A military culture where the Secretary say he will ignore “stupid rules of engagement” leads to the US sinking what they likely knew was an unarmed ship, killing more than 80 sailors with 62 others still missing.
I too remember the earlier, woke wars. tons of spent microaggression munitions strewn about everywhere, friends crying out for God as they were slowly cancelled...look, if you weren't there, you'll never understand
*Farnsworth voice* Good news, everyone!
JFC.
I don't hate this war because it wasn't "authorized properly," or because I am not a fan of the specific President waging it. I hate this war because it is a war.
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Is there anything more disgusting than war? Yes...ghouls making hundreds of thousands of $$$ betting on when bombs will blow up girls schools of hospitals.
What's worse about Polymarket, Kalshi, etc. - the immorality, or the insider trading? Ban them!
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Camp East Montana in El Paso is currently under quarantine following a measles outbreak and cases of tuberculosis.
My breaking story:
did a little back of the envelope math for how much all this shit is costing. on the order of $1-2 billion per day just in direct spending, maybe 10 times that much in indirect effects
This is a policy of genocide.
“Many of their commanders are especially delighted with how graphic this battle will be zeroing in on how bloody all of this must become in order to fulfill and be in 100% accordance with fundamentalist Christian end of the world eschatology.”
NEW @thenation.com: The tools of the War on Terror must be destroyed before Trump uses them to finish building his world order, at home and abroad. What we did at home yesterday is what we do in Iran today is what we will do at home tomorrow. The way we break the cycle is straightforward: abolition.
In case you’re unfamiliar with our decades of interference in Iran, I wrote up a primer on it for @damemagazine.bsky.social. When Hegseth says that Iran’s been at war with us for decades, he’s got it totally backwards. At the end of the day, that’s us.
States have started proposing steep reductions in disability services to cope with Medicaid cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Idaho is the first to suggest scrapping home care altogether — An action with a high human cost. My latest @19thnews.org.
ICYMI over the weekend: My colleagues and I reviewed 15,000 documents to put together a detailed account of how Jeffrey Epstein leveraged medical care to manipulate and control victims, and how some doctors enabled that. Gift link:
"Nearly all the traffic cameras in Tehran had been hacked for years, their images encrypted and transmitted to servers in Tel Aviv and southern Israel, according to two people familiar with the matter." www.ft.com/content/bf99...
The war has already become regional: Iran is attacking American-aligned Arab states in the hope that they will pressure Trump to sign a ceasefire
After detaining children and parents for weeks, or months, inside Dilley detention center, ICE is dumping them at a shelter in Laredo, TX. They are often thousands of miles away from where they were arrested, with no money to get back home. THREAD (1/)
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Hi it’s me the guy who never got over the Iraq War and still talks about it all the fucking time. Super happy to see us back on this shit with another murderous piece of shit republican president. Everything is awesome.
She lives, Part III:
Killing Khamenei Is Not the Same as Regime Change
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“I Never Thought He Would Ask Me To Build Doombots,” said the contractor who builds robots for Doctor Doom
NEW, from me: I talked to Aliya Rahman, who was dragged out of Tuesday's State of the Union + arrested for... standing up.
Really.
Rahman, who is autistic and has disabilities, was a guest of Rep. Ilhan Omar + was previously brutally detained by ICE in Minneapolis. www.huffpost.com/entry/aliya-...
The US government is committing systematic child abuse.
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"Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman made multiple private phone calls to Trump over the past month advocating a U.S. attack, despite his public support for a diplomatic solution, the four people said."
MBS is as predictable as Bret Stephens.
News Analysis: President Trump propelled himself to the highest office by promising to focus on “America first.” The self-declared “president of peace” has since chosen to become the president of war, unleashing the full power of the U.S. military on Iran with the goal of toppling its government.
Not the most important thing going on now but still dismaying: Apparently officers can only spend time at right-wing think tanks and universities now. Hegseth is politicizing and dumbing down the military. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...
meanwhile, war rages on at home.
"I think responses [that ask only for the Administration to 'explain itself'] are pathetic. This isn’t a mystery that needs to be solved. This is not the case of the missing casus belli."
once again reminding everyone to funnel your emotions into organizing and building solidarity in your community and not pointless doomscrolling
Low-energy consent manufacturing from regime-aligned media www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/02/low-...
