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1. This is despicably evil.
2. This needs to be fought at every level. There is no world in which this cannot be considered cruel and unusual punishment.
3. Those behind this effort need to be exposed and never know a moments peace.

NYT says the damage to the hospital was likely from targeting "Network 2", a state-run news outlet.

What NYT DOESN'T say is that targeting civilians, even those who happen to work for state-run TV, is a war crime. I wonder why they didn't want to print that? One can only guess... 🙄

Absolutely incredible. Weeks of war without any vote in Congress. And the current regime may largely be left in place. This isn't just a war of choice. It's a vanity war. If this is allowed to stand, our country is in real trouble.

There’s a pretty robust case to make that the Iran Hostage crisis of 1979, the revolution itself, and the policies of the Iranian government towards the US
since, was all blowback from the CIA’s decision to overthrow Mossadegh in 1953. www.cnn.com/2013/08/19/p...

"Aside from the internment camps used to incarcerate Japanese Americans in the 1940s, such facilities have no precedent in American history..."

US Conference of Catholic Bishops statement on Trump's new mass prison camps.

Full statement at the link:

www.usccb.org/news/2026/th...

This country has had elections during every single war it has ever fought. Don’t believe anyone who says otherwise.

Tulsi Gabbard released a fundraising video in 2019 titled "Trump's Path To War With Iran"

"We've gotta stop Donald Trump from starting a war with Iran."

A reminder that fascist Mussolini invaded Abyssinia partly to divert from domestic economic troubles at home.

It Can Now Be Plainly Said: Trump Is Planning a November Coup d’État During the campaign, it was kind of hard to picture the specifics of how Trump might pull such a thing off. Alas, it’s getting less hypothetical by the week.

newrepublic.com/post/207138/...

A print divided into three sections. The largest vertical panel is in greyscale with a hedgehog-like creature with the words: peace or we all perish The second, thinner vertical panel to the left has an orange/rust tone with the words: And to think... It all started out Like and other The bottom rectangle background contains 3 brown horizontal stripe with an ocre field behind it. It contains the words: WORLD Intended, one might almost believe, to last for a good long time

I'm feelin' the need to bring back some Kenneth Patchen pics for a lil' bit o' introspection.

From Kenneth Patchen's "What Shall We Do Without Us". #poetry #painting #literature #art #war

Opinion | Trump’s Attack on Iran Is Reckless

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/o...

AIPAC faces test of its power in Illinois primary as Democrats debate future of Israel relationship The aggressive spending comes after AIPAC put $2 million into a recent Democratic primary for a special election in New Jersey, an effort that's widely considered to have backfired.

Please, anyone, explain to me why Democratic voters should support Democrats taking money from AIPAC which, in part, pushed us into this war with Iran and is spending money AGAINST Democrats.

www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

Trump started a war against Iran because he says its people were oppressed and living in fear ……

Ending the day remembering it began with the peace & stability US President teaming up with the Israeli Prime Minister committed to peace and killed over 100 little girls at school today in #Iran

I guess there's some comfort in the United States' just STELLAR record involving regime change...

This image depicts a rural setting with several elements. There's an open, barren landscape in the background stretching to the horizon under a clear sky. In the mid-ground, various structures are visible; notably, there is a small wooden structure that appears dilapidated and abandoned, alongside what looks like makeshift sheds or storage units covered by tarpaulins. The ground is littered with debris, including wood logs, metal objects, and an old tire. The most striking feature in the foreground is a wire fence extending horizontally across the scene. Attached to this fence are several turkeys of varying sizes, indicating they may be free-range poultry or possibly part of a small-scale farming operation. Some birds stand on the ground while others perch near the fence posts, one notably perched atop a wooden post. The overall condition and setting suggest an impoverished rural environment, potentially indicative of economic hardship in this community during its time period. The photograph is monochromatic, reinforcing the historical context with its grainy texture characteristic of older film photography techniques used by pioneering photographers like Dorothea Lange.

Home of the Williams' family. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon. General caption number 67-111

#Williams #MalheurCounty #Oregon #DorotheaLange #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017773600/

Trump’s former AI adviser Dean W Ball: “Nvidia, Amazon, Google will have to divest from Anthropic if Hegseth gets his way. This is simply attempted corporate murder. I could not possibly recommend investing in American AI to any investor; I could not possibly recommend starting an AI co. in the US.”

A fire and black smoke among buildings

Tel Aviv.

Operation Always Failing

Why has Trump been pushed in this direction? Follow the money. UAE, Qatar, the Saudis and Israel paid him to.

The Disturbing History of ICE’s “Death Cards” The Vietnam-era practice is yet another example of ICE agents thrilling to the brutality they have been encouraged to cultivate.

The Vietnam-era practice is yet another example of ICE agents thrilling to the brutality they have been encouraged to cultivate.
https://bit.ly/4cjACBk

The plan would mandate voter ID and ban mail-in balloting, and calls on Trump to issue an executive order announcing both measures. trib.al/vQzhsRB

China Starts Sea Trials for Largest Electric-Powered Containership China’s first 10,000-ton electric containership is beginning sea trials. The shipyard is billing the ship as the largest of its kind and a further bre...

Large electric powered container ships are already a reality.

When posting about this 2 years ago the so-called “experts” said it is impossible.

Can people stop listening to oil and gas “experts” soon?

Serious question: Can anyone name a single campaign promise Donald Trump has actually kept?

“The president keeps saying his war will be “easily” won. Now that it’s started, few around Trump think that will be the case.”

Read here - by @swin24.bsky.social, @premthakker.bsky.social and @andrewperez.bsky.social:
zeteo.com/p/trump-was-...

A United States senator from the president's own party, one who serves on the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, has no idea what's going on as America goes to war with Iran.

No words can ever describe how massive the collective 2016 media’s failure of imagination was.

Remember when serious and sober voices assured us that Bari Weiss was not, in fact, an incompetent partisan clown?

Because we are ruled by ignorant, hateful Islamophobes and racists, here's a scenario they probably didn't plan...

The Ayatollah is also a religious leader for many Shias around the world, including Bahrai, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan and Yemen.

If this is framed as a religous war...then?

Donald Trump is dragging the United States into a war the American people do not want. Let me be clear: I am opposed to a regime-change war in Iran, and our troops are being put in harm’s way for the sake of Trump’s war of choice.

Read my full statement:

Trump doesn’t support democracy in Iran.

Trump doesn’t even support democracy in the United States!