Jim O'Hara

Sometimes I think of the tragedy of the death of journalist Gwen Ifill on November 14, 2016.
She died too young but also too late.
If she had died two weeks earlier it would have been with the expectation that the first Black President was about to be succeeded by the first woman.
Instead of Trump.

Rand Paul: "As far as reasons for the war, there have been many different ones floated, but none have been very convincing... we were told their nuclear weapons were obliterated, and now we're told their nuclear weapons are just moments away from being a bomb. I don't think the arguments are valid."

Exclusive: U.S. dismissed Ukraine deal for anti-Iran drone tech last year Snubbing Ukraine's offer ranks as one of the U.S.'s biggest tactical miscalculations before the war, officials say.

EXCLUSIVE: 7 months ago, Ukraine tried to sell the U.S. their battle-proven technology for downing Iranian-made drones.

The Trump administration dismissed the Ukrainians, only to reverse course last week after more-than-expected Iranian drone strikes.

🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon who incites political violence, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did on J6 🩸🩸🩸

THIS IS WHAT AN INSURRECTION LOOKS LIKE ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Trump has cut research in all of the things I was planning on dying from--ideally a long time from now, but now we are not sure.

I heard the audio. He said it.
Lord. What have y'all done.

Exclusive: As many as 150 US troops wounded so far in Iran war, sources say As many as 150 U.S. troops have been wounded in the 10-day-old ​war with Iran, two people familiar with the matter told ‌Reuters on Tuesday.

"As many as 150 U.S. troops have been wounded in the 10-day-old ​war with Iran, two people familiar with the matter told ‌Reuters on Tuesday. The casualty figure has not been previously reported. The Pentagon had only disclosed eight U.S. personnel seriously injured."
www.reuters.com/world/middle...

John Kelly confirms Trump privately disparaged U.S. service members and veterans Trump called fallen soldiers "suckers” and "losers" during his presidency, according to a 2020 report in The Atlantic.

Reminder: “John Kelly confirms Trump privately disparaged U.S. service members and veterans.
Trump called fallen soldiers "suckers” and "losers" during his presidency, according to a 2020 report in The Atlantic.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

If you’re roughly my age, it’s wild to reflect on the optimism for the future Americans felt when Obama was elected — young Americans spontaneously took to the streets to celebrate! — and contrast with what we face today. The falloff over the past 18 years is hard to process.

Yoshida is 5' 8" and has never played 1b.
DH would be ok, but 1b is irrelevant.

Yes.

Trump: All of the people that died through the roadside bombs. Died and are right now walking around with no legs.

🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon who incites political violence, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did on J6 🩸🩸🩸

THIS IS WHAT AN INSURRECTION LOOKS LIKE ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Despite Promises, Veterans Affairs Department Cut Thousands of Roles for Doctors and Nurses The Trump administration has eliminated health care positions left vacant after a wave of resignations and retirements at the V.A. last year. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u...

Massive war price tag could be a massive problem for GOP leaders The prospect of a ballooning new spending bill has GOP leaders bracing for a messy internal fight.

"some GOP lawmakers [are] hearing estimates that the Pentagon is spending as much as $2 billion a day on the war."
politico.com/news/2026/03...

Republicans confront the massive cost of Trump’s Middle East war The prospect of a ballooning new spending bill has GOP leaders bracing for a messy internal fight.

"some GOP lawmakers [are] hearing estimates that the Pentagon is spending as much as $2 billion a day on the war."
www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Trump’s strikes on Iran could cost American economy as much as $210 billion, top budget expert says | Fortune “One problem I have with cost-of-war calculations is that they really do ignore the counterfactual,” Kent Smetters of the Penn Wharton Budget Model told Fortune.

Trump’s strikes on Iran could cost American economy as much as $210 billion, top budget expert says fortune.com/2026/03/02/h...

Beware of false profits.‼️

A cartoon from the 1950’s that’s more relevant than ever 💔

Trump has 8 big risk factors for dementia: 1) his dad & sister had Alzheimer’s, which runs in families, 2) hates exercise, 3) seriously overweight, 4) poor diet, 5) bad sleep, 6) 12 diet cokes a day (major risk factor), 7) he’s 79, 8) had a bad case of Covid. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles...

They cut Meals on Wheels for seniors, doctors for the VA, and food for American children - but send billions of taxpayer dollars to the Middle East for an unnecessary war of choice.

US strikes on Iran ‘outside international law,’ says Macron Macron joins Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez in calling the legality of the strikes into question.

After four days of hesitating, the president of France has joined the prime minister of Spain in saying that the 🇺🇸🇮🇱 attack on Iran is a violation of international law.

But they are still the only 2 EU leaders to have done so. Will others join?

They claim to have been planning this for months, to allegedly keep Americans safe, but had no plan to evacuate any Americans from the region because it happened too quickly.

Weird.

Evidently, I'm not the only one who thinks so.

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