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BREAKING: Pentagon Report: U.S. Attcked Elementary School in Iran
Despite attempts by Trump to claim otherwise, the U.S. military was responsible for killing at least 175 in a strike on a school in Iran.
theintercept.com/2026/03/11/i...
U.S. Central Command attacked the school based on long outdated coordinates for the strike provided by another defense agency, one of the officials told The Intercept. interc.pt/40qCS2w
As chair of the Board of Peace, with a lifetime appointment, Trump determines the council’s membership, chooses the executive board, and has the final say on all things.
NEW POD 🎧: Iran is the *8th* country Trump has launched attacks in. W/ help from AI, strikes in Iran outpaced the 1st days of Israel’s siege on Gaza “by more than double” per @nickturse.bsky.social. & @sambiddle.com explains: AI is making war more reckless & deadly podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
AIPAC is spending big in Tuesday’s Illinois House primaries. In the Senate race, its donors quietly lined up behind Stratton. interc.pt/4rxiGae
SCOOP: you know AIPAC is spending millions on Illinois races. It’s publicly stayed out of Tuesday’s Senate race - but AIPAC donors have been giving to Lt. Gov. Julianna Stratton’s campaign since August. & a former AIPAC president is on her finance committee. theintercept.com/2026/03/12/a...
“Killing civilians is a hallmark of American air war. This particular campaign Operation Epic Fury is set apart by the relentlessness of the attacks.”
Shining city on a hill reduced to charnel house in a gutter...
TL;DR: our tech will empower working-class men and the military in their war on educated female democratic voters
This is even dumber and more arrogant than "Iraq will greet us as liberators"
Graham: "If you think gas prices are high now, give the Ayatollah a nuke. He'll control gas prices forever."
Graham, inventing threats to justify a war for Israel. Iran doesn't have nukes and was on negotiation table. But facts don't matter when you're selling war for a foreign country 💯🎯💯🎯💯🎯
"Top Trump officials acknowledged to lawmakers during recent classified briefings that they did not plan for the possibility of Iran closing the strait in response to strikes."
www.cnn.com/2026/03/12/p...
.@wesjbryant.bsky.social — who served as the senior analyst and adviser on precision warfare, targeting, and civilian harm mitigation at the Pentagon — called the attack on the elementary school a “failure in fundamental targeting doctrine and standards.” theintercept.com/2026/03/11/i...
Shining city on a hill reduced to charnel house in a gutter...
Absolutely horrifying.
TL;DR: our tech will empower working-class men and the military in their war on educated female democratic voters
Despite attempts by Trump to claim otherwise, the U.S. military was responsible for killing at least 175 in a strike on a school in Iran.
Good reminder.
Every. Single. Country. interc.pt/4rsgJMl
The expansion of America’s conflicts in Latin America comes as the U.S. is heavily engaged in fighting a new war in Iran.
Joni "We're all gonna die" Ernst.
John, as someone who teaches middle schoolers how to read a graph, I can tell you: if you found $2.09 gas in 2025, you didn't find a deal you found a time rift.
Guards have taken away crayons, colored pencils and paper during recent room searches at Dilley, according to detainees and others.
After one inspection, the children just “cried and cried and cried,” a mother said. The facility denies the claims.
'Wes Bryant — who served until last year as the senior analyst and adviser on precision warfare, targeting, and civilian harm mitigation at the Pentagon’s Civilian Protection Center of Excellence — called the attack on the…school a “failure in fundamental targeting doctrine and standards.” ' /1
People in Iran can't catch a break. They get killed by their leaders, and by US bombs while both groups pretend to care about them.
Finally our gov admits one of the first things we did during this military assault was kill about 100 school girls and and about 70 staff. Our tax dollars paid for that.
@nickturse.bsky.social and Hooman Majd discuss war on Iran and other U.S. conflicts, and @sambiddle.com breaks down how AI is being used.
“This is not the behavior of a leader of the free world.”
I fully realize we are well beyond that—but it needs restated as much as possible, because NONE of this is normal.
My latest analysis in @theintercept.com on the deadly strike against a girls’ school in Iran.
#MinabSchoolStrike #IranWar
