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Senate Hopefuls in Texas Make Final Pitches Before Primary

A heated U.S. Senate race in Texas entered its final stretch on Sunday with candidates on both sides of the aisle making final pitches to voters ahead of Tuesday's primary, the nation's first big contest of the 2026 midterm elections.

 Incumbent GOP Sen. John Cornyn is trying to hold on to the seat he has held since first being elected in 2002, but finds himself in the toughest race of his long career against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Rep. Wesley Hunt.

"Complacency is a killer," Cornyn told voters Saturday at a seafood restaurant in The Woodlands, a Houston suburb. "It kills relationships. It kills careers."

Democrats haven't won a Senate race in Texas since 1988, but they see an opening this year to help boost their long-shot hopes of recapturing a Senate majority, especially if Republicans nominate Paxton, who is popular with MAGA voters but has had years of legal problems.

As for the Democrats, state Rep. James Talarico, a self-proclaimed policy wonk who emphasizes his crossover appeal to Republicans, faces U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett,

 

 a rhetorical brawler on Capitol Hill who received an endorsement Friday from former Vice President Kamala Harris.

 Candidates and political groups are pouring money into the race at a record pace, partly fueled by Talarico's fundraising and allies of Cornyn trying to save his career.

Heading into Tuesday's primary elections, the cost of advertising and reserved advertising time had topped $110 million, the most ever for a Senate primary, according to the ad-tracking firm AdImpact.

A late visit to Texas on Friday by President Donald Trump, 

 who used the Port of Corpus Christi as a backdrop for a speech highlighting energy production, drew all of the top Republican candidates for the Senate seat.

And while Trump said Friday he's "pretty much" decided whom to endorse, he declined to name who he'll actually support.

"We have a great attorney general, Ken Paxton. Where's Ken? Hi, Ken," Trump said. He continued, "And we have a great senator, John Cornyn. Hi, John."

Noting that they're in a "little bit of a race," Trump added: 'It's going to be an interesting one, right? They're both great people."

Despite his long career in Texas politics, Paxton has painted himself as a Washington outsider and a staunch supporter of Trump.

"I'm not going up to Washington, D.C., to join the swamp club," Paxton said at a campaign event in Fort Worth. "I will go up there and fight for you."

Havana Daydreaming: After 60+ Years of Authoritarian Oppression, Blaming Cuba’s Plight On Trump Is Loco

As geopolitical tensions percolate across the hemisphere, there has been growing outrage from select voices about the damage this administration is inflicting on the island nation of Cuba. It is a claim in need of a sitcom laugh track, as people reading this ridiculous contention do not know whether to chortle or throw their phone in the river.

 Currently, we are working to rectify some of the disarray and dysfunction operating in our sector of the globe, with Marco Rubio affecting change like an HOA president with actual juice. He coached South American countries to get on board with addressing drug traffickers. We recently helped Mexico with intel on taking out a cartel leader. Of course, there was the stark action to remove Nicolas Maduro from squatting in the Venezuelan palace, and the fallout from that eviction notice is now leading to pressure being applied to Havana. 

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All of the right people are upset. Communist sympathizers and their doltish sycophants in the press are expressing disdain over what Trump is doing to the people of Cuba. After Maduro was shipped to New York to join with other borough residents in suffering under the Mamdani era, Trump instituted a chokehold on illicit crude shipments from Venezuela. This directly impacted Cuba, which has relied on handouts and lax debt collectors from other communist nations for decades. 

The already destitute Caribbean paradiso has basically been ground to a halt as a result, and many in the press have scurried to catalogue the ill effects. 

The fuel embargo is targeting the leadership directly, but notice that the focus is solely on the citizenry. There are allusions to the residents suffering after already being economically challenged, or some other such darkly romanticized plight. But no exploration will be made into what brought them to “already”. And of course, they love to hurl the accusation that Trump is starving these folks. Just bypass the fact that, as the petroleum spigot has been turned off, we are Instacarting over food supplies at the same time, along with other countries.

