Threatening mass destruction of civilian infrastructure to spread fear is a war crime. Military service members need to trust their training, remember their oaths, and push back up the chain of command.

Trump wants to jail journalists for reporting that a second airman was missing after Iran shot down a US F-15E. "National security," they said, apparently meaning theirs. #FirstAmendment

Iran shoots down a US plane, a second airman goes missing, and Trump's first move is to threaten the reporters who told the public about it. The enemy already knew. The only people being kept in the dark were Americans. #FirstAmendment

They didn't break the system. They staffed it with people who wouldn't use it. The courts. The Senate. The cabinet. The ballot box is the next target. Protect the vote. Support candidates. Show up in the midterms. Some fights are worth making even when the odds are bad. #StrongerTogether #LFG

The US, Iran, and regional mediators are currently discussing the terms for a potential 45-day ceasefire that could lead to a permanent end to the war. Sources say the chances of reaching a deal in the next 48 hours are slim.

Lebanon reports 54 paramedics (wearing red uniforms) killed by Israel even though Red Cross shares their coordinates with UN peacekeepers to notify Israel. Human Rights Watch labels strikes on paramedics as war crimes, and Amnesty International says Israel is repeating a pattern of unlawful attacks.

Ukraine hit a Lukoil refinery and oil terminal in Russia overnight... even as allies have asked Kyiv to hold off on refinery strikes while the Iran war keeps global fuel prices elevated. Ukraine has dismissed the ask, maintaining that these facilities directly fuel Russia's war effort. #SlavaUkraini

The beautiful Palo Verde trees next to my home... sadly, I am allergic. This season my allergies are especially bad due to a mild winter resulting in vibrant blooms. Yet, I still enjoy their bright yellow blooms creating a bed of soft color over the landscape rock. Happy Easter!

"Power Plant Day." "Bridge Day." "Praise be to Allah." Posted at 8am on Easter Sunday by the unhinged madman who is skipping church.

Great news... the second crew member of the downed F-15E has been rescued, and all personnel involved are safely out of Iran.

One American airman is out there right now - evading, hiding, surviving - what the US military trained him to do. He held up his end. A war that started with promises it would be quick and clean, one American airman is alone in hostile territory, waiting for us to hold up ours. Bring him home.

Israeli military officials called leaders of at least eight villages in Lebanon and told them to expel Shiites who had sought refuge in their communities. All complied, fearing that if they did not, their towns could be hit next. Human rights groups have condemned the plan as ethnic cleansing.

Fired Army Chief Gen. Randy George's farewell letter praised soldiers and stressed the need for leaders of character... a pointed implicit contrast with the man who fired him. He cited 38 years of service and said he stayed in uniform repeatedly because of the people around him.

We will not see Trump today... unfortunately he's still rage posting.

Never expected to agree with them, but here I am. Iran's Speaker of Parliament:

The US has dropped bombs on 11,000 targets in five weeks. Iran's missile bunkers are operational again within HOURS. Trump claims they have "very few rockets left." US intelligence says that's false. But sure, let's hear more about how well this is going.

Senator Duckworth: My heart goes out to the crew members and their loved ones who are waiting for answers. It’s a relief one servicemember has been found and rescued, and I’m grateful for those risking their lives to look for the one who remains missing. Trump: (crickets)

I think the Trump's war principles were under the illusion that Iran is like Iraq or even Afghanistan. Iran is a modern technologically advanced society that has managed to coexist alongside clerical rule. They are going to fight back with whatever surprises they have. bsky.app/profile/jonc...

Hegseth said Iran couldn't touch our planes. Iran touched 4 of our planes today. An F-15E is down over Iran - one crew member still missing. An A-10 Warthog is down in Kuwait. Two Black Hawks took hits mid-rescue - crews injured. This is what "complete air dominance" looks like, apparently.

Trump's FY27 budget... The centerpiece is a $1.5 trillion defense request split between $1.1 trillion through regular appropriations and $350 billion via reconciliation. It's a guns-over-butter budget on steroids with domestic programs squeezed and shaped by the U.S.-Iran war as political backdrop.

We were told Iran's air defenses were largely destroyed. Today, an American F-15E is shot down by Iran. Two crew members are missing. Iran is offering an reward for their capture. Families are waiting by their phones right now.💔

"The April Fools come when better relations between NATO and Iran leave juxtaposed the new axis of evil — Putin, Trump, and Netanyahu." (The Outpost by Frank Wrinn on Substack) #Israel #Palestine #IranWar #MiddleEast #ForeignPolicy open.substack.com/pub/theoutpo...

