Daily Tech News 6 March 2026

—Pixy Misa

Top Story

• The Department of War has sunk Anthropic with a torpedo fired from a submarine, the first such incident by a US Navy vessel since World War 0. (Politico)
  
  Or I might be conflating various world events. It's been a long day.
  
  
  
• Speaking of navies abruptly relocated at the bottom the the sea Nvidia is pulling back from OpenAI and Anthropic. (Tech Crunch)
  
  Not divesting, but not investing further either.

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Thursday Overnight Open Thread - March 5, 2026 [Doof]

—Open Blogger

Thomas Point Shoal Light Station in the Chesapeake Bay

Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Thursday night ONT. Today may or may not be an important day for your humble host. Either way, thanks for stopping by!

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Acrophobia Cafe

—Disinformation Expert Ace

Northern Spain
Gareth Mon-Jones

Baby medic.

Dog and goose are playmates.

A kitten raised by dogs loves the ocean.

Another kitten is raised by huskies.

Skateboarding bulldog bros.

Weisenheimer secretly photoshops Batman into his parents' family photos, to see how long it takes them to notice the Dark Knight appearing at every wedding and anniversary.

Puppy adopted from Italy unexpectedly transforms into a Great Pyrenees.

Another Great Pyrenees kept getting adopted, and then returned to the shelter. He was just too much dog. But he's finally been adopted by people who can handle him.

Not all heroes wear capes but this one does.

In case you missed it: MTG appeared on The View in this very very real clip.

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Quick Hits

—Disinformation Expert Ace

From Tommy Robinson. I don't know if that's real or a parody that's very close to the truth.

Rep. Dan Goldman is mad at his wife because she "liked" a tweet supporting the Iranian Counter-Revolution.

What a disgusting cuck. Choosing terrorists over his wife.

I'm sure someone else is banging her. Must be, right?

Levi Strauss Heir Dan Goldman Distances Himself From Pro-Israel Wife Who 'Liked' Social Media Post From 'God Bless Donald Trump' One meme that caught Corinne Goldman's eye mocked the slogan 'Jews for Palestine' as 'chickens for KFC'

Rep. Dan Goldman (D., N.Y.) has a girl problem. The Levi Strauss heir, best known for serving as lead counsel in the first impeachment of Donald Trump, was forced to distance himself from his own wife to avoid alienating a core Democratic constituency: terrorist supporters.

Goldman threw his wife, Corinne Levy Goldman, under the bus this week after left-wing activists in his Manhattan district circulated screenshots of social media posts she had "liked" in the aftermath of Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist massacre. In a statement to the New York Times, the congressman insisted that his wife does "not speak for me." Like many married couples, he explained, they do not always share the same views--particularly when one of them is trying to survive a Democratic primary in a district where hostility toward Israel has become something of a litmus test.

The controversy stems from nearly a dozen social media posts that Mrs. Goldman liked or shared in the weeks after the Hamas attack, which many Democratic voters embraced as a triumph of "anti-colonial resistance." The Goldman family was in Israel at the time.

Among the posts Mrs. Goldman liked was a widely circulated meme from the popular account @EndWokeness mocking the slogan "Jews for Palestine" as "Chickens for KFC." She also liked posts suggesting that Western activists who chant "Free Palestine" might consider relocating to Gaza and living under Hamas rule. Another post came from the account "God Bless Donald Trump," which praised Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson for arguing that the United States should revoke visas for visitors from places such as Iran and the Palestinian territories if Hamas executed American hostages.

Left-wing activists quickly seized on the posts, circulating screenshots and bringing them up at town halls in an effort to weaken Goldman's credibility with pro-Hamas Democrats. The congressman faces a tough primary challenge from former New York City comptroller Brad Lander, an outspoken critic of Israel. Goldman's critics argue that his wife's social media activity was proof that he also hated Hamas, which would put him at odds with the anti-Western values of his constituents. The congressman's district includes portions of Manhattan and Brooklyn, where anti-Israel activism has flourished since the Gaza war began.

Goldman told the Times that his wife's antagonism toward terrorists and their supporters did not reflect his own views.

"Like most married couples, my wife and I do not always share the same views, and any tweets she has liked as a private citizen do not speak for me," he said. "As an elected official and public figure, my record, votes and public statements are the only reflection of my beliefs."

CNN now broadcasting stories approved by the Iranian government. They admit they are in Iran "only with government permission."

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Inside the Magic: New Fake James Bond Movie Will "Embrace Queer Storytelling" By Featuring a "Non-Binary Actor"

—Disinformation Expert Ace

For a change of pace, here's a nonsense story.

I think "Inside the Magic" is some kind of Disney fanzine. I don't know how credible they are.