Make that, “more food supplies.” What these Soviet Bloc-heads need us to overlook is that since 2000, we have been shipping food and other supplies into Cuba. That took place with the passage of the Trade Sanctions  Reform & Export Enhancement Act, which allows specific goods and medical supplies, with the proviso that the supplies are paid for ahead of time. Cuba’s garbage credit rating and its history of defaulting mean the U.S. is now like a payroll advance outfit that has been burned enough to require you to sign over your direct deposit, and we’ll portion things out accordingly.

     SIDEBAR: Can we pass a law that any new legislation bearing an encyclopedic title, like the Trade Sanctions  Reform & Export Enhancement Act, is required to at least create a jaunty acronym? How about the “Managed Optional Joint Trade Intensification Operation policy, or – the MOJITO Act?

Even with ignoring these realities to maintain the vehement need to blame the U.S. for…basically every Cuban problem, invoking Trump as the cause becomes another laugh line. As someone who is a longtime resident of South Florida, I have at least a mezzanine seat to what has been going on in Fidel’s former fiefdom. Seeing these people who push away Dos Equis in favor of swallowing Das Kapital now wailing about what Trump is doing to Cuba, you become imbued with the high-potency denialism that is the main export from any communist enclave.

     A Conga Line of Commie Contempt

Ever since Fidel Castro rose to prominence on that spit of land 90 miles due South of Sloppy Joe’s, two things have been ever-present: Economic hardships, and blaming all of that on the U.S. This country is that distant cousin who has not gotten their act together for over two generations and blames their sloth on their relatives refusing to support them with stipends, all while never accomplishing so much as cutting them a Christmas card at Navidad.

For nearly 70 years, Cuba has been under the lockdown rule of one authoritarian government, and ever since then, they have struggled to keep the lights on, still cannot figure out how to properly soak the wealthy tourists, and the residents are still driving the same cars from the time Fidel was being outfitted with new outfits from Commandant Klein. It has been the fallback complaint that this is all due to the U.S. effectively erecting steel gates after the troubling neighbors moved in, with the economic embargo.

Of course, for this whine to take hold, you need to ignore basic facts. Just because America stopped vice imports like rum and cigars, and removed Playa Pilar from the Spring Break rotation, where are the other nations? Our fungible fenceline did not mean all other countries were forbidden from trade. The frozen elitists from other nations were still free to jet over to thaw out after New Year's.

But these are the Communists we are talking about, the political faction that has an unblemished track record when it comes to doing to their economies what 1970s rock bands used to do to Holiday Inn suites. Cuba has been no different. How is it that since the 1960s, this island that has every advantage in becoming an economic force, has never managed to find its way?

Cuba has more than double the coastline of Florida, and some of its shoreline is lush enough to make Miami Beach resemble a sand lake in the Ozarks. Given that the place basically has no winter, the tourism should be a revolving door. Its position and climate mean the fertile land can deliver the goods to feed American habits with sugar, coffee, and tobacco. 

Due to the inability to improve infrastructure, there is a level of historical preservation, so Havana alone has the architecture and vistas to make Hollywood salivate. Add in gambling and relaxed legal enforcement, and that will also become a draw. Hell, just the mystique of Papa Hemingway’s literary output should have sportfishing being an industry thriving enough to pay the utility bills.

Instead, it has been half a century of constriction. When Fidel nationalized things in the ‘60s, it was not a subtle shift. He took over industries and confiscated thousands of private businesses, and his best and brightest fled to Florida in the original boatlift. The result has been a DMV level of renovations across the economy, and what followed was predictable malaise. 

Cuba has only survived all of this time through Communist welfare, via Russia, primarily. Moscow has long fed Castro his needed oil and agreed to overpay for basic goods with farm subsidies. China has been a source of credit for decades, a nation less interested in recouping its funds than in having a communist island serving as our doormat. Even so, Fidel displayed his allyship prowess by insulting his creditor, telling Barbara Walters once, “I believe that Mao destroyed with his feet what he did with his head for many years.”

It has been a remarkable commie constant that they promote socialized farming to elevate the people, and then promptly bugger their land management. Castro followed that revered Communist tradition of screwing up agrarian policy grandly. Cuban coffee has become more of a style to order than an actual crop. The nation’s coffee yield peaked just before Castro took over, and today stands at less than half that amount. Cuban cigars, once the revered standard for that product, have been eclipsed by those made in most Central American locales. 

