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Saturday, March 21, 2026

Iran denies it targeted UK's military base on Diego Garcia A senior Iranian official has told Al Jazeera that Iran is not responsible for the missile attacks on Diego Garcia and is not behind them. Diego Garcia, which is around 4,000km (2,500 miles) from Iranian territory, is one of two bases the UK has allowed the US to use for "defensive operations" in its war against Iran. Read more


"Iranian retaliatory strikes on military bases used by the US in the Middle East caused about $800m in damage in the first two weeks of Israel and America's illegal and reckless war against the people of Iran."

Dummkopf Trumpf and Benjamin Netanyahu Bankrupting the US


Robert Mueller, who served as special counsel in the investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election, died on Friday, according to two people familiar with the matter. He was 81. "Robert Mueller just died, Good, I'm glad he's dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people! President DONALD J. TRUMP" - Trump posted on Truth Social.


Musk, in a post on X, offered to pay the salaries of TSA personnel during the "funding impasse that is negatively affecting the lives of so many Americans at airports throughout the country."


Senator Ron Wyden has been working for years to unravel Jeffrey Epstein's crimes by following his money. This should be a no-brainer -- it's been clear for a long time that Epstein had been involved in a global sex trafficking and money laundering empire.


Less than a week after Jeffrey Epstein was found dead inside his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, something was afoot inside an office where the Federal Bureau of Prisons' After Action Team had set up a probe into what had happened to their most high-profile inmate. The FBI was told that there were people shredding documents. Bags of them. The inmate wasn't the only one who found it out of the ordinary. A corrections officer at the detention facility called the FBI's National Threat Operations Center that same night, a Friday, at 6:28 p.m. to report that he had "never seen this amount of bags of shredded documents coming out to be put in the dumpster at the rear gate of MCC."


Russian intelligence operatives proposed staging an assassination attempt on Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbn to reshape the country's election campaign, according to The Washington Post on March 21. The newspaper reported that the proposal appeared in an internal document from Russia's foreign intelligence service, the SVR, which was obtained and authenticated by a European intelligence service. The plan, described as "the Gamechanger," was aimed at lifting Orbn as he enters the final stretch before Hungary's April 12 parliamentary election under pressure from a weak economy and slipping public support.


Elon Musk offered to cover the salaries of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) personnel during the ongoing government funding standoff. "I would like to offer to pay the salaries of TSA personnel during this funding impasse that is negatively affecting the lives of so many Americans at airports throughout the country," Musk said in an X post on Saturday morning. Read more


Morale in the Defense Department's civilian workforce is collapsing following a year of cuts and a hiring freeze that has left many offices understaffed and employees in fear of further reductions in force. Just 9.1% of Dept of Army employees agreed that "Secretary of War Crimes Pete Hegseth's leadership generates high levels of motivation in the workforce." .

Pete Hegseth is not a good human being


Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) is under heavy fire from fellow Democrats for casting the deciding vote to advance Sen. Markwayne Mullin's (R-OK) nomination for DHS secretary, with some openly calling for his ouster. "Once again Sen Fetterman shows why he is Donald Trump's favorite Democrat. He needs to go," raged Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA).

John Fetterman Defends Donald Trump


Friday, March 20, 2026

The report, released annually around the United Nations' International Day of Happiness, ranks more than 140 countries based on how people evaluate their own lives to determine the happiest countries in the world.

The data comes primarily from the Gallup World Poll, with researchers also analyzing factors like social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom, generosity and perceptions of corruption.


Denmark dispatched soldiers and explosives to Greenland in January as part of a contingency plan to obliterate key runways if the United States attempted an invasion, the country's public broadcaster has reported. Read more


A U.S. federal jury found Elon Musk liable on Friday for claims he defrauded Twitter shareholders by trying to drive down the social media company's stock price so he could renegotiate or back out of a US$44 billion takeover in 2022.


he White House has denied that TV host and comedian Bill Maher will receive the prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, even though two sources close to the Kennedy Center told CNN he had been offered the honor. "This is fake news. Bill Maher will NOT be getting this award," White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt told CNN. Read more


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Chuck Norris, the martial arts champion who became an action star in the hit series Walker, Texas Ranger, has died. He was 86. His family released a statement on Friday, writing, "It is with heavy hearts that our family shares the sudden passing of our beloved Chuck Norris yesterday morning. While we would like to keep the circumstances private, please know that he was surrounded by his family and was at peace."


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