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Which leads me to suspect that CentCom are not at the top of their game if they can't tell the types of ships they are shooting at.

Though to be fair, they never should have been off the chopping block in the first place!

Live updates: U.S. military confirms 3 troops killed as Iran lashes out with missiles on Day 2 of Mideast war The U.S. military confirmed its first casualties in the war with Iran as Iranian missiles hit countries and ships across the region, killing at least 8 people near Jerusalem.

Trump's gift to Americans: dead US soldiers. Trump has got to be removed before more people die.
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I don’t even really think this is fair. Iraq was heavily debated publicly, and there was a plan. It was a stupid and delusional plan based on unrealistic assumptions, but it was known publicly and voted on by Congress.

There was no public debate or Congressional authorization in this instance.

I really hope that every single person who was so stupid they believed his lies about ending wars in the middle east feels so much shame and regret, they collapse into a singularity.

We told you so. We fucking told you so.

As I keep my running list, adding: preparing the American people for war. The Bush Admin expended enormous—mendacious—energy on justifying the war in Iraq b/c it was trying to justify the war. President Trump struck this weekend, to avoid a vote in Congress in Iran.

A children's hospital is renamed for Dolly Parton and hopes to transform pediatric care in Tennessee Dolly Parton’s name might inspire full-throated sing-a-longs to her working woman’s anthem “9 to 5,” or evoke memories of thrilling days spent at her Dollywood theme park.

“Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital did not share how much Parton donated as part of the naming announcement. But Matt Schaefer, its president and CEO, said her support would ensure ‘every child who walks through our doors receives the treatment they deserve.’”

GOD BLESS DOLLY PARTON

the incentives here are so obscenely terrible that the entire thing should be illegal by default

“I am sabotaging negotiations because I stand to make piles of money on Polymarket” is absolutely in play, what a horrifying clusterfuck

UCMJ understanders, please feel free to chime in here on the details of Why You Can’t Just Quit the Military

You sign a contract to serve a certain amount of time or do something that incurs an ADSO such as accept a promotion. Uncle Same has your ass until that time is up. Officers can try ti resign their commissions but that doesn't have to be accepted. You can refuse orders or go AWOL, but those roads /1

This is why I’m adamant about calling every bad claim out and have been much more blunt to call him a fraud and a hack. Law professors distorting history for public consumption because they either don’t know it or have a political objective aren’t entitled to good faith, nor should we ignore it.

These people are idiots and hide behind their idiocy to pretend they are blameless for treating politics like a hobby, rather than like something that has a profound effect on everyone's lives.

Platner sat for lengthy interview with antisemitic conspiracy theorist, said he was ‘longtime fan’ of his show Weeks before Graham Platner promoted an antisemitic conspiracy theorist in a now-deleted social media post on Thursday, the controversial Maine Senate candidate appeared on a popular YouTube show whos...

Are you surprised? I’m not surprised. He is not what he wants Maine’s Dems to believe he is. This is some dark stuff.
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WOW. 19 people, all who were imprisoned and mistreated in a foreign prison at the direct command of the United States, are brave enough to say “We are innocent, and we will endure more time imprisoned to prove that.”

I can only admire the enormous courage such a move takes.

Normally I wouldn't put an account this popular on blast because I'm not suicidal, but this is asinine theater kid criticism made out of a refusal to focus your rage on deserving targets. If you think the real problem with Trump bombing Iran is the Democrats, log off and stay logged off.

At some point you wonder not just if insiders using information to place bets, but maybe also reshaping their advice to make those bets profitable.

the honest opinion of basically everyone in the broader US aligned alliance system on this is "I mean of course I wish he hadn't done it, these people are obviously fucking insane so figure it out dems, but come on, you want me to shed tears over the *Iranian* regime??? bffr"

I guess what I'm saying is that if you think the US is the Great Satan and both parties are warmongering imperialists and the concept of law is a web of lies spun by the wealthy and powerful to entrap the proletariat, then why exactly are we arguing about the wording of Democratic press releases?

Two things can be true at the same time and very often are

I feel you. One of the worst dictators in the world, but killed in an illegal and unjustified attack by someone who works be that dictator if he could. Ron’s some of the celebratory potential.

This is consistent with what one hears from serious analysts all around. The US negotiating team, led by two New York real estate developers with a reputation for incompetence at that and no serious diplomats or nuclear experts, were a bunch of ignorant pikers incapable of engaging in serious talks.

Email from a public library account with sender info blocked out. Hi Paul, Thank you for your suggestion to purchase Liberalism and Socialism Since the Nineteenth Century. We will purchase a copy for the collection and place it on hold for you. We will notify you once it's ready for pickup. Best, Kyle

I know the world is shit right now, but can we spare a moment to reflect on how fucking cool public libraries are? I submitted a request for them to buy some ridiculously expensive academic book fully expecting a polite decline.

East Tennessee Children’s Hospital to become Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — East Tennessee Children’s Hospital announced that it is becoming Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital due to a partnership with the country music singer. In a vide…

God bless Dolly Parton.

real significant lack of “who and/or what comes next” when it comes to the thought process behind assassinating khamenei

A girl was giving away free pony bead bracelets the other week in protest of ICE so people trying to avoid being detained could break the bracelet, throw the beads, and maybe they'd trip on them. She said she didn't know what else to do so she did this.

It's going to take rebellions big and

It is possible to simultaneously believe that his death is a net positive* AND that the US should not have done this.

* It’s too early to know whether this is net good, but absolutely Iranians deserve to celebrate.

I literally lack the capacity to count how many things about this brief skeet are stops and totally disconnected from reality.

But the answer is, all of them.

The military isn’t something you can “quit.” It’s not a job where you just give your two-weeks’ notice and peace out. If someone decides to “just quit,” then they’re going to prison. And the vast majority of military members never see combat let alone kill anyone let alone kill kids.

Same.