And the real amazement is how he screwed el perro with sugar. That staple product had long been the commodity that fueled the economy, and today that industry is such a mess that it constantly produces a fraction of projected yields. With less than half of its mills even operating, Cuba today has to actually import that core product; now factor in that it is also the basis of rum production, and the problems are exacerbated.

These days, the once-revered products from the island are an echo of what they had been and have been reduced to novelty status. Even those foreigners permitted on the island buy Cohibas and Havana Club do so as a sign of access; a bragging point, with little interest in indulging. 

Flushing out Fidel’s leftovers is more overdue than the international loans that have turned dormant. Bring in a dose of some rapacious capitalism, and the fortunes of this island would flip in less than a five-year span. Then privatize the fields and get the crops back to capacity output, and the GDP will be the envy of the Caribbean. 

I say the hell with Canada. Rename the island place “Marco Cubio”, and make it the 51st state. The tax revenue would flow like a busted hydrant, and pissing off China and Russia will be a bonus.

Waltz Goes Scorched Earth at UN: 'President Trump Has Met the Moment' on Iran

Mike Waltz, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, offered formal remarks on the situation in Iran during a Saturday afternoon meeting of the UN Security Council. Representatives from Israel and Iran, which are not members of the Security Council, were invited to participate in the meeting.

 When it was his turn to offer comments, Waltz came out blazing, declaring, "This is a moment in history that requires moral clarity and President Trump has met the moment." Here's a transcript of his following remarks:

The most fundamental duty of any sovereign government is the protection of its people. Operation Epic Fury is directed toward specific and strategic objectives: to dismantle missile capabilities that threaten allies, to degrade naval assets used to destabilize international waters, to disrupt the machinery that arms proxy militias, and to ensure the Iranian regime never, ever can threaten the world with a nuclear weapon. 

As President Trump said last night, for decades the Iranian regime has woefully destabilized the world, it has killed American forces and citizens, threatened regional allies, and jeopardized the security of international shipping upon which the world depends.

It's massive support for violent proxies, declared terrorist organizations – the Houthis, Hezbollah, Hamas, and others – has brought bloodshed and disorder across the Middle East for far too long. This is not speculation; we know this to be true, and our men and women have paid for the actions of this regime and the IRGC with their lives.

No responsible nation can ignore persistent aggression and violence. The regime in Tehran has led attacks that have cost American lives. Hundreds of U.S. Marines in Lebanon, thousands of troops in Iraq, American hostage after hostage has suffered. Our ships fired upon dozens of times in the Red Sea.

Iran has armed and financed militant organizations that undermine lawful governments and destabilizes an already-fragile region. Iran's continued pursuit of advanced missile capabilities, coupled with its refusal to abandon nuclear ambitions – despite diplomatic opportunities – presents a grave and mounting danger.

The international community has long-affirmed a simple and necessary principle: Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. That principle is not a matter of politics, it's a matter of global security. And, to that end, the United States is taking lawful actions.

Waltz also had a reminder for the members of the council, stating, "This body, the United Nations Security Council, has repeatedly taken action on this threat. Twenty years ago, starting in 2006, Resolution 1696 demanded that Iran suspend all uranium enrichment-related and reprocessing activities, invoking Chapter 7 the UN charter and adopting a legally-binding resolution." He took them to task for their inaction on Iran, and noted, "Our allies and partners can count on the United States and can count on President Trump."

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READ MORE: UN Secretary General Condemns U.S. and Israel – 'International Law Must Be Respected'

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Earlier in the meeting, UN Secretary General António Guterres 

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condemned the U.S. and Israel, saying "international law and international humanitarian law must always be respected." 

