Month: March 2026

Pete Hegseth Grasps at Fantasy that Americans Back Trump’s Iran War, While Attacking the Media

Posted by on March 19, 2026 at 1:45 pm. 0 Comments :

There is an old adage among lawyers that says, “If you have the facts on your side, pound the facts; if you have the law on your side, pound the law; if you have neither the facts nor the law, pound the table.” Now we can add the Trump corollary to that which would end with “if you have neither the facts nor the law, pound the media.”

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Donald Trump baby and Pete Hegseth

Actually, in Trump’s world he would probably say to pound the media even if you have the facts and the law on your side. Pounding the media is the first response to virtually every dilemma that Trump or his toadies face. He is so entirely incapable of forming a coherent thought that attacking the press is just easier and, for him, more personally satisfying.

SEE THIS: Trump Brags About Getting Fascist Control of the Media in Bonkers Truth Social Post

Naturally, Trump’s Cabinet follows the same unprincipled path of anti-constitutional dismissal of the free press. His Minister of War Crimes, Pete Hegseth, held a press harangue on Thursday morning to rant about (and at) the media for their audacity in covering Trump’s war against Iran accurately. Hegseth looked directly into the assembled cameras, pointing his finger at them, and bellowed that…

“I stand here today speaking to you, the American people. Not through filters. Not through reporters. Not through cable news spin. A dishonest and anti-Trump press will stop at nothing to downplay progress, amplify every cost, and call into question every step. Sadly, TDS is in their DNA. They want president Trump to fail. But you, the American people, know better.”

Trump's Minister of War Crimes, Pete Hegseth, attacks the media because he has no facts to support his illegal war against Iran. So he whines about the press asking legitimate questions:"They [the media] want Trump to fail. But you, the American people, know better."Ummm, OK.

— News Corpse (@newscorpse.bsky.social) 2026-03-19T17:42:28.346Z

First of all, Hegseth’s insistence that he wasn’t speaking through reporters is downright hysterical considering that he was literally speaking through reporters. Well, at least a few among the MAGA-friendly hacks that he allows into the press room. Or did he think that the American people were all in the room with him?

What’s more, Hegseth’s whining that the media would “call into question every step” that the administration takes is a pathetic complaint that just reveals his ignorance of the fact that it is the media’s job to question any administration. Or does he think that the press should be blind sycophants who adore everything Dear Leader does and says? (You don’t have to answer that).

It was, however, generous of Hegseth to leave it up to the American people to decide for themselves what they think about Trump’s “little excursion” into Iran that has already cost 13 American lives, more than 1,400 Iranians, and cost over $12 billion dollars. On top of that, Trump is now asking for $200 billion more. For what he doesn’t actually say.

The American people have made their disapproval of all of that well known in numerous polls, with big majorities opposing the action. Furthermore, another survey shows that Trump’s handling of the war is also a disaster, with his approval on Iran at a dismal 36%, and disapproval at 56%. In the same survey his personal approval hits a new low at only 35%.

Not to worry though. Trump is buoyed by the glassy-eyed adoration of his cult following MAGA minions. A poll of their support for Trump came in at an astoundingly high 100%. Never mind that the MAGA mob makes up a paltry 27% of American voters. And their hive-minded uniformity affirms that MAGA is hopelessly brainwashed. In fact, IT’S A CULT! And it is that groveling gaggle that Hegseth is actually speaking to through the media that he and Trump despise.

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Trump PR Flack, Karoline Leavitt, Embraces Poll that Proves MAGA is a Cult that Worships Trump

Posted by on March 18, 2026 at 2:35 pm. 0 Comments :

With the 2026 midterm elections rapidly approaching, it is becoming more evident that Donald Trump and his MAGA Republican Party in Congress are likely to suffer a bitter defeat, losing majorities in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Should that happen Trump would become the lamest of ducks to finish off his remaining two years in the White House.

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Donald Trump and Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt

Consequently, Trump is pulling out all the stops to get Congress to pass his so-called “Save America Act” (aka “Save Trump Act,” aka “Voter Suppression Act”) He has been posting a flurry of desperate comments on his failing Twitter ripoff, Truth Social, in the hopes of staving off the inevitable political drubbing that many analysts are predicting.

SEE THIS: IN A PANIC Trump Threatens GOP to Pass His Anti-Voting Act, Because His ‘Reasons’ Are Pure BS

Among Trump’s online pleadings is one that declares that this bill is a priority that must be passed “at the expense of everything else.” So he is placing it above his war in Iran, the affordability crisis caused by his tariffs, his hunting of immigrants, his vanity ballroom, the Epstein files, and his persecution of the media that he recently accused of “treason.”

