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Iran

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Plus: Trump issues a fresh round of threats against Iran, a U.S. missile reportedly hit another school, it's peak bloom for the cherry blossoms in D.C., and more...

Christian Britschgi | 3.30.2026 9:30 AM

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Monday morning escalation. President Donald Trump is starting the week off on a belligerent note.

In a Truth Social post, the president said if Iran's new leaders do not agree to a deal to end the war "shortly" and if the Strait of Hormuz is not opened immediately, the U.S. will "will conclude our lovely 'stay' in Iran by blowing up and completely obliterating all of their Electric Generating Plants, Oil Wells and Kharg Island (and possibly all desalinization plants!)." (Kharg Island is a small coastal island and an important export hub through which 90 percent of Iran's oil exports pass.)

According to reporting from The Wall Street Journal, Trump is also considering conducting a military operation to seize Iran's 1,000-pound stockpile of enriched uranium. And last night, the president said that Iran is "not going to have a country" unless they submit to U.S. demands to end the war.

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The White House reportedly transmitted a 15-point plan to end the war to Iran via Pakistani intermediaries last week. Iranian officials have said they've received the plan, but no direct negotiations are ongoing. An Iranian spokesperson said U.S. demands are "excessive" on Monday.

Meanwhile, Iran continues to launch missiles and drone attacks on its U.S.-allied Gulf neighbors. Iranian-allied Houthis in Yemen entered the war on Saturday by launching missiles at Israel.

In both issuing threats of a wider war and saying the negotiations are going swimmingly, Trump reveals his own eagerness to quickly end the conflict. Unfortunately for Trump and everyone else, the war the president started with Iran is not something he can end unilaterally.

As Reason's Matthew Petti wrote last week:

The fundamental problem is that Trump put Iran's back against the wall. He began the war trying to kill "past, present, and future" Iranian leaders and threatening the rank-and-file with "certain death." Worse yet, Trump played the same trick on Iran twice. In June 2025, he treated U.S. negotiations with Iran as a ruse to enable an Israeli attack. Half a year later, Trump did exactly the same thing, bombing Iran right before the next round of talks.

Iranian leaders now believe (and have said so publicly) that the only way to avoid being attacked again in six months is to extract a high enough price as a guarantee against future attacks. That doesn't mean they will succeed. But it does mean that Trump alone cannot decide when the war will end.

In short, it's in Iran's interest to keep the conflict going and make it as painful as possible in order to deter future U.S. aggression. Truth Social threats won't change that reality.

Mistaken missile strikes. U.S. missiles hit an elementary school and sports hall on the first day of the war, a New York Times investigation has found.

The school and sports hall are immediately adjacent to an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps facility. The Times says it's not clear whether the school strike was intentional, the result of a flaw with the type of munition used (which had not previously been used in combat), or the result of improper target selection.

Iranian media claims that 21 people were killed in the strikes, including several children.

The strike occurred the same day as a U.S. cruise missile hit a girls' school in the city of Minab, killing 175 people.


Scenes from D.C.: There's much to complain about when it comes to spring weather in Washington, D.C. Peak bloom of the city's famous cherry blossoms isn't one of them. Who doesn't love a good cherry blossom?

PEAK BLOOM! PEAK BLOOM! PEAK BLOOM!

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If you want to stay up-to-date with the cherry blossoms, I'd recommend following the daily updates from cherryblossomwatch.com.


QUICK HITS

  • Israeli police prevented Catholic clergy from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate Mass on Palm Sunday, citing security concerns during the ongoing war with Iran.
  • Several Australian states are suspending public transit fares to cope with higher oil prices resulting from the war with Iran. Any profit-seeking business would be raising fares right now to profit from increased demand for substitutes to auto travel.
  • I doubt any Star Trek: The Next Generation episode passes this test.

B'kdel Test

1) At least two named Klingons, 2) who talk to each other, 3) about something other than honor. pic.twitter.com/PqoHDIDwhC

— Enterprise Computer (@EnterpriseCPU) March 29, 2026

  • Ross Douthat on the simultaneous revival and decline of religion in America.
  • Thieves have stolen a shipment of KitKat bars on its way from an Italian factory to customers in Poland.
  • Sen. Rand Paul (R–Ky.) says he's 50–50 on running for president in 2028.

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  1. Fist of Etiquette   2 months ago

    ...Trump is also considering conducting a military operation to seize Iran's 1,000-pound stockpile of enriched uranium.

    Lucky for me my car runs on enriched uranium.

    1. JesseAz (RIP CK)   2 months ago

      Make that uranium pay its fair share!

    2. Dillinger   2 months ago

      keep it under 88mph

      1. But SkyNet is a Private Company   2 months ago

        That’s only for plutonium cars

    3. Sometimes a Great Notion   2 months ago

      We can not sit idling while F.I.S.T. has nuclear capabilities. Time to assemble G.E. Joe.

      1. But SkyNet is a Private Company   2 months ago

        G.E.D. Joe?

      2. EISTAU Gree-Vance   2 months ago

        Fist is not an acronym. FOE is. Just sayin’. (Or maybe it is and I’m just not aware. First In Some Threads?)

        Somebody needs to uphold some standards around here. It’s thankless work. Sheesh.

      3. Fist of Etiquette   2 months ago

        Your real worry is when I finally finish my time machine.

    4. Marshal   2 months ago

      Mr Fusion?

  2. Rev Arthur L kuckland (5-30-24 banana republic day)   2 months ago

    Drop in a few tons of liberator pistols into Iran and tell the people it's up to you now, take back your country

  3. Fist of Etiquette   2 months ago

    ...the president said that Iran is "not going to have a country" unless they submit to U.S. demands to end the war.

    Ideally it's the Mullahs that won't have Iran. Or vice versa works too.

    1. JesseAz (RIP CK)   2 months ago

      Once Iran runs out of cardboard they will have no leaders left.

  4. Rev Arthur L kuckland (5-30-24 banana republic day)   2 months ago

    Ross Douthat

    Who is this guy and why should I care about what he says?

  5. Fist of Etiquette   2 months ago

    ...the war the president started with Iran is not something he can end unilaterally.

    The argument has been put forth that this is ending a war started decades ago. Do we think that might be the case?

    1. EISTAU Gree-Vance   2 months ago

      Started decades ago? Yes.

      Ending it? Hope so.

  6. Fist of Etiquette   2 months ago

    ...the only way to avoid being attacked again in six months is to extract a high enough price as a guarantee against future attacks.

    They might want to assess how vulnerable the current president is to public opinion.

  7. Idaho-Bob   2 months ago

    The school and sports hall are immediately adjacent to an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps facility.

    Old Hamas trick.

    The Times says it's not clear whether the school strike was intentional, the result of a flaw with the type of munition used (which had not previously been used in combat), or the result of improper target selection.