The Usual Idiots Are on the Job As America Crushes the Iranian Tyrants

The only thing unpredictable about the devastating air and naval campaign against the Iranian mullahs who have murdered so many people – including Americans – was the timing. We hit those bastards in broad daylight. Even though those sociopathic clowns knew it was coming, they didn't expect to be blasted into oblivion over breakfast. Now, there are some people I respect who have doubts over the mission – but they have no doubts about our country or our troops. What was sadly predictable were the puny wails of the weak, stupid, and treacherous who have zero clue about what's going on, yet immediately howled in indignation over Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu's decisive decision to settle all family business. In case you missed it, Maduro was Tartaglia, Cuba will be Barzini, and the mullahs will be Moe Green relaxing on the massage table and reaching for his glasses. That Moe was Jewish will just make the jihadi goat molesters madder during the short time they have left.

Of course, the Jewish thing is front and center with the haters. "No war for Israel!" they impotently shout as if this was some profound sentiment instead of a giant sign announcing to the world they ignored Robert Downey, Jr.'s famous admonition from "Tropic Thunder."

That particular stupidity has its tangents, both of which I saw demonstrated when I pointed out that Rep. Thomas Massie was a useless piece of garbage who can always be counted on to stab us in the back (more about that dingus later). There was the classic "Shutup, Zionist," which is kind of like calling me smart, rich, and sexually powerful. I'd explain to them how insults are supposed to work, but they might end up crying, and then their mommies will have to spend all morning comforting them. Another variation is the perennial "Totally disagree with you, are you taking Israel money, too?" Yeah, I need to be paid by a foreign country to want to defeat our enemies – nothing gets by you geniuses!

Oh, and, of course, Thomas Massie was in the House – 

 but not for long, if his patriotic war hero primary opponent has his way – sharing his tiresome and wrong opinions that this is some sort of illegal war. Now, to share these insights required him to take a break from enforcing the newly minted libertarian principles of trashing the reputations of people based on hearsay and innuendo and demanding the arrests of unnamed people for victimizing unnamed people with unspecified evidence. Massie informed his coterie of slack-jawed supporters: "Acts of war unauthorized by Congress. The U.S. is attacking Iran according to AP."

Here's the problem – he's wrong. First, the Constitution does not require Congress to authorize every single military action by the guy the Constitution named commander-in-chief. It has the power to declare war; every war need not be "declared." The CINC has wide latitude to engage in armed conflict. Now, Massie may not like that or even agree with that, which is fine. But he's still wrong. And even if he wasn't wrong – and he is – there's still the matter of both the War Powers Act and various use of military force authorizations that Congress has passed that would allow this to happen even if Massie's bespoke interpretation wasn't ridiculous. So, he's got his authorization – but no, he's decided he needs another because reasons. In terms of talking about war powers, Massie is the equivalent of the weirdo who spent too much time on the interwebs telling the judge he has no authority over him because he wrote "SOVEREIGN CITIZEN" on his driver's license and because the flag in the court has a gold fringe and that makes it a flag of admiralty and the court therefore has no jurisdiction over him because he is not a sailor, just before the bailiff hauls him back to his cell. But Massie's fan club of constitutional dyslexics has their dumb opinions, and boy, are they eager to share them.

This flows into the "I'm against the war because I love the troops" play. Someone named Natalie tweeted, "How does 'War needs to be authorized by Congress' = Thomas massie (sic) is undermining our troops? Patriotism is protecting our troops and wishing to keep them out of harm's way." Of course, the Iranians have killed and maimed thousands of Americans and will do it again, given the chance – when they chant "Death to America," they mean it. Let me tell you, as a guy in theater when the ground war went off in Desert Storm 35 years ago last week, our guys are more than happy to unleash on these seventh-century savages.

Natalie pivoted into another phase of the stupidity sweepstakes with, "The U.S. government will seriously go to war with Iran rather than release all the Epstein files." There are a lot of people pretending that this mission is really a cunning distraction to take people's attention away from the vaunted files, which have revealed exactly zero substantive, admissible, believable evidence that there was some giant pervo conspiracy or that Donald Trump did anything wrong. The only thing a distraction would protect is the Democrat-adjacent figures who still partied with Epstein after his conviction. The Epstein thing was always an IQ test; adding the Iran attack to it really separates the merely stupid from the transcendentally moronic.