On Wednesday morning Trump’s Propaganda Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, sought to promote how beloved her Dear Leader Trump is. So she posted a video clip of CNN’s Harry Enten reporting the results of a new poll. The subject of the survey was the approval of Trump by his MAGA followers. Which reached levels that North Korea’s Kim Jong Un could only dream of…

Enten: Sometimes you look at the polling data and there are numbers that jump off the screen at you. And this is one of those. Because just take a look here. MAGA GOP view of Trump, approve is 100%. If you are a member of MAGA in the GOP, you approve of Donald John Trump.”

That’s right! The hive-mind uniformity of the MAGA movement is at peak deification. Not that that is anything to worry about. Because according to a recent Economist/YouGov poll “only 27 percent of all voters described themselves as ‘MAGA supporters’ and a perhaps surprisingly low 54 percent of Trump voters so identified.” So MAGA is a small minority of the general public, and only barely half of the Republican base. Yeah, that’s too many. But it shouldn’t be enough to wield any power, assuming fair elections are held.

Nevertheless, these numbers thrilled Trump’s press liar, Leavitt. So she proudly posted them on her Twitter/X account to pass on what she thinks is great news. However, the only thing that these numbers prove is that MAGA is a more nefarious disseminator of BS propaganda than North Korea.

There is only one way numbers could be that ridiculously homogeneous. And it’s what many people have been saying about MAGA for years: IT’S A CULT! And now the cult’s spokeswoman is actually celebrating the thoroughness of the brainwashing and the unquestioning fealty that membership in the MAGA cult requires.

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IN A PANIC Trump Threatens GOP to Pass His Anti-Voting Act, Because His ‘Reasons’ Are Pure BS

Posted by on March 17, 2026 at 1:35 pm. 1 Comments :

For several weeks Donald Trump has been fixated on passing what he calls the “Save America Act.” He has elevated it to a position of top priority, declaring that it must be passed “at the expense of everything else.” He even declared that he will sign no other legislation until after this bill is passed by Congress and put on his desk for signature.

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Donald Trump Circling the Drain

Trump’s obsession with his Voter Suppression Act is based entirely on his fear that Republicans are going to be brutally beaten in the upcoming midterm elections. He knows that such an electoral defeat would make him even more pathetically impotent than he is currently. And he views any challenge to what he sees as his divine right of MAGA-sty as intolerable and must be prohibited.

SEE THIS: Trump Whines That He Has ‘Accomplished So Much’ That ‘We Shouldn’t Even Have An Election’

In the past week Trump has posted several comments on his dedicated propaganda platform, Truth Social, demanding that his Republican toadies in Congress obey his authority and pass the anti-voting bill. And not because he wants fair elections. To the contrary, he’s been openly pitching that the bill would result in Republicans never losing for the next 50 years.

On Tuesday morning he leveled his most hostile commands to date. In his familiar hyperbolic rage Trump called the bill “one of the most IMPORTANT & CONSEQUENTIAL pieces of legislation in the history of Congress, and America itself.” He lied that voting by mail is “rigged” and that “We are the only Country in the World that allows” mail-in voting. At least 30 other countries do. Then he elaborated saying that…

“Only sick, demented, or deranged people in the House or Senate could vote against THE SAVE AMERICA ACT. If they do, each one of these points, separately, will be used against the user in his/her political campaign for office – A guaranteed loss! […] I WILL NEVER (EVER!) ENDORSE ANYONE WHO VOTES AGAINST ‘SAVE AMERICA!!!'”

OMG! Not THAT! Trump is threatening to withhold his precious endorsement from any Republicans who defy his will. It’s notable that he needs to resort to threats, because his powers of persuasion suck. And he has no credible arguments to convince anyone that the bill has real merit.

However, given his current abysmal standings in the polls, his endorsement is what is more likely to result in “a guaranteed loss.” Not to mention the unpopularity of the bill itself. Which is why Republicans in the Senate are leaning against voting for the bill in the first place. For the record, this isn’t the first time Trump has bellowed out this sort of threat. Last week he unleashed this bit of fascist theory wherein he insists that “anybody who votes against The Save America Act should not be allowed to run for public office.”

There is virtually no chance of Trump’s Voter Suppression bill passing in the Senate. It would require 60 votes, and there are only 53 Republican senators. Democrats are united in opposition. So Trump is spinning his wheels with no possible hope for victory. Plus, he will end up having to revoke his endorsement for a few Republicans who vote against the bill. That is if he keeps his word, which is not something he is known for.