    The Times speculating on intent is fucking hilarious. Reason quoting The Times is even funnier.

    1. Spiritus Mundi   2 months ago

      OMG innocent people get hurt in war! Trump pressed the trigger persoanlly on those sweet, little kids. This has never happened before in the history of war!!! The Iranians haven't struck a single non-military target!

      Next up at Reeeeason: the Jews made him do it.

      1. JesseAz (RIP CK)   2 months ago

        I feel like we have this ignore the Islamic groups targeting civilians, be outraged at their propaganda of us or Israel accidentally killing a civilian every couple of years.

      2. Medulla Oblongata   2 months ago

        More Christians macheted to death by Muslims in Nigeria this weekend.

        More Christians killed in Nigeria by Muslims than have been killed in all of Gaza during the Israeli "genocide".

        https://anglicanmainstream.org/article/over-50000-christians-killed-in-nigeria-by-islamist-extremists/

    2. mad.casual   2 months ago

      Also an old propaganda trick:

      Take the same bombing cite, report on it four weeks later, building by building, to make is seem like *another* building was wrongly or indiscriminately struck when, in fact, you're talking about the same bombing.

      E.g.
      Four raids were carried out in the bombing of Dresden between Feb. 13 and Feb. 15 1945.

      vs.

      The Bombing of Dresden destroyed 12,000 homes and dwellings including the Catholic Hofkirche Church, Residenzschloss Dresden Palace, and several Renaissance and Baroque art galleries containing works by masters such as Raphael, Titian, and Rembrandt. Some 31 Hotels, 19 Hospitals, and 17 regional churches and chapels were also destroyed in the bombing.

      I mean, if breathlessly reporting on blowing up a school didn't generate the reaction you wanted, I don't see how adding a gym is going to help you rather than just make you look desperate. Maybe try not to desensitize people with "mostly peaceful" burning police stations and cries of "Insurrection!" while dodging all coverage of other actual massacres and violent unrest next time.

      I sat through a talk in the early 00s about using software to do this. You feed in, e.g., the straight stats from a game of sportsball and the software can frame it "Commanding 1-0 victory by favorite local team over other town rivals." and "Other town rivals give up narrow 1-0 loss, snatched from the jaws of defeat by favorite local team."

      1. Jerry B.   2 months ago

        "Russian car finishes second in drag race. American car next to last."

    3. Minadin   2 months ago

      The strike occurred the same day as a U.S. cruise missile hit a girls' school in the city of Minab, killing 175 people.

      Allegedly. These people taking the Iranian state TV's claims as fact also report casualty figures from Hamas like they are gospel.

      1. JesseAz (RIP CK)   2 months ago

        Im just happy they found another 20 bodies to add to the death count. Sure no actual bodies or names. But that number keeps climbing.

      2. EISTAU Gree-Vance   2 months ago

        Our news media sure does seem to take a lot of propaganda at face value if it makes orange man and his war look bad. Seems like it’s worse than Iraq, but I could be misremembering.

    4. Medulla Oblongata   2 months ago

      And the "girls school" was adjacent to--shared a wall--with the IRG station that was bombed.

      1. mad.casual   2 months ago

        Again "same day", it was the same strike targeting the same base.

        Even in this photo from Mar. 4, where the school is labeled. The long, narrow building in the middle of the walled compound was identified as a Health Clinic, the northernmost buidling of the two overlapping targets in the Southwest corner is the "Gym". Even this photo from the CBC *still* lists it as "IRGC Naval Base targets".

    5. Social Justice is neither   2 months ago

      Love how they completely skip over the Iranian war crimes of intentionally mixing military and civilians targets just to blame the US.

    6. Marshal   2 months ago

      What exactly did this "investigation" consist of? They reported Hamas casualty figures uncritically, but turned around a month later and refused to report estimates of Iranian civilian murders by the Iranian government because the reports were unconfirmed.

      So applying these standards to the current situation their "investigation" is as credible as asking Hezbollah.

  8. Spiritus Mundi   2 months ago

    ...Trump reveals his own eagerness to quickly end the conflict...

    Are you sure, because he keeps sending more troops to the region.

    Perhaps somebody at Reeeeason should get around to reading The Art of the Deal. It appears the mullahs have done so.

  9. Fist of Etiquette   2 months ago

    Israeli police prevented Catholic clergy from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate Mass on Palm Sunday...

    it is with a heavy heart that i must announce that the jews are at it again

    1. Quicktown Brix   2 months ago

      Is that why it was so cold this weekend?

  10. Fist of Etiquette   2 months ago

    Several Australian states are suspending public transit fares to cope with higher oil prices resulting from the war with Iran.

    Trump has spread communism to down under.

    1. JesseAz (RIP CK)   2 months ago

      Just dont dare them to suspend energy taxes.

  11. Longtobefree   2 months ago

    "Iranian media claims . . . "

    Fact checked by the Gaza Health Ministry?

    You may as well cite the NYT or WaPo.

    1. Spiritus Mundi   2 months ago

      Media of a nation run by religious zealots. A religion that commands its followers to lie to promote the religion.

    2. Minadin   2 months ago

      They did cite the NYT and WaPo . . .

  12. Ajsloss   2 months ago

    Thieves have stolen a shipment of KitKat bars on its way from an Italian factory to customers in Poland.

    I believe Justin Verlander once claimed that KitKats were responsible for his ability to throw a 100mph fastball.

    1. JesseAz (RIP CK)   2 months ago

      Has anybody checked the trains for the bars?

    2. Outlaw Josey Wales   2 months ago

      Police can't get a break in the case.

      1. EISTAU Gree-Vance   2 months ago

        Ha!

    3. But SkyNet is a Private Company   2 months ago

      I think that was Kate Upton’s Kitty Kat

      1. EISTAU Gree-Vance   2 months ago

        KU was still hot when JV had a 100 mph fastball.

  13. Rev Arthur L kuckland (5-30-24 banana republic day)   2 months ago

    worf and kurn discuss the political problems in the kliningon empire.
    honor is a religion among the kilingons. Would you go to an actually religious Christian and not expect to hear a mention of Jesus? Would you go to a muzzi and not expect to hear a mention of praise to a slave owning pedofiles war monger?

    Tng has a power struggle of the kilingons empire running throughout a few seasons of the series. (where many named kilingons discuss klingon society)

    Just because you heard a "hot take" on reddit/twitter doesn't make it good journalism.
    Fuck off

  14. Spiritus Mundi   2 months ago

    I doubt any Star Trek: The Next Generation episode passes this test.

    Reeeason, bringing you the libertarian stories that matter.

    1. Fist of Etiquette   2 months ago

      Your sarcastic rebuke is without honor.