And then there's Tanner, who identifies himself as an Army chaplain candidate (!) and whose timeline includes weird Charlie Kirk truthing, who makes the bold choice to make the chickenhawk play to a retired Army colonel who had his right shoulder patch long before his mom and dad lit some candles and spun that Al Green CD: "If you love our troops so much come put on a uniform and put YOUR life on the line. No one who actually understands war wants this war. You are a bloodthirsty hawk." Thanks for the insight, Punky Brewster. You're dismissed.

I regret to inform you that the pod bros of Alleged America First are at it again. Let me tell you about America First – if that means allowing a bunch of dark age degenerate sociopaths to murder and maim Americans with impunity, then count me the hell out. I never signed up to let a pack of foreign savages kill and mutilate my people, which these mullahs have been doing for nearly half a century. MAGA is not pacifism; pacifism is not MAGA, and it is certainly not manly.

And if you doubt it, it was Mr. MAGA himself, Donald J. Trump, who had the courage to finish this war – this war did not start yesterday at approximately the same time these dummies first became aware of politics. One of the most tiresome of these is Comic Dave Smith, who, to my knowledge, has never actually told a joke and has somehow installed himself as some sort of relevant commentator supplying the full benefit of his foreign policy insights gained while opening for an Eskimo prop comic at the Quebec Le Giggle Works. He weighed in with this doozy:

"By launching this illegal war of aggression against Iran, Donald Trump has betrayed the American people and his own base, none of whom wanted this. He has sided with Lindsay Graham, Mark Levin and Benjamin Netanyahu, the most despised laughingstocks on the planet. By announcing that this is indeed a regime change war (as anyone paying attention and being honest has known all along) he has tied his entire legacy to this action. If he isn't able to achieve a regime change, he will have killed a bunch of people for no reason. If the regime does fall, we have already admitted that we have no one to install and without boots on the ground, it is difficult to install a regime even if you had someone. Trump will be responsible for what comes next- the thing war hawks never consider."

OK, not "illegal" and not a "betrayal" – Donald Trump never promised anyone to let our enemies win. If you think "Lindsay Graham, Mark Levin and Benjamin Netanyahu" are "the most despised laughingstocks on the planet," you need to get out around the planet more. For example, Comic Dave's Hamas buddies in Gaza, to the extent they are still breathing, are most definitely not laughing. And oh no – Trump will be responsible for his actions! You think? Gosh, if only CDS could have warned the president before he made the decision to attack that he would be responsible for his decision! And the whole post-war thing – I'm sure he never thought of that, especially when Trump was elected after criticizing his predecessor for never thinking of that. Oh, and by "War hawks," I think Comic Dave means "men."

There are also various Democrats who are mad and frightened – not for our troops but because they know Trump's track record of success and are terrified that he pulls off this incredible strategic coup. Senator Fetterman was the exception;

the rest were craven enough to whine about Trump even though they know this mission is both necessary and just. Then there are our foreign enemies who are mad – the Russians are ticked because their Persian pals are going away and they will probably have to put the survivors up in Moscow in perpetuity. And then there are our alleged allies, like the U.K., who are begging for further pointless negotiations. They hate the idea of defeating their enemies rather than submitting to them.

Yeah, the usual suspects are in full effect, but at the end of the day, who cares? Not the men and women of the American and Israeli armed forces, who are finally going to rid us of these barbarian druids after we let them exist for far too long. And certainly not for President Donald Trump, who – unlike his ankle-nibbling critics – knows what needs to be done and has the testosterone to do it.

Iranian State Media Finally Admits What We've Known for Hours About Ali Khamenei

President Trump launched airstrikes against the Iranian regime just over an hour past his deadline, collaborating with Israeli forces to target the government’s leadership. The operation was successful, with key Iranian officials, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and most of his family, eliminated in the initial strikes. Iranian state media confirmed these outcomes, even though Israeli and American officials had already made the information public hours earlier. 

 Khamenei’s daughter, son-in-law, and grandson were also killed in the airstrikes:

JUST IN - Iranian state media confirms that Khamenei’s daughter, son-in-law and grandson have been killed.

