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US Ground War in Iran Looking More Likely – The Monday AM Quickie 3/9/26

By Corey Pein —

RIP to Country Joe McDonald, who's as timely as ever. Also, FYI, Whitney's going to be away for the next few weeks so you're stuck with me for a while.- Corey

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THE BIG NEWS

War on Iran: Pentagon Spending $2 Billion a Day on Insane Crusade With No Strategy

  • Quagmire Alert: Trump Says He May Send Ground Forces to Iran; Possibly Starting With Special Forces Mission to Seize Uranium "Publicly, US officials have projected confidence that they know where the uranium is stored. Privately, there is said to be less certainty." via Zeteo, the Financial Times, Bloomberg News, the Wall Street Journal, and Politico.
  • Oil Prices, Shipping Costs Surge; Experts Fear Global Economic Catastrophe, for Which You Can Thank Trump "If you can tolerate oil at more than $200 per barrel, continue this game," a spokesperson for Iran's Revolutionary Guards warns. via the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the Associated Press, and the Guardian.
  • Attacks on Water Desalinization Plants Pose 'Direct Threat to Civilian Survival' Meanwhile, strikes on Tehran's oil depots blanketed the city in thick black smoke and toxic acid rain, blotting out the sun and leaving people's throats and eyes burning. via the New York Times, the AP, the Guardian, and Common Dreams.
  • Clerics Select Late Ayatollah's Second Son Mojtaba Khamenei as His Successor "A classified report by the National Intelligence Council found that even a large-scale assault on Iran launched by the United States would be unlikely to oust the Islamic republic's entrenched military and clerical establishment, a sobering assessment as the Trump administration raises the specter of an extended military campaign that officials say has 'only just begun.'" via the New York Times, the Washington Post, Al Jazeera, and the Financial Times.
  • Trump's War Is a Big Win for Russia Meanwhile, Trump blew off reports that Russia was providing Iran with lists of American targets in the Middle East to strike, saying, "Wouldn't they say that we do it against them?" via the AP, HuffPost, the New York Times, and the Guardian.
  • Video Evidence Disproves Trump Lie That Iran Blew Up Girl's School The independently verified video shows a US Tomahawk missile striking an Iranian naval base near the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school, where 175 were killed. via the New York Times, Politico, and HuffPost.
  • Early Blowback: No Injures Reported in Bombing of US Embassy in Olso, Norway Oslo Police Inspector Frode Larsen says "it would be 'natural' to assume that it was linked to the attacks on Iran by the United States because the explosion seemed to be 'a targeted attack.'" via the New York Times and Politico.
  • Fox News Apologizes for Twice Airing Old Footage of Trump Watching Return of Military Caskets; Seventh US Servicemember Dies On Saturday, Trump was wearing a baseball cap as he watched the return of the first six caskets from his war on Iran; but he was hatless in the archival footage Fox News ran and misrepresented. via the AP, the New York Times, NBC News, and the Washington Post.

The Damning Epstein Revelations Keep Coming 

Miami Herald investigative reporter Julie Brown has been one of the key chroniclers of the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein's crimes, his elite network, and the survivors of their abuse. Over the weekend she broke two more major stories on the case. On Friday, she cited a Justice Department source saying FBI agents who interviewed a woman who claims Donald Trump raped her when she was 13 years old following an introduction by Epstein was "credible." What's more, "they would not have interviewed her four times if they thought she was lying." The Charleston, South Carolina Post and Courier subsequently corroborated aspects of the woman's account using public records.

On Saturday, Brown reported that an inmate at New York's Metropolitan Correctional Center, where Epstein was held and found dead in 2019, overheard guards talking about covering up his death. The inmate later told the FBI what he heard:

"'Breathe! Breathe!' he recalled officers shouting about 6:30 a.m.
"Then he said he heard an officer say 'Dudes, you killed that dude.'
"A female guard replied "If he is dead, we're going to cover it up and he’s going to have an alibi -- my officers,' the FBI notes said. The inmate claimed the whole wing overheard the exchange.
"Later, after learning Epstein had died, he said inmates said 'Miss Noel killed Jeffrey.'
"He identified the female guard as Tova Noel, one of two correctional officers who were later charged with falsifying reports so that it appeared from their records that they had made their rounds that night – when they had not. The charges against her and the other officer, Michael Thomas, were later dropped, but both were fired."

