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Family of Fallen Airman Rages at Trump’s ‘Uncalled For’ War

While Trump was golfing, families were mourning.

Simmons’ cousin, Stephan Douglas...

“This is uncalled for...

Simmons’ grandmother...echoed the same sentiment...

“Families are suffering right now,” she said. “Just to create a war because you want to create a war is not right.”

In a statement, the Simmons family encouraged the public to take their grief to the ballot box in November.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/family-of-fallen-troop-rages-at-trumps-uncalled-for-war/

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CNN:
White House splices Iran war footage with clips from video games and movies

The White House posted videos of Iran war footage spliced with clips from video games, Hollywood movies and TV shows, including Call of Duty...

Ben Stiller:
"Hey White House, please remove the Tropic Thunder clip. We never gave you permission and have no interest in being a pert of your propaganda machine. War is not a movie."
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/iran-war-us-israel-trump-03-06-26?post-id=cmmfkt3a3000g3b6s2e4vchna

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CNN:
GPS jamming is emerging as an increasingly prevalent — and troubling — weapon of war

Within 24 hours of the first US-Israeli strikes on Iran, ships in the region’s waters found their navigation systems had gone haywire...

The location confusion was a result of widespread jamming and spoofing of signals from global positioning satellite systems.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/06/science/gps-jamming-ships-planes-iran-war

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Malcolm Nance:
US-Iran Wacast Update - Day 7 - Live w/ Malcolm Nance & jacob Kaarsbo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY8KPw9Kb9o

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Reuters:
Kremlin says the war in Iran has fuelled significant demand for Russian energy

The Kremlin ‌said on Friday that the war in Iran had fuelled demand for Russian energy products, a day after the U.S. Treasury issued ​a 30-day waiver allowing India to buy ​Russian oil currently stuck at sea.
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/kremlin-says-war-iran-has-fuelled-significant-demand-russian-energy-2026-03-06/

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RS:
'A deep embarrassment': White House sparks outrage with latest Iran 'propaganda' video

The White House published a montage of strikes against Iranian targets... The video was captioned, "JUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY," on X.

It was posted at a time when the Trump administration is facing growing scrutiny for its actions in Iran...

Times published an investigation determining that the U.S. had bombed a girls's school in Iran...
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-2675608673/

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Reuters:
US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say

U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday but have not yet reached a final conclusion or completed ​their investigation, two U.S. officials told Reuters...
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-investigation-points-likely-us-responsibility-iran-school-strike-sources-say-2026-03-06/

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CNN:
Justice Department posts FBI interview memos related to Trump sex abuse allegation

The newly released files cover three additional interviews conducted with the woman in August and October 2019.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/05/politics/justice-department-fbi-interview-related-trump-abuse-allegation-and-other-missing-epstein-files

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Mary Trump Media:
Trump’s War Chaos While Americans Go Broke

“This is the thing people need to get into their heads; Donald Trump does not care about the American people, just as he does not care about the Iranian people. The rationale for this war has changed repeatedly over the last few days as if he's just workshopping things that will actually gain traction..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJPtdpit2i4

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DB:
I Know Who's Really Influencing Trump's War: Wolff

"I think Jared Kushner knows what's going on. I think he is probably the only person Trump listens to, because he has a credibility derived from having gotten $2 billion out of the Persian Gulf.

When you look at what Trump does, why he does what he does, it is always smart to look at what he can get out of it. What is the personal advantage to Donald Trump?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa4wH_7fDjI

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Daily Beast:
I Know Who’s Whispering the War Into Trump’s Ear: Biographer

IN THE FAMILY

...not a general or Cabinet member, but his son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

Wolff argued that Kushner may be the only person truly in lockstep with Trump on foreign policy, having long understood—and delivered on—the billionaire president’s eternal motive: his own benefit.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/i-know-whos-whispering-the-war-into-trumps-ear-biographer/

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Daily Beast:
I Know Who’s Whispering the War Into Trump’s Ear: Biographer

IN THE FAMILY

Trump’s biographer believes he knows who’s quietly influencing the president’s decisions in his war against Iran.

