The facts suggest two interpretive frameworks for Iran: a foreign war as a mechanism to destroy democracy at home; and a foreign war as an element of personal corruption by the president of the U.S.
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YouTube video by BBC News US urges citizens to leave Lebanon during US-Israel war with Iran | BBC News

Four U.S. service members killed, three fighters jets shot down by our allies costing us millions of dollars while our citizens are starving and have a lack of healthcare due to rising costs. IMPEACH Donnie bone spurs and send Barron to the front lines!!😡🤬😡🤬😡🤬

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Quote from Washington Times editorial board "[Radical liberals] don't realize that, when they express contempt for the man who holds the country's highest office, they reveal their contempt for the Americans who put him there."

Uh no...we definitely realize it.

One reason why Bush attacked Iraq and not Iran is because at least those guys understood attacking Iran would cause a regional war.

3 U.S. Planes Are Shot Down in ‘Friendly Fire’ in Kuwait, U.S. Military Says

“During active combat — that included attacks from Iranian aircraft, ballistic missiles, and drones — the U.S. Air Force fighter jets were mistakenly shot down by Kuwaiti air defenses,”
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/w...

Poland is saying "yes" to the French initiative. Meanwhile, no major US media outlets have even reported it.

Although Donald Trump was quick to go to war, no member of the Trump Family has ever served in the military. The only Trump that ever wore a uniform was his father Fred Trump who wore a pointed KKK hat and gown when he was arrested at a KKK rally in Queens ,NY in 1927
#ProudBlue #USDemocracy

Reuters reports that Trump’s own Pentagon told Congress there was no evidence to suggest Iran was about to attack the USA.

This was not a “pre-emptive strike”.

This was an act of aggression.

Trump and Netanyahu started a new war. Just like Putin in Ukraine.

www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...

This is not Canada’s war. #EpsteinWar

Today in 1974, we had evidence that the US criminal justice system works against powerful white men. Roger Ailes lived through this and resolved to stop it. Rupert Murdoch gave him the means.

US aircraft leave Spain after government says bases cannot be used for Iran attacks Fifteen U.S. aircraft have left the Rota and Moron military bases in southern Spain since the U.S. and Israel launched weekend attacks on Iran, maps by flight tracking website FlightRadar24 showed on ...

US withdraws aircraft from bases in Spain after Spanish government declines US request to authorize their use in bombing raids against Iran. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

A Directionless War Meets a Constitutional Crisis Welcome to the new era of Trumpism.

Bill Kristol: Trump has done great damage both to our free government at home and to the cause of freedom abroad. Now it has sadly—even tragically—put the admirable cause of freedom for the people of Iran at odds with upholding the Constitution of the United States.

Texas Gov Greg Abbott really likes this war

Tell Congress: Demand AG Bondi release ALL of the Epstein files now Contact Congress today!

FACTS. The regime repeatedly broke the law in order to conduct the biggest coverup in American history.

Tell Congress right now: DO YOUR JOBS and demand the DOJ release ALL of the Epstein files.

"We didn't start this war. But under President Trump, we are finishing it."
–Pete Hegseth, 2 March 2026

"We did not start the so-called war in Ukraine. On the contrary, we are trying to finish it."
–Vladimir Putin, 5 October 2023

Important Update: Pentagon Admits Iran was Not Planning to Strike United States as Narrative Justifying War Begins to Fall Apart Good morning everyone.

Important: Pentagon admits that Iran was not planning on striking the United States, undermining Trump claims

Hegseth says regime change is not the goal, undermining Trump

Trump admits the U.S. killed individuals he expected to take over

Pentagon officials grow paranoid over stockpile issues

It’s insane this is legal. People around Trump are profiting off war and death. I’m introducing legislation ASAP to ban this.

This is truly offensive

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Jane Fonda has been warning us for decades, and she’s still in the streets doing it. In Los Angeles, she reminded us that movements, not presidents, end wars. From Vietnam, Iraq, & Afghanistan to this new war in the Middle East. “Trump may wage this war in our names, but not with our consent.”

Trump's war sends oil and gas prices soaring.

Trump and Netanyahu’s attack on Iran is an illegal act of aggression | Kenneth Roth Their actions are no different from Putin’s invasion of Ukraine or Rwandan president Paul Kagame’s invasion of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Kenneth Roth: It is a perilous world when the fate of entire countries rests on the whims of the likes of Trump and Netanyahu. I would love to see the Islamic Republic end, but not at the expense of a world where our destiny is dictated by the men with the biggest guns.

The CNN style guide: when to use the active versus when to use the passive voice.

Three decades of one-party GOP rule in Texas. Is there anything left to save?

Five weeks? Five days? What are the objectives? You can read all Trump's pronouncements, you'll have no idea. Neither does he.

“If we’re not careful, we’re going to get a judge killed. It’s just that stark,” says retired federal Judge John Jones, a George W. Bush appointee.

A 60 Minutes investigation found that judges who ruled against the Trump administration have received threats. cbsn.ws/3OEfxrr

This analysis seems correct. More to the point, neither Trump, Hegseth nor any other senior spokesman for the administration has presented any contradictory evidence.

Trump seeks swift end to Iran operation Opinion: The killing of Iran’s supreme leader is a major intelligence and military feat, but Tehran’s regime has not collapsed; US official, via a mediator, proposed an immediate ceasefire; Iran rejec...

Boy is this weird. So many contradictory reports coming from Trump's entourage.
• The US planned for a 4-5 day operation that would weaken the Iranian negotiating position
• Yesterday, the US reached out to Tehran through Italian mediators requesting a ceasefire
• The Iranians rejected this

Pentagon offers no evidence to support claim it attacked Iran in defense The Trump administration’s effort to construct a case for war after shots started flying has few historical parallels.

The Trump administration’s effort to construct a case for war after shots started flying has few historical parallels... because basically it isn't offering one. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Today should be your 38th birthday.. When you lose your son you lose more than a child you lose a piece of your heart and your joy. Life is forever altered, and nothing can ever fill that space. Yet in my soul, he remains, my precious boy, forever loved. His laughter, his smile, and his love are woven into who I am. My love for him will never fade. Yor are my pride and my joy - you've made a change that cannot be broken..

Alex's mom on his 38th birthday.