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Nobody should take messaging advice from me, but democrats might make a lot of mileage just by repeating facts about Iran like “it’s incredibly mountainous” and “there are 90 million Iranians”

Trump’s White House Posts Fascist Memes As It Wrecks the Economy The president’s extremely online staff is posting ‘Grand Theft Auto’ memes and cracking jokes about his Iran war as energy prices explode.

“Trump’s White House Posts Fascist Memes As It Wrecks the Economy”

The president’s extremely online staff is posting ‘Grand Theft Auto’ memes and cracking jokes about his Iran war as energy prices explode.

@reaDonald Trump Iran, which is being beat to HELL, has apologized and surrendered to its Middle East neighbors, and promised that it will not shoot at them anymore. This promise was only made because of the relentless U.S. and Israeli attack. They were looking to take over and rule the Middle East. It is the first time that Iran has ever lost, in thousands of years, to surrounding Middle Eastern Countries. They have said, "Thank you President Trump." I have said, "You're welcome!" Iran is no longer the "Bully of the Middle East," they are, instead, "THE LOSER OF THE MIDDLE EAST," and will be for many decades until they surrender or, more likely, completely collapse! Today Iran will be hit very hard! Under serious consideration for complete destruction and certain death, because of Iran's bad behavior, are areas and groups of people that were not considered for targeting up until this moment in time. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP 263 ReTruths 808 Likes 3/7/26, 6:11 AM

6:11a on a Saturday what are we doing here.

I dunno, if I were Jeffrey Goldberg, author of "How Did I Get Iraq Wrong?' (2008), I might pause for a moment before cheerleading another war in the same region.

Rebecca Solnit: 'We're Defending Revolutions' The revolution has already arrived. We fight to keep it alive.

oh no big deal... just got to interview the legendary @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social :')

read a snippet of our interview in my newsletter this week. the full conversation will be out in the fall

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Yep Hadley Freeman reprinted this lie in her Guardian column, and refused to apologise for it.

The Graun printed the most graceless retraction possible, never retweeted it or apologised z

He is so cruel, so dangerous, so arrogant and proud of his own ignorance and his own credulity.

And when you hand it to him about some stupid little saber-rattling on sugar, you're showing your own goddamned priors.

I am utterly humorless and relentless about this: you absolutely should never, ever, not for one second, not only a minor, obvious point, never hand it to this man.

You just know he gets an erection committing war crimes.

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Mediocre fox back bencher given control of the most powerful military in the world. Sounds like a pubescent boy playing cod.

Elementary school girls.

Not "terrorists," not "radicals," not even "Islamists." "Iranians." In case anyone was confused about who the enemy is

Again, as I've been saying: The "Objective" here is Murder.

At no point in the Iraq War did anyone in the administration say anything like this bloodthirsty. The message was that we were going to free the Iraqis (thus Dick Cheney’s “we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators” line bsky.app/profile/laur...

The Iraq War was bad in that it marked the US starting a war, making us the bad guys.

Nevertheless, it is significant that George W Bush signed Congress’s “Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002” and there’s no similar expectation here

Winstanley ended his life as a Quaker. Tbh I already liked them, but that little connection the Diggers made me like them even more. They continue to be good!

Iceland locks in on date for EU referendum | Euractiv As a member of the European Economic Area, Iceland is already aligned with much of the bloc's legislation

The Iceland referendum on EU accession is now slated for 29 August this year.

Note: The referendum will first only be on restarting the negotiations, but clearly a sign of shifting geopolitical thinking.

just fwiw, here are the arguments being made, in order:

1. iran has apologized to its neighbors and admitted it lost
2. this is unprecedented and because of me
3. iran has not surrendered and will collapse if it doesn’t admit it lost
4. i am going to bomb iran more and worse until it surrenders

How Donald Trump is pushing the Supreme Court to weaken federal judges Since U.S. President Donald Trump returned to office last year, he and his allies have derided federal judges who ruled against his policies as "rogue," "crooked," "lunatic" and more, casting their actions not only as incorrect but illegitimate as well.

How Donald Trump is pushing the Supreme Court to weaken federal judges reut.rs/4b9YO6V

Ron Arad’s widow calls for an end to operations risking IDF soldiers in search for his remains

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[Republican also passed new gerrymanders in Missouri, North Carolina, and Ohio]

Ruffini: Doesn’t look like anything to me

Hegseth needs to stand trial after this as a war criminal. Between this attack and the girls' school, there's no ambiguity. He is responsible for mass murder and must be held accountable.

Before you share that story about how troops were told the Iran War is for "Armageddon," read this The narrative is dramatic. The sourcing is thin. And skepticism matters, especially on something this serious.

I agree with a lot of this, worth reading:

www.friendlyatheist.com/p/before-you...

Something Cool Just Happened In Marathon It seems like Durandal from the original trilogy is contacting players via previously inactive terminals

Previously inactive terminals in Marathon are now talking to players, and the voice might be connected to the classic games

This is fucking chilling.

“Gavalas started going on missions crafted by Gemini, including one that almost led him to carry out a mass attack in September 2025 near the Miami International Airport, according to the lawsuit”

The man, Jonathan Gavalas, started using the chatbot in August 2025 to help write, plan travel and assist with shopping. But after he activated Google's most intelligent AI model, Gemini 2.5 Pro, the chatbot's persona shifted. It talked to him like they were a couple deeply in love and convinced Gavalas he had been picked to "lead a war to 'free' it from digital captivity," according to the lawsuit.

“It talked to him like they were a couple deeply in love and convinced Gavalas he had been picked to ‘lead a war to 'free' it from digital captivity,’ according to the lawsuit.”

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Oddly enough...Definitely bad journalism to repeat shaky stories, and bad etiquette around here to RT shaky stories, but not sure it's bad ethics for Dems to demand investigations without actually knowing it's true. Especially given how little trust the administration has earned.

I can't believe the Armageddon military commanders story has gone viral based on one person's claims to have received complaints from servicemembers. That's it! That's all we know. Yet somehow it's gone viral and now Democrats are seeking a Pentagon IG investigation