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Oscar Winning Documentary Director (Mr. Nobody Against Putin) Notes Grim Parallels to America

Posted by on March 16, 2026 at 2:05 pm. 0 Comments :

Sunday night’s Academy Awards show was mostly focused on recognizing cinematic achievement and the people who make make it all possible. But there were a few moments that captured some of the zeitgeist that is circulating among the American viewers of the program.

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Trump with Oscar

First of all, it should be noted that the evening was hosted by Conan O’Brien. This likely made it a must watch for Donald Trump, who can’t resist hate-watching comedians who so brilliantly ridicule him. O’Brien included a comment in his opening monologue that mocked Trump’s egomaniacal penchant for naming things after himself, saying that “We are coming to you live from the ‘Has a Small Penis Theater.’ Let’s see him put his name in front of that.” Which is a great beginning for this program that followed the Writer’s Guild ceremony last week, where another comedian that Trump hates, Stephen Colbert, received a special award.

SEE THIS: Stephen Colbert Delivers a Hilarious Acceptance/Farewell Speech at Writers Guild Award Ceremony

Notable among the night’s honorees was the winner for Documentary Feature. And no, it wasn’t for the dreadful “Melania” flop. The winner was “Mr. Nobody Against Putin,” a documentary about a Russian educator who courageously defied Vladimir Putin’s tyrannical regime. The director, David Borenstein, gave one of the night’s most heartfelt and moving acceptance speeches, saying that…

“Mr. Nobody Against Putin is about how you lose your country. And what we saw when working with this footage, it’s that you lose it through countless small little acts of complicity.

“When we act complicit, when a government murders people on the streets of our major cities, when we don’t say anything, when oligarchs take over the media and control how we can produce it and consume, we all face a moral choice. But luckily, even a ‘nobody’ is more powerful than you think.”

David Borenstein, the director of the Oscar winning documentary "Mr. Nobody Against Putin" delivers a stirring acceptance speech about "how you lose your country" that every American must pay attention to.

— News Corpse (@newscorpse.bsky.social) 2026-03-16T11:32:20.092Z

Borenstein’s remarks were a warning for Americans. The parallels between his documentary’s subject, and what the U.S. is going through now, are impossible to ignore. And the danger of complicity is ever-present as Trump’s thugs are shooting peaceful protesters, while his MAGA toadies in Congress and the “Justice” Department are silent about such atrocities. Even worse, they applaud him for it.

Borenstein’s comments about the media were especially pertinent. Many media corporations have already subjugated themselves to Trump. Whether it’s for fear of retaliation or genuine agreement is irrelevant. The result is a compliant and complicit media who betray the American principles enshrined in the Constitution. Which. by extension, is a betrayal of the American people.

Another Trump enemy, Jimmy Kimmel, was the presenter for the Documentary Feature award. And he had a few words for Trump as well. Kimmel lauded documentary filmmakers noting that…

“There are some countries whose leaders don’t support free speech. I’m not at liberty to say which. Let’s just leave it at North Korea and CBS.

[Adding praise for] “filmmakers dedicated to telling the truth, oftentimes at great risk to make films that teach us, that call out injustice, that inspire us to take action. And there are also documentaries where you walk around the White House trying on shoes.”

Jimmy Kimmel presenting at the Oscars: "There are some countries whose leaders don't support free speech. I'm not at liberty to say which. Let's just leave it at North Korea and CBS."

— LateNighter (@latenightercom.bsky.social) 2026-03-16T01:21:41.910Z

It safe to assume that if Trump were watching this program he is seething with petulant anger and collecting ketchup bottles to throw at walls that never did anything to him. He is also likely plotting his revenge by posting some childishly nasty insults on Truth Social. That’ll teach ’em.

However, Trump will never accept the fact that, outside of his glassy-eyed cult followers, he is widely loathed and that most Americans can’t wait for him to be gone. Maybe if we invent some fake entertainment group to give Trump a made up award, with a cash payoff, in exchange for resigning, he will take the prize and the money and run. It’s worth a shot.

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Trump Regime Clamps Down on ‘Stars and Stripes’ News For the Military Amid Iran War Fiasco

Posted by on March 15, 2026 at 2:17 pm. 0 Comments :

The determination of Donald Trump and his MAGA minions to assume authoritarian style control over the free press is rapidly advancing as he aggressively accelerates his abuse of power to subjugate the media. That abuse takes the form of persecution by his “Justice” Department and overt threats of lawsuits and other forms of illegal punishment for any journalists who dare to report truthfully about him or challenge his MAGA-sty.