But as I read them, they seem less and less credible.

I'm glad I gave up on Bond movies years ago so that I'm already halfway home when the suckers are still getting out of the stadium.

Production on the next James Bond film is underway. Tentatively titled James Bond 26 (27 if you include the non-Eon Never Say Never Again) falls under Amazon, which purchased Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and inherited the distribution rights to its films, including the 007 movies.

This "news" article is off to a bad start. No, Bond 26 is not "tentatively titled James Bond 26." How stupid. Bond movies are routinely referred to unofficially as "Bond X" until the title is revealed, but in no way would anyone who understands the Bond franchise or the usual operations of the English language say that these movies are "tentatively titled" Bond X.

Also, EON would never include the non-EON Never Say Never Again in its count of EON Bond films.

This seems like it's written by someone who knows nothing.

So, standard media story, then.

Amazon MGM Studios later acquired creative control of the future of the Bond franchise from longtime producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, who have been replaced by Amy Pascal (Spider-Man: Homecoming) and David Heyman (the Harry Potter films).

Dune and Dune: Part Two director Denis Villeneuve is helming the new film, while Peaky Blinders' Steven Knight is on writing duties.

A New Rumor About the Film

But we do know that the next 007 will be male, despite rumors of a "gender-swap" doing the rounds following No Time to Die (2021), the final entry in Daniel Craig's series. Craig himself has even publicly opposed the idea. However, a new rumor suggests that the next "Bond girl" will be non-binary, with actor Emma Corrin in line to play the spy's love interest.

NewswirePatriot on X (Twitter) claims that the new Bond film has "officially gone woke":

WARNING: James Bond has officially gone woke! The new love interest in the Bond franchise will be "non-binary" actress Emma Corrin. The producers "wanted to prove even legacy franchises can embrace queer storytelling."

Of course, this should be treated strictly as a rumor and nothing more.

To be honest, I think "treating it strictly as a rumor" would be giving it far more credit than it deserves. This seems like the most amateurish clickbait nonsense, and that's coming from someone who wants this to be true.

I don't think this rises to the level of "rumor." This is just stupid nonsense.

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Trump: Tucker's Out of MAGA

—Disinformation Expert Ace

Good.

Maybe the Quisling JD Vance will finally find his manhood as well.

Jonathan Karl @jonkarl

In a lengthy conversation just now, President Trump hit back at Tucker Carlson who called the Iran war "absolutely disgusting and evil."

"Tucker has lost his way," Trump told me. "I knew that a long time ago, and he's not MAGA. MAGA is saving our country. MAGA is making our country great again. MAGA is America first, and Tucker is none of those things. And Tucker is really not smart enough to understand that."

Tucker has been having a genuine mental breakdown to find out he's actually not very influential and that he can't help his Islamist paymasters blow up Tel Aviv.

He started by claiming the Jewish Charity Chabad is actually brainwashing Trump into doing Israel's bidding.

This is particularly dangerous because, as a charity, Chabbad is public-facing, meaning it has lots of offices terrorists can bomb. And terrorists already attack Chabad houses and set fire to them.

This isn't Israel, a country with a very serious security apparatus. This is charity with offices right on the street and, at most, a single 70 year old volunteer "security guard" at the door.

And Tucker just told all of his Islamist and Nazi viewers to attack Chabad.

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The "Moderate Democrat" Governess of Virginia Is Responsible for the Murder of Stephanie Minter and People Are Noticing

—Disinformation Expert Ace

Greg Price @greg_price11

The murder of Stephanie Minter in Fairfax has turned into an unbelievably massive scandal.

A newly released email shows that the Fairfax Police Department warned Commonwealth Attorney Steve Descano's office this past November about releasing illegal alien repeat offender Adbul Jalloh back into the community.

They said "it's not a question of if, but when he will maliciously wound (or worse) again." And they were right. He murdered Stephanie Minter at a bus stop last week.

Steve Descano and Abigail Spanberger have blood on their hands.

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Trump Eases Kristi Noem Out of DHS Spot, Promoting Her Downwards to Head an Agency No One Ever Heard Of

—Disinformation Expert Ace

And I don't mean a cool sexy agency no one ever heard of like UNCLE.

I just mean, I have never heard of "Shield of the Americas" before.

Sounds kind of cool.

Also sounds made-up.

Collin Rugg @CollinRugg

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BREAKING: U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin will become the United States Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), effective March 31, 2026, according to President Trump.

"The current Secretary, Kristi Noem, who has served us well, and has had numerous and spectacular results (especially on the Border!), will be moving to be Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas, our new Security Initiative in the Western Hemisphere we are announcing on Saturday in Doral, Florida. I thank Kristi for her service at "Homeland."

