FIND ANOTHER METAPHOR: O’Donnell Suggests Trump’s Military Operates like Hitler’s WW2 Forces.

On Monday night’s opening to The Last Word, host Lawrence O’Donnell, in his usual deranged fashion, decided to compare President Trump’s military actions in Iran to Adolf Hitler’s “rules of engagement” against Americans in World War II. He then implored Barron Trump and Donald Trump Jr. to go fight in Iran since Trump started the “burden of war,” without pointing out the Iranian uprising arose without the help of Trump.

O’Donnell opened his show with a vast display of opposition and rage to military operations in Iran. His outrage spiraled into comparisons of the US Military under Trump to Nazis, because Secretary Hegseth said they weren’t going to issue any of the infamously “stupid” rules of engagement he was subject to in Iraq and Afghanistan:

The Defense Secretary also said today that there are, quote, these are his words, “No stupid rules of engagement.” And that means the American military under Donald Trump will be operating under the same no rules of engagement used by Adolf Hitler’s forces in World War II against Americans.

Last Thursday, before many Iranian leaders began to assume room temperature, O’Donnell, a self-described “socialist. I live to the extreme left, the extreme left of you mere liberals,” brought on 88-year old actor Morgan Freeman for another round of redlining the Godwin Meter: On M-SNOW, Actor Morgan Freeman Compares Modern US to Nazi Germany.

As Freeman appeared to promote the series The Gray House about a group of Southern women who spied for the Union during the American Civil War, host Lawrence O’Donnell brought up the time Freeman read the final message of civil rights icon John Lewis* for O’Donnell’s show, leading the actor to remark, “The world today is not the world he left.”

The MS NOW host then posed: “With all your life experience, and to say that the world he left is a different world from where we are now, how would you describe where we are now?”

After pausing, Freeman commented: “Can I use any profanity? … Well, we have somebody sitting in the White House who’s leading us down a s–t hole.”

He invoked President Donald Trump’s history of being prosecuted for felonies by Democrats, leading O’Donnell to follow up: “Were you, with your life experience, did it feel like we were going backwards? Did it feel like the country was on, as Martin Luther King would say, you know, the arc of history was turning toward progress all the time, and did this feel different?”

Freeman then jumped into his Nazi Germany comparison:

Very different, very different. I’m constantly reminded of Germany in 1935, what was happening there, the Brownshirts, those people that are marching through particularly Berlin, rounding up people and putting them in box cars and sending them off. Now, this administration wants to build large detention centers and — for what? Question.

Residents of Martha’s Vineyard can easily answer that question. Naturally of course, the Nazi-obsessed M-SNOW will avoid giving Graham Platner, a one-man Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, the third degree in the coming months:

Democrats in Maine are nominating for Senate a guy with a literal Nazi tattoo who was a military contractor, describes himself as a communist, and has a history of bigoted comments and associating with antisemitic conspiracy theorists.

— Sunny (@sunnyright) March 4, 2026

* Is Trump a bigger Nazi than Newt Gingrich? In 1995, Lewis wasn’t much of a fan of Gingrich and the new Republican Congress. “Democrats John Lewis and Charles Rangel compared silence in the face of the new conservative agenda to silence in the early days of the Third Reich. They didn’t just disagree with conservatives; they Nazi-fied them.”

And how: “During the debates over the Contract with America Rep. John Lewis read Martin Niemoller’s timeless speech about the Nazi takeover: ‘They came first for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist. Then they came for the Jews … trade unionists … Catholics … Protestants …’ And then with all the gravity he could muster he said, ‘Read the Republican contract. They are coming for the children. They are coming for the poor. They are coming for the sick, the elderly, and the disabled.’”

Similarly, in 2008, “Obama surrogate Congressman John Lewis (D-Georgia) invoked Alabama racist George Wallace in talking about McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin.”

