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Writer, living close to the wild, politics, religion, arts, sciences, hiking, wilderness, climate change, Free Palestine! Free Syria! Black Lives Matter! Indigenous people’s power; power & freedom for Women. Overthrow Trump! Abolish ICE, Stop the Fascists.

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Israel is gripped by messianic fervour for a biblical war It claims the fanatics are Hamas and Iran - but increasingly, Israel itself is embarking on a religious crusade

Israel’s Biblical messianic fervor:

www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/isra...

06.03.2026 18:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Israel's closure of Al-Aqsa Mosque is an act of war The holy site is not being closed to protect Palestinians during the Israeli-US war on Iran. This is part of a broader strategy to destroy the status quo

Israel closing Al-Aqsa Masjid:

www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/isra...

06.03.2026 18:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Qatar warns war on Iran could 'bring down' world economies Qatari energy minister says spiralling conflict in the Middle East will cause shutdown of all Gulf energy exports

Qataris warn of demise of entire world economy from war on Iran.

www.middleeasteye.net/news/qatar-w...

06.03.2026 18:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Trump demands unconditional surrender:

Minneapolis said no way and fought back.

Iran says no and fights back.

No surrender to Trump’s fascism.

06.03.2026 17:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Opinion | Trump’s Fantasy Is Crashing Down

Trump’s fantasy of invincible America will crash and burn:

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/o...

06.03.2026 17:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Opinion | America Won’t Save Iran

Reza Aslan on Iran:

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/o...

06.03.2026 17:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Trump wants to choose Iran’s new leader. I want to live on a rainbow With a unicorn.

05.03.2026 17:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Senators demand investigation after ninth American killed by Israeli settlers or soldiers in West Bank Lawmakers cite ‘consistent pattern’ in which Americans are being killed ‘without justice or accountability’

Nine Americans killed in West Bank by Israeli settlers:

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

05.03.2026 17:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Opinion | Trump Is Playing a Dangerous Game With Iran

Kurds that trust Trump haven’t paid attention to Syria, or Iraq, or Hungary, or any history at all. It’s just pathetic.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/o...

05.03.2026 02:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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59% of Americans Oppose the Military Action in Iran

59% of Americans oppose the war in Iran and it will go downhill from here. Resist. Tell your neighbors and friends. Write about it. Protest. No Kings! No Empires! No more genocide in Gaza!

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/u...

05.03.2026 02:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Congress MUST Stop Financing Harm: Invest in Families, Not Cruelty Sign onto our letter urging Congress to NOT pass any bill that gives more money to DHS and to put in place strong accountability measures to rein in ICE.

Sign onto our letter urging Congress to NOT pass any bill that gives more money to DHS and to put in place strong accountability measures to rein in ICE. action.momsrising.org/sign/not-fun...

05.03.2026 02:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Opinion | No Empire. No Kings.

Trump and American Imperialism:

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/o...

03.03.2026 16:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Second Strike Hits Saudi Embassy The U.S. Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, came under attack twice on Tuesday, causing part of the roof to collapse, according to people familiar with the matter. After the second strike, the chancery ...

“The US Embassy in Riyadh came under attack twice Tuesday, causing part of the roof to collapse. After the second strike, the chancery remained contaminated with smoke. Staff continue to shelter in place.”

03.03.2026 15:58 👍 116 🔁 50 💬 6 📌 3

The sort of religious nutters you might once have seen in the street, with 'The end is nigh' placards and a crazed look in their eye, now seem to have control of the most powerful military that has ever existed.

Utterly terrifying.

03.03.2026 16:20 👍 186 🔁 72 💬 9 📌 2
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Trump has cornered himself with his war in Iran | Sidney Blumenthal The president needs a quick win to avoid a quagmire – but he needs a long war to justify potential emergency powers

Trump is cornered, all by his own hand:

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

03.03.2026 16:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Why are 550 Iranians dead? For what?

02.03.2026 18:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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IRGC 'attacked an alleged US-linked oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz... retaliating against the US-Israel assault.

