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"Keep in mind that Pete Hegseth's reported Pentagon spending spree happened just months after Trump and Republicans made devastating cuts to the social safety net in exchange for huge tax cuts for the rich. And defense spending may soon hit a record $1.5 trillion."

"This is our country. Donald Trump doesn't own America... Everything he does relies on our money. We depend on Congress to represent our interests. They are failing us by allowing him to exploit our money for his personal interests. He & his party of sycophants must go."

- Steven Beschloss‬

Antwerp Central Station in Belgium 🇧🇪 is an eclectic jewel inaugurated in 1905, famous for its huge 75-meter dome, marble interior and monumental architecture.

"When you seek to come to a country and not assimilate but impose Sharia law, Sharia law conflicts with the Constitution. It’s not about people as Muslims; it’s about those who seek to impose a different belief system that is in direct conflict with the Constitution.”

- Speaker Johnson

Pressed on religious bigotry, Speaker Johnson makes an ugly problem even worse It would have been easy for the GOP leader to say, “The Republican Party does not support religious bigotry of any kind.” He chose a more radical path.

“There’s a lot of energy in the country and a lot of popular sentiment that the demand to impose Sharia law is a serious problem. That’s what animates this, the language that people use, it’s a different language than I would use, but I think that’s a serious issue."

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Pentagon bars press photographers over ‘unflattering’ Hegseth photos Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s staff took issue with photos taken in a rare briefing last week and decided to shut out press photographers from two subsequent news conferences.

A real tough guy! JFC...

"The Pentagon barred press photographers from briefings on the ongoing U.S.-Israeli military conflict with Iran after they published photos of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that his staff deemed unflattering."

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The FBI has warned police departments in California that Iran wants to retaliate for American attacks by launching offensive drones against the West Coast, according to an alert reviewed by ABC News.

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"I express firm condemnation of the massacre of little girls that occurred at the Minab school in southern Iran, solidarity with the families of the young victims, and request that the responsibilities for this tragedy be quickly established."

- Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy

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“This is a war that should not have happened. Without the UN’s authorization, the U.S. & Israel attacked Iran, which clearly violates international law. Countries’ sovereignty, security & territorial integrity should be respected.”

- China MFA Guo Jiakun

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"No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality, and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth."

- Steven Beschloss, award-winning writer, journalist, filmmaker

"It took Trump 10 days to create an energy crisis reminiscent of the 1970s, replace Ayatollah Khamenei with Ayatollah Khamenei, and weaken our alliances worldwide. He put American servicemembers in harm's way. None of this made you safer or better off."

- Senator Mark Kelly

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“If we’re honest about what’s going on, we have a madman in the White House who is running roughshod, who is running the biggest, most corrupt criminal grift in American history out of the White House.”

- Congressman Jared Huffman

All these numbers are lower than what is being reported, as it is early and chaotic. This is especially true of the casualties in Iran.

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Outside of doing this for Bibi, it's looking increasingly like Trump and Hegseth thought that by having the US military wreaking death and destruction on Iran, they would be seen as strong, powerful men, and that would make them heroes. It seems there was no rationale deeper than that.

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And on the Strait of Hormuz, they had no plan. I can't go into more detail about how Iran gums up the Strait, but suffice it to say, right now, they don't know how to get it safely back open. Which is unforgivable, because this part of the disaster was 100% foreseeable.

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So what are the goals? It seems, primarily, destroying lots of missiles, boats, and drone factories. But the question that stumped them: what happens when you stop bombing and they restart production? They hinted at more bombing. Which is, of course, endless war.

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Second, they confirmed "regime change" is also not on the list. So, they are going to spend hundreds of billions of your taxpayer dollars, get a whole bunch of Americans and Iranians killed, and a hardline regime - probably a more anti-American hardline regime - will still be in charge.

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Maybe the lead is that the war goals do not involve destroying Iran's nuclear weapons program. This is surprising since Trump says over and over that this is a key goal. But then, of course, we already know air strikes alone can't wipe out their nuclear material.

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Senator Murphy: I attended a 2-hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public. I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.

Here's what I can:

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Just to be clear, this #IranWar has absolutely nothing to do with Americans' freedom. As a matter of fact, it will make Americans, anywhere in the world, less safe for decades. This War is due to Bibi, Trump, and the billionaire class.

“For Donald, there is one reason and one reason alone. He's in trouble, and he knows it. This isn't simply about changing the subject. That, of course, would be bad enough. This is to keep himself and the world from knowing what an inept, depraved, compromised fraud he is."

- Mary Trump

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Court documents expose Rubio, Wiles and Conway's ties to $50 million scam And they're just the tip of the iceberg

The case centers on a $50 million Venezuelan scam orchestrated by Rep. Rivera (R-Fla.), convicted cocaine trafficker Hugo Perera, and sanctioned media mogul Raúl Gorrín. WH chief of staff Wiles, Rubio, Kellyanne Conway, and Rep. Sessions (R‑TX) are involved.

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"It is not about showing ID when you show up to vote. It's about the voter registration rolls, destroying them, purging them, not letting people know, and taking the rights using an algorithm, put together by DOGE and Musk; it's an outrage."

- Senator Schumer

DOGE employee stole Social Security data and put it on a thumb drive, report says | TechCrunch A whistleblower is accusing a former DOGE member of stealing a large number of Americans’ personal data while he was working at the Social Security Administration, with the plan of using it at his new...

A former employee of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency stole Americans’ personal data from the U.S. Social Security Administration and stored it on a thumb drive to use at his new company, according to the report.

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“We request Rubio & Hegseth immediately appear under oath, in public hearings, to answer questions the American ppl have about the goals, scope, & end game of this war, explain your actions to the American ppl whose sons & daughters are on the front lines of this war.”

- Senate Democrats

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"I just came from a two-hour, closed-door classified briefing on the war. It just confirmed to me it's totally incoherent. We are not gonna be able to achieve any of our stated objectives ... this is a disaster of epic proportions, a debacle."

- Senator Murphy

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Exactly why would the administration need to know which staff and students are Jewish? Why would they need to know the religion and/or ethnicity of anyone at that school? What business is it of theirs?

‘Nothing Will Remain of Tehran,’ Iranians Say Amid Heavy Bombing

Iranian schools, hospitals, homes, infrastructure, and historical landmarks are among the civilian sites being hit during US-Israeli strikes. 10,000 civilian structures across the country have been hit, including almost three dozen health facilities.

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