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#Senate rejects bill to halt #IranWar despite lawmakers’ growing frustrations

It was the first such vote since a deadline passed for the #Trump admin to seek #Congress’s approval to continue the military campaign.

#TrumpsWar #US #Iran #Israel #war #ForeverWars #WarCrimes #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/05/13/senate-rejects-bill-halt-iran-war-despite-growing-frustrations/

Checking in on Operation Epic Fury...

#TrumpMustGo #TrumpKillsAmerica #Iran #RepublicansDidThis #NoMoreRepublicans #USPol

Priorities, priorities ....

#Trumpolini boasts about where his attentions lie - not on the needs of American citizens, not even a little bit, as their basic needs become more and more expensive, thanks to the duplicitous wars launched by the US to feather the nests of the MIC and its horrible pawns. https://aje.news/maro0a?update=4567213

My cartoon for today. #AIcartoons #USFascism #Iran

Netolini howls for more war, while Trumpolini shilly shallies and lies about Iran's nuclear capabilities and intentions. #Iran of course has been a signatory of the NPT for decades, unlike malevolent #Israel which is bristling with nukes, is expansionist, genocidal and belligerent, mass-murdering its neighbours and stealing their lands continuously since its unfortunate inception.

Another cartoon from my Fools and Liars series.

https://time.com/article/2026/05/11/us-iran-israel-war-trump-netanyahu-peace-talks-latest/ #IsraelFascism #USFascism #AIart

A ship anchored off the #UAE was seized & taken toward #Iran & another—a cargo ship near #Oman —sank after being
attacked, authorities said Thursday, as tensions escalated near the #StraitOfHormuz.

It wasn’t immediately clear who was behind these incidents, but they happened as a snr Iranian ofcl reiterated his country’s claim of control over the waterway & another said it had a right to seize #oil tankers connected to the #US.

#IranWar #Trump #law #Congress #WarPowers
https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-israel-war-oil-hormuz-may-14-2026-efb53c39ee6334733e1cb22ca4a6c279

#Pentagon halts deployments to #Poland & #Germany to cut troop numbers in #Europe, AP sources say

The Pentagon is drawing down thousands of troops in Europe by canceling deployments to Poland & Germany as opposed to yanking forces already stationed there, #US officials say, as #Trump has tussled with #allies over the #Iran #war & called for changes.

#law #NATO #alliance #geopolitics
https://apnews.com/article/poland-us-troop-reduction-deployment-europe-34138e62c7afc0b83ab7c7cc8fa60071

Five of Indonesia’s most powerful security officials declared the country secure while malls were fenced, unfenced, and a woman was arrested for a Facebook post. Eleven days before Independence Day, the government is managing memory to protect extraction and punish warning. That same government moved fast enough to make a dictator a national hero within a year of taking office; it has never moved that fast for anyone’s survival, anywhere. Below is this week’s mutual aid roundup.Below are ten mutual aid requests, two Palestinian campaign spotlights, and verified campaigns needing direct support and sharing.

@mutualaidspace @mutualaid @mutualaid @indonesia @disability @wrzky @frugalcoffee @autistics @actuallyadhd

#activism #activitypub #anticapitalism #antiimperialism #bipocma #blackfedi #blackmutualaid #disability #DisabilityCrowdfund #disabilitymutualaid #DisabledWriters #EmergencyCrowdfund #fedihelp #fediverse #Gaza #GazaMutualAid #gazaverified #genocide #healthcare #helpfolkslive2026 #Indonesia #Iran #jakarta #mentalhealth #mutualaid #mutualaidrequest #mutualaidspace #neurodivergence #Palestine #poverty #queermutualaid #transmutualaid #writer #WritersofMastodon

Mutual Aid Request Roundup 6 August 2026

Could be another #MarketManipulation or even just that Trump is feeling like he’s not getting enough attention.

#Trump says a deal with #Iran & opening of #StraitOfHormuz are 'largely negotiated'

#TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Israel #war #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
https://apnews.com/article/iran-united-states-war-ceasefire-negotiations-hormuz-1c283f26d037102cc5e6f798546d0e59

Doesn't JD Vance have his own security clearance to access the DOD computer systems? Who is this woman on the ID? Why doesn't Vance have and use his own clearance?

