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Dumbin is speaking now. Noem is on the Hill
https://www.c-span.org/event/senate-committee/homeland-security-secy-noem-testifies-on-agency-oversight/440746
Dumbin Dumber?
Oil Futures currently today up -> +8.59% at $77.35
Well, I hope the rest of the market rebounds this week; it’s terrible today.
Yair Pinto is reporting Israel has “boots on the ground” in Iran today, with Mossad and Special Forces conducting military operations there. Oh my.
They’ve had “boots on tne ground” for years 😎
Hence…tne excellent Intel.
Israel has people placed very high up the chain.
in Iran or the USA?
in both…
Notice how whenever Israel or US bomb, locals watch or drive past with no concern that they will be targeted.
Precisely.
Exactly.
Gotta love it.
Excellent.
I guess these guys haven’t figured out how to use Zoom yet! 🤣
Except they took out their own internet…
Yes, but…. some animals are more equal than others!
There’s no lower limit to the ethics or duplicity of the MSM.
The Las Vegas Review this morning has an article headlined “Misrepresented images spread after US and Israel strike Iran”.
Next that in a separate article, they have a pile of rubble with the headline “Iran strikes US Embassy in Saudi Arabia as war expands yet again”
Exept that pile of rubble isn’t the US Embassy.
It’s a pile of Iranian rubble.
Can’t hate them enough
Minneapolis, Minnesota is showing exactly why people think the justice system is a complete joke.
The FBI brought in four SWAT teams to take down this massive fentanyl ring. They risked everything to get them off the street.
The judge’s response? Let this alleged gang member walk right out the front door on a monitor. He is completely free to flee or continue his crimes until his trial. Madness.
Communists love to spread chaos as part of their agenda: check “Elsa’s” bank accounts for “interesting deposits.”
Followed up with famine ..
The words tar and feather come to mind.
I thought President Trump designated fentanyl as a “weapon of mass destruction” like anthrax or ricin. How can they let these people walk out of court?
Communists will ignore whatever President TRUMP has done to end the chaos.
That is how and why criminals walk free from a Communist judge!
Remember that Communism itself has always proven to be a manifestation of Crime, Murder, and Slavery.
I think it’s time for “Star Chambers” all over the blue zoos.
If the commie judges don’t follow law and let these animals go, it should be up to the citizens to apply law and order.
Austere pharmaceutical entrepreneur?
This Bombshell About the Negotiations With Iran Changes Everything
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/03/03/this-detail-about-the-negotiations-with-iran-changes-everything-n4950179
What a different world this would be if we had honest, truthful reporting.
What a diferent world this would be if Judges were honest and truthful.
That’s actually biblical:
Micah 3:11 & 7:3
Isaiah 5:20
2-Chonicles 19:5-6
What a different world this would be if our politicians were indicted, arrested, and put on trial for their crimes…
And demokRAT judges for judicial malpractice.
The Judges are ALL bad.
They would be if, IF, Judges were truthful and honest. The Judge let an obvious criminal go free. How can they hold a crimial politician?
That is the quantity and enrichment that has been claimed for years. A bluff? A taunt “Nyah, Nyah, you missed it”? Who knows?
As to the number of bombs it could make? That is not clear. Little Boy used 140 lbs of 80%. That would be enough for 7 Little Boys if it were more enriched. 60% would need more material per bomb. But technology has advanced. Who knows if they really could make so many bombs with it?
Who knows if they kept it safe from all the prior attacks? Who knows if they hadn’t already made and hidden bombs?
Sounds like a game of trying to keep your relevance.
Like Saddam Hussein. Bribery with ‘oil for food’ was so lucrative that Saddam put all his WMD programs on ice. But to keep his power he needed everybody to believe he still had them. So he lied and paid the price. BTW, he still had huge stockpiles of WMD. No AW or BW, but lots of old CW. His CW were even used in IEDs well after his death..
Again, whether or not Iran has them, they are paying the price.
They did not, and do not now, have nuclear bombs…
If Iran did have nukes, they would have already blown Israel off the map…
If Iran even got close to making a deliverable nuclear bomb, Israel would have wiped Iran off the map…
Not true.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacra_and_Simulation
Iran wasn’t the subject of a decades long Western effort to give them nukes so they could nuke Israel.
That program always had other purposes. SARS-Cov2 gain of function, clot shot, vaccine passports, Operation Lockstep type purposes.
Ultimate control purposes.
Question the easy Narrative.
And who knows how much china has transported in to them?
Besides exposing the opposition’s bad faith, Witkoff’s offer of perpetual, zero cost fuel grade uranium created a laugh line for anyone dumb enough to parrot the “peaceful use” lie.
Bombshells to the left of us, Bombshells to the right…
Slipped right down to a firefight.
If I die on the ole drop zone…
BREAKING UPDATE: Virginia stabbing suspect who murdered woman, dog on I-495 was State Dept foreign service officer
https://thepostmillennial.com/virginia-stabbing-suspect-murdered-woman-dog-on-i-495-identified-as-Jared-llamado?utm_campaign=64530
So well trained. Flips out over a car accident with property damage and starts stabbing everyone he can reach.
Just how we want our foreign service officers to behave. Road rage.
It wasn’t a car accident. The guy deliberately crashed his car into the victim’s car and ran her off to the side of the road across 4 lanes of traffic. He then got out and murdered the woman and her dog… stabbed 3 other women.
He was an IT worker in the State Dept foreign office.
I read the article.
I only know of one ideology that hates dogs and women that much.
