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)
Me too. Me too. 🤷♀️
This explains why Saudi Arabia wanted Trump to attack Iran—they stand to benefit from a weakened Iran.
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Trump is to blame for the United States being involved in this. Netanyahu is to blame for Israel being involved in this. Netanyahu & MBS both persuaded Trump to attack Iran along with Lindsey Graham.
But because Trump can’t say no after he bombed 7 other countries it’s all Israel’s fault? And you choose not to believe MBS, who has given billions of dollars to Trump & his family, wasn’t persuading Trump to do this, despite credible reporting showing otherwise?
Are you MAGA?
Because Saudi Arabia had been adversaries of Iran for decades.
When you blame others for actions Trump is taking, you sound like MAGA absolving him of his own responsibility.
Obama, Biden, even George W. Bush had no problem saying no to Netanyahu.
Oh yes! Him too!
MBS too. He was pushing Trump to attack Iran too.
And Trump’s golf buddy Steve Witcoff, & his son-in-law Jared Kushner, two corrupt real estate investors, were the ones handling the negotiations with Iran that pushed this war too. Don’t leave them out.
Exactly. I knew when I saw the royals sniggering behind their church pamphlets at Harry and Meghan's wedding that the nastiest, sleaziest, undeserved things were going to happen to them.
So idealistic, young, and beautiful.
I hope they and their children lead beautiful lives.
JFC!!!!!
This is an important story. So is the likely sourcing (to Marc Caputo, VERY well sourced in the WH) and Barak Ravid (who was closely covering Russian negotiations when Ukraine made the offer).
Trump is about to lift sanctions on Russia to get out of strategic morass he caused.
Yet Trump and his flunkies spent the weekend--as Pennington's death was announced--insisting that Russia's targeting couldn't hurt us. Trump had already started rolling back sanctions on RU oil, and is considering further roll-backs.
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A March 3 satellite picture (sourced to Planet Labs) of a March 1 missile strike on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia. The "damaged structure" which is marked, is close to a Radome, also marked.
In first report on Russia helping Iran w/targeting, WaPo focused on strikes in Saudi Arabia. NYT earlier revealed this strike on Prince Sultan Air Base--which they later implied was the strike that would lead to Bejamin Pennington's death.
We need to know if RU played a role in killing Pennington.
CNN catalogs some of the many things that Trump defunded or fired before he needed them for his illegal war of choice on Iran:
1) Evac experts at State
2) CT at State
3) Cyber sharing at CISA
4) Disaster response at FEMA
5) CI at FBI
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The military budget is $217 billion higher than it was a decade ago (after adjusting for inflation).
A significant chunk of that money comes from OBBBA & is still unused and earmarked for things Trump is likely to ask for in the supp. For the rest, there's flexibility to move some funds around.
About halfway thru Johnston starts listing EVEN MORE things (like filling up SPR) that Trump didn't deal with before starting this war.
Look at these charts. TransUnion and Experian, two of the three major credit bureaus, have started dismissing a larger share of consumer complaints without help. The timing coincides with the Trump administration’s dismantling of the CFPB. www.propublica.org/article/cred... @joeljacobs.bsky.social
A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.
JD Vance: " If you're worried about the world spinning out of control, if you're worried about a military draft, if you're worried about, God forbid, a world war, the best way to prevent it is to vote for Trump."
This is some North Korea level propaganda.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed
We're spending $1 billion per day on war as millions of working people struggle to get by.
Meanwhile, America's ultra-rich have never been richer.
As long as you don’t need gas, groceries, affordable healthcare, retirement savings or constitutional rights, things aren’t so bad.
Just remember, when It Finally Happens, Donald Trump won't be able to hear your wild celebration but all his lickspittles and failsons will.
Sen. Chris Coons: "I'm gravely concerned that the administration is preparing for a very risky special operation to try to send American and Israeli troops into some of Iran's heavily fortified and protected nuclear enrichment sites."
Coons: "Right now, the clearest winner from this war in Iran is Russia. It's stunning that President Trump is on the phone with Vladimir Putin and spending more time consulting with him than he is with Congress and the American people."
BREAKING:
The DNC is suing the Trump admin to try to compel the government to say whether it is planning to put armed federal agents or military personnel at polling places and election offices this year.
Bibbi. Trump. Putin. Lizards.
Exactly. You can hate Bibi -- I do! -- but if your friend dares you to go punch the guy on the corner and you go punch the guy on the corner you're the one who did the punching.
No. It’s his own fault for doing it. Nobody can talk you into doing anything you don’t want to do. He tried to convince Biden to do this. He tried to convince Obama to do this. He even tried to convince George W. Bush to attack Iran & couldn’t even convince him.
All of them said NO.
Israel didn’t drag us into doing anything that Trump didn’t want to do. Netanyahu has been trying to convince US Presidents to attack Iran for 20 years and Trump was the only one stupid enough to do it. Lindsey Graham even coached Netanyahu on how to convince him.
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