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Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) was vociferously mocked Monday for comments he made about the “smell” of war despite never serving in the military, much less combat, himself. Mullin was on Monday’s episode of America Reports to discuss with anchor John Roberts the latest developments with the U.S. military operations in Iran, including the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. During the interview, Mullin praised President Donald Trump, calling him “the first president in 47 years to actually have a backbone to do something” about the situation in Iran. “When the president came out and he talked to the American people, he was very resolved and direct on what we could expect,” Mullin continued, and then spoke about the horrors of war: War is ugly. It smells bad. And if anybody has ever been there and been able to smell the war that’s happening around you, and taste it, and feel it in your nostrils, and hear it, it’s something that you’ll never forget. And it’s ugly. And fortunately you have President Hegseth — err, I said President Hegseth, Secretary Hegseth — that is got a great relationship with President Trump and President Hegseth’s been there. He’s done that. Video clips of Mullin’s comments drew swift ridicule, not just for his slip-up erroneously referring to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth as the president, but for his graphic description of war when he had not personally served in combat or in any of the military branches at all. One person called his remarks “very stolen-valor adjacent.” Rep. Pat Ryan (D-NY), a West Point graduate and Army intelligence officer who served two combat tours in Iraq, posted a scathing tweet asking Mullin “what the actual f*ck are you talking about?” “Did I miss the part of your bio where you served in combat (or served in uniform at all??),” he added. “Call of Duty doesn’t count.” Hey @SenMullin, what the actual fuck are you talking about? Did I miss the part of your bio where you served in combat (or served in uniform at all??). Call of Duty doesn’t count. https://t.co/7iDHvjPwJl — Pat Ryan (@PatRyanUC) March 2, 2026 Multiple commenters also shared images of Mullin taking shelter in the Senate chambers during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters. Markwayne's only notable combat experience was taking cover from the violent… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Trump Fires Back at Megyn Kelly and Tucker Carlson Over Their Criticism of Iran ...
AP Photo/Matt Rourke President Donald Trump responded to criticism within the MAGA movement over his decision to begin a massive bombing campaign against Iran. The U.S. and Israel began striking Iran on Saturday amid peace talks, with the attacks killing dozens of top Iranian officials, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The strikes have killed civilians, including at least 165 people – mostly children – at a girls’ elementary school in southern Iran. Additionally, six U.S. soldiers have been killed. Among the critics within the MAGA tent are Megyn Kelly, who said that “no one should have to die for a foreign country,” and Tucker Carlson, who deemed the attacks on Iran “absolutely disgusting and evil.” On Monday, journalist Rachael Bade of The Inner Circle spoke with Trump, who fired back at the two former Fox News hosts. “I think that MAGA is Trump — MAGA’s not the other two,” Trump said of Kelly and Carlson. “MAGA wants to see our country thrive and be safe. And MAGA loves what I’m doing — every aspect of it… This is a detour that we have to take in order to keep our country safe and keep other countries safe, frankly.” The president added that Kelly should “study her history book a little bit.” “Megan was opposed to me for years when I ran the first time and nothing stopped me,” Trump stated. “And so, you know, some people are against — and they always come back. She came all the way back. But now I guess she maybe doesn’t like the idea of this war, but I do because I have to keep nuclear weapons out of the hands of the Iranians.” Regarding Carlson, who reportedly visited the White House three times in the last month to lobby against an attack. Trump said the criticism does not bother him, explaining that Carlson “can say whatever he wants; it has no impact on me.”The post Trump Fires Back at Megyn Kelly and Tucker Carlson Over Their Criticism of Iran Strikes first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago - ‘You Don’t Have to Patronize Me’: Retired General Gets Testy With Fox’s ...
A segment on the U.S. bombing of Iran became awkward on Monday when retired Gen. Jack Keane, a Fox News contributor, grew impatient on The Will Cain Show. The U.S. and Israel began bombing Iran on Saturday, killing dozens of Iranian officials, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Hundreds of civilians have also been killed, including at least 165 people at a girls’ elementary school in southern Iran. Most of the dead were children. Moreover, six U.S. soldiers were killed in an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait. President Donald Trump and his administration have given different explanations for the military campaign, which Trump said could last for four weeks or more. In one telling, Iran was allegedly close to building a nuclear weapon, despite Trump’s claim that last summer the U.S. had “totally obliterated” Iran’s ability to do so. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. acted when it did because administration officials knew Israel was about to attack Iran, which could lead to U.S. casualties. Rubio also said the goal is to eliminate Iran’s ballistic missiles. Additionally, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said, “This is not a so-called regime change war, but the regime sure did change and the world is better off for it.” Cain sought clarity from Keane, a retired four-star general. “We just heard from the Secretary of State that the objective is to degrade and destroy their ballistic missile capability,” Cain said. “So, I think I want to ask this question of you. What does victory look like? When would the United States say, ‘Mission accomplished’?” “Well, I’m pretty familiar with the plan is,” Keane responded. “It’s very comprehensive. It will take weeks to execute. The timeframe could move faster because these are condition-based, and what we’re achieving is nothing short of remarkable, if you want to get into some of the specifics of what’s really been accomplished here. But I think the objectives are pretty clear. Hegseth, the secretary, just laid it out, the president has laid it out, the secretary of state has laid it out. I mean, I’m more than happy to repeat it, but the objective is to prevent this regime from having the capability to continue to attack us.” Keane added that “it’s pretty clear” what the mission is. Cain confessed that the mission is not clear to him and things got tense and awkward from there:… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago - OpenAI Amends A.I. Deal With the Pentagon
The new pact includes additional protections to prevent the use of the company’s technology for mass surveillance of Americans. [TheTopNews] Read More.4 hours ago - Bill Clinton Testifies He Did Not Have Sexual Relations With That Woman in Infam...
