Trump Goes to War

Plus: Donald Trump vs. Thomas Massie, Republicans preparing to kill the filibuster for a very dumb reason, explosions in the Strait of Hormuz, and more...

Priorities. Amid a war of choice in the Middle East that has killed seven Americans and hundreds of Iranian civilians (including dozens of schoolchildren), induced chaos in the global oil market, and cost taxpayers more than $11 billion already, President Donald Trump on Wednesday night turned his attention to the most critical threat facing America: Rep. Thomas Massie (R–Ky.).

Trump flew all the way to Kentucky to stump for Ed Gallrein, the presidentially approved primary challenger seeking to unseat Massie in the May 19 election.

"We gotta get rid of this loser," Trump told the crowd. "He's disloyal to the Republican Party. He's disloyal to the people of Kentucky, and most importantly, he's disloyal to the United States of America."

That's a lot of nonsense. In reality, Massie's great crime against MAGA-dom is his commitment to constitutional principles and his expectation that Trump should follow through on his own campaign promises.

For example, Massie pushed for a congressional vote on the war with Iran (his effort was defeated), and has led the effort to release files related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. You wouldn't think that would cause a rift between him and the man who ran for president by promising "no new wars" and vowing to get to the bottom of the Epstein mess.

The price of gas has gone up $0.47 and the price of diesel has gone up $0.83 in 10 days due to War with Iran.

and waging war costs American taxpayers about $1 billion per day,

which comes out to $10 per family per day, or $100 since the war began.

This isn't America First.

— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) March 8, 2026

Massie also angered Trump for voting against the package of tax cuts that Congress passed last year. Massie objected to the fact that the bill would add trillions to the national debt, contradicting another of Trump's campaign trail promises.

When Trump talks about "loyalty," he exclusively means the personal variety. Trump likes elected officials who are flatterers—even if they are literal socialists, because ideology and principle matter little. Massie's unwillingness to kiss the ring clearly irks the president, and it also makes him one of the few interesting characters in Congress these days.

Ultimately, Wednesday's rally said a lot more about Trump's shortcomings as a person and a politician than Massie's.

And as for Gallrein…maybe Trump can teach him a thing or two about lobbing insults? Yikes.

Ed Gallrein, the man President Trump has endorsed to unseat Thomas Massie:

"I hope the fake news gets this. Tom Massie stands with the ladies of The View. Mr. President we stand with you. Fight! Fight! Fight!" pic.twitter.com/bciZJlSFJu

— The American Conservative (@amconmag) March 12, 2026

SAVE the filibuster. Speaking of Republicans who do whatever Trump says…Sen. John Cornyn (R–Texas) now supports killing the legislative filibuster after years of defending it.

In an op-ed published in the New York Post on Wednesday, Cornyn argued that passing the "SAVE America Act," which would require providing proof of citizenship and photo ID to vote, is more important than the filibuster. Cornyn is facing a primary challenge from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who also supports killing the filibuster to pass the bill.

The whole effort is the culmination of a long-running conservative political panic over illegal immigrant voting—and further stoked by Trump's repeated claims about stolen elections. But noncitizens are already forbidden from voting, illegal voting is very rare, as is voter fraud of any kind. This would be a very silly and bad reason to demolish the most effective congressional bulwark against the passage of bad legislation.

And Cornyn knows it! Here's what he said about the filibuster in 2022, when Democrats and President Joe Biden were trying to pass their own elections bill:

"Power is fleeting, and at some point the shoe will always be on the other foot," Cornyn said in January 2022. "Liberal activists may like the idea of nuking the filibuster today, but they'll soon find themselves ruing the day their party broke the Senate."

Meanwhile, in Iran…There were two major developments in the Iran War over the past 24 hours.

First, the U.S. military completed a preliminary investigation and blamed "outdated data" for a February 28 strike on an Iranian school that the Iranian government says killed 175 civilians, mostly children.

Asked about the strike earlier this week, Trump claimed that Iran may have hit the school…with a Tomahawk missile…which Iran does not possess. Asked again about the incident on Wednesday after the investigation was reported, Trump said, "I don't know about that."

Trump lied to your face after he killed a bunch of little girls. https://t.co/hHYrT3i0xG

— Dave Smith (@ComicDaveSmith) March 11, 2026

Second, several ships trying to cross the Strait of Hormuz were attacked, apparently by Iranian drones. The closure of the strait is probably the most significant geopolitical aspect of the war so far. The Wall Street Journal reports that it might drag on for a while:

Military and shipping-industry analysts said only a halt to the fighting would allow the full resumption of traffic in the strait, through which more than 100 ships passed each day prior to the war. Even if the U.S. were to launch military escorts, some shipping firms and oil companies are likely to hesitate to send their vessels through the strait because of the continued risk of Iranian attack.

