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GOP voters' lukewarm support for Iran strikes significantly lower than past conflicts

Joseph MacKinnon
The Blaze
Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00 UTC
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© Mandel NGAN/AFP/Getty ImagesCurrent events have lukewarm support
A Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted after the resumption of attacks on Iran signals low support for the campaign.

A Reuters/Ipsos poll that concluded on Sunday revealed that the joint U.S.-Israeli regime-change strikes are unpopular with most Americans.

While Republicans are apparently more supportive of the military campaign than their counterparts, the new poll found that such support is largely conditional and far less than for the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts.

The new polling is consistent with surveys conducted last month, which indicated that Americans were not particularly keen on the prospect of a new series of U.S. military strikes against Iran.

For instance, an SSRS/University of Maryland poll, conducted from Feb. 5 to Feb. 9, found that 21% of respondents favored an attack, 49% were opposed, and 30% were unsure. An Economist/YouGov poll found that 28% of respondents supported and 48% opposed the U.S. taking military action in Iran.

Despite strong public headwinds, the U.S. joined Israel in hammering the Shiite nation anyway, destroying numerous military assets and assassinating top Iranian officials over the weekend while sustaining numerous casualties.
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Why cursive handwriting is making a big comeback

Phaedra Trethan
USA Today
Wed, 04 Mar 2026 19:46 UTC
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Many people of a certain age remember practicing loops and waves, moving our small hands clutching pencils across pages with light blue dotted and solid lines. But in many schools, that elementary school rite of passage went away as kids turned to computers and keyboards.

A growing number of states, though, are requiring schools to start teaching cursive writing to students once again. New Jersey and Pennsylvania each enacted legislation in 2026 requiring schools to teach kids to read and write the way their grandparents did. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signed the legislation on Feb. 11; in New Jersey, Gov. Phil Murphy signed the mandate into law before leaving office in January.

According to Education Week, more than half of U.S. states now require or strongly encourage schools to teach students to read and write in cursive - compared with just 14 states just a decade ago.

So what's behind this writing renaissance?

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100% Of Audited Medicaid Claims For Autism Care In Colorado Were Improper Or Flawed: Report

Sylvia Xu
The Epoch Times
Thu, 05 Mar 2026 14:26 UTC
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© Kayla Bartkowski/Getty ImagesA sign in front of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services building in Woodlawn, Md., on March 19, 2025.
Colorado's Medicaid program made an estimated $77.8 million in improper payments and another $207.4 million in potentially improper payments for autism therapy, according to a February report from the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services.

Auditors investigated $289.5 million in Medicaid payments from 2022 to 2023 that paid for more than 1 million claims for Applied Behavior Analysis — a therapy used to treat autism and developmental disabilities.

Each of the 100 claims reviewed contained at least one improper or potentially improper payment, suggesting a 100 percent failure rate.

Comment: Without proper oversight, the Medicaid system is rife with abuse, all for money:

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The US-Israeli murder of Iranian schoolchildren cannot be whitewashed

Eva Bartlett
RT
Wed, 04 Mar 2026 16:30 UTC
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© Iranian Foreign Media Department/APGraves being prepared for the victims, mostly children, of what Iranian officials said was an Israeli-US strike on February 28 at a girls' elementary school in Minab, Iran, March 2, 2026
In Iran, under ongoing US-Israeli attacks, a mass funeral took place today for 168 Iranian schoolgirls aged 7-12, killed by an Israeli airstrike on February 28.

The strike hit the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' primary school in Minab, southern Iran, in broad daylight, when the children were at school. Fourteen teachers were also killed in the bombing. The bombing occurred as part of US-Israeli attacks sadistically dubbed 'Operation Epic Fury', attacks which have to date targeted schools, hospitals, residential areas and other civilian infrastructure.

It was a scene all too familiar to Palestinians: grief-stricken parents collapsing sobbing at the site of their daughters' murders, clutching bloodstained backpacks, pulling out schoolbooks and personal items of their slain daughters. Children's desks covered in debris from the bombing. A child's shoe in the rubble. Death where life had flourished.

None of this is being conveyed by Western legacy media - only ghoulish gloating over the US-Israeli bombardment of Iran and the murder of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, and his young granddaughter and children.

On March 2, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi posted a photo of the graves being dug on X, noting:
"These are graves being dug for more than 160 innocent young girls who were killed in the US-Israeli bombing of a primary school. Their bodies were torn to shreds. This is how "rescue" promised by Mr. Trump looks in reality. From Gaza to Minab, innocents murdered in cold blood."
At the time of this writing, 69 of the murdered girls remain unidentified.
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Broom

Hollywood celebrities fleeing the US as woke movie industry implodes

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Wed, 04 Mar 2026 16:45 UTC
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The collapse of Hollywood has been on the radar for some time now, though the industry consistently and vehemently denies they are in decline. The movie industry Titanic is sinking fast and the celebrity rats are abandoning the ship. Some of are even leaving the US for foreign shores. The media claims that the death of Hollywood is a signal that America is "no longer the cool country."

This was the narrative of Fortune Magazine in a recent article discussing the celebrity exodus from America and its effect on the US as a center of "global culture." The platform argues:
"An odd thing is happening as America, long a beacon worldwide as the defining destination for people in search of a new hope and a new life, is starting to feel like the "old country" that people quietly plan to leave behind. More than that, to be American is downright uncool..."

