The real failure is that the richest and most powerful nation in the world — a nation that led the world since World War II, establishing the postwar international order emphasizing democracy, human rights, and the rule of law — is now led by a rogue president who rejects these values. Robert Reich

Trump is spending $1 billion a day in his attacks on Iran but that he slashed through government programs that help Americans, claiming the need to address the country’s ballooning national debt. Heather Cox Richardson

A key reason the Framers of the Constitution put the power to declare war in the hands of Congress, rather than the executive, was that they were familiar with the history of European kings who launched wars that reduced their subjects to poverty under crushing war taxes. Heather Cox Richardson

Make no mistake, this is Trump’s war. He says it every day…. And if he wants to go any further, he needs to come out and have this discussion with Congress and the American people. Senator Rosen

I am concerned about the threat to American lives, of deploying our sons and daughters on the ground in Iran. We seem to be on a path toward deploying American troops on the ground in Iran and there is the specter of active Russian aid to Iran, putting American lives in danger. Senator Blumenthal

Donald Trump unilaterally started a war with Iran. No authorization. No notification. No explanation to the American people. He simply ordered bombs dropped on another country—because he could. That is what unchecked power looks like. And we are living inside it. Robert Reich

Whether the subject was Iran, immigration, elections, or transgender people, Trump’s method was the same: manufacture fear, flatten complexity, invent enemies, and present himself as the only instrument of national survival. That is why these appearances felt so sinister. George Cummings

In one breath, Trump suggested the conflict was nearly over; in another, he described it as the “beginning of building a new country,” which is exactly the kind of nation-building fantasy his allies keep pretending is not underway. George Cummings

Trump's entire speech was a portrait of a president who treats war as branding, governance as extortion, and Congress as a cheering section for whatever tantrum he is having that day. George Cummings

Late last week the FBI finally released, in redacted form, three missing FBI Form 302 interview files related to credible allegations of sex crimes against a minor by Trump. Still missing are the FBI’s notes from those interviews, a rather telling and unexplained omission. Jay Kuo

Seven U.S. service members are dead so far, as are more than 1,800 Iranians, and the price of oil has now topped $100 a barrel. So, right now the key question is: What will Trump demand of Iran to end his war? Robert Reich

Now Trump is spending an estimated $1 billion a day on Operation Epic Fury, highlighting that while there was no money for programs that helped the American people, there appears to be plenty for a war of choice in the Middle East. Heather Cox Richardson

It appears that Trump saw the strikes themselves as the culmination of his performance and did not have a plan for what would happen after them. He has said he was surprised that the conflict has included neighboring states. Heather Cox Richardson

President Trump attended the dignified transfer returning the remains of the six U.S. soldiers killed in the military action against Iran to the United States for burial. At the transfer, Trump wore a white USA baseball cap for sale in his campaign store for $55. Heather Cox Richardson

Trump’s threat to veto all bills before the SAVE Act makes its way to his desk is an acknowledgment that he has no authority to impose VoterID and proof of citizenship requirements by executive order. Robert Hubbell

For nearly two decades, Trump has been lying about elections and threatening the democratic process. A small group of us has been sounding this alarm, but far too few people in positions of power have been willing to act. The result is that things have only gotten worse.

Trump’s inability to understand the sacrifice that he is demanding from men and women who volunteered to defend their country is appalling. And it is another reason that we must do our best to ensure that Congress exercises oversight of this illegal war as quickly as possible. Robert Hubbell

Fox News was so embarrassed by Trump’s behavior that the network used video from a previous dignified transfer during which Trump did not wear a hat. When Fox was criticized for attempting to cover up Trump’s disrespect, Fox corrected the video and apologized for its “mistake.” Robert Hubbell

Trump sees war as “blowing things up.” Dealing with the bodies of soldiers he sent to war is—for Trump—an annoyance that delayed his weekend golf by a day, to Sunday, when he wore the same golf hat that he wore during the dignified transfer. Robert Hubbell

Trump fidgeted through the dignified transfer ceremony, compulsively fiddling with his jacket buttons and lapel. Worse, he wore a white golfing cap and never took it off. By tradition, civilians remove their hats during ceremonies, e.g., during the singing of the Star-Spangled Banner Robert Hubbell

The coming global oil shock and the unpopularity of the war will weaken Trump and the GOP’s resolve to protect him at all costs. Although Trump is currently unrestrained, we are seizing the momentum. Stay strong, and show up! Robert Hubbell

DHS is still in partial shutdown mode, and the Pentagon will need a supplemental appropriation to continue its air war against Iran. Democrats and a handful of Republicans can stop (or cut short) the illegal war in short order by denying the Pentagon new funds. Robert Hubbell

It's not enough to destroy Iran’s nuclear processing capability. The US must destroy the existing stockpiles of enriched uranium—a task likely accomplished through ground assault or negotiations, before Trump pulled the trigger on a reckless war. Robert Hubbell

