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Stephen Heidt

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Professor, author, cook, soccer fan, purveyor of books

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Did anyone tell that to Iran?

04.03.2026 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Uzi strategy: say everything quickly and see if you hit anything. Desperation basically

04.03.2026 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

never, ever, ever, ever accept "how will you pay for it?" as an argument against social programs.

04.03.2026 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4211    πŸ” 1606    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 22

This probably undersells the unfolding disaster

04.03.2026 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It certainly says something when post hoc blatant lying becomes the latest justification for the war.

04.03.2026 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you’ve arrived at the β€œdoctors do medicine for money and therefore can’t be trusted” stage of your theory, they should take the sharp objects out of your house

04.03.2026 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 603    πŸ” 81    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 3

Hey, remember how we let a nazi near-trillionaire annihilate the US state capacity? I know it was a whole year ago, but it turns out that this has consequences beyond "murdering 14 million people by ending USAID" (which apparently no one cared about).

03.03.2026 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1178    πŸ” 409    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 10

Toth is certainly just as bad / worse but Crenshaw was terrible and it’s good for terrible to lose

04.03.2026 04:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ONE WAR TO BIND THEM ALL

04.03.2026 04:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Seems about time to re-up this...

03.03.2026 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1882    πŸ” 349    πŸ’¬ 49    πŸ“Œ 9

The internet may have been a mistake.

04.03.2026 01:34 β€” πŸ‘ 104    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

Benghazi...

03.03.2026 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump, suffering from dementia, is confused about where his father was born. It was in the Bronx, not in Germany. Trump's grandfather was an immigrant who came here after getting kicked out of Germany for evading the draft.

03.03.2026 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4362    πŸ” 1393    πŸ’¬ 205    πŸ“Œ 51

his hatred for "windmills" must be entirely based on how it looks next to one his golf courses b/c there's no other rational explanation (also possible he's lost his damn mind)

03.03.2026 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The cocktail they got this man consuming so he can function has gotta be some of the most demonic science we have ever conceived as human beings

02.03.2026 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1002    πŸ” 129    πŸ’¬ 73    πŸ“Œ 7

Definitely didn't get shot in the ear

02.03.2026 02:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

i have seen youth coaches respond to a high press with more intelligence.

01.03.2026 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Arsenal resorting to long aerial balls to counter Chelsea press is a tacit admission of either (1) the weak tactical mind of the manager or (2) the weakness of the midfield or (3) both.

01.03.2026 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

But Trump insisted he already destroyed the Islamic Republic of Iran’s nuclear-weapons program! A sudden U.S.–Israeli decapitation campaign against Iran and the killing of Supreme Leader Khamenei shatters nuclear diplomacy, destabilizes energy markets, and teaches every medium power the same... 1/

01.03.2026 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

the war is unpopular but it's also illegal but it also doesn't serve any purpose but it also undermines diplomacy but it also is set to produce the opposite outcome as intended but it also already has hundreds dead and threatens more but it also will not make anything better for anyone but it also

01.03.2026 06:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4038    πŸ” 932    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 0

He was 86. Surely there was a process in place. Or is it too hard to understand that appointing the next leader isn’t arbitrary?

01.03.2026 03:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is disgusting. Rationalizing the bombing of a school that reportedly killed 108 girls.

But since she asked,

"Currently, 161 public schools operate on military installations across the United States."

www.militaryonesource.mil/education-em...

01.03.2026 00:09 β€” πŸ‘ 5155    πŸ” 1416    πŸ’¬ 95    πŸ“Œ 24

Process complaints get us nowhere

01.03.2026 00:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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From US admin official background briefing recording listening to, seriously question if US negotiators understood what Iranians were proposing. One official keeps saying acronym for β€œIAEA” wrong.
They seem astonished Iran would not agree to the US supplying them nuclear fuel
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They took as suspicious proposals that Iran saw as concessionary.
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Explains why Oman FM tried to come to DC to explain what US negotiators may not have fully understood
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Am not saying what Iran proposed would have been enough, I dont know, but it seems US negotiators did not have the expert guidance to understand it correctly

Post See new posts Conversation Laura Rozen @lrozen Β· 2h From US admin official background briefing recording listening to, seriously question if US negotiators understood what Iranians were proposing. One official keeps saying acronym for β€œIAEA” wrong. They seem astonished Iran would not agree to the US supplying them nuclear fuel Laura Rozen @lrozen Β· 2h They took as suspicious proposals that Iran saw as concessionary. Laura Rozen @lrozen Β· 2h Explains why Oman FM tried to come to DC to explain what US negotiators may not have fully understood Laura Rozen @lrozen Am not saying what Iran proposed would have been enough, I dont know, but it seems US negotiators did not have the expert guidance to understand it correctly

On top of all the reporting that this war of aggression was planned well in advance, it seems that the reporting also indicates that the US political leadership are quite literally too stupid to understand basic diplomacy. I mean literally not smart enough.

28.02.2026 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 8186    πŸ” 2457    πŸ’¬ 232    πŸ“Œ 238
U.S. LAWMAKERS’ STATEMENTS OPPOSING THE ASSAULT ON IRAN

Running list of lawmakers opposed to the US and Israel's illegal war with Iran.

If your elected official isn't on this list, make note, and primary the F out of them.

docs.google.com/document/d/e...

28.02.2026 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 371    πŸ” 150    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 15

WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

28.02.2026 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1390    πŸ” 322    πŸ’¬ 72    πŸ“Œ 6

Procedural objections that implicitly justify war against Iran. Leadership?

28.02.2026 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In the past, sometimes presidents have said it’s just a military operation or limited airstrikes to skirt Congress. Trump has unilaterally launched major combat operations, declaring war with the goal of regime change. A major violation of the U.S. Constitution, also illegal under international law

28.02.2026 08:46 β€” πŸ‘ 6609    πŸ” 2223    πŸ’¬ 256    πŸ“Œ 167

Yes. This is how it’s done.

28.02.2026 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 191    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

OFFS. When Iran tried to interefere in 2020, researchers caught them and called them out. Then the Benz-Weiss-Taibbi-Musk-Jordan-Trump axis labeled those researchers "censors" ... and set about defunding them and dismantling their organizations.

28.02.2026 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3864    πŸ” 1264    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 42