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Witnesses Describe Horror Scene After “Double-Tap” Bombing Kills Over 20 at Popular Tehran Square In Iran, the U.S. and Israel are employing tactics used in Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the “War on Terror” and Trump’s recent attacks on alleged drug boats in the Carribean.

“All these people have died and they had nothing to do with nuclear bombs, they had nothing to do with missiles"

US Media Mostly Care for Iranians When They Can Be Used to Justify Bombing US corporate media tend to humanize Iranians only when they can be portrayed as victims of their own government.

Among the first casualties were at least 175 people in a girls’ school in Minab. As the corpses of young children are no use to the imperial narrative when killed by the US and Israel rather than by Iran, however, the requisite moral condemnation has been in short supply.

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They went to the boss.

Chris Murphy: "It's just so disgusting to listen to the president be waxing poetically about the drapes he's buying while there are six Americans who are dead. There are six families who are about to bury their children because of a war of choice that no one in this country wanted, an illegal war."

Hello Jillian Segal AO #aukus AND #auspol

The Trump Administration’s Theory of Constitutional War Powers The OLC memorandum justifying operations in Venezuela provides insight into the administration’s decision-making process on the use of force.

"President Donald Trump has launched another unlawful war, this time in the service of regime change in Iran. The administration has been threatening the use of force for weeks, but provided very little public justification"

The US Embassy in Riyadh seems to have taken a direct hit.

No idea on casualties, but it looks bad. Hope it was evacuated.

#SendBarronToWar

The real president.

This is going to be hard for some people to accept, but I think the US government is lying to us about the state of negotiations between itself and Iran.

YouTube video by Michael Franti - Topic Bomb the World (Armageddon Version)

We can bomb the world to pieces, but we can't bomb it into peace...
Power to the people.
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Time for the wartime consigliere.

CNN: Three US fighter jets accidentally shot down by Kuwaiti air defenses, military says By Haley Britzky , Helen Regan Helen Regan , Eyad Kourdi , Isaac Yee , Teele Rebane , Lucas Lilieholm Updated 13 hr ago

Reuters: Fire at US embassy complex in Riyadh after blast heard, sources say By Reuters March 2, 20266:23 PM CSTUpdated 13 mins ago

New York Times: U.S. military death toll rises to 6

CNN: State Dept urges US citizens to "DEPART NOW" from countries throughout Middle East

Two days into the war:

- three F-15s shot down

- U.S. embassy in Saudi Arabia in flames

- six U.S. service members confirmed dead; more wounded

- State Department tells Americans to flee the entire Middle East

Cartoon by Tommy Siegel

A comment on the MTN video I shared.

Sunday thought: Trump’s Real Reason for War Friends,

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"...Here’s the real reason for this war. Trump wants it to divert Americans’ attention from everything that’s gone to shit on his watch: the economy, ICE’s cruel raids and murders, the crisis in public health as exemplified by the measles..."
And of course Epstein

“That’s the Way It Is” But it shouldn’t be

“As of this writing, six American servicemen have been killed and five seriously wounded. Trump responded by saying, “Sadly, there will likely be more before it ends. That’s the way it is.” No, Mr. President, that’s the way you have decided it is."

Why We Struck Iran The machine that all but made the decision itself

"For all the fretting about AI, an autonomous machine is already in charge."

What Iranians Think About the U.S.-Israel War on Iran I asked five Iranian-American thought leaders what corporate media isn't telling us about this war—here's what they told me

"One of the most damaging misconceptions right now is the belief that the Iranian diaspora speaks with one unified voice in support of U.S. military intervention. That is simply not true."

The "War Is Peace" President "Forever wars" are over! Replaced by "as long as it takes."

"The inaugural winner of the FIFA Peace Prize waited only 9 days after chairing the first meeting of his Board of Peace to launch a new "peace through strength" mission in Iran."

DOJ to drop its appeals of losses in the law firm order cases, per WSJ. What does it mean? And: The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday over a federal law banning firearm possession by users of illegal drugs.

"DOJ giving up these appeals would be a big win for those who defended the rule of law — both the law firms who challenged Trump’s efforts and the law firms and lawyers who stood up to represent them — and for the rule of law itself."

Trump and Netanyahu Want to Turn Iran Into a Failed State This war looks designed to cause maximum chaos and instability. The world will pay a high price.

"More likely, he’s planted the seeds for future strife in ways that are impossible to predict but still terrifying to contemplate."