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) March 1, 2026

BREAKING: Iranian state media now reporting that Supreme Leader Khamenei is dead. This is the first Iranian acknowledgment that he was killed today.

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) March 1, 2026

Also, Sky News, what the hell is this tweet—it’s been confirmed for hours. 

BREAKING: Ali Khamenei's daughter and grandchild have been killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes, according to Iranian state media.

There is still no official confirmation on Khamenei, despite Donald Trump announcing the supreme leader had been killed.https://t.co/q0Y3wCpNxg pic.twitter.com/MRZEtrc7pl

— Sky News (@SkyNews) March 1, 2026

 

Iranians celebrate around the world: ‘The dictator, the killer, Ali Khamenei is dead’

A man walks by an Iranian Market with an Iranian and an American flag outside the shop in the Persian Square at the West LA neighborhood within Los Angeles, California, on February 28, 2026.

The Iranian diaspora around the world has begun to celebrate the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

 

 after the United States and Israel carried out strikes on Tehran.

Several videos came out online on Saturday of Iranians cheering and dancing after missiles descended on Iran’s capital city. Celebrations ramped up as President Donald Trump and Israeli officials confirmed the religious leader was killed at age 86 after 35 years of leadership.

 Citizens in Tehran whistled and cheered from their balconies and through their windows in video footage posted to X after 11 p.m., local time.

Sana Ebrahimi, an Iranian-born Fox News contributor, 

 

announced the news to her hundreds of thousands of followers on Saturday afternoon, including a video of herself jumping and dancing to “Y.M.C.A.” by Village People.

“I am an Iranian and this is the best day of my life,” she said. “The dictator, the killer, Ali Khamenei is dead.”

Independent journalist Raheem J. Kassam posted his experience at the White House to X, attaching a video of a large crowd waving American and Persian flags while blaring “Y.M.C.A.”, a song associated with President Trump.

“Wow, it’s crazy in downtown D.C. right now as hundreds of Persians descend on the White House to celebrate the ouster of the Iranian Islamic regime,” he wrote.

Wow it’s crazy in downtown dc right now as hundreds of Persians descend on the White House to celebrate the ouster of the Iranian Islamic regime pic.twitter.com/ia83aU5O8t

 — Raheem J. Kassam (@RaheemKassam) February 28, 2026

Before Khamenei’s death was confirmed, Iranians gathered in the streets in Australia, the United Kingdom, Norway, Spain and Germany, waving the historical Persian flag from before the Islamic Revolution of the late 1970s, which features a lion and sun symbol.

Iranians in Spain and Germany, celebrate and thank the U.S., President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu following major combat operations against Iran.

Watch OAN on Spectrum and YouTube TV Today! pic.twitter.com/xdzTUKTogw

— One America News (@OANN) February 28, 2026

Iranians in Newcastle, UK celebrate the US/Israel strike with US, Israel, UK, and pre-1979 Iran flags.

"President Trump kept his promise!" pic.twitter.com/hCMAiWHlpn

 — Anthony Brian Logan (ABL) (@ANTHONYBLOGAN) February 28, 2026

Prior to the Islamic revolution, Iran was a monarchy under the Pahlavi dynasty, which ruled since 1925. From the 1950s to the 1970s, the Shah pursued many modernization efforts, building roads, railways and factories and expanding universities and hospitals. Iran became a leading economy in the region during the 1960s and 70s.

Iranians in Australia celebrate the US strikes on Iran that will free the Iranian people and stop Iran from obtaining nukes.https://t.co/16ALs0qYwA

— Paul A. Szypula (@Bubblebathgirl) February 28, 2026

Iranians living in exile are stunned by President Trump's bravery in destroying the Islamic terror regime once and for all. In Oslo, Norway they started taking to the streets to celebrate and show support for Trump. pic.twitter.com/RYzimaX8Nd

— Liza Rosen (@LizaRosen0000) February 28, 2026

Mayor Downplays Snowball Assaults on NYPD, Sparks Backlash Over Leadership

On February 23, 2026, a large, social-media organized snowball gathering in Washington Square Park turned violent when participants began hurling snow and chunks of ice at responding NYPD officers, leaving at least two with lacerations who sought hospital treatment. Video of the episode spread quickly online, showing officers being pelted as they tried to manage the crowd and retreat to their vehicle, and the NYPD opened a criminal investigation into the assaults.

