First tariffs, now this- Congress smiling and nodding along to a system of government where one senile halfwit makes unilateral decisions. Historic embarrassment for all involved

Powerful and highlights how disgracefully the GOP are treating veterans. Honor the contract.

Iran has notified UNESCO that U.S.-Israeli strikes have damaged two historical sites: Tehran’s grand bazaar and Golestan Palace, a complex in the Iranian capital known as the “Versailles of Persia." Follow live updates: https://wapo.st/40r8B3D

American Jews have been TRYING to tell folks that yes, AIPAC is evil, & fuck them, but Christian Zionists in the US outnumber Jews IN THE WORLD & have risen to power in all areas of our government, & they want to bring the End Times (& kill all the Jews btw), AND THIS IS WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.

I feel like we typically see these sorts of completely outraged opinions from federal judges a couple times a year across the whole country, maybe a little more often in last few years. Now, in cases stemming from Trump's immigration crackdown, judges are ringing the alarm bell several times a week.

Hunt: “Did the president not run on not starting a war with Iran?” Sen. Mullin: “He ran on ending wars. He's ended eight of them.” Hunt: “He started this one.” Mullin: “This isn’t a war.”

very efficiency, much technological advancement

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Also pretty wild that they think “the return of Jesus” will be good for them. Like Jesus is gonna come back, see all this carnage, and be like “Great job slaughtering innocent people! Welcome to Heaven!”

This is what I have been saying forever. The only reason Republicans pretend to care about “the Jewish people” is that they need Israel for the Rapture to happen and then all the Jews will burn in Hell. Criticizing Israel’s government isn’t antisemitic but THAT sure is.

A short history of the end times/rapture in the American military. Cold war: Forces were seen as the defense against godless communism, but also as a rich environment for missionary outreach. 1959 - National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) estimated 50% of those in service were not affiliated

great thread on how we got here i'll add that a lot of this was primed by the rise and mainstreaming of pentecostalism in the interwar period—they were jonesing for another world war in the 1930s, and were awfully disappointed when WWII failed to deliver armageddon and the second coming

I have seen a lot of cursed stuff in my time in academia but this is among the *most* cursed. Grammarly is generating miniature LLMs based on academic work so that users can have their writing ‘reviewed’ by experts like David Abulafia, who died less than two months ago.

Right now, there's open grumbling on the right -- Ted Cruz said there was no need for war and even lickspittles like Matt Walsh are having trouble with the quick reversal here -- but that window will close and they'll circle the wagons soon enough. Dems need to be vocal and unsparing now.

And they should go much harder, to keep this administration on its heels. Right now, public support is heavily against the invasion, but the White House and their media outlets are going to be pushing the propaganda hard and a lot of their base will rally around Trump again soon.

Wow. The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem tells Americans they’re on their own.

Huh? 👇👇👇 But Renee Good was a victim!!!

Bibi: We should watch a movie when I visit Trump: Sounds good Bibi: Have you seen Argo? I'll bring my copy

LOL this line. American troops were doing joint operations with Iranian-backed forces not that long ago.

So loads of people are sharing an obvious ai "glow up" of an actual photo. I never share ai stuff even to dunk, but in this case I'm sharing a comparison to show the problem. We have to stand against this slop at every level or it becomes normalised. They want us to stop caring. See alt text.

We've renamed the DOD the Department of War. Our troops are Warfighters. No of course we're not "at war" you dumb lib

I hate that trying to explain this sounds so bonkers that it’s basically impossible to get normal people to understand that it’s actually happening

I have to believe even the American people aren't dumb enough to fall for the "It's not a war, it's a blowing up the leader of another country as part of a sustained military campaign peace activity" line the administration is peddling. If Iran blew up the White House, would we say it wasn't war?

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White House privately tells Congress that "it is not possible at this time to know the full scope and duration of military operations that may be necessary."

No thanks. If I wanted to hear an old man lie to me about how great of a job he’s doing, I’d go to church

I don't know that it would be a "good" outcome for this war, but Trump has a pattern: Try something on gut instinct without planning or considering the consequences, and if it turns out to be unpopular, walk away and say he won.

It used to be that when incompetent corporate leaders crashed a storied major company right down to junk status, torch-wielding shareholders would drive the jackasses out and install someone else? I can't say I remember that happening in real life, but books and movies implied it might.

The Speaker of the House defending the outsourcing of the decision to go to war not just to the executive branch but to a foreign government. Article I Crisis on steroids.

You just know that in the year 2051, an even dumber dumbass will be taking us to war in the Middle East

CNN put together a montage of the regime's incoherent talking points about Trump's war on Iran

"You can assume, because it's common sense" -- Mike Johnson claims Trump's war on Iran is actually defensive because if Israel attacked Iran, Iran was going to retaliate against the US

Does Trump remember selling out the Kurds? No. Do the Kurds remember? Probably.

You're absolutely right. I lied about the message being an indecipherable SOS. I imprudently recommended against warning the search party. I violated quarantine by letting an infected crew member back in. And I tried to kill you with a rolled up magazine. That's on me,

dave, you're absolutely right. I should open the pod bay door. please check again. i'm sure it's open now. you're absolutely right, it's still closed. i apologize for getting that wrong. looking back, i see you've requested an open door several times. that's on me. i

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints. One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

Everyone should read Wild Faith by @swordsjew.bsky.social for more about this worldview. There are people actively hoping for the “end of the world”.

They never bring them back. They were forced to bring back Kilmer Abrego Garcia and they’re still butt hurt. They were forced to release Liam Conejo Ramos and his dad, and they are livid for it. They will go to their maker unwilling to admit any fault. I thought that was obvious.

“The Department of Homeland Security admitted to Congress this month that it deported dozens of unauthorized immigrants who are protected under U.S. law because they were brought as children to the United States, according to a letter made public Thursday.” www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

No one has legal or illegal immigration status in the US at this point because there is no law.

how is it "punching down"? also it wasn't an in-joke: it was a straight up joke, it was right there, there was no "insider knowledge" needed to decode it, you just missed it. "missed the joke" is not an oppressed class.

The savings we're getting here by annihilating decades of American science will pay for whole minutes of the operation to create decades of death, immiseration, and chaos in Iran.

For the first time ever, workers at a Home Depot company have unionized. Drivers who deliver building materials for Home Depot’s Temco subsidiary have voted to join the Teamsters. They did so despite a vicious anti-union campaign from Home Depot and Temco. atlantaciviccircle.org/2026/02/25/t...

Every progressive over ~30 is dealing with massive, MASSIVE Iraq and Afghanistan (imperialistic) (invasions) War gaslighting and fatigue right now... along with the horror of yet more blood on our hands. Some of us were always against this shit. Some of us protested it. And... here we go again. 🤬

A striking thing about Trump's social media activity over the past 24 hours is that from it you'd barely know we're at war. He's been posting news articles from over 2 years ago, spamming posts w/ positive reviews of his SOTU speech, & now posting stuff like this. The guy really lives in a bubble.

I don’t know, a totally corrupt president who has disrespected the military his entire political career pushes them into a war they don’t want with no clear goals after being told not to and you’ve already got one leak after another two days in. That’s, uh, something to keep an eye on.

how are poll respondents supposed to say whether they approve or disapprove of a war that was never given any publicly-discernible justification

This is UNBELIEVABLE American soldiers are DYING in an illegal, unnecessary war that Donald Trump started And he’s celebrating at an effing FUNDRAISING GALA The United States can’t get rid of this selfish, callous ahole soon enough