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Donald Trump, Constitution

Trump’s efforts to quash the Constitution’s First Amendment protection of the free press have already had some dreadful effects on the media. He has coerced corporations that own news divisions to acquiesce to his demands for more favorable coverage, to pay out settlements for bogus claims of defamation, and to make concessions in order to gain federal approvals for mergers and other business regulatory matters. And Trump is actually proud of that poisoning of the media environment.

SEE THIS: Trump Brags About Getting Fascist Control of the Media in Bonkers Truth Social Post

Trump’s Secretary of War Crimes, Pete Hegseth, has been a faithful partner in his assault on the press. He recently issued orders to ban journalists from the Pentagon who declined to sign loyalty oaths to Trump. That meant that the only officially credentialed reporters allowed access to the Pentagon were Trump-fluffing outlets like One America News.

The latest act of tyrannical propagandism by Hegseth is his edict constraining the reporting of the previously respected military publication, Stars and Stripes. According to NPR (which is one of the news outlets Hegseth banned from the Pentagon)…

“The Defense Department has begun to exert greater control over Stars and Stripes, weeks after a top spokesman accused the independent military newspaper of focusing on ‘woke distractions.’

“The Pentagon announced what it calls ‘modernization’ changes this week, in a memo dated March 9 and effective immediately, according to a copy seen by NPR and first reported by Stars and Stripes on Friday. It’s the latest effort by the Pentagon and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to apply extraordinary limits on journalists covering the agency.

“The memo says that Stars and Stripes will continue to ‘operate with editorial independence.’ However, it also says that the newspaper must immediately begin implementing the Defense Department’s new interim policies and stop publishing several types of content.”

It is no coincidence that the language used by the DoD spokesman, Sean Parnell, parroted Trump’s rhetoric of “woke” reporters who fail to sufficiently worship Dear Leader. Parnell specifically stated that the purpose of the so-called “modernization” of Stars and Stripes was to “refocus its content away from woke distractions that syphon (sic) morale.”

Parnell also complained about the use of wire services to augment the publication’s content, saying that there would be “No more repurposed DC gossip columns; no more Associated Press reprints.” Therefore, there will no longer be any reporting by credible journalists around the world. There will also no longer be any sports coverage, or entertainment stories, or comic strips. All of which are popular with the troops who are the primary readers of the paper.

More troubling is the fact that this change has been made just as the U.S. has embarked on a war with Iran. So Stars and Stripes readers will now be missing some of the most important stories that in the past would have kept them informed about the state of the world and the American military’s place in it.

It can’t be ignored that Hegseth and Trump are just trying to insure that our troops will never hear important stories, such as the bombing of an Iranian school that killed more than 150 children. Or that the Strait of Hormuz is being shut down by Iran. Or that Trump has declared that the war has already been won, but that he wants to continue the fighting – and the killing, and the placing of American troops in harms way – for fun.

Stars and Stripes itself covered the memo wherein Hegseth’s Pentagon ordered the constraints on the paper. They quoted a spokesman for PEN America, an organization that advocates for the free press, who said that…

“This clearly shows that the Pentagon is trying to increase its influence over content decisions at Stars and Stripes [and that] That’s a threat to the First Amendment.”

What this boils down to is that Trump and Hegseth are terrified of allowing Americas soldiers access to information that directly affects their lives and the lives of their families. It’s a dictator’s approach to free speech and democracy. So naturally Trump has embraced it as his own. Hopefully the reporters at Stars and Stripes – and all other media – will resist such censorship and continue to be faithful to the Constitution, rather to the felonious authoritarian occupying the White House.

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Trump Brags About Getting Fascist Control of the Media in Bonkers Truth Social Post

Posted by on March 14, 2026 at 1:16 pm. 0 Comments :

Throughout his entire time in public life, Donald Trump has had a love/hate relationship with the media. What that boils down to is that he loves (and needs) it when they give him attention, but he hates it when that attention is honest reporting about his rampant incompetence and flaming stupidity.

