PUMP IT UP: Oil producers vow to boost output as world gauges Iran fallout.

A coalition of OPEC, Russia and allied oil-producing nations agreed Sunday to boost output by a larger-than-expected amount in a move that could help offset any shortfall from Iran amid this weekend’s strikes.

Why it matters: The OPEC+ boost of 206,000 barrels per day is an early sign of how producers and companies will respond to U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran as the world ponders the effect on oil prices.

Producers and companies also are anxiously watching the situation in the Strait of Hormuz and whether Iranian attacks damage oil infrastructure in Middle Eastern countries.

The big picture: The OPEC+ group “stopped short of a more forceful increase, underscoring the tightrope it is walking between responding to near-term geopolitical risk and avoiding oversupply later this year,” Jorge Leon, a top analyst with research and consulting firm Rystad Energy, said in a note.

But there’s also this: US gasoline prices to rise after attack on Iran, analysts warn.

I topped off the tank this weekend, just to be safe, but pump prices hadn’t spiked.

YES: Isn’t It Nice Having an Ally Like Israel That Can Actually Do Stuff?

BRITONS VOTED THEIR WAY IN, BUT LACK THE MEANS TO SHOOT THEIR WAY OUT: Starmer’s parliamentary loss only adds to free fall that appeared to start before Epstein scandals.

The latest blow to Starmer was a stunning loss Friday in a parliamentary vote in Manchester, in which his Labour Party slid to a weak third, hemorrhaging votes on both the right and left.

Starmer was already politically hobbled by the arrest this week of Peter Mandelson, the prime minister’s hand-picked ambassador to the United States. But even before that, voters were souring on Starmer, who was the first left-of-center head of government in the U.K. after nearly 15 years of conservative rule.

In a weekly national tracking poll from before Mandelson’s arrest, the Labour Party had less support than the nationalist Reform UK party, with Reform UK at 28% and Labour at 22%. The Conservative Party, which had provided the five prime ministers that preceded Starmer, was a close third, with 20% support. Labour had a comfortable lead over the two right-of-center parties as recently as December.

The next election promises to be spicy — and putting together a government with that kind of split could be spicier still.

Assuming Labour allows another election, and I’m only half-joking when I say that.

IRAN: U.S. Central Command Sinks 9 Iranian Ships, Releases Footage of Epic Fury.

BIRDS OF A FEATHER: Putin Calls Killing of Khamenei a ‘cynical violation’ of morality.

Putin made the statement in a letter to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian that the Kremlin released to the public in the wake of Khamenei’s death. Saturday’s bold daytime strikes eliminated Khamenei along with several other top Iranian leaders, including the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.

“Please accept my deep condolences in connection with the murder of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Seyed Ali Khamenei, and members of his family, committed in cynical violation of all norms of human morality and international law,” Putin wrote.

“In our country, Ayatollah Khamenei will be remembered as an outstanding statesman who made a huge personal contribution to the development of friendly Russian-Iranian relations and bringing them to the level of a comprehensive strategic partnership,” Putin continued.

With any luck, those days are over.

NICE:

Flying over the city of Los Angeles:

"Thank U Trump ❤️ from Iranian People" pic.twitter.com/BOCsTaUNbw

— Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) March 1, 2026

THE GOODBYE LOOK:

Chinese are now leaving Iran like crazy, the price of a one-way ticket to Beijing has gone up to 3M Yuan ($425,000). What are the Chinese so afraid of? According to a Taiwanese news, they have done too many bad things in Iran (such as helping Iranian regime to crack down the… pic.twitter.com/wLzel5XBQB

— Bin Xie (@bxieus) March 1, 2026

STAND DOWN… AND LIVE: Trump offering immunity to IRGC, Iranian military and police forces.

FIRST SECDEF SINCE 9/11 THAT SEEMS HONESTLY INTERESTED IN WINNING:

And they keep calling Hegseth & Co “incompetent” after they’ve pulled off multiple large scale operations with virtually no leaks.

Maybe they don’t know what competence looks like? https://t.co/DQ4n7zUoyR

— RBe (@RBPundit) March 1, 2026

PRINCIPLES, HOW DO THEY WORK?

Almost seriously, Bill Kristol’s career arc is worthy of Dante or Goethe. Repudiate all the causes you devoted your life to in order to oppose one man, who then delivers all the results on every one of your formerly lifelong priorities. https://t.co/QO53mGEDgM

— jeremysenderowicz (@senderowiczj) March 1, 2026

1979 WOULD HAVE BEEN THE TIME TO DEESCALATE, TRUMP IS MERELY SETTLING ALL FAMILY BUSINESS:

Iran: "I didn't think you had it in you."

US: "I'm your huckleberry."

Iran: "My fights not with you."

US: "I beg to differ. We started a game we never got to finish. Death to America, remember?"

Iran: "I was just fooling about."

US: "I wasn't." https://t.co/JBVgMBoMlL

— Brian Jacobson (@BrianHJacobson) February 28, 2026

ARAB-PERSIAN EMNITY HAS BEEN AROUND ABOUT AS LONG AS ARABS AND PERSIANS:

The entire Arab world INCLUDING Palestine are currently shitting on Iran.

