Jesus Peña

Madness.

Trump's Iran War and the Article One crisis Congress's refusal to do its job is now the world's problem.

New in PN: Trump's Iran War and the Article One crisis

"Unless and until the GOP acknowledges that the country is in the grip of a madman bent on consolidating all constitutional power in him and him alone, Trump is free to singlehandedly decide to go to war. That's not how it's supposed to work."

Warmongers

How have crime rates in the United States changed over the last 50 years? Both violent and property crime are far below their 1990s peak, but some crimes see periodic rises.

Looking at the 2024 crime figures, it's absolutely insane how Trump, tech billionaires, and centrist pundits fooled everyone into thinking Biden had turned the U.S. into some Hobbesian hellscape.

50-year lows for violent crime, armed robbery, property crime. Second-lowest homicide rate.

BREAKING: As I was first to report earlier, Trump has nominated Bradford Wilson, who does not meet the statutory requirements—which include that the nominee be nonpartisan and professionally qualified—to be the next Archivist of the United States.

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U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war.

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints.

One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

Casual MAGA

Sen. Markwayne Mullin to parents of the six service members killed so far: "This isn't a war."

Great Quotes in Military History.

this was one day in, good lord

Markwayne Mullin pulling an Alan Jackson:
“I watch CNN, but I'm not sure I can tell you
The diff'rence in Iraq and Iran”

The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.

Attacking the marginalized to feel like big and powerful is only a show of weakness. That your whole world is in danger by a small, harmless minority is testament that you’re all hat, no cattle.

Page One in Sydney:

“.. The strikes on Iran have set the stage for a potential surge in already high petrol prices that will threaten household budgets and deliver fresh cost-of-living woes.”

Lindsey Graham’s out of control.

Warner: "When the president says to the Iranian people, 'Rise up. This is your chance to take your country back,' what happens if 100,000 Iranian citizens go onto the streets of Tehran and the IRGC forces, which are brutal, murder 20,000? Does the US have an obligation there?"

Are we supposed to hop on the next flying carpet out? Airports are closed.

Why is Egypt on this list?

Wouldn’t it be easier to stop this war than evacuate half a million Americans from a region practically as large as Australia?

Russian points for when they invaded Ukraine. It was an “operation” and avoided calling it a war. Several years later it’s hard to deny that it’s always been a war.

We are the new Russia.

Hat tip to @crampell.bsky.social here: the White House can call it what it want, but if another country was launching bombs at the US and wiping out our political leadership, little doubt that we would call that war.

US moving pregnant immigrant girls to Texas to avoid providing abortions, critics say Ex-official calls transfer of unaccompanied girls as young as 13, many pregnant due to rape, a human rights violation

“It’s a choice to ensure zero abortions."
Since July, more than a dozen pregnant children have been moved to a single facility in the small town of San Benito, along the south Texas border. The children kept in Texas are as young as 13, and about half are pregnant because of rape.

Screenshot of a tweet from x.com by Senator Dave McCormick that reads: Now would be a good time for Democrats to drop their opposition to DHS funding and pass the bill to support our homeland security. Continuing to play political games with our national security given the unfolding situation in the Middle East is dangerous.

Boy, does this make me think of Justice Jackson’s Youngstown concurrence, in which he warns of the danger of a president unilaterally initiating a war, and then using that war as a bootstrap to claim extraordinary powers at home.

“.. “100+ oil per barrel soon,” Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev gloated on X Saturday evening.

@politico.com
www.politico.eu/article/russ...

Conservatives Play Musical Chairs to “Cement” Majority on Arkansas High Court - Bolts How seat-switching, plus a new state law, is helping gubernatorial appointees reap the benefits of incumbency before they’ve earned it from voters.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders appointed 2 supreme court justices to "cement" court's conservative majority.

Arkansas' constitution banned them from seeking a full term for their own seat. They decided to circumvent that by... running for each other.

This Tuesday, one of them faces challenger John Adams:

Trump 2.0:

-Bombed Iran (twice), Venezuela, and Yemen
-Allowed Israel to repeatedly violate a ceasefire and kill civilians
-Ripped healthcare and SNAP away from millions
-Deployed masked ICE agents to terrorize American cities

The "Peace President."

U.S. war in Iran risks depleting munitions for Ukraine now, Taiwan later What the Iran War means for U.S. weapons stockpiles, and the implications for Ukraine munitions and a Taiwan scenario.

President Donald Trump’s administration is expending a significant proportion of America’s best firepower – at a speed that may take the country’s industrial base years to replenish and leave American power diminished for other wartime scenarios.

It probably goes without saying, but just in case: they don’t attack iran like this unless they know there *aren’t* nukes.

Somewhat lost in the fog of war (perhaps the purpose of that fog)… HCR’s post on the night of Feb 27 describes what appears to be an organized crime and drug trafficking ring involving Jeffrey Epstein and 14 others.

He originally said was going to cost $200 million. Then he said $250 million. Then $300 million. But now it's going to come in under budget at $400 million.

This is a Medal of Honor ceremony. The military veterans and their families are here listening to this. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Markwayne never served in the military. bsky.app/profile/atru...