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Donald Trump

As a result of this acutely befuddled psychosis, Trump regularly resorts to whining about his treatment by the press (that he maligns in Stalinist terms as “the enemy of the people.”) in a manner that would shame a cranky seven year old. Trump’s penchant for petulant sniveling is a core feature of his severely disturbed psyche. He has even boasted that he is “the most fabulous whiner.” No, really. It’s on video…

SEE THIS: Victim-in-Chief: Trump is the most Cowardly, Whining, Crybaby to Ever Be President

Now Trump is taking his war on the media to a new level of totalitarian obsessions. On Saturday morning he posted a graphic on Truth Social with the ominous headline “PRESIDENT TRUMP IS RESHAPING THE MEDIA.” Never mind that that is NOT his job. In fact, it is an overt breach of the Constitution’s First Amendment protection of the free press. But dishonoring the principles that underpin American democracy has never bothered Trump before.

Trump posts a horrifying graphic that celebrates his fantasy of having total fascist control of the media.

— News Corpse (@newscorpse.bsky.social) 2026-03-14T19:44:57.092Z

The graphic that Trump posted is a list of what he thinks are his contributions to reforming the media. However, almost nothing that he includes in his list is actually a reform. More accurately they would be described as improper, and perhaps illegal, interference. And worse, they exemplify Trump’s compulsion to replace free speech with autocratic repression and the state-sponsored censorship of fascists.

For instance, of the 12 items that he celebrates are “GONE,” seven of them are simply observances that some journalists who he dislikes are no longer working for a particular network. Although they are all still working. Of special note is the extremely darkened photo Trump used for Black journalist Joy Reid. The other five items in his list express his thrill that some of the media – and hence the public’s right to know – has been hampered by funding cuts, layoffs, and ratings declines. None of those things, however, are what anyone would call reforms.

Trump’s graphic goes on to list what he thinks are reforms. They include bragging about his interviews, lying about the success of his failing Twitter ripoff, Truth Social, and celebrating having won settlements (aka bribes) from cowardly media corporations. Once again – not reforms.

The only things that be called reforms are two items wherein Trump praises the work of his FCC boss, Brendan Carr, who is faithfully running the agency like a good cult minion who is devoted to helping Trump assume tyrannical control of the media. Carr coincidentally (?) tweeted the same morning that…

“Broadcasters that are running hoaxes and news distortions – also known as the fake news – have a chance now to correct course before their license renewals come up. The law is clear. Broadcasters must operate in the public interest, and they will lose their licenses if they do not. […] When a political candidate is able to win a landslide election victory after in the face of hoaxes and distortions, there is something very wrong.”

So Carr is openly threatening the broadcast licenses of news networks if they fail to unflinchingly support the Trump regime. Somebody needs to tell him that broadcast networks are not licensed by the federal government, so there aren’t any licenses for him to deny. Although local broadcasters are licensed. But is he going to start rejecting license renewals for over 200 local affiliates? Each of whom would challenge his efforts as unconstitutional.

What’s more, Carr destroys his own argument by noting that Trump won (although not nearly by a landslide, only by 1.5%) despite what he says were “hoaxes and distortions.” So he’s arguing that the media doesn’t have the power to influence election outcomes. Which contradicts his complaint. That, however, doesn’t deter Trump from persisting in his campaign of perpetual whining and his aspirations of dictatorship. Although, he seems to agree that the public can make up their own minds regardless of what the media says…

Crybaby-in-Chief Donald Trump is again whining about news coverage, calling the NY Times and Wall Street Journal "Lowlife Papers" that want America to lose the war in Iran. He says they are "sick and demented people."But he's right that the American people "understand what is happening."

— News Corpse (@newscorpse.bsky.social) 2026-03-14T17:04:50.955Z

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Trump’s Secretary of Wars, Pete Hegseth, Openly Yearns For Government Control of the Media

Posted by on March 13, 2026 at 2:02 pm. 0 Comments :

Nearly two weeks ago, Donald Trump launched a wholly unprovoked, illegal war against Iran that many experts have concluded was his attempt to juice his historically slumping approval ratings, or as a favor to his foreign friends (e.g. Israel, Russia, Saudi Arabia, etc.), and/or to deflect attention from his unsavory relationship with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and his obstruction of the release of the Epstein files.

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Pete Hegseth with Drunk Emoji

Nevertheless, the war against Iran, that Trump says he has already won and can end any time wants (but doesn’t want to), continues to rage on, producing more tragic injuries and deaths of American soldiers, and hundreds more of Iranian civilians. But not to worry. Trump’s Secretary of “Wars,” Pete Hegseth, is laser focused on the “excursion” (as Trump calls it), and is managing the conflict exactly as you might expect a former Fox New host to do…

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On Friday Hegseth held another press conference to lie about the progress of the war. In each of his prior media avails, Hegseth has spent more time lambasting the media than providing any honest information about the what’s going on in Iran. This time was no different as Hegseth sought to portray any bad news as “fake,” while assuming the facade of a macho war gamer in his mom’s basement (video below). For instance…

“We will keep pushing, keep advancing, no quarter, no mercy for our enemies. Yet some in this crew, in the press, just can’t stop. Allow me to make a few suggestions. People look up at the TV and they see banners, they see headlines. I used to be in that business. And I know that everything is written intentionally.”