And here's where things might be heading:

WSJ: "Reopening the strait, military analysts say, may require a ground operation to seize the Iranian coastline."https://t.co/CMw7lgrSbf pic.twitter.com/yrtJZTNKTZ

— Steve Lookner (@lookner) March 12, 2026

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Scenes from Washington, D.C.: They say that Washington is Hollywood for ugly people—but I admit that I'd never thought of the federal government as a deadbeat boyfriend from a cheesy romance movie before:

Yale Budget Lab Exec. Dir. @marthagimbel on the shrinking appeal of U.S. debt: "We are currently the boyfriend at the beginning of the Hallmark movie in the big city, where the girlfriend is still going out with him even though she knows that it's wrong." pic.twitter.com/JDwxzW5aa8

— CSPAN (@cspan) March 11, 2026

The Senate hearing, which was focused on how a debt crisis might unravel in the near future, is bleak but worth checking out.

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QUICK HITS

• Sen. Ron Wyden (D–Ore.) warned that "the American people are going to be stunned" by secret information about government surveillance that he's pressing the Trump administration to declassify in advance of a coming deadline to reauthorize warrantless spying powers.
• The Trump administration announced new investigations into 16 of America's largest trading partners, the first step towards imposing more tariffs under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. That sounds like a lot of bureaucratic paper-shuffling to justify higher taxes on American businesses. Remember when Republicans were against that sort of thing?
• The federal government spent $3.1 trillion while collecting just $2.1 trillion in taxes during the first five months of the fiscal year. Not great.
• Imagine walking into a grocery store in America in the year 2026 and thinking, "this is proof that capitalism has failed." And yet, here's Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson trying that approach.
• When "bull market" and "bear market" don't really describe reality:

Time to break out the forbidden third animal https://t.co/faaTF1zHfx pic.twitter.com/ca3lBmbQMz

— Tanning Salon Don (@TheSalonDon) March 10, 2026

Comments

[Fist of Etiquette]

...President Donald Trump on Wednesday night turned his attention to the most critical threat facing America: Rep. Thomas Massie (R–Ky.).

It's unusual for this president not to keep laser focused on one thing at a time.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Massie has caught the attention of others like Data Republican who has highlighted the money Massie gets from anti Isreal groups that also fund the squad.

His trading up with wealth tax ro khanna and using congressional immunity to accuse 4 innocent people of being complicit in Epstein turned out to not be a good move.

[Sevo, 5-30-24, embarrassment]

But TRUMP doesn't like him! That counts for a lot to TDS-addled steaming piles of lying shit like Boehm!

[Earth-based Human Skeptic]

Combine TDS with "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" and you get retards like LBTQXYZ types for Hamas.

[Zeb]

Think what you will about Massie's actual positions, but I've always thought that the taking money from bad people criticism was weak unless you have evidence of some kind of quid pro quo exchange or that he was soliciting donations from these people. Sometimes people align on certain issues for different reasons. Strange bedfellows and all that. There's plenty of reasons why many Bernie supporters might also like certain things about Trump, for example (if any can put aside their TDS).

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

It is primarily who is supporting hum, funding his elections. Sure he may agree with them on Israel, but shows who his backers are.

It is also why I mentioned his other 2 recent flaws. He even sat with democrats at SOTU. Those are actions he is taking. Why it was mentioned.

He also has shown in the past he is a normal politician to sell his votes.

Quote last year saying he would trade a vote for recognition. His biught vote for electing mccarthy to majority leader.

He isnt a clean moral ideologues. He is a standard politician.

[JFree]

I've always thought that the taking money from bad people criticism was weak unless you have evidence of some kind of quid pro quo exchange or that he was soliciting donations from these people.

The problem is the assumption that a system of governance requires money up front. That of necessity makes the system an oligarchy - not a polity (to use Aristotle's terms). That requires a mercenary army rather than a militia.

As the Epstein files kind of hint at - you don't really need evidence of a quid pro quo exchange if you have either blackmail or extortion to cover up all evidence of any possible quid pro quo exchange.

[Azathoth!!]

I have voted for Massie every time.

I have gotten into it with the last idiot who tried to primary him--because THAT idiot used leftist tripe to hit him.

Now, Massie is using leftist tripe. He's siding with Ro Khanna --who wants Trump to be tarred with the Epstein files....but not the Clintons.

Massie may have worn out his welcome.

Why is it that so many libertarians get so easily infected with leftism? Paul's teetering on the edge as well.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

It is where the money is. Look at how USAID was also funding GOP groups to support the uni party. Look how many conservative social media people are now backed by anti Israel funders. Look at CATOs switch to open borders leftism post soros visit.

Marxist long march through institutions included the institutions of their enemies.

Think tanks are funded by the left who in turn fund politicians and their families.

[Medulla Oblongata]

Getting handed money and free shit is insidious.

[NoVaNick]

Since when did libertarianism become MAGA cocksucking? There have always been elements of it that those on the left may like, not just those on the right.

