Iran war deaths are more than just soldiers. It includes the poor, the infirm, and the hungry who are denied health care, medicine and food that could be paid for by what's being spent in the middle east.

Report Iran planning drone strike on CA in retaliation for US attack. CA because Iran knows not only would Trump not stop it, he would be on the sidelines cheering them on.

What's it going to take for a new Allies to Hitlerize the US and Trump? What country does he have to invade to make that happen?

Breaking: Noem out at DHS, replaced by Markwayne Mullin. Noem's main problem is that she wasn't blonde. Now DHS is going to be run by somebody who will never be asked to bring the potato salad to the MENSA picnic.

Anybody know if @crockett.house.gov can still run for reelection? She is desperately needed in the House. Has she been gerrymandered out of her district?

The US desperately needs a benevolent country institute whatever is necessary to effect regime change here. Sooner rather than later, please.

Anyone who thinks the US isn't as oppressive a regime as Iran must be white, male, straight, and Protestant. Everyone else, you're in the crosshairs.

Someone needs to explain to me how Iran's government is any worse than here in the US. Both treat humans as disposable, even killing without reason. Can some benevolent nation please come here and initiate regime change? Please?

Every morning now I wake up to the realization that we in the US are enduring exactly what Russians are enduring. With the same consequences for speaking out against the govt. And there's no end in sight.

Kansas has added "driving while trans" to its "driving while Black" actions. And with SCOTUS imprimatur, it seems likely cops can profile and pull over anyone who looks queer. www.advocate.com/politics/sta...

Time to rearrange the logo to "AUS"--the American Soviet Union. That way all the letters can still be used.

US middle class was built on post-WWII work ethic by returning veterans and their children. The 40 hr. work week and 2 wk. "vacation" was the price to be paid for ascending the ladder. It has now been eroded in favor of generational wealth and the "American Dream" is no more.

LA is too far into preparing for '28 Olympics for IOC to pull the games over US inhumane policies. But if the IOC wants to be seen as not hypocrites, it can and should force US athletes to participate as "AIN" like the Russians do.

Let's not forget that Trump's hero, Putin, invaded Ukraine 2 days after the 2022 Winter Olympics ended. It was never a question Trump was going to start a war February 24, 2026--the only question was where. He couldn't make a case for Greenland, Canada, so the only option was Iran.

from a (very) old Mad Magazine: V is for Vodka It's combinations vary Tomato juice and Geritol A tired bloody Mary. I can do for one.

Groucho: did you pay your taxes? Chico: Dat's where my brother lives, Taxes Groucho: No, not Texas, taxes. You know, dollars. Chico: Ats' a right, Dollas Taxes. Sorry, tried to sub tariffs for taxes, but it just didn't work.

Local paper: front page obit of Robert Duvall, full page inside. Jesse Jackson? not even a mention. I would say guess where I live, but the above doesn't narrow it down very much.

Guessing Trump is laughing hysterically at all the rubes who are so distracted by Epstein they don't see him systematically destroying the US while simultaneously lining his pockets. He knows he can't be touched by whatever is in the files so he can just merrily go about his grift.

Someone should tell POTUS the US is beyond its teenage years so he'll stop fucking it.

Item: IOC considering restoring Russia to full participation status, imposed after doping scandal and invasion of Ukraine. Great--just substitute the USA in the sanctions list, for all of its human rights violations.

Inasmuch as USA athletes' victories in the Olympics will be celebrated by Trump and his sycophant Republicans, I wish them well but I can't watch and I certainly can't cheer.

Why do people need their work cut out for them? Why can't they cut out their own work?

Had friends who studied ancient Egyptian plumbing in college...they were Pharaoh faucet majors.

Rock has lost another legend. RIP Chuck Negron. www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9uo...

I don't think I can watch the Olympics...victories by Americans will be used to celebrate the USA but there is nothing to celebrate. The IOC should refuse to allow US athletes to compete under the American flag. They should be forced to compete under the Olympic flag, like the Russians.

The US will never heal until Republicans view Democrats as opponents rather than enemies. But since the GOP is rewarded with power by having enemies, the GOP will never change and the US will never heal.