“The ATHE NOVA tanker, one of the American allies in the Strait of Hormuz, is still on fire after being hit by two drones,” the IRGC said...'

www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

02.03.2026 18:20 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
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Chaos in Gaza after Israel blocked the gate to Egypt, extreme lack of food reported

02.03.2026 18:18 👍 26 🔁 31 💬 3 📌 3
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"Israel killed a 25-year-old Palestinian in the occupied West Bank, while also attacking Iran, Lebanon and Gaza."

www.threads.com/@ajplus/post...

#BDS #BoycottIsrael #FreePalestine #Israel #IsraelNews #MiddleEast #MiddleEastNews #News #Palestine #PalestineNews #WorldNews #Zionism

02.03.2026 18:24 👍 44 🔁 29 💬 1 📌 0
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Understanding the U.S. and Israel’s illegal aggression in Iran The illegal U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran continues a rampage that has devastated countries and international institutions to eliminate all obstacles to U.S. hegemony. The U.S.-Israel Axis has not succe...

mondoweiss.net/2026/03/unde...

02.03.2026 14:02 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Footage from near the Strait of Hormuz shows a Palau-flagged oil tanker ablaze after what Oman’s maritime security centre said was a hit from an unidentified projectile.

At least three ships have been struck in the area. More than 150 others have dropped anchor to avoid entering the strait.

01.03.2026 18:12 👍 530 🔁 296 💬 31 📌 56
Bar chart: Most Americans disapprove of US military action against Iran

A new CNN poll, conducted by SSRS shortly after the US launched a military operation in Iran, finds that roughly 6 in 10 Americans disapprove of the attack. Initial reactions closely track the results of a CNN poll conducted last summer after the US launched airstrikes in Iran.

Bar chart: Most Americans disapprove of US military action against Iran A new CNN poll, conducted by SSRS shortly after the US launched a military operation in Iran, finds that roughly 6 in 10 Americans disapprove of the attack. Initial reactions closely track the results of a CNN poll conducted last summer after the US launched airstrikes in Iran.

New from us: Nearly 6 in 10 Americans disapprove of the US decision to take military action in Iran, as most say a long-term military conflict between the two nations is likely, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.

www.cnn.com/2026/03/02/p...

02.03.2026 18:20 👍 167 🔁 60 💬 12 📌 9

550 dead Iranians now in a war Trump is waging for the hell of it, because his poll numbers are bad and the Epstein files threaten his future. War is sickness when pursued for personal reasons, not self defense.

02.03.2026 18:32 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Nonsense

28.02.2026 20:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

weird how whenever the US is like these people need us to bring democracy the democracy is always dead children

28.02.2026 20:20 👍 299 🔁 78 💬 6 📌 2

Gaza, south Lebanon, the West Bank, southwest Syria, this is the model that Israel wants across MENA: weak, permanently unstable, incapable of infrastructural reconstruction or administrative cohesion.

28.02.2026 20:33 👍 1683 🔁 438 💬 16 📌 8

Yes, he is so concerned, even worried.

28.02.2026 20:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Opinion | How Israel Lost Americans

Israel’s maddening attacks on many of its Muslim neighbors, including on Iran today, with Trump’s support will further undermine any ordinary Americans’ support for Israel:

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/o...

28.02.2026 20:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump's war with Iran does not make any sense, and that is reflected in the US public overwhelmingly opposing the war. 19 polls have been done - all show that support for war lands between 16-25% at most.

In comparison, 79% of the US public supported Bush's Iraq war...

24.02.2026 19:26 👍 19 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 0
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Another Iranian drone hits the US base in Bahrain, with Bahrainis seemingly celebrating the strike, chanting "Ya Ali!"

This is significant because it foreshadows what will likely happen if the war takes on a religious dimension, such as if Ayatollah Khamenei is assassinated.

28.02.2026 17:23 👍 38 🔁 15 💬 3 📌 2