      1. JesseAz (RIP CK)   2 months ago

        How did non of you just respond "shut up wesley"

        https://comicbook.com/startrek/news/wil-wheaton-tired-of-shut-up-wesley-star-trek-patrick-stewart-re/

        It was right there!

    2. Don't look at me! ( Is the war over yet?)   2 months ago

      Stupid TV crap.
      Teen Reason indeed.

      1. Rev Arthur L kuckland (5-30-24 banana republic day)   2 months ago

        Normally I would agree, but star trek is different, the aspiration aspect of startrek has led the the development of flat screen tvs, mris, portable spectrometry, cell phones. Star trek inspires many engineers to make an aspirational futer a reality (a running joke in galaxy quest)

      2. Spiritus Mundi   2 months ago

        Almost 40 year old tv crap.

    3. Mickey Rat   2 months ago

      If we can take it as pointing out that the Bechdel Test is, was, and always has been a joke, and not a serious criticism of anything, then it is a bit libertarian.

      1. mad.casual   2 months ago

        Which is how I took it.

        Still kinda libertarian adjacent, still very "OK, maybe we went too far and our demands for amnesty we thought we were owed were totally nuts." stupidly passive-aggressive, but better than screeching "YOU OWE US OUR LIVED EXPERIENCES *AND* OUR HEALTHCARE OR WE'RE GOING TO CHOP OUR GENITALS OFF!" at the top of their lungs.

        1. Mickey Rat   2 months ago

          The only problem being that this is very late to the game and something that should been said at least a decade ago.

  15. Fist of Etiquette   2 months ago

    Thieves have stolen a shipment of KitKat bars on its way from an Italian factory to customers in Poland.

    I think those are called Kit-a-Kat-a-bars.

    1. Its_Not_Inevitable   2 months ago

      Were they spicy-a meat-a-ball-a flavored Kit-a-Kat-a-bars?

  16. Fist of Etiquette   2 months ago

    Sen. Rand Paul (R–Ky.) says he's 50–50 on running for president in 2028.

    Unfortunately for him, Vice President Vance is going to be the tiebreaker.

    1. Spiritus Mundi   2 months ago

      Vance may let him have it.

    2. Rev Arthur L kuckland (5-30-24 banana republic day)   2 months ago

      What tie breaker? Paul would get almost 4%of the votw

      1. JesseAz (RIP CK)   2 months ago

        He would double chase? So not gay then.

  17. Fist of Etiquette   2 months ago

    U.S. missiles hit an elementary school and sports hall on the first day of the war, a New York Times investigation has found.

    Finally, something the NYTimes newsroom can take glee in reporting.

  18. JesseAz (RIP CK)   2 months ago

    Teacher sexual abuse of students is up 100% the last decade. But as Leo says, democrats wont stand for this. Surely they wont defend teachers unions.

    https://www.elizabethjeglic.com/post/teacher-sexual-abuse-and-misconduct

    1. Mickey Rat   2 months ago

      And the school systems, as institutions, deal with it largely the same way the Catholic Church dealt with priests who were molesting minors, move them to different schools and hide the previous allegations from the people the new location serves. Which the Church was roundly condemned for.

      1. mad.casual   2 months ago

        [tilts hand]

        I agree they're shuffling them around the same way but it seems like the Catholic Church didn't have SROs walking the hallways that would require an *extra* level of obfuscation to avoid.

      2. Rev Arthur L kuckland (5-30-24 banana republic day)   2 months ago

        So the if the priests put money into the aflcio they would not be held accoutable

  19. JesseAz (RIP CK)   2 months ago

    How successful was No Kings?

    They emptied nursing homes.

    Media switched from number of protestors to number of sites. People even admitted traveling to multiple protests to help the narrative.


    Matt Van Swol
    @mattvanswol
    LMAO!!!

    A woman from Charlotte, North Carolina who is at a protest in South Carolina...admits on air she is "making the rounds" to other protests with friends.

    So when they say "thousands showed up"...

    ...it's the SAME PEOPLE on their 5th stop of the day

    Can't make this up!

    https://x.com/mattvanswol/status/2038225210927645071

    And ended in a night of riots.

    Success!

    1. Ajsloss   2 months ago

      Success!

      You mock them, but how many kings do we have right now?

      1. Don't look at me! ( Is the war over yet?)   2 months ago

        Is Budweiser still the king of beers?

        1. Ajsloss   2 months ago

          Absolutely. But this was a "no kings" protest. Plural. We're allowed to have one king.

          1. mad.casual   2 months ago

            [Ron Burgundy upward intonation]: Mission Accomplished?

            Originally aired during the Oscars on March 15, the campaign marks the beginning of a new chapter for the chain, one which de-centers its iconic mascot and centers customers. [sic] Burger King has launched a new campaign called “There’s A New King And It’s You.”

      2. Zeb   2 months ago

        How much for your tiger repelling rock?

        1. Ajsloss   2 months ago

          Not for sale. I am running a special on masks though.

      3. Dillinger   2 months ago

        whole fucking teams of them in Sacramento and Los Angeles

    2. Zeb   2 months ago

      Just glad that where I live it was just a bunch of old women who went home at 2 PM and left it at that.

      1. NealAppeal   2 months ago

        Saw an elderly lady in a Jazzy truckin down the sidewalk with a couple posters heading home likely to get ready for dinner (it was 11:45am, after all). Didn't see any group of protesters back where she was coming from. So they must be mobilizing quickly.

    3. Michael Ejercito   2 months ago

      Where were they when public health bureaucras acted like dictators?

    4. Rev Arthur L kuckland (5-30-24 banana republic day)   2 months ago

      What does no kings and Cuomo have in common?

    5. Idaho-Bob   2 months ago

      The No Kings protest in Coeur d'Alene had about 50% WA license plates. Same as last time. The rest were likely CA transplants.

    6. Medulla Oblongata   2 months ago

      Saw FB meme "CNN reporting 6 billion people at Texas No Kings rally! TEXAS!"

  20. JesseAz (RIP CK)   2 months ago

    In a shock to nobody, it turns out Mamdani didnt pay all those emergency snow shoveled. Paying out 10% ofnwhat he promised.

    https://nypost.com/2026/03/28/us-news/say-it-aint-snow-emergency-shoveler-sues-city-for-failing-to-pay-after-historic-blizzard/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

    1. Don't look at me! ( Is the war over yet?)   2 months ago

      Judging by the pictures of the snow shoveling effort, he was overpaid.

      1. Ska   2 months ago

        Considering how much of the sidewalks are frontage for property owners, the whole thing was a fucking sham. I shoveled my 20' of frontage. My neighbor is a big commercial building; they shoveled their 100' of frontage. My other neighbor is a douchebag, he shoveled a little walkway instead of the whole sidewalk. But at the end of the day, all the property owners shoveled their own properties. Just like everywhere else.

