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The February jobs report sparked predictable headlines about a payroll dip, but a closer look tells a different story.
Beneath the surface numbers lies a labor market stabilizing on healthier footing: unemployment remains low, wages are rising, productivity is climbing, and the private sector continues expanding.
The economic environment in 2026 looks very different from the Biden years, when massive illegal immigration inflated labor-force growth and distorted job statistics.
With border enforcement restored and immigration flows sharply reduced, the economy no longer needs massive monthly job gains just to keep unemployment steady. Instead, the focus has shifted toward higher productivity, stronger wages, and sustainable long-term growth.
'I thank Kristi for her service': Trump appoints new DHS chief, makes Noem special envoy
U.S. senator 'knows the Wisdom and Courage required to Advance our American First Agenda'
Trump said, on social media, "I am pleased to announce that the Highly Respected United States Senator from the Great State of Oklahoma, Markwayne Mullin, will become the United States Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), effective March 31, 2026.
The current Secretary, Kristi Noem, who has served us well, and has had numerous and spectacular results (especially on the Border!), will be moving to be Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas, our new Security Initiative in the Western Hemisphere we are announcing on Saturday in Doral, Florida. I thank Kristi for her service at 'Homeland.'
Democrats also have refused to fund the DHS for several weeks now, because they object to Noem's plans to enforce federal law. Specifically, they were enraged by the enforcement of immigration laws in a law enforcement surge in the Minnesota area.
U.S.-Israel Strike Targets Iranian Leadership Meeting During Succession Vote Count
In chess, the most devastating moves aren’t the ones that capture pieces—they’re the ones that strike precisely when your opponent reaches for the crown. This week, the United States and Israel executed a campaign of decapitation so brutally efficient that military historians will be studying it for generations.
What unfolded over four days was not merely an air campaign. It was the systematic dismantling of a regime that has chanted “Death to America” for forty-five years while the world urged us toward “strategic patience.”
How’s that patience working out? The Iranian navy—gone. The air force—destroyed. Radar defenses across the country—knocked out. President Trump confirmed the devastation bluntly: “Virtually everything has been knocked out.”
The opening salvo alone killed 49 of Iran’s most senior leaders, leaving the military fractured and leaderless in a matter of hours. The IDF struck a covert underground nuclear compound where scientists were actively working on weapons development. Fires raged at naval headquarters in Bandar Abbas. But none of this—remarkable as it is—was the most stunning part.
From Fox News:
“They just targeted the meeting in Tehran where what’s left of the leadership was gathering to choose a new Supreme Leader,” reported Trey Yingst. Israeli sources believe they struck the meeting as votes were being tallied—a revelation that “speaks to the Israeli intelligence about this war.”
including 300 new sites — while adding B-1 Lancer and B-52 Stratofortress bombers to the air attack, U.S. Central Command reported Tuesday morning.
President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Monday that the attacks could last for at least several weeks, and no end date was currently in the plans. Additional aircraft, weapons and troops were being sent to the conflict.
The Pentagon has confirmed that six Americans have been killed.
The attack update from U.S. Central Command showed that B-1 Lancers and B-52 Stratofortress bombers had taken part in attacks, joining previous missions flown by B-2 Spirits. The B-2 missions were flown on 37-hour round-trip missions from bases in the United States and used aerial refueling.
The B-1 is a supersonic bomber that specializes in low-altitude attacks. The B-52s are four-engine heavy bombers that were built in the 1960s. They primarily use “stand-off” weapons that can be launched from a distance beyond anti-aircraft fire.
The U.S. is using F-15E Strike Eagle II, F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II fighters; A-10 Thunderbolt ground attack; and EA-18G electronic warfare aircraft, Central Command said.
Targets have included command and control, headquarters, air defense sites, ballistic missile sites, anti-ship missile sites and communications centers. U.S. officials have said eight Iranian ships have been sunk.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Iran on Monday that the U.S. planned to ratchet up the attacks. “The hardest hits are yet to come,” he said.
Khamenei presided over decades of theocratic rule, first as president and then as supreme leader
In 1989, Iran maintained the highest execution rate per capita in the world under his command.