Long before Lewis skipped Trump’s first inauguration in 2017, “Lewis and [Barbara] Lee, along with some other Democratic lawmakers at the time, also boycotted to make a point when President George W. Bush was inaugurated in 2001. The Washington Post reported at the time that Lewis ‘thought it would be hypocritical to attend Bush’s swearing-in because he doesn’t believe Bush is the true elected president.’”

SEAL-TURNED-SENATOR SAVES THE DAY WHEN A SPICY PROTESTER FIGHTS CAPITOL POLICE:

Anti-war protester Brian McGinnis, who also happens to be the Green Party candidate running for U.S. Senate in North Carolina, was festooned in his Marine uniform while he mounted his protest against Operation Epic Fury. McGinnis’s bio indicates he did one tour of duty from 2000 to 2004 before being honorably discharged.

The Capitol Police attempted to remove McGinnis from the hearing room in order to stop his incessant disruptions, but they were not successful because McGinnis tightly gripped the door jamb while shouting, “No one wants to fight for Israel!” The CP could not break his grip.

This is when [Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT)] stepped into action. Sheehy exited the dais, calmly walked over to McGinnis and the Capitol Police, and spoke with him, asking him to settle down. When McGinnis still would not release his grip on the door jamb, Sheehy used a maneuver which forced the protestor to release his grip on the door. This allowed the Capitol Police to get McGinnis upright in order to escort him out.

Here’s the crazy on top of the crazy. While Sheehy was working his jujitsu (or whatever he did) on McGinnis’ hand, other protesters screamed, “Let go of his hand!” “The Senator broke his hand!” “A U.S. Senator just broke the hand of a Marine!”

Capitol Police were attempting to remove an unhinged protestor from the Armed Services hearing. He was fighting back. I decided to help out and deescalate the situation.

This gentleman came to the Capitol looking for a confrontation, and he got one. I hope he gets the help he… https://t.co/MU1THo8fKA

— Tim Sheehy (@TimSheehyMT) March 4, 2026

Tweet continues, “Capitol Police were attempting to remove an unhinged protestor from the Armed Services hearing. He was fighting back. I decided to help out and deescalate the situation. This gentleman came to the Capitol looking for a confrontation, and he got one. I hope he gets the help he needs without causing further violence.”

GROUND WAR ERUPTS IN IRAN AS THOUSANDS OF US-BACKED KURDISH FIGHTERS SURGE ACROSS BORDER IN DRAMATIC ASSAULT:

Thousands of Kurdish fighters have a launched a ground invasion in Iran, according to a US official.

The Kurdish militias, based across the border in Iraq, began the offensive in northwestern Iran on Wednesday.

President Donald Trump on Sunday night spoke with the heads of Kurdish militant groups in Iraq to discuss the situation in Iran.

The CIA was exploring plans to arm the Kurdish forces with the aim of sparking a popular uprising, CNN reported Tuesday.

The Kurdish groups are widely seen as the most well-organized faction of the fragmented Iranian opposition and are believed to have thousands of battle-hardened fighters.

Their entry into the war could pose a significant challenge to the besieged authorities in Tehran and could also risk pulling Iraq further into the conflict.

Baghdad Bob says it’s not happening – so it’s likely happening:

🚨Official Iran denies ground invasion: "Psychological operation by Israel and the US" https://t.co/Kn3T1Ooy9m

— Raylan Givens (@JewishWarrior13) March 4, 2026

RIP: Longtime Notre Dame coach, former ESPN analyst Lou Holtz dies at 89.

THE CORBYNIZATION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CONTINUES APACE: Newsom likens Israel to ‘apartheid state,’ questions future military support.

OH TO BE IN ENGLAND: Outraged by grooming gangs? You’re an extremist.

I hear you’re a fascist now. Indeed, if the Home Office’s leaked review into extremism is anything to go by, the details of which are splashed across the newspapers today, potentially millions of Brits are falling for ‘right-wing extremist narratives’.