        Fuck Mamdani.

  21. JesseAz (RIP CK)   2 months ago

    Swedens highest court sentences woman for crimes against humanity for posting Christian scripture against homosexuality.

    https://korkeinoikeus.fi/en/index/supremecourt/news/supremecourtpaivirasanenandherinternetpublisherconvictedofagitationagainstapopulationgroup.html

    Liberals are evil.

    European politician under investigation for the same because they pushed back against open borders.

    https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2026/03/25/why-former-frontex-chief-fabrice-leggeri-is-under-investigation-for-complicity-in-crimes-against-humanity_6751795_7.html

    Liberals are evil.

    1. Dillinger   2 months ago

      >>Swedens highest court sentences woman

      in prison she'll be away from all that islamic gang rape

  22. JesseAz (RIP CK)   2 months ago

    Reasons favorite new old libertarian Jesse Ventura says trump was never shot. He used a blade to cut his ear. Ignores dead guy in the crowd.

    https://www.zerohedge.com/political/jesse-ventura-claims-trump-staged-assassination-attempt-wrestling-blade-job-his-own-ear

    1. Don't look at me! ( Is the war over yet?)   2 months ago

      It’s obvious that trump shot that guy to make it look realistic.

      1. Dillinger   2 months ago

        eggs/omlette

    2. Mike Parsons   2 months ago

      its much more likely that either Trump happened to plant an assassin, or that guy dropped dead on his own. /s

      Ventura getting bodied by Razor (Occam's, not Ramone's)

      1. mad.casual   2 months ago

        Jesse Ventura is a Trump plant to discredit and dispel his opposition; change my mind.

        Occam's Razor - Jesse's somewhere between deranged kook and unprincipled attention whore.

        1. Michael Ejercito   2 months ago

          Astonishing that Tim Walz is worse.

          1. Mike Parsons   2 months ago

            Ya, I remember when they were trying to sell Tampon-Tiananmen Tim as the down to earth normal dad, and Trump and Vance were "just weird".

            The whole thing wreaked of Hillary Clinton-esque talking points that came out of a DC poll tested think tank.

            That strategy failing hilariously, was predictable. Turns out when you are a fraud facilitating, woke clown who's commie wife opened the window so she could take in the aroma of revolution when BLM was burning her city to the ground, and you are cucked by her and your commie-college daughter, Joe-Everyman doesn't relate to you, he despises you.

    3. Ajsloss   2 months ago

      Ignores dead guy in the crowd.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ5Ytow727I

  23. JesseAz (RIP CK)   2 months ago

    Cries of nobody can get documents used against SAVE shown to be bullshit as woman replaces all documents for 19 dollars woth an hour worth of work within 5 days.

    https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/03/save-america-act-fearmongering-vs-reality-woman-replaced-3-key-documents-in-5-days-for-19/

    1. Mike Parsons   2 months ago

      I just like how their biggest line is "Republicans dont want women voting" despite the demo skewing R

    2. Spiritus Mundi   2 months ago

      $19!!! Why do you hate minorities. They can't afford $19!!! We need a government program to help offset the cost. It will provide $100/month, for life, to ensure equity in maintaining the proper documents needed to vote. Also, you will still be able to cast provisonal ballots without ID. Those will be counted 3 days after the election.

      1. Longtobefree   2 months ago

        "Those will be counted 3 days after the election."

        Only if needed.

      2. Rev Arthur L kuckland (5-30-24 banana republic day)   2 months ago

        For just the cost of a 40 you can help a minority vite

    3. Mike Parsons   2 months ago

      I think we honestly need to lean HARD into actual voting restrictions.

      A great start, aside from the SAVE act, would be tying the vote to tax paying status. If you are a net zero or net receiver of benefits, no vote for you. If you actually contributed, you get to vote.

      The incentive is just far to large to demand unlimited free stuff, being that more than half the country are now net-takers (insert that quote that isnt Franklin but often attributed to him)

  24. JesseAz (RIP CK)   2 months ago

    Bar association has a 100% opposition rate to trump despite claims of being non partisan. Ironically appeals courts have a 90% agreement rate.

    https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/03/american-bar-association-has-100-opposition-rate-to-trump/

  25. JesseAz (RIP CK)   2 months ago

    WaPo caught pushing Iranian propaganda with US landmine fake story. Issues quite the correction on claims of independent journalism around story.

    https://x.com/soccerdhg/status/2038231175097966999

  26. Sevo, 5-30-24, embarrassment   2 months ago

    "U.S. to Pay TotalEnergies $1 Billion to Exit Offshore Wind"
    [...]
    "Why This Matters
    The Trump administration has agreed to pay French energy company TotalEnergies up to $1 billion to surrender two offshore wind leases off the U.S. East Coast. The move is a major setback for the country’s offshore wind ambitions and marks another sharp turn toward fossil fuels in federal energy policy..."

    1) If CA could lose the HSR for $1B, it would be a blessing!
    2) Good! Reliable energy is always preferable to that which is available every now and then.

  27. Quicktown Brix   2 months ago

    In a Truth Social post, the president said if Iran's new leaders do not agree to a deal to end the war "shortly" and if the Strait of Hormuz is not opened immediately, the U.S. will "will conclude our lovely 'stay' in Iran by blowing up and completely obliterating all of their Electric Generating Plants, Oil Wells and Kharg Island (and possibly all desalinization plants!)."

    Well this is a puzzling development considering the US won the war multiple times already, that talks are going very well with a person that can speak for Iran, but can't be identified (which is odd on it's own, considering the US already won), the strait is already open and that Iran already gave us a very nice gift that Trump also can't identify.

    1. Dillinger   2 months ago

      okay Tucker ...

  28. Medulla Oblongata   2 months ago

    Democrats always looking for more ways to spend other people's money...

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrat-rep-pramila-jayapal-wants-reparations-for-illegal-immigrants/ar-AA1ZCUg9

    Democrat Rep Pramila Jayapal wants reparations for illegal immigrants

    Democratic Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal said in a video posted to social media Friday that illegal immigrants should receive “reparations” for the “trauma” inflicted by the Trump administration.

    1. JesseAz (RIP CK)   2 months ago

      Grfiters promoting grift.

    2. mad.casual   2 months ago

      It's even more retarded than a tax on unrealized gains.

      Unless you're Reason and you're sure that borders are constructs, immigrants are always a net good, and tariffs are taxes and then it *is* a tax on unrealized gains.

    3. Z Crazy   2 months ago

      What about reparations for Laken Riley, who was murdered because illegalkind raped her white pussy?

      1. Mike Parsons   2 months ago

        MSM learned from Laken Riley that the country finds white college girl with bright future killed in rape attempt icky to hear about, so they adapted.

        Hence, the white college girl killed by illegals last week received a collaborated "ignore" from the MSM. Cant have facts getting in the way of the narrative.