[Social Justice is neither]

Please, tell us what part of the modern Left's Marxist agenda aligns with libertarians in fact and policy? There is no do as you like and leave others to do the same, it is all totalizing destructive horseshit.

[mad.casual]

Why is it that so many libertarians get so easily infected with leftism?

OK, just hear me out...

[mad.casual]

Some people reluctantly and strategically support a dim bulb that's barely able to illuminate two objects at once.

[Fist of Etiquette]

He's disloyal to the Republican Party. He's disloyal to the people of Kentucky, and most importantly, he's disloyal to the United States of America.

I put this squarely on Massie. How difficult is it to understand in Trump's second term that all you have to do is praise him while "respectfully" disagreeing.

[Don't look at me! ( Is the war over yet?)]

Trump flew all the way to Kentucky..

I bet he made some long distance phone calls too!

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Are you implying he crossed state lines?!?

[But SkyNet is a Private Company]

Well, Gollleee gee, that’s Amazin what they can do nowadays. It took me two weeks on my mule to get across ol Virginee last time I tried

[Fist of Etiquette]

...Sen. John Cornyn (R–Texas) now supports killing the legislative filibuster after years of defending it.

Because the GOP will never be the minority in Congress again.

[Fu Manchu]

They hope to ensure that by passing election commandeering BS.

[Don't look at me! ( Is the war over yet?)]

Like requiring an ID?

[Sevo, 5-30-24, embarrassment]

Fucked Manchu really doesn't want fair elections; D shits like Fucked Manchu would lose!

[Fu Manchu]

Like having to show a birth certificate or passport with your current name. Which means retarded tradwives without passports can no longer vote without getting new documents issued.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Look at sarc push the standard dem and maddow lie lol.

My god man. This is retarded even when maddow says it.

It isnt hard to register post marriage. I get youre retarded but it isnt hard.

So fucking dumb.

[Earth-based Human Skeptic]

Regular passport or COVID passport?

[Earth-based Human Skeptic]

Require ID to vote? That's Hilter-level Jim Crow!

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Having only citizens vote is electioneering screams sarc. Not counting illegals in apportionment to benefit democrats is electioneering screams sarc.

Next the racist sarc will push the black people are too stupid to register to vote narrative. Just watch.

[Sevo, 5-30-24, embarrassment]

Are you hinting that Fucked Manchu is a sock?!

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Oh. He 100% is.

Saint babbit and "ya retard" sarcisms here.

https://reason.com/2025/12/16/even-trumps-supporters-are-slamming-his-post-about-rob-reiners-murder/?comments=true#comment-11318756

[Sometimes a Great Notion]

I am sure the strategy of attacking anyone who doesn't flatter Trump will pay off bigly; so no need to worry.

[Kungpowderfinger]

Cornyn argued that passing the "SAVE America Act," which would require providing proof of citizenship and photo ID to vote, is more important than the filibuster.

And he’s right, however I don’t think they can get around the constitutionality of the states being allowed to hold elections to appoint electors however they decide is fit.

What really needs to probably happen is a constitutional amendment. Although it’s highly entertaining and revealing to hear Team Blue argue against voter ID:

But noncitizens are already forbidden from voting, illegal voting is very rare, as is voter fraud of any kind. - Boehm

Like that.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Incorrect. Congress can set uniform laws. States have means and manner. Requiring id verification is within current powers of congress.

The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.

[Sevo, 5-30-24, embarrassment]

But Kungpowderfinger hates TRUMP!

[Kungpowderfinger]

Team Orange sees everything through the same lens.

And how the fuck is voter id going to effect DJT? Do you think DJT is going to influence the Republicans the moment he’s out of office?

[TrickyVic (old school)]

""Incorrect. Congress can set uniform laws.""

Like mail in ballots for everyone?

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Sadly they could. It is no different than when obama sued Arizona over their citizenship verification and forced arizona to provide the federal form that doesnt require verification. Just a check box.

[Fu Manchu]

SAVE America is not just voter ID ya retard, it goes way beyond that and would shut millions of citizens out of voting unless they get new documents.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

And he pulled the sarc ya retard again lol.

Youre a fucking retard sarc. I get it. Life is hard for retarded alcoholics. But this claim is just dumb.

Over 70% support SAVE. 60% of minorities. They aren't as retarded as you.

[Spiritus Mundi]

Why can't they get new documents? ID like passports expire and you have to get a new one anyway. Or is that sexist/racist too?

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Have to provide documents to get on insurance, driver licenses, change to 401ks, bank records, etc.

They act like this isnt a common thing.

[TrickyVic (old school)]

Buy a beer.
Fly on a plane
Enter a federal building
Exercise your 2A right.

What requires an ID, the list is long.
I'm also willing to bet, those complaining about it, also have an ID.

[Medulla Oblongata]

Point of order: there is no requirement that (presidential) electors are determined by election...

"Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives

A state legislature may determine that it will appoint to the electors directly, or allow the governor to appoint the electors, or to hold elections to determine the electors, or hold a lottery...

[Azathoth!!]

See, here's the thing, you kill the filibuster, pass the SAVE act, and in a month, have a 'come to jeebus' moment and re-instate it.

What are the Dems going to do?

With voter ID, proof of citizenship and no blanket mail in voting they'll never win another election as they are now.

[Ajsloss]

Hey, peanuts! Bet you never thought we’d be on the same side as Whoopi, but apparently she’s also a #nancytruther. Said the Iran war is a distraction from the search for Nancy. So if someone can just draw that through line from Bad Bunny to Iran, we could have this case wrapped up over the weekend!

[Don't look at me! ( Is the war over yet?)]

You forgot the Epstein connection.

[Earth-based Human Skeptic]

That's the Esptein-Clinton connection.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

I understand Iranians talking as much as I do bad bunny rapping. Connect the dots people.

[Don't look at me! ( Is the war over yet?)]

Since when is it a bad idea to unseat a career politician?

[Fist of Etiquette]

Trump lied to your face after he killed a bunch of little girls.

While likely true, can we all agree not to quote Dave Smith again?

[Sometimes a Great Notion]

Upset that he is leaving the Legion of Skanks?

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Until he stops pushing the retarded NYT soft tissue stops high velocity rounds xrays I agree.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Reopening the strait, military analysts say, may require a ground operation to seize the Iranian coastline.

Might as well throw up a Trump Tower or two while we're there.

[Medulla Oblongata]

US Navy Destroys 16 Iranian Mine-Laying Boats as Regional Conflict Widens

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-navy-destroys-16-iranian-140004977.html

[Don't look at me! ( Is the war over yet?)]

The federal government spent $3.1 trillion while collecting just $2.1 trillion in taxes during the first five months of the fiscal year. Not great.

That’s right. The taxes are too high.

[Fu Manchu]

Libertarians for big deficit spending.

[Don't look at me! ( Is the war over yet?)]

Sarc misses the joke again.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Sarc loves raising income taxes while raging against even small spending cuts. He is consistent like that.

[Fu Manchu]

Maybe so but I don't ya faggot.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Sure sarc lol.

You fall into your verbal tics when raging buddy.

[Don't look at me! ( Is the war over yet?)]

More dehumanizing language from sarc.

[Don't look at me! ( Is the war over yet?)]

When "bull market" and "bear market" don't really describe reality:

Because the stock market is known for its long history of stability and predictability.

[But SkyNet is a Private Company]

Stonks goes up

[TrickyVic (old school)]

Right? That's what I was thinking. The "kangaroo" is not new.

[Fu Manchu]

War is good when it's not woke. That's why GWB's invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan and Nam were such successes. I'm sure victory is just around the corner in Iran. It's not like Iran chose a successor who is even more hard-line than the last guy or anything. All we need is boots on the ground and they will greet us as liberators.

[Don't look at me! ( Is the war over yet?)]

Poor sarc.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Where has this successor been. I mean I linked the cardboard cut out leadership below.

Weird you cite nation building exercises despite the very clear statements against it. Oddly this ethis is a uniparty love affair. You seem to be against crippling those funding terrorism. Does terrorism violate the NAP?

Do you even try to understand more than what maddow tells you? Are we still in a forever wars with Venezuela too?

[Rev Arthur L kuckland (5-30-24 banana republic day)]

They chose a card board cut out as a successor, literally.

And when he's gone the new ayatolla will be Diana Ross. She has years of experience being the Supreme leader

[Don't look at me! ( Is the war over yet?)]

+1

[Fu Manchu]

Yeah the guy doesn't even exist. The cardboard cutout magically just put out a statement. Talking cardboard, how does it work? Retard

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Oh this will be great. Was the statement on video or was it through a spokesman?

You truly are retarded sarc.

[Spiritus Mundi]

Written and read by a news reader.

[Spiritus Mundi]

It appears he is in a coma.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15638577/Irans-new-supreme-leader-obsessed-end-days-humanity.html

[TrickyVic (old school)]

""Talking cardboard, how does it work? ""

Two words.
Joe Biden.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Closer to Otto pen.

There are no videos of Khamenei Jr since before the strikes.

[Zeb]

Right, because statements always come directly from the person whose name is on them.

[Sevo, 5-30-24, embarrassment]

The brain-dead lefty shit Fucked Manchu is never good.

[Longtobefree]

Republicans are really stupid.
1. Eliminate the filibuster.
2. Pass all the stuff you were elected to pass.
(maybe even a real budget?)
3. Reinstate the filibuster, with a rule change to require 3/4 votes to make any future changes.

[Fist of Etiquette]

We are currently the boyfriend at the beginning of the Hallmark movie in the big city, where the girlfriend is still going out with him even though she knows that it's wrong.