Home secretary Yvette Cooper commissioned this ‘rapid analytical sprint’ last summer, following the horrific Southport murders and the race riots that followed. True to form, the end product seems oddly preoccupied with smearing ordinary people, at the expense of tackling those who advocate genuine hatred, violence and terrorism.

The Policy Exchange think-tank got its hand on a copy of the review and was stunned to find – alongside the usual stuff about Islamists, neo-Nazis and the like – passages that portray even mainstream criticisms of the multicultural state as somehow dodgy and beyond-the-pale.

Apparently, complaints of ‘two-tier policing’ are one example of a ‘right-wing extremist narrative’. Far-rightists, we’re told, also ‘frequently exploit cases of alleged group-based sexual abuse’ (ie, grooming gangs). Remarkably, this is the primary reference to the rape-gangs scandal in the report, even though there is an entire section devoted to misogyny, looking at incels and pick-up artists.

Flashback: The BBC expected contrition from Kemi Badenoch. It owes us an apology instead.

“Have you seen ‘Adolescence’?” Yes, Mein Fuhrer: but I’m starting to wish I hadn’t. Oh, to inhabit the world of Kemi Badenoch, who innocently went on BBC Breakfast imagining they’d talk solely about tariffs, China or thermonuclear war – the sooner it comes, the better – but was invited to review the telly instead.

“Have you watched ‘Adolescence’ yet?” asked Charlie Stayt. The “yet” was impatient, as if Charlie were tapping a baseball bat in his hand. Kemi is notorious for not yet watching the TV show everyone who works in TV is talking about – and when she replied that she still hadn’t and “probably won’t”, co-host Naga Munchetty looked tempted to call Prevent.

“It’s prompting conversations about toxic masculinity,” she said, plus “smartphone use… Why do you not want to know what people are talking about?”

“All important issues”, replied Kemi. “But in the same way I don’t need to watch ‘Casualty’ to know what’s going on in the NHS, I don’t need to watch a specific Netflix drama to understand what’s going on.” BBC Breakfast’s viewers sat up in their hospital beds. Finally: someone speaks for reality! The only thing Kemi got wrong is that ‘Casualty’ has little to do with the NHS any more. Or medicine. I think it’s mostly about sex.

Badenoch wasn’t missing much by skipping it, as once again a moral panic focuses entirely on the wrong issue because, to coin a phrase, “better dead than rude:”

Ross Kemp made an entire docuseries on inceldom after watching Adolescence.

This was the moment he found out. pic.twitter.com/QxJtI8GmgX

— Jonathan Wong (@WONGthink) March 3, 2026

US SUB SINKS IRANIAN WARSHIP NAMED AFTER TERRORIST LEADER WHO TRUMP ASSASSINATED — IN FIRST SUCH ATTACK SINCE WWII:

An American submarine sank an Iranian warship named the “Soleimani” in the Indian Ocean overnight — the first such US attack on a member of an enemy fleet since World War II, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday.

The “quiet death” strike on Iran’s prized vessel the IRIS Shahid Soleimani unfolded late Tuesday off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, Hegseth said, telling reporters during a Pentagon briefing that the ship “thought it was safe in international waters.”

“Instead, it was sunk by a torpedo. The first sinking of an enemy ship by a torpedo since World War II,” Hegseth added. “Like in that war, back when we were still the War Department, we are fighting to win.”

Meanwhile, the Iranians keep pumping out AI slop of imaginary wonder weapons. Was it over when Yuri Gagarin bombed Pearl Harbor?

Iranian media decided to showcase their successes against the US—and included scenes of a Soyuz missile hitting the battleship Yamato.

The problem is, Soyuz is a space carrier, and the Yamato sank in April 1945. 😉 pic.twitter.com/uhBg0UnopF

— Jürgen Nauditt 🇩🇪🇺🇦 (@jurgen_nauditt) March 4, 2026

ED MORRISSEY: Iran News Services: Mojtaba As Nepo Babytollah? Not So Fast.

