Wednesday, April 1, 2026. Chump due to address the nation tonight regarding his Iran War, federal judge rules against him in his attack on NPR and PBS, Kristi Noem gets some attention, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon deserves some attention for being named in a pedo lawsuit, and much more.
As former secretaries of defense, we
understand the profound responsibility of deploying our men and women in
uniform into harm’s way. It is critical that there be a clear
objective, a strategy to achieve the objective and an endgame to bring
our forces back home. The president, Congress and the American people
should be unified when a country goes to war.
There are now over 50,000 troops stationed in the Middle East, with President Trump reportedly considering sending forces on missions to extract Iran’s uranium or to occupy Kharg Island. Both operations are very risky and could result in heavy casualties and prolong the war.
Because
their lives are on the line, we owe it to these committed American
service members and their families to be truthful about the risks
involved and why we are at war. There was a case to be made that Iran
had a history of threatening the stability of the United States, Israel
and other nations in the Middle East. Its leaders’ support for
terrorism, arming dangerous proxy forces, developing large numbers of
missiles that could strike regional targets and efforts to develop
nuclear capability represented a genuine threat to peace and stability
in the region.
But it is also true
that the 12-day war waged by Israel and the United States against Iran
in June weakened Tehran and its proxies, damaged missile and airstrike
capabilities and set back the project to develop a nuclear bomb. By
July, Iran was no longer an imminent threat — a conclusion supported by
our intelligence agencies.
President Trump is set to address the nation on the Iran war at 9
p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday night, with White House press secretary
Karoline Leavitt saying he would be providing "an important update,"
without providing further details.
On Tuesday, Trump said he
expected the conflict to be over in two to three weeks, adding, "we'll
be leaving very soon," and promising gas prices would then "come
tumbling down."
Trump shrugged off what would happen to the
blockaded Strait of Hormuz – which has cut off one fifth of the world's
oil supply – saying, "we're not going to have anything to do with it."
He said that it wouldn't affect the U.S. and would be something for
other countries to deal with.
"They'll be able to fend for themselves," he said, having previously
told European allies who have refused to enter the war to "go get your
own oil!"
The assertion to wrap up the war quickly comes just
days after Trump threatened to up the ante if there was no deal and
Tehran didn't reopen the strait. He said he could seize Iran's oil and
blow up all of their Electric Generating Plants and desalinization
plants. He also said he was considering an invasion of Iran's key oil
export terminal, Kharg Island.
So will Chump announce that tonight? If so, will he stick to it or will it just be more disposable words about this war of choice? Will it happen or will he TACO again? At least 13 American service members have died in Chump's war of choice, over 3000 more have been left injured, between 1,500 and 3,4000 Iranians are estimated to have been killed.
And after four weeks, Chump's finally going to address the nation about this war of choice he started.
The
Department of Homeland Security permitted a Mexican woman to return
Monday to the United States after a judge found her deportation was
unlawful, a rare reprieve at a time when growing numbers of immigrants
who arrived as children are being targeted for removal.
A
federal judge had ordered DHS to facilitate Maria de Jesus Estrada
Juarez’s return to the United States, after immigration officers
deported her to Mexico even though she is actively enrolled in an Obama
administration program that prohibits her removal because she arrived in
the U.S. as a child.
Stacy Tolchin, her immigration attorney, and Ivonne Rodriguez, an advocate, confirmed Estrada had returned to California.
“This
has been one of the most painful experiences of my life,” Estrada said
after arriving in California. “I followed the rules. I trusted the
system. And for that, I was ripped away from my daughter, Damaris,
without warning. I’m home now — but what happened to me is wrong, and it
should never happen to anyone.”
Estrada, 42,
is one of dozens, if not hundreds, of immigrants enrolled in the
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program who have been
arrested and, in some cases, deported, since President Donald Trump
started his second term. Former DHS secretary Kristi L. Noem, who was
ousted this month, alleged that most had criminal histories and were
therefore eligible for removal. But congressional Democrats say Trump is
targeting a group that had cleared background checks and been promised
to be shielded from deportation.