"Khamenei crushed the 2009 Green Movement, killing dozens and imprisoning hundreds.
He met the 2022 Women, Life, Freedom movement with mass arrests, torture and executions. He destroyed the Iranian economy to fund a proxy network spanning Hezbollah, the Houthis, Hamas and Shia militias across the Middle East.
He repressed tens of millions of women. And in January 2026, his security forces murdered thousands of citizens protesting the regime, with some estimating the death toll at more than 30,000.
When millions of Iranians took to the streets in a rush of anti-regime sentiment, they were met with brutal force and massacred in the thousands." [By Nadav Ziv]
So, with all his brutality and the simple fact that Iran is building nuclear bombs to use against those he hates (democracies) what is the Democrats problem with Trump taking them out? It's been suggested that Iran is about two weeks away from having the bomb.
It's all about power and control by Democrats--because the President did not come before Congress to get their approval. But he didn't have to. He had already notified them within the 48 hours of committing armed forces to military action, the War Powers Act.
They’re bringing a musical about Luigi Mangione to New York this summer
The show started in San Francisco. Now it’s headed to The Green Room 24 for a staged reading on June 15.
That’s the same city where, prosecutors say, Mangione allegedly shot a man in the back. The accused is still facing legal proceedings. Critics say the timing is tone-deaf. Families of victims say it’s painful. A lot of people are angry.
“Luigi: The Musical,” a musical based around UnitedHealthcare CEO murder suspect Luigi Mangione, will premiere in New York City this June.
The Green Room 24 will hold a staged reading of the musical on June 15 with the cast yet to be announced. This will be one year after the musical premiered to sold-out shows in San Francisco.
According to a press release, the musical was “inspired by the bizarre true story of three high-profile inmates (Luigi Mangione, Diddy and Sam Bankman Fried) who were all held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn at the same time.”
Trump nominates Kevin Warsh to lead the Federal Reserve
President Donald Trump has officially nominated Kevin Warsh to serve as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, sending the nomination to the Senate on Wednesday. The move came more than a month after Trump first publicly announced he wanted Warsh to head the central bank.
If confirmed, Warsh would replace current Fed Chair Jerome Powell and serve a four-year term.
The nomination, however, faces an unusual obstacle, and it isn't coming from Democrats.
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., has said he will block Warsh's nomination from advancing in the Senate until a federal criminal investigation of Powell by the Washington, D.C. U.S. Attorney's Office is shelved. That threat could prevent the nomination from reaching the Senate floor entirely.
According to Newsmax, the investigation centers on the $2.5 billion renovation of the Federal Reserve's headquarters in Washington and Powell's Senate testimony about the project. Powell disclosed in mid-January that he was under investigation in connection with the matter.
A $2.5 billion headquarters renovation for an institution that prints the money it spends. That alone tells you something about the culture inside the Fed.
Protesters rallied in Lake Worth Beach against two ballot amendments they say would allow major development without voter approval
The demonstration, organized by Lake Worth For All, gathered between 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. at the corner of Lake Avenue and Golfview Road, just before the bridge, with residents holding signs that read "HANDS OFF OUR BEACH & PARKS."
According to organizers, Amendments 2 and 3 on the March 10 ballot would allow the city commission to approve huge developments on the beach, in public parks, and in public spaces without voter approval.
Opponents say they are concerned the changes could impact access to public parking and local beaches, potentially altering the "hometown feel" of the town. [CBS-12]
Election integrity has become one of the defining political battles of the Trump era.
While debates about voting machines, algorithms, and foreign interference dominate activist circles, many voters focus on a simpler question: why is proving citizenship to vote controversial at all?
The SAVE America Act attempts to answer that by requiring government-issued identification and documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register for federal elections.
Supporters argue that restoring clear guardrails is essential to rebuilding public trust after the chaos and suspicion surrounding recent elections. The bill has become a rallying point for conservatives who believe election reform is the key to restoring confidence in American democracy. [Luthmann]
SAVE America Act Hits the Achilles Heel of Democrats’ Fraud Scheme.
