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DISPATCHES FROM M-SNOW: LOL: Capehart Claims ‘The Media Isn’t Necessarily Liberal.’

MS NOW host Jonathan Capehart works for a network that openly presents itself as an outlet for progressives, but when he joined Friday’s PBS News Hour to discuss Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros.—which would include CNN—Capehart hilariously claimed “that the media isn’t necessarily liberal.”

Host Geoff Bennett actually kicked things off with The Atlantic writer and podcaster David Brooks, “And if the deal closes, it means that one family, in this case, the family that has been so far deferential to President Trump, would control CBS, CNN, HBO, and TikTok. How do you see it?”

Flashback: How David Brooks Created Donald Trump.

21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: My steamy night at LA’s most exclusive sex club in the Hollywood Hills — and the wild ways it changed me.

Or maybe these are Weimar relationships, I dunno.

SCHRODINGER’S AYATOLLAH: Fate of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei unclear after US-Israeli strikes flatten compound.

COMMUNISM SUCKS:

France, which is self sufficient for food and still has room for massive vineyards, has 0.49 hectares of agricultural land person. Cuba has 0.58 hectares of agricultural land per person.

The US isn’t starving Cuba. Communism is. https://t.co/k5eCDw953E

— Peter Hague (@peterrhague) February 28, 2026

OLD AND BUSTED: Bomb Canada — the Case for War.

The New Hotness?

Look I’m not a fan of Gavin Newsom but even I think sending an F-35 to Sacramento would be excessive https://t.co/9QuVygJHdf

— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) February 28, 2026

THE NEW SPACE RACE: NASA shakes up its Artemis program to speed up lunar return.

REGARDING THE MULLAHS, YOU DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, “GOTTA HAND IT TO THEM:”

Classical allusion in headline:

UGH:

Turns out it wasn’t Israel as Al Jazeera reported. It wasn’t US as Iran reported.

It was a failed launch by the IRGC that fell back to the ground and struck the elementary school.

The elementary school is attached to an IRGC naval base https://t.co/SDVZEBoOfB

— David Khait (@David_Khait) February 28, 2026

“It wasn’t as Al Jazeera reported” is basically evergreen.

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SCIENCE:

This is absolutely one of my favorite priors-confirming findings in history, confirmed for me by NPR reporting. Liberal Dude Voice is a thing. https://t.co/jTuHkB2Pot

— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) February 27, 2026

DISPATCHES FROM THE BAR STOOL:

I always laugh at yo-yo’s who don’t have the 1st clue what information the President had that forced this decision. Even politicians who despise him but were briefed on the situation seem to agree with this operation. I guess lotta podcasters know better. 😂. Gotta keep the…

— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) February 28, 2026

Portnoy links to this tweet from the White House:

President Donald J. Trump on the United States military combat operations in Iran: pic.twitter.com/LimJmpLkgZ

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 28, 2026

SO MANY OBAMA MESSES TO CLEAN UP:

You were part of the team who gave billions of dollars to the Iranian Regime – you helped fund this terror on human beings.

Once again, President Trump is cleaning up your mess. https://t.co/DlVrqvaMk0

— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) February 28, 2026

HEH:

Diane Yentel: I’m not a racist.

Rep. Brandon Gill: According to one of your affiliate charities under your nonprofit umbrella, denial of racism constitutes covert white supremacy. Are you a covert white supremacist?pic.twitter.com/ikyTASB2BE

— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) February 27, 2026

LITERALLY DOING THE MEME:

NOT ANTI-WAR, JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE:

Rooting against the US men's ice hockey team and now rooting for Iran: it's been a banner week for the "resistance."

— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) February 28, 2026

Team Bulwark having a morning. https://t.co/qMIHoN9t8k

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) February 28, 2026

The remnants of the Weekly Standard are likely still processing it all:

Imagine taking a time machine back to 2001 and telling these guys that the Apprentice host will be the one to bomb Iran. pic.twitter.com/hjMLheM6YH

— 𝐍𝐢𝐨𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠 🇮🇷 ✡︎ (@NiohBerg) February 28, 2026

As are the remnants of the Obama administration:

Just seeing your impotent virtual spittle is reason enough for me. https://t.co/hiPcpWkPnS

— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) February 28, 2026

Ben’s pallets-of-cash plan was working so well… https://t.co/1yMg5d2zi9

— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) February 28, 2026

And the gang at M-SNOW:

Comrade Q-Tip is having an exceptionally bad day. https://t.co/S79vy1cQEh

— Will Collier (@willcollier) February 28, 2026

Plus, strange new respect for Tucker from the establishment left:

MAGA divide — Tucker Carlson tells me the attack on Iran is “absolutely disgusting and evil.” pic.twitter.com/1zz8YNGY2r

— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) February 28, 2026

As Steve tweets:

Who knows how this campaign ends, but it sure began with yuge numbers of butthurt Obama jagoffs. So we have that going for us, which is nice.

— Stephen Green (@VodkaPundit) February 28, 2026

WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW:

This man is plucking pieces of the future from the sky, and putting them on a silver platter for all of humanity to enjoy.

Thanks Elon!

— Sholdon Daniels For Congress (@SholdonDaniels) February 27, 2026

WHAT A PITIFUL ATTEMPT AT APPEARING MEANINGFUL:

I love when this guy comes out, like he did after our Venezuela strike, to say the UK played no role. NO SHIT. You're a complete nobody on the world stage, WE KNOW. You don't have to keep telling us. https://t.co/FhOy8Dkp8V

— Karol Markowicz (@karol) February 28, 2026

THE POWER LINE WEEK IN PICTURES: Groovin’ Gavin-Mogging Edition.

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HMM:

Israeli Channel 12 is reporting, citing unnamed intelligence sources, growing indications that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in this morning’s strikes.

Not injured. Not relocated. Killed.

The assessment is not based on satellite imagery. It is based on human… https://t.co/gHNR0Hve2u pic.twitter.com/T3RJng5zlT

— Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ (@shanaka86) February 28, 2026

UPDATE (From Ed): Did Trump Just Take Out Iran’s Supreme Leader?

MORE (From Ed): If true, there’s only one man to replace him:

Rubio finding out he needs to be the Shah of Iran in 72 hours. pic.twitter.com/qAXjbuyWZK

— Asaad Sam Hanna (@AsaadHannaa) February 27, 2026

DEVELOPING: US, Israel attack Iran live updates: Operation Epic Fury in Iran targets supreme leader, president — Saudi Arabia will aid Trump’s attack.

AS PREDICTED: Black enrollment shifts, not shrinks, after affirmative action ban: report.

HIGHER EDUCATION IS JUST A MONEY LAUNDRY FOR THE LEFT: Only 1.7% of Stanford faculty donations go to Republicans: Stanford employees gave roughly 55 times more money to Democratic-affiliated candidates and committees than to Republican-affiliated ones.

IF LEFTISM IN PRACTICE EVER AMOUNTED TO ANYTHING MORE THAN MAKING SURE THE CORRECT PEOPLE SUFFER, I’M UNAWARE OF IT:

You argued that the Pakistani grooming gangs in England produced net global good for the world because they were raping white girls rather than Pakistani girls

You are literally one of the most sickening and disgusting leftist freaks in the universe https://t.co/7gymtdUvB4 pic.twitter.com/t6HItGsx6r

— Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 (@DrewPavlou) February 28, 2026