        I wonder if Laken Riley and Sheridan Gorman were comforted by the "stats" that show illegals commit less crime. I wonder if that made them feel safe and happy while they were being murdered by low skill, low IQ, military aged males imported at the behest of the Democrat party

    4. Rick James   2 months ago

      Democratic Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal said in a video posted to social media Friday that illegal immigrants should receive “reparations” for the “trauma” inflicted by the Trump administration.

      Reason: think of all the money you'll find in your bank account with all of these migrants coming across the border?

      Martha's Vineyard: Fifty? FIFTY?!! We don't have the resources for that! SEND THEM AWAY, JEEVES!

      Democrats: We need an extra $12 billion for "migrant services".

      WA Democrats: And an extra $22 billion a year for reparations!

      Reason: See all the economic activity migration has spurred on?

  29. Medulla Oblongata   2 months ago

    Scenes from NYC: Mamdani can't sell enough bonds to keep city afloat?

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/mayor-mamdani-s-budget-mess-is-creating-chaos-in-the-nyc-bond-market/ar-AA1ZCBvg

    New York City’s bonds have suddenly become a hot topic on Wall Street — and you can thank socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani for this certifiably ­bizarre development.

    This past week, the Big Apple went to investors to sell billions of dollars in municipal debt.

    With Mamdani doing his best imitation of Fidel Castro, the city sold $2.3 billion — $300 million less than it had targeted.

    1. D-Pizzle   2 months ago

      "Municipal bonds Ted, the best investment ever."

  30. Medulla Oblongata   2 months ago

    African Nation wants to extradite Ilhan Omar?

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/african-nation-calls-for-ilhan-omar-to-be-extradited-after-vance-s-fraud-claim/ar-AA1ZF8yM

    Somaliland’s post about Omar, who is from Somalia, comes amid criticism over her opposition to the recognition of an independent Somaliland and her defense of Somalia’s territorial claims.

    Somaliland has acted as a self-governing territory since 1991, maintaining internal security and building its own democratic institutions.

    1. JesseAz (RIP CK)   2 months ago

      And being more successful than Somalia proper.

  31. Medulla Oblongata   2 months ago

    Buch of Tik Tok crybabies in the military in the FIND OUT phase...

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/soldiers-posting-complaints-on-tiktok-are-now-facing-ucmj-action-and-the-consequences-are-serious/ar-AA1Ztj3f

    1. Super Scary   2 months ago

      "At one point, he said this soldier had already accumulated a bunch of counselings and believed the TikTok content likely pushed things “over the top.” He also suggested her online presence included other “spicy videos,” which in his view added to the larger image problem."

      Oh my goodness. Spicy videos? What a disgrace! Someone should tell me where those videos are so I can avoid them.

  32. Medulla Oblongata   2 months ago

    Fraud all the way down...

    During the pandemic, criminals siphoned $32 billion out of California’s unemployment system. That’s well above most states’ budgets, enough to fix every pothole from San Diego to Sacramento. And that’s just one program.

    We’ve seen millions in SNAP funds diverted by criminal rings in recent years. Millions more have been stolen by AI "ghost students" enrolling in California community colleges and pocketing the cash. Most recently, we’ve seen billions in Medicaid funds go toward non-essential healthcare for illegal immigrants and hundreds of millions more down the drain for fraudulent hospice schemes.

    She could have added $24 billion of lost homeless spending.

    NO KINGS Financials Released!

    The Financers:
    - Arabella: $79M
    - Warren Buffet: $16M
    - Ford: $51M
    - Rockefeller: $26M
    - Soros: $72M
    - Tides: $45M

    $294,487,641 MILLION

    1. JesseAz (RIP CK)   2 months ago

      Nothing we can do until we ask congress.

      1. Don't look at me! ( Is the war over yet?)   2 months ago

        If it won’t solve to deficits in one fell swoop, why bother?

    2. Rick James   2 months ago

      Whoever found this fraud should be investigated.

  33. Medulla Oblongata   2 months ago

    As seen on CNN...Iran said there were no talks with the United States—none at all. Former CIA Director John Brennan: "I tend to believe Iran more than Donald Trump."

    But the Pakistani middlemen are clearly involved in some sort of negotiations, even Reason is reporting this...so Brennan is wrong AGAIN.

    1. JesseAz (RIP CK)   2 months ago

      Cite Pakistan blowing up the corporate media narrative. Which reason also pushed.

      https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/03/26/now-pakistan-fm-blows-up-that-iranian-and-liberal-media-narrative-about-talks-n2200660

  34. Medulla Oblongata   2 months ago

    Feel-good moment of the weekend #1...ICE agents laugh in the face of liberal at the airport screeching about fascism

    https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/2037548633197797650

    Feel-good moment of the weekend #2...transman activist lawyer has epic meltdown, threatens judge, is held in contempt, screeching "Help me! Help Me!...Call 911! Call 911! I can't breath!" during the takedown, then begging for a female officer.

    https://x.com/iris_seraphina/status/2036923242045178266

    1. JesseAz (RIP CK)   2 months ago

      The lawyer one is wild. Shows everything wrong with demanding acceptance of their mental illness.

      1. mad.casual   2 months ago

        4th grade health class:
        The universal sign for choking is putting both hands on your throat. If someone tells you they're choking or that they can't breath, do not begin the Heimlich Maneuver. Remain calm. Contact EMTs. The fact that they can tell you they can't breathe, especially loudly or forcefully, means their lungs are still moving air in and out of their airway.

        6th grade wrestling:
        A legal headlock traps the head and at least one arm using two arms by the athlete employing the headlock. A headlock that circles only the head (without capturing an arm) with both arms is dangerous because it becomes a neck crank or choke. The wrestler performing the headlock needs to either include one or more of their opponent's arms when locking in a choke hold or perform the hold without locking the other person into the hold, using only one arm.

        Of note: Headlocks that are illegal in freestyle wrestling may be legal in other forms of wrestling and other grappling sports.

      2. Mike Parsons   2 months ago

        One of the best parts:

        "I demand to have a female officer"

        Why is that? Aren't you a male now? Why would you demand a female officer? Also, what even is a female officer, define it.

        Everything with these people falls apart with basic scrutiny

        1. mad.casual   2 months ago

          +1

          Officer: Oh, OK. [Releases choke hold, bailiff releases arm lock]
          Officer: [Turns to bailiff] *Poof!* You're a female officer!
          Bailiff: *Poof!* *You're* a female officer!
          [Resume chokehold/arm bar removal from the courtroom]

          1. Rick James   2 months ago

            What's funny about his is, based on trans ideology, this is 127,000% real, valid and legitimate and there is literally no argument against it that isn't definitionally transphobic... like Ketanji Brown Jackson saying she couldn't define a woman because she wasn't a biologist.

