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When even war crimes arent enough of a distraction!

Trump assumed a war would be helpful. It would justify emergency powers. It would deflect from his failures. It would make him seem larger.

But it is making him smaller, more hostage to what’s occurring than leader, more Netanyahu’s patsy than partner, another president sucked into a forever war.

This 2020 Trump speech is going viral.

A split-screen graphic. Left side: Two large bombs on an aircraft carrier with the text "War is costly." Right side: Gallons of milk on a grocery shelf stating that four days of "Operation Epic Fury" could fund SNAP benefits for 2 million Americans for a year.

President Trump has done what he promised not to do—start a new overseas conflict—and it's already costing the American taxpayer over $5 billion.

People are seen from above gathered around nearly 100 freshly dug graves awaiting the slain children to be placed in them.

Today’s child burial scene in Iran.

Horror.

(📸 Ary Jeay)

Mourners attend a funeral for girls and staff who lost their lives when a primary school in southern Iran’s Hormozgan province was hit on the first day of US-Israeli attacks on Iran. [Anadolu]

A woman hold a photograph of pupils during the funeral.[Anadolu]

Mourners carry Iranian flags as they gather for the funeral in Minab. [Anadolu]

Coffins draped with Iranian flags are carried on trucks during the funeral. [Anadolu]

Iran mourns 165 girls, staff killed in school strike during US-Israel war https://aje.news/t0pz7y

Extraordinary crowds as a mass funeral procession begins in Minab, Iran for the 165 school girls & teachers killed in the US/Israeli school strike on Saturday.

Many outcomes of this war are uncertain. But a renewed generation of hatred towards the West is now baked in.

(🎥 Alireza Akbari)

Today parents in Iran buried 165 children killed in the attack on a girls’ primary school by the United States and Israel.

From Gaza to Iran, this is what “liberation” by the West looks like.

Big fuckery in Texas voting today

At the request of Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Texas Supreme Court has halted a Dallas judge’s order to extend voting hours...

Just now: Texas Democratic Party says “hundreds of Dallas County voters are being turned away from the polls” because of new Republican-led requirements that they vote only in their precinct, rather than anywhere in the county #txlege

29 point swing towards Democrats in *Arkansas*. Texas Republicans should be gulping nervously, right now.
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PARALLEL RESULT #2: Michael Wray, a former North Carolina Democratic lawmaker, helped the GOP override a bunch of Governor Cooper's vetoes before losing in 2024 to progressive challenger Rodney Pierce, was trying a comeback.

He lost to Pierce again today—decisively, more than 25% gap.

RESULT: Over & over, Democratic lawmaker Shelly Willingham helped the North Carolina GOP override the vetoes of Governor Stein & Cooper.

He lost just now to a progressive challenger, 56% to 44%.

(And he's likely one of several in this position. Stay tuned.)

Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Kristi Noem.

Kristi Noem is out at DHS. Great.

Her replacement ALSO SUCKS.

Markwayne Mullin—former MMA fighter, opposes abortion even for rape and incest victims, supports private prisons, and repeatedly failed to disclose stock trades on time while buying shares in companies overseen by his own committees.

Kristi Noem is fired. Grab this win and celebrate it! This is a direct result of the noise we made and it made a difference. Is the new guy awful? Of course. But we’ll get to that tomorrow. Today we get to celebrate our win.

UPDATE: Trump fires Noem and replaces her with Senator Markwayne Mullin — one of the biggest Trump sycophants in Congress (and not the sharpest)

WARNING: graphic description here of an alleged sexual assault.

This is what the DOJ scrubbed from the Epstein files. They just posted the 3 missing interview summaries after Bondi was subpoenaed.

Why did they scrub it in the first place? Because it mentions Trump and this...

A country that always finds money for bombs but won’t feed hungry children at home is spiritually broken.

This was the reaction in the room this morning when Pete Hegseth said "tragic things happen" about the deaths of six American soldiers. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The UN is reporting that the U.S. and Israel have targeted civilians, educational institutions and medical facilities...all of which constitutes a “grave violation of international humanitarian law and human rights law”.

The U.S. is engaged in war crimes.

US, Israel 'Going Gaza on Iran' as Death Toll Tops 500 Amid New Massacres "This is carpet bombing, which has struck everything from playgrounds, to an emergency services HQ, schools, media buildings, and medical facilities," said one observer.

"This is carpetbombing, which has struck everything from playgrounds, to an emergency services HQ, schools, media buildings, and medical facilities," said one observer.

Senate war powers vote fails 52-48.

Funny how they always have just enough votes to stop these things!

For the Trump administration harming children is a feature, not a bug.

Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base

The New York Times analyzed newly released satellite imagery, verified videos, and official government statements and detemined that U.S. missiles likely destroyed tbe elementary school in Minab, Iran, killing 175 people.

The Trump administration would only say that it’s “investigating” the matter.

Senator Tim Sheehy and Capitol Police ganged up on anti-war protestor Brian McGinnis, a Marine veteran, and reportedly broke his arm.

This is how they treat our service members?

Reprehensible.

This senator needs to face charges and lose his seat

Here’s the video for anyone who hasn’t seen it yet

The pattern of authoritarians using war for their own ends appears throughout history. War is used to redirect attention away from domestic scandals, political losses, and unpopular policies. It often creates an atmosphere where expanding state power can be framed as national defense

‼️ BREAKING: OpenAI just agreed to the #Pentagon's CORRUPT deal to use AI for killer robots and mass surveillance.

#QuitGPT and SWITCH TO #CLAUDE NOW to support Anthropic's red lines and PUNISH #OpenAI for caving to the Department of War.

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I know that everyone here hates the “Donald Trump started a war and jacked up your gas prices” messaging but “Donald Trump started a war and jacked up your gas prices” is likely the single thing about this nightmare that will most affect the day to day lives of a lot of people in the US