It makes no sense unless there was a previous relationship or meth.
Or road rage… the guy snapped. I’ve driven in that area and even the calmest people would end up full of rage. Maybe the woman cut him off at some point, or flipped him the bird… or even wasn’t driving fast enough in the left lane.
It also popped into my mind that there might have been a relationship…
Anyway, the guy is now dead, thankfully.
How many weird murders and suicidal actions have we seen over the last two months?
What do these men all have in common? Maybe someone should have a look at their medical files.
Tin foil hat, out and ready to wear.
I am going with Rightedship. The logical solution is Islam.
Could Trumps (our) attacks on Venezuela and Iran also be motivated by showing Russia and China examples of what our military superiority looks like…. and be used as a warning to them?
In my opinion, he’s not showing Russia or China what America can do. Those close to home such as Canada and Mexico need to take notice that he’s not going to let America be terrorized by Cartels, illegals or the kiss up to China. Also, those amigos across the water are learning and will feel the back side of American’s lack of friendship toward them. No longer the patsy.
No Trump is motivated to stop Iran from getting a ICBM with a nuke warhead and to end their funding of worldwide terrorism.
If it causes concerns in other nations could be good or bad. It may make some nations think twice about attacking the US, but it may also expose our superiority and allow adversaries to know what we have, to develop like weapons and to plan strategies to defeat the US.
One thing Trump truly believes is the more secure the world is, the better it is for business, and good international business partners are good for the US.
It is abundantly clear, as Rubio has himself said, what the American operation must do. And must continue to do until the job is finished. (1) Destroy the regime’s command structure. (2) Sink their entire naval capacity. (3) Kill the archer on the ground, and break his bow.
I suspect that this is only the first phase of a much larger operation, which in a short time will become much more vicious on the part of the Americans. It will not be easy to dislodge forces that have been in place for 47 years, and who are both murderers and suicidal.
What is not “America’s Job” is to replace the regime with a different government. The people of Iran must do that for themselves. Part of the problem will be the number of them who are less than 47 years old. They never knew peace in their lifetime.
“It will not be easy to dislodge forces that have been in place for 47 years”
As we well know………..
Extraordinary hubris on both their parts.
Your last line brought to mind a short story I read many years ago by Ray Bradbury – All Summer in a Day. It is possible that not knowing peace in their lifetime may well prove the necessary catalyst to establish peace, to experience it, to protect it? That said, I most surely hope the ending of this Iran story is vastly different from Bradbury’s!
Qatarlson giving out false claims about Qatar in his war against Israel?
Makes you wonder if he took the Qatari money, but works for the US deepstate or just IC. He’s got someone pulling his strings.
He wants to blame everything bad in History on the Jews, but his employer Qatar is currently allied with Israel. Tricky!
I am not a Tucker Carlson fan, but you can bet your bottom dollar that the Mossad does have operatives in Qatar…
Mossad/Unit 8200, etc have operatives ALL over the world, especially here in the US.
Absolutely. It is ludicrous to think Mossad doesn’t have operatives in Qatar. It does everywhere else.
Qatar and other ME “ allies”are having to keep
their countries population under control. 🤷♀️
Of course they will deny. They have to. I saw one Xpost
where the officer was telling foreign workers that
if they were caught sharing information of damage on
Social Media….they would automatically be deported.
This is a good hint. 😳
MonitorX (@MonitorX99800): ” 🇸🇦 🇮🇷 🇺🇸 🇮🇱 ⚡️ – Saudi official on Al Jazeera: “American defense is focused on Israel — without concern for the defense of the Arab Gulf states, which host many of the military bases.”” | XCancel
All I can say is, I sure hope Tucker Carlson is getting a piece of the click-bait headline action his statements (or alleged statements) generate. I don’t pay attention to him and never have, but he’s a money-printing machine in the click-bait world.
Some of these “conservative” bloggers and websites couldn’t exist without the clickbait people like Carlson and DiNiro and Colbert and others generate. They should get a fee for their provided services.
China has the financial clout to insure them if it wanted to do so. You have to wonder why it doesn’t?
They much prefer OPM.
Emperor of China can feel the Island of Taiwan slipping through his manicured fingers.
And…does anyone remember the big to do about the insurance companies all changing their policies after 9/11, to exclude coverage for “terrorist” and terrorism” related losses and damages?
I most certainly do. I was given a mere three hours to research and write an analysis on the then new and nebulous law before a client bailed out of a real estate contract – 18 months and tens of millions in the making. It fell to me to give the bad news that no, acts of terrorism against his proposed shopping center/mall would not be covered. I still hold a grudge against the attorney who called in sick that day. The project fell to me in her absence.
Insurance companies are in business to make money by taking on risk. And long-ago excluded coverage for acts of war.
Shipping Companies are in the business of making money be transporting goods from A to B.
They are welcome to traverse the Straight at their own risk but are choosing not too because of the likelihood of being destroyed by an act of war. That is not the insurance company’s fault. They didn’t “drop coverage” over the weekend. They never provided it for acts of war in the first place.
To ask them to do so now is the equivalent of asking an insurance company to insure a house that is already on fire.
Very succinct.
Thank You, leik, for this share.
What utter BS …. Iran IS THE CAUSE of the Insurance Companies issuing statements about coverage which in turn has the shipping companies choosing not to SAIL through the Persian Gulf in General.
The IRANIAN THREAT has also cause the Insurance Companies to reconsider levels of coverage for sailing the ARABIAN SEA and RED SEA as well … both in range of Iranian Missiles fired from Iran or Yemen. There is also the threat of small craft or drones launched from Africa and Yemen as well.
