Hegseth needs to stand trial after this as a war criminal. Between this attack and the girls' school, there's no ambiguity. He is responsible for mass murder and must be held accountable.

Well, trump's gotta step it up a notch- he's got an Armageddon to incite, and the people who are convinced they're going to be raptured are getting antsy.

I am frankly more concerned about the apathy of the American public and even more importantly the lack of leadership in the Democratic Party.

This is not a dress rehearsal. Every single American must speak out against this Facist administration.

Well, it's certainly in keeping with the actions of a military whose goal is purported to be the ushering in of Armageddon.

The Most Chilling Detail in the U.S. Attack on an Iranian Naval Ship The Iranian warship was taking part in an international exercise with many other countries—including the United States.

That Iranian Navy ship we torpedoed had no ammunition on board because that was a requirement to participate in the MILAN 2026 exercise (organized by the Indian Navy).

The US Navy knew this because IT ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE EXERCISE. What a national embarrassment.
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Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

We are insane.

Our species is insane.

Gonzales must resign immediately - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Rep. Tony Gonzales declared he would not seek reelection. Given his disqualifying actions, that is not enough. He must resign immediately.

BREAKING: Rep. Tony Gonzales has admitted to having a sexual relationship with a staffer, a violation of House rules that are there to ensure a safe working environment.

Not seeking reelection isn't good enough. Gonzales must resign immediately.

From a man, who in the middle of a thunderstorm, would deny that it's raining. 🙄

'They're pretty high now.' He said, 'No they're not.'"

The Most Chilling Detail in the U.S. Attack on an Iranian Naval Ship The Iranian warship was taking part in an international exercise with many other countries—including the United States.

This is a chilling crime. A shame on our country. The Iranian ship was unarmed. The US knew this. The sailors were murdered by our navy, and the survivors were left to die at sea.
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The Alleged Trump Victim's Claims about Blackmail Are as Important as Her Claims about Rape - emptywheel One day before Jeffrey Epstein suicided, the woman who claimed Donald Trump had abused her told the FBI that Epstein and Trump had spoken about blackmail in front of her.

The Alleged Trump Victim's Claims about Blackmail Are as Important as Her Claims about Rape

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It’s almost like he’s hoping for it so that he can have an excuse to use “emergency powers”

RFK Jr doesn’t believe that HIV causes AIDS.

You can’t debate conspiracy theorists and germ theory denialists.

You expose them.

Very strong statement from the First Lady of Iraq:

Praying for Armageddon.

"Fellow Democrats," my ass. 🙄

Groups React As Committee Votes To Advance Steve Pearce As Director Of BLM The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has voted to advance Steve Pearce as the next director of the Bureau of Land Management, prompting reactions from several conservation groups.

“Every senator who voted for this #PublicLands hater showed they’re willing to let our country’s wildest places be torn up and sold for parts to make billionaires richer,” said Ryan Beam, public lands advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity, in response to the vote.

Get the rest ⬇️

Democrats may not be able to prevent Mullin's confirmation, but they can certainly turn his track record of offense and stupidity into two days of televised humiliation so spectacular that he is wounded in Trump's eyes from day 1. That is the job.

I’ve spent years, decades, obsessing over the Bush Administration’s Iraq WMD lies, writing about them, debunking them.

I can think of no lie about Iraq WMDs told by Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld et al that comes even close to the enormity and absurdity of this lie from Donald Trump.

Your ‘mild’ infection can cause vascular damage. We need to stop seeing COVID as mild. Notice how much of the media don’t refer often to post infection risks and when they do, they talk about the fatigue, not heart damage or blood clots. They reserve those comments for alarmist vaccine posts.

remember how the press lost its shit over biden evacuating people from afghanistan? but its much worse now, and barely a peep

‘At first, she couldn’t come off the oxygen long enough’: the film that gives Marianne Faithfull one final thrilling performance In new docu-drama Broken English, the much misunderstood singer looks back at all her past selves – and gives a performance that moves her audience to tears. Its makers relive an extraordinary shoot

Faithfull grows sombre when shown a clip of herself at 60 declaring that she loved being that age, feeling healthy and philosophical about things. “Now I’m less philosophical. I hate what’s happened to me. Covid did this.”’

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Quietly, calmly and forensically, BBC just dismantled the Trump communications shitshow on Iran.

No hyperbole, just laying out an unprecedented military, diplomatic and reputational shambles.

Worth a watch.

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In 2020, trump said it was “stupid” that America spent trillions on Middle East conflicts while our healthcare, roads, and schools needed fixing.

Now look what he’s doing.
Same wars. Same costs.
Same neglect at home.

The only thing that changed was the excuse.

It is so damning of US news media that so many outlets refuse to just straight up say that Senator Tim Sheehy assaulted an activist.

He did not "help" Capitol police. They did not need his help. He wanted to assault the guy and did. He should resign.

we protected my mom from COVID for 5 years. She caught it at the hospital during an outbreak in the dialysis ward (!!) and died 5 days later.

we will do nothing with this information as a society

One could argue that hastening Armageddon is their goal.

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US air defenses may not be able to intercept many of Iran’s one-way drones | CNN Politics Trump administration officials told lawmakers during a closed-door briefing on Capitol Hill Tuesday that Iran’s Shahed attack drones represent a major challenge and US air defenses will not be able to...

A sign of the absolute incompetence of the Trump administration: Hegseth and Caine admitting Iranian drones were proving a bigger threat than they anticipated.

Not as if they hadn’t been in active use in Ukraine for years. Too stupid and arrogant to pay attention.

"It should have been intuitive that a virus killing adults would not be perfectly safe for children to catch, but economic and political interests were behind the wheel- not kids’ wellbeing- as pundits and influencers raced to proclaim that children would not and could not be hurt by infections."

Reinfection is problematic “It can be problematic if you are reinfected,” Dr. Rouhbakhsh said. “We know from a pretty elegant study that was recently published in Nature Medicine that each subsequent COVID infection will increase your risk of developing chronic health issues like diabetes, kidney disease, organ failure and even mental health problems.” Such evidence “dispels the myth that repeated brushes with the virus are mild and you don’t have to worry about it,” he added, noting that “it is akin to playing Russian roulette.” That is why “you want to try to avoid reinfection if possible. That should not be the mechanism by which you aspire to get immunity from the virus,” Dr. Rouhbakhsh said. New COVID-19 variants play a role “The virus is constantly changing, similar to what the flu viruses do and similar to all the things that give us our typical colds. They adapt, they have new variants that emerge, and these can cause reinfection,” said Dr. Rouhbakhsh. “Omicron has really been an efficient spreader of disease with its subvariants becoming particularly good at evading what protection we already have from previous infection or vaccines.” Now, at this stage of the pandemic, “we have some epidemiologic data that there are some BQ subvariants of Omicron in the U.S. and that's BQ.1 and an offshoot called BQ.1.1,” he said. “These are descendants of the BA.5 Omicron subvariant and they have some mutations on the spike protein that help it evade immunity created by both vaccines and previous infection.”

Each COVID reinfection "will increase your risk of developing chronic health issues like diabetes, kidney disease, organ failure and even mental health problems.”

"it is akin to playing Russian roulette” with your life.

Avoid reinfections. 😷

#LongCOVID sucks

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BREAKING: The House Oversight Committee has voted 24–19 to subpoena Pam Bondi as part of its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. Five Republicans joined Democrats in supporting the subpoena.