      3. Don't look at me! ( Is the war over yet?)   2 months ago

        Turns out it’s not easy being a man.

        1. Mike Parsons   2 months ago

          I just love that when push came to shove, the evolutionary basic knowledge of "men are stronger than women" immediately comes out of this chicks mouth, and she demands a female officer.

          Its easy to pretend men can be women and everyone is an even blank slate when its some swimmer or wrestler in the NCAA kicking the shit out of some girl you will never know or meet. Its another thing when somebody is getting physical with YOU, and you have to deal with the consequences of "hey, no difference between men and women"

          Gave up the whole argument

      4. Mickey Rat   2 months ago

        The lawyer has absolutely no emotional discipline, and is manipulative as hell. Pulls the "trans" card when that was not the issue. Pulls childish passive-aggressive move and lies about it (did not place notebook on judge's bench, just dropped it). Goes to the "I can't breathe" lie when resisting being handcuffed by the bailiffs. Incredibly asks for 911 to be called, as if the police are going to do anything about bailiffs acting on the judge's orders in her courtroom.

        1. damikesc   2 months ago

          Odds of her suffering any consequences at all? I'm placing it at below 20%.

          1. Zeb   2 months ago

            Well, presumably she already went to jail for contempt. I'll put it a little higher as this was really egregious.

            1. mad.casual   2 months ago

              Yeah, IDK. Seems like putting your personal issues and a petty tit-for-tat on trial is putting your own best interests ahead of the clients and the bar wold want to shut that shit down. But, I can only assume the lawyer wasn't being a dick just to be a dick (but who knows) and got the idea that it would work from somewhere.

              1. Dillinger   2 months ago

                I think the rule is you have to have a dick to be a dick just to be a dick

              2. Zeb   2 months ago

                Or extra testosterone exacerbates anger management issues?

                Being a dick to the judge (who is also a woman) is one thing. Fighting with the bailiffs after the judge holds her in contempt seems like crossing a harder line, whatever other intersectional considerations exist. I guess we'll see (if we can be bothered to follow up, which I probably can't).

                1. Dillinger   2 months ago

                  "if I can just fight off these four cops then the judge will let me make my point!"

    2. Mike Parsons   2 months ago

      ".ICE agents laugh in the face of liberal at the airport screeching about fascism"

      Its no longer a one off, its a recurring theme: annoying privileged spoiled white liberal following around ICE agents who are black and brown screaming at them about how deporting illegals makes them fascist.

      They are the "Silence, brown people. A White liberal is speaking" meme.

      Seriously, I wonder if they ever notice "hey....a lot of brown people work for ICE and CBP..."

      1. Mickey Rat   2 months ago

        They believe any black or brown person are supposed to share their ideology, so they despise such people as apostates to their pseudo-religion.

    3. Dillinger   2 months ago

      ya that was delicious.

  35. Mickey Rat   2 months ago

    "The Revolving Door Between the Press and Progressive Groups Is Spinning Fast"

    https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/03/the-revolving-door-between-the-press-and-progressive-groups-is-spinning-fast/

    "There’s the temptation to argue that the conservative-media-to-Trump-White-House pipeline more than compensates for these moves, but this is a cope. The Trump pipeline exists for only one administration, and it draws from a tiny handful of outlets. By contrast, the sheer number of mainstream journalists who have staffed Democratic offices, especially under Obama and former President Joe Biden, is vastly larger, spanning multiple administrations and drawing from a much deeper pool of legacy-media talent. The Trump pipeline is real, but it’s nothing compared to that which exists now and that which existed even decades before Trump gave politics a try."

    1. Marshal   2 months ago

      The only way to understand Trump is as someone using the Dems tactics against them. But since left wingers cannot accept any reality painting themselves in a bad light they refuse to accept this, which makes all their responses ineffective.

      "To defeat your enemy you must first know yourself".

  36. Mickey Rat   2 months ago

    Spain chooses individual and civilizational suicide.

    https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/a-portrait-of-a-failing-civilization/

    "Noelia Castillo Ramos is dead. In the mere 25 years she spent on this earth, nearly everyone in her life except for her immediate family failed her. But it was Ramos’s native Spain and its government that may be primarily responsible for consigning her to the worldly torment that she was so desperate to escape. In the end, the most that Spain could do for Ramos was to kill her."

    "The BBC reports:

    A former friend of Castillo, Carla Rodríguez, tried to enter the hospital to persuade her to change her mind, but told Spanish media that police had barred her from entering . . . . “The institutions that should have protected Noelia failed her,” wrote [conservative People’s Party] leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo on social media. He added: “I refuse to believe that the state did not have the tools to give her care.”"

    "Still, even if it distracts him from his country’s many domestic challenges, the prime minister spends much of his time issuing bombastic condemnations of Israel and the United States. And it seems his fellow Spaniards are eager for the distraction. As my former colleague Abe Greenwald has often written, anti-Westernism and its close cousin, antisemitism, help losers avoid confronting the conditions that made them losers in the first place. It’s a dreary, self-reinforcing cycle, but it’s also one to which the Spaniards seem committed.

    Ramos’s fate is analogous to that of the country in which she was unlucky enough to be born. Under a leftist government, Spain has no higher ambitions than to become a critic of Western civilization and its priorities as it settles into a warm bath from which it will not emerge. Noelia Castillo Ramos’s ordeal was tough to watch. It is no easier to observe a once great civilization consign itself to civilizational suicide."

    1. Michael Ejercito   2 months ago

      This was a line neither the Spanish Inquisition nor Francisco Franco would have crossed.

    2. Mickey Rat   2 months ago

      Also, keep in mind that she never reported the alleged attack by the three men to the police, so there is no evidence other than her say so that it had happened.

    3. mtrueman   2 months ago

      "Spain has no higher ambitions than to become a critic of Western civilization"

      Western civilization, as you would have it, is embodied in today's US and Israel. Spain is not the only country to be critical of Trump's war. Trump is clearly out of his depth here and needs to be ushered aside if the US wants to avoid catastrophe.

      Assuming that geography determines history, Spain is the western most (Europe mainland wise) part of the West. It's had a long history of African influencing events. In the 30s Franco was garrisoned with his army in Morocco, and when he invade Spain (thanks to the Nazis) he brought along a large contingent of African soldiers.

  37. Mickey Rat   2 months ago

    "Ethics" article argues for compulsory abortions for minors.

    https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/force-pregnant-girls-to-have-abortions-says-ethics-article/

    "The authors, a University of British Columbia philosophy professor and an aspiring philosopher, emphasize the fact that minors are children. From “Justice for Girls: On Provision of Abortion as Adequate Care” (citations omitted, my emphases):

    'Both opponents of abortion and liberal defenders of a woman’s right to control her own body make a mistake in relation to impregnated children. They both overlook that an impregnated girl is a child. As such, the adults responsible for her care should never pressure or compel her to continue a pregnancy. Nor should they confront her with the three “options” of abortion, adoption, or mothering, as medical professionals are currently advised to do. Instead, her adult caregivers should view her impregnation as a malady and take steps to terminate it.'"

