Trump snubs fallen soldier to schmooze in Florida

US casualties nearing 150 in Trump’s unauthorized war against Iran

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Trump skips dignified transfer for 7th US troop killed in Iran war
America’s wannabe dictator was ~~nowhere to be seen~~ spending time at his golf club and later schmoozing at a nearby restaurant in Doral, Florida during Monday night’s dignified transfer at Dover Force Base for Benjamin N. Pennington, a 26-year-old US Army soldier from Glendale, Kentucky who died from injuries sustained in an Iranian attack on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia on March 1.

Trump did manage to attend the dignified transfer ceremony that took place on Saturday for the first six US service members killed in his unauthorized war, but he couldn’t be bothered to remove his fucking baseball cap and show a modicum of respect. Vice President JD Vance and Sec. of War Crimes Pete Hegseth attended Pennington’s ceremony in Trump’s absence. Just imagine how loud the right-wing outrage machine would be if ANY Democratic president were caught doing the same. Nope. Definitely not a cult.

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VIDEO OF THE DAY: Trump’s own allies are openly questioning Iran war on air
When stalwart cheerleaders like Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo are opening questioning the rationale and cost of your imperial misadventures in the Middle East, you know you’ve really lost the plot. Roll the tape!

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Vulnerable Republican Senator declares: If you can’t afford groceries, it’s because you’re stupid
Let’s Take Back the Senate: While oil prices skyrocket and American families are crushed under the weight of Trump’s tariffs and health insurance premium hikes, Sen. John Husted has an important message for the American voter: “people living in poverty are just not very, they’re not very uh experienced at navigating the real world.” That’s the kind of contemptuous attitude that the millionaire Republican politician has for the American voter, and we need to make sure that EVERY voter in American knows this is what the GOP thinks of them. Will you chip in to help us spread the word, flip the Senate blue, and make Trump a lame-duck president?

James Comer tells Jesse Watters Trump DOJ asked New Mexico officials to end Jeffrey Epstein investigation
MAGA House clown and man-who’s-dadgum-serious-about-getting-to-the-bottom-of-things James Comer admitted on Fox News last night that Donald Trump’s Department of Justice effectively shut down New Mexico investigators’ 2019 probe into a ranch owned by the president’s former best buddy, convicted child sex predator Jeffrey Epstein. The ranch — where former staffers previously alleged at least two trafficked girls were killed and buried — is back in the headlines after state officials announced they are conducting a second criminal probe on the property. That news of the DOJ’s 2019 intervention or the current investigation is making its way onto the Fox airwaves is noteworthy, but for all this to take place on Jesse Watters’ show is truly something. Epstein just ain’t going away, people.

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Americans are pulling money out of their 401(k) funds early at record rates
Definitely further proof that Trump’s economy is “the hottest anywhere on earth” and in no way an alarming sign that more and more Americans are struggling to make ends meet. According to investment management company Vanguard, Americans are making early withdrawals from retirement accounts at a record pace, taking advantage of early hardship withdrawal rules that were loosened during the first Trump administration, despite heavy tax penalties and the loss of future financial security.

GOP Sen. Josh Hawley says “It’s time to declare victory” and end Iran war
You can really tell how desperately Donald’s feckless enablers in Congress want this imperial misadventure to end, eh? Just say “WE’VE WON” and call it a day already, sir! In the age of Trump, “victory” is like an abstract painting, to be interpreted by the eye of the beholder, not some concrete metric where treaties are signed, concessions are made, or white flags are waved. He who shouts loudest wins the argument, right?

Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to condemn anti-Muslim comments by Republican lawmakers
Given the chance to publicly condemn fellow Republicans Randy Fine (for comparing Muslims to dogs) and Andy Ogles (for saying Muslims have no place in American society), House Speaker Mike Johnson instead opted to prop up the flimsiest of straw men and claim — without evidence, of course — that phantom demands to impose Sharia law in the United States are “animat[ing] this stuff.” Uh huh. Folks, the real reason the far-right Christian nationalist won’t condemn the likes of Fine or Ogles is because he actually shares some of the same abominable sentiments. Shhhhhhh.

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Take to the streets on March 28th and remind Trump that we have NO KINGS!
No Kings: It’s year 2 of Trump’s second term, and his authoritarian impulses are growing worse and worse by the day. It’s vital that we keep on the public pressure and remind him that America has NO KINGS, NO THRONES, AND NO CROWNS! Massive rallies are once again being planned for March 28th. Will you take to the streets and stand up against Trump’s tyranny? Click here to register for a No Kings event near you!

US Navy pours cold water on Trump’s vow to escort shipping vessels in the Strait of Hormuz
The US Navy has refused near-daily requests from the shipping industry for military escorts through the Strait of Hormuz since the start of Trump’s idiotic war on Iran, despite the wannabe dictator’s repeated vows that the US military stands ready to assist with naval escorts whenever they are needed. The disconnect between the president and the US Armed Forces betrays just how lobotomized the regime’s entire war strategy truly is, with vapid proclamations from Donald himself often straying wildly from actual reality or facts on the ground.

Shipping along the narrow strait has all but halted since the start of the US-Israeli war on Iran more than a week ago, preventing exports of around a fifth of the world’s oil supply and sending global oil prices surging to highs not seen since 2022. It’s almost as if things weren’t exactly thought all the way through. Almost.

RFK Jr.’s pick to review COVID vaccines authored misleading research, experts say
What, you mean this pugnacious mathematician and former intelligence officer with zero medical training failed to meet even the most basic of scientific standards in his own research of COVID-19 vaccines?! You don’t say!

Whistleblower alleges former DOGE employee absconded with Americans’ private information in “unprecedented breach”
According to a deeply alarming new whistleblower report, an as-of-now unnamed former DOGE staffer alleged to have unrestricted “God-level” security access to databases containing the personal records of more than 500 million living and dead Americans, even long after leaving DOGE. Cool. Who could’ve possibly seen all of this coming from a mile away when the world’s most entitled, ketamine-addled man-child and his nascent gang of unvetted and very online keyboard warriors were handed the proverbial keys to the kingdom?