Maria is just one of the many harmed by Kristi Noem. The freak. Some of her victims are dead. Some are being tortured in other countries. She has a lot of blood on her hands. And she has a lot of nerve asking for privacy. Yes, there's her alleged years long affair with Corey Lewandowski who is married. And Kristi's married. But that's not what she's asking for privacy over Do we go there? Let's.
Ahmad Austin Jr. (MEDIAITE) covers it:
Former
Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem was reportedly “devastated” by
the bombshell allegations of her husband’s double life involving
crossdressing.
On Tuesday morning, Daily Mail published
a explosive report alleging that Noem’s husband, Bryon Noem, liked to
cross-dress and regularly contacted fetish models. Included in the
report were numerous photos of Bryon dressed in women’s clothing, with
what appeared to be two balloons under the shirts to imitate breasts.
Daily Mail also claimed that Bryon “lavished praise on their
surgically-enhanced bodies” and “confessed his lust for ‘huge, huge
ridiculous boobs.'”
THE DAILY MAIL published photos and texts.
TMZ adds:
The
statement reads, "Ms. Noem is devastated. The family was blindsided by
this, and they ask for privacy and prayers at the time."
According
to The Daily Mail, Bryon snapped photos of himself wearing oversized
fake breasts and chatted with adult performers from the "bimbofication"
fetish scene about their massively augmented boobs.
Kristi Noem has made a career out of policing identity. She has pushed laws targeting transgender
people, restricted access to care, and framed those decisions as moral
clarity about who people are allowed to be. What began as political noise quickly became policy, enforced by the state, often against children. So when a scandal breaks inside her own family, and her response is to ask for privacy, the contradiction is not subtle. It is the system working exactly as designed. Privacy has never been extended to the people her politics target. Transgender people, and the broader LGBTQ+
community, live under a level of scrutiny that most Americans will
never experience. Our identities are debated in legislatures, dissected
on television, and reduced to talking points in political campaigns.
Transgender
people’s bodies, their health care, their families, and their very
existence are treated as public questions to be answered repeatedly,
often by people with no stake in the outcome. There is no off switch. No
private lane. Just a constant demand to explain, justify, and defend
the simple act of being alive.
This would be easier to
dismiss as a personal scandal if it were not happening in the middle of
a coordinated political project. In 2026 alone, hundreds of anti-LGBTQ
bills have already been introduced across the country, with hundreds
more specifically targeting transgender people, restricting health care,
policing schools, and inserting the state into the most private parts
of people’s lives. The same politicians driving that effort are the ones
now asking for privacy when the scrutiny turns toward them.
So
maybe this is a moment to reconsider the rules. If privacy matters, it
should matter for everyone. If identity is complex, it should be treated
that way in law. And if living honestly is something worth protecting,
there are already people doing that work every day, often in the face of
the very policies Kristi Noem has championed.
Another
ally of former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem
has found herself in legal jeopardy over delays in responding to a
natural disaster, according to a new report.
Bloomberg reported on Monday that Kara Voorhies, who was installed at the Federal Emergency Management Agency by Noem's top advisor, Corey Lewandowski,
is facing a DHS Inspector General probe into her role in responding to
the deadly floods in Texas last year. Voorhies retained outsized
influence on agency contracting and spending decisions while she worked
at DHS, according to the report.
Davis
notes that this ally of Kristi's is "the second Noem ally to come under
legal scrutiny" and that "Tricia McLaughlin, a former DHS spokesperson,
and her husband have also faced allegations of benefitting from a
massive $220 million advertising contract from DHS, according to
reports." Actually Voorhies is the third. It would go Tricia, Corey
and now Kara. That's three, not two. And there will no doubt be many
more. (And I may have forgotten one that's already known.)
Defense
Secretary Pete Hegseth’s personal broker allegedly approached a major
asset manager about making a multimillion dollar investment in defense
companies in the weeks leading up to the airstrikes on Iran, according
to a report.
The Financial Times, citing three
people familiar with the matter, has alleged that Hegseth’s broker at
Morgan Stanley reached out to BlackRock in February to inquire about
making a significant investment in its Defense Industrials Active ETF.
Catherine Bouris (DAILY BEAST) adds, "The
Financial Times notes that it is unclear whether the broker
representing Hegseth found an alternative defense-focused fund to invest
in."