    "There is a word to describe “philosophy” like this: totalitarian. Indeed, it reminds me pungently of China’s “one-child” policy that also involved forced abortion.

    For those who say that girls will never be forced to abort, just remember that about ten years ago journal articles started pushing puberty blockers for gender-confused children, in some cases regardless of parental wishes. We all know how that turned out in places like California.

    In any event, the fact that an article as authoritarian in its argumentation as this one appeared in one of the country’s most prestigious philosophy journals — and passed peer review, no less — is deeply troubling."

    1. mad.casual   2 months ago

      "The authors, a University of British Columbia philosophy professor and an aspiring philosopher, emphasize the fact that minors are children. From “Justice for Girls: On Provision of Abortion as Adequate Care”

      I criticized Anthropic's Chief Philosophy Officer (or whatever) for being unserious. In her and Anthropic's defense (as well as validation of their retardation about their models' 'self-confidence'), more seriousness, rather self-evidently, doesn't necessarily fix any given philosophy.

    2. Rev Arthur L kuckland (5-30-24 banana republic day)   2 months ago

      I am pro abortion. I think it should be legal for me to abort any Marxist at any time for any reason

  38. Chinny Chin Chin   2 months ago

    Who has downloaded the new White House App?!?

    For everyone fed up with Reason's daily deluge of Team Blue propaganda, this is your chance to get good, clean, honest and unbiased official Team Red propaganda! No more waiting for those RNC email blasts, or for your favorite social media influencer to tell you how to think! Get the real scoop straight from The Donald!

    1. SRG2   2 months ago

      This app is the best app, believe me, many people have told me, it works on Anne Droyd's phone and Tim Apple's phone, I made sure I said to the people who wrote the app, they're called developers, like photonic, photographic film, with the developing, only with codes, make sure that the app works on all phones, they hadn't thought of that, and I gave them the codes, which I can do as president...

      1. JesseAz (RIP CK)   2 months ago

        Humor is not a strong point of leftist retards it appears.

    2. Purple Martin   2 months ago

      Sorry if one of the grey boxes already said this, but TL/DR is:

      The official White House Android app:

      • Injects JavaScript into every website you open through its in-app browser to hide cookie consent dialogs, GDPR banners, login walls, signup walls, upsell prompts, and paywalls.
      • Has a full GPS tracking pipeline compiled in that polls every 4.5 minutes in the foreground and 9.5 minutes in the background, syncing lat/lng/accuracy/timestamp to OneSignal's servers.
      • Loads JavaScript from a random person's GitHub Pages site (lonelycpp.github.io) for YouTube embeds. If that account is compromised, arbitrary code runs in the app's WebView.
      • Loads third-party JavaScript from Elfsight (elfsightcdn.com/platform.js) for social media widgets, with no sandboxing.
      • Sends email addresses to Mailchimp, images are served from Uploadcare, and a Truth Social embed is hardcoded with static CDN URLs.
      • Has no certificate pinning. Standard Android trust management.
      • Ships with dev artifacts in production. A localhost URL, a developer IP (10.4.4.109), the Expo dev client, and an exported Compose PreviewActivity.
      • Profiles users extensively through OneSignal - tags, SMS numbers, cross-device aliases, outcome tracking, notification interaction logging, in-app message click tracking, and full user state observation.
      • None of this is government infrastructure.

      https://blog.thereallo.dev/blog/decompiling-the-white-house-app

      1. SRG2   2 months ago

        Sounds perfect to be installed on a Trump Phone

  39. Dillinger   2 months ago

    >>a U.S. missile reportedly hit another school

    fuck off. I can't believe you get paid for this

  40. Dillinger   2 months ago

    >>Israeli police prevented Catholic clergy from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate Mass on Palm Sunday

    omfg does Carrie Prejean know?

  41. Dillinger   2 months ago

    >>Several Australian states are suspending public transit fares to cope with higher oil prices resulting from the war with Iran.

    are the easy chicks on the Gold Coast enough to overcome this new Mad Max era?

    1. Rev Arthur L kuckland (5-30-24 banana republic day)   2 months ago

      The world need their heros max

  42. Dillinger   2 months ago

    >>Sen. Rand Paul (R–Ky.) says he's 50–50 on running for president in 2028.

    dummy never learned the Public Enemy lesson

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vQaVIoEjOM

  43. I, Woodchipper   2 months ago

    Sen. Rand Paul (R–Ky.) says he's 50–50 on running for president in 2028.

    he'd have my vote
    but seriously anyone other than a dem at this point. They plan to go full bolshevik as soon as they get the chance.

  44. mtrueman   2 months ago

    This is what air supremacy looks like.
    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyd07m7e1xo
    There's a photo of an AWACS jet blown in half in Saudi Arabia. "On Sunday Iran's IRGC-linked Fars news agency said a Shahed drone had struck the E-3 aircraft."
    This kind of aircraft has been around since 1977, and there are not that many of them. The Iranians are assumed to have detailed satellite info on US airfields, thanks to Russia.

    1. I, Woodchipper   2 months ago

      lol keep rooting for Iran dipshit.

      1. mtrueman   2 months ago

        Everyone loves a winner. The Iranians are already ahead in the negotiations. They've vetoed Kushner and Witcoff for the US negotiating team, publicly stating a preference for Vance. As long as Kushner and Witcoff are involved, the exercise will be another sham and a waste of time. They are probably correct.

        Anyone for palace coup?

    2. Rick James   2 months ago

      The Iranians are assumed to have detailed satellite info on US airfields, thanks to Russia.

      Remember when it was all "lol Russia and their ineffective or non-existent technology!"

      1. mtrueman   2 months ago

        "Remember when it ...."

        Nostalgia has it's place but it's no substitute for looking at the facts in the present. No attempt to conceal or protect a valuable piece of equipment. Clearly inadequate or non existent air defense. Supremacy breeds contempt, to coin a phrase.

        1. Rick James   2 months ago

          Unfortunately, sticking a camera lens in a bomb crater is not a measure of how the war is going...

          As the war with Iran enters its fourth week, there is an opportunity to look at data on the air campaign to understand what has happened and the combatants’ intentions.

