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Tuesday, March 03, 2026

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth bizarrely claimed in a live Pentagon address that the U.S. did not "start" the war with Iran. read more


Russian President Vladimir Putin may have lost another close ally after the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but an oil shock from conflict in Middle East spells potential good news for his war chest. read more


The U.S. military said on Monday that Kuwait "mistakenly shot down" thee American F-15E Strike Eagles during a combat mission as Iran attacked the country. read more


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.


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Stranded Americans in Middle East Not Getting Help

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Can't the Skankvenian twunt get the UN to help? BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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What a --------.

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