IM NOT FCKING DYING FOR ISRAEL! Our soldiers don’t want to fight Israel’s wars! IDF soldier to American pilot: it is a great honor for us to fight with you. American pilot: likewise! Please be safe out there. Strike hard." Streiff at RedState notes An Alleged Tragic Mistake Is Being Weaponized to Handcuff the US Military and Discredit Pete Hegseth. An as yet unproven Irani allegation that the US hit a school next to an IRGC base and killed 150 civilians including school girls. It certainly has a troll at Althouse on the edge of orgasm. Duane Patterson at TownHall, What Does Unconditional Surrender for Iran Look Like? I think when the Israelis get down to about the 5th tier of Iranian leadership, and the US has destroyed all their military infrastructure. VodkaPundit at PJM, IRAN: What Happens When the Money Runs Out? Ted Cruz @tedcruz, "We are winning in Iran. We break down where we’re at in Iran, why President Trump initiated this, and how it’s making America safer. Don’t miss today’s episode of Verdict:" Sundance hosts Special Envoy Steve Witkoff Gives Background Information on Breakdown of U.S-Iran Diplomatic Discussions. Ace, Little Khamenei, Who Is Probably Dead or In a Coma, May Inherit His Corrupt Father's $95 BILLION Business Empire, "Gee I wonder why Iranians are so poor."

The Enforcer @ItsTheEnforcer, "BREAKING: Vladimir Putin is taking steps to prevent a coup as tensions grow between him and the Russian military. Mobile Internet has been terminated in central Moscow. Putin also ordered the arrest of a Russian deputy defense minister." TomT ✞ ن @VRWCTexanTwo "Grok's assessment: The arrest and internet disruptions are substantiated facts. HOWEVER: Putin coup-prevention framing is interpretive and unsubstantiated, though it aligns with ongoing patterns of Kremlin paranoia. Rooted in rumors circulating on Telegram channels like VChK-OGPU (a pro-Kremlin insider source) and echoed in Western tabloids (e.g., Mirror, Daily Star, Express)."

Sundance hosts President Trump Delivers a Speech at Verst Logistics in Hebron, Kentucky and President Trump Impromptu Presser on Iran and SAVE America Act Departing the White House. At Althouse, "It is unclear whether one particular photo — or the sum total of the day’s shots — led to consternation among Hegseth’s staff." "From "Pentagon bars press photographers over ‘unflattering’ Hegseth photos/Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s staff took issue with images taken in a rare briefing last week and decided to shut out photographers from two subsequent news conferences" (WaPo)." From Twitchy, WH Fires Back: 'Fake News!' as WaPo Whines About Photographer Access... After Firing All Their Photogs. I&I, Two-Thirds Back ‘SAVE Act’ To Require Voter ID — And Support Is Bipartisan. Ace, Filthy Despicable RINO Coward John Cornyn: On Second Thought, Now that GOP Voters Are Set to Boot My Defeat-Mechanism Ass Out of My Cushy Job, Maybe We Don't Need the Filibuster After All "All it took to make this filthy RINO represent his constituents was a multimillion dollar effort to boot him out of office ... And suddenly this liberal dirtbag says he finally understands that Nostalgia RINOism won't stop the Democrats from undoing the filibuster themselves the next chance they get." A Larry vid at Hat Hair, Schumer's SAVE Act Meltdown Backfires: Pressure Against Thune Builds Up. WaPoo worries about The hidden reason Republicans could outperform midterm expectations. "Why analysts keep getting Trump’s approval numbers wrong."

