They feared that the same thing could happen in their new country: that supporting an army would cost tax dollars, impoverishing the citizens of the new nation.”
Heather Cox Richardson
“A key reason the Framers of the Constitution put the power to declare war in the hands of Congress, rather than the executive, was that they were all too familiar with the history of European kings who had launched wars of choice that had reduced their subjects to poverty under crushing war taxes.⬇️
with potentially huge consequences to American lives.”
Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
“The American people deserve to know much more than this administration has told them about the cost of the war, the danger to our sons & daughters in uniform, & the potential for further escalation & widening of this war, a war of choice made by this president, not chosen by the American people, ⬇️
trauma & shrapnel wounds.
More than 30 wounded service members remain hospitalized.
The Iranian drone strike that hit a US command center in Kuwait at the beginning of the conflict killed 6 US service members & injured many others. New reporting from CBS News now indicates the scale of the injuries was far worse than initially disclosed. Dozens of troops suffered burns, brain ⬇️
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.
