I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.
I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.
1/ Here's what I can share:
Three panel graphic featuring images of missiles being launches, President Donald Trump sitting at a table, and an image of President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, and Vice President JD Vance receiving the bodies of deceased Americans from the Middle East. First panel, text reads: "$5,600,000,000+ U.S. taxpayer dollars spent in 2 days." Second panel, text reads: "140 wounded, confirmed by Pentagon." Third panel, text reads: "7 Americans dead. Trump: "That's the way it is."
The cost of Trump's war on Iran.
Saying that you -must- be grateful is what domestic abusers and Russian prison guards do. You must take the violence and say you like it. It is a mark of fascism.
“We’re not starting a war, we’re ending one” was a Russian talking point on Ukraine — four years ago.
Blumenthal after getting briefed on Iran: "We seem to be on a path toward deploying American troops on the ground in Iran to accomplish any of the potential objectives here. There's also the specter of active Russian aid to Iran putting in danger American lives ... China also may be assisting Iran"
Chris Murphy: "I Just came from a two hour, closed door classified briefing on the war. It just confirmed to me it's totally incoherent. We are not gonna be able to achieve any of our stated objectives ... this is a disaster of epic proportions, a 10 day debacle"
Since Trump’s election:
🔵 Democrats have flipped 28 state legislative seats
🔴 Republicans have flipped 0
NBC’s Richard Engel: “The White House meme campaign is outraging many former US military commanders… they say only someone who has never really seen combat would think it’s a joke and put out material like this.”
Trump wears a baseball cap at Dover Air Force Base
and he doesn't bother taking it off during the solemn ceremony.
Our tax dollars paid to blow up an elementary school in Iran, and Trump lied about it.
These are the real costs of war. The American people don't want another endless war and they don't want our military killing children.
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As millions of Americans wondered how they were going to pay rent, afford food, and whether their sons and daughters would be sent off to war…this is how the President spent his weekend…unbothered, hanging out at his private resort.
To my colleagues across the aisle still covering for him, wake up.
Spotted in front of Heritage Foundation, DC. Golden Age baby!
NEW: Rep. Kevin Kiley just announced that his decision to leave the Republican Party and register as an Independent will take effect immediately — further Mike Johnson's margins in the House.
The U.S. war against Iran is now the biggest oil supply disruption in history, and it's disrupting twice as much of the global supply as the second most disruptive event ever.
Thank you
This sucks
Breaking:
The Trump admin just subpoenaed records related to the 2020 election in Maricopa County, Arizona — the latest in a series of steps taken by Trump and his Justice Department to relitigate an election he lost and bolster the federal government's authority over elections.
Instead of taking Live Nation-Ticketmaster to trial, Trump just let them off the hook.
The federal government had been building a case for years, and could have broken up the Live Nation-Ticketmaster monopoly.
But Trump just let them settle out of court.
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No, they do.
They don't have to be smart to have a plan & act on it. #project2025
Breaking:
A U.S. service member has died after suffering injuries during an earlier attack in Saudi Arabia — the seventh American military member killed in action during Trump's war with Iran, according to Central Command.
Yesterday, I confronted Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the Proud Boys, for planning the January 6 attack…then I got taken away by Capitol police.
Happy? International Women's Day
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Authoritarians will stop at nothing to feel safe. Since they have no concept of public welfare and consider everyone an asset to be used and discarded, they will easily enter into a military conflict without a long-term strategy, regardless of the casualties it causes.
Omg
This is no different from Putin saying MH17 was shot down by Ukraine or Assad saying rebels gassed themselves.
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A purpose of the war on Iran might well be to provoke a terrorist attack inside the United States. This would provide Donald Trump with a pretext to try to cancel or “federalize” the coming Congressional elections.
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Iran’s people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes.
BREAKING: The US has bombed Tehran’s main refinery and burning oil is now flooding down the streets into the city’s sewers.
This is a vision from hell, unleashed by the US tonight.
(🎥 Vahid Online)
BREAKING: Judge rules Kari Lake's appointment was ILLEGAL for many months & a bunch of her actions are void
We & great partners win again!
H/t to my @democracydefendersfund.org colleagues plus AFSCME, AFGE, Emery Celli, Democracy Forward & more. Wow, just wow.
