Elaina McCartney

You and Lt. General Hertling need your own show.

You will never regret reading a piece from Mark Hertling lnk.thebulwark.com/4aN2JWR

Expert flags 'most troubling' part of Trump's latest 'campaign' in Iran — Raw Story A military expert flagged the

Ret. Gen. Mark Hertling just torched Trump’s Iran “strategy” as pure fantasy.

A regime-change war with no phased plan, no endgame, and no clue what comes after. That’s not leadership that’s reckless improvisation with global consequences.

#USDemocracy
#Pinks

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Where Does the Iran War Go From Here? YouTube video by The Bulwark

Today on Bulwark on Sunday:

Lt. Gen. (ret.) Mark Hertling explains and analyzes military developments in the war with Iran.

Tim Miller looks at the war's possible effects on domestic politics.

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Joe Rogan: "Have you looked into the Ibogaine stuff?"

RFK Jr.: "There are lots of good studies that strongly suggest it is effective against B, P, BSTD."

Rogan: "PTSD."

Revealed: Here’s Why Trump Chose War The Trump-Epstein files got too close to being exposed.

Great substack with timeline of events:

Epstein files exposing Trump erased. Peace talks were ignored. Congress sidelined. Trump bombed Iran 150 girls killed. Now 3 soldiers US have died! This is lawless, deadly chaos.

#EpsteinWar
#USDemocracy
#Pink

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See a pattern here?

💯 8 years later, does he think we won't remember? Or look in news archives?

BTW, Pres Obama had the foresight to save all his WH admin pages to the Internet Database, aka as the Wayback Machine. I just did a search there for Obama White House. Here's what came up:

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The question that very easily blows up all this double-talk is: “Would it be an act of war if another country did this to us?” Because OF COURSE it would.

It wasn’t about nukes, it wasn’t about a mean dictator.
It was about mid terms and Epstein.

The vessel is believed to be carrying about 200,000 barrels of diesel for Cuba’s failing power grid. 🔸 Fuel cliff approaching: Analysts at Vortexa Ltd and the University of Texas at Austin warn Cuba’s reserves could be depleted by late March 2026. Bloomberg reports nighttime light levels are down as much as 50% amid widespread blackouts — the island’s worst energy crisis in decades. 🔸 U.S. “private sector” carve-out: On Feb. 25, the Treasury Department said oil resales to Cuba would be allowed if the fuel benefits private businesses or humanitarian groups, not the government. The Miami Herald reported that the Trump administration is also authorizing American companies to resell Venezuelan oil to Cuba's private sector, aimed at supporting independent businesses. But even after the announcement, no tankers have been reported docking at major refineries like Nico Lopez in Havana. 🔸 Infrastructure reality: Because the state and military control most refineries and storage facilities, large-scale fuel offloading without “benefiting” the government is functionally impossible under current restrictions. 🔸 Deficit: Estimated private deliveries total only about 150 barrels per day, Vortexa reported. Cuba requires roughly 22,000 barrels per day just for basic operations.

Cuba Solidarity Campaign @CubaSolidarity 200,000 barrels of Russian oil destined for Cuba diverted, while a boat of guns from Florida pass by the US coastguard without issue. The US tries to starve the Cuban people to create unrest while allowing terrorists passage to the island to provoke it https://bit.ly/4siPAfx

⭕️ Russian tanker carrying diesel to Cuba diverts amid US enforcement

Bloomberg reports that Russian oil tanker Sea Horse diverted from its route to Cuba on Feb. 25 & is now drifting in the North Atlantic to avoid seizure amid the US blockade.

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What statues?!

Trump returned to the WH and admired new statues installed in the Rose Garden, but won’t answer a reporter’s question about the three U.S. troops who died in combat.

Reporter: “What’s your message to the families of the service members who were killed?”

Trump: walks away.

Priorities noted.

We can't depend on US corporate news to over the Iran War, apparently. Look for independent, reliable coverage.

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February 28, 2026 Early this morning, the U.S.

Trump’s attack on Iran scorns the will of the people & their constitutional right to decide whether they want to pay for a war with their money & lives.

That disdain for democratic govt reveals that his military adventure against Iran is also an attack on the USA

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Commander in Chief mode, what a hideous human being

Trump Hosts Big-Money Party as Missiles Are Fired at Americans Millionaires, party elites and big-spending donors were at Mar-a-Lago to party while war spread across the Middle East.

Video appears to show Trump partying at Mar-a-Lago while the war he started rages across the Middle East.
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Me too😂

So stealing oil is the definition of successful regime change in Trump world?

Classified briefing expected Tuesday on the Iran war. Hard to take Kegstand's word on anything, and a lot of people with integrity over political loyalty have been fired. We may have to look to other countries for reliable data on strikes and casualties. Trumpers tend to claim total obliteration.

Trump got away with murdering fishermen. He got away with attacking Venezuela. He’s getting away with strangling Cuba. He -and we- won’t get away with bombing Iran.

Did the Navy hospital boat make it to Greenland yet?

Sam Altman: A back-stabbing, lying snake makes a shady deal with the lethality boys to help them spy (on us) and kill at the whim of unlawful narcissists. What could go wrong?

This is Benjamin Netanyahu's son Yair. While working class American service people are dying in the gratuitous war his father and Donald Trump started, Yair is poolside in Miami chilling.

No word on where Donald Trump's children were, just that they were 100% *not* wearing a uniform.

NEWS: In 2019, the Trump DOJ took over New Mexico’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch — telling the state to stand down and turn over its findings. According to officials and newly unsealed records, the probe soon fizzled after the federal takeover. Link to NYT reporting in reply.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus & •58m Reports of Tehran's Gandhi Hospital being damaged during today's bombardment of the Iranian capital are extremely worrying. X @WHO is working to verify the incident. But it serves as a reminder that all efforts must be taken to prevent health facilities from being caught up in the ongoing conflict. Health facilities are protected under international humanitarian law. Health is #NotATarget

+ The UN education agency, UNESCO, says that the bombing of a primary school during the US and Israeli military attacks on Iran on Saturday constitutes a grave violation of humanitarian law.

FIFA Peace Prize winner drives out FIFA World Cup team