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1. Sleeping Dog says:
   Tuesday, 17 March 2026 at 08:09

   Iran trolling the felon

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2. Scott says:
   Tuesday, 17 March 2026 at 08:35

   Interesting political day for Texas. Trump keeps saying he will endorse either John Cornyn or Ken Paxton for Senator. However, today is show time!

   Trump up against deadline on Texas endorsement — if John Cornyn or Ken Paxton to drop out

   President Donald Trump is running out of time if he wants U.S. Sen. John Cornyn or Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to drop out of the May 26 runoff for Texas’ U.S. Senate seat.

   After the Texas Republican Party finalized primary results Saturday, the candidates have until 5 p.m. Tuesday to file with the Texas Secretary of State’s Office to get their name taken off the runoff ballot. After that, their name will appear even if they suspend their campaign.

   Although the polls are close (Paxton slight lead over Cornyn), I sense the far right Republicans are far more enthusiastic about Paxton and are more likely to vote in the runoff. My guess is that Cornyn is toast and Trump, if he does anything at all, will endorse Paxton for that reason alone.

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3. Daryl says:
   Tuesday, 17 March 2026 at 08:46

   This is hilarious!!!

   Brian Cole, the Virginia man charged with planting pipe bombs at the headquarters of both the Republican National Committee and the Democratic National Committee in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 5, 2021, is now arguing he is covered by President Donald Trump’s sweeping pardon of Jan. 6 defendants.

   And furthermore…

   “Cole’s conduct is so inextricably and demonstrably tethered to the ‘events at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021’ that he must be pardoned pursuant to the applicable Presidential Pardon of January 20, 2025,” they wrote

   Blanket pardon, indeed.

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4. Charley in Cleveland says:
   Tuesday, 17 March 2026 at 08:57

   George Conway hits the nail on the head:

   For the life of me I’ve never understood why the press and the political class find it so difficult to talk about @realDonaldTrump‘s severe and manifest personality disorders.

   These disorders may be impossible for any professional to treat, but they are easily understandable to any intelligent lay person who can read and follow along.

   Indeed, Donald Trump’s mental illnesses and the American press and political class’s appalling and shameless cowardice in failing to address them will be someday be a mandatory part of the curriculum for secondary-school and university students the world over.

   NYT and WaPo sanewash, Congressional Republicans “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil” like trained seals, and offer post hoc justification for the stupid things Dear Leader says and does, and the clown car cabinet can’t get in front of a microphone without blaming Joe Biden for the ills of the world. Conway and Mary Trump have been openly talking about Trump’s narcissism and delusions, but they are shouting into the wind.

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5. Kathy says:
   Tuesday, 17 March 2026 at 09:56

   Iran War progression:

   We’ve won!1!

   We’re winning!!11!!

   SEND HELP!!!!!111111111111!!!!!!!1

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6. Michael Reynolds says:
   Tuesday, 17 March 2026 at 10:47

   @Charley in Cleveland:
   Current politically correct norms do not allow any commentary on possible mental illness. In kidlit you’re not allowed to use the word, ‘crazy.’ Because apparently crazy people might be offended.

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7. Gregory Lawrence Brown says:
   Tuesday, 17 March 2026 at 10:52

   Joe Kent has resigned from CIA. Can not support Trump’s war.
   CNN

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8. Joe says:
   Tuesday, 17 March 2026 at 11:00

   “Affordability,” the infrastructure week of the second Trump administration.

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