If you're watching Rachel the only words in your brain are

[malaise]

This is a Donvict designed clusterfuck on steroids.
Good effin grief!

[montanacowboy]

1. The Saudi Govt have finally

found their useful idiots - the US Govt in the form of the slimy toad Jared and his fat assed fucking dumbass father in law

It's all plain now the reason for the war; the Saudis have finally got their wet dream of smashing Iran.

What this country has become is beyond all matter of realization.

[cliffside]

6. Jared Kushner Solicits Funds for His Firm While Working as Mideast Envoy

Forgot that story

Full article...

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/business/jared-kushner-affinity-mideast-funds.html?unlocked_article_code=1.T1A.Hz0y.WoTl4BDScIIT&smid=url-share

"Mr. Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, has spoken with potential investors in recent weeks about raising $5 billion or more for Affinity Partners, his investment firm, according to five people with knowledge of the talks who were not permitted to speak publicly about the discussions.

As part of the fund-raising effort, Affinity’s representatives have already met with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, which invests the proceeds of the kingdom’s vast oil reserves, two of the people briefed on the discussions said. PIF is led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who has formed close ties with Mr. Kushner and the Trump administration."



PIF, which is already the largest and earliest investor in Affinity, invested $2 billion soon after the first Trump administration ended.

[KPN]

21. Kushner and his in laws are leveraging taxpayer funded sdseys for

personal profit at a level not seen since the fall of the Soviet Union. A well learned lesson from the puppet master Putin.

The only questions are will we do anything about it and will it be enough to secure and preserve democracy for another 3, 4 or 5 generations? Would be nice to think even longer, but the bloodsucking aristocratic class seems to worm its way back into dominance every 70-80 years or so.

[AZProgressive]

8. I'll have to catch the replay of the episode in an hour

I'm not sure about their current leaders as I don't think they're as religious as their longtime leaders but they are the founders of Wahabbism an ultraconservative Sunni sect that is about as old as the United States. Anyways, they pretty much discriminate against anyone they don't consider a "real" Muslim and that includes the Shia in Iran and in their own country as well as other countries such as Yemen.

Based on this thread the episode seems worth watching. I heard earlier that the Saudis were encouraging Trump to go further in their war against Iran.

[Intractable]

2. The word "treason" kept echoing in my mind.

American soldiers are getting killed by Iranians using Russian targeting data, and Trump is letting (aiding?) it to happen.

[Blue Owl]

3. Trump has redefined the term "shitshow"

What was once considered a shitshow is now a very well organized, smoothly running, intelligent collection of logical ideas and actions compared to whatever the fuck is going on nowadays…

[littlemissmartypants]

10. Precisely.

[luv2fly]

4. I want ALL of our elected Democrats to be SCREAMING about ALL of his traitorous acts

EVERY DAMN DAY.

But no, I don't hear it. A few are vocal but the majority appear to be silent as he and his hired goons destroy everything.

Town Halls, media coverage, podcasts, billboards, emails, newsletters, windshield flyers, whatever it takes. We the people elected them to represent us and we the people are fed up so get out there and raise hell EVERY DAMN DAY.

Earn your paychecks and awesome healthcare.

And yes, The Posse may object. I don't care.

[cliffside]

5. A few of the stories covered tonight for those who missed the show ...

Trump Administration Approves Ultra-Deepwater Oil Drilling Plan

"The $5 billion project in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to help produce up to 10 billion barrels of oil by the end of this decade. Critics say it could endanger people and marine life."

Full article
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/climate/trump-bp-gulf-of-mexico-drilling.html?unlocked_article_code=1.T1A.0AFt.57RYPiaXy5rn&smid=url-share


SCOOP: Trump’s DOJ Is Helping a Convicted FBI Informant Tied to Russian Intelligence
By David Corn March 14, 2026
https://link.motherjones.com/public/44694709


Why is Washington going soft on the Turkish banks enabling Iran’s terrorism?
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/5777266-erdogan-halkbank-us-sanctions/

US dropped charges against Turkey’s Halkbank in Hamas hostage deal, court documents show
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-dropped-charges-against-turkeys-halkbank-hamas-hostage-deal-court-files-show

[House of Roberts]

9. Deepwater Horizon taught them nothing?

Drilling in the Gulf is a fool's errand.

[cliffside]

13. No, Rachel led with that disaster, just saw this - Administration to Convene 'God Squad' With Power to Override

Environmental Law

The meeting, planned for this month, will focus on oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

March 16, 2026, 4:04 p.m. ET

Full article

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/climate/god-squad-whales-gulf-oil.html?unlocked_article_code=1.T1A.9y9R.qpxnQw3kabJT&smid=url-share

"The Trump administration plans to convene the so-called God Squad, a high-level federal panel that has the power to override protections under the Endangered Species Act, for a meeting related to oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico.

The meeting, scheduled for March 31, will be the first time in three decades that the group, officially called the Endangered Species Committee, will gather.

Notice of the meeting was released on Friday and officially published in the Federal Register on Monday. The Gulf, which the administration calls the Gulf of America, is home to the critically endangered Rice’s whale, a species that exists nowhere else. According to the latest available federal estimates, around 50 of the animals remain on Earth.

Information in the notice announcing the meeting, called by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, is sparse..."

[wnylib]

14. Isn't the UK complicit with this Gulf of Mexico plan?

[cliffside]

15. It is BP, but not in their backyard :( nt

[wnylib]

16. I was thinking the same thing regarding "Not in their backyard."

Seems like an unwise investment for BP considering that global warming is making Gulf hurricanes stronger and more frequent.

[RainCaster]

7. So much winning!

WOW

[Skittles]

11. to be fair

I don't need Rachel for me to know that

[sheshe2]

17. to be honest

I never listen to her show she kinda makes me

[Skittles]

18. well I don't watch any of that kind of stuff

I like Rachel the person but prefer to read political stuff rather than watch the talking heads, I find they tend to take too long getting to the point.

[sheshe2]

19. My thoughts exactly.

I can't wait an hour to hear the point when I can read it in under a minute.

I like her too, she is cool...i just can't listen to her, it takes too long to get to the finish line.

[Skittles]

20. exactly

it's kind of like a form of "infotainment" (whereas Fox News is sheer propaganda) - I guess it's just not our style; we get very impatient.

[The Bopper]

12. You don't have to have

ESP to see the pardons already typed out and waiting for the day they walk out the door with their billions..