Welcome to a new week, sadly, same war- only more. More deaths, more destruction, more money burned, more madness run amok. Jonathan Larsen of TheFuckingNews.substack.com and his original report reporting at jonathanlarsen.substack.com will be here for the second half of the show. We'll talk about his big breaking news this week about what Hegseth's military is claiming regarding this war against Iran and how "Christianity" fits in. We'll begin with a lot of the rest of the news and, for that, I apologize in advance.

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Last Friday as we were wrapping that edition of Emptywheel Friday, Marcy Wheeler said something like, "... unless we invade Iran..." because we knew that was certainly a strong possibility." In the early morning hours of February 28, less than 24 hours after the show ended, the US and Israel struck Iran. And that's only one story from a week that included so much more. So get comfortable, as Marcy Wheeler and I have a lot of ground to cover, and we'll be here for a while. If you can't digest it all in one sitting, you can listen or watch in pieces any time you want.  

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BREAKING NEWS just as I'm in the final throes of show prep for today's show with goes live in 40 minutes! The orange mess just announced - via social media, of course - that Kristi Noem is FIRED and in her place, the moronic MarkWayne Mullin. I kid you not. And on another note, investigative reporter, filmmaker and so much more, Greg Palast returns to the show today. Strap in...

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Yes, it's exhausting. Even Heather Cox Richardson is in the land of the overwhelmed and cursing loudly with us. And we got a harbinger of things to come with yesterday's Democratic Party Senate primary in Texas. I'll try to encapsulate much of that as we begin today's show.

Then Will Bunch joins in from the Philadelphia Inquirer, where he's been opining about many of the same issues that have me freaked out lately.

Oh, and have I mentioned that Pete Kegsbreath is an obnoxious bully who thinks he's in charge? If not, I will...

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Day 4 of the war the orange mess promised he'd never start. The lies continue unabated. He lies and his sycophants swear to them. Everything is fucked up and stupid.

I may never recover from the parts of Kristi Noem's testimony this morning before the Senate Judiciary Committee. And it seems like every minute, there's some other breaking news that, alone under a Democratic administration, would have sent Republicans into conniption fits.

Thankfully, the one and only Heather 'Digby' Parton is here to commiserate with me as we get sucked further into Opposite World.

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No Mincing Words any more, not like I ever did in the first place. But the Orange Mass of Crud along with his idiotic drunken sidekick Whiskey Pete Kegseth, late Friday Night, started bombing Iran. Not even a word to or with Congress about this massive attack, which is the only legal way to start a war according to our constitution.

It's a new week, a new month, a new war... and thankfully Jonathan Larsen is here from thefuckingnews.substack.com and jonathanlarsen.substack.com to help us wade through the muck on today's show.

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We made it through another jam-packed week of D'umpian idiocy, incompetence and horror but we're still here! Thankfully, the amazing Marcy Wheeler steps away, momentarily, from emptywheel.net to join me each week at this time to recap and try to explain some of the madness happening in the world.

And there's a lot of it to cover today, from SCOTUS on tariffs and El Dumpo's reaction to their opinion, to his vengeance on Minnesota. Plus Epstein files massive coverup, waging war on Iran, taking over the media, Hegseth & Noem stupidity, his attempt to take over our elections and more... 

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As I read the news, I shake my head because nothing makes sense. This is not new, but it is constant. I can share what I'm reading, even express my outrage that it's come to this- but it all comes back to Opposite World, where things would make sense if they were the exact opposite of what they are. But they're not. My old friend John Fugelsang has that gift of being able to find the humorous take on the tragedy that assaults us every day. I'm grateful that he puts that gift to good use, and he's doing it here for a while today!

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Or not! I didn't watch even a minute of the orange tinged lie-fest last night. You shouldn't be surprised, I didn't say was going to watch it yesterday. And frankly, unless I had heard from a reliable source that the dump was going to ... no, I take it back. There's nothing that could have convinced to to watch the shit show that was happening before a joint session of Congress last night. From what little I read about it, it was everything I thought it would be. A non-stop litany of lies. And the idiotic Republicans how allow him to get away with these high crimes on a daily basis did nothing but applaud his heinous acts and allow him to keep getting away with the biggest theft of the nation's resources in history. I''m excited that Bob Cesca is joining us today. I first met Bob more years ago than I can remember, but we drifted apart in thi vast interwebs. I thought it was time for a meeting of the minds again... so join us for that. The Nicole Sandler Show is live weekdays from 3-4pm Eastern/noon-1 Pacific and then available to watch any time at your convenience. We have no paywall, but this show is listener supported, so please help us out if you're able to. Get more info and today's show notes & news notes at nicolesandler.com, where you can also make a contribution to support this program. And please subscribe to nicolesandler.substack.com to get it all delivered to your inbox.

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Tonight's the State of the Union. I used to look forward to it. Now I simply dread it. One of the lead stories today proclaims today being the 4th anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Dump continues lying, but we no longer have the Washington Post, or any other "news" entity keeping a running count of them. Maybe someone will tonight? The military buildup continues around Iran. I hope Taco D'ump intervenes. There's so much more to discuss today so we will... no guest today, just us radical Democratic leftists (sorry, I can't bring myself to use "Democrat" as they do, even in jest...)

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