The news comes hours after the National Review reported that Trump was "furious" that Noem suggested that he gave approval of a taxpayer-funded $220M ad campaign contract.

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Trump Wins Major, Major 9-0 Win at Supreme Court: Lowly Lawless District Court Justices Must Defer to Immigration Judges

—Disinformation Expert Ace

Immigration judges are actually part of the Executive. There's a big distinction between Article III courts and judges -- those organized under the Judiciary branch -- and other courts (including military courts, tax courts, and immigration courts, among others) established by the Executive.

It should also be noted that Congress decides what cases may be heard by Article III courts -- and also, what cases will be heard by administrative/executive courts.

Since Trump assumed office for his second term, lawless lowly leftwing district court justices have declared that they, not the immigration courts created by Congress, will have ultimate power to decide when the government is allowed to deport criminal illegal aliens who have been under final order of deportation, sometimes for decades. The lawless lowly leftwing district court justices have routinely presumed to overrule those courts and contrive reasons while foreign criminals must be allowed to remain perpetually in the US.

It is true that these cases can be appealed to Article III courts -- but the lowly leftwing district court judges have been giving zero deference to the factual determinations of these courts, instead of doing what courts usually do, which is giving a lot of deference to factual determinations and only correcting on matters of erroneous legal interpretations.

The Supreme Court just ruled 9-0 that these lawless rogue judges must give high deference to the factul rulings of the courts actually created to hear these cases.

Appeals are not about fact-finding. Fact-finding happens in the originating court. Appeals are for review of legal rulings, not factual determinations.

Appeals courts can set aside factual determinations but only by a high "clear and convincing standard" -- they have to find that the lower court clearly, convincingly got the facts wrong. Anything less than that the appeals court has to accept their findings of fact.

But these lawless leftwing judges have been routinely treating every appeal of a deportation order as a complete factual do-over, with the lawless leftwing district court judge now determining the "facts" as he'd like them to be.

The Supreme Court just said: "No."

This case is such a slam-dunk they let The Retard write the opinion. (The Black Retard, not the Wise Latina Retard. The one who by her own admission "just doesn't understand" nearly everything said to her.)

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson authored the Supreme Court's unanimous ruling Wednesday ordering federal appeals courts to defer to immigration judges when reviewing asylum decisions, bolstering the executive branch's authority in immigration cases and handing the Trump administration a win as it pushes an aggressive deportation agenda.

Jackson, a Biden appointee and one of three liberal justices on the high court, wrote that immigration laws require federal courts to use a "substantial-evidence standard" when reviewing immigration judges' decisions about whether an asylum seeker could face "persecution" if deported.

Jackson emphasized the high bar courts must meet before overturning an immigration judge's findings, potentially making it more difficult for migrants to challenge their deportations as the Trump administration cracks down on illegal immigration.

"The agency's determination... is generally 'conclusive unless any reasonable adjudicator would be compelled to conclude to the contrary,'" Jackson wrote.

Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, migrants can claim asylum when crossing the border without documentation. But immigration judges, who are employees of the Department of Justice, eventually vet those claims and determine whether to grant migrants asylum, which would allow them to stay in the country, or order their deportation.

The migrant can appeal the decision to the Board of Immigration Appeals, which is also housed within the executive branch, and can then appeal that decision to the federal circuit courts and the Supreme Court.

The decision in this case, Urias-Orellana v. Bondi, affirmed that the judicial branch must largely defer to the executive branch's findings about whether the migrant would suffer persecution if deported, rather than start from scratch and conduct its own review.

"Another WIN for common sense!" the conservative think tank America First Policy Institute wrote on X. "The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that immigration agencies not individual judges determine asylum claims based on alleged persecution. A clear reminder: America's laws should be enforced as written."

Schmolls: Trump's Second Term Approval Is Higher Than That of the "Popular" Barack Obama and George Bush Too

—Disinformation Expert Ace

From Real Clear Politics:

Special Note: Voters claim they want "changes" but the moment someone attempts changes they recoil. They're stupid, in the main. They'll say they want all illegals deported and then when Trump deports the worst of the worst, the killers and rapists and pedophiles, the media runs stories about these nice Maryland Men and then the same people who say they want all aliens deported say "But not like this!"

Again, they're stupid.

I point this out because Trump is making truly momentous changes and those changes should be driving his popularity down very low. The stupid voters, remember. The ones who want "change" without anything actually changing. The ones who demand massive transformations without any controversy or disruption.

The fact that he is maintaining a good-but-not-great approval rating while Fundamentally Transforming the United States is a major feat.