Bottom line it is IRAN that is the cause.
If China inc. wants oil from Iran, then they need to tell their BRICS member to get their act together and negotiate an end to the conflict.
This is a backhanded attempt to put pressure on the US to stop Epic Fury … without having Iran surrender or even requesting negotiations and without regime change.
BREAKING: Iran Supreme Council Bombed While Gathering to Choose New Leadership
https://www.westernjournal.com/breaking-iran-supreme-council-bombed-gathering-choose-new-leadership/
The Israel Defense Forces attacked a meeting of the Iranian Supreme Council on Tuesday, where officials were meeting to select a new Supreme Leader, following the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
A senior Israeli official told Fox News that, “Israel struck while they were counting the votes for the appointment of the supreme leader,” according to the network’s Chief Foreign Correspondent, Trey Yingst.
“This is a significant development, and again, speaks to the Israeli intelligence about this war,” Yingst said, while reporting from Tel Aviv. “They just targeted the meeting in Tehran, where what’s left of the leadership was gathering to choose a new Supreme Leader.”
That song I cannot get out of my head…and cannot find on the internet…”who’ll drop a bomb during Ramadan…..Ramadan-a-ding-dong”.
<The Israel Defense Forces attacked a meeting of the Iranian Supreme Council on Tuesday,
where officials were meeting to select a new Supreme Leader>
Pretty soon it will become just as hard finding new leaders in Iran…
As it is finding speed boat drivers in Venezuela 🙂
Sounds like an episode of Survivor…
At Rubio’s press conference yesterday, he disclosed that Netanyahu deliberately put the US forces at risk by declaring Israel was going to attack Iran unilaterally.
Rubio said if that happened US forces proximate to harm’s way would be directly in line of fire and heavy losses. Therefore… the US had to [abort negotiations] act.
Rubio clarified that the “imminent threat” cited by the administration was specifically the intelligence that Iran would retaliate against U.S. forces in response to a planned, unilateral Israeli strike.
Rubio stated, “We knew that there was going to be an Israeli action.” He essentially confirmed that Prime Minister Netanyahu had made it clear Israel was prepared to act with or without Washington.
Rubio argued that if the U.S. had waited for Israel to strike and Iran to retaliate, American forces would have “absorbed a blow” and suffered significantly higher casualties. Therefore, the U.S. opted to strike first to “preemptively go after” Iranian missile capabilities.
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/rubio-says-planned-israeli-action-against-iran-prompted-us-strikes?ref=top-stories
I’d modify that slightly.
Rubio did not say “Netanyahu deliberately put the US forces at risk by declaring Israel was going to attack Iran unilaterally.”
Rather, they were going in with us or without us. So, yes the response to their attack would likely have resulted in US casualties, but that’s a result of the action, not a deliberate desire to put our forces at risk.
I’m not a fan of war, but in this case, killing the snake will hopefully prove to be the right choice.
Rubio’s statements adds to a sense of growing negative US sentiment towards Israel, especially on social media.
Listen to this post on facebook from a KSA blogger that gives you a sense of the local mood toward Israel.
Not withstanding what Tucker reported and Qater’s denial, the locals are certainly aware of the arrests.
Click the speaker icon to unmute
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1337423665078835
I bet you read your Bible the same way. You have it all wrong.
“US forces have been ‘at risk'” for 47 years. During which time the United States never did anything to solve the problem – only to prolong it and to fund it.
Israel does not have that option. Mutual attack plans have probably been underway for a very long time, and the risk has always been known. Iran has been working to accumulate long-range missiles and to construct “11 nuclear warheads,” and it doesn’t take much brains to figure out what that means. When fanatics chant, “Death to Israel” and “Death to America,” you’d damned well better listen up.
They will not respond to reason. They only know force. You’d better have some, and be ready to use it. And, once you start using it, be prepared to continue until the work is done.
They are ready to incinerate the entire Middle East, then to wait confidently for Allah to reward them for destroying his planet. 72 vestal virgins, ready for endless raping, await them all. Their thought processes don’t go farther than that. Their own suicide is “glory.”
Meanwhile, back in America, Iowa Republicans urge Whirlpool to reverse layoffs at Amana.
https://www.thegazette.com/news/iowa-lawmakers-urge-whirlpool-to-reverse-amana-layoffs/article_c9c78ecf-f60a-45f9-b1b8-a610d5e69a7f.html
I think these “corporations” are trying to cause the maximum amount of economic damage on the American people because . . . Susan Rice.
Good thing about the Iran war is that it has exposed the fake conservatives like Candice, Megyn, and Tucker. Of course Megyn Kelly was a Jeb! fan, who failed to take out Trump in the first debate. Candice and Tucker are fakes also, now parroting the lies of neoliberal fascism. Sad!
i think “fake” and “conservative” are very much in the eye of the beholder.
I’ve no clue what “conservative” even means any more. What I see more clearly than ever is good vs evil, patriots vs traitors, producers vs parasites, love vs hate, freedom vs control, the Lord vs Satan.
Old notions are hard to break, especially when trillions are at stake for those whose greed flourishes with it.
BINGO! It IS basic good vs evil. I don’t look at it as left vs right, commies vs patriots, etc…just good vs evil.
The time may soon be upon many good men ( and women ) to do very bad things to squash evil.
Tucker’s hooter-ey has finally cooked him.
Put a fork in him ’cause he’s done.
Huckabee is well liked and a lot of conservatives got their eyes opened.
