Iran: why they're still PO'd after the U.S. overthrew their leader 75 years ago and replaced him with a dictator (the Shah). A history lesson for those who don't know the backstory.

“Come visit us! Bring tents and food!”

State of the Union
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/u...

Trump Was Watching a U.F.C. Fight in Miami While Iran Talks Collapsed

Good Times—“For the most part, Mr. Trump sat and impassively watched blood and saliva sprayed out from the fighters beating each other silly in front of him”
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/u...

Interesting. Trump flies in and out of Charlottesville airport and then helicopter rides to the Trump winery. No chance of public contact or exposure to public opposition to his disastrous foreign and domestic policies.
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Thanks for the link/story!

Historical flashback: 1956 Suez Crisis "Taking Iran, which...was weaker than it had been in almost 50 years, and allowing it to emerge from a direct military confrontation with the United States as arbiter of a quarter of 20% of the global supply of oil and gas, simply beggars belief."

With commas.

Resentment and contempt sells, bigtime> see Richard Nixon, Joe McCarthy, Newt Gingrich, Rush Limbaugh, not to mention Donald Trump.
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Outstanding reporting by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, and yourself. Thank you.

TACO. Trump to Asia and Europe: “We break it, you own it”

Stupidity will kill all of us….

Roanoke, SW Virginia: No Kings! March 28, 2026
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Thousands showed up in downtown Roanoke for No Kings—blanketing Elmwood Park and adjacent streets. Lotta kids! (ages 7-70+). Spirits soared amid the blossoming cherry trees.
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How many times can we “obliterate “ Iran’s nuclear capabilities? How many years will Iran be “weeks away” from attacking the U.S.? How many wars can Netanyahu get us into? How many centuries will countries continue fighting religious wars? How many trillions must be spent to feed the military industrial complex? How many innocent men, women and children must be killed and displaced from their homes? END THIS WAR NOW

WHY ARE WE IN IRAN?

Some people like to pretend that racism is nonexistent in today's America: here's a good example starting at the top:
"Mr. Buria --Pete Hegseths chief of staff—said that President Trump would not want to stand next to a Black female officer at military events, the officials said."

Exactly. That concept—"Trump Credulity Bubble"—has also captured big media companies—NYT, CNN, WP, WSJ, networks, etc. Taking for granted that everyone acts like POTUS isn't wildly lying continuously. Then, timorously, they delicately analyze the lies...which have been replaced a by a new batch.

“I’m sorry to inform you that your son/daughter may or may not have been killed in action”

$50,000 ICE recruitment bonuses for intensely staring at travelers…Donald Trump administration at work. ✅

gangsterbirthday YouTube video by rouge gorge

It's gonna be a riot...
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A very special occasion is planned: "Trump also said he’d invite all the GOP senators and their families for Easter dinner at the White House. Some Republicans took that as a threat, not a reward.""
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Hmmmm…Interesting anti-ICE full page ad in today's Roanoke Times. From Christy Walton, one of the billionaire heirs to Walmart fortune (est. worth: $42+ billion).

Millions More Americans Uninsured After Lapse Of Premium Subsidies A new survey suggests around 2 million Americans have lost health insurance after Congress let the subsidies expire.

A jarring contrast between the "It's too expensive" re: extending health care subsidies vs. a costly, illegal, immoral war with no purpose and a blank check

www.huffpost.com/entry/millio...

Zero out immigration, immigrant workers, Govt-backed scientific funding, attack the American travel industry, add large tariffs to everything imported et voilà!

What Trump is good at is selling imagery of success, honed over 40 years of deception/fraud, using very basic techniques common to con men worldwide. It's largely worked. But now he's faced with the dilemma of squaring the irresistible force of his MAGA con-game w/ immovable object of reality.

Examining Trump's business career from ~1985, it's clear that he continually made the worst decisions possible for decades even as he received giant infusions of Fred Trump's cash. He drove his businesses into bankruptcy multiple times even as he projected an image of a successful rich guy.-1-

He's a good con man. They keep talking and talking and soon marks forget what exactly he's promised (or failed to deliver). Con men are also big on displaying symbols—relating to their success, patriotism & disdain for hated "others." Trump's symbolism is more important than whatever he's promised.

Frum = useful idiot. He says: "Only by being ready to say yes to funding this war—under the right circumstances, with sufficient guarantees—can Democrats in Congress…etc"
As if Trump will actually honor a promise he makes to Democrats.

In plainer language: "I've got mine, Jack"

"Trump calls on UK and others to send warships to Strait of Hormuz" ---LBC

The word of the day is "flounder."