As NBC News points out this morning, no one’s seen Mojtaba in a vertical and respiratory status since his father’s death. Supposedly, he’s mourning his father and working remotely, or something:

The New York Times report comes after semiofficial Iranian news agency Mehr news reported that Khamenei’s son was alive and well after the deadly strikes launched by the U.S. and Israel that killed his father and other family members, including Mojtaba Khamenei’s wife.

Mehr reported yesterday that Mojtaba Khamenei was “overseeing matters related to the martyrs of the family, managing affairs, and providing consultation and review on important national issues.”

At just the moment when his father’s regime needs to demonstrate continuity and survival, Mojtaba decides to … go on family leave? Maybe Mojtaba is pining for the fjords after a prolonged squawk, too.

One reason for the chaos? Israel just blew up Iran’s “Assembly of Experts” as it gathered to choose a new Supreme Leader.

CHANGE: Incumbent Rep. Dan Crenshaw loses Texas GOP primary race.

Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas), who has served in the House of Representatives since 2019, lost his primary race Tuesday in the Lone Star State’s 2nd Congressional District.

Crenshaw, a former Navy SEAL in his fourth term, was defeated by businessman and state representative Steve Toth.

With about three-fourths of the ballots counted, Toth had 58% of the vote to Crenshaw’s 40%. The Associated Press called the race for Toth at 1 a.m. EST.

President Trump did not endorse a candidate in the contest. Crenshaw was the only House Republican in Texas running for re-election that did not receive Trump’s seal of approval.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) endorsed Toth last week.

“Steve is an unwavering fighter for school choice, fiscal responsibility, and the next generation of Americans,” Cruz wrote in an X post announcing his endorsement. “Washington needs bold leadership and representatives who will stand up for Texans at every turn.”

Related: Cornyn and Paxton Will Advance to a Texas GOP Senate Runoff.

BITTER JASMINE CROCKETT BLAMES ‘CHEATING’ AFTER VOTE COUNTS IN TEXAS SENATE RACE DON’T GO HER WAY:

Dem Rep. Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) has been a lightning rod for criticism due to her outlandish statements, ever-changing accents, and generally reprehensible behavior. Yet somehow, she thought she was ready for the United States Senate.

The voters are weighing in, and their answer so far is: yeah, maybe not so much.

Although the official vote count has not been made final, Crockett trails at this hour to her competitor, TX state representative James Talarico. There’s already some legal back and forth, and courts are involved, so the final outcome may not be confirmed for days. Already, though, Crockett is blaming her poor performance on… election fraud.

Wait, I thought it was a danger to Democracy to even suggest such things could ever occur in the United States of America?

A downcast Crockett went there anyway[.]

Stephen Colbert’s stunt to promote Talarico over Crockett and blame it on Trump worked perfectly.

SEEN ON FACEBOOK:

MARK ZUCKERBERG BUYS $170M MANSION ON ‘BILLIONAIRE BUNKER’ ISLAND IN MIAMI:

• Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan have purchased a $170 million property in Miami’s exclusive Indian Creek community

• The mansion, still under construction, will feature nine bedrooms, 15 bathrooms, and luxury amenities like a 1,500-gallon aquarium

• The purchase sets a record for Miami-Dade County and follows a rise in luxury real estate sales in Florida

Mark Zuckerberg is expanding his already impressive — sometimes controversial — real estate portfolio with a record-breaking purchase in Miami.

The Meta CEO, 41, and his wife, Priscilla Chan, 41, closed on a $170 million property in the sunshine state on Monday, according to the Wall Street Journal. A spokesperson for the couple declined to comment to PEOPLE.

Wait, how is that possible? Dan Rather assured me in 1982 that virtually all of Florida would be underwater by now thanks to global warming:

AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI’S SON ELECTED AS SUPREME LEADER TO REPLACE HIS DAD: REPORT.

ED MORRISSEY: Live Primary Election Results: TX, NC.