Reminder: Amendment 1 says CONGRESS shall make no law. It doesn't say POTUS shall issue no order nor that the AG shall make no directive. And don't think Trump and Bondi don't know this.

I can't help thinking if Bezos owned WaPo in the 70s, Woodward and Bernstein's story would never have been published and Nixon would have served 2 full terms.

To all the oppressed people of the world: no matter how bad it is where you live, it is worse in the US. Do not come here for any reason--you will regret it. It never used to be this way, but sadly, it is now. --signed, a Concerned and Fearful US Citizen

I don't get this obsession with Georgia 2020 ballots. GA only has 16 electoral votes; give those to Trump and Biden still has 390, leaving Trump 22 votes short. The raid on Fulton County must be a preemptive strike for November.

State prosecutors can bring charges against federal agents who commit crimes within the state's borders. Only problem is, they can't identify the perpetrators--no visual evidence, no IDs. Think it's a coincidence these thugs are masked and not badged? They were "well-advised." Prob. by Miller.

Here's a thought: Tell ICE agents they are now required to wear masks to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. Watch how fast those masks come off.

There is no recovery, no going back from this administration's assault on democracy, on the citizens. Unless you can "pay to play" you aren't safe, have no value. The only real solution is secession. Let's see how Trump and the red states fare without CA and NY, not to mention the other blue states.

Give a blue-collar worker $50K, a $100K salary, a gun, and a promise that he (yes, he) has absolute immunity from everything he does, exactly what do you think is going to happen? Renee Good and Alex Pretti is what's going to happen. Big surprise.

Bondi, Noem: "who you gonna believe, us or your lyin' eyes?"

Face it--the US is over. It will never come back, never recover. The best thing that could happen is if the allies invade like in 1940 and remove the evil dictator.

CA--you need to replace Reps Khanna and Garcia. Their obsession with Epstein seems to be impairing their ability to address the myriad other issues the Trump administration is foisting upon the US and the world. The victims of Epstein need to be the ones taking action against their criminals.

When Trump sends military to Greenland, it will be carte blanche to China to invade Taiwan--but worse, it will give carte blanche to Putin and Kim to form an alliance to attack the US. And when that happens, NATO will sit back and watch, rightfully so.

Monday, February 23--mark the date. Trump invades Greenland the day the Olympics end bc that's when Putin invaded Ukraine 4 years ago. And he won't risk getting athletes banned by going in before then. Of course, if the IOC had any testicles, it would ban them now..

I don't understand why the IOC is allowing US athletes to compete under the US flag. The US is no better than Russia at this point. BAN US ATHLETES NOW.

Reality check: Dems winning the House and (unlikely) Senate won't make a bit of difference. They won't have a veto-proof majority so Trump will do whatever he wants anyway. And if you think funding matters, the reason Trump wants such a huge military budget is so he can divert the funds anywhere.

Does anyone really doubt that ICE in MN was ordered (by Trump through Noem?) to escalate the violence so Trump COULD invoke the Insurrection Act? Once he has troops in MN he'll order escalation in LA or maybe DC. By fall there will be military in every major blue city in the US.

People who think Trump is deranged or mentally deficient--you're wrong. He knows exactly what he's doing, and everything he does is designed to either (a) benefit him financially, or (b) reinforce and augment his power. He doesn't give a damn about anything else and acts accordingly.

y'know, when Trump attacks Greenland, 30 NATO countries are bound to come to its defense. Hopefully, they will invade the US and take Trump prisoner. It wouldn't be the worst thing to be under NATO rule...

The US ois no longer a nation of laws. It is a nation of men-or rather, of one man. And there's no going back. Too many powerful people profit from the system.

"government of the oligarchs, by the oligarchs, for the oligarchs, shall not perish from the US while Republicans are in power." Which at this point seems to be perpetual and without interruption.

The USA is past the rescue stage--it is now in the recovery stage. And the bodies--literal and figurative--that will be recovered will have no descendants.

When Trump tries to take Greenland by force, it will give Putin (and/or Kim) carte blanche to attack the US, knowing the other NATO countries will be popping popcorn as they watch from the comfort of their recliners.

Let me see if I have this right: Renee Nicole Good was a domestic terrorist but Ashli Babbitt was a patriot hero. That about it?