Former President Bill Clinton was grilled about infamous photos showing him in a hot tub at a hotel that were released as part of the Epstein files, once again finding himself declaring publicly that he did not have sexual relations with a woman. After mounting pressure — including from his fellow Republicans — President Donald Trump signed a law last November to release the files related to deceased child sex predator Jeffrey Epstein and his girlfriend and accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell with a deadline of Dec. 19. The law required a wide release of millions of documents, photos, videos, and other files, with redactions limited to victims’ names and other identifying information. The Department of Justice missed that initial deadline, but since then, there have been additional releases of files that have included new revelations about rich and powerful people who were in communication with Epstein, including Trump, Clinton, and prince, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. The House Oversight Committee deposed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last Thursday, the day before her husband’s deposition on Friday, and released the videos from both depositions on Monday. Clinton was deposed for more than four hours. In advance of his deposition, he released a statement maintaining that he had committed no wrongdoing. “I know what I saw, and more importantly, what I didn’t see,” he wrote. “I know what I did, and more importantly, what I didn’t do. I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong.” During Clinton’s testimony, he was asked about some photos that were included in the Epstein files that showed him in a hot tub (relevant section starts around the 2:15 mark in the above video). One woman shown in the photo has been reported to be Maxwell; the identity of the other is not known, and her face is redacted with a black square. Clinton was asked if he recalled the “details” of these photos or recalled them being taken. “No,” he replied. “I don’t think I ever knew the photo was taken.” According to Clinton, he was “almost sure” the photos were taken while he was in Brunei during the “last very long leg” of a trip to Asia while he was working with his team “on the AIDS issue,” and Epstein and Maxwell were there. Clinton described Brunei as “a tiny place, but a very wealthy one,” adding that the Sultan of Brunei “was a man that… [TheTopNews] Read More.4 hours ago - ‘They’re Following Netanyahu?!’ Senator Blasts Trump for Going Along With ...Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) was aghast at the rationale offered by the Trump administration for bombing Iran. On Saturday, President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered their respective militaries to bomb Iran. The attacks killed dozens of top Iranian officials, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Hundreds of Iranian civilians were killed in the strikes, including at least 165 people – mostly children – at a girls’ elementary school in southern Iran. Six U.S. soldiers died in Kuwait in a retaliatory strike by an Iranian drone. According to a report in The New York Times, Netanyahu was instrumental in convincing Trump to act. On Monday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. started bombing Iran because the Trump administration knew Israel was about to strike, which might mean more U.S. casualties. “[T]he president made the very wise decision, we knew that there was going to be an Israeli action,” Rubio told reporters. “We knew that that would precipitate an attack against American forces, and we knew that if we didn’t preemptively go after them before they launched those attacks, we would suffer higher casualties.” Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) made similar comments about Trump’s decision. Gallego, an Iraq war veteran, joined Monday’s All In on MS NOW, where he expressed disbelief and contempt at the dynamic. Earlier in the day, he tweeted, “I lost friends in Iraq to an illegal war. A young working-class kid should not pay the ultimate price for regime change and a war that hasn’t been explained or justified to the American people.” “I was texting with a few different veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars today,” host Chris Hayes told Gallego. “And it’s been hitting people very hard just at an emotional level to watch this happen. And it seems like it is for you as well.” “Look, I’m still living with the war,” Gallego replied. “It just frustrates me that we didn’t learn the lessons from 2003.” The senator then focused his ire on Netanyahu, as well as Trump for getting dragged into a “dumb war”: There’s a lot of things we could have done. And there was just such a rush to war. And we’re all paying for this. We’re all paying for this, whether it’s, we’re cutting Medicaid to pay for those bombs. We’re losing attention on the fact that this country right now is just suffering and trying to get anything to just breathe a little… [TheTopNews] Read More.5 hours ago
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