March 5, 2026 - Pensito

Mission Inexplicable

March 5, 2026March 11, 2026 Buck Banks

About Donald Trump’s War on Iran, there’s something amiss,
The administration’s explanations and objectives defy analysis.
And on the topic of American casualties,
Trump commented, most callously:
“There will likely be more before it ends. That’s the way it is.”

DOJ Has Taken Thousands of Epstein Files Offline

March 5, 2026 Buck Banks

+47,000

Thousands of files relating to the Epstein case have been taken offline, according to an analysis by the Wall Street Journal. The Journal found that more than 47,000 files were missing from documents that had been posted to the Justice Department’s website, including documents that detailed one woman’s unverified allegations of sexual misconduct against President Donald Trump.

Majority Oppose Trump’s Handling of Iran War

March 5, 2026 Buck Banks

54% to 41%

A majority of voters disapproves of how President Trump is handling the situation in Iran and believes the U.S. should not have taken military action against the country, 54% to 41%, according to a new NBC News poll. Republican pollster Bill McInturff: “This is a lower level of support than in most of the major military action that we’ve seen.”

Day: March 5, 2026

Mission Inexplicable

DOJ Has Taken Thousands of Epstein Files Offline

+47,000

Majority Oppose Trump’s Handling of Iran War

54% to 41%

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“If you are committing fraud against the American people, all of us in public leadership should be trying to stop it and throw you in prison for enriching yourself off the American taxpayer.”

— Vice President JD Vance, on Fox News.

“Your generation has a great bullshit meter, because you’re fed bullshit online all day. And the Democratic Party brand right now is so bullshit.”

— Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by The Atlantic, speaking to college students.

“We are done, Americans are done with endless conflict in the Middle East, spending trillions of dollars, American lives… this is insane and we have to call it for what it is.”

— Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), on CNN.

Numerati

+175,000

“The U.S. State Department announced on Monday that it has revoked more than 175,000 visas during President Donald Trump’s administration so far,” Fox News reports.

$4,600

11

30%

A new American Research Group poll finds just 30% of Americans say they approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president and 67% say they disapprove.

61% to 35%