Irked Zirk's Avatar

Irked Zirk

@irkedzirk

Fighting the fight in the Chicago suburbs. The older I get, the more progressive and radical I get.

289
Followers
505
Following
185
Posts
14.02.2025
Joined
Posts Following

Latest posts by Irked Zirk @irkedzirk

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol Building. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol Building. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Sen. Martin Heinrich: “Remember when Republicans said we couldn't afford those tax credits for your healthcare?

Now they’re burning through almost a billion dollars a day on their Iran War”

09.03.2026 18:04 👍 6213 🔁 2158 💬 165 📌 73
Video thumbnail

AOC: The Pentagon has not passed an audit, and they are out here trying to kick people with disabilities off of Medicaid. It is corruption that is stealing from the public coffers — and that is the actual waste, fraud, and abuse.

09.03.2026 00:20 👍 19986 🔁 6191 💬 262 📌 178
Post image

the president has no idea what he has set in motion. none.

www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

09.03.2026 00:23 👍 25595 🔁 7609 💬 2501 📌 678
Video thumbnail

Obama has the crowd at Jesse Jackson's eulogy hanging on his every word

06.03.2026 19:54 👍 8853 🔁 1874 💬 314 📌 182

Well, gas is expensive, and food is expensive, and we’re doing a war nobody wants, but at least there are no jobs

06.03.2026 19:47 👍 30346 🔁 7524 💬 224 📌 238

Can’t wait for the Benghazi 2.0 hearings to happen over abandoning US Officials and Diplomats across the Middle East because a child rapist and money launderer is being blackmailed to start a war on behalf of Benjamin Netanyahu.

06.03.2026 16:14 👍 3742 🔁 1326 💬 116 📌 39
Preview
Radar bases housing key US missile interceptor hit in Jordan and UAE, satellite images show | CNN New satellite images from several key military bases in the Arabian Peninsula suggest that Iran is seeking to degrade air defenses by destroying US-made radars that detect incoming missiles and drones...

Oof. Multiple THAAD radar systems have reportedly been destroyed by Iran. That’s bad.

I’ve also seen some surprise that Russia is providing Iran with targeting data for US forces, but that was expected. We’ve been providing Ukraine with targeting data for 4 years.

www.cnn.com/2026/03/05/m...

06.03.2026 12:30 👍 2260 🔁 737 💬 129 📌 28
Post image
06.03.2026 18:52 👍 44 🔁 15 💬 1 📌 0
Preview
Capitol rioter pardoned by Trump given life sentence for molesting two children — Guardian US Andrew Paul Johnson, 45, of Florida among several January 6 defendants charged with new crimes

🤬 trump

06.03.2026 02:53 👍 4245 🔁 1724 💬 368 📌 188
Preview
Trump Says 'I Guess' Americans Should Worry About Iran Retaliating on U.S. Soil: 'Like I Said, Some People Will Die' In an interview with 'Time,' President Donald Trump acknowledged the possibility that Iran retaliates with attacks on U.S. soil, saying, 'We think about it all the time. We plan for it'

Trump on terrorist attacks in America: “Like I said, some people will die. When you go to war, some people will die."

06.03.2026 01:03 👍 2754 🔁 1022 💬 555 📌 447

This war on Iran is a case study in an administration that believes it has the means - and therefore the moral authority - to do whatever it wants.

It could have assembled a case, enlisted allies, stuck to a script.

But it can't be bothered, because it feels that to all be unnecessary.

05.03.2026 10:26 👍 1744 🔁 444 💬 180 📌 46
Video thumbnail

Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Kristi Noem.

05.03.2026 19:11 👍 22549 🔁 4981 💬 766 📌 402
Preview
Trump's Iran War and the Article One crisis Congress's refusal to do its job is now the world's problem.

New in PN: Trump's Iran War and the Article One crisis

"Unless and until the GOP acknowledges that the country is in the grip of a madman bent on consolidating all constitutional power in him and him alone, Trump is free to singlehandedly decide to go to war. That's not how it's supposed to work."

03.03.2026 12:50 👍 1308 🔁 404 💬 54 📌 10

I’m fired, aren’t I?

03.03.2026 00:28 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Tail wags dog. Good doggy. Have a medal.

02.03.2026 17:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Preview
The money behind the new Iran War In private calls over the last several weeks, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman urged President Trump to attack Iran.

1. According to multiple reports both Saudi Arabia and the UAE lobbied Trump to attack Iran.

Both countries have increased their influence with Trump by investing billions in projects that personally enrich Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

02.03.2026 13:39 👍 2092 🔁 1159 💬 128 📌 175
Post image

Siding with the Constitution isn't siding with Iran.

02.03.2026 00:00 👍 2534 🔁 417 💬 91 📌 54

A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to being called unpatriotic. War grants leaders all sorts of emergency powers. War consumes everything else.

We mustn’t let this war do so.

01.03.2026 23:01 👍 23241 🔁 7890 💬 695 📌 322

The State of the Union: the president is a corrupt demented sex criminal who tried to overthrow the constitution.

25.02.2026 00:19 👍 28726 🔁 6199 💬 854 📌 263

Democracy is dying in America.

ICE is a murderous secret police force. We’re about to bomb Iran for Israel. Your kids are shot at in school daily, and pedophiles run our government. There’s no healthcare, and your food is poisonous.

We need real leaders - not career politicians.

25.02.2026 23:11 👍 17060 🔁 4538 💬 576 📌 207

I can't say how much I hope Jasmine Crockett defeats James talirico in the election. I think she is the real deal, a very genuine defender of democracy. People like her offer the greatest hope that the US will not slide further into fascism.

22.02.2026 17:53 👍 9110 🔁 1387 💬 884 📌 118

I just want to live in a country where the leader can’t enrich themselves with our tax dollars, the government does what the people want, and the wealthy have to follow the laws.

You know, like a democracy.

22.02.2026 00:06 👍 36592 🔁 7477 💬 936 📌 369
Video thumbnail

They will face accountability one day.👇

21.02.2026 01:45 👍 7357 🔁 3435 💬 679 📌 252

Trump's saying he's not going to follow the SCOTUS ruling.

20.02.2026 18:35 👍 583 🔁 129 💬 175 📌 27
Accountability for ICE
Accountability for ICE YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer

An important step forward toward accountability for ICE! youtube.com/shorts/_fIKf...

13.02.2026 21:25 👍 65 🔁 34 💬 1 📌 2
The SAVE America Act
The SAVE America Act YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer

The SAVE America Act—a revised version of the SAVE Act—is a voter ID and citizenship proof law that just passed the House of Representatives. Many of you have asked what it means. It’s worse than you think. So let’s make sure it doesn’t get through the Senate. youtube.com/shorts/0a9zL...

17.02.2026 16:50 👍 165 🔁 127 💬 8 📌 16

Chairman of the Bored

19.02.2026 21:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Preview
Susan Collins hands Trump the 50th vote against free and fair elections When it comes to free and fair elections, Collins is as conservative and anti-voting rights as they come.

Collins has voted with Trump 96% of the time — the same rate as Mitch McConnell and two points above conservative Rand Paul. This is hardly the profile of someone looking to chart her own path. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/susa...

19.02.2026 16:38 👍 3287 🔁 1257 💬 293 📌 114
Preview
New videos resurface showing Trump partying with underage girls We’ve all seen Pam Bondi’s petulant performance before the House this week, screaming at members of Congress as they ask why various Epstein files remain redacted for Co-conspirators and perpetrators ...

The President of the United States most likely raped girls along with his best friend Epstein.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

16.02.2026 04:28 👍 2350 🔁 992 💬 133 📌 73