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The Morning Rant

—CBD

Oh look! Another issue that will be used by the incoherent anti-American media to bash...let's make a list! President Trump, Secretary Hegseth, General Caine, Israel, the military in general, and probably your local Republican congressman.

Left uncriticized will be the last administration, or the Biden/Obama junta for those with a brain, that sent all sorts of military hardware to Ukraine without understanding or caring about replenishment. And Congress, which is obsessed with funding the building of grand weapons systems, but can't be bothered to fund adequately the mundane, boring, but oh-so-essential stuff like replacement missiles and artillery shells.

And they will run screaming from the pesky little bit of data that shows Donald Trump talking about replenishing our military as far back as his first presidential campaign in 2015-2016!

Of course he also campaigned on the issue in 2024, and has spoken about the issue as president.

Trump Poised to Invoke Defense Production Act to Boost Munitions Production for Iran War.

The Trump administration is considering invoking the Defense Production Act to ramp up the manufacturing of munitions, driven by worries about U.S. inventory levels during the ongoing “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran. This law permits the government to direct production priorities toward critical national security requirements; the idea of invoking it has surfaced in closed-door briefings on Capitol Hill, per people with knowledge of the discussions.

President Donald J. Trump has openly called on defense manufacturers to speed up output, stating, “We have unlimited middle and upper ammunition, which is really what we’re using in this war.” Trump further stated that defense firms are operating “under emergency orders” to fulfill military demands.

Is it an issue? Absolutely! We cannot allow our stocks to be depleted without a robust plan to replenish them...and fast! The particular problem of course is that these missiles are amazingly complex, and simply take a long while to build. Throwing industrial capacity at the problem is unlike that of World War II, where we were able to convert civilian manufacturing to produce war materiel in a very short time. In addition to the obvious (Boeing,Grumman, etc.) Ford, GM, Chrysler, American Locomotive Company, Singer, International Harvester, Frigidaire, IBM, and many more civilian companies shifted production to planes and tanks and aircraft engines and other needed materiel. The list is amazing, and includes companies like Steinway Pianos, Rock-Ola Manufacturing Corporation (jukeboxes!), Lionel, Hoover, and on and on.

But...there is a small but rapidly growing niche, in which small and nimble high-tech firms can build advanced weaponry much more quickly than the traditional manufacturers.As an example, those $35,000 drones we are using in Iran are built by a small company that is barely 10 years old! Spektreworks has built hundreds of these drones that have been put to good use at a comparatively low cost, and more importantly, they delivered quickly!

Is this the answer to our supply issues? No, but it is part of it. President Trump will need to pressure the large, traditional manufacturers to stop doing business as usual, and start producing without the procurement nonsense that anyone with a passing knowledge of the process will explain. They have grown fat and lazy, and Donald Trump is just the man to whip them into shape.

As the nature of modern warfare changes rapidly, these companies must be far more nimble than they were. Drones were toys just a few years ago, and now they are a significant threat on the battlefield. A 10-year design and procurement pathway will not work!

And countering the drone threat will be a huge market, with unknown technology that might shift the battlefield tomorrow or next year. Israel's laser-based anti-missile system is changing the paradigm already, and it is entirely possible that there is a small tech firm in America that is working on the next radical advancement.

President Trump's dislike of regulation and the sclerotic pace of government and industry will be a huge driver of this sort of advancement. He has already set the tone, and I wouldn't bet against American ingenuity!

[Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter]. If you folks who are on X/Twitter would follow us it would be much appreciated!

Mid-Morning Art Thread

—CBD

The Garvagh Madonna or The Aldobrandini Madonna)
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino

It was owned by the Aldobrandini family for a very long time, but the last owners before it was sold to Britain's National gallery were the Garvaghs, so that is what the museum calls it.

It is really small, but impressive in its warmth and gentleness of portrayal.

If anyone wants to steal it, I will be happy to buy it!

The Morning Report — 3/5/26

—J.J. Sefton

Good morning kids. While the military campaign continues over and around Iran —
pretty amazing that we sank an enemy warship with a torpedo fired from a submarine for the first time since the end of World War 2! —the question is what is the ultimate goal and what will it take to achieve it. My understanding is the complete dismantling of the Iranian regime's ability to produce nuclear weapons and the ability to deploy them, i.e. their missile production and firing capabilities. But beyond bombing infrastructure, the only way to ensure that is indeed regime change. I have no problem with that since it was Iran that declared and has been at war with the United States of America since the removal of the Shah and the installation of the current Islamic government in 1979. And the Ayatollahs have openly demonstrated that "Death to America" is not merely a slogan but the nation's foreign policy goal and raison d'être.

