It’s almost like Mangolini and his coterie wanted to bomb Iran themselves and hopped to it.

Y'all don't actually need to share the Iran government's AI propaganda slop. They're bad too.

I was along for the aji substitute, but this…..

*talking to teenage militant atheist self*

current me: okay so there’s a big fight between the government and the catholic church

teenage me: got it, so we’re obviously on the side of the government

current me: I, uh, you might want to sit down for this one

I think this is true, and part of the Everything is Gender theory. We are governed by that section of the populace that believes that Father having violent tantrums until everyone else cowers, even as his life falls apart around him, was an aspirational display of power and mastery.

Please do not conflate Netanyahu’s lies and corruption with the State of Israel writ large unless you want everyone to conflate Trump’s lies and corruption with the entirety of this country writ large.

I didn’t vote for Trump. But he was elected. Doesn’t mean he speaks for me or acts for me.

You thought Iran was a theocracy.

Hegseth: “God deserves all the glory. Tens of thousands of strikes carried out under the protection of divine providence. A massive effort with miraculous protection. God is good.”

Leavitt today: "The Iranians originally put forward a 10-point plan...it was literally thrown in the garbage by President Trump."

Trump yesterday: "We received a 10 point proposal from Iran, and believe it is a workable basis on which to negotiate."

Oh, it’s worse. It appears that the “deal” includes a provision to allow Iran to enrich uranium.

Israelis have been protesting Netanyahu’s government for a long time, not that anyone who sees them as the world’s sole villain will know or care.

🤦🏻‍♂️

I would laugh if it wasn’t so damn tragic.

It's a legit joke when it comes to dumb stuff Trump does like tariffs, but this is war and it's an unholy mess

NYT reporting that under this ceasefire each ship will pay $2M to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. It was $0 before Trump launched this illegal war.

100-130 ships pass the Strait daily.

Trump just gave Iran an extra $100M-$130M per day. Masterful gambit, sir. Impeach and remove this fascist—NOW.

I’m telling you, the best way to understand this ceasefire is that Trump, faithless and feckless as always, saw Iran winning the war and wanted to be on the winning side.

So he surrendered to them and switched sides

I will never listen to Tucker Carlson and neither should you. Anyone suggesting you do so is doing you a favor in telling you that you can safely discredit anything they have to say going forward.

Iran-Linked Hackers Are Sabotaging US Energy and Water Infrastructure As Trump threatens Iranian infrastructure, the US government warns that Iran has carried out its own digital attacks against US critical infrastructure.

As Trump threatens scorched-earth attacks on Iran, a joint advisory from US agencies warns Iran-linked hackers have hit US critical infrastructure: "In a few cases, this activity has resulted in operational disruption and financial loss." www.wired.com/story/iran-l...

Almost like the US regime was itching to go to war with Iran. As if they were practicing for it by bombing and attacking Venezuela.
Except… Iran is not Venezuela.

This is why I try to protect words for when they are needed to convey the immediacy and threat they represent.

What Trump is threatening in Iran is *genocide*, pure and simple.

Of course, that word doesn't land the way it used to.

The President of the United States is threatening to commit war crimes and wipe out a "whole civilization" — all because he started a disastrous war of his own making and had no plan and no strategy for how to end it.

This is abhorrent, and the American people do not support this.

Donald Trump is completely unhinged. His statement threatening to eradicate an entire civilization shocks the conscience and requires a decisive congressional response. The House must come back into session immediately and vote to end this reckless war of choice in the Middle East before Donald Trump plunges our country into World War III. For years, Republicans have enabled and excused Donald Trump’s deeply dangerous and extreme behavior. Enough is enough. Our brave men and women in uniform have been put into harm’s way in the Middle East. Over a dozen have already been killed and hundreds injured. Gas prices are skyrocketing, the cost of living in America is out of control and billions of taxpayer dollars are being wasted on a reckless war of choice. It’s time for House Republicans to put patriotic duty over party loyalty and join Democrats in stopping this madness.

After Trump wrote, in reference to Iran, “A whole civilization will die tonight,” the entirety of the House Democratic leadership issued this joint statement:

netanyahu has been trying to sell this to every president since clinton, trump is the only president to buy it, because he’s the worst president we have ever had

i think people are maybe reading “netanyahu is responsible for this” into both the story and commentary on it, and while i think he’s an important factor i don’t think he is the most decisive factor. responsibility first and foremost lies with trump, *then* all of the advisors who failed to stop him

What were the festival organisers thinking!?!
It’s not like any of {waves arms around} was a secret. And the chance of West being denied entry was extremely high with a government that wants to show consistency in addressing antisemitism.

Very cool world we've built, where we will be watching a gambling website to get a heads up on whether our country is really going to decimate another.

And yet here you are

True that. NASA is the only US institution that gives me the warm fuzzies. And Smithsonian, if they survive Mangolini.

Man, it really bugs me that everyone's yelling about nukes when Trump's already laid out what he's threatening to do - attack civilian infrastructure

Then learn how the US political system works before applying other models to it, mate.

It’s almost like threats of mass murder do not work as diplomatic tools.