FACT SHEET: How Much Is the War in Iran Costing American Taxpayers? - Institute for Policy Studies
FACT SHEET: How Much Is the War in Iran Costing American Taxpayers?
NEW: The military systems that the U.S. sent to the Iran region in recent weeks ALONE cost us nearly $60 MILLION per day — just a fraction of the cost of this war.
That ~$60 million could cover Medicaid for 4 million Americans per day, or SNAP for 9.5 million.
From @nationalpriorities.bsky.social:
03.03.2026 20:02 —
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Israel is the only country in the Middle East with nukes. Why aren’t we talking about that?
Watch @mehdirhasan.bsky.social break down mainstream media’s biased coverage of Israel vs Iran.
*This was filmed in June last year when Israel attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities.
03.03.2026 19:04 —
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Bernie's new billionaire wealth tax would raise $4.4T from the super-rich over the next decade.
That's more than enough to reverse Trump's Medicaid cuts, raise teacher pay, make childcare affordable, and build millions of affordable homes.
And guess what? The super-rich will still be super rich.
03.03.2026 16:59 —
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Det er simpelthen så godt det her 🎯 #lgbt
Cruelty is the point!
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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.
04.03.2026 03:50 —
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Kvinden der mener hendes grundlovsulovligheder var okay, fordi hun gjorde det for en større sag… vil straffe folk der sidder på jorden for en større sag hårdere.
Kvinden der elsker ytringsfrihed vil straffe folk der bruger deres på noget hun ik ka lide.
Det er sguda en smule komisk! 🤷♂️😂🤦♂️
#dkpol
04.03.2026 08:51 —
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Trump 2.0:
-Bombed Iran (twice), Venezuela, and Yemen
-Allowed Israel to repeatedly violate a ceasefire and kill civilians
-Ripped healthcare and SNAP away from millions
-Deployed masked ICE agents to terrorize American cities
The "Peace President."
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A reminder that fascist Mussolini invaded Abyssinia partly to divert from domestic economic troubles at home.
01.03.2026 22:12 —
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Iran was not going to attack the USA. There was no imminent threat. They will not even bother to prove one, because what are you going to do about it?
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Når FIFA og UEFA lader fodboldhold fra israelske bosættelser spille med i turneringer, legitimerer det diskrimination og krigsforbrydelser, lyder det i anklagen. Læs mere her: https://danwatch.dk/?p=46048
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Norge har så mange penge i deres Oljefond, at de kunne ændre verden lidt til det bedre. De har valgt ikke at gøre det. De er mere interesserede i guldmedalje. 🤔
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Socialdemokratiet bruger boksen på avisforsider
Læs mere her
Det er dyrt at føre valgkamp. Men hvorfor må vi ikke vide, hvem der betaler regningen? Åbenhed om pengestrømme i realtid ekstrabladet.dk/nyheder/poli...
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Nurul Amin Shah Alam crossed oceans to flee unimaginable violence, only to die here — where he should have been safe.
The cruelty is endless.
26.02.2026 17:45 —
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oops. White nationalism is a helluva drug.
25.02.2026 12:51 —
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Rep. Ilhan Omar: "The president talked about protecting Americans, and I just had to remind him that his administration was responsible for killing two of my constituents."
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“You can’t enforce the law if you think you're above it. And these guys are breaking the law every single day.”
Rep. @sethmoulton.bsky.social joined @mehdirhasan.bsky.social to discuss why he thinks his party needs to prosecute and abolish ICE.
Watch the full discussion:
zeteo.com/p/moulton-ic...
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Books on the ground
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COLBERT on Thin-Skinned Trump’s fascist @jamestalarico.bsky.social ban: “Because my network clearly doesn't want us to talk about this, let's talk about this… They're trying to control what we watch, say, read — The most dangerous kind of cancel culture is the kind that comes from the top."
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Tweet from @Propublica: We obtained the Dilley detention center’s 911 call logs.
Among them are pleas for help for toddlers having trouble breathing, a pregnant woman who passed out and an elementary-school-aged girl having seizures.
This is where Minnesota toddlers are still being held. Even with parents who did nothing wrong.
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Trump’s regulators have announced they will fight states’ attempts to regulate prediction markets.
It just so happens that Donald Trump, Jr. is involved with both Polymarket & Kalshi, and the Trumps’ social media company is launching its own prediction market.
Always follow the money.
18.02.2026 20:15 —
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Right-wing Heritage Foundation’s own data shows fewer than 100 noncitizens voted since 1982 (!!!)
This is not a real problem. “The SAVE ACT is a Trojan horse to nationalize elections”: open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
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An Open Letter to LeBron James on Israel, Gaza, and ‘Nothing But Great Things’
The NBA star’s recent praise for Israel, as the genocide continues, was as bewildering as it was shameful. What happened to his support for social justice?
“LeBron, we don’t need you to solve Gaza. We need you to see Gaza. We want you to acknowledge Palestinian lives as worthy of the same empathy you have so powerfully demanded for others.”
From my open letter to LeBron James:
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All I see on my Twitter timeline are reporters parsing every quote from AOC in Germany, trying to mock them for incoherence or inaccuracy, while a demented old man who can’t string sentences together or stay awake sits in the Oval, while the legacy media happily sanewashes his quotes.
16.02.2026 17:46 —
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Mowi, der leverer laks til danske supermarkeder, brugte lægemidlet formaldehyd uden lovpligtig recept, da en million laks blev angrebet af parasitter. Mowi erkender brud på reglerne. Læs artiklen: https://danwatch.dk/?p=45689
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