MAGA
Rep. James Comer has admitted that President Donald Trump’s Justice
Department has “botched” the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
The
Kentucky Republican was asked on CNN’s The Lead with Jake Tapper on
Monday if he had “confidence” in the DOJ’s handling of the Epstein case,
with Tapper noting that Attorney General Pam Bondi’s department has not
been in compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
The DOJ identified 6 million Epstein files for potential release, but has only disclosed about 3.5 million.
“Well,
I think the Justice Department has botched this,” said Comer, who once
described himself as a “Trump man” shortly after the Jan 6. Capitol
attack.
[. . .]
He
said Bondi blamed the slow release on ongoing class-action lawsuits
involving victims, which he said make it difficult for the DOJ to turn
over some documents.
It’s
unclear what lawsuits Comer or Bondi are referring to. A group of
Epstein survivors filed a class-action lawsuit against the DOJ last week
over its failure to redact victims’ personal information in the
documents, but it’s unclear how that would affect the millions of files
still to be released.
Richard
Kahn was deposed by the House Oversight Committee last month. After
stating that Jane Doe number four received a payout from an Epstein fund
for victims, he then disowned his testimony. Jane Doe number four is
the woman who accused Epstein and Chump of assault.
María Teresita Armstrong-Matta (RAW STORY) reports US House Rep Ro Khanna appeared on Jen Psaki's MS NOW program on Sunday and they discussed this issue:
During an appearance on MS NOW, Khanna told Jen Psaki that the FBI interviewed Jane Doe 4 four times, suggesting credibility.
Khanna
proposed that Kahn retracted his statement due to fear of Trump
directing Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute him or take
retaliatory action. Khanna questioned why Kahn's representatives claimed
they could "neither confirm nor deny" payment of a settlement, stating
they would definitively know whether funds were disbursed.
Today, the US Supreme Court hears arguments in Chump's efforts to overturn the Constitution and strip people of birth right citizenship. Chump is said to be planning to attend the hearing. If so, expect plenty of photos of him sleeping through the arguments.
A
disgraced attorney who tried to help President Donald Trump overturn
the 2020 election has been revealed as the secret driving force behind
the administration’s effort to end birthright citizenship.
John
Eastman has been working for decades to convince the Supreme Court to
take up his fringe legal theory that the Constitution doesn’t
automatically confer citizenship on virtually all people born in the
U.S., despite the 14th Amendment’s explicit guarantees.
The
justices will hear oral arguments on the subject Wednesday in a case
challenging a Trump executive order that seeks to end birthright
citizenship.
But
the administration has apparently sought to obscure Eastman’s influence
on the topic, even as it has embraced his legal theories, according to Politico.
Trump
did not mention Eastman—who has been barred from practicing law over
his effort to subvert Joe Biden’s election victory—when he signed his
executive order, even though Eastman had been pushing Trump to try to
end birthright citizenship since the president’s first term in office.
The
Justice Department’s briefs also don’t cite any of Eastman’s 100-plus
op-eds, interviews, law review articles, debates, speeches, or
legislative hearings, despite adhering closely to Eastman’s legal
arguments, Politico noted.
The
Trump administration was hit Thursday with a new lawsuit from survivors
of Jeffrey Epstein over what they say was a “deliberate” oversight from
the Justice Department (DOJ).
“The
United States, acting through the DOJ, made a deliberate policy choice
to prioritize rapid, large-volume disclosure over protection of Epstein
survivors’ privacy,” the plaintiffs in the lawsuit said, according to a report from NBC Los Angeles.
“[The DOJ] outed approximately 100 survivors of the convicted sexual
predator, publishing their private information and identifying them to
the world. Survivors now face renewed trauma. Strangers call them, email
them, threaten their physical safety, and accuse them of conspiring
with Epstein when they are, in reality, Epstein’s victims.”