The US stock market lost all of its gains for the year last week and turned negative for the year. As of Sunday evening, the Asian markets (trading on Monday) and the DOW and S&P futures markets were down 2%+, suggesting a very bad opening to the US stock markets on Monday. Robert Hubbell

What makes Trump's speech so dangerous is not simply that it is ignorant, though it is; not simply that it is crude, though it is relentlessly so; but that it fuses personal narcissism with state violence in a way that erases every institutional restraint. George Cummings

In Trump’s political theology, peace is whatever follows after he has humiliated, bombed, coerced, or dominated someone into submission. George Cummings

the president has no idea what he has set in motion. none. www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

Giving up hope would be unforgivable. We owe staying in this fight to Reverend Jackson and to other leaders who have fought to make this country better. We owe it to the foot soldiers who marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge 61 years ago in Selma, Alabama. Giving up is not an option. Joyce Vance

The Right controls the media production and distribution in this country. They decide which stories get told and which don’t, which issues get highlighted and which get buried. It’s an enormously powerful megaphone — particularly in the hands of a corrupt authoritarian like Trump. Dan Pfeiffer

Putting CNN under the thumb of a right-wing billionaire who sees journalism as a tool to appease Trump is very bad news for both journalism and democracy. It means one less entity willing to hold the powerful accountable — which is exactly what Ellison and Trump want. Dan Pfeiffer

It's not just that Ellison is ideologically conservative — he clearly is. It’s that he leveraged his relationship with Trump to smooth the regulatory road for this purchase. Trump helped make this deal happen, and now Ellison owes him. Dan Pfeiffer

Ellison’s rise to power in Hollywood has been a masterclass in corruption. To get Trump administration approval for his original acquisition of Paramount last year, CBS settled a frivolous lawsuit and put $16 million in Trump’s pocket. Dan Pfeiffer

There has never been a more depraved, unfit, incompetent or corrupt American government in 250 years of history. The president is a liar, a degenerate, a felon and a blustering incompetent whose ignorance is only matched by his narcissism. Steve Schmidt

Too many of our institutions failed. Members of the Republican Party chose to ignore his behavior or went along with it. The legacy media chose to downplay it. Corporate America chose to profit off of it. And now we are living with the consequences of those cowardly choices. Marc Elias

For nearly two decades, Trump has been lying about elections and threatening the democratic process. A small group of us has been sounding this alarm, but far too few people in positions of power have been willing to act. The result is that things have only gotten worse. Marc Elias

Lucifer has a point

A direct line connects this violence with the U.S. government’s violence over the past year against people in Minneapolis, Chicago, and other American cities. And with the violence at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Behind it all is the vicious bully now occupying the Oval Office Robert Reich

People readily swapped out their religious beliefs to worship at the altar of a man who doesn’t believe in kindness or decency. MAGA Republican politicians, which is to say virtually everyone in the Senate and the House, fear Trump more than they care about truth and justice. Joyce Vance

People readily swapped out their religious beliefs to worship at the altar of a man who doesn’t believe in kindness or decency. MAGA Republican politicians, which is to say virtually everyone in the Senate and the House, fear Trump more than they care about truth and justice. Joyce Vance

Russia is providing Iran with the information it needs to attack U.S. forces in the Middle East, including aircraft and ships. Washington Post

We have links with Russia, girls from Russia, money from Russia, deals and transactions with Russia, contacts with Russian intelligence, news reports exploring contacts with Russia, and an official investigation from the government of Poland into an Epstein-Russia connection. Senator Whitehouse

The Epstein files, riddled as they are with references to Trump, are also riddled with references to Russian girls and women, Russian operatives, and Russian president Vladimir Putin. Senator Whitehouse

Trump’s new national security policy threw traditional U.S. allies overboard and favored policies that Russian government officials praised as “largely consistent” with their own. Heather Cox Richardson

Throughout his 2nd term, Trump advanced policies that help Russia, pausing weapons shipments to Ukraine, easing sanctions on Russia, and pushing a peace deal favorable to Russia. Last summer, he welcomed Putin to America. Administration officials have parroted Russian propaganda. Senator Whitehouse

Not since Adolf Hitler blew his brains out in a bunker beneath the garden of the German Reich Chancellery on April 30, 1945, have the lives of so many people around the world been so buffeted by the psychosis of a single man. David Rothkopf

There is nothing coming out of the WH that can be accepted as truth.

Cash to Epstein’s prison guard & missing ‘suicide video’: Connect the dots with the March 7th Trump - Epstein Files relationship map thedemlabs.org/2026/03/07/e... @gailwaldby.bsky.social #epstein

Nazi Pete wants you all to get distracted by his Sieg Heil instead of his very public capitulation to Russia, litany of war crimes, and failing Iran war strategy.

For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before.

The Supreme Court declined to hear cases brought by an anti-voting group seeking to weaken the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). The group argued the law be reinterpreted to require more aggressive voter purges. The justices preserved the pro-voting interpretation of the NVRA Democracy Docket