A card can be seen inserted into the laptop sitting in Vance’s lap that appears to be a Common Access Card (CAC), an identification card used by U.S. defense personnel. The photograph on the card, however, appears to be of a woman and not of Vance.

Cybersecurity experts criticized the incident, noting that government-issued smart cards should never be used by anyone other than the assigned individual or left in public photo #USPol #Iran #3Stooges

Qatar’s prime minister posted this picture:

To protect the public from women's awful #music , the benevolent Islamic Republic requires permits for concerts. And to protect them from #shame for their ugliness, #women in #Iran must cover their heads.

Parastoo Ahmadi violated both laws by filming a #concert ! For this "obscene and immoral content", Ahmadi & crew have been sentenced to flogging plus a work & travel ban.

Please share the concert, so that all know how #obscene and #immoral #Ahmadi really is.

https://youtu.be/oYcaDHEnhbU?

#Iran says it is closing the vital #StraitOfHormuz in response to what it described as #Israel #ceasefire violations in #Lebanon & a failure by the #US to implement the first clause of a tentative agreement to end the #war.

#TrumpsWar #IranWar #Trump #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #InternationalLaw #law #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #EnergyCrisis
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/20/world/live-news/iran-war-trump-israel-lebanon?post-id=cmqmdyk76000c396s8ae4atzg

Cultural Round-up - 21 June ‘26 - Zuhur News #335 on: #Iran #Turkey #Lebanon-#Palestine #Syria #ArabicMusic #FathersDay #Fashion #PortSaid #Bedouine #Egypt #Theatre #Archaeology #TV #Morocco #Spain #Amazigh
#Marrakesh #Alexandria #Sudan
Don’t forget to hit the Join button. #press

https://www.patreon.com/posts/161712380?utm_campaign=postshare_creator

In a statement Tuesday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry condemned the #US attacks, which it called a “blatant violation” of the #ceasefire, & said it would “leave no act of hostility unanswered.”

The US military acknowledged the strikes Monday evening — hours after #Trump said on social media that Iran’s enriched uranium “will either be immediately turned over to the United States to be brought home & destroyed” or disposed of elsewhere.

#Iran has yet to agree to those terms.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/05/26/us-renews-strikes-iran-citing-threats-posed-american-troops/

The #US military carried out ​new #strikes overnight in #Iran targeting a military site that ‌officials claimed posed a threat to US forces & commercial maritime traffic in the #StraitOfHormuz, a ​US official told Reuters on Wednesday.

The official…said the US military also intercepted & shot down multiple ​Iranian drones that they claimed posed a similar threat.

#TrumpsWar #IranWar #ForeverWars #Trump #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #economy #EnergyCrisis
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-carries-out-new-strikes-iran-against-military-site-official-says-2026-05-27/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

Doing the Weekend Wall Street Shuffle again. My cartoon for today. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/23/trump-says-iran-agreement-largely-negotiated-still-awaiting-finalisation #Trumpolini #USFascism #Iran #AIart #satire

#US revokes license that authorized sale of Iranian #oil

The US #Treasury Dept issued the 60-day license last month, waiving #sanctions on Iranian oil as part of an interim agreement to end the fighting between the 2 countries. Treasury officials did not immediately respond to an AP inquiry on why the license was revoked.

#TrumpsWar #IranWar #Iran #war #Trump #law #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #EnergyCrisis
https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-israel-war-oil-4732228810c9839a1258309ad43b8289

NEW: Amid Mounting War Casualties, Pete Hegseth “Defunded and Impeded” Efforts to Protect Civilians, Lawmakers Say

Ten members of Congress have warned the secretary of defense that the Trump administration’s gutting of a program focused on shielding noncombatants puts service members in peril, erodes the military’s moral standing and may violate federal law.
https://www.propublica.org/article/hegseth-trump-war-civilian-casualties-elizabeth-warren-pentagon?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #PeteHegseth #Defense #Politics #Trump #Iran #War #Pentagon #Congress

I can't help thinking. This story is the elephant in the room...

Tick.Tock.Tick.Tock. ⏳️ (tempus fugit)

#trump #iran #hormuz

@dangillmor @mnutty

https://www.