Suspect with Ammunition Arrested Outside Ken Paxton’s Dallas Headquarters on Primary Night
Let’s be honest. Something feels off in America, doesn’t it? There’s a sour tension in the air, a sense that the old rules of engagement have been completely abandoned.
For most of our history, political adversaries were just that—adversaries, not heretics deserving of total destruction. You fought tooth and nail in the political arena, but you still lived in the same country. That basic foundation of our Republic is being systematically pulverized.
This isn’t just about nasty tweets or shouting matches on TV. It’s a calculated campaign to redefine political disagreement as a moral sin. If you stand for the flag, secure borders, and American sovereignty, you’re no longer just wrong; you’re an enemy of the state.
This relentless drumbeat has consequences. It gives a green light to the unstable, making them feel like their worst impulses are justified. We’ve seen this script play out before, and the ending is never good.
In spite of another off the wall lunatic, Ken Paxton and Jon Cornyn will be in a Republican run-off in May.
Israel's defense minister warned that any leader appointed by Iran's ruling regime could become a "target for elimination" as Israel continues its military campaign against Tehran.
Defense Minister Israel Katz made the statement in a post on X, saying Israel is prepared to strike future Iranian leaders who continue the regime's hostility toward Israel and its allies.
"Every leader appointed by the Iranian terror regime to continue and lead the plan to destroy Israel, to threaten the United States and the free world and the countries of the region, and to suppress the Iranian people—will be an unequivocal target for elimination," Katz wrote early Wednesday.
Don't vote to take away your vote! No on March 10, 2026. Lake Worth Beach, Florida
Vote no on March 10 2026, Charter Amendments 2 & 3. Vote NO to keep your vote.
Lake Worth Beach City Commission is trying to take away the currently required citizen vote for long term leases of public property. The Beach, the golf Course, the parks.
Vote No on March 10th to protect our vote. Public land, Public Vote. Most of the parks that we have now were saved by an amendment that people put on our charter 22 years ago. We keep going through the same crap.
They have not proceeded in good faith. The presentations have been one-sided. Propaganda paid for with tax dollars. They hired consultants to create misleading materials. The ballot language does not say what we are voting on. The people were not allowed to speak at the public meetings, only to ask questions of consultant.
Bessent: 15 Percent Global Tariff Starts This Week
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday that an increase in President Donald Trump's new temporary global import tariff to 15% from 10% was likely to be implemented sometime this week.
The new tariff rate was announced by Trump in late February after the Supreme Court struck down his previous global tariffs under a national emergencies law. He initially imposed the 150-day tariffs under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 at a lower 10% rate.
"That's likely sometime this week," Bessent said on CNBC of the 15% rate order from Trump.
"During the 150 days, we will see studies from USTR on Section 301, tariffs from Commerce on Section 232," he said, referring to other tariff authorities that have withstood court challenges.
He said the effort to rebuild Trump's tariff program under these authorities would bring U.S. duty rates back to their prior levels within five months.
Senate Rejects Measure Aimed at Blocking Trump’s Iran War Operation
The war powers resolution failed to advance in the Senate. The House will vote on a similar measure today.
A resolution to require President Trump to seek congressional approval for any further action in Iran failed to advance in the Senate, five days after the U.S. and Israel launched a military campaign against the Iranian regime.
The vote was 47-53, largely along party lines. If passed, the resolution would have blocked further U.S. military action in Iran without congressional approval under the 1973 War Powers Act.
That legislation passed during the Vietnam War to give Congress a legal check on executive war authority. The 1973 act also requires the president to notify Congress within 48 hours of deploying U.S. forces into hostilities and to end the deployment within 60 days unless Congress authorizes or extends it.
President Trump did notify Congress and the Senate via the Gang of Eight within the 48 hours rule.
Specifically, the Gang of Eight includes the leaders of each of the two parties from both the Senate and House of Representatives, and the chairs and ranking minority members of both the Senate Committee and House Committee for intelligence as set forth by 50 U.S.C. § 3093(c)(2).