CK made the right call cutting the cord with Candace. Sje’s a fruitcake.
Idk about Megyn.
She’s managed so far.
Her handlers have her behaving.
Grifters being exposed for what they are.
Greg Abbott’s largest donor is a Pakistani Muslim (Syed Javaid Anwar), who’s poured millions into his campaigns.
DO YOU SEE THE PROBLEM IN TEXAS YET?
Trust. We do. And that’s why they are all being voted out. 😀
Big changes will be happening in TX.
Were they Pakistani’s or Taliban (many of whom are Afghans living in Pakistan)??
The “media” evades the topic.
It makes a difference.
Pakistan is currently in the midst of a Military conflict vs Afghanistan (Taliban) as well as Taliban who have been living in Pakistan for the past 20 years and whom the Pakistan Government has battled to control if not expel for the 20 years. The Afghan Taliban, living in Pakistan, have been the source of violent unrest in Pakistan during their stay.
Can Sundance weigh in on who we are supposed to be rooting for in TX ?
Paxton is obviously MAGA, but supposedly he carries bad baggage which could cause him to lose the general election.
Cornyn is anti-Trump
RINO POS, but supposedly could win the general hands down.
What’s the deal with Hunt ? He clearly has no shot; so is he just being selfish or is he part of an organized “splitter strategy” by the GOPe ?
Paxton
Paxton, all the way. Cornyn is the incumbent who has done nothing for us; Hunt is a spoiler.
It’s very important that Paxton gets over 50%.
So what is Paxton’s “baggage” ?
If Hunt is a spoiler, and not self-motivated, who has put him up to it ? Who’s funding him ?
The Bushes.
Times a million it is the Bush cabal.
^^ this ^^
As I posted this morning – I don’t see a Republican winning this year. Hopeium = wishing for Paxton to win. It ain’t happening.
Please explain your reasoning.
This is why I asked Sundance to weigh in. To get the comprehensive analysis of the actual, behind the scenes, situation.
Your replying to a commie under the bridge dweller…
You’re a troll who knows nothing.
Paxton has baggage that will kill him in the general and might hand the win to a D. Personally, I like Paxton and think he would make a GREAT Senator, but the rumors of an affair, rumors of corruption… whether true or not, they will be amplified and twisted to the nth degreee (Cornyn is already skewering him with attack ads).
West is a constant no-show for votes in Congress, apparently…. so not sure what is going on there.
I think voters in Texas will have to do their own research on Paxton and weigh whether it is worth risking the seat or going with a sure thing with Cornyn.
There are “REPUBLICAN and Conservative” PAC’s spending millions in advertisement to totally wreck Paxton as we speak …. that have been running for the past 2-months.
Every single bit of dirt dug up during the attempt to impeach AG Paxton is being replayed in these adds.
If Paxton wins … the “righteous and pious” among the TX Republican, Independent and Libertarian voters will be strongly considering alternatives or NOT voting at all.
His most dangerous Democrat opponent would be James Talerico … Ordained Minister, Clean Cut, spouting all the same economic messages as President Trump and spouting same messages as President Trump on DC Corruption and the democrat party line:
Pro-Immigrant (same messages as church goers hear on Sunday)
Anti-Secrete Police (note he does not say ICE)
Make the rich pay the bills (that resonates with everybody)
The Texas version of the current version of Senator John Fetterman (D-PA), everybody is raving about in the media.
So the GOPe is doing its darndest to dirty up Paxton and keep the RINO in place…..
Meanwhile it appears as though only the RINO has a shot against the lying Dems…….
That is the “plan”.
Not only dirty up AG Paxton so the RINO stays in place but also gets the RINO endorsed by President Trump.
My read on Talerico’s chances is just my opinion as he remains 15-18% behind Jasmine Crockett in the Polls. Now we know with the stroke of computer key, the TX-DNC can dump in enough ballots to change the situation.
It is just a question of which Option the democrats want to chose:
A bat crap crazy like Jasmine Crockett, who’s victory would surely look suspect and who has no future … or … James Talerico who has allot of future potential and provides the DNC with another controlled moderate voice a la John Fetterman.
I’m not getting how Telerico can be pro-immigrant and talking up the “make the rich pay” message and be “spouting all the same economic messages” as President Trump. He seems to be just the opposite of President Trump.
And wouldn’t most people see the dirty tricks Cornyn’s people are playing? People do make mistakes and admit it and ask forgiveness.
Plus “ordained minister” doesn’t guarantee righteousness in my view.
Although I am not from Texas so maybe I can’t quite relate.
Did this “baggage” come out after his last election to AG ?
Clearly the guy is capable of winning statewide – unless something major happened/came out since that election.
Yes … the only baggage widely known when AG Paxton was last elected was the stuff a group of disgruntled Republicans from Plano, TX were pushing concerning his investment business … the Obama and Biden DoJ and SEC had active cases in place at the time. There were also a few retaliatory attempts by the local democrat DA of Austin, TX to smear him with conflict of interest claims. AG Paxton was able to win as TX-AG despite this “baggage.”
The worst of the dirt being used today, by REPUBLICAN PAC’s, was dug up by the REPUBLICANS trying to impeach him as TX-AG, a few years back.
While I would love to get rid of Cornyn for Paxton, I’m completely reminded of that guy years ago, former judge Roy Moore I think, I forget which state maybe MS, who probably would have been a great MAGA ally, but was blown out of the water.
Can’t afford to have that happen here.
I can’t disagree that it may be hold your nose time again.