DC just has to get America pregnant. The only issue is you can't do that going through the ass, which is where we've been getting it.

[Ajsloss]

The only issue is you can't do that going through the ass

^- Get a load of the guy who denies that men can get pregnant!

[Earth-based Human Skeptic]

Somebody is going to get sent to remedial DEI training.

[Kungpowderfinger]

If we were a Filipino movie, we’d be the good son that ends up being killed because the bad son disobeys his parents.

[Rev Arthur L kuckland (5-30-24 banana republic day)]

I skipped over that, but of course it was a low iq over credential cunt that referenced a hall mark movie

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Well it looks like media fell for another hoax. Beginning to walk it back. Reason fell for it too. As usual.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/11/ohare-ice-dhs-detain-chicago/

[mad.casual]

I mean, who could've seen through such a superficially credible accusation?

Thanks for the summary, Grok

Edit: Seriously, if you watch any spy or gangster movies, her public back story is textbook "cleaning up loose ends"... except it's real.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Sen. Ron Wyden (D–Ore.) warned that "the American people are going to be stunned" by secret information about government surveillance...

Ron might want to be careful here, as his party has also been part of the extra-constitutional shenanigans.

[Sometimes a Great Notion]

Obama, Hillary and Biden are gone, they have a new class that has yet to feel the rush of pulling the levers of extra-constitutional shenanigans - in respect to FISA at least.

[Medulla Oblongata]

Sometimes they snap, too.

https://civildeadline.com/alleged-information-of-suspect-in-stabbing-released/

The incident unfolded shortly after 1:17 p.m. along Interstate 495 southbound in Fairfax County, a heavily traveled beltway surrounding the nation’s capital. According to Virginia State Police, the situation began as a property-damage crash but escalated rapidly into a violent attack involving a knife. Dispatch audio later obtained by media outlets indicated that the suspect began stabbing multiple people in the roadway, creating a chaotic scene that left several victims injured and one person dead.

Authorities say Llamado fatally stabbed 39-year-old Michele Adams during the attack. Three additional victims — Dana Bonnell, 36, Mary C. Flood, 37, and Heather Miller, 40 — were also wounded. Investigators stated that the victims were not inside Llamado’s vehicle and that the attack does not appear to have been targeted. In addition to the human victims, police reported that Llamado also stabbed his own dog to death during the incident.

In the aftermath, the U.S. Department of State confirmed that Llamado was employed as a foreign service officer.

After college, Llamado worked in several technology roles, including positions as an IT network engineer and a senior solutions engineer at private technology firms. In November 2021, he began working as a senior network engineer at LMS Technical Services. In September 2024, he joined the U.S. Department of State as a diplomatic technology officer, a role that supports communications and technical systems used by U.S. diplomatic missions overseas. His online profile indicated he had been living in Copenhagen, Denmark, during that assignment, though he appeared to have returned to the United States recently.

[Earth-based Human Skeptic]

Any of that sex change transy stuff?

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Is this information how much wyden and dems spied on conservatives through jack smith?

[mad.casual]

Are you trying to suggest that Ron Wyden might have been a part of protecting organizations that participated in domestic surveillance?

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Dreamy gov Shapiro wants to build a fence. Not sure why because borders are bad. But after neighbors refuse to sell their land or lease their land, Shapiro tries to claim adverse ownership, despite neighbors living on the land. Uses government resources such as cops to keep neighbors off the portion of land he wants.

So dreamy.

https://nypost.com/2026/03/11/us-news/pennsylvania-gov-josh-shapiros-neighbor-accuses-him-of-stealing-land-in-outrageous-abuse-of-power/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

[Rev Arthur L kuckland (5-30-24 banana republic day)]

Insert joke about jews on stolen land here

[Earth-based Human Skeptic]

Be sure to include some sad Indians.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

FAIR estimates there are now 20M illegals, a surge of over 7M under Biden. I was promised all profit. Where is it??

https://www.fairus.org/sites/default/files/2025-03/2025-Population-Estimate.pdf

[Spiritus Mundi]

It has been 20M since at least G.W.

[TrickyVic (old school)]

That's almost half of the population of Canada.

[Fist of Etiquette]

The Trump administration announced new investigations into 16 of America's largest trading partners, the first step towards imposing more tariffs...

Has anyone suggested everyone setting their tariffs to zero?

[Don't look at me! ( Is the war over yet?)]

I think I heard mention of it one time.

[Rev Arthur L kuckland (5-30-24 banana republic day)]

Yes but only the US. Other countries can terrifs the US to 100ds of a percebt

[HorseConch]

That's the big burr in the free trade saddle. They should be zero, but that should go both directions. We're at a disadvantage at zero compared to the third world. That should be sufficient for them.

[Earth-based Human Skeptic]

FREE TRADE IS NOT FAIR TRADE!

Said some Ivy League professor (and all xer "students").