It's no longer a conspiracy theory to suggest Epstein was killed in custody, or that Trump was personally involved in his crimes of trafficking and abuse.

Feds Investigating Devices Ignited at Anti-Islam Protest Outside NYC Mayor's Residence; Mamdani Safe 

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and first lady Rama Duwaji were present when homemade bombs were ignited outside the mayoral residence, Gracie Mansion, on Saturday, but both are safe, NBC News reports. Far-right streamer Jake Lang led a protest during Ramadan called "Stop the Islamic Takeover of New York City, Stop New York City Public Muslim Prayer," that attracted 20 people in the morning; a counterprotest called "Run the Nazis out of New York City, Stand Against Hate" eventually drew 125 people. After one of Lang's goons pepper-sprayed the anti-fascists, police say an 18-year-old counterprotester "lit and threw an ignited device" toward Lang's group. Police sources say the devices were homemade explosives. The FBI is investigating. Two teens from Bucks County, Pennsylvania – Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19 – have been arrested, per the New York Daily News.

In a statement Sunday, Mamdani denounced Lang's "bigotry and racism," calling it "an affront to our city's values." He added, "What followed was even more disturbing. Violence at a protest is never acceptable. The attempt to use an explosive device and hurt others is not only criminal, it is reprehensible and the antithesis of who we are."

QUICKEST QUICKIES

  • US Military Kills 6 More Civilians in Pacific Boat Strike as Trump Says 'Cuba's in Its Last Moments of Life' In a proclamation signed Sunday, Trump committed to deploying "lethal military force to destroy the sinister cartels" in more than a dozen Latin American countries. via the New York Times, Politico, and HuffPost.
  • Texas ICE Camp Guards Placed Bets on Detainee Suicides Meanwhile lawyers for the family of Ruben Ray Martinez, a UC citizen shot and killed by ICE in Texas last year, say newly released videos confirm he posed no threat to agents when they shot him at point-blank range through the side window of his vehicle. via the Associated Press, HuffPost, and the Washington Post.
  • Former Rapper and Kathmandu Mayor Wins in Landslide in First Election Since Nepal's 'Gen Z' Revolution The new RSP party led by sunglasses-wearing prime minister-elect Balendra Shah unseated the formerly dominant parties Nepali Congress and the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist). via the AP, the Guardian, and the New York Times.
  • Judge Voids Kari Lake's Actions as US Agency for Global Media CEO, Restoring More Than 1,000 Jobs "'It brings renewed hope and momentum to the next phase of our fight: restoring [Voice of America]'s global operations and ensuring we continue to produce journalism, not propaganda,' wrote the three plaintiffs." via NPR.

SOME NUMBER

55 percent

That's the share of Democratic primary voters in a new poll who say they prefer candidates closest to their views, as opposed to the candidate who may be more electable in a general election, NBC News reports. In 2020, only 42 percent of Democrats preferred the most ideologically aligned candidate, with a majority supporting the candidate most likely to defeat Donald Trump.

ON THE SHOW TODAY

3/9: Sam and Emma will be in studio; the guest will be Clara E. Mattei, professor of economics at the University of Tulsa and the author of Escape From Capitalism: An Intervention.

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PARTING WORDS

"If Trump is saying he won't sign any bills until the SAVE Act is passed, then so be it: there will be total gridlock in the Senate. Senate Democrats will not help pass the SAVE Act under any circumstances."

-- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, responding yesterday to Donald Trump's vow to not sign any bills until his voter suppression legislation, the SAVE Act, is passed by Congress.

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