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE BULWARK: 

Bruh you were calling for war with Iran a month ago pic.twitter.com/W3vYJ8W40f

— Sunny (@sunnyright) March 3, 2026

UPDATE:

Nothing demonstrates better the moral bankruptcy of neocons like Max Boot and Bill Kristol who cheerled us into Iraq and have warmongered for an invasion of Iran ever since. They now define themselves only by opposition to Trump. Total losers. https://t.co/WYsuNMXyni

— Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) March 3, 2026

IT DOESN’T TAKE HERCULE POIROT TO CRACK THIS CASE: Why Europe is terrified of standing up to Iran.

The timidity of Europeans towards regime change in Iran is in stark contrast to their aggressive attitude towards regime change in Russia. Last year Von der Leyen called Vladimir Putin “a predator” who can “only be contained by strong means.” In November, Macron declared that Europe “must show that we are not weak in the face of the power that threatens us.”

Why the difference? Russia, for all its malevolence, does not have the means to stoke civil unrest in western Europe. The Islamic Republic of Iran does.

It is estimated that there are 45 million Muslims in Europe, approximately 6 per cent of the total population. Of course, many will support the US and Israeli attack on Iran, mindful of how Tehran massacred tens of thousands of protestors in January. Nevertheless, it is instructive that while there have been countless mass demonstrations in western European cities for Palestinians since 2023, street protests in support of Iranians have been negligible.

European governments are reluctant to wholeheartedly endorse the American-led strikes against Iran because they fear the conflict could spill onto their streets. This alarm is not misplaced; some left-wing parties in Europe see America’s attack on Iran as an opportunity to strengthen their “Islamo-gauchisme” credentials. Zack Polanski, the leader of the increasingly popular Green party, said at the weekend that America’s attack was “illegal and unprovoked.”

The Scottish wing of the party described Donald Trump as a gangster who was demonstrating “total contempt for human rights, international law and negotiations.”

In France, Jean-Luc Melenchon’s La France Insoumise was similarly scathing. One of the senior figures in his party, Rima Hassan, posted on X: “Iran has the right to defend itself, and Israel has the right to shut up.”

Such is the hatred of Israel among many within the European left they are prepared to side with Iran’s murderous Mullahs, particularly if they think it will be electorally advantageous.

Fortunately, these Muppets don’t appear too worried about Belgium’s Muppets:

Beware the strongly worded letter.

💳Puppet Regime pic.twitter.com/brEfywhtSq

— The Mossad: Satirical and Awesome (@TheMossadIL) March 3, 2026

BORED OF THE RINGS:

"I'm not being anti-orc, I'm just asking questions" pic.twitter.com/SlNsw0Ab7m

— Joe Salem (@Joe86753091) March 3, 2026

(Classical reference in headline.)

THE CORBYNIZATION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CONTINUES APACE:

The front runner for the Democratic nomination repackaging a medieval blood libel in the service of his presidential ambitions. https://t.co/YwyDQbyVOu

— Peter Savodnik (@petersavodnik) March 3, 2026

Flashback:

Turns out it wasn’t Israel as Al Jazeera reported. It wasn’t US as Iran reported.

It was a failed launch by the IRGC that fell back to the ground and struck the elementary school.

The elementary school is attached to an IRGC naval base https://t.co/SDVZEBoOfB

— David Khait (@David_Khait) February 28, 2026

As Steve wrote on Saturday, “‘It wasn’t as Al Jazeera reported’ is basically evergreen.”

DEMOCRAT SAYS WHAT ABOUT TRUMP?

So he lied about pretty much everything there (including the Iran one because Trump has ALWAYS been consistent on that). Nick is and always was a shitlib agitator and plant. If he was actually worried about his J6 involvement, he'd never go near the left. He. is. a. plant.

— HCB Great Wall (@HCBGreatWall) March 3, 2026

Flashback: Fuentes is mullah-approved!

