Another Trump attorney, Ed Martin, former head of the DOJ Weaponization Committee, & Pardon Attorney, is the subject of a new proceeding to suspend his bar license.
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AOC called the Trump regime’s “waste, fraud & abuse” slogan a smokescreen. They are “out here trying to kick people with disabilities off of Medicaid. It’s corruption that is stealing from the public coffers & that’s the actual waste, fraud & abuse that we need to confront.”
the Islamic Republic isn’t going away anytime soon.
Yesterday, the US military admitted that it was incapable of protecting shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.” Jonathan V. Last
“It should not surprise you that the same team which [inadvertently] invited a reporter into a Signal chat about war plans a few months ago has been blindsided by the Iranian regime’s resilience.
After less than 2 weeks, regime change is off the table, & even the Israeli military understands that ⬇️
things simple: It’s Trump’s war. It’s Trump’s mass-deportation regime. These are Trump’s tariffs. Republicans have supported & enabled them all.” Bill Kristol
“After the Supreme Court struck down Trump’s illegal tariffs, …the administration had a chance to back off from imposing burdens on our slowing economy. It didn’t take it. & the Republican Congress has gone along with the administration on this, as on almost everything else.
Democrats…should keep ⬇️
reported the Iranians are already ‘adapting’ as they target American air defenses & hotels frequented by US service personnel.
And it seems like just last month Trump was boasting about low gas prices.” Bill Kristol
Trump unnecessarily caused all this. What a gigantic ass.
“Several commercial ships are under fire near the Strait of Hormuz as Iran continues to try to block one of the world’s most important shipping lanes. The US military is trying to prevent the Iranian Navy from laying mines in the key shipping channel. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ⬇️
years to come.”
Robert Reich
given a consistent answer for what ‘victory’ will require & doesn’t appear to know what he’s doing.
One single individual is now wreaking havoc — lives lost, energy prices soaring, our treasury being emptied, our own needs overlooked & potential future terrorism unleashed on this & other lands for ⬇️
“One man has decided for himself to make this war. One lone person has initiated this mayhem without gaining Congress’s approval, without getting the approval of allies, without even articulating a clear reason for it.
The lone person who sits in the Oval Office has no endgame for this war, hasn’t ⬇️
Japan & Germany to Release Oil, as the War in Iran Threatens the Global Supply. Trump really f’ed up!
The Strait of Hormuz, a conduit for 1/5 of the world’s oil, is all but closed, as war in the Middle East expands. A British agency said 3 ships were hit by projectiles in or near the strait.
“As many as 150 US troops have been wounded so far in the Iran War 2 sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Before our report, the Pentagon had only disclosed 8 injuries, all of them serious.” Reuters
doughnuts & nearly $100,000 for a grand piano installed at a senior official’s home. There was even $12,000 spent on fruit basket stands. Those expenditures came during the same period the Pentagon was rapidly burning through its annual budget before the fiscal year ended in October.
A new watchdog report revealed Hegseth’s Defense Dept spent $93 billion in September alone—the largest monthly outlay since 2008. Some of the purchases included $225 million in furniture, $ millions spent on luxury food items like lobster & ribeye steak, $124,000 for ice-cream machines, $140,000 on⬇️
Iran & is actively helping the Iranian regime target American troops.
Trump envoy Steve Witkoff revealed he & Jared Kushner had a direct conversation with Putin adviser Yuri Ushakov independent of Trump himself. Members of Trump’s inner circle are conducting direct communications with senior Russian officials about the war in Iran. The same Russia who is allied with ⬇️
consequences of that advice from incompetents.
Trump said the decision to bomb Iran came after advice from Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff & Pete Hegseth.
A real estate developer. A television host. And his son-in-law.
Not intelligence chiefs. Not military command.
The entire Middle East & the global economy now have to live with the dire ⬇️
included a warning that Iran’s drone program was evolving quickly. Zelenskyy did this even as the US continuously derided Ukraine & pulled its aid.
The US government declined the offer.
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy presented Trump with a detailed briefing last August warning Iran was rapidly improving its Shahed drone technology. Zelensky even offered to partner with the US to develop counter-drone systems & mass-produce advanced drone defenses in the US. The presentation ⬇️
except the Mueller report documents the Russians certainly did. Prosecutors & grand juries continue to resist Trump’s corrupt DOJ & its demands.
Trump has been unsuccessful so far, despite a year of trying to get a prosecutor &/or grand jury to indict former CIA Director Brennan in FL. Trump claims Brennan lied to congress about the Russians trying to influence the outcome of US elections involving Trump, ⬇️
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by the US.
Hegseth & Trump are lying when they tell Americans otherwise. Facts.
Tomahawk missiles are made in Phoenix, Arizona. Only 4 other countries besides the US are sold Tomahawks: UK, Japan, Australia & the Netherlands & none of them are at war with Iran.
The Tomahawk aimed at a military base in Iran killed 165 children ages 7-12 in an adjacent school, & it was launched ⬇️
minority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
“The SAVE Act is Jim Crow 2.0. It would disenfranchise tens of millions of people. If Trump is saying he won’t sign any bills until the SAVE Act is passed, then so be it: there will be total gridlock in the Senate. Senate Democrats will not help pass the SAVE Act under any circumstances.”
Senate ⬇️
in place. Andrew Egger
This demonstrates how piss poor the admin is that no experts on Iran’s culture were consulted at all & no plan or realistic strategy was developed. Just Trump & Hegseth recklessly flying by the seat of their pants, like all decisions they make.
The Trump admin didn’t bother to have a theory for why the US was going to war with Iran or to explain to the American people why such a war would be a good thing, because they didn’t think there was going to be a war — just a fast, hard strike that would enable the US to put a new Iranian leader ⬇️
Are we allowed to get the rest of the Epstein files now?