A year ago Trump held up a tariff booklet "as thick as the Bible" and promised a manufacturing renaissance. Instead: 98,000 jobs gone, auto and lumber sectors hollowed out, and factory construction is MORE expensive now. The only thing roaring is the silence where those jobs were supposed to be.

Pete Hegseth - credibly accused of sexual assault, confirmed only by a tiebreaker VP vote, and currently under investigation - just forced out the Army's Chief of Staff.

Trump fired Pam Bondi for mishandling the Epstein files... which is his way of saying she failed to successfully make them disappear. Don't worry, she'll probably be appointed a federal judge. That's how accountability works now.

Trump's EO restricting mail-in voting has legal challenges. Democrats and a coalition of voter rights groups filed separate suits arguing it violates constitutional amendments and exceeds presidential authority over elections. The only thing left of 'foolproof' is the fool.

Yes, fire Bondi... But if you're handing out pink slips... Hegseth is dismantling the military from the inside. Miller is the architect of cruelty. And Kushner? No title, no confirmation, no accountability - just access to everything.

Trump: We're a big country. We're fighting wars. It's not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these things. Can't do daycare. Can't do Medicaid. Can't do Medicare. Can do F-35s. Can do tax cuts for the rich. Can do $100 million golf trips.

The price of oil was down when Trump started speaking and had gone up by the time he finished his April Fools Address to the Nation.

Trump has concluded speaking after 19 minutes. Nothing new was said tonight. This was a rehash of his Truth Social posts over the past month.

“It will just open up naturally at the end of the conflict," Trump says about the Strait of Hormuz. And “if no deal is made,” the US would hit Iran’s electric grid. Because the grid serves civilians, that would be a violation of the Geneva Conventions. - April Fools' Address to the Nation

Trump will deliver his April Fools' address tonight. He'll take to the stage tonight to announce - again - that we've won in Iran, and that NATO's freeloaders are responsible for the burning shipping lane he ignited. April Fools' Day. The one day a year his speech is labeled correctly.

Iran's president wrote a more coherent foreign policy argument than anything the US has produced since attacking Iran, asking if America First actually means America. Trump's response was to threaten Stone Age-level destruction and take credit for a ceasefire request that Iran says never happened.

Trump signed an executive order to fix elections. A federal judge blocked his last executive order to fix elections. But Trump says this one is "foolproof." "Fool" is doing a lot of work in that sentence.

How fucking appropriate... That today - April Fools' Day - Trump will address the nation on the Iran War.

On May 1st, we take action across the country. No School. No Work. No Shopping. We are Standing Up AND demandING: Tax the rich so our families, not their fortunes, come first. No ICE. No war. No private army serving authoritarian power. And it’s up to us to organize and act together. #LFG

Marjorie Taylor Greene accusing Fox News of brainwashing boomers with pro-war propaganda is the best media criticism from the right since... well, since Fox News called itself fake news to avoid a defamation suit. MTG, your tinfoil hat has new purpose.

Judge rules that construction of the White House ballroom "must stop until Congress authorizes its completion." And reminded Trump that he doesn't actually own the White House. With an exclamation point!

Abolish ICE! Delete Homeland Security and the Patriot Act. Reset. Start over.

Trump is stationing ICE agents at Marine graduation to terrorize the families of soldiers he may send to die in Iran. These kids spent 13 weeks earning the title Marine. Their reward: watching their loved ones get detained at the gate.

Who saw this coming... 🙋‍♀️ In the Charlie Kirk murder the ATF couldn't match the bullet fragment to Tyler Robinson's gun. The FBI is running more tests.

Trump just told every ally to pound sand, declared victory in a war that's still very much on fire, and finished with "go get your own oil"... which is an interesting thing to say when your missiles just destabilized the region that has their oil.

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The US is considering a military operation to seize Iran's enriched uranium stockpile. So we bombed the facility. Didn't destroy the uranium. And now the plan is to send soldiers in to grab it. The uranium is underground. Booby-trapped. In Iran. Operation We Should Have Thought This Through.

Being Attorney General is a privilege NOT a right.

Trump claims great progress in US-Iran talks with a new, more reasonable regime, saying a deal is close WHILE threatening to hit Kharg Island, power plants, oil wells, desalination infrastructure. Short version: negotiations may or may not be real, but the threat escalation definitely is.

Iran threatens to attack American ground troops and punish US regional allies if the US escalates to a ground invasion. Iran: We're waiting for the arrival of American troops on the ground to set them on fire and punish their regional partners forever. Our determination and faith have increased.

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