President Trump understands this and so now he and his team are pushing for regime removal, both anticipating that the air campaign will empower the citizenry to achieve that goal? Once removed who or what moves in to fill the void? Now that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khameini has gone to his eternal reward of 72 Helen Thomases. . .

The first attempt the surviving rulers of the Islamic Republic of Iran made to replace their fallen supreme leader, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, didn’t quite go as planned. Fox News reported Tuesday that “Israeli forces struck an Iranian Supreme Council gathering on Tuesday as the group was meeting to choose a successor to the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.” According to Fox News’ Trey Yingst, “They just targeted the meeting in Tehran where what’s left of the leadership was gathering to choose a new Supreme Leader.”

The remaining high command quickly regrouped, however. Also on Tuesday, Iran International reported that “Iran’s clerical body, the Assembly of Experts, has elected Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the late Ali Khamenei, as the Islamic Republic’s new Supreme Leader, according to his informed sources who spoke to Iran International on condition of anonymity.

”Dr. Eric Mandel of the Middle East Political and Information Network (MEPIN) observed that Mojtaba Khamenei is “widely viewed as one of the architects of the regime’s repression.” Iran analyst Arash Azizi added that the new supreme leader “has been a bete noire of democratic movements at least since 2009 when he was rumored to have helped orchestrate the repression.

Terrific. The US Navy can return to port and the Air Force can stand down. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED?! This is not regime change and certainly if we accept this outcome, the "new" government will clean up the rubble and immediately begin reconstituting its nuclear weapons and missile programs as well as continue slaughtering anyone who they even suspect of daring to object.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has stated in no uncertain terms. . .

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth signaled prolonged U.S. military involvement in Iran on Wednesday morning, stating a surge of forces is “accelerating, not decelerating. . . “As President Trump said, more and larger waves are coming. We are just getting started,” Hegseth said. “We are accelerating, not decelerating. Iran’s capabilities are evaporating by the hour, while American strength grows fiercer, smarter and utterly dominant. More bombers and more fighters are arriving.” “To our steadfast partner, Israel: Your mission is being executed with unmatched skill and iron determination,” he added. “Fighting shoulder-to-shoulder with such a capable ally is a true force multiplier and a breath of fresh air. We salute your courage and your contribution — four days in we have only just begun to fight.”

On the one hand, it's quite satisfying that once again the unlikely voice of sanity from the Left flank is none other than John Fetterman!

“Can’t we just get tired of — are we tired of being wrong, consistently, on the region?” Fetterman also stated that people in the party don’t want to be seen as agreeing with President Donald Trump.

Then again, this statement from globalist and Bushie Condoleeza Rice does not inspire confidence. If she of all people considering her pedigree is cheering on President Trump, then that kind of makes me gulp a bit.

“If you can render Iran essentially incapable of military action against us and against our allies thats worthy, and I think what they’re trying to do is to neuter Iran as a military power in the region,” she said.

Things that make you go hmmm. . .

Meanwhile back at home, speaking of regime change, Just like seeing Khameini eat a J-Dam, it was quite enjoyable watching Jasmine Crockett, the equivalent of a urine-soaked lice-infested whorehouse mattress go down in flames in her insane senatorial bid.

Frederick Haynes III, the senior pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, secured the Democratic nomination for the seat Crockett will vacate in January 2027 due to her decision to mount her ultimately unsuccessful campaign for the Senate, according to The Associated Press. During the diatribe he unleashed the Sunday following the Sept. 10, 2025, assassination of Kirk, Haynes claimed that Kirk’s positions were “rooted in white supremacy.”

To paraphrase the immortal lyrics of The Who, Meet the new Democrat, same as the old Democrat. Feh.

Have a great day!

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY LINKS
• Merchant faces a maximum penalty of life in prison if convicted. The trial highlights ongoing threats from the Iranian regime against U.S. interests.
  Iran-Backed Pakistani on Trial Over Plot to Assassinate Trump.
  
• Raw Egg Nationalist: Tocqueville feared mob rule; instead, America now confronts an unchecked judiciary willing to override law, precedent, and the people to block a sitting president’s agenda.
  America’s Imperial Judiciary

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Daily Tech News 5 March 2026

—Pixy Misa

Top Story

• As expected from recent leaks, Apple today introduced the new relatively low cost MacBook Neo. (MacRumors)
  
  It uses the A18 processor found in the iPhone and... Well, the iPhone 16, basically.
  
  It's available with 8GB of RAM expandable to... Not expandable at all, even at purchase time, because the A18 only has 8GB of RAM. And 256GB of 512GB of storage.
  
