BostonCatherine

It’s insane this is legal. People around Trump are profiting off war and death. I’m introducing legislation ASAP to ban this.

I have a male friend who spent some time in Axel's lab. About the 3rd conversation he had with Axel, Axel broke the ice with "So, have you fucked [a female postdoc in the lab] yet?"

My friend was horrified...

The U.S. just surpassed a grim measles milestone As the U.S. officially breaks 1,000 measles cases in 2026, experts say that the rate of infections is accelerating much faster this year than it did in years past

The U.S. has reported more than 1,000 measles cases in 2026—and we're just two months into the year. That's nearly half of all the cases reported in 2025. And public health experts say it's a sign that the U.S. has likely lost its measles elimination status. My reporting for @sciam.bsky.social:

The next Big Lie is to taking shape right in front of us. Donald Trump will try to use this to assert illegal and unconstitutional powers over the 2026 elections.

Democracy Docket currently expanding as fast as it can to meet the growing need for pro-democracy media. But, since it has no private investors, that all depends on attracting new subscribers. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

Donald Trump just started a war and is plotting to steal the 2026 election. Meanwhile, his buddy David Ellison just won control of CNN.

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Demonstrators gathered in Boston to oppose U.S. military action in Iran. https://www.wcvb.com/article/boston-protests-us-israel-military-action-iran/70550088 

US lawmakers react to joint US-Israel strikes on Iran After an overnight joint operation by the armed forces of the United States and Israel on Iran, U.S. lawmakers woke up to an unsteady situation unfolding in the Middle East.

US lawmakers react to joint US-Israel strikes on Iran | Click on the image to read the full story

The US and Israel launched strikes across Iran this morning. Iran has responded by firing ballistic missiles and drones at Israel, and US bases in the region. Civilians have already been killed or injured in multiple countries, caught in the crossfire.

The U.S. military is not any president’s plaything. The Constitution puts the responsibility on Congress alone to decide whether and when to take on the profound costs of war.

Norway’s foreign minister says deeply worried about extensive war in Middle East Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said on Saturday he was deeply worried that a new, extensive war was starting in the Middle East after Israel

“The attack is described by Israel as a preventive strike, but it is not in line with international law. Preventive attacks require an imminent threat,” Norwegian FM Barth Eide said.

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It’s the Jeffrey Epstein War

YouTube video by Breaking Points IRAN WAR: Trump RISKS IT ALL For Israel

My full interview with Breaking Points this morning on Trump and Israel's illegal war with Iran:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=37rN...

Iran will respond to US‑Israeli strikes as existential threats to the regime – because they are • Michigan Advance Javed Ali, University of Michigan After U.S. and Israeli missiles struck Iran’s nuclear sites in June 2025, Tehran responded with a limited attack on the American airbase in Qatar. Five years before t...

In this commentary from Javed Ali, Associate Prof. of Practice of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, he says one thing is clear in the joint attack by the US and Israel: Iran’s regime is facing an existential threat and we shouldn’t expect it to show restraint.

From @theconversation.com

It’s time for Congress to act against this lawless Administration. I am proud to be a cosponsor of a bipartisan War Powers Resolution affirming that *only* Congress can authorize a war against Iran. It’s time to act and stop this unauthorized and dangerous action in the Middle East. Full stop.

“Tensions”

Boycott OpenAI! OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, announced Friday that the company reached an agreement with the Department of Defense to deploy its AI models on a classified network just hours after Trump ordered federal agencies to phase out rival Anthropic.

Melania Forced to Promote Peace After Trump Launches Iran Strikes Nothing says “peace” like your husband launching a wide-ranging war in the Middle East.

The first lady is slated to promote “peace” on the world stage right after her husband launched his full-scale war in the Middle East.

Trump vies for Bush’s crown for worst foreign policy decision in history

The US president upended half a century of US foreign policy in an eight-minute video with another act of Middle Eastern regime change

Stephen Miller in 2024:

Senate Leaders Warn Defense Department About Procuring Generic Drugs Overseas In a letter that cited ProPublica’s reporting, Sens. Rick Scott and Kirsten Gillibrand asked the defense secretary for more information about the military’s drug supply and its reliance on foreign man...

Senate leaders are urging the Department of Defense to prioritize the purchase of generic drugs manufactured in the U.S., warning that the country’s overreliance on foreign factories poses an “existential risk” to the military.

Transcript: Trump Racist Tirade at Dems Bursts MAGA Post-Speech Bubble As Trump fumes at Democrats who attacked his speech (which some Republicans found lacking), a Dem strategist explains what it means for the elections that Trump doubled down on tariffs and deportations.

He is desperate to stay within this world that he’s constructed that you once called Foxlandia—this sort of imaginary world where he’s young and virile and the economy’s booming and everybody in the world loves him. trib.al/Ml8wKpZ

Members of Congress demand swift vote on war powers resolution after Trump orders Iran strike without congressional approval Both the House and Senate, where the president's Republican Party has a slim majority, had already drafted such resolutions long before the strikes Saturday.

Key members of Congress are demanding a swift vote on a war powers resolution that would restrain President Donald Trump's military attack on Iran unless the administration wins their approval. https://to.pbs.org/4l5hYPR

Live updates: Israel confirms attack on Iran with US help as explosions are heard in Tehran Israel launched a daylight attack Saturday on Iran's capital, with a cloud of smoke rising from the city's downtown near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

BREAKING: Iran’s foreign minister says supreme leader and president are alive, "as far as I know."

Follow AP's live updates for more.

He is a sadist

WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine are monitoring the U.S. operation in Iran from President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, where Trump is currently located, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Jesus Christ they're running the war from Mar-a-Lago

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A U.S. veteran adopted an orphan from Iran. Decades later, ICE is trying to deport her The woman has no criminal record and is unsure what prompted the threat of removal. She fears being deported to Iran given her father's military service and her Christian faith.

The woman has no criminal record and is unsure what prompted the threat of removal. She fears being deported to Iran given her father's military service and her Christian faith.

ABC: “The toll from a strike on a girls' elementary school in Minab in southern Iran has risen to 64 dead and 92 injured, according to Iran's semiofficial Tasnim News Agency, which cited the local governor.” abc7ny.com/live-updates...

NEW: Senator Chuck Schumer is calling for Congress to come back to Washington immediately and vote on a war powers resolution regarding Iran. 

MS NOW's @alivitali.bsky.social reports.