Benita Stevens

Quietly, calmly and forensically, BBC just dismantled the Trump communications shitshow on Iran.

No hyperbole, just laying out an unprecedented military, diplomatic and reputational shambles.

Worth a watch.

(🎥 BBC News/BBC Verify)

😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡

Americans Stranded in the Middle East Are Having a Hard Time Getting Help From the State Department “Please do not rely on the U.S. government for assisted departure or evacuation,” a State department hotline said when NOTUS called Tuesday afternoon.

Americans in the Middle East calling the U.S. State Department hotline after Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Americans to contact it were hearing an automated message saying, “Please do not rely on the U.S. government for assisted departure or evacuation at this time.”

25th Amendment now, and Vance & Johnson should be culpable since they know “Grampa, look at my beautiful curtains, I am bombing countries because my friends wanted me to” is mentally diminished.

Idiots. Blood on their hands.

Only senator with no college degree, but you can’t tell🤪

Are we gonna normalize all the way to a nuclear war?

“Base?” He said that like the MAGA base elected him. 😤

Six American service members are dead. Jesus fn Christ.

He really should ask Disney to change the name of Fantasy Land to Trumpland, that is one name change I could get behind because this dude is out there. 🤪

Hate to agree here, but as someone with multiple skin cancer spots, I’ve used calcipotriene + fluorouracil. It’s a chemo cream combo dermatologists use to flush out precancerous cells (actinic keratoses) before they become basal or squamous cell carcinoma. It does look similar to that. 🫤

Hate to agree here, but as someone with multiple skin cancer spots, I’ve used calcipotriene + fluorouracil. It’s a chemo cream combo dermatologists use to flush out precancerous cells (actinic keratoses) before they become basal or squamous cell carcinoma. It does look similar to that. 🫤

Yes! I had MSNow on in the background and saw him, rewound to make sure I got his take.

No it's three times the size of Iraq.

Are we surprised that he is the only currently serving senator without at least a bachelor's degree?

But he said it with authority🙄

An old boss's directions are ringing in my ears, “Just make it up, but say it like you mean it; the owners won’t know any different.”

Wide view of the White House on an overcast day, seen from a distance. The Washington Monument rises on the left, and the Jefferson Memorial is visible farther back across the water. A large American flag in the foreground is flying at full staff to the right of the White House. Trees without leaves frame the scene, and a few vehicles are parked along the street in front.

Meanwhile, no bother to lower flags to half-staff for the fallen from the illegal war.

Webcam: www.earthtv.com/en/webcam/wa...

Wide view of the White House on an overcast day, seen from a distance. The Washington Monument rises on the left, and the Jefferson Memorial is visible farther back across the water. A large American flag in the foreground is flying at full staff to the right of the White House. Trees without leaves frame the scene, and a few vehicles are parked along the street in front.

Meanwhile, no bother to lower flags to half-staff for the fallen from the illegal war.

Webcam:
www.earthtv.com/en/webcam/wa...

“I just saved a lot of money on curtains.”

Wtf? Americans have given the ultimate sacrifice with more in danger, and he's talking about fucking curtains?

“Whoops, we started a World War.”

Good enough reason for me to think that rules of engagement are important, not stupid

Screenshot of a post on X by Gregg Carlstrom (@glcarlstrom). The post reads: “Trump is basically calling up every journalist in his phone to workshop different timelines and goals for his war. In the past two days: @washingtonpost: the aim is ‘freedom for the people’ of Iran @axios: maybe we can ‘end it in two or three days’ with a deal @nytimes: might be ‘four to five weeks’, I have ‘three very good choices’ who might take control in Iran @abc: actually, nevermind, we killed those choices He doesn’t sound convinced by any of it. He’s throwing spaghetti at the wall. Ultimately I suspect he just wants to say he ‘solved’ a problem that has vexed every American president since Jimmy Carter. But there’s no clear idea what that looks like and no plan for how to get there. And there are plenty of possible scenarios in which Trump declares victory and leaves the region with an absolute mess.” The post shows engagement metrics at the bottom, including a timestamp and view count.

Call me crazy, valid question🤷🏼‍♀️

Alex, I'll take, What is Brian Hegseth said to Penelope in late summer of 1969 for $200?

I don’t think that they’ve even lowered the flags to half-staff.

Have they lowered flags to half-staff? I don't believe so.

He has been brushing up on his movie quotes.

Screenshot of a tweet by Gregg Carlstrom stating that Trump has been calling journalists to discuss different timelines and goals for war with Iran. The tweet cites differing messages reportedly given to the Washington Post, Axios, the New York Times, and ABC about the purpose and duration of the conflict and possible leadership changes in Iran. Carlstrom comments that there appears to be no clear plan and suggests Trump may be trying to claim he “solved” a long-standing issue, leaving uncertainty about the outcome.

Umm.

Did I just hear Hegseth say they've been building for months? So right after they obliterated the nuclear capabilities, they laid out a strategy for war?

Same.