  I/O consists of one USB3 port and one USB2 port, plus a headphone jack, and that's it. Screen is a 2408x1506 13" model with sRGB colour, though the specs don't mention what percentage of the sRGB colourspace it covers. Presumably no more than 100%.
  
  It's... Fine, probably. 8GB of RAM is truly painful on Windows 11, but Linux runs just fine and I assume MacOS should do okay with lighter tasks.

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Wednesday Overnight Open Thread - March 4, 2026 [Doof]

—Open Blogger

Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Wednesday ONT. Many thanks to Dino for handling ONT duties last night. That's right - those of you tuning in tonight hoping for midweek shenanigans a la T Rex, sorry to disappoint you. You are stuck with the Doofster. But you're already here, so you might as well stick around and let us know what's on your mind tonight!

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Sea Lion Tamers Cafe

—Disinformation Expert Ace

Punch the Monkey
I mean, don't punch him. His name is Punch.

Guardian puppy takes a snuggle break.

This dog knows what's up.

When you have to nap, you have to nap.

Avalanche rescue dogs on a ski mountain.

A Labrador takes a trip on the adventure bus.

I know we're all sick to death of superhero slop, but this old video of Batman bragging about having had sex with Talia made me LOL. Content warning but worth it.

Speaking of bats, this should hold Duncanthrax over for a while: A bat cave is home to fifteen million bats. Contains the words "bat vortex" and "batnado."

Dog is rescued from the garbage bin.

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Quick Hits

—Disinformation Expert Ace

From Razorfist.

More schmolling: More than a majority of the country now agrees the economy has improved since Joe Biden's Miracle Economy.

And remember, that was the best economy in history, according to the communist propaganda media.

A full 52% of voters say the economy is better today than it was under Biden -- up 5 points from January. 51% say the economy is strong right now, up 8 points since November 2025. And 36% say their personal financial situation has improved, up 4 points since November, with gains concentrated among Republicans, males, likely midterm voters, and urban voters aged 25-44.

Bari Weiss, get your Animal House "journalists" under control:

CBS Mornings @CBSMornings

FBI Director Kash Patel recently fired nearly a dozen FBI agents who worked on special counsel Jack Smith's probe into President Trump's classified documents case -- and CBS News has learned from multiple sources that many of those agents were working on global counterintelligence cases, including some involving Iran.

One source called the firings "devastating to the FBI's Iran program."

The FBI said it still maintains robust counterintelligence operations across the U.S.

The Assistant Director for Public Policy at the FBI fired back with actual facts:

Ben Williamson @_WilliamsonBen

1h

I can play the "sources" game too - the difference is mine know what they're talking about

1) I spoke to four FBI execs and supervisors, all of whom confirmed that only 3 of the individuals fired actually worked the Iran issue

2) Further - all called the quote that it's "devastating to the Iran program" total BS. Not just because it's 3 people - but FBI surges resources and personnel from all over the country to prepare for these things.

3) It's a false suggestion to begin with. The FBI had a record year on CounterIntel last year (+35% arrests, Six of the Ten Most Wanted fugitives captured, etc) - all involving a massive operation, not something run by three people out of one unit.

This is a transparent spin job by people mad about firings.

All Democrats are Marrion Barry Democrats.

The Baltimore mayor's office spent more than $890,000 on lavish meals and parties -- including crab feasts, catered "farewell" bashes and massive tabs at Ravens football games, according to a report Wednesday.

Mayor Brandon Scott's administration blew taxpayer cash on over-the-top perks for staffers -- including $52,589 on grub in the Mayoral Suite at Ravens and Orioles games -- in a gross violation of the city's "public funds" rules, according to baltimorebrew.com.

Mayor Brandon ScottMayor Brandon Scott's office spent more than $890,000 on lavish meals and parties, according to a report.

One of the elaborate meals was served at a $3,636 farewell "office party" for Scott's former campaign manager Marvin James, which featured a $324 balloon arch, a $217 cake and a $2,600 catered spread with crab balls and grilled salmon in March 2025, according to the outlet.

James, however, didn't actually leave City Hall and is still on the payroll as the mayor's $190,000-plus-a-year senior adviser.

In total, the office spent $801,839 on meals and catering, $42,691 on floral arrangements and funeral services, and $45,646 "unreconciled" expenses between July 2022 and November 2025, according to the outlet.

They're also all pedophiles.

An elementary school in Fresno was forced to file a police report after a child sex offender running for city council held a press conference just steps away.

Rene Campos, 41, a candidate in Fresno City Council's District 7 race, spoke Friday on a street outside St. John's Cathedral to address outrage over his past, the Fresno Bee reported.

