Trump, of course, has his own hatreds for Iran. It doesn't get a lot of attention, but Iran's biggest sin for him may be that they negotiated an agreement with Obama but not with him.
And I would love to know a lot more about the Jared and Steve negotiations. 5/
Stephen Miller seems most likely, although he has not been consumed with the same hatred for Iran that he has for immigrants. Marco Rubio focuses on Cuba and almost got it for a few microseconds.
Was it the FDD guys? They've been largely submerged, but they wanted the war since forever. 4/
I know that military folk were aware that a war on Iran would raise oil prices. Were they not consulted? Not listened to? Were those who might have said something sidelined earlier?
Who was the genius who managed to push Trump toward this war? Netanyahu, certainly. But which of his advisors? 3/
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A few days ago, after Trump and Netanyahu set things in motion, Susie Wiles was desperately looking for ideas on keeping the price of oil down. It sounded like the first time she had thought about it.
Is it possible that the words "Strait of Hormuz" were never uttered in the previous week? 2/
I have so many questions...
Over the years, when the hypothetical of a war against Iran came up, one of the first things anyone would volunteer was the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and oil prices skyrocketing. It's obvious. Maybe more than obvious if you've ever looked at a map. 1/
I just want to make sure that everyone knows Trump's war of choice in Iran is costing us $900 million a day according to the latest figures
Not $900 a day, not $9,000 a day, not $90,000 a day, not $900,000 a day, not $9 million a day, not $90 million a day
$900 million a day
Belgium MP Paul Magnette: “Not one of our soldiers, not one of our weapons, should go for Trump’s war in Iran. We must say no to Trump, like Spain did”
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“Perhaps the most compelling reason not to go to war abroad is that we’re already fighting one here at home. Americans don’t need to be deployed to Iran or elsewhere to experience the horrors of war because one has been domestically grown for us.”
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I was asked by Jake Tapper if my push to deny Trump funding for his illegal war with Iran was a failure to "support our troops".
My answer: refusing to repeat the mistakes of the past - sending soldiers to die in pointless Middle East wars - is how we support our troops
It is reported that Iran selected Mojtaba Khamenei in part because Trump said in an interview that he was "unacceptable" to Trump.
So Trump has ensured the person running Iran is *more* theocratic and hates the US for killing his wife and father. Well done, Donald!
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Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei
• More hardline than father
• He’s the IRGC candidate
• Relatively young: 56
• Avoids public
• Trusted by father, clerics
• Was in military during Iraq-Iran war
• His wife, Zahra, killed in Israeli airstrike w his father
WOW .. gotta hand it to Trump and Netanyahu. Start an illegal war with Iran, assassinate Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to topple the regime, watch him be replaced by his son, Mojtaba Khamenei. Epic regime-change fail for Don and Bibi. It's like a war run by Beavis and Butthead, but a whole lot stupider 🤡
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TRUMP’S ILLEGAL WAR: entering week 2
📌 Another US service member has died from injuries suffered in Saudi Arabia. Death toll is now 7
📌 Mojtaba Khamenei, son of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, named as the new supreme leader, a hardline cleric closely tied to the Revolutionary Guard.
Went for a very windy walk in the land trust preserve. (Sorry about the wind noise)
07.03.2026 20:17 — 👍 3315 🔁 253 💬 72 📌 7From across the highway. Muted it because the road noise was loud.
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A power pole with a sleeping bobcat perched on the cross bar.
It was very bright today on a different part of the preserve. I zoomed way in w the phone at what I thought was a nest on a power pole. Couldn’t really see that well.
Just got home. It’s not a nest. 😳
A toad is face on to the camera. It is caught in the flash from a camera, so the background is dark and its features are fully-lit.
A toad is slightly side-on to the camera. It is caught in the flash from a camera, so the background is dark and its features are fully-lit.
Just been out for the last dog walk and saw these two rather fine-looking chaps (or chapesses?) on the path. Went back out with the camera, turned on the flash, pointed, and hoped for the best. Came out better than I expected!
08.03.2026 21:39 — 👍 1083 🔁 84 💬 34 📌 3
The Aurora Tree apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26030...
The unusual Earth-sky collaboration was witnessed in March of 2017 in Iceland.
Spent some time in Iowa and went long on Iowa State’s Audi Crooks. Despite her dominance, she deals with a lot of negativity, especially about her body. But no matter what is said about her, Audi Crooks wears a smile. www.espn.com/womens-colle...
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Just throwing anything at the wall at this point
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Freedom Over Fascism: Women Rise on International Women’s Day
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me paying $30 in gas to buy imported things that have been hit with tariffs bc joe rogan is learning about politics at age 58
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Carmen Sandiego from the 90s cartoon
Happy International Women's Day to the original International Woman
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Officials in Corpus Christi say they will face a “water emergency” within months and could run out of water entirely next year. bit.ly/4lnoX72
08.03.2026 20:45 — 👍 16 🔁 18 💬 1 📌 0
Orange and white cat, alert on a chair. He says, "good morning Gonzobongos! What's up?"
Goodemorning Gonzobongos! Whatis up?
08.03.2026 21:22 — 👍 676 🔁 37 💬 28 📌 0
The biggest way this is like Covid is that Trump has no idea how bad he’s fucking up. And no one he’s listening to will even try to tell him.
08.03.2026 23:22 — 👍 376 🔁 87 💬 16 📌 10
Meanwhile in BC.
If you're cold, the martens are cold. Let them inside. They will not eat your eggs and/or electrical wiring.
chat is it good when the oil lines go vertical
chat come back here
chat stop screaming
Montana Republican Tim Sheehy voted to scrap solar tax credits after installing panels and battery storage at his Bozeman home.
08.03.2026 19:39 — 👍 1313 🔁 537 💬 88 📌 41
A handicap blue and white painted sign on the asphalt of a parking space. The symbols are meant to be a pregnant women and a baby stroller, but it doesn't look like that. It looks like pac man being killed with scissors next to a dancer
Twerkers at the barbeque get priority parking 🫡
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