The US economy was even weaker before the Iran war than understood, according to new figures. Economic growth in the fourth quarter of 2025 was only an anemic 0.7% annualized, not 1.4% as previously reported. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/b...

This is a good article explaining the coming Senate fight against the fascist GOP efforts to undermine the right of every American to do what is fundamental in every democracy, vote!

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@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social: Trump's Iran war propaganda videos show the depths of his depravity youtu.be/fSgJsFfYjBw?...

Two tankers were ablaze in an Iraqi port after a hit by suspected Iranian explosive-laden boats. Images verified by Reuters as having been filmed from the shore of the port of Basra showed ships engulfed in orange fireballs that lit up the night sky reut.rs/4bgqMxK

Watching Vladimir Kara-Murza deliver Marie Colvin Lecture and remind us that Mussolini said that he had seized power and destroyed democracy “by plucking the chicken feather by feather,” so no one notices. Let’s notice.

Oh come on Donald don’t do me like this. I’ve gotta be the WORST lol

I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public. I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are. 1/ Here's what I can share:

Trump's illegal Iran War is destined to end in failure. Already, hardline leadership is emerging that will be more hostile to America than the leaders we killed. And there is no way to eliminate their nuclear program with a bombing campaign. This whole war is pointless.

Our politics are fundamentally corrupt. And our economy is rigged against working people because of this corruption.

Turns out lawlessness is not a winning strategy. See you at Nuremberg 2.0

Different wars, different circumstances, similar rhetoric. For Anton Troianovski, who was in Moscow when Putin launched his "special military operation" against Ukraine, the Trump team's language on its "operation" against Iran sounds awfully familiar. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/u...

This is very good. A 4 minute read that can help you understand how your family member is far down the rabbit hole and is part of the right wing fascist cult.

Literally everything Trump promised was a lie, but those of us who knew better and warned everyone have to pay the same price as all the idiots that believed him.

"It's like watching The Sopranos. Every day they get up and they try to figure out how to plunder and pillage the people." - Rep. Jamie Raskin #TrumpCrimeFamily

Mass confusion unfolded at polling centers in Dallas County on primary night. That confusion was manufactured. It renewed fears of voter suppression ahead of the midterms. ProPublica's @dougbockclark.bsky.social warns "last minute changes to election laws can disenfranchise a lot of people." #Velshi

Former Trump chief of staff John Kelly confirmed previous reports that Mr. Trump had made admiring statements about Hitler, had expressed contempt for disabled veterans and had characterized those who died for the United States as “losers” and “suckers." Read more: https://bit.ly/4eSSW2n

So Iran now has, perhaps for the first time, information about the location of our most sensitive covert sites in the region. A completely foreseeable, unnecessary consequence of unnecessary war with Iran.

The Guardian on our new study, which shows that global heating is significantly gathering speed. Our efforts to overcome our fossil fuel addiction should do the same. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Trump dressed down to deliver a war announcement worthy of the Mar-a-Lago basement

The Trump administration took your money illegally. They won’t give it back.

Trump/Russia Trump/Epstein Epstein/Russia It’s all connected. This afternoon, around 2:50 PM, I’ll take to the Senate Floor to unpack some of the numerous, well-documented connections between these parties. I hope you’ll tune in.

Wow look at this memory chip stonk going parabolic. Whoops my bad. It's the retail price of diesel gas. good luck truckers - you voted for it

JAN 6 PLAQUE will finally be posted at Capitol, after long, unreasonable delay by Trump supporters youtube.com/shorts/-yLFV...

I just left a classified briefing with the Trump Administration about the war in Iran. I was worried before, but I’m more worried now.

In the modern era, no American president has ordered more military strikes against as many different countries as Donald Trump. None.

Jon Lovett is disgusted by the glibness of the Trump administration as they launch a war in Iran.

theyre just all so fucking stupid and we were told we had to be respectful and treat their stupid fucking opinions seriously even though we knew its all bull shit and now here we are

Kash Patel’s latest firings ousted agents with expertise in Iran www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...

The glibness. The indifference. The carelessness. The utter lack of planning for a war against a country of 90M. The sickness of a man who acts on whim that will kill thousands not hundreds. The horror of a regime that enables this sickness. The broken body politic that votes in such malignancy.

Democrats MUST insist on a vote on an Authorization of Military Force (an AUMF) for Trump’s war in Iran. My friend @kaine.senate.gov is leading the charge on a War Powers Resolution (WPR) that I support. But it's not a substitute for an AUMF. 1/ A 🧵on the difference. It's important.

American troops are dying in the Middle East for Trump's illegal war against Iran, but the president is more concerned with promoting his gold-encrusted ballroom.

What we are witnessing is a national obscenity.

No president in the modern era has launched more military strikes against as many different countries as Trump, including more individual strikes in 2025 than Biden ordered in all four years. @zacharybasu www.axios.com/2026/03/02/t...

Trump's Operation Epic Distraction anntelnaes.substack.com/p/operation-...

JFC you guys — do better. He literally shrugged and said “…that’s the way it is…”

A pedophile. An adjudicated rapist. A convicted felon. A pathological liar. A sociopath. A malignant narcissist. A sadist. A racist. A fascist. A traitor. An insurrectionist. A war-monger. A demagogue. A despot. An enemy of the Constitution. An American nightmare.

The FBI being on high alert for terrorist actions is important right now. Too bad they fired and gutted their counterterrorism capacity

Be careful what you ask for: www.reuters.com/world/middle...

During the U.S.-Israeli attack in Iran on Saturday, dozens of people, most of them likely children, were killed when a strike hit a girls’ elementary school in Minab and a high school in Tehran, according to Iranian health officials, state media and a human rights group. trib.al/y3MsQLC

Sen. Ossoff Statement on Iran.

The American people now see Trump for who he is — a would-be dictator who does not care what Americans think or want, cares nothing about our Constitution or our laws, and sees himself as a kind of eighteenth-century king, with unlimited power to drag us into wars without the consent of the people.

To all those who are saying "I did not vote for this, this is not what I voted for when I voted for him!" - Yes, you did. Yes, you did. Yes, you did. We told you. We warned you. You didn't listen.

things every single republican president of your lifetime has done - started a war in the middle east - completely destroyed the economy

-Zero Congressional consultation or approval. -Zero preparation of public for need/consequences of war. -Zero evidence of thought about "OK, what might the other side do?" Next month. Next year. -Zero mention of anti-nuke agreement Trump voided, or Trump claim last year that nukes "obliterated."

This is a big one. A newly uncovered document has revealed the existence of a mystery Epstein investigation. It was spearheaded by the DEA and involved drug trafficking and money laundering. Epstein was one of 15 targets. The other 14 names are redacted. I've got questions.

On behalf of Epstein, Jean-Luc Brunel recruited Melanija Knavs and brought her to the US. Brunel then would up dead under mysterious circumstances in a Paris prison, and Melanija wound up being introduced by Epstein to Trump and married to him. Guess who's not testifying about her Epstein connection

Many Democratic politicians still refuse to acknowledge and act on the reality that they are in a civil war against the Republicans and that winning this war will require breaking with traditional norms and niceties and even some generally solid democratic practices. trib.al/pRwVqga