For the record, according to international humanitarian law, orders to give “no quarter, no mercy,” are regarded as war crimes. And Hegseth’s bragging that he used to be in the media business only affirms his experience with, and devotion to, surface level appearances. He went on to say that…

“More fake news from CNN: ‘Reports that the Trump administration underestimated the Iran war’s impact on the Strait of Hormuz.’ Patently ridiculous, of course. For decades, Iran has threatened shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. This is always what they do. Hold the Strait hostage. CNN doesn’t think we thought of that. It’s a fundamentally unserious report. The sooner David Ellison takes over that network, the better.’

If the Trump regime did anticipate that Iran would block the Strait, then why didn’t they do anything about it in advance to mitigate its impact? Did they just decide to let Iran shut down oil traffic in the Strait, roiling energy markets and raising gas prices? Because that’s what it seems like based on another comment by Hegseth, who said that “The only thing prohibiting transit in the straits right now is Iran shooting at shipping.” Really? What an enlightening update. Thanks Captain Obvious.

Hegseth then added that the Strait would be “open for transit if Iran didn’t do that.” That’s true. But it’s like saying that Mar-a-Lago would be open for pedophiles if Trump…Oh wait. It already is!

Even worse was Hegseth’s view that “The sooner David Ellison takes over that network, the better.” He is flagrantly advocating the sort of fascist takeover of the media that is practiced in authoritarian regimes like Russia, China, and North Korea. And he is admitting that the acquisition of CNN by David and Larry Ellison would achieve the right-wing bias that critics of the merger have warned about.

Hegseth’s official DoD Twitter account was apparently proud of his remarks about Iran and the media. It posted a tweet saying that “SECWAR JUST LIT UP THE FAKE NEWS:” Perhaps in their own imaginations. More realistically, Hegseth just provided more proof of his dishonesty and disrespect for the First Amendment.

What’s more, Hegseth was saying all of this in a press room where he has previously banned most of the media that isn’t already MAGA-friendly. Among the “reporters” in the room were those from Trump-fluffing networks such as Lindell TV, One America News, and Real America News. So it’s no wonder that there wasn’t any serious pushback or follow ups.

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Trump Says He Knows Where Iranian Sleeper Cells Are in the U.S. But He Isn’t Going After Them?

Posted by on March 12, 2026 at 1:32 pm. 1 Comments :

In case anyone is wondering, the war against Iran is going great, according to Donald Trump. That’s right. Field Marshal “Bone Spurs” Trump says that it has already been won, even though it is just beginning. And the Iranian nuclear facilities that he obliterated last summer have somehow been obliterated again.

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One thing that can be relied upon with regard to anything that Trump says is that it will be fervently positive about whatever he has done. It will also likely be a flagrant lie. And we can expect Fox News to back it up no matter how preposterous.

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There has been much speculation of how Iran might retaliate against the United States for its unprovoked and illegal attack. Iran has already been firing missiles at U.S. bases in nearby countries. And they have effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, where about 20% of the world’s oil shipments pass through. More than 140 American soldiers have been hospitalized, and eight have been killed. But Trump sees no problems with any of that.

True to form, Trump is now bragging about his management of national security here at home while his war is raging in the Middle East. On Thursday he was asked a question by Peter Doocy of Fox News about the risks faced by Americans domestically. His answer was pure Trumpian bullpucky (video below)…

Doocy: If Iran tries to hit us back, have you been briefed about how many Iran sleeper cells there could be inside the US right now?
Trump: I have been, and a lot of people came in through Biden with his stupid open border. But we know where most of them are. We’ve got our eye on all of them. I think.
Doocy: Is it dozens?
Trump: They came in through the open border policies of “sleepy” Joe Biden. One of the worst – the worst president in the history of our country. And we’ve got our eyes on all of them. But the war itself is being prosecuted at a level that nobody’s seen before. It’s pretty amazing to watch.

Well, that’s comforting, isn’t it? Trump knows all about the Iranian sleeper cells in the U.S. And he’s got his eyes on them. All of them. He “thinks” (???) Although he ignores the question about how many there are. Instead, he shifts to blaming and insulting President Biden. Never mind that Biden has been out of office for nearly a year and a half, so Trump is wholly responsible for whatever the situation is today. And to Trump, the former reality TV game show host, that situation is “pretty amazing to watch.” It’ll get great ratings.