"...When Hollywood royalty decamps for Provence, remote workers swap Dallas for Berlin, and Gen Z wellness trends run through Beijing and Seoul instead of Brooklyn and Silver Lake, the pattern is hard to miss. America is starting to look, to its own citizens and to the next generation of cool-hunters, less like the future — and more like the old country you leave to build a different kind of life somewhere else..."
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Good riddance to Jasmine Crockett

Quoth the Raven
QTR's Fringe Finance
Wed, 04 Mar 2026 21:26 UTC
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© Michael McCoy/ReutersRep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX)
Texas Democrats have had enough of her traveling circus. I have, too.

The results of Tuesday's Democratic primary in Texas delivered a clear political message: voters are tired of listening to Rep. Jasmine Crockett.

And thank fucking god she lost, because I am too.

Crockett, who spent much of her short national career cultivating a reputation as the politician who can constantly be wrong the loudest and with the most attitude, was defeated by Texas state Rep. James Talarico, who was nowhere near as prominent on national television and who many people have likely ever heard of.

Crockett quickly blamed everyone but herself, chalking up the loss to confusion over polling locations and a late court decision involving Dallas County as factors in the outcome, but the result likely reflects something deeper than a single election-night dispute: people have just had enough of her bullshit.

Comment: Travelling circus indeed: One denizen of the X-space will miss her:



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Just one in four Americans say they back US strikes on Iran, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

Jason Lange
Reuters
Sun, 01 Mar 2026 17:51 UTC
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with CIA Director John Ratcliffe, accompanied by White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, during military operations in Iran
© The White House/Social Media/Handout via REUTERSU.S. President Donald Trump speaks with CIA Director John Ratcliffe, accompanied by White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, during military operations in Iran, at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. February 28, 2026.
Only one in four Americans approves of ​U.S. strikes on Iran that have plunged the Middle East into chaos, while about half — including one in four Republicans — believe President Donald Trump is too willing to use military force, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.

Some 27% of respondents said they approved of the strikes, which were conducted alongside Israeli attacks on Iran, while 43% disapproved and 29% were not sure. About nine in 10 respondents said they had heard at least a little about the strikes, which began early on Saturday with a ​surprise attack that killed Iran's leader.

Comment: Apparently Trump doesn't care about the poll results:
Trump: 'I don't care about polling' showing Iran strikes unpopular

President Trump dismissed polls showing low approval among Americans for the U.S. military operation in Iran, saying public sentiment actually reflects otherwise.

"I think that the polling is very good, but I don't care about polling. I have to do the right thing. I have to do the right thing. This should have been done a long time ago," Trump said in an interview with the New York Post published on Monday.

"I don't think the polling is low," he told the outlet. "Look, whether polling is low or not, I think the polling is probably fine. But it's not a question of polling. You cannot let Iran, who's a nation that has been run by crazy people, have a nuclear weapon."


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Red Flag

Shocking report exposes terrifying reality of assisted suicide in Canada

Anthony Blair
NY Post
Thu, 26 Feb 2026 20:13 UTC
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Patients in Canada are having their lives ended by assisted suicide on the same day that they submit their paperwork requesting it, according to a shocking new report.

A total of 65 people died under the country's Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) program on the same day they applied for it in 2023 in Ontario, a report from the Chief Coroner of Ontario's Medical Assistance in Dying Death Review Committee (MDRC) revealed.

A further 154 patients were helped by the state with ending their lives the day after the request was made, the report states.

In one shocking case, a woman in her 80s, only referred to as Mrs. B, had her life ended under the country's euthanasia program despite withdrawing her request — when her husband and caregiver requested it again on her behalf.
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New Kansas Law Ends Transgender Activist Madness

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:10 UTC
Trans person
It's a disturbing commentary on our times when the concept of men and women being required by law to admit their proper biological sex becomes headline news, but here we are.

For the past decade, transgender ideology (with zero basis in scientific reality) has surged to the forefront of our cultural zeitgeist. Never before in the history of the western world has one tiny minority of people received so much privilege and protection from governments and the corporate establishment. Furthermore, this small group of mentally ill people has triggered a political firestorm that is changing the face of the US.

Why did the Democratic Party and so many wealthy and powerful elites choose transgenderism as the hill to die on? Why do they lie and claim there are no differences between men and women? Why do they want to give unhinged men access to women's bathrooms and locker rooms? Why are they so intent on indoctrinating children with gender fluid propaganda? Why do they want to let little kids mutilate their bodies with sex hormones and surgeries? It's hard to say.

Comment: A rare moment of sanity.

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Tens of thousands stranded amid mass airspace closures at Mideast hubs

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Sun, 01 Mar 2026 20:41 UTC
Explosions at Dubai International Airport following Iranian strike.
Explosions at Dubai International Airport following Iranian strike February 28, 2026.
"It's chaos here"

The US State Department is warning all American citizens to exercises extreme caution when traveling abroad amid the ongoing US-Israeli military operation against Iran, which has included two days of heavy bombing aimed at regime change - and which has already resulted in the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and some 40 top military leaders.

"Following the launch of U.S. combat operations in Iran, Americans worldwide and especially in the Middle East should follow the guidance in the latest security alerts issued by the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate," a fresh weekend US notification says. "They may experience travel disruptions due to periodic airspace closures. The Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution."

Not only is Israel's airspace closed, as Iranian retaliatory ballistic missiles rain down, but much of the Gulf nations have restrictions and airspace closures in place. This after at least two regional airports have been struck.
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