He was about 10 feet away from Big Picture Elementary School, a public charter school, which later contacted local cops.
Rene Campos, wearing a blue suit jacket and checkered shirt, has multiple microphones clipped to his shirt as he looks slightly to the right of the camera. 5
Registered sex offender Rene Campos has stirred up more controversy by holding a news conference across from a school in Fresno.

Until 2015, under Jessica's Law, California prohibited registered sex offenders from living within 2,000ft of any school or park in the state.

The law was later declared unconstitutional by the California Supreme Court, which ruled that residency restrictions must be applied on a case-by-case basis.

It remains unclear whether Campos is subject to any specific court orders, restraining orders or individualized restrictions related to his offense, or whether his limitations fall solely under California's general sex offender registration requirements.

Campos was about 10 feet away from Big Picture Elementary School in Fresno, which later contacted local cops.

Esparza said the council is considering legislation to prevent people like Campos from seeking office. Other city leaders were also furious.

"It has come to my attention and even hit national news that we have a registered sex offender that is currently running for Fresno City Council," Councilwoman Annalisa Perea said in a statement.

A Khamenei memorial service in Manchester, England was crashed by anti-regime, pro-Trump celebrants.

In the last post I mentioned regime thugs shooting machine guns into the homes and apartments of people merely "protesting" -- by dancing and singing -- in their own homes. Here's video of that, which I couldn't find earlier.

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"Thousands" Of US-Aligned Iraqi Kurds Stage Ground Invasion of Iran

—Disinformation Expert Ace

This morning I watched a military YouTuber, "Cappy," who said that the US and Israel were using million-dollar missiles to take out small outposts and police stations in western Iran. Such a use of pricey ordnance on such dinky targets would not make sense... unless the missiles were being used to clear a path for a force of ground invasion troops.

Which turns out to have been the plan.

Update: Commenters point out that multiple Kurdish sources are denying these reports.

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Schmoll: Republicans Pull Dead Even with Democrats in Congressional Midterm Race, 50/50

—Disinformation Expert Ace

Mediaite:

A stunning new survey conducted by the Center for American Political Studies at Harvard (CAPS), the Harris Poll, and HarrisX suggests that the GOP has drawn even with the Democrats with eight months to go until the midterm elections.

The poll of 1,999 registered voters, which was conducted online between February 25 and 26, found that 50% of Americans would vote for the Republican candidate in their congressional district and 50% would vote for the Democratic one if the midterms were held today. That marked an enormous improvement for the GOP, which trailed the Democrats 54%-46% on the same question last month.

Trump's job approval also ticked up by 3%:

For his part, Trump's net approval rating ticked upward from -6 last month (45%-51%) to -3, (46%-49%).

In more Schmolling news: Reports of a "MAGA split" over Iran have been greatly exaggerated.

The "split" involves the MAGA Grifters, a small but very loud group of rebranded American Bund Nazis who seem to be omnipresent because none of them have jobs and they post anti-Jewish propaganda all day online, and normie conservatives with jobs and families.

The normie conservatives are at least four times as numerous as the American Bund Nazis.

The RealClearPolitics Average showed that overall support for Operation Epic Fury, the joint military campaign undertaken by the United States and Israel over the weekend, had the president underwater a bit with 39% approving of the action and 52% disapproving.

A breakdown of some of the individual polls showed that Republicans were united on the issue, with no one poll showing more than 18% opposing military action in Iran. The vast majority of the disapproval came from Democrats -- who were also fairly united -- and, to a lesser extent, independents.

A CBS/YouGov poll taken between March 2 and March 3, for example, showed that just 10% of Democrats approved of military action in Iran and 90% disapproved. Among independents, 63% opposed the action and 37% were in favor. A majority of Republicans (85%) supported military action and just 15% did not.

A similar result came from a Washington Post poll taken on March 1, which showed Democrat opposition at 87% and support at 9%. On the Republican side, 81% approved and 12% did not -- and independents once again fell in the middle, with 59% against military action and 28% in favor of it.

A Reuters/Ipsos survey followed the same pattern, with 5% of Democrats supporting military action in Iran and 95% against it. Republicans came out largely in favor of military action, showing 82% approving and 18% disapproving. Among independents, 67% disapproved and 29% supported the action.

The apparent outlier included in the average was a poll from InsiderAdvantage taken on February 28, but it still showed similar numbers from Republicans: 79.3% in favor and 12% opposed. The numbers for Democrats shifted slightly, with 62.5% disapproving and 32.1% approving. Independents also showed much higher numbers in favor of military action, with 45.3% supporting and 40.3% opposing.

I'm definitely not saying that if you've made the unwise choice to join the ranks of the anti-intervention absolutists and Ron Paul acolytes, then you're a Nazi.

