HMMMM: Ukrainian plane carrying 180 crashes in Tehran, Iran state TV reports.

OUT ON A LIMB: Lindsey Graham to Democrats: ‘You Don’t Need’ Congressional Approval to ‘Defend Troops in the Field.’

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THE BOW-TIE INTIFADA:

HMM: Iran state TV says Ukrainian airplane crashes near Tehran.

YEAH, THAT SEEMS TO COVER IT:

I MEAN, I ALREADY THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY BAD: 3 Times The IG Report Suggests Spygate Is Worse Than We Thought.

HMM: Pentagon Says It Believes Only Casualties In Attack Were Iraqis.

Related: No US casualties in Iran missile strike, preliminary reports say.

Sounds like Scott Adams called it:

UPDATE: Richard Fernandez:

GOOD: John James out-raising incumbent Democrat in high-profile Senate race. He seems like a promising candidate.

OPEN THREAD. Carry on.

SPACE: James Webb Space Telescope on Track for March 2021 Launch, NASA Says.

HARSH, BUT FAIR:

STRANGE, AS AMERICAN SOCIETY HAS NEVER BEEN AS WOKE AND PROGRESSIVE AND FREE OF STULTIFYING TRADITIONS: Why Are Young Americans Killing Themselves? Suicide is now their second-leading cause of death.

PEOPLE NEED TO WORRY MORE ABOUT PROVOKING US: ‘Provocations from the administration’: Pelosi blames Trump for Iranian ballistic missile attacks. But it’s no surprise to see Pelosi taking the Blame America First route.

WE HAD TO PASS THE BILL SO THAT YOU CAN FIND OUT WE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT WAS IN IT: Joe Biden Admits No One Understood Obamacare, But the Dems Passed It Anyway.

EVERGREEN HEADLINE: Newsweek Hits a New Low.

WHERE GUNS ARE CONCERNED YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH ALWAYS COUNT ON NEW JERSEY TO GET IT WRONG: NJ gave Texas church gunman plea deal that wiped out gun felony. “The gunman who killed two congregants at a Texas church last month had been charged years earlier with a felony gun offense in New Jersey, where prosecutors later downgraded the crime to a low-level misdemeanor that had nothing to do with firearms. Since the Dec. 29 shootout at the West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, Texas, much has come out about Keith Thomas Kinnunen’s criminal record, which seems to follow a pattern: He would get charged with serious, sometimes violent crimes, which later were pleaded down to less-consequential offenses.”

CHANGE: USA Seems to Have Upgraded Assassination Technologies. I have no problem with these being used to take out Iranian generals, but given the way foreign surveillance technology has been abused to target Americans, I do worry about something similar happening here.

HAVE YOU HUGGED A FRACKER TODAY? Why Aren’t Gas Prices Going Through the Roof if We’re on the Verge of War With Iran?

WISE ADVICE: Don’t Tilt Scales Against Trump, Facebook Executive Warns. “In an internal memo, Andrew Bosworth said he ‘desperately’ wanted the president to lose. But, he said, the company should avoid hurting Mr. Trump’s campaign.”

HMM: BREAKING: Multiple Missiles Fired From Inside Iran At Multiple Bases, Targets Inside Iraq, Reports Say.

More here.

WHEN YOUR GENDER-BLENDING CAMPAIGN HAS LOST BOY GEORGE:

THE DEVIL HATES TO BE MOCKED: Attacks on the Babylon Bee Are Attacks on Free Expression.

WHAT COULD GO WRONG? Mike Bloomberg Sees California As Model On Climate Change, Guns.

DEPARTMENT OF PRE-CRIME: Airbnb’s AI Can Dig Through Your Social Media For Clues You’re a Psychopath.