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Iran’s Araghchi calls U.S. strikes a ‘failure’ and vows to fight 'as long as it takes' For perspective from the Iranian government on the conflict with the U.S. and Israel, Amna Nawaz spoke with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi from Tehran.

Really excellent interview by @amnanawaz.bsky.social on PBS NewsHour this evening, with Foreign Minister of Iran.

www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Listen to this man. Compare what he says (in English) with the slop we're getting from Hegseth, Trump, or Araghchi's counterpart, Rubio.

FUCK.

Herd immunity, so fucking important, and we're vaporizing it

Look who's joining the propaganda campaign

By the way, new Economist/YouGov poll shows that only 25% of Americans identify as MAGA.

Another lie to justify his stupid and illegal war.

If you are watching Trump's presser right now, you are seeing beyond reasonable doubt a person not mentally suited for any position of responsibility. Even running a small store.

GOP members of the House and Senate: You are seeing this too.

I don't know about can, but no other would.

I’m sure Trump anticipated all of this happening and has a great plan.

I just realized that this is what's probably going to happen when the refugee crises in Cuba and Iran begin.

On March 8, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Six male narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed. @DeptofWar #OpSouthernSpear UNCLASSIFIED

We’re still murdering people in “drug boats” even as we start a new war in Iran. Six people today.

And says we're all fools for caring about that.

As long as he keeps the egg prices down he'll probably be fine.

Well, there you have it.

I thought it was fake news to say their nuclear capability hadn’t already been destroyed bsky.app/profile/atru...

Fox’s dignified transfer footage now just completely excludes Trump

Remarkable how shook Fox is by the footage of Trump wearing a tacky campaign hat to a dignified transfer

Pledging fealty to the new viceroy

It was only a year ago that Elon Musk and DOGE were dominating the daily narrative. Now we're at war with Iran. In between we've had masked secret police in the streets killing people and well ... everything else.

One year.

feels telling about American foreign policy punditry that while many decry the aimlessness of Trump’s monstrously wrong Iran war there were far more outraged columns over the harm done to US power and influence and standing and interests and example when Biden rightly withdrew from Afghanistan.

Iran’s people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes.

Reminiscent of Putin blaming Ukraine for bombing Ukrainian civilians.

Reporter: Did the US bomb an elementary school and kill 175 people? Trump: Based on what I’ve seen, it was done by Iran. Reporter: Is that true Mr. Hegseth? Hegseth: We’re investigating. Trump: It was done by Iran. They are very inaccurate with their munitions.

this is unspeakable

It's all because of his ridiculous hair vanity.

Pssssh. No way this could ever happen....

Events about college football, meetings with soccer players, introducing the "Shield of the Americas,"withholding information about possible terrorist attacks, war crimes, Trump babbling incoherently and credibly accused of raping 14 y/o. All not even a full week into a major war in the middle east

I'm not a doomsayer. I cling to the notion that reality always bites and this moment in time will be over soon. But there are some days when the sheer volume of surreality overwhelms me and I wonder how in the world we are going to revocer from this. Today is one of those days.

Lindsey Graham says we're taking over Lebanon after that.

I guess Greenland is chopped liver now.

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

real life or a leak of tonight SNL's cold open? You decide

6th this week! Including Crenshaw losing, plus Zinke, Owens, Gonzeles, Issa, and Daines over in the other chamber.

Remember how this guy lobbied hard to get a pardon for a war criminal who slaughtered children? Turns out that’s literally his entire philosophy of armed conflict

This is one of the most jaw dropping moments of Trump’s presidency. Up there with brainstorming about injecting bleach and shining light up orifices to cure COVID.