Either Talerico or Crockett would be adding another clown to the democrat circus in Congress.
Alabama
So the Democrats that could progress to the general election are all spotlessly clean and without baggage? And don’t forget even if a GOP candidate doesn’t have baggage the Democrats will make some up and smear the GOP candidate with those lies.
He apparently has a record of not showing up for votes. Avoid like the plague.
My husband and I voted today…Paxton all the way. If he wins the primary (and I pray he does), he will win against the demonrat in Nov. I have a good friend running against Crenshaw in the primary. Praying he wins as well. My friend is truly a man of God and has been a state rep for several years. We need Crenshaw out!!!
Cornyn needs to go. I think the press about Paxton losing the general election is just Cornyn’s people trying to scare voters. Paxton’s won state-wide before.
Con-job, Khanna, has a new partner.
“The bill, which the politicians are calling the Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act, would raise $4.4 trillion over a decade, according to a letter from Emanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, economists at the University of California, Berkeley, that was released by the leftist politicians.”
https://freebeacon.com/america/sanders-khanna-unveil-4-4-trillion-tax-increase/
“……Emanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, Communist Activists at the California Communist Institute of California, stated.”
TY
Here is Senator Murkowski’s position on the SAVE act.
Summary, difficult for Alaska.
Thank you for contacting me regarding the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act or SAVE America Act (S. 1383) – which passed the House on February 11, 2026 by a 218-213 vote – and our nation’s election integrity. I appreciate hearing from you and having the opportunity to respond.
Election integrity matters, the right to vote must be reserved for U.S. citizens, and I support voter ID. My opposition to the SAVE America Act is twofold: The U.S. Constitution largely leaves it to the states to determine election requirements, and the bill as written would disenfranchise many Alaskans.
In its present form, the SAVE America Act would prescribe the documentation that must be presented to register to vote and then mandate specific photo identification to be presented when voting in federal elections. It would also require states to submit their voter rolls to a database maintained by the federal Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which would, in turn, tell the states whom to remove.
The problems that will result from this bill are both fundamental and practical. For starters, the Constitution largely entrusts states with the administration and oversight of elections, providing authority to hold them at the “times, places, and manner” of a state’s choosing. This was deliberate because states are best positioned to understand local conditions ranging from geographic constraints to technological infrastructure.
Restricting states’ ability to tailor their election systems to realities on the ground is a recipe for trouble. A one-size-fits-all approach rarely fits Alaska, and it will not in this instance, either. When it comes to elections, what is best for an urban state like Florida may not work in a highly rural state like ours.
Take the bill’s identification requirements. To register to vote in federal elections, individuals would need specified proof of U.S. citizenship. Tens of thousands of Alaskans lacked a REAL ID in 2025, when statistics were last reported, but even that is not enough under the current bill, which requires a REAL ID clearly indicating “the applicant is a citizen of the United States.” Alaska’s REAL IDs do not, so you would need to present a passport, certified birth certificate, or another valid document outlined in the bill that does.
Further, the SAVE America Act requires individuals to show this proof in person, which can be daunting in Alaska, and impossible for some. Eighty percent of our communities and twenty percent of our population are not on the road system. Under this bill, registering to vote could mean purchasing plane tickets and securing lodging and transportation, at a personal cost of hundreds to thousands of dollars, to travel to one of six regional elections offices in Juneau, Anchorage, Fairbanks, Nome, Wasilla, or Kenai. Even for a community as relatively connected as Ketchikan, Alaskans would have to either fly or take the ferry all the way to Juneau to register so they can participate in an election.
The in-person requirement means that the option to register online or by mail would likely go away unless and until states can find ways to comply with these new federal requirements. The SAVE America Act would also make it more difficult to vote by mail, something more than 40,000 Alaskans did in the last presidential election. I agree that voters should verify who they are and strongly support voter ID, as we already require in Alaska, but states are best positioned to know how their residents can do that. Right now, Alaska law does not strictly require photo ID. For example, hunting and fishing licenses are acceptable, and even the election official attesting to your identity may be sufficient.
Under the SAVE America Act, individuals who have changed their last name from what appears on their birth certificate, Alaska Natives relying on tribal IDs, and those whose documents do not include a photo, a stated place of birth or an expiration date would all need additional documentation to vote. These requirements would burden voters who may not have other forms of identification and strain election offices that lack the resources to implement new rules, especially with this year’s elections fast approaching.
The DHS database that would help determine voter eligibility is likewise challenged. According to a recent story from ProPublica, the system is “making persistent mistakes, particularly in assessing citizenship for people born outside the U.S.” Legitimate voters have been flagged, forcing the Department “to correct information provided to at least five states.”
In the meantime, federal law already prohibits noncitizens from voting in federal elections. We should always protect against that, but we do not need to overstate how often it occurs. Most states have found few instances, and that appears to be the case in Alaska as well. Last year, the Alaska Beacon reported that “a document submitted by the Alaska Division of Elections to the U.S. Department of Justice in response to a nationwide data request (named) 70 possible noncitizens who voted or attempted to vote in state or local Alaska elections since 2015.”
Alaska’s 20-year struggle to implement REAL ID demonstrates just how incredibly difficult the enforcement of federal mandates can be and how unlikely it is that the SAVE America Act could be effectively implemented on an expedited basis. In parts of the state, delayed, incomplete, or traditional recordkeeping, which has not always been written down, has left some Native Elders without the documentation required to meet the requirements of the REAL ID Act and what could soon be the SAVE America Act.
Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy. As doubt is cast on their legitimacy and public trust erodes, we would do well to avoid partisan reforms that sound good on paper but may work very differently in the real world, especially if the result would be a system that works for many but not all Alaskans.
Again, thank you for contacting me.
Sincerely,
Lisa Murkowski
United States Senator
Let me shorten it for you:
“Blah blah blah blah, I’m a Democrat and cheated myself, stop bothering me.”
Alaska’s 20-year struggle to implement REAL ID demonstrates just how incredibly
difficult the enforcement of federal mandates can beincompetent my administration is!
Every State has isolated and rural voters, who’s situations will have to be addressed with respect to obtaining an ID. That part of her letter is fluff and easily addressed.
The real message from Murkowski is at the end of her letter …. she (and her fellow uni-Party members) DENIES election fraud has been proven to have occurred enough to impact elections.
Agree. I tried to impress upon her the sad state of our election security. Of course, it falls on deaf ears as letters and emails are handled by staffers.
Her true colors emerge when she says, “free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy.” She should be fired for that statement alone. Our country is NOT a democracy but a constitutional republic. I’d expect that from a democrat, not a republican.
Unless you’ve been to Alaska, you don’t know the real problem with “rural voters.” While many states have “rural voters,” none are as rural as Alaska. Alaska lacks roads connecting MANY villages and communities. And, of course Alaska is huge, unlike any other state.
Sorry we are both. Republic means not ruled by a monarch. That’s it.
Republics can be dictators, theocracies and democracies. What they can’t be is ruled by a king, Prince, Tsar, Sultan, Emperor, or any kind of inherited ruler.
Dictatorships often have Constitutions. So that’s doesn’t make a democracy either.
We are a representative Republic. Are our representatives appointed like the majority of states did under the Articles of Confederation? No our representatives are chosen by the people in supposedly free and fair election, called a democratic process of voting.
Many people wanted George Washington to be the king, but that was rejected in favor of a Republic.
Iran is a Republic. The old USSR was a Republic. China is a Republic. North Korea calls itself a Republic, but none are democracies.
They are not and have never been mutually exclusive terms. It’s like saying an orange can’t be a citrus because it’s a fruit.
Get over it, we are a Republic and a Democracy. The Democrats want to end democracy in favor of a communist dictatorship. They are willing to cheat, lie and break any law to gain and keep power.
I agree Jake … folks here have some sort of mental block about the word “democracy” as a defining part of our Republic … in that we democratically ELECT the officials to the offices defined in the Constitution of our Republic.
APPLICABLE Definition of Constitution: a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.
One of the “fundamental principles” is DEMOCRATIC Elections.
So the use of the term “democracy” is not necessarily incorrect depending upon the context of the discussion. Senator Murkowski was not wrong given the context of her comment.
1) Ignorance
2) Mark Levin spouting of what he knows better.
3) Both Republic and Democracy need qualifying words to understand what we are, not a pure democracy but a limited democracy with checks and balances. The Bill of Rights and the Electoral College.
The same with Republic. Representative republic and Constitutionial Republic tell us a lot about our government.
People get hung up on the fact our two major parties have chosen different aspects of our government to name their part after.
Remember at one time we had a party that was called the Democratic- Republican party. That party incorporated both types of government into its name.
The Democratic-Republican Party, also known as the Jeffersonian Republicans, was founded around 1792 and existed as a dominant political party in the United States until approximately 1825. It was the precursor to the modern Democratic Party.
Whigs were the other.
I’ll stick with the founding fathers definition.
Democracy: a form of government in which the people vote directly against or in favor of decisions, policies, laws, tc.… in a democracy, the people meet and exercise the government in person; in a republic, they assemble and administer it by their representatives and agents. A democracy, consequently, will be confined to a small spot. A republic may be extended over a large region.
—
James Madison
It’s called context and you misrepresent the scope of Jame Madison’s definition by conflating it with the real live democratic process used to ELECT the officials of Republic … that is also correctly labeled DEMOCRACY and a correct in the right context.
Blah, blah, blah.
Honestly? This reminds me of that “Build Back Better” tic-tac-toe box we sometimes see on this site. Meaning — what if someone from each of the fifty states contacted our own senators and then compared notes? What are the odds that we would each get the same canned text letter? I’m gonna hit up Murray and Cantwell just for kicks. It wouldn’t take much to change that letter and make it specific to Washington residents.
“It’s just too much bother and Ima gonna go have me a beer.”
Iranian drones damage US Navy base in Bahrain
Americans evacuate. Retaliatory strikes damaged facilities at the home of the 5th Fleet headquarters.
An email obtained by Defense One titled “evacuation of Juffair”—the neighborhood in southern Manama that is home to Naval Support Activity Bahrain—says NAVCENT “has concluded that the Juffair boundaries are no longer assessed as safe for US personnel.”
https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2026/02/americans-evacuate-after-iranian-drones-damage-us-navy-base-bahrain/411786
State Department orders evacuation of non-emergency personnel, family in Bahrain and Jordan
https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/nation-world/americans-middle-east-warning-leave-state-department/507-50e2b857-1fbe-4331-89b7-88f9e2d59015
Believe Bloomberg? Link in story.
https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/putin-knew-about-us-plans-in-iran-but-did-1772556613.html
China must be reeling with the loss of Venezuela oil and now the loss of Iranian oil.
The AutoPen President’s lifetime appointment of the first DEI Supreme Corrupt Court Justice!!!
“Sen. Eric Schmitt SILENCES Democrat Sen. Blumenthal after he asked “ICE victims” to “stand”…..
Blumenthal wouldn’t be in the senate if it weren’t for election fraud. Ditto for probably one-third of the senators in both parties.
They aren’t worried either. Nothing is going to be done about our crooked election system. The Uni-party helped to create and implement it. No way they vote to take it down. Trump knows this.
What a romp to see the Iranians doing the Trumpy dance to YMCA as a way of saying thanks! (Where are you, Maquis? We miss you!)
It makes me happy to see how much they love our president for taking a bold, courageous step to help their people.
https://www.breitbart.com/pre-viral/2026/03/03/watch-iranians-do-the-trump-dance-to-thank-president-for-taking-out-ayatollah-khamenei/
I didn’t think I’d miss The Turdle. Wait! This is The Turdle, the 2.0 version. MAGA needs some MAGA leadership in the Senate. That said, I hope Thune’s life is made miserable until he gets the SAVE Act passed.
Nick Sortor
@nicksortor
The Smoothie King employee who REFUSED to serve Trump supporters has been FIRED following public backlash
Additionally, GoFundMe NUKED her fundraising campaign, so she’ll receive no payout.
Cont…
“Trump started a war yesterday”? So you get to decide Smoothie King does not serve “Trump” supporters?
Dan Lamothe
@DanLamothe
Adm. Brad Cooper, the top U.S. military officer at @CENTCOM, sent this message to the roughly 50,000 U.S. troops directly involved in operations against Iran, I’m told.
Cont….
Here is an interesting set of dots to connect with respect to Epic Fury, which surprisingly have been ignored.
Dot #1: On the day operations vs Iran started and the day after … there were stories in social media (repeated by MSM on-line) of people saying stuff, not happy and celebrating …. BEFORE the operation began (i.e. there were leaks).
Dot #2: during his Q&A interview a day ago, Secretary of State Rubio gave an answer to a question that, “The Gang of 8 was BRIEFED by the President’s Office and team BEFORE the operation vs Iran began”.
Just something to think about.
We know Warner leaked once again.
I bet Rubio had to duck out of the way so he didn’t get run over by Warner on his way to leak.
may all Treepers have a peaceful and safe evening……………
Awesome sunset.
Thank you.
May you have a peaceful evening, as well.
Deleted…wrong thread
Obama refused to allow the military to destroy the drone on the ground in Iran!!!! It allowed the Iranians to get it undamaged!!! Obama was for Iran not for America!!! Pretty please can we get it back, come on what a fool? What a traitor in the White House!!!!
Here’s a clip I’m surprised was allowed to run on US MSM television.
Crown Prince Pahlavi quietly and calmly just knocks it out of the park.
I believe he and President Trump will ultimately prove to be a pair of world leaders to be reckoned with.
https://twitchy.com/samj/2026/03/02/60-minutes-positive-trump-segment-pahlavi-n2425577
The Machado of Iran.
The WEF plan B
POTUS has been clear about the second generation CIA trusted family member. Not gonna happen.
Take no wooden nickles.
I’ve always given you credit for being smarter than this, Alex.
Key data point:
John Bolton is very upset about all of this. That is very good, very good indeed.
I suppose I could do a deep dive on Pahlavi, but I have other things on my plate right now.
Let’s just say, I grew up in the Swamp, and every gut instinct I have screams “bad idea” as to Pahlavi.
Maybe because I stubbornly have no heroes, especially ones that lived high on the hog for fifty years while TPTB used Iran as a laundromat, I am not impressed by Narratives, but rather repulsed by them.
The deconstruction and demolition of every piece of armament of infrastructure constructed by all those French, English, Chinese, and other contractors in Iran since the JCPOA is ongoing, and POTUS has managed unity, which is a miracle.
The tough part is going to come if POTUS wants real sovereignty for the Iranians, while Israel and the WEF want a puppet installed.
I’m hoping POTUS has some Iranian General bubbled wrapped and away from easy assassination, ready to step in with the regular Iranian Army to take over reconstruction and administration.
Let’s see what happens.
Caveat: Team Trump retains the option of doing to Pahlavi the same as whatever happened to Rutte and Fetterman, but I get the sense it’s not a first choice.
Additional data point:
Current NYTimes headline:
Trump Says Strikes Killed Iranians US Saw as New Leaders.
There is a point at which visions of the future diverge.
Right now, POTUS jumped on the skier’s back to accelerate where the skier, lets call him I, was always headed anyways.
What happens when he tilts his weight to force the skier down the black diamond to the right, a trail the skier never intended to go down?
The one that leads to actual non-BP controlled Persian sovereignty?
Over the last few weeks I have been very wary of the blatherings regarding said crown prince. Did not feel comfortable with the Machado blatherings either.
Glad to see someone else sharing my reservations.
The wrong people like both of them.
WATCH: Dems Clap as RINO Thom Tillis Goes on 10 Minute Rant Screaming Leftist Talking Points at Kristi Noem About January 6 Pardons, ICE Operations, FEMA Response – Accuses Noem of Breaking Laws and Weirdly Attacks Her for Killing Dog in Book
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/03/rino-thom-tillis-screams-kristi-noem-attacks-trump/
I’m beginning the think the Republican senators have mental issues (in addition to health issues).
They’ve been drinking too much of that water from the Potomac
And then he went onto the Senate floor and repeated it all and is immediately putting a hold or blocking in committee mark ups, appropriations, or nominations in DHS and ‘en bloc’ nominations. And on the 19th will do same in the finance, banking, judiciary, or veterans committees and on the floor. Unless Noem is fired or answers his questions.
And all while saying he stands with the President and Republicans and that’s why he is doing it. What a hypocrite turncoat this man turned out to be!
I’m not sure whether the Judas or Brutus label is more appropriate for this vile creature.
Spit!
I think he’s angry at what he believes is happening to Jerome Powell, he put a hold on the nominations until investigation of Powell was ended.
But this kind of a rant hints at something to hide, no rational person gets that angry and off the wall with no reason because a Fed is being investigated.
In 2018, it was REPUBLICAN House INACTION and Senate behavior by REPUBLICANS as you noted that were the root of the losses in the House … along side election vote counting being “extended” until the right counts were achieved in precincts with hairline margins.
What’s up PDJT???
https://open.substack.com/pub/petermcculloughmd/p/trump-signed-a-directive-to-accelerate?r=b7nwz&utm_medium=ios
Great. So what’s next — mandatory chip implants? Will we be denied access to [fill in whatever means the most to you] if we refuse to get chipped? Gotta wonder if Pfizer is involved and, by extension, Wiles. Will experiments be performed on beagles before humans?
Appreciate your instructive posts, as always, but am reaching a point where I’m not sure I want to know!
Wow. What a nightmare.
Someone should ask President Trump if he is willing to have a chip implanted on his brain. He can lead by example.
These tech people are insane and so is President Trump if he does not see a problem with this. The disturbing part to me is that a group of 50 people in Sweden who willingly had a chip implanted in their hand to make it easier to purchase things from a vending machine and open automatic doors at their workplace. I am sure there are people who would be willing to implant a computer chip onto their brain, I am not one of those people.
Resistance is futile.
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{ EXCLUSIVE: The Arizona State House Makes an Unprecedented Move for a Person’s Right to Refuse Medical Mandates }
I would have voted NO as well … I do not want some random voter deciding MY FATE.
This is an issue that deserves NO PLACE on any ballot.
The only thing that would change my position would be a better explanation of MANDATE.
There were allot of people (voters) who wanted MANDATED COVID Injections and worse for the non-compliant.
Be very careful what you wish for .. there are allot of BIG BROTHER GOVERNMENT lovers (voters).
The follower of iranian mullah should surrender. Resistance is futile. Iranians should save their country.
Which ones?
The Kurds, the Baluchi’s, or the Azeris?
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Distribution_map_of_Iranian_ethnic_groups_(2023).svg
Persia exists, but it isn’t Iran.
If POTUS starts peeling off the Kurds, Erdogan is going to pop up like groundhog.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DUOuChnjuxH/?igsh=MjJrNW1tYWloZmVo
Is this real ?
Shots fired at “R” politician’s home
What is up with this???
“Trump Officials With Ties to Bayer Ask Supreme Court to Wipe Out Glyphosate Cancer Claims”
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/trump-officials-ties-bayer-supreme-court-wipe-out-glyphosate-cancer-claims-rtk/?utm_source=cc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=defender&utm_id=20260303
15 Months Ago It Was Leftists’ Mecca – Now the Dept. of Education Just Unfurled a Banner Featuring the Left’s Most-Hated Enemy After Trump
President Donald Trump has a special talent for driving liberals to (and beyond) the point of madness.
For instance, in March 2025, by way of executive order, Trump decimated the U.S. Department of Education. Today, only a shell of that agency remains.
Now, according to journalist David Weigel of the news outlet Semafor, the Department of Education building — that monument to the unholy alliance of teachers’ unions, federal bureaucrats, and the Democratic Party — features a banner of slain conservative Christian icon Charlie Kirk, whose assassination on Sept. 10, 2025, set off gleeful celebrations on the demonic left.
“Walking along the Mall. First time I’ve seen the Charlie Kirk banner on the Department of Education,” Weigel wrote Sunday on the social media platform X.
Happily, news of the Kirk banner sent leftists on X into fits of apoplexy.
https://www.westernjournal.com/15-months-ago-leftists-mecca-now-dept-education-just-unfurled-banner-featuring-lefts-hated-enemy-trump/
Watch: First ever footage of Israel’s ‘Iron Beam’ laser weapon in wartime – this will drive the unhinged ‘Jewish space laser’ crowd insane
Well, what do you know: It turns out those Jewish space lasers are real!
On Monday, Israel deployed its Iron Beam interceptor system in combat for the first time, shooting down projectiles fired by Hezbollah.
Video posted on the Israel War Room account showed a brief snippet of the new laser-based system in operation:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/watch-first-ever-footage-of-israel-s-iron-beam-laser-weapon-in-wartime-this-will-drive-the-unhinged-jewish-space-laser-crowd-insane/ar-AA1XrEyJ
Lasers move at light speed. You wouldn’t see them move, they would be there effectively instantly. So what is this??
Who didn’t see this already? From South Carolina….
“US senator says Cuban regime’s days “numbered” after Iran operation”
https://www.intellinews.com/us-senator-says-cuban-regime-s-days-numbered-after-iran-operation-429253/
This is unbelievable! Grand jury against the cops who killed this KILLER!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15611123/Austin-cops-grand-jury-shooter-Diagne-woke-DA-Garza.html
“The city’s mayor praised the officers for ‘without a doubt saving lives’ however they now face the prospect of a grand jury thanks to a policy shaped by the woke legal group The Wren Collective.
The group worked with Garza’s office to establish a policy for all police involved in deadly shootings to face grand juries, including the heroic officers who stepped in on Sunday. “