However, there is something critical that Trump is missing. If he knows where all of these terrorist Iranian sleeper cells are, why hasn’t he arrested and deported them? Why aren’t ICE agents swarming their hideouts? Trump sure hasn’t been shy about arresting, deporting, and even killing American citizens for exercising their constitutional rights to protest. But he’s letting Iranian terrorists remain to plot against the American people?

If Trump actually has any information about these alleged sleeper cells, he should act on it immediately, or give the information to state authorities who will. Why would he delay? It would be too horrific to speculate that Trump might want to see a domestic terrorist attack, in order to give him an excuse to interfere with the upcoming elections, or to declare martial law and commit even more grievous violations of the Constitution.

As it is, Trump commits so many atrocities, so frequently, that it’s difficult to keep up with them. Consequently, he often gets away with behavior like this that puts the lives of millions at risk. He is so blatantly and dangerously incompetent that it boggles the mind to consider that he even has a small contingent of cult followers who can still stomach his antics. But then, that’s the nature of a cult.

HOLY CRAPOLI! Trump says that there are sleeper cells in the U.S. of Iranian terrorists who entered the country illegally because of "sleepy Joe."And he knows where they are? But he's not arresting or deporting them?But he is arresting, deporting, and even killing American citizens?

— News Corpse (@newscorpse.bsky.social) 2026-03-12T10:23:48.259Z

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Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Secretary of ‘Wah’ is a Crybaby Who Bans ‘Unflattering’ Photos of Himself

Posted by on March 11, 2026 at 2:54 pm. 0 Comments :

Ten days into the war that Donald Trump launched against Iran to destroy their nuclear capabilities (that he obliterated a few months ago), or to effect regime change (to a younger Ayatollah Khamenei), or to free up the oil market (that is now more constrained, raising gas prices to the highest levels in five years), the “stable genius” occupying the White House now says that the war is both over and just beginning.

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Donald Trump baby and Pete Hegseth

Trump’s utterly unjustified and illegal war is going great, according to Trump. Never mind that more than 140 American soldiers suffered serious injuries, including eight fatalities. And just ignore that it’s costing American taxpayers nearly a billion dollars a day. In Trump’s mind it’s a complete success because…well, just because he says so. And his boss in Moscow surely agrees.

SEE THIS: The Trump Regime Takes Putin at His Word About Russia Aiding Iran but Wanting to Help the U.S.

Of course, the Trump regime’s war machine is fully engaged in the war effort. That means that his Secretary of “War,” Pete Hegseth, is focused squarely on the mission to achieve whatever the heck Trump’s goals are. Even though he has failed to coherently explain what they are.

For his part, Hegseth is advancing the military’s position of always putting first the most shallow objective of enhancing the PR of the Pentagon and its boss, Pete Hegseth. For instance, it was reported Wednesday that Hegseth has taken bold measures to insure that he continues to look good in the media…

The Defense Department has barred press photographers from briefings on the Iran war after they published photos of Pete Hegseth that his staff deemed "unflattering," according to two people familiar with the decision who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of retaliation.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) 2026-03-11T15:45:18.439Z

That’s right. “Snowflake Pete” has put the kibosh on “unflattering” pictures of the Secretary of “Wah.” This is a move that ought to have been expected, coming from the former co-host of a weekend Fox News morning program. And it isn’t the first time that Hegseth has banished unfriendly media on the basis of appearances…

Trump’s Secretary of War on the Press, Pete Hegseth, Is Rebuked By the Media He’s Trying to Censor
“Hegseth proved his fealty to Trump last month when he issued a decree demanding that the press must swear a Trumpian loyalty oath before being allowed access to the Pentagon or to military leaders who work for the American people. […] The mandate that Hegseth imposed on the press forbids them to do any investigative reporting, interviewing, or to publish any stories that haven’t been pre-approved by Hegseth’s Pentagon overlords.

“Under this decree, reporters would be required to have an approved Pentagon escort when in the building. And should they refuse to sign the oath, they risk losing their press credentials.”

And who could forget Hegseth’s orders to build a makeup studio in the Pentagon, so that he could always look his best when doing cable news hits for MAGA friendly media…

Pete Hegseth Spends Thousands for a Pentagon Makeup Studio to Fortify America’s Military Might
“[Hegseth] has spent thousands of dollars to build a makeup studio in the Pentagon. Apparently, our soldiers also have to look good in battlefield photos. Or more likely, when Hegseth and other officers are making appearances on Fox News.”

