The Israeli and U.S. bombardment of Iran continued early Wednesday, as did Iran’s retaliatory missile and drone barrage across the Gulf region.

Ecuadorian and U.S. forces launch joint operations to combat drug trafficking, U.S. Southern Command says, but neither side gave more details.

"He needs to take a hard look in the mirror and rein it in a bit."

This is HUGE. Please let everyone know, they are already working on declaring a national emergency to take over the midterms.

"Healthy democracies do not respond to attempts to impose authoritarian rule by allowing their perpetrators to remain in positions of power." thenationmagazine.substack.com/p/democrats-...

President Donald Trump appears to have just blown up one of the reasons he gave for coordinating strikes against Iran with Israel over the weekend, according to one expert.

In an overlooked decision this week, the Supreme Court ruled that the post office can refuse to deliver your mail, which is KIND OF SIGNIFICANT if you choose to mail your ballot. To do this work, the anti-democracy wing turned to their favorite “black friend,” Clarence Thomas.

These motherfuckers deliberately target schools for violence HERE. I sure as shit believe they targeted schools elsewhere too.

The liberal justices call out the *rank* hypocrisy of their Republican colleagues on the Court

From Iran to Venezuela and perhaps Cuba and other places, Trump doesn't want democracy. He wants submission (via Bloomberg Opinion)

Oil supertanker rates hit all-time high as insurers drop war risk protection in the Middle East

U.S. officials and lawmakers with access to classified information say the Trump administration’s assertions about threats from Iran are incomplete, unsubstantiated, or flat-out wrong.

US officials have expressed concerns on Patriot interceptor stockpiles as recent conflicts have seen reliance on the system.

A MAGA lawmaker gave Secretary of State Marco Rubio a low grade for his "troubling" answer about the Trump administration's strikes on Iran.

I really appreciate Donald Trump signing his social media posts with his name and title because otherwise I might mistake his posts for the ramblings of a mentally decaying convicted felon with the temper of a spoiled two-year-old... Oh, wait...

After being found in the Epstein files, this Russian politician came down with a sudden case of the blues and Epstein’ed himself with a Luger pistol. These new American oligarchs need to pay attention as they may be Epstein’ed, too. #ProudBlue #tRumpsteinFiles www.thedailybeast.com/russian-busi...

Just in case they are looking to see public response. I am against war. I am against collaborating with warmongers. I'm against war crimes and the massacre of children. Of anyone. War is monstrous. What is being done cannot be justified. I am ashamed of and disgusted by the horror we unleash.

We had a plan, but we blew up the plan.

“What is most repugnant to me in America is not the extreme freedom that reigns there, it is the lack of a guarantee against tyranny.” – Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America (1835/40)

Oil and natural gas prices jumped Monday as conflict intensified across the Middle East, threatening the flow of energy to global markets. https://cnn.it/3OKuwjs

Is questioning electability racism? Texas’ tense Dem primary comes to a head.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal administration deliberations, said President Donald Trump says he is “eventually” willing to talk but that for now the military operation “continues unabated.” https://to.pbs.org/4b3Sdeb

From our magazine: Texas and the State of Texas are not exactly one—this sprawling place we call home contains five of the 15 most-populous cities in the country. All lean to the left, all see their power currently suppressed.

“This is an introduction of U.S. forces into hostilities. It absolutely triggers the 48-hour notice requirement.”

Optics. @thedailybeast.bsky.social www.thedailybeast.com/trump-hosts-...

Twitter? "Drowning in Disinformation?" Say it ain't so, Mindless Führer.

It’s really crazy how much I’ve been agreeing with Rep. Thomas Massie recently!

Reports indicate at least 100 children have already been killed in strikes on schools. That is unconscionable. Three U.S. service members are dead as a result of this entirely preventable war of choice. The blood of these service members, these children, and every civilian rests in Trump’s hands.

Dubai and Ukrainian city of Kharkiv are being bombed by same Iranian Shahed drones today. The sentence I never thought I would ever need to say

They warned everyone. And now we are all paying the price for other people’s stupidity, racism, misogyny and hatred.

Made up threats against America is what the Republican Controlled Government is doing today.

OUCH.

The fact that we bombed a school, killing innocent school children, makes it clear that Netanyahu was involved in the planning of this attack.

3 American soldiers have now been killed because the president wants you to stop thinking about all the children he raped.

WELKER: If there is a war powers vote, will you be a yes? SEN. MARK KELLY: Well, I'm gonna have to take a close look at it. I want to hear from the White House what their strategy is going forward. I would say at this point it's rather unlikely that I would be.

Khanna: "Trump said the Iraq War was a disaster. He said Libya was a disaster. He ran bc a big part of the MAGA base did not want another war in the Middle East. They rejected Lindsey Graham, & yet here we have Lindsey Graham being the face of Republican foreign policy. I believe this is a betrayal"

Footage of Jake Lang getting arrested in DC for a warrant he had in Minnesota!

Padma Lakshmi just cooked this guy. 🔥

Mass shootings don't even make national news anymore. www.kut.org/crime-justic...

Chris Murphy: "It won't be the billionaire children of Donald Trump and his buddies that die. It's going to be the children of middle class and poor families all across this country that are gonna die for a war of choice, a war of vanity, an illegal war."

A 6-month pregnant woman was detained by ICE and subjected to handcuffing and shackling. She was then held in a cell for three days without a bed or adequate food before being rushed to a Boston hospital due to severe abdominal pain.

So they have no plan. Got it.

Pedophile Trump said "hold my beer." 😅 #EpsteinWar #Resist

Chris Murphy: “He's the most corrupt president in the history of our nation — This is a disaster. It is illegal. And the president is obligated under the Constitution to come to Congress & ask for an authorization of military force”

Chris Murphy: "This is a disaster. It's illegal."

Today's Republican voters have an overwhelming fear that somehow, somewhere, someone they view as inferior is being treated as an equal. This defines everything they actively support, and everything they're willing to put up with. As long as Republicans punch down, they'll never lose their base.

I still think they’re just trying to distract from the Epstein files

Ted Cruz: "I have no indication they were anywhere close to getting nuclear weapons"