NBC News reports: As U.S. and Ukrainian officials prepare to meet in Saudi Arabia this week, President Donald Trump has privately made clear to aides that a signed minerals deal between Washington and Kyiv won’t be enough to restart aid and intelligence sharing with the war-torn country, according an administration official and another U.S. official. Trump wants the deal, which would give the U.S. a stake in Ukraine’s mineral resources, signed. But he also wants to see a change in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s attitude toward peace talks, the officials said, including a willingness to make concessions such as giving up territory to Russia. Trump also wants Zelenskyy to make some movement toward elections in Ukraine and possibly toward stepping down as his country’s leader, the officials said. Elections in Ukraine have been paused under the country’s constitutional provision for martial law, which has been in effect since Russia invaded in 2022. I don’t think there’s any doubt about Trump is up to.
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You’re losing Congressional Democrats’ “protest” during Donald Trump’s marathon speech had all the impact of a Demotivational poster. That’s leadership from Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer. Punchbowl News: Earlier on Thursday, Jeffries and party leaders brought in some of the most vocal rank-and-file Democrats – including Reps. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) and Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) – to berate them for their recent behavior. The members-only meeting was called by Jeffries, we’re told. Tuesday’s debacle, as well as the ongoing clashes between progressives and moderates inside the House Democratic Caucus, isn’t Jeffries’ fault, of course. But it is his problem. And it shows little sign of cooling off right now. That may be because Frost and Crockett didn’t come to D.C. to be punching bags. They came to fight, just what the Democratic base demands. Jeffries and Schumer came to get along. Their idea of defending constituents is holding a press conference. Holding up signs on sticks and wearing pink shirts isn’t much better.
Elon Musk’s dream of going to Mars failed when the second Starship rocket in 2 months blew up over the Caribbean diverting airplanes throughout the area and offering some spectacular fireworks and lots of detritus falling in the ocean. You have to wonder if Musk was minding the store instead of blowing up the federal government, he’d have better luck. Musk’s philosophy behind building these starships, which he has on an accelerated schedule in order to meet his deadline of sending a manned mission to Mars by 2030, is something he calls “rapid iterative development” the goal being to build prototypes quickly and put them on the launchpad with a willingness to blow them up. Sound familiar? Unfortunately for us, a willingness to blow up government doesn’t just destroy a hunk of metal, it destroys tens of thousands of lives. Not that he cares about that. As he told podcaster Joe Rogan last week, “the fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy, the empathy exploit.
The Dean of Georgetown Law School responds to that MAGA freak show of a DC US Attorney Ed Martin’s threat to not hire any Georgetown lawyers unless the school ends all “DEI” programs:
pic.twitter.com/AMrSYRuyen Is there ANYTHING more douchey than an FBI Excecutive? This is James Dennehy who said he was going to "DIG IN" in order to resist a simple and lawful request from DOJ to hand over case information. He was also leaking info as a "whistleblower" to Corey… — Kyle Seraphin (@KyleSeraphin) March 7, 2025 His letter to the staff: All, Late Friday, I was informed that I needed to put my retirement papers in today, which I just did. I was not given a reason for this decision. Regardless, I apologize to all of you for not being able to fulfill my commitment to you to serve as ADIC NY for at least two years.
Trump is dead serious about annexing Canada. As Chris Hayes noted on his show last night, six weeks ago people would have told you you were hallucinating if you’d said that Trump would make Canada enemy number one and that the U.S. would be engaged in a vicious battle over an alleged fentanyl and illegal immigration problem on our northern border. But it’s happening. The New York Times ran down the evolution of this insane idea that has brought the leadership of Canada to the conclusion that he isn’t bluffing. It’s so ridiculous I can hardly wrap my mind around it: Mr. Trump and Mr. Trudeau spoke twice on Feb. 3, once in the morning and again in the afternoon, as part of discussions to stave off tariffs on Canadian exports. But those early February calls were not just about tariffs. The details of the conversations between the two leaders, and subsequent discussions among top U.S. and Canadian officials, have not been previously fully reported, and were shared with The New York Times on condition of anonymity by four people with firsthand knowledge of their content. They did not want to be publicly identified discussing a sensitive topic.
bonkers shit as Trump waves around a printout of one of his Truth Social posts meant to show how he purportedly gave water to California pic.twitter.com/9LTlyGhAIc — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 25, 2025 That’s incredibly dumb but then, what else is new? Remember the big water release in California Trump bragged would soon be in Los Angeles and we would never have any fires again? You know, the one that almost flooded the flood plain and wasted billions of gallons of water for nothing? Well, it started out as a DOGE thing: Representatives from the Department of Government Efficiency repeatedly pressured the head of a United States water management agency to open a major California pump system in late January, intending to release a huge amount of water south toward Los Angeles — even though the water would have never made it to the fire-scarred metropolis.
Baby eaglets! Big Bear’s beloved bald eagle couple, Jackie and Shadow, have welcomed eaglets into the world! You can watch live as the proud parents keep a close eye on their babies. Original live video courtesy of FOBBV. The first eaglet arrived Monday night, popping out of its shell shortly before 11:30 p.m. The special moment was captured live during the 11 p.m. newscast of ABC7 Eyewitness News. The second chick hatched sometime in the overnight hours. The third egg appeared to be hatching, as well, about 1 p.m. Thursday. Jackie and Shadow are taking turns watching and feeding the baby birds, who won’t be able to leave the nest for about 10 to 14 weeks. The baby birds are unnamed, but suggestions will come from the public. The tough decision-makers will be local Big Bear third-graders. In 2022, Jackie and Shadow successfully hatched an eaglet, later named Spirit via a contest held by Friends of Big Bear Valley. Here’s the Live Cam. Join all of LA in watching this rare bit of unadulterated good news.
A steroid, an antibiotic and cod liver oil From the New York Times account of this week’s fractious White House meeting between Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s cabinet secretaries: “The exchange ended with Mr. Trump telling Mr. Duffy that he had to hire people from M.I.T. as air traffic controllers. These air traffic controllers need to be ‘geniuses,’ he said.” We’re days away from a Trump Executive Order to water U.S. crops with Brawndo. Meantime, “a steroid, an antibiotic and cod liver oil” walk into an emergency room with RFK Jr.: There is a highly effective vaccine that prevents measles but no specific antiviral to treat it. Kennedy has previously pushed the use of vitamin A, and in an interview with Fox News this week, he endorsed an unconventional treatment regimen for measles including a steroid, an antibiotic and cod liver oil, which is rich in vitamin A.
Coming soon to a federal agency serving you An “important safety recall” on my car arrived via U.S. Mail the other day. The notice arrived, it said, “in accordance with the requirements of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act” (NHTSA, passed in 1966). A wiring issue could cause “the unintentional deployment of the airbag(s).” Dealers will fix the defect at no cost. It’s the newest car I’ve ever owned and my first recall. Your recall mileage may vary. Literally. The notice is required under Sec. 113 of NHTSA: Yup, that’s pretty much what arrived in the mail (not from Tesla). But it got me thinking. NHTSA is now administered by Donald Trump Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. He got into a little Cabinet Room dustup this week with Elon Musk, he of reusable self-parking rocket booster and “rapid unscheduled disassembly” fame. With his youthful but inexperienced DOGE saboteurs, Musk is bringing his cutting-edge, rapid unscheduled disassembly technology to bear on a government agency serving you.