The fact that Trump is going to oral arguments to pressure the justices to acquiesce to his attempted nullification of a constitutional amendment and create a stateless class for the first time since the civil war, illustrates what is really at the core of the Trump project and it isn’t tariffs.
NEW: Trump aides declared an emergency over Iran to bypass Congress to sell more than 20,000 bombs to Israel valued at $660 million. The State Dept. hasn't publicly disclosed info on half of the bombs. US gives $3.8 billion of arms aid to Israel annually. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/u...
War crimes tribunals when
🚨 8 Symptoms of Groupthink (Irving Janis): youtu.be/tdaO80xnIYc
Illusion of invulnerability
Collective rationalization
Belief in inherent morality
Stereotyped views of out-groups
Direct pressure on dissenters
Self-censorship
Illusion of unanimity
Self-appointed “mindguards”
🚨 8 Symptoms of Groupthink (Irving Janis): www.jstor.org/stable/3791464
Illusion of invulnerability
Collective rationalization
Belief in inherent morality
Stereotyped views of out-groups
Direct pressure on dissenters
Self-censorship
Illusion of unanimity
Self-appointed “mindguards”
Vital Reuters scoop on US investigation re Iran school. Can confirm: Defense Department officials told Congress in multiple briefings this week that they believed the US was most likely responsible (though probe ongoing), per two sources familiar with those briefings.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
“This is Israel’s ultimate objective [in Iran].’
Crisis Group’s Iran Project Director Ali Vaez joined @mehdirhasan.bsky.social to discuss Trump arming Kurdish separatist groups to destabilize Iran and the very real threat of state collapse that Israel wants.
zeteo.com/p/ali-vaez-t...
When politicians inflate a threat and stigmatize peaceful means of handling it, an enterprising leader will one day reach for a radical solution.
Robert Malley and me on the road to Trump’s war in @nytopinion.nytimes.com:
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/o...
Very good piece from Rob Malley and @stephenwertheim.bsky.social:
"No meaningful constraint exists in a system that judges wars on how they end up rather than whether they are warranted and wise." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/o...
To strike 1,000 targets in 24 hours in Iran, the U.S. military leveraged the most advanced AI it’s ever used in warfare.
Anthropic’s Claude partnered with the military’s Maven Smart System, suggesting targets and issuing precise location coordinates. https://wapo.st/46BFe1T
"The Dena sent a distress signal after it was hit. The Sri Lankan Navy sent ships to help and was able to rescue 32 Iranian sailors. At least 80 people on the ship were killed, according to the Sri Lankan authorities."
First Lady of Iraq:
"Leave The Kurds Alone. We Are Not Guns For Hire."
Only 32 out of 180 crew aboard have been rescued. They were fathers, brothers, sons. Some weren’t even fighters. They were musicians for the Iranian Navy band.
borzou.substack.com/p/dishonorab...
Trump & Hegseth have, in the run-up to this war, taken a sledge-hammer to the teams inside the U.S. military that were focused on limiting civilian casualties in combat & investigating potential war crimes: www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Before the war on Iran, Trump dismantled teams at the Pentagon that focused on limiting civilian casualties in conflict
Upon entering the war, the admin says: “no stupid rules of engagement”
Big fear of war crimes among sources familiar with military discussions
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Amberin Zaman, who has excellent Kurdish sources, says the Iranian Kurds want Trump to – stop me if you've heard this before – "establish a no-fly zone over the Kurdish areas to provide air cover for potential future operations and, above all, to prove its commitment."
NEW― Sources familiar with US policies on civilian casualties are deeply worried about the possible toll of Trump's war on Iran
-Key Pentagon teams focused on civilians have been slashed+reassigned (even at CENTCOM)
-Israel role raising fears of Gaza-style impunity
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
"'We started getting calls Saturday from people saying their commanders were jubilant about [Trump's Iran war] & trying to tell people, ‘It’s all part of God’s plan'
Complaints from >3 dozen units in ~30 different military installations
@brandibuchman.bsky.social:
www.huffpost.com/entry/troops...
Trump’s “Operation Metro Surge” was a militarized campaign of fear that treated immigrants as criminals and weaponized the federal government against U.S. citizens.
We need independent investigations, real accountability, and to abolish ICE.
My op-ed:
📺We are live now at @dropsitenews.com with the latest from Iran and Lebanon as the U.S.-Israeli war extends to Day 4. Joining us today is Jeremy Scahill (@jeremyscahill.com), Sharif Abdel Kouddous (X: @sharifkouddous), & Murtaza Hussain (@mazmhussain.bsky.social)
x.com/i/broadcasts...
This is the death toll in Iran that some are calling "low." It's only been 3 days & over 700 ppl at least have been killed. Nearly 700 more deaths are being reviewed. That's 1400 deaths in 3 days. Israeli carnage in Palestine has fully shifted the Overton window for folks x.com/AdHaque110/s...
At Melania Trump’s UN Briefing on Children, Silence on Iranian School Strikes passblue.com/2026/03/02/a...
Live: Children, Technology and Education in Conflict - Security Council www.youtube.com/live/MlXREV6...
⚡️ “Small Children Who Knew Nothing of Politics or Wars”
A scene of devastation in Minab, Iran, as parents waited to know the fate of their young daughters after the bombing of a girls' elementary school killed over 100.
Report: Mahmoud Aslan for Drop Site News
www.dropsitenews.com/p/iran-minab...
Trump: “Iran just stated that they are going to hit very hard today, harder than they have ever been hit before. THEY BETTER NOT DO THAT, HOWEVER, BECAUSE IF THEY DO, WE WILL HIT THEM WITH A FORCE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE! Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J TRUMP”
Iran’s war of survival, strategy under fire, and the question of the endgame amwaj.media/en/article/i... via @alihashem @amwajmedia
Watch our special report on today's massive U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran.
Trump speaking of justice for Iranians re: Khamenei — as a result of an action widely seen as a major violation of international law & while saying he still plans continued bombing across the country over the next week.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres: “Military action carries the risk of igniting a chain of events that no one can control in the most volatile region of the world"
We wouldn’t be at this moment of danger to Americans & millions of others without the triumphalist narrative about Iran from the Biden admin.
Rather than examine Israel’s pattern of behavior or pursue diplomacy, Democrats’ key foreign policy personnel blessed + even celebrated constant escalation.