Denver Rayburn @DenverRayburn "1/ American manufacturers pay 3x more to finance equipment than their global competitors. It has nothing to do with pricing or tariffs, it's a regulatory accident from 2008 that no one has bothered to fix until now:"

Emerson Polling, California 2026 Poll: Swalwell Takes Lead in Governor Primary, 25% undecided; Election for LA Mayor Wide Open Dave Strom at Hat Hair, Given the current polling numbers, even from Emerson, it looks like the race will come down to Swalwell vs Hilton, although things can change. "Most interesting: Katie Porter is trailing badly at only 8%. No doubt some poor staffer or reporter is about to be yelled at. " Hat Hair's John Sexton notes Wealth Migration from California is Changing the Landscape in Florida. The Calif. Courier, Gov. Newsom, Dr. Oz Feud intensifies over Armenian ‘mafia’ hospice fraud claims in Los Angeles Ace cites a CBS Report: Billions of Dollars of "Hospice Care" Fraud in Los Angeles Alone; One Building Sports Eighty-Nine Fake "Hospice Care" Offices "So, mutlibillion dollar network CBS has finally started investigating what sole-proprietor Nick Shirley uncovered months ago." Amy Curtis at TownHall says We Still Can't Believe the U.S. Oil and Gas Association Tweeted This at Gavin Newsom. Jason Beale @jabeale, "Quite literally the last man in the country to be criticizing gas prices. Californians pay almost $2 billion per month - $23.5 billion annually - MORE than the rest of the nation at the pump. That's about 50% MORE than the national average. Every month. War or peace. You're often told to take a seat, @GavinNewsom. This is another one of those times."

Matt Vespa at TownHall sees An Assault Weapons Ban Is Heading to Spanberger's Desk. Here's What to Expect. Shooting News Week doesn't agree with Virginia’s Democrat Senate Majority Leader on Why Their ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban and Magazine Capcity Limit Really Isn’t a Big Deal. Jacob Sullum at Reason reasons Virginia's Impending 'Assault Firearm' Ban Is Logically and Constitutionally Dubious, "The ban, which targets guns based on criteria that make little sense, seems vulnerable to a challenge under the Supreme Court's Second Amendment precedents."

At NYPo, Michael Goodwin: Mamdani hosting pro-Palestinian ‘activist’ Khalil caps a terrible start to his radical mayoralty. Shaun Maguire @shaunmmaguire, "This is what I have been trying to tell you all Listen to Iranians, they know the playbook." Quote Mooné Rahimi @hiitsmemooneh, "As someone born and raised in an Islamic country (Iran), everything this mayor of New York says is the same thing the 1979 mullahs in Iran started saying to manipulate people, stay in power, and turn that great country into a ruined, destroyed one. For all these years, Iranians."

PJM's Matt Margolis says The Obama Foundation Is Even More Corrupt Than You Thought. How does he know what I thought?



Amy Curtis, Here Are the Radical Leftist Judges Who Said Trump Cannot End TPS for 350,000 Haitians "both Judge Garcia and Judge Pan have deep ties to the Biden administration and the Democratic Party." At the Center Square WA Seattle may have to 'delay or defer' transportation projects to pay for anti-ICE signs, I guess shows their priority is illegals over citizens. VodkaPundit at Insty, YOU DON’T HAVE TO KEEP SELLING ME, I ALREADY VOTED FOR HIM: Visegrád 24 @visegrad24, "The Pakistani-American columnist Wajahat Ali warns that Pakistanis no longer wish to immigrate to the United States 'thanks to Trump.'" NotTheBee reports ICE Detains a Nashville Immigration Reporter For Being Illegally In The Country. I'm kind of in favor of illegals taking American reporters jobs. Peter Meijer @PeterMeijer, "Good follow up from Chicago Tribune on bizarre story of US citizen allegedly arrested at O’Hare and detained by ICE for days. In short: zero evidence any of this happened apart from the word of a woman who just got off probation… for filing a false police report." Quote Gregory Royal Pratt @royalpratt, "A Skokie woman claimed Homeland Security detained her for nearly 2 days before she ended up in Wisconsin — an extraordinary story disputed by Feds, two sheriff’s departments and her purported employer. A big big big yikes here https://chicagotribune.com/2026/03/11/ohare-ice-dhs-detain-chicago/"