ANDREW STILES: Exclusive: Graham Platner’s Crisis PR Handbook Hints at Trouble Still To Come.

Graham Platner is once again struggling to explain why he’s not a Nazi despite getting a Nazi tattoo and repeatedly associating with Nazis on the internet. Days after Platner accidentally promoted a post by an anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist, Jewish Insider reported that the U.S. Senate candidate from Maine accidentally appeared on a YouTube program hosted by a different anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist and said he was a “longtime fan.”

On Monday, Semafor reporter Burgess Everett found a “defense guidance” packet at a campaign event, instructing volunteers on how to respond if asked about Platner’s demonstrated fondness for Nazi symbology and other anti-Semitic content. “He did not know the meaning at the time and covered it once he learned about it,” the packet provides as a sample answer to questions about his Totenkopf tattoo, the “death’s head” symbol adopted by Holocaust perpetrators. Promoting the anti-Semitic influencer was a whoopsie that the campaign corrected “once the issue was realized.” It could happen—and keep happening—to anyone.

The Washington Free Beacon pounced upon learning that Platner’s campaign had assembled a crisis communications playbook for downplaying the candidate’s recurring Nazi-adjacent scandals.

What follows from Stiles is satire – or is it? Speaking of which, perhaps Platner should deploy the Mel Brooks crisis PR handbook. The 1963 comedy album, Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks at the Canne Film Festival kicked off thusly (audio available at the Wayback Machine):

CARL REINER: Ladies and gentlemen, we are at the Cannes [pronouncing it “Can”] Film Festival here in Lower Italy. And we are going to meet some of the producers, directors, and stars of the films that are being exhibited here for the annual competition.

First, I’d like you to meet the German representative from Nartsi? Narsi? Narzi? From the Narzi Film Company! Herr Adolf Hartler. Good afternoon, Herr Hartler.

MEL BROOKS: Heil Hartler! How are you?

REINER: Now, this is a strange name. It’s Narzi Films.

BROOKS: Yes, we… well, we… well…

REINER: That doesn’t have anything to do with Nazi, does it?

BROOKS: No, are you kidding? They are our worst enemies. We are against them. We always were! Are you kidding?

* * * * * * * *

REINER: Sir, sir, you’re wearing your bathing suit, I noticed.

BROOKS: Yes, yes.

REINER: And as you scratched your head, I noticed a little “SS” tattooed under your arm. What does that mean?

BROOKS: Oh, oh, oh, well, wait! That’s the Simon Says!  Umm, umm, Simon Says, We played that on the beach. I’m the captain of the Simon Says team! And that’s where we get SS from! I’m serious about the game, I love it, and so I had myself tattooed, “Simon Says!”

REINER: How did you feel about the motion picture, Stanley Kramer’s motion picture, Judgment at Nuremberg?

BROOKS Unfair!

REINER: Why did you consider it unfair?

BROOKS: Well, because he didn’t tell the whole truth. What was the picture about? Really about a misunderstanding, really, wasn’t it? I mean, look, you have, you send people to camp, don’t you, in the summer? We sent a few people to camp. I don’t know what the whole fuss is about! Sent some nice people to camp…mostly in the summer!

I’m pretty sure Brooks and Reiner thought they were recording a comedy album, not a how-to guide for campaigning for the Senate.

T. BECKET ADAMS: Death to the ‘fact check’ — Kill it with fire.

If we’re eliminating whole categories of journalism — which certainly seems to be the case for sports reporting — can we also do away with the “fact check” genre?

It has always been a silly gimmick, the idea that there should be a separate vertical dedicated solely to fact-checking (checking the facts is already the main goal of journalism). But even as ill-conceived as the concept is, nothing could have prepared us for how farcical the genre would eventually become.

Take, for instance, the fact-checks following President Trump’s State of the Union address last week. Naturally, the speech was full of inconsistencies and outright falsehoods. Every such address is. What’s funny, from a media perspective, is the suffocating pettiness of the media fact-checkers and their weird fetish for playing the pedant.

“The revolution that began in 1776 has not ended,” Trump said. “It still continues because the flame of liberty and independence still burns in the heart of every American patriot, and our future will be bigger, better, brighter, bolder, and more glorious than ever before.”

Associated Press fact-checkers were on it.

“To be clear,” the AP fact-check reads, “the American Revolution started the previous year, on April 19, 1775. The colonies declared independence in 1776. It ended Sept. 3, 1783.”

It’s as if we in the press are trying to make the public hate us.

Fact check: Hate the media even more than they do now

AND AGAIN: Israel bombs Iran’s top mullahs as they count votes for next supreme leader.

The Israeli air force struck a top Iranian meeting on Tuesday where Tehran’s senior clerics had gathered to select a replacement for slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to multiple reports.

The Assembly of Experts, made up of 88 top clerics, were together in the holy city of Qom when an airstrike hit their building overnight, the Times of Israel reported.

The strike came just as the mullahs were counting the votes to appoint the next supreme leader, according to Fox News.

It remains unclear how many members of the assembly were attending the vote when the building was hit.

Unverified video and pictures from Qom allegedly show the building that housed the Iranian leaders in complete ruins following the blast.

The strike came just as the Israeli air force deployed around 100 fighter jets to drop more than 250 bombs on a “leadership complex” in Tehran, located north of Qom.

Faster, please:

The most compassionate way to fight a war is ruthlessly. Get it over with asap. Annihilate the bad guys so they cannot make a comeback.

Anything else is a cruel act of water torture, especially for civilians. See: Iraq, Afghanistan. https://t.co/2pmzao0Prq

— John Ocasio-Rodham Nolte (@NolteNC) March 3, 2026

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS NOBODY IS ASKING:

Shot:

Has anyone else noticed that the "Iranian women celebrating" videos are all of women that are dressed like h00k3rs? https://t.co/ds7LlU4LWN

— Melissa Wong (@Melissa_WongMT) March 1, 2026

Chaser:

Shut the fuck up bitch!

Regards,
A proud Persian girl https://t.co/0pcUgsJ36N pic.twitter.com/uj573fIh57

— Lilies🪷 (@lili__far) March 2, 2026

In accordance with the prophecy:

TOO GOOD TO CHECK: How tampons in the men’s room helped derail the Netflix-Warner Bros. deal.

There were many defining moments featured in the months-long battle for the ownership of Warner Bros. Discovery: sit-downs to woo President Trump, high-profile congressional hearings, a brutal bidding war, and a tampon.

Yes, a tampon.

During the negotiations, while Netflix was telling skeptical GOP lawmakers that it wasn’t a left-wing company looking to get more powerful by snapping up WBD, a delegation of legislators paid a visit to its  headquarters, and one was both shocked and disturbed to find a basket containing tampons in the men’s restroom.

To be clear, there are other factors involved in CEO Ted Sarandos’ decision to cancel his nearly completed purchase of WBD’s studio and streaming service. But the “tampon incident,” as it has become known on Capitol Hill, does carry some weight in the unwavering political opposition from the GOP to Sarandos’ ambitions.

“This is 2026, not 2020,” said one GOP staffer with firsthand knowledge of the matter. “What were they thinking?”

Exit quote:

I always knew Netflix would be brought down by their period dramas. https://t.co/ACgMj2viWB

— Disparu (@disparutoo) March 2, 2026

HOW THE ISRAELIS DID IT: “Years before the air strike that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Israeli intelligence had been quietly mapping the daily rhythms of Tehran. According to reporting by the Financial Times, nearly all of the Iranian capital’s traffic cameras had been hacked years earlier, their footage encrypted and transmitted to Israeli servers. One camera angle near Pasteur Street, close to Khamenei’s compound, allowed analysts to observe the routines of bodyguards and drivers: where they parked, when they arrived and whom they escorted.”

Or to put it another way: