This is why we have separation of church and state and why Congress must demand answers from DoD now. zurl.co/LJ6H9

Massie claimed that key members of his team were offered prestigious jobs in the Trump administration in an effort to stall legislation that would have forced the DOJ to release the Epstein files.

Tillis: “What we've seen is a disaster under your leadership, Ms. Noem.”

Whoooops

Yes! Preach!

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WELCH: Mr. Yoho is also the husband of your former spokesperson, Tricia McLaughlin? NOEM: Yes WELCH: So your former assistant and her husband are the ones that got the DHS no bid contract for $143m. Any dispute about that? NOEM: No.

We are in a war of Donald's choosing. Scores of Iranian children are dead; six American service members are dead. The depraved man responsible for those deaths went on a tangent about his gold curtains and his $400 million ballroom because those are his priorities.

Tillis: “This letter from the Office of Inspector General…cites 10 different instances under Ms. Noem's leadership where they've been misled and not allowed to pursue investigations…That's a failure of leadership, and that is why I've called for your resignation.”

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Shifting Trump reasons on Iran: -Nuclear threat (but we already "obliterated" the program) -Ballistic missile threat (but it's 10yrs before they can attack US) -Terrorist threat (but Hamas/Hezbollah severely weakened) -Liberating Iranian people (but wait, we changed our minds) -Israel made us do it

“We could use their base if we want. We could just fly in and use it. Nobody's going to tell us not to use it." Replace Spain with sex-trafficked girls and you see why Trump is so eager to distance himself from the Epstein files and why he’s in them. He is a predator. Full stop.

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Republicans to Democrats: We started a war so now you have to agree to additional DHS funding without ICE reforms.

There’s now a miles-long queue of oil tankers and cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

Kaine: "Donald Trump abandoned diplomacy and now our service members are dying as a result. Iran has shown it will reach a deal to block its nuclear path. Donald Trump prefers war and he doesn't want to come to Congress to ask for permission."

KAINE: To wage offensive war, the framers of the Constitution were absolutely plain that you gotta come to Congress KERNEN: But it's almost a moot point KAINE: Let me just underline the fact that I made an argument about the Constitution and you said it's a 'moot point.' I don't believe that

I love this woman.

On the 6 US service members who were killed: “Prior to the attack, there were discussions on the ground about whether the tactical ops center should not be used, as it concentrated too many troops in a location that wasn’t defensible.” www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-st...

Also, and seriously have these people never heard of history, one of the biggest political scandals of the mid-80s concerned Reagan officials **trafficking arms to Iran** COME ON. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2...

The six U.S. service members confirmed dead in the U.S.-Iran war were killed while inside a triple-wide trailer that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had described as “fortified.”

I mean what the fuck. Our taxpayer dollars funded Iran, and this was THE biggest political scandal of that decade. We were NOT at war with them. We TRAFFICKED ARMS to them. COME ON. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2...

I don't know why this has done it this morning, but: The claim from MAGA reps that we have been "at war with Iran for 47 years" when a huge swath of Reagan's administration was convicted at trial or pled guilty to selling arms to Iran THROUGH ISRAEL for six years in the 80s is 🤯.

Al Jazeera investigation raises questions over deadliest single attack of war that killed 165 schoolgirls and staff.

Uh-oh

So Israel dictates US policy. Was THAT part of the 2024 campaign? I may have missed it .

I can’t stand all this winning.

Trump is now at the point Putin was 4 years ago when he started to realize his grand plan to defeat Ukraine wasn’t going to be a 72 hour operation.

FYI Markwayne Mullin is not A war veteran and never served

American Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, tells Americans in Israel that despite his bloviating religious nonsense and how studly his Orange Overlord is, they can’t help them.

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

I was alive during the Carter administration, and I remember Reagan getting the hostages released right on time for his election and declaring victory over Iran. The GOP is watching the war they started spinning wildly out of control, and this transparent propaganda is fooling NO ONE.

Anyone else wondering why Israel has more say in when we go to war than Congress?

My god. This absolutely demented & deranged maniac just called brave Zelenskyy “P.T. BARNUM”. Absolutely crazy since Trump himself is the most P.T. Barnum-esque conman carnival barker leader in the history of the world!!! INSANE & despicable. Plus the post is just crazy. WTAF.

Trump administration: “Please sprint in an orderly fashion to the nearest Delta gate like it’s the Hunger Games with luggage.”

Analysts say the US has already used up about one-quarter of its missile interceptors, crucial for a prolonged assault.

If this is “precautionary,” I’d hate to see “urgent.”

They’re now speaking about it openly.

I'm making this short story, which I wrote last year, free to read for the next 24 hours (but only telling people on Bluesky about it): www.tom-cox.com/brad-francis...

"From Gaza to Iran, Children Have Always Been Sacrificed by Western Imperial Aims" A US-Israeli strike on an elementary school in Minab reportedly killed at least 165 – mostly young girls who were only trying to learn, writes Fatima Bhutto for Zeteo:

Europe’s gas price is up 33% today, UK up 30%.

Please please please......

Embattled FBI Director Kash Patel’s revenge-fueled firing spree resulted in several key specialists in the threat posed by Iran losing their jobs—just days before Donald Trump’s latest war.

Holy shit.

Interceptors are expensive and slow to produce, especially when compared with the relative speed of cheap ballistic missiles and drones. This quote nails it: “They can chuck garbage at us for substantially longer than we can chuck Lamborghinis at them.”

Let’s talk Iranian war. You’ve probably seen a lot of hand-wringing over missile interceptor quantities. Are we running out? Can we fight for years? As usual, the answer is somewhere in the middle. Bottom line up front: interceptors are a finite resource. That’s a fact.

Pete Hegseth: “War is hell and always will be.” Tommy Tuberville: “It’s war, it’s gonna git worse before it gets better.” Markwayne Mullin: “War is ugly.” Mike Johnson asked why War Powers Act is being ignored: “It’s not a war because it’s defensive in nature and design.”

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It’s times like these when we can be grateful as a nation that some our most highly trained FBI counterterrorism experts are detailed to do private security for Kash Patel’s girlfriend as she pursues a career as a UFC pre-fight national anthem singer.

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