 Instead of standing unequivocally with the men and women who keep New Yorkers safe, Mayor Zohran Mamdani publicly characterized the episode as a snowball fight that “looked like kids” and said he did not think participants should be charged, even quipping that “if anyone’s catching a snowball, it’s me.” That shrug from the city’s top official came as detectives released images of suspects and police leaders demanded accountability, creating a sharp and unavoidable contrast between rhetoric and reality.

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch 

 

called the behavior “disgraceful” and “criminal,” while police unions and veteran officers blasted the mayor’s comments as a failure of leadership and urged prosecutors to pursue assault charges against those identified in surveillance photos. Union leaders warned that trivializing attacks on officers — even when thrown objects are called “snowballs” — risks normalizing violence against law enforcement and undermining public safety.

The political fallout was immediate and predictable: Republican officials and conservative voices accused Mamdani of emboldening anti-police sentiment, with representatives demanding he publicly condemn the attack and commit to backing prosecutions. Even centrist commentators questioned whether a mayor who downplays assaults on police can effectively lead a city that depends on law enforcement to maintain order during crises like the recent blizzard.

This episode fits a broader pattern seen in Mayor Mamdani’s early weeks, where critics say a soft approach toward lawlessness has coincided with upticks in assaults on officers and growing frustration within the force. Those trends aren’t mere political talking points; they’re reflected in reporting that shows increased attacks on officers and a palpable morale problem in precincts that feel unsupported by city leadership.

Look, Americans understand the difference between kids throwing harmless snowballs and a coordinated mob pelting uniformed officers with dangerous chunks of ice. Leadership means protecting the people who protect us, not making light of attacks or treating law enforcement as a political punching bag; any official who refuses to draw that line is failing the city and putting good people at risk.

If New York is going to remain a safe, functioning city, elected leaders must stop the performative sympathy for disorder and start enforcing consequences for violent behavior—no excuses, no equivocation. Hardworking New Yorkers and the brave men and women of the NYPD deserve a mayor who will defend the rule of law and hold perpetrators accountable.

 

U.S. & Israel Strike Iran: Decisive Action Commended by Hawks

On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched a coordinated military campaign against targets inside Iran, a decisive strike aimed at crippling Tehran’s military and nuclear infrastructure. Americans should be proud that our armed forces, working with a key ally, executed a complex operation under extraordinarily difficult conditions and with surgical precision.

 This was not the dithering, slow-footed foreign policy of the last administration; this was a master class in tactics and resolve—exactly what conservative hawks have demanded for years. Prominent conservative voices and former service members called the operation a showcase of American readiness and effective planning, crediting leadership that pushed for decisive options.

Iran’s regime predictably lashed out, launching missile and drone strikes in retaliation that risk regional escalation and civilian harm, underscoring why weakness never works with reckless theocrats. Reports of Iranian counterstrikes and the ensuing chaos confirm that the brutal regime in Tehran remains a clear and present danger to regional stability and U.S. interests.

Critics on the left rushed to stage-manage outrage about congressional authorization and “escalation,” but their sputtering complaints ring hollow next to the reality on the ground: American lives and allies were under imminent threat. When enemies of freedom draw a bead on our people or our friends, decisive leadership—not partisan checklist politics—keeps America safe.

The men and women of our armed forces performed incredibly under pressure, executing orders with professionalism that should make every patriot stand taller. Conservative commentators who know tactics praised the clear chain of command and the strategic clarity that came from the top, and hardworking Americans should demand that we continue to back our troops and our commanders without apology.

Now is not the time for finger-pointing or prestige politics; it is the time to rally behind the Constitution, our military, and leaders who will defend American lives and American interests. The left’s instinct to apologize to tyrants and lecture our soldiers must be rejected—patriots will stand with the men and women in uniform, demand accountability from Tehran, and insist on the peace that comes from strength.

 

Americans Have a very long Memory.