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<Back> to Return Previous Next Send Actions Translate News: News Story 101) *PENTAGON OFFICIALS MET WITH LAWMAKERS ON IRAN ON TUESDAY: NYT BFW 16:35 102) *NYT CITES 3 PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING ON IRAN BFW 16:33 103) *PENTAGON SAYS IRAN WAR COST MORE THAN $11B IN FIRST WEEK: NYT BFW 16:33 03/11/2026 16:31:40[NYT]  Billion By Catie Edmondson (New York Times) -- In a Capitol Hill briefing, officials gave their most comprehensive assessment of the cost of the first six days of the war, but the number omitted several aspects of the operation. Pentagon officials told lawmakers in a closed-door briefing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday that they estimated the cost of the war against Iran had exceeded $11.3 billion in the first six days alone, according to three people familiar with the briefing. The estimate did not include many of the costs associated with the operation, such as the buildup of military hardware and personnel ahead of the first strikes. For that reason, lawmakers expect the number to grow considerably as the Pentagon continues to calculate the costs that accumulated just in the first week. Still, it appeared to be the most comprehensive assessment Congress had received so far amid mounting questions about the objectives, scope and time frame for the war. The New York Times and The Washington Post reported earlier that defense officials had said in recent congressional briefings that the military used up $5.6 billion of munitions in the first two days of the war. That is a far larger amount and munitions burn rate than had been publicly disclosed. The Center for Strategic and International Studies had estimated that the first 100 hours of the operation cost $3.7 billion, or $891.4 million each day. The first wave of the bombardment used weapons including the AGM-154 glide bomb, which can cost from $578,000 to $836,000. The Navy …

$2bn/day, with $2.8bn/day in munitions alone over the first two days. I tend to think of myself as a Large Number Scale Understander but this is just mind-boggling amounts of money.

Another word you might use for it is "looting".

"This appears to be the first administration to take such widespread advantage of taxpayer-funded military housing to accommodate political appointees who do not have a direct connection to the military..."

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They don’t want an America that works for anyone but them, and their main cause is to be able to pollute for free. They are dangerous.

Trump melts down when his "rigged election" lies are debunked to his face.

He snaps, “You’re a rotten reporter!” after she factually points out that his own Attorney General, Bill Barr, stated that the Department of Justice uncovered no evidence of voter fraud in the 2020 election.

The casual inhumanity is grotesque.

Who could possibly have foreseen that war on Iran would (a) make Iran retaliate by closing the strait of Hormuz, which (b) could disrupt world oil markets, enriching Russia and penalizing most everyone else?

Who, indeed, except EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER THOUGHT FOR ONE MINUTE about the situation.

South Burlington Unites in Peaceful Resistance to Protect Family from ICE

Shit! These idiots play like it's all a game.

Trump lied…again.

Elon Musk is now worth $845 billion.

Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025.

Meanwhile, nearly a quarter of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and household debt has risen to a record high.

See the problem here?

The DHS Attorney who had a viral public meltdown in court at the height of the ICE occupation because it was too hard to follow court orders is now running for Congress as, get this, a Democrat. If we can learn what district she is running in, we can ask why she signed up to keep folks detained.

Chinese Embassy in Belgrade is calling.

Imagine how different everything would be had the U.S. enthusiastically embraced renewable energy back when Carter put solar panels on the White House or when James Hansen first testified about climate change before Congress in 1988. For one thing, over 150
Iranian schoolgirls would still be alive.

A YouTube thumbnail depicting a monstrous and dead-eyed Mr. Beast, mouth wide, in front of the strait of Hormuz. SURVIVING HORMUZ CHALLENGE! WHO MAKES IT THROUGH WINS BIG $1,000,000 PRIZE!

Filmed from a Chinese vessel, demonstrating the global impact of the Iran War:

Opinion | Trump is always ‘ahead of schedule’ Philip Bump: The president says the Iran War is “way ahead of schedule,” but won’t explain what victory would look like. There’s a pattern here.

According to the president, the war in Iran is "ahead of schedule." To which you likely responded: there's a schedule? The answer, almost certainly, is no; this is just something he says, having internalized it as a positive metric back in his developer days.
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Didn't Chubb insure Trump's E Jean Carroll bond back in the day?

Wealthy fraudsters Trump and Scott need you to sacrifice for their war. bsky.app/profile/atru...

AT THIS POINT, PAYING FEELS LIKE BANKROLLING CRIMINALS.

I guarantee he even lies in his sleep.

Bombing of Iranian oil facilities is causing a health and environmental nightmare Acid rain, toxic air, contaminated water and soil, and the possibility of retaliatory strikes across the Middle East.

Israel’s bombing of Iran’s oil infrastructure will have major long-term environmental repercussions, experts have warned, as monitors admitted they were struggling to keep track of the environmental disasters arising from the widening war.

FBI: “.. Iran allegedly aspired to conduct a surprise attack using unmanned aerial vehicles from an unidentified vessel off the coast of the United State Homeland, specifically against unspecified targets in California ..”

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This is the monsters they are trying to jam through. We must take back Congress this fall.

Hayes: A War With Iran Is Madness, And Don’t Believe Anyone Who Tells You Otherwise | All In | MSNBC YouTube video by MS NOW

Six years ago!

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Regime Change Is Never Painless Donald Trump's war against Iran is the latest in a long line of American attempts to topple foreign regimes, all leaving have left in their wake.

COMMENTARY: "From the start, Trump’s rationale for suddenly going to war seemed almost like a focus-group exercise — keep tossing out ideas until something sticks."

Trump’s new war will likely come with a heavy price.
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The U.S. Built a Blueprint to Avoid Civilian War Casualties. Trump Officials Scrapped It. The Pentagon dismantled its civilian protection mission as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made “lethality” a top priority and the Trump administration reorganized national security around two principl...

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Maybe Trump just assumes everyone else has swollen ankles

Dozens of U.S. service members in Kuwait suffered serious injuries, including burns, brain trauma and shrapnel wounds, sources say About 30 U.S. service members remained hospitalized Tuesday after an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait.

NEW: The Iranian drone strike that killed 6 U.S. troops in Kuwait at the start of the war was far more devastating than previously disclosed.

Dozens suffered traumatic brain injuries, burns, and shrapnel wounds. At least one required an amputation. More than 30 remain hospitalized. (CBS News)

Dead bodies and a long missing 300-year-old church bell: What will they find on Zorro Ranch? New documents show the DOJ had several paths to search Epstein's ranch, but didn't do so.

New: Dead bodies and a long-missing "death" bell: What will authorities find at Zorro Ranch? open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...