ohmpills - Bluesky Statics

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Is it Un-Patriotic to Want Your Country to Lose a War? There has been no Congressional declaration of war against Iran, minimal consultation with Congress, and no coherent rationale submitted. What justifications have been given are contradictory. Last w...

If a war is illegally waged, there’s no point demanding a rationale or hoping for a successful outcome.

www.counterpunch.org/2026/03/06/i...

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Operation AIPAC Fury

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just remember,
it took 2.5 trillion dollars & 20 years
to replace the Taliban w/ the Taliban.

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Right wingers are more prone to having 'kooky beliefs': study Do you believe in ghosts, mind reading and witches? If you do, you’re likely a kid — or maybe a right-wing authoritarian.

Researchers singled out the trait recognized as “right-wing authoritarianism,” which describes a preference for strict obedience to authority, conformity to traditional social norms & hostility toward people who break those norms.

www.alternet.org/maga-2675343...

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On War Powers, Questions Aren't a Working Substitute for Action No president has ever been held to account by, and punished by, Congress for exceeding his powers and exercising its, not his, prerogative of declaring war or not. Why would Trump consider himself an ...

When it comes to foreign policy, US presidents have been ignoring Congress at will & defying constitutional requirements for levying war, for decades.

www.counterpunch.org/2026/03/05/o...

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‘A big burden for farmers’: Gulf shipping crisis threatens food price shock Iranian blockade of the strategic strait of Hormuz is hitting global fertiliser supply chain

Roughly half of global food production depends on synthetic nitrogen & crop yields would fall w/o fertilizer.

The resulting shortages would push up the prices of household staples such as bread, pasta & potatoes & make animal feed more costly.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Polymarket Quietly Takes Down Bet On Nuclear Detonation Polymarket has quietly removed a bet on the possibility of a nuclear weapon being detonated before next year.

Polymarket seldom scruples on the ethics of its prediction markets, allowing users to profit on plenty of war-related outcomes & deadly disasters.

futurism.com/science-ener...

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How Trump officials created ‘nuclear option’ against protesters in church Critics say administration has overstepped authority in using 1994 law to prosecute protesters and journalists

What we’re seeing with tRump is the favoring of some places & viewpoints over others & an increase in prosecutions to blur the line between speech & intimidation & protests.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Marshall Plumlee left professional basketball to join the U.S. Army, becoming an Army Ranger-qualified officer at 7 feet tall.

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