Trump said yesterday about the war with Iran: “It’s going to be a short-term excursion.”
In 2002, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said about the impending Iraq War: “Five days or five weeks or five months, but it certainly isn’t going to last any longer than that.”
It lasted eight years.
Carl withdrew from the nomination process today.
No surprise that Matt Schlapp would embrace Jeffrey Epstein’s svengali.
CNN headline: “Analysis suggests US was responsible for deadly strike on Iranian elementary school”
The New York Times headline: “U.S. Tomahawk Hit Naval Base Beside Iranian School, Video Shows”
Reuters headline: “Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say”
southpaw on Bluesky: “Trump'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.”
Trump doesn’t 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.
August 7
Trump said this week that Iran was 2 weeks away from having a nuclear bomb. This is what he said in July.
This is the guy who likes to downplay non-fatal injuries suffered by US service members in combat.
The voting technology company Smartmatic accused federal prosecutors of weaponizing the Justice Department against it to promote President Donald Trump’s 2020 election lies and aid his allies facing massive defamation lawsuits. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Not really breaking any news here.
If Trump relied on Jared Kushner’s opinion that Iran was weeks away from a nuclear bomb when making his decision to go to war like he claims, that totally makes sense because Kushner is the most reliable source for intel on Iran nuke capabilities.
Thinking about the six lawmakers who told the military they don’t have to obey unlawful orders.
Anyone else have the feeling that Trump has already floated the idea of the Navy escorting tankers through Hormuz (to the Navy) and they told him no, but he can’t admit that the threat is not eliminated?
The president had his DOJ seizing ballots while he is trying to force Republicans to enact new voter suppression laws. Our democracy is in danger.
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#BREAKING | Israeli aircraft launch an airstrike on eastern Gaza City.
Elizabeth Warren: "I am a hard no on a supplemental. This is not a war the American people want us to engage in. This is not a war that makes us safer ... No. No more money. The only thing Congress has the power to do is to stop actions like this through the power of the purse."
‘If I go home, we don’t have enough money’: the low-paid Filipino workers caught up in the war on Iran
It was a US strike that killed 165 schoolgirls. Mostly aged 7-12.
While it was likely unintentional, the decision to strike a military target in a densely populated civilian area was not.
Yes, difficult decisions have to be made in war.
I don’t trust this bloodthirsty regime to make good ones.
BREAKING: As many as 150 U.S. troops have been wounded in the war with Iran, according to sources familiar—far higher than the Pentagon’s publicly disclosed figure of just 8 seriously wounded troops. The true toll of this war is already far worse than the public has been told. (Reuters)
NEW: Iran has begun laying mines in the strait of Hormuz. Would Trump like to send Brain Kilmeade to "show some guts" and captain a tanker through there now? www.cnn.com/world/live-n...
My lake glass find today, dog walk with no mitts or hat! If anybody gets happy with the little things, this is one of them.
Defund ICE totally.
Has anyone pointed out to ICE agents that if they're arresting people solely to collect a bonus, they're not law enforcement officers. They're bounty hunters.
I look forward to all of them losing their jobs and being blacklisted from serving in law enforcement.
I see people making the point that if this keeps going, we won't have a nation.
But if we have a system incapable of bringing criminals to justice for their criminal acts, without fear or favor, then we ALREADY don't have a nation.
💪Even a Trump-appointed judge just said NO: Regime's unlawful attack on NY crushed in court.
Another regime overreach blocked. Full story + more wins today:
Haul his fascist ass to Congressional hearings
Absolutely, he is a seriously disturbed and dangerous person who should be no where near the white house
