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 thereโs no planned victory conditions other than blowing shit upโฆ
โฆthen kicking off a regional war isnโt technically a failure by Regime metrics?
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Supposedly 4-5 weeks of air bombardment against Iran planned.
02.03.2026 16:59 โ
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Measles Cases and Outbreaks
Find the latest numbers of confirmed U.S. measles cases. CDC updates this page weekly.
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
www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
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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...
02.03.2026 13:45 โ
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today. I. learned.
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83%!!!
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...wow.
Would not sit next to that guy at lunch or ever if I had a chance.
02.03.2026 15:54 โ
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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)
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How about we also don't vote to confirm any nominations from the Fascist Regime?
02.03.2026 15:51 โ
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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, โThe Hunt for Red October,โ adapted from insurance salesman Tom Clancyโs bestselling 1984 first novel, opened in theaters across the United States.
โThis business will get out of control. It will get out of control and weโll be lucky to live through it.โ
02.03.2026 15:47 โ
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โEvery 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 clothedโฆUnder the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.โ
โPresident Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
02.03.2026 15:43 โ
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โBut what if theyโre an asshole?โ
Oh will dehumanizing them fix that or will it just debase you
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The act of dehumanization impacts not just the person on the other end but also the person who is practicing dehumanization
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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 Avancรฉe' in Europe.
New post: panda.substack.com/p/dissuasion...
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Thank you friend.
This one got overtaken by events and Iโm still thinking about an Iran war post.
02.03.2026 14:58 โ
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Martin is, in fact, good value.
02.03.2026 14:57 โ
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Hereโs 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
01.03.2026 19:23 โ
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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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Bickering About the Atomic Bomb: Always and Forever! | Martin Pfeiffer
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01.03.2026 22:03 โ
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Oh yeah.
I just want to make the clear to all reading.
*stares at Iran Deal*
02.03.2026 14:55 โ
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ITโS ALL GENDERED I want to scream at the beginning of every class.
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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 โThe Lavender Scareโ
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Cuordileone โManhood and American Political Culture in the Cold Warโ
www.routledge.com/Manhood-and-...
Dean โImperial Brotherhood: Gender and the Making of Cold War Foreign Policyโ
www.umasspress.com/978155849414...
02.03.2026 14:53 โ
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Ahaha!
So, โdiplomacy is for faggotsโ (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 โcookie pushers in striped pantsโ
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02.03.2026 14:46 โ
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But inspections & transparency were offered Trump said no thanks I want everything letโs bomb
02.03.2026 14:44 โ
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๐ถnightmares asleep, nightmares awake๐ถ
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.
02.03.2026 14:43 โ
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LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
This id a continuation of the policy thatโฆ
Whatever doesnโt matter the crown prince wonโt be Iranโs next leader ceteris paribus.
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*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.
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๐ถthis๐ถ
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