But I am saying that the Nazis are all lining up to denounce this particular military action, because the only issue that revs their engine is Israel. And they're not neutral in this war; like the left that they so closely resemble (because they're racialist lefties), they're not anti-war, they're just on the other side. They want Iran to finish that nuclear missile and drop it on the Jewish capital.

They say about the left: It doesn't matter what issue you're talking about, for a leftist, the issue is always and only about The Revolution. Every issue is just an excuse to propagandize for The Revolution.

Gay? You need communism. Trans? Communism will fix you. Black? Have you ever heard of communism?

And so it is with the pseudoright Nazis: No matter what issue is being discussed, the only issue they're interested in is, as they call it, the "JQ," the "Jewish Question," which is a euphemism. They say "JQ" because it sounds better than what the question actually is, which is the same question Hitler asked: What are we going to do with all of these unwanted Jews infiltrating our society and subverting us?

And no, I'm not going to hold back any longer. I held back for ten fucking years. I am done playing nice with the Nazis. The Nazis used to employ a small level of Plausible Deniability, so that it felt rude to accuse of them of being Nazis.

But, like the leftwing they resemble in so many ways, they aren't even bothering to hide it any longer, so I'm not going to bother being polite about it.

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"Big Tish" James, AG and Celebrated Mortage Fraudster, Orders NY Hospital to Resume Transitioning Children After It Quits the Grisly Business

—Disinformation Expert Ace

This will result in the hospital losing federal funding.

Big Tish doesn't have any way to make up for that funding, nor did she promise that NY would set up a special fund to replace the federal funds.

She just wants the hospital to cut off children's breasts and dicks and suck up the funding shortfall. Maybe she'll give them tips on how to defraud the mortgage system to raise some cash.

New York Attorney General Letitia James ordered NYU Langone, one of the Big Apple's largest hospitals, to reinstate gender-affirming care for minors -- before ominously warning it would face "further action" if it did not comply.

In a letter sent to the health care system on Feb. 25, the Empire State's chief lawyer claimed the absence of the Transgender Youth Health Program was "jeopardizing" health care access to vulnerable New Yorkers.

"NYU Langone appears to be suddenly and indefinitely cancelling transgender children's future appointments thereby jeopardizing access to medically necessary healthcare for some of the most vulnerable New Yorkers," the letter read.
New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks at a protest against ICE in Manhattan.New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks to the crowd at a protest event in Manhattan organized by The Public Theater in response to recent actions by Federal Agents of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (I.C.E) in Minnesota. ZUMAPRESS.com

The medical center "permanently" axed the program in February after the Trump administration threatened to yank federal funding to the hospital if it continued providing gender-affirming care.

"Given the recent departure of our medical director, coupled with the current regulatory environment, we made the difficult decision to discontinue our Transgender Youth Health Program," a NYU Langone spokesman told The Post in February.

"We are committed to helping patients in our care manage this change. This does not impact our pediatric mental health care programs, which will continue."

James claimed that NYU Langone's decision violated New York's anti-discrimination laws after the hospital voluntarily made the change instead of being forced by any law.

"NYU Langone's change in policy is self-imposed; there has been no change in federal law to require the cessation of medically necessary transgender healthcare," the letter added.
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NYU Langone was one of several high-profile hospitals to pause its gender-affirming care for youth after President Trump threatened to remove federal funding from medical centers treating trans minors late last year.

After dissolving the program, NYU Langone's website changed the "Trangender Youth Health Program" to the current "Gender & Sexuality Service.

Jonathan Turley calls this an assertion of authoritarian and insurrectionary state power against the federal government.

James's move could trigger a fascinating challenge. In the Feb. 25 letter signed by the attorney general's health care bureau chief, Darsana Srinivasan, the state said that the federal regulatory change did not affect a "medical institution's existing duties and obligations under New York law." That raises an interesting conflict between state and federal regulations.

The letter gives the hospital until March 11 to comply and resume these treatments.

Effectively, James is ordering the hospital to defy the federal government. However, the hospital, not James or the state, would bear the financial and regulatory consequences.

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The problem with a federal challenge is that nothing in the New York threat prevents the federal government from carrying out its intent to cut off funding. Hospitals would have to choose between penalties in New York or loss of funding in Washington. Nevertheless, New York's move is a direct attack on the enforcement of federal policy by state hospitals.

If states are now free to ignore federal law, then I have a long list of federal laws states should nullify.

Beginning with the Warren Court judge-made law that states are compelled to spend citizen taxpayer dollars on the care, education, and welfare of illegal alien children illegally present in the state.

But I wouldn't stop there. Not even close.

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