A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that the Iran war is part of God's plan and that Pres. Donald Trump was "anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth," according to a complaint by a non-commissioned officer. From Saturday morning through Monday night, more than 110 similar complaints about commanders in every branch of the military had been logged by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF). The complaints came from more than 40 different units spread across at least 30 military installations, the MRFF told me Monday night. The MRFF is keeping the complainants anonymous to prevent retribution by the Defense Department. The Pentagon did not immediately respond to my request for comment.
When a 41-year-old mother is murdered at a bus stop, who bothers to protest? Stephanie Minter's death is as closely tied to the nation's immigration debate as Alex Pretti's or Renee Good's. But while Pretti and Good died while trying to prevent the enforcement of our country's immigration laws, Minter died precisely because those laws were not enforced. Abdul Jalloh, the man alleged to have stabbed Minter to death in Fairfax County, Virginia, should never have set foot in America.
Federal regulations govern interest on duty overpayments [...] Conservatively using the lower rate for all entries, we calculate [...] that $700 million in interest is added to the final bill every month that the government delays tariff refunds, or around $23 million per day.
The US and Israel are employing tactics used in Israel's genocide in Gaza, the "War on Terror," and Donald Trump's recent attacks on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean Sea.
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Ivermectin is now making a comeback, after its use receded in the waning years of the pandemic. Now, especially in conservative political circles, its reputation keeps growing as a kind of cure-all for various ailments, and even for cancer " despite a lack of evidence it works. Last month, Trump's appointed head of the National Cancer Institute, Anthony Letai, said the agency was conducting preclinical studies on ivermectin's ability to kill cancer cells " though doctors say it holds little promise. And Florida's First Lady Casey DeSantis, a breast cancer survivor, touted it in announcing $60 million in cancer research funding, including use of ivermectin.
When FBI Director Kash Patel fired a dozen FBI agents and staff last week for their role in the classified documents investigation of Donald Trump, he targeted an elite counter espionage unit that investigates threats from foreign adversaries and specializes in Iran, according to more than a half dozen sources with knowledge of the firings. The firings came as Patel claimed " without evidence " that the team of FBI agents who investigated Trump's hoarding of top-secret records at his Mar-a-Lago club had engaged in improper investigative steps. But his gutting of the global espionage unit, known as CI-12, also came days before Trump launched Operation Epic Fury, a series of bombing strikes on Iran that killed the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Two of Donald Trump's MAGA stars appear to be on the outs after a searing rebuke from the president surrounding their comments on his Iran strikes.
A Minnesota prosecutor on Monday said her office is investigating the "potentially unlawful behavior" of federal agents during a crackdown earlier this year on undocumented immigrants that met widespread resistance and in which agents shot and killed two U.S. citizens, sparking nationwide outrage.
Megachurch pastor Jack Hibbs (68): "Let me tell you something right now, you want to have Democrats removed from the face of the earth, bring over some Iranians right now and they would take care of the Democrats."
This Hideous Sky Pilot Really Packs Them In
Foreign Service Officer Jared Llamado (32) of McLean Virginia stabbed Michelle Adams (39); Dana Bonnell (36); Mary C. Flood (37), and Heather Miller (40) in a road rage incident in Fairfax, VA. Adams and a dog were killed in his rampage, as was Llamado by a responding Virginia State Trooper.
FSO Jared Llamado Went Completely Bananas
Israeli police have opened an investigation into Polymarket account "Magamyman" that accurately forecast the illegal 28 February US-Israeli strikes on Iran. Donald Trump Jr. serves as an adviser to Polymarket after his firm invested millions into the company. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump (R) had dropped two federal investigations into Polymarket which were opened under former POTUS Joe Biden (D).
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The US launched preemptive strikes against Iran after learning Israel was about to attack " and American troops in the region faced an imminent threat of retaliation, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday. Rubio made the revelation on Capitol Hill, where he briefed a small group of congressional leaders on the joint US-Israel offensive. 'There absolutely was an imminent threat,' Rubio stated. 'And the imminent threat was that we knew that if Iran was attacked, and we believed they would be attacked, that they would immediately come after us, and we were not going to sit there and absorb a blow before we responded.' Read more
Washington " A federal appeals court on Monday declined to delay implementation of the Supreme Court ruling that invalidated most of President Trump's tariffs, allowing next steps in processing of tariff refunds to begin swiftly, following the high court's decision last month.
The decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit clears the way for the lower court, the U.S. Court of International Trade, to begin the process of crafting relief for the small businesses that successfully challenged Mr. Trump's global tariffs.
As of 4 pm ET, March 2, six U.S. service members have been killed in action. U.S. forces recently recovered the remains of two previously unaccounted for service members from a facility that was struck during Iran's initial attacks in the region. Read more
A former Russian senator who appeared in the Jeffrey Epstein files and reportedly called Ghislaine Maxwell a "friend" has been found dead in Moscow, Russian state media has reported. Umar Dzhabrailov, 67, was discovered in a residential complex in the center of the capital on Monday with a gun next to him after what unnamed law enforcement agencies called a "suicide," TASS reported.
OpEd: The Justice Department filed an emergency motion to the 6th District Court that was rife with basic spelling errors, including spelling voters as "votors," United States as "United Staes," and emergency as "emeregency."