I have a weird feeling we’re going to see a bunch of people’s brains melt in the next couple of weeks when they realize the Arab World has always hated Iran. https://t.co/qT8fVWUUmM

— Real Political Data (@RealPData) February 28, 2026

SPOILER: They will not join us in being happy today.

How exhausting it must be to be a liberal today. For decades they were defined by standing up to authoritarianism and championing the oppressed.

But now, in the face of one of the greatest liberations in modern history, they can’t allow themselves to celebrate because they…

— The Drunk Republican (@DrunkRepub) February 28, 2026

Happy… with a side of schadenfreude:

So sorry for your loss, @brhodes @BarackObama. https://t.co/vCDQbkqlYP

— Will Collier (@willcollier) February 28, 2026

YES:

Trump is repositioning the US vis a vis China for the next 30 years in a lot of important ways. https://t.co/VTxMvNYARi

— Inez Stepman ⚪️🔴⚪️ (@InezFeltscher) February 28, 2026

Previously: Trump’s international strategy is becoming clearer. “The core goal remains to restore absolute American superiority over China and Russia. But Trump wants to avoid confronting these major rivals directly. He is rather working to isolate Beijing and Moscow from their international partners and deprive them of any major means of external support.”

Update: But you can always count on international leftists, here and abroad, to do or say anything to undermine an America First agenda.

Head of Product at X announces there was a massive attempt to overwhelm X with social media bots in support of Iran

This is an attempt by liberals and Iran to sway people against Donal Trump

X blocked it. Facebook, Instagram and TikTok won’t. Don’t fall for the bot propaganda pic.twitter.com/CPG8tTl7Hv

— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) February 28, 2026

COMMUNISM SUCKS:

France, which is self sufficient for food and still has room for massive vineyards, has 0.49 hectares of agricultural land person. Cuba has 0.58 hectares of agricultural land per person.

The US isn’t starving Cuba. Communism is. https://t.co/k5eCDw953E

— Peter Hague (@peterrhague) February 28, 2026

UGH:

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

“It wasn’t as Al Jazeera reported” is basically evergreen.

SO MANY OBAMA MESSES TO CLEAN UP:

You were part of the team who gave billions of dollars to the Iranian Regime – you helped fund this terror on human beings.

Once again, President Trump is cleaning up your mess. https://t.co/DlVrqvaMk0

— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) February 28, 2026

WHAT A PITIFUL ATTEMPT AT APPEARING MEANINGFUL:

I love when this guy comes out, like he did after our Venezuela strike, to say the UK played no role. NO SHIT. You're a complete nobody on the world stage, WE KNOW. You don't have to keep telling us. https://t.co/FhOy8Dkp8V

— Karol Markowicz (@karol) February 28, 2026

HMM:

Israeli Channel 12 is reporting, citing unnamed intelligence sources, growing indications that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in this morning’s strikes.

Not injured. Not relocated. Killed.

The assessment is not based on satellite imagery. It is based on human… https://t.co/gHNR0Hve2u pic.twitter.com/T3RJng5zlT

— Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ (@shanaka86) February 28, 2026

UPDATE (From Ed): Did Trump Just Take Out Iran’s Supreme Leader?

MORE (From Ed): If true, there’s only one man to replace him:

Rubio finding out he needs to be the Shah of Iran in 72 hours. pic.twitter.com/qAXjbuyWZK

— Asaad Sam Hanna (@AsaadHannaa) February 27, 2026

IF LEFTISM IN PRACTICE EVER AMOUNTED TO ANYTHING MORE THAN MAKING SURE THE CORRECT PEOPLE SUFFER, I’M UNAWARE OF IT:

You argued that the Pakistani grooming gangs in England produced net global good for the world because they were raping white girls rather than Pakistani girls

You are literally one of the most sickening and disgusting leftist freaks in the universe https://t.co/7gymtdUvB4 pic.twitter.com/t6HItGsx6r

— Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 (@DrewPavlou) February 28, 2026

HE WAS BORN A POOR BLACK CHILD:

In his book, Gavin Newsom whines that his dad leased him a used car instead of buying him a new car when he turned 16.

According to a source, that car was a Porsche. pic.twitter.com/zGFOibpErh

— Laura Powell (@LauraPowellEsq) February 28, 2026

TEHRAN KEEPS PUTTING THESE THINGS OUT, BUT WHO ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO IMPRESS?

In one of the most hilarious and pathetic attempts to intimidate the US, the Islamic Republic released this AI video🤣🤣🤣

Why are Islamists so obsessed with using such shit AI for propaganda? pic.twitter.com/mjFux8WyI8

— Chaya’s Clan (@ChayasClan) February 27, 2026

IT’S FLORIDA MAN FRIDAY [VIP]: Drone Warfare Comes to the Sunshine State. “It’s time for your much-needed break from the serious news, and this week, we’ll learn about the last person who should ever dial 911, the first Anti-COVID Prophet, and what they’re doing in Kentucky for mating season.”

REAL MONEY: Judge says Greenpeace will have to pay $345 million over pipeline protest. “Greenpeace has said it cannot afford to pay the amount last determined by the judge.”

FAIL, BRITANNIA: UK Police Officers Worked With Muslim Assault Gang.