So far the war in Iran has cost an estimated $5.5 billion.
That's roughly $1 billion per day.
$41,666,667 per hour.
$11,574 per second.
People do not want this.
They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.
This is them- the new MAGA GOP- masks off.
Hate and brutality.
Congress is actually intended to be the superior branch of government- with the power to make laws, which the executive- as “chief magistrate” is supposed to enforce. Not the other way around through executive order that a compliant Congress is obligated to fund. That is how the Russian Duma works.
When the President of the United States views "We the People" as a threat to his power, he has abdictated his sworn duty to serve us and must be immediately removed from office.
1/6/21 should’ve been the end of MaGA GOP and Trump- absolutely crushed.
Instead, timidity turned it into their Munich putsch moment…
And, here we are.
McGovern: How the hell is this America first? You guys broke your top campaign promise. Good luck with that. I hope the defense contractor money was worth it. Shame on you all. The mask is off. You're all just a bunch of pathetic Neocon Warmongers.
We need to pass a House rule or law that requires them to work a certain number of days to get paid. Since Mike Johnson took over these people hardly ever work. When they finally come back after weeks off they work 2 days and he sends them home for 2 more weeks. It’s ridiculous.
It is insane.
I grew up with some of these poisonous whacked-out ideas.
This logic takes U.S. right over the edge into the abyss. What happens when “Jesus” says to use a nuke?
Just as bad as ISIS.
Predictable with this crowd.
Well, they sort of planned for it, but there are limits. If you want to keep your job in this administration you get on the bus- even if it is going in the wrong direction. 😕
It’s the war plan you get from a bunch of drunk E-4’s in the barracks on a Friday night, which is basically what this was, but toss in the leadership of General Dwight D Mentia at the helm.
Creating a civil war right next to the world's most vulnerable hydrocarbon shipping lane? I foresee no problems with this.
Cartoon by Tommy Siegel
The upside of American Taxpayers spending $1T for Trump to listen to Netanyahu & Bonesaw and attack Iran is that our taxes will increase to pay for the resupply of weapons to Netanyahu & Bonesaw, while our fuel costs increase, our 401(k)s are decimated and Billionaires continue to pay no taxes.
I'm sorry, if you're going to make a big show about how you've got a Department of WAR helmed by a Secretary of WAR and staffed by WARfighters, it's totally inane to then claim that your massive bombing of a foreign country constitutes something other than a war.
How come “How are you going to pay for it?” is never asked about endless war?
There was no imminent threat. The narrative keeps shifting. The nuclear claims are contradictory. So let’s start there.
As we just saw in the Pentagon press-con, there is no clear strategy.
This bipartisan Iran War Powers Resolution has been sitting with Speaker Johnson since June 2025.
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Not completely true.
There is a “ROE” for targeting-
The kind of ROE you think of is probably the sort for ground troops. Ground troops aren’t going into this fight (yet)
The other strikes have discrimination on the targeting end- precision munitions hit the intended targets at different rates.
Good.
Expectation: Congress exclusively holds the power to declare war
Reality: The President unilaterally starts wars whenever and with whomever he likes, and Congress can't even be bothered to vote on whether to stop bombing schools, killing children and assassinating/kidnapping foreign heads of state
Three people kneeling by a memorial in the snow in front of a brick house, with lines and lines of colorful flowers, as well as signs and candles
BREAKING: A “credible whistleblower” has revealed FBI forensic experts were ordered to “stand down” from processing the scene of Renee Good’s murder — because Kash Patel did not want Good “referenced as a ‘victim.’”
Source: Senate Judiciary Democrats
Of course it won’t be endless. But at some point we use up exquisite ammo- and if the Iranian regime is still functioning, well I guess we negotiate and we don’t “ win”.
What a stupid man.
Whatever… 🙄
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