She's
just a con artist and she knows nothing about education. (She served
less than a year on that board.) She also has an Epstein like
connection with the other creeps in Chump's administration per Wikipedia:
In October 2024, McMahon was named as a defendant in a lawsuit
accusing her, her husband, and the WWE of negligence regarding the ring boy scandal, in which multiple WWE personnel, including ring announcer Mel Phillips and executives Pat Patterson and Terry Garvin, either resigned or were dismissed in 1992 after being accused of sexually assaulting young boys.[80][81] The lawsuit alleged that the McMahons fostered a culture of sexual abuse within the WWE.[82]
The lawsuit was paused by a federal judge in December 2024, pending the
outcome of a legal challenge to a state law that could impact the case.[83]
The lawsuit was allowed to proceed in February 2025; in April 2025,
McMahon filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit. She has denied the claims
in the lawsuit.[84][85]
Didn't
know that until today. She's accused of being part of a pedophile
ring. I don't think she should be allowed to serve in our government
while she's accused of that. It doesn't look right.
A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that President Trump’s executive
order barring the federal funding of NPR and PBS violated the First
Amendment.
Randolph Moss, a judge in the U.S.
District Court for the District of Columbia, said in his ruling that Mr.
Trump’s order, signed last May, was unlawful because it instructed
federal agencies to refrain from funding NPR and PBS because the
president believed their news coverage had a liberal viewpoint.
“The
message is clear: NPR and PBS need not apply for any federal benefit
because the president disapproves of their ‘left-wing’ coverage of the
news,” Judge Moss wrote. But the First Amendment, he said, “does not
tolerate viewpoint discrimination and retaliation of this type.”
The
ruling will likely have minimal effect on the federal funding of public
media. Two months after the executive order, Congress voted to claw
back roughly $500 million in annual funding for the Corporation for
Public Broadcasting, the organization that distributes federal money to
NPR and PBS. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has since shut
down, and public radio and TV stations across the country have sought
alternate forms of revenue.
Let's wind down with this from Senator Patty Murray's office:
ICYMI: Murray, Booker, Lieu Reintroduce Legislation to Ban Conversion Therapy
ICYMI: Murray, Congressional Democrats File Amicus Brief Urging Supreme Court to Support Conversion Therapy Bans
Seattle, WA – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray
(D-WA), a senior member and former Chair of the Senate Health,
Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following
statement in response to the Supreme Court’s decision in Chiles v. Salazar.
The decision rejected a Colorado law that protects children from the
harmful practice of conversion therapy, putting at risk the safety and
wellbeing of children in Colorado and 23 states around the country—including Washington state—with similar restrictions.
“Conversion therapy is a dangerous practice based on the
hateful idea that being part of the LGBTQ+ community is an illness that
requires treatment—it’s child abuse. Conversion therapy should be banned
nationwide, and I have a bill to do just that because there is no real
debate in the medical community—the overwhelming majority of mental
health care providers know how harmful this practice is. I’m not going
to stop fighting for a world where every person, no matter their gender
or sexual orientation, can live with dignity and without fear.”
Senator Murray has consistently fought to ban conversion therapy and
ensure that LGBTQ+ people have access to high-quality health care. Last
year, Senator Murray, joined by Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Congressman Ted
W. Lieu (D-CA-36), reintroduced her Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act
legislation that would ban conversion therapy—a practice that has been
recognized by the national community of professionals in health,
education, social work, and counseling as being both dangerous and
useless. Senator Murray first introduced the legislation in the 114th Congress and has pushed to pass it every Congress since.
In addition to Senators Murray and Booker, the Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act was
cosponsored by Senators Baldwin, Bennet, Blumenthal, Cantwell, Coons,
Cortez-Masto, Duckworth, Durbin, Fetterman, Gillibrand, Hassan,
Heinrich, Hickenlooper, Hirono, Kaine, Kelly, Kim, King, Klobuchar,
Luján, Markey, Merkley, Murphy, Padilla, Reed, Rosen, Sanders, Schiff,
Shaheen, Slotkin, Smith, Van Hollen, Warren, Welch, Whitehouse, and
Wyden.
The legislation was introduced in the House with 70 original cosponsors. The Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act is
endorsed by the Congressional Equality Caucus, Human Rights Campaign,
PFLAG, American Academy of Pediatrics, Equality California, National
Association of School Psychologists, Christopher Street Project, and
Advocates for Trans Equality.
Also last year, Senator Murray joined Democratic colleagues in the House and Senate in filing an amicus brief
urging the United States Supreme Court to uphold the constitutionality
of Colorado’s ban on mental health professionals engaging in conversion
therapy for minors in this case, Chiles v. Salazar.
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