          U.S. Strike Campaign: The U.S. strike campaign has settled into a sustainable pace of bombing between 300 and 500 targets per day. U.S. forces also now predominantly use far less expensive, short-range munitions. This “munitions transition” has vastly lowered the daily war costs.
          Iranian Launches: Iran’s drone and missile launches declined rapidly after the first four days. While rebounding slightly since, these launches remain far lower than earlier large salvos. The “lingering launch capacity,” however, continues to inflict damage—particularly, to energy facilities.
          Interceptions: Some Gulf states report very high interception rates, ranging from 80 to 90 percent. If true, that aligns with the best rates that Ukraine has achieved.

          [...]

          Air Defense Campaign: Iranian Launches
          The DOD has provided only a few updates so far on Iranian uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) and missile launches. The released data show a pronounced decline in launches after the first few days. This drop occurred as the U.S. and Israeli strike campaign actively attacked Iran’s missile and drone inventories, manufacturing capacity, and launchers; the Israel Defense Forces reported 70 percent of Iran’s ballistic missile launchers were disabled by Day 16. Breakdown in command and control after strikes against leadership targets may have contributed, particularly to the initial drop. Iran also may be taking a more deliberate approach to expending its diminishing inventories of munitions and putting at risk its launchers.

          The question will be, what are the stockpiles of drones they have if they're not able to effectively manufacture new ones? Missiles are harder to launch and avoid detection, the drones however are much easier as they can be done from a truck in an alleyway.

          1. mtrueman   2 months ago

            "sticking a camera lens in a bomb crater is not a measure of how the war is going..."

            Not a measure, true. It's more of a synecdoche. A metaphor using the part to stand for the whole. Loss of an expensive piece of equipment for Trump's fiasco. Your quote seems to be sourced entirely by the Pentagon. It is questionable and selective. It makes no mention of the Houthis joining the fray in the past few days, nor Iraqi militias and military.

            "The question will be, what are the stockpiles of drones they have if they're not able to effectively manufacture new ones? "

            That is doubtless an important question but perhaps a large stockpile won't be necessary. If one drone worth $10000 can take out an irreplaceable aircraft worth $300000000, that's as fine an example of asymmetric warfare as I can think of. Also the experience in Ukraine shows us that drones can be terrifyingly effective as anti-personnel weapons, so the troops have that to look forward to.

            1. Rick James   2 months ago

              My source wasn't the Pentagon, but it was one of those vaguely named, likely deep-state morass agencies like the Center for International Strategic Studies or some crap like that. I forgot to put the link.

              Their information may in fact be dodgy just like claims of Ukraine winning the war against Russia were dodgy.

              I'm not sure how this war will turn out. I'm not that concerned about the loss of an AWAC. Some drones are going to get through. However, I do believe that the statistics of dramatically reduced drone and missile attacks are probably generally true, even if the exact numbers are not 100% reliable.

              It's important to remember that Iran is a functioning country with nuclear power plants, infrastructure and factories. In almost every theater where the government collapses and we end up fighting "ISIS" or the Taliban on remote mountainsides, those forces are receiving their weapons and funding from Iran. And this, in my opinion is ultimately what this war is about. It's about cutting off a steady stream of weaponry to various secondary actors like the Houthis, Lebanon, HAMAS, etc. If Iran is busy hiding it's drone stockpile from being bombed by us, the Houthis are suddenly going to find themselves without offensive capability.

              1. mtrueman   2 months ago

                " However, I do believe that the statistics of dramatically reduced drone and missile attacks are probably generally true, even if the exact numbers are not 100% reliable"

                Maybe so, but how meaningful is that if these fewer drones are hitting targets of vastly greater importance. Let's say at the beginning Iran launched 100 projectiles and 2 found their mark. Now 20 projectiles and 1 found its mark. Let's say the 100 projectiles are old, leftovers for the Iran/Iraq war in the 80s. The 20 are the latest model using the latest tech. That's not an improvement, no matter what the statistics indicate.

                "we end up fighting "ISIS" or the Taliban on remote mountainsides, those forces are receiving their weapons and funding from Iran. "

                Not true. ISIS and the Taleban were never friends of the Shiites. Iran collaborated before in the relief of Mosul when it was taken over by ISIS. The IRGC and US plus Kurds and Iraqi army and militias fought shoulder to shoulder against a common foe. Israel and Saudi Arabia never joined the fighting.

                " the Houthis are suddenly going to find themselves without offensive capability."

                You don't win wars by underestimating the resolve or capabilities of your adversaries. Trump may have ignored this truism, but don't you fall for his lies.

            2. Get To Da Chippah   2 months ago

              If one drone worth $10000 can take out an irreplaceable aircraft worth $300000000,

              The plane is far from irreplacable.

              https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/30/middleeast/us-air-force-awacs-jet-destroyed-saudi-arabia-intl-hnk-ml

              The E-3 is in limited supply in the US fleet, only 17 on hand at the beginning of the year, according to FlightGlobal.com’s 2026 World Air Forces directory. That’s fewer AWACS than B-2 bombers (20).

              And they are old. The first aircraft joined the Air Force fleet in 1978, and the US fleet has shrunk from 32 aircraft in 2015.

              ...

              Besides the US, Saudi Arabia, France and Chile operate the E-3, and NATO has its own joint force of 14.

              There are 16 more in service today, 15 decommissioned of which probably a couple in the Boneyard in Arizona could be recommissioned if needed (albeit not quickly), and the Saudis have some on hand.

              1. mtrueman   2 months ago

                "The plane is far from irreplacable."

                They're not making any new ones.

              2. Purple Martin   2 months ago

                In any meaningful use of the term, the plane is realistically irreplaceable.

                Over the last two decades, the E-3 Sentry AWACS airframe's mission-capable rate in USAF operational squadrons has slowly dropped to 56%. So, of the 16 remaining, we can depend on only 8-9 for operations on any given day. Given the maintainability challenges of the remaining airframes (last was delivered in 1992, and we've been scavenging the boneyard at Davis-Monthan AFB for spare parts), that mission-capable rate is not going to improve.

                Original plan was to replace the E-3 with the Boeing 737-based E-7 Wedgetail, with rapid prototype aircraft planned for first delivery in 2027. The Trump administration announced cancellation of the Wedgetail last year (and the program does have its problems), with the justification of USAF/USSF's overly optimistic visions of rapidly migrating its mission to space-based assets.

                Congress didn't buy that vision, and restored the Wedgetail program (with an additional $5Bil funding)…but 2030 is probably a more realistic (if still optimistic) initial operational capability date (Australia, ironically, may have a couple somewhat earlier).

                Given Russia's satellite/AI-enabled assistance to Iran in targeting critical in-theatre U.S. warfighting assets, not sure how long we'll be able to retain a meaningful AWACS capability.

                As Trump is so fond of saying, "I alone could do this."
                .

  45. Rick James   2 months ago

    Iranian-allied Houthis in Yemen entered the war on Saturday by launching missiles at Israel.

    Snaking their way through schools and civilian areas without hitting a single one.

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