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March 3, 2026

Clay Jones cartoon

March 3, 2026

Nick Anderson cartoon

March 2, 2026

Now hear this!

There are more measles cases in South Carolina than there are trans athletes in college athletics in the entire country, but guess what the GOP wants to focus on.

That is all.

March 1, 2026

Trump's history with the Iran Nuclear Agreement. Source: Digby

Timeline: 2014: Trump says Obama will invade Iran because he’s not a good enough negotiator to get a deal with them
2015: Obama, with the backing of the EU, China, Russia and others, gets a deal with them
2018: Trump cancels deal because it was Obama’s and says he can negotiate a better one.
2018-2020: Trump can’t negotiate one. Arms control experts and Trump officials start to grumble that scrapping Obama’s deal was probably a bad idea.
2025: Trump still can’t negotiate a new deal
2025: Israel launches an attack on Iran. Drags Trump in. Trump claims Iran’s nuclear capacity was wiped out
2025-2026: Trump still can’t negotiate a deal
2026: Trump launches a regime change war on Iran, at Israel’s goading

https://digbysblog.net/2026/03/01/how-it-could-have-been-different/

March 1, 2026

Someone made $515,000 in one day on Polymarket betting on the Iran strikes

The first trade was placed 72 minutes before the news broke.

It’s worth noting Donald Trump, Jr is on Polymarket’s Advisory Board

https://digbysblog.net/2026/03/01/corruption-in-plain-sight/

March 1, 2026

Luckovich

March 1, 2026

Trump's statement about the death our three servicemen.

"We expect casualties with something like this," the president said. "We have three, but we expect casualties - but in the end it's going to be a great deal for the world." NBC News

The Art of the Deal

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Born at US Naval Hospital, Newport, RI Grew up in Austin, TX University of Texas Graduate 1969 Drafted US Army for Vietnam War Graduate School on the GI Bill Married 49 years Certified Public Accountant 40 Years Local non-paid elective office held: Three terms on City Council 37 years on Board of Directors of local water utility district Surfing consistently summers and winters since 1968
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