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This is exactly what he wants and expectsβ*demands*βfrom every Republican member of Congress: to just be a warm body that does whatever he says. Screw the law, the American people, the Constitution, your dignity and self-respect. Just do what he says.
JUST IN: A federal judge has blocked ICE from constructing an immigration detention facility in Hagerstown, MD after the state sued over the lack of a mandated environmental impact review. www.courtlistener.com/docket/72362...
Trump's Iran War costs the U.S. $1.88 billion a day. At that rate, it will take less than 2 months to match the $109 billion sent to Ukraine over three years during the Biden admin. In only six days, the U.S. has already spent 10% of what it disbursed to Kyiv after Russia's Feb 2022 invasion.
The Defense Department has 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 βunflattering.
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CNN headline: βAnalysis suggests US was responsible for deadly strike on Iranian elementary schoolβ
The New York Times headline: βU.S. Tomahawk Hit Naval Base Beside Iranian School, Video Showsβ
Reuters headline: βExclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources sayβ
southpaw on Bluesky: βTrump's slanderous accusation that Iran and not his own government committed this horrific atrocity in Minab was obviously going to be untenable, and it's already falling apart in a way that will tarnish America's reputation around the world.β
Trump doesnβt want the American people to know our tax dollars paid for the bombs that obliterated an Iranian elementary school.
One parent could only identify their 11-year-old daughter by her backpack.
Patel fires FBI Iran experts just in time for war. Counter-terror generally has already been taken apart.
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A Golf club firm owned by Trumpβs sons is merging with a drone manufacturer.
But nothing to see here, right? Cause a golf club manufacturing company and drone manufacturer with Israeli ties merger is perfectly fucking normal.
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Democracy Grassroots leaders know who shows up. At protests. At vigils. In the community. 50501 Arizona endorsed our campaign because theyβve seen the work firsthand. And weβre just getting started. @550501movement
Schatz: We donβt know for sure, but the likely bombing of an elementary school with one of our Tomahawk missiles is not a one-off mistake. It is the result of a change in policy so that the United States has way looser rules of engagement β way more tolerance for civilian harm.
We don't fuck with y'all
We all we got
Get bent
JUST IN: Democrats have flipped a Trump+9 seat in the New Hampshire House, per reporter Kevin Landrigan.
Republicans outspent Dems by a considerable margin.
This is now the 10th special election flip for Ds in Trump's second term, versus zero for the GOP. sos.tn.gov/elections/20...
Donald Trump would love for an Iran terror cell to hit the US. Something they probably think would galvanize people to support Trump. But it would be a direct retaliation for Trump actions no one wanted.
I think (and worry) about this all the damn time.
We shut down USAID but:
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No one in the trump administration can explain why weβre in gulf war 3βstupid
Trump worried about midterms wants to make it impossible to vote β- stupid but also scary
Trump administration filled with kleptocrats β-stupid but also annoying
This is not just a military thing, btw. I know sought-after American βAfghanistan policy expertsβ who couldnβt name the 4 languages commonly spoken in Afghanistan. Some canβt name both official languages.
None of them can talk coherently about strategy or goals but they are completely in sync in all their macho posturing because that is all theyβre really focused on. Everything else is just whatever limply offered fiction is convenient to them at the time.
It's looking increasingly like these guys thought that if they could wreak more death and destruction than the other side then they would be respected as strong powerful men and they would "win" and that would make them big important heroes. Very possibly they had no rationale deeper than that.
Former federal military intelligence analyst here, and one that worked this set: All of this was known. All of it. I am more aggressive on conflict than a lot of folks, but this special military operation against Iran was a choice. A really bad choice. The Trumpers must own it. Period.
All those little girls are still dead. Every day as long as any of us lives, those little Iranian girls who were blown apart and crushed in their school will still be dead. Hegseth should be drenched in blood everywhere he goes, forever.
New in PN: The worst cabinet in history
"Even having one or two cabinet members as disastrous as Noem, Hegseth, Kennedy, or Bondi would be a stain on any administration; putting them all in one govt has created a kind of Bizarro World 1927 Yankees, an all-star team of incompetence and malevolence."
Reports of the demise of irony have been greatly exaggerated
A year ago, Trump lambasted Zelensky in the Oval Office, pressing Ukraine to surrender
Trump said, βYou donβt have the cardsβ and JD Vance attacked him for not wearing a suit
Now Trump is begging Ukraine to help in his war against Iran
He contains multitudes.
The fact that Donald Trump is going to try to subvert the 2026 elections doesn't mean he will be successful. We have shown before that we can fight back in court and win. The key is that we must educate everyone about what is going to happen and what they can do as well to defend democracy.
Itβs day 98 of the ICE occupation of MN.
For almost 100 days, weβve been doing everything we can to protect our immigrant neighbors. This is the next step to keeping our neighbors safe.
Call on Mayor Frey to sign the 60 day pre-eviction notice.
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