More recently, Hegseth let it be known that he wouldn’t tolerate any news reporting of American casualties of war, because their having had the audacity to die on duty made Trump look bad…

Pete Hegseth Callously Dismisses American Fatalities as the Press ‘Wanting to Make Trump Look Bad’
“This is what the fake news misses. We’ve taken control of Iran’s airspace and waterways without boots on the ground. We control their fate. But when a few drones get through or tragic things happen, it’s front page news. I get it, the press only wants to make the president look bad. But try for once to report the reality. The terms of this war will be set by us at every step.”

Is this what Hegseth means when he talks about restoring a “warrior ethos” to the military? Because it seems more like he’s restoring the “red carpet” essence of the entertainment industry from whence he came. It surely isn’t helping either the image or the abilities of troops. But it soothes the massive but fragile egos of Hegseth and Trump. Who were both television hosts before going into politics.

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The Trump Regime Takes Putin at His Word About Russia Aiding Iran but Wanting to Help the U.S.

Posted by on March 10, 2026 at 1:59 pm. 2 Comments :

For ten years Donald Trump has been whining about what he calls the “Russia, Russia, Russia hoax.” But like everything else that he calls a hoax, it is based on documented facts. Trump has had unsavory connections to Russian officials and proxies for as long as he has been in politics, and even before with his real estate ventures.

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Now as Trump is engaged in his unprovoked and unnecessary war against Iran, he is affirming all of the worst implications of his disturbing adoration of Vladimir Putin and his envy of the dictator’s authoritarian powers. And in his diminished mental state, Trump is conflating his lies about Iran with his lies about Russia and their interference in the U.S. elections.

SEE THIS: Trump Just Posted the Real Reason that He Started a War with Iran, and It’s Truly Insane

During a press conference on Tuesday morning, Trump’s Propaganda Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, was asked a question by ABC News reporter, Karen Travers, about a recent phone call that Trump had with his boss, Vladimir Putin. Travers sought to get some clarification on Trump’s assertion that Putin promised to help the U.S. with Iran, which Putin promptly contradicted…

Travers: The president said yesterday that Putin told him he wanted to helpful in the Middle East. The Kremlin put out a statement where Putin said, quote, “I would like to reaffirm our unwavering support for Tehran and our solidarity with Iranian friends.” How does the president think that Russia could be helpful if not helping Iran? And did the president push Putin on Russia sharing intelligence with Iran in this war?
Leavitt: The President and Special Envoy Witkoff, have both said that they’ve sent a message to Russia that if that was taking place, it’s not something they would be happy with and they hope that it is not taking place.

Notice that Leavitt totally ignored the part of the question regarding Trump’s claim that Putin would be helpful to the U.S. And her response to the credible reports that Russia is giving intelligence to Iran to help them target American assets and troops was hardly comforting. To the contrary, it couldn’t be a weaker expression submissiveness to Putin by saying merely that Trump would not be happy about it. That’s telling him!

Confirming Trump’s mushy stance on these matters, his “Special” envoy to Russia, Steve Witkoff, told CNBC’s Carl Quintanilla that the Trump regime was satisfied with whatever Putin said…

Quintanilla: Do we think the Russians have shared intelligence about US military assets, and if they have, why would we be giving waivers on oil sanctions?
Witkoff: Well, I’m not an intel officer, so I can’t tell you. I can tell you that yesterday on the call with the president the Russians said they have not been sharing. That’s what they said. We can take them at their word.

QUINTANILLA: Do we think the Russians have shared intel about US military assets, and if so, why would we be giving waivers on oil sanctions?WITKOFF: I can tell you that on the call with POTUS, the Russians said they have not been sharing. That's what they said. We can take them at their word.

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-03-10T16:08:53.733Z

Once again, the part of the question regarding Trump giving waivers to Russia on oil sanctions was ignored. But Witkoff proudly proclaimed his blind faith in Putin, whose word is apparently golden to Trump and his team.

None of this should be surprising to anyone who has been paying attention to Trump, his staff, and his glassy-eyed disciples. The cult factor is clearly in play here. And Witkoff is a good example of a zealous devotee. During the CNBC interview he was also asked what he would say to “Americans who are struggling with making ends meet and don’t want foreign wars.” He replied…

"…think about what this world would look like if you didn't have Donald Trump as the president."OKAY…

— News Corpse (@newscorpse.bsky.social) 2026-03-10T17:32:42.994Z

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