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Waiting doe the next scream of Adam Smith to post, but there is a very funny letter written in 1780 that shows Smith proposing duties to increase production quality domestically against foreign imports.

[Neutral not Neutered]

Free trade has failed and yet everyone wants some?

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Democrats in Minnesota tell democrats in Virginia to hold their prosecco. Submit bill yo allow home inspections of any gun owning homeowner.

https://jonathanturley.org/2026/03/11/minnesota-democrats-move-to-ban-semiautomatic-rifles-while-requiring-home-inspections-for-current-owners/

[Idaho-Bob]

Exemptions to include POC's and women. And state reps.

[Don't look at me! ( Is the war over yet?)]

That should go well.

Do you know who else like to inspect homes for weapons?

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Rambo?

[Ajsloss]

Burgermeister Meisterburger?

[Ska]

Wrong German. Or wrong contraband.

[Ajsloss]

Perhaps you're forgetting that he had all the tin soldiers melted down.

[Rev Arthur L kuckland (5-30-24 banana republic day)]

Ash breaking into an abandoned shack?

[Ska]

Me in every RPG game ever made?

[Earth-based Human Skeptic]

That chubby little Chinese guy?

[Fist of Etiquette]

The federal government spent $3.1 trillion while collecting just $2.1 trillion in taxes during the first five months of the fiscal year.

Someone recently suggested to me that tariffs are taxes so I guess we'll close that gap.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

A look st the 100 supposed kids killed by a tomahawk in Iran shows AI photos, repeat names, and names not listed in the school registry.

But believe all propaganda.

https://x.com/MarkZlochin/status/2031683270375559664

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

And this is fucking hilarious. Check out the cardboard cutout of Khamenei Jr they used yo swear him in.

Kosher
@koshercockney
I cannot stop laughing. Wow. I’m in tears honestly.

The new Supreme Leader couldn’t “make an appearance” so apparently the Regime brought out a cardboard cut-out.

Honestly, these people

https://x.com/koshercockney/status/2031390502692528415

[Don't look at me! ( Is the war over yet?)]

It looked so Southpark.

[Rev Arthur L kuckland (5-30-24 banana republic day)]

But David Smith, the new York times, and Iran all agree America is the great Satan. So ha!

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Islamic propaganda is best propaganda.

[Rev Arthur L kuckland (5-30-24 banana republic day)]

True everyone in the would knows it's fake, but the antiwesters all agree to repeat it anyway, because they hate america

[Fu Manchu]

Yeah it's all fake. That's why the Pentagon itself said the US likely killed the girls. Cultists are fucking dumb.

[Neutral not Neutered]

Surprised you found the time to get on the internet. Why are you not parked in line to get gas before it all disappears? China's crisis is well underway.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Pentagon itself huh?

You mean "unnamed source familiar with the situation" retard. Lol.

[mad.casual]

Celebrating International Women's Day after killing 150 schoolgirls (emphasis mine)

"When they're dead, they're just women."

[Medulla Oblongata]

They'll get over it.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Imagine walking into a grocery store in America in the year 2026 and thinking, "this is proof that capitalism has failed." And yet, here's Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson trying that approach.

Proof that our commies are more immune to reality than Boris Yeltsin.

[mad.casual]

Your post is a failure of capitalism (It's cool. I'm taking it back.)!

[Medulla Oblongata]

"We cannot allow big grocery chains to close stores at will!"

Spoken like a King rendering ukases.

Whatever happened to "No Kings!"?

[Earth-based Human Skeptic]

Not so much kings as central committees.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

The shocking video of california voter group paying homeless to write in names of other voters for 5 dollars has gotten so bad even California authorities had to admit it.

https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/03/11/curious-about-how-voter-fraud-works-watch-this-happening-in-california-n4950528

[Don't look at me! ( Is the war over yet?)]

Cheap bastards. $5 doesn’t buy much in California these days.

[But SkyNet is a Private Company]

VOTER FRAUD IS RARE!! Boehm just said so

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

It is amazing watching them still repeat this even with all the convictions once they started actually looking and 2 different elections had ti be rerun due to it.

Politicians literally caught making up ballots, registering even foreigners not in the US. All through the safe and secure mail in ballots system and checkbox verification system.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Poor damonsullum lost another one at appeals.

https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/03/11/trump-scores-court-win-as-biden-appointed-judges-deportation-block-stalls-n4950539

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

What china Tony and jeff dream if.

Canada fines school board member 750k for not pushing trans ideology. Pushes to make this criminal in the future.

https://justthenews.com/nation/free-speech/kangaroo-court-tribunal-fines-school-board-member-750000-opposing-gender

[mad.casual]

I think, at this point, being an insane Canadian trans advocate long after the moment had past would be worse than being trans.

Like somebody from modern society shows up and says "Regardless of which side of the issue you're on, throwing virgins in volcanoes and stabbing people in the brain through their eye socket isn't really fixing anything. It's just horribly, horribly immoral." and everybody says, "Huh. You know he's right."... except you. You're the only one who knows that sacrificing virgins and stabbing people in the brain is the right thing to do.

[Medulla Oblongata]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/650k-paid-to-former-teacher-who-refused-to-use-trans-students-preferred-names-pronouns-report/ar-AA1XBaJM

A central Indiana school district has reportedly agreed to pay over half a million dollars to a former music teacher who resigned after refusing to call transgender students by their preferred names and pronouns.

Court records show the Brownsburg Community School Corporation has agreed to settle a lawsuit with John Kluge. The Alliance Defending Freedom, the group representing Kluge in court, said the district agreed to pay $650,000 and retrain senior staff on religious discrimination.

[Earth-based Human Skeptic]

Now they need a special tax imposed on all Democratic voters.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

And finally. Another trump administration employee forced be moved to housing on a milotary threat from peaceful legal observers.

https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/03/11/another-trump-official-moved-to-military-base-amid-threats-n4950514

[Rev Arthur L kuckland (5-30-24 banana republic day)]

Why bondi? She's not even doing her job.

[Don't look at me! ( Is the war over yet?)]

This is why you can’t have chicks in charge.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Plus: Donald Trump vs. Thomas Massie, Republicans preparing to kill the filibuster for a very dumb reason, explosions in the Strait of Hormuz, and more...

Voter integrity is such a stupid idea.

[But SkyNet is a Private Company]

VOTER FRAUD IS RARE! It’s so rare we don’t check for it or put in any safeguards in Blue states. We don’t look for it, that’s how we know it’s so rare, kinda like illegals aliens were rare under Biden.
Pay no attention to the caravans of 10,000 people or the boxes of ballots being wheeled in the back door at 2:30AM or the poll workers changing ballots on video or running the same batch repeatedly.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Do you know how scary it is to put a check mark in a box that is never verified against records??? And never prosecuted???

Secure bro.

[Neutral not Neutered]

You're a deplorable racist for saying that

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Fair.

[Medulla Oblongata]

Scenes from NYC: doing the crimes Americans don't want to do

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/four-time-deported-honduran-arrested-after-shoving-elderly-air-force-vet-onto-nyc-subway-tracks-dhs-reveals/ar-AA1Ytad9

A four-time deported illegal immigrant from Honduras with 15 prior criminal charges shoved two victims onto the tracks at a New York City subway station this week, including an 83-year-old Air Force veteran who remains in critical condition, according to reports.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) indicated Wednesday evening that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged a detainer against Honduran national Bairon Posada-Herandez, 34, after he was arrested for allegedly shoving two men – unprovoked – onto the train tracks inside the NYC subway system. The older male, 83-year-old Air Force veteran and grandfather Richard Williams, is reportedly still fighting for his life at a New York City hospital.

[Don't look at me! ( Is the war over yet?)]

Why do you hate cultural enrichment?

[Earth-based Human Skeptic]

But ICE! (and, of course, Trump!)

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Needs more appeals.

[mad.casual]

Platforms around rail lines are just abstract social constructs.

[Neutral not Neutered]

Highways are racist.

[Rev Arthur L kuckland (5-30-24 banana republic day)]

Massie has been a pawn since the deep state killed his wife

[mad.casual]

Even if you're not a deep state credibility theorist, there's a more conventional explanation about how his behavior changed around his remarriage.

If you're a really deep... something... conspiracy theorist; it's weird that Fedderman's wife seems to have disappeared from the public eye and he's drifting rightward (or pro-Trump or 29.889° West in the plane of the horseshoe or whatever) while Massie gets remarried and moves the opposite.

[Rev Arthur L kuckland (5-30-24 banana republic day)]

The claim that it was a tomahawk missile was based on the fact that it has wings... Like 5 of Iran's missiles. I know David Smith and Iran would never lie

[Neutral not Neutered]

Israel is starving millions of Palestinians -- Hammas leadership selling international aid to wealthy Palestinians after seizing control of the convoys of trucks and shooting the poor trying to get to the aid...

[Medulla Oblongata]

Schumer says the quiet part out loud.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/uh-oh-video-captures-schumer-finally-admitting-it-he-hates-the-save-america-act-because-it-cleans-voter-rolls-in-every-state/ar-AA1YqpEY

[Neutral not Neutered]

Yes and that means he recognizes the chances of them winning through cheating is nearly over. Thankfully.

[Medulla Oblongata]

This makes perfect sense...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/la-city-council-s-bizarre-177-million-mansion-tax-boondoggle/ar-AA1YqzZ3

In other words, the city is now subsidizing lawyers who will sue it for even more money, and activists who will stop the city from cleaning our homeless encampments and restoring law and order.

[Medulla Oblongata]

They'll always show you what they really are. Democrats do not want Christians in their party.

“Good riddance,” Michigan Democrat Party Chair Curtis Hertel sneered. “Rep. Whitsett’s decision to not seek re-election is a net positive.”

https://pjnewsletter.com/karen-whisett-democrats-party/

A Democrat state representative in Michigan has announced that she is not running for reelection to prioritize her religious beliefs. Rep. Karen Whitsett announced on March 2, “I will not be seeking re-election for this office, and I will not be running for any office ever again. This is not a political calculation—it’s a spiritual decision,” per WDIV…

“For me, it is impossible to be a faithful follower of Jesus Christ while remaining a member of the Democrat Party as it exists today. I cannot reconcile that platform with Scripture.”

[Don't look at me! ( Is the war over yet?)]

One less chick in office is a good thing.

[Rev Arthur L kuckland (5-30-24 banana republic day)]

Not if that chick has control over policy, and is a ardent follower of the teaching of Jesus christ.

[JFree]

Massie is the only critter who's worth a shit in the House. That is not faint praise by vacuum either. Congress used to be a place for mavericks and individuals. Rather than the home of stupid, manipulated, and dead. I hope that will still continue after this primary.

[Don't look at me! ( Is the war over yet?)]

Libertarians for career politicians!

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Those anti Isreal backers pay you too dont they.

[TJJ2000]

+100000 Totally agree.

[Rev Arthur L kuckland (5-30-24 banana republic day)]

He hasn't been worth shit since the deep state killed his wife

[Medulla Oblongata]

" pushed for a congressional vote on the war with Iran (his effort was defeated),"

Voting not to vote is, in fact, making a decision.

[mad.casual]

I'd never thought of the federal government as a deadbeat boyfriend from a cheesy romance movie before

You realize the trope exists to make the protagonist both relatable and sympathetic, right?

[Neutral not Neutered]

Okay simp for the globalists and the weak minded... No Massie is not for constitutional principles he is being a political hack thinking opposing Trump will win him re election.

"That's a lot of nonsense. In reality, Massie's great crime against MAGA-dom is his commitment to constitutional principles and his expectation that Trump should follow through on his own campaign promises."

[JFree]

"Reopening the strait, military analysts say, may require a ground operation to seize the Iranian coastline."

Unfortunately this may be exactly what is needed to break the hold of stupid. What Bonhoeffer called 'external liberation'.

[I, Woodchipper]

In an op-ed published in the New York Post on Wednesday, Cornyn argued that passing the "SAVE America Act," which would require providing proof of citizenship and photo ID to vote, is more important than the filibuster.

Correct. It will be the death-knell of the Democratic party and the american left. which is why they are fighting it tooth and nail.

[Chinny Chin Chin]

DonDon has announced that he'll release some of the Strategic Oil Reserves: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/11/iran-war-trump-oil-strategic-petroleum-reserve.html?

Not sure why, as there's no war going on, and gas prices aren't high, but he's doing it so it must be smart. Moreover, I'm sure we all remember back in November '24, when President Harris topped off the Reserves with 200 million barrels that she purchased for the low low price of around $75 per.

Who thinks Donald will get a better deal than Kamala when he refills the Reserves?

[Don't look at me! ( Is the war over yet?)]

What are you smoking?

[Sevo, 5-30-24, embarrassment]

Who imagines this steaming pile of TDS-addled shit has more than one brain cell?

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Remember when Schumer blocked him from refilling it at 29 a barrel? Good times.

[TJJ2000]

Thomas Massie for 2028!

The rest of the article you can just sum-up to [D]emon-crap self-projection who is well known to be the "Kiss the Kings Ring" party. It's almost as-if just seeing individuality in a party disturbes their sheeple mentality.

[Earth-based Human Skeptic]

'Imagine walking into a grocery store in America in the year 2026 and thinking, "this is proof that capitalism has failed."'

Well, duh, if groceries are not "affordable", i.e. free, if slaves are forced to work in the store for "wages", and if anyone anywhere "profits" from the grocery trade, then capitalism has indeed failed by being unfair and evil.

[Ajsloss]

if slaves are forced to work in the store for "wages"

*whispers quietly* but we still need people to pick the strawberries.

[Neutral not Neutered]

Folks should be thanking Trump and Doge for recovering billions and billions and also for the tariffs bringing in billions and billion which is paying for Trump/GOP spending and cutting into the deficit spending left over by the Demonrats.

Gas is not as expensive as it was under Biden and under 100 a barrel for oil, why the fuck is anyone crying? Whaa, should I call a whaambulance?

Besides that. What pisses me off is the oil we have and gas we purchase, except Commifornia, does not come through the Strait so why in the fuck prices on our products are being raised is gouging beyond the market.

Businesses no longer compete. They are colluding together to increase their bottom lines and profitability making pricing no longer competitive for the consumer.

[Dillinger]

>> Donald Trump vs. Thomas Massie

not a fair fight in any arena.