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US-Israel war on Iran dramatically expands across Middle East US allies in Gulf states come under attack from Iranian missiles and drones as three US fighter jets mistakenly shot down by Kuwait

Meanwhile, best laid plans of fascists and militaries often do, & probably will, go awry.

But if there’s no planned victory conditions other than blowing shit up…

…then kicking off a regional war isn’t technically a failure by Regime metrics?

Supposedly 4-5 weeks of air bombardment against Iran planned.

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there have already been 1,136 confirmed measles cases in the us this year, nearly half as many as the total of confirmed cases in 2025 (2,281).

what an enormous self-own

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Trump admin officials acknowledged in closed-door briefings with congressional staff that there was no intelligence suggesting Iran planned to attack U.S. forces first.

That undercuts one of the key arguments for the war made by senior admin officials.
www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...

today. I. learned.

83%!!!

Spain denies US permission to use jointly operated bases to attack Iran Refusal to allow use of bases in Rota and Morón follows Pedro Sánchez’s condemnation of US-Israeli action

Good on Spain.

...wow.

Would not sit next to that guy at lunch or ever if I had a chance.

So, a few interesting things about elections

1) Interactions with law enforcement over the course of the year make people vote less (Ben-Menachem et al, 2023)

2) People the state blocks from voting once often stop, even when they were previously regular voters (Miller et al, working paper, 2025)

How about we also don't vote to confirm any nominations from the Fascist Regime?

A one-sheet poster for "The Hunt for Red October." The colors are black and red with white type. At top left is a large three-quarter portrait image of the head of Sean Connery as Captain Marko Ramius, printed in red on a black background. Next to his left cheek, rising out of the red as though rising out of the ocean is a submarine conning tower. The tagline to the right reads, "The hunt is on." The title, top-line stars, and credits are printed in the lower third of the poster against a red background.

Today in 1990, “The Hunt for Red October,” adapted from insurance salesman Tom Clancy’s bestselling 1984 first novel, opened in theaters across the United States.

“This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we’ll be lucky to live through it.”

“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed…Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.”
—President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

“But what if they’re an asshole?”

Oh will dehumanizing them fix that or will it just debase you

The act of dehumanization impacts not just the person on the other end but also the person who is practicing dehumanization

French President Emmanuel Macron has just given a truly remarkable speech on France's nuclear policy at a moment of great anxiety in Europe. I wanted to offer an early comment. Welcome to the age of 'Dissuasion Avancée' in Europe.

New post: panda.substack.com/p/dissuasion...

Thank you friend.

This one got overtaken by events and I’m still thinking about an Iran war post.

Martin is, in fact, good value.

Here’s the thing:

Trump has demonstrated willingness to do massively consequential things & military & bureaucracy have oft complied.

demonstrated lack of checks on his Regime actions is terrifying & increasingly catastrophic.

He can (& probably will) do the same or worse, again & all too soon

Again:

The range of behaviors the military & Congress will manifestly allow Trump to do is terrifying in terms of what might come next.

(even more so than what has been done and set in motion).

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Offers view of the dissent, discussion, & debate in pre- & soon after-bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki period wrt official stories, the "Enola Gay Controversy" & my own research.

#PhDLife
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Oh yeah.

I just want to make the clear to all reading.

*stares at Iran Deal*

IT’S ALL GENDERED I want to scream at the beginning of every class.

The Lavender Scare A new edition of a classic work of history, revealing the anti-homosexual purges of midcentury Washington. In The Lavender Scare, David K. Johnson tells the frightening story of how, during the Cold W...

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See:

Johnson “The Lavender Scare”
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Cuordileone “Manhood and American Political Culture in the Cold War”

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Dean “Imperial Brotherhood: Gender and the Making of Cold War Foreign Policy”

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Ahaha!

So, “diplomacy is for faggots” (I have the word tattooed on my arm & I am one) is a LONG STANDING position in the USA.

Post-WWII red scare fired more folk for being queer (or suspected thereof) than Commie.

Diplomats were referred to as “cookie pushers in striped pants”

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But inspections & transparency were offered Trump said no thanks I want everything let’s bomb

🎶nightmares asleep, nightmares awake🎶

Between the raging PTSD & the newly diagnosed sleep apnea, my sleep & has been for a while all too often unpleasant, fragmented, & less than restful.

And *waves arms* is exacerbating things.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

This id a continuation of the policy that…

Whatever doesn’t matter the crown prince won’t be Iran’s next leader ceteris paribus.

*sighs heavily*

This is the world Trump et al regime has set in motion and is making.

More nukes, less transparency, less international cooperation, less arms control, & more use of force.

We are all less safe.

🎶this🎶

Pentagon tells Congress no sign that Iran was going to attack US first, sources say Trump administration officials acknowledged in closed-door briefings with congressional staff on Sunday that there was no intelligence suggesting Iran planned to attack U.S. forces first, two people f...

Pentagon tells Congress no sign that Iran was going to attack US first, sources say | Reuters www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...