NRO eds, Media Can’t Hide the Truth About Gracie Mansion Bomb Attempt. John Sexton, Yet Another CNN Reporter Steps on the Rake. AG @AGHamilton29, "In the span of 48 hours, the CNN account, a CNN anchor, and a CNN senior reporter have all falsely suggested the terror attack last weekend was targeting Mamdani. The first two have been corrected, but a bad look when reps for a news network keep repeating same false claim." At Twitchy, Lady, Put Down the Shovel: Abby Phillip Tries a Half Apology, Gets Walloped With an EPIC Ratio. Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando, "The lie goes out on national television, the correction goes out in a tweet. See how that works?" Quote Abby D. Phillip @abbydphillip "I want to correct something I said last night. The bombs thrown in New York City over the weekend by ISIS inspired attackers was thrown into a crowd of anti-Muslim protestors and not specifically targeted at Mayor Mamdani. That wording was inaccurate and I didn’t catch it ahead" Readers added context "The use of the word “specifically” implies Mamdami may have been a target when this is factually incorrect based on every report and testimony from the two terrorists themselves. Bombs were thrown at protestors and police in order to injure/murder as many civilians as possible. x.com/nypost/status/…" To be fair, Twitter has more followers than CNN. Nick Arama at RedState, After CNN's Horrible Tweet About NYC Bombing Attempt, They Just Made It Worse With New Comment From Host. Right Angle News Network Ace, CNN's DEI Deer-in-the-Headlights Dim Bulb Abby Philip: Some People Threw a Bomb at the Muslim Mayor of New York City "Antifa's credo -- and thus now the Antifa Media's credo -- is "DARVO." Every time they beat the shit out of someone in the street, they engage in DARVO: Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender. We saw this with Kyle Rittenhouse. We saw this with the Covington Kids. And since the weekend, we have seen Antifa Media story after Antifa Media story have strongly, strongly implied that it was the "anti-Islam protesters" who threw the IEDs at the Muslim mayor." @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." Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "CNN's Ana Navarro is literally LYING on live TV, saying that the NYC Islamic Terrorists were trying to k*ll Mamdani. She then refuses to admit she's wrong and attempts to justify her answer. She should be fired. Absolute FAKE NEWS." John Sexton, Jihadi Footstool Admits He Made a Fool of Himself (But He's Still Wrong). "Everyone is welcome...except Jake Lang. Which I guess means that the guy who threw the bomb is still welcome. If it wasn't already clear that Masterson is a moron, he was also certain the bomb wasn't real and never moved out of the way. In fact he mocked the people who ran." The Beeb Calls for bleed kit rollout on TfL bus network.

The Martin Center fears Trump's Abandoning the Field on DEI, "The Department of Education is not appealing court rulings against a crucial “Dear Colleague” letter. Why not?" John Sexton believes Trump Administration Seems Likely to Win Lawsuit Against University of Pennsylvania. Rick Moran at PJM sees University of Texas-Austin Strikes a Telling Blow Against Critical Race Theory. At Hollywood in Toto, Adam Carolla on Obama: ‘All He Does Is Race Hustle’ "Podcaster laments the good the first black president could have done for U.S." WV Public Broadcasting, Court Rules W.Va. Medicaid Not Required To Pay For Gender-Affirming Care.


Greg Lukianoff at The Eternally Radical Idea, ‘Pick Your Ten’: The best advice I ever got in my life. "I used to think FIRE co-founder Harvey Silverglate’s wise words were only useful for people trapped in the middle of the culture war. But now we all are, so they're useful for everyone." "He told me to pick my ten. You can have friends whose opinions you don’t take seriously, and you can have opponents whose point of view you very much do. So, pick your ten. Figure out who the small number of people are whose judgment you genuinely trust, the people who know you well enough and love you enough to tell you the truth when you’re wrong, when you’re being unfair, when you’re getting carried away, or when — to use the technical term — you are full of shit. Then, when the crowd is screaming, when the internet is losing its mind, when strangers are confidently informing you who you are and why you did what you did, bring it back to those ten. Ask yourself what they would think. Ask yourself whether they would be disappointed in you. Ask yourself whether they would tell you that you had acted unfairly, or out of vanity, tribalism, or cowardice. Or even better, go and ask them yourself."

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