“When you look at what Trump does, why he does what he does, it is always smart to look at what he can get out of it. What is the personal advantage to Donald Trump?” Wolff said.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/i-know-whos-whispering-the-war-into-trumps-ear-biographer/

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Daily Beast:
Trump Goes on Wild Posting Spree to Try to Shift War Blame

The president claimed to be able to predict the future if he hadn’t withdrawn the U.S. from the Iran nuclear deal.

Trump played a game of hypotheticals and then thanked himself in the third person as part of an attempt to deflect blame for his strikes on Iran.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-goes-on-wild-truth-social-posting-spree-to-try-to-shift-iran-war-blame/

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Axios:
Iran war expands to dozen countries in 72 hours

Just 72 hours after the U.S. and Israel began bombing Iran, the war has already consumed nearly the entire Middle East, reached the gates of Europe...

The sheer geographic scope of the war is staggering — directly involving at least 11 countries, disrupting the global flow of oil and gas, and rattling markets worldwide.
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/02/iran-war-expanding-israel-lebanon-gulf-cyprus

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NBC News:
Trump, who campaigned against 'endless' wars, enters Iran with no end date

The beginning of war with Iran comes just weeks after the military operation in Venezuela that ousted Maduro...

Trump has pledged for years to keep the U.S. out of new wars...

“In order to get elected, @BarackObama@mastodon.social will start a war with Iran,” Trump posted on social media in November 2011.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-campaign-endless-wars-iran-no-end-date-rcna261323

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Daily Beast:
Little Marco Goes Full Tin Foil Hat Over Reason for Iran War

Rubio has offered what appears to be a bizarre conspiracy theory as a reason why...Trump launched his war on Iran.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/little-marco-rubio-goes-full-tin-foil-hat-over-reason-for-iran-war/

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WP:
Trump administration’s third-country deportation policy unlawful, judge finds

A federal judge in Boston ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration’s policy of deporting undocumented immigrants to countries where they are not citizens is unconstitutional, saying the government must provide more time for people to legally challenge their removals over concerns that they could face imminent danger.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/02/25/federal-judge-migrants-deportations-trump-ruling/

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Raw Story:
'Truly enraging': Border Patrol sparks fury after dumping blind refugee to die

Police confirmed on Wednesday that a nearly blind Burmese refugee dumped at a Tim Hortons in Buffalo, New York, by Border Patrol agents last week has been found dead, unable to find his way back home through miles of freezing weather.
https://www.rawstory.com/border-patrol-2675335559/

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HuffPost:
Ghislaine Maxwell Fights Release Of More Epstein Documents

Lawyers for imprisoned...Ghislaine Maxwell are fighting the requested release of 90,000 pages related to Jeffrey Epstein.

The lawyers filed papers late Friday in Manhattan federal court to try to block the release of documents from a since-settled civil defamation lawsuit brought a decade ago by the late Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre against Maxwell.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ghislaine-maxwell-fights-release-epstein-documents_n_699a0c2fe4b050c4ef21c519?origin=home-latest-news-unit

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Reuters:
From 'buy America' to 'bye America', Wall Street exodus gathers pace

U.S. investors are pulling money out of their own stock market at the fastest pace in at least 16 years as Big Tech returns fade and better-performing overseas markets look more attractive...

Investors are also re-evaluating the seemingly unstoppable rally in...shares of artificial intelligence... and the risks posed by sky-high valuations.
https://www.reuters.com/business/buy-america-bye-america-wall-street-exodus-gathers-pace-2026-02-20/

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CNN:
South Korea punishes former president who thought he could unravel democracy

Though his snap decree only lasted six hours, the crisis threw the country into months of political chaos. Investigators have since alleged the depth of the brazen plot extended to sending secret drone flights into North Korea to try to provoke a conflict with arch-rival Kim Jong Un and justify martial law…
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/21/asia/yoon-suk-yeol-martial-law-insurrection-democracy-intl-hnk-dst

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CNN:
South Korea punishes former president who thought he could unravel democracy

Now, 14 months after that ill-fated announcement, which led to lawmakers forcing their way past soldiers and police to enter parliament and security forces deployed to the election commission’s offices, Yoon has been convicted of leading an insurrection and sentenced to life in prison.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/21/asia/yoon-suk-yeol-martial-law-insurrection-democracy-intl-hnk-dst

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Daily Beast:
Murdoch Paper Flames Trump for ‘Worst Day of Presidency’

The Journal took an editorial stance on both the decision and Trump’s tariff tantrum, branding Friday “arguably the worst moment of his Presidency” in a piece entitled “Trump Demeans Himself as He Attacks the Supreme Court.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/murdoch-paper-flames-trump-for-worst-day-of-presidency/

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Daily Beast:
Murdoch Paper Flames Trump for ‘Worst Day of Presidency’

In a separate editorial, the paper said today was “the real tariff Liberation Day” in a mocking rebuke of the Trump administration’s 2025 messaging...

“We warned from the start that this would be the result of his unlawful resort to IEEPA. The fault doesn’t lie with the Justices but with his own tariff obsessions.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/murdoch-paper-flames-trump-for-worst-day-of-presidency/

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NBC News:
Refunds from Trump's struck-down tariffs remain up in the air

U.S. companies could stand to get billions back in tariff-related refunds after the Supreme Court ruled against...Trump’s signature economic initiative...

Will businesses — and maybe even consumers — get any money back?

Hundreds of companies, including major retailer Costco, have already filed lawsuits to get refunds on money they paid toward Trump’s tariffs.
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/tariff-refunds-supreme-court-trump-rcna259968

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MS NOW:
LOSING! Trump faces worst defeat of term at Supreme Court: Ari talks to winning lawyer Katyal

Katyal:
“He went way beyond constitutional parameters, and the Supreme Court reigned him in appropriately.” ...

“I think the questions really pointed to the court thinking, yeah, this is well beyond anything any other president has done. And we can't tolerate it here.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab2p3hPTpgU

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Salon:
King Charles exposes Pam Bondi’s shame

With his arrest, the former Prince Andrew now faces more accountability on Epstein than Trump and his rich friends...

Charles...strongly diverged from Bondi, who is supposed to be the top law enforcement official in a nation founded on the rejection of monarchy and the belief that rule of law should apply equally to all…
https://www.salon.com/2026/02/20/king-charles-exposes-pam-bondis-shame/

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Salon:
King Charles exposes Pam Bondi’s shame

To state this more plainly: The literal throne America rebelled against is now honoring the nation’s constitutional principles and ideals better than those who swore an oath to uphold them.
https://www.salon.com/2026/02/20/king-charles-exposes-pam-bondis-shame/

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WP:
DOJ struggles as White House presses on voter fraud

Efforts to prosecute noncitizen voters have been slowed by lack of evidence, officials say, while Trump aides push for a broader crackdown.

The Justice Department has struggled to meet White House demands to prosecute noncitizen voters as conspiracy theories that...Trump and his allies have pushed in public fail to hold up legally.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/20/trump-voting-fraud-justice-department/?itid=hp-top-table-main_p001_f001

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Daily Beast:
Fox News Host Gives Trump Epic Epstein Files Ultimatum

A Fox News host had a blunt response to...Trump’s claim that he was “exonerated” by the release of the Epstein files.

The Five co-host Jessica Tarlov, 41, issued a dare to Trump...

“Then release all the files,” she wrote in an X post.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-host-gives-trump-epic-epstein-files-ultimatum/

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RS:
Damning report... about Epstein ties

Trump has often claimed that he has never been credibly accused of wrongdoing over the course of his relationship with Epstein. He has also claimed that he never knew of Epstein's crimes...

But a new report undermines both of those claims. Investigative political reporter Roger Sollenberger reported on Sunday that Trump was credibly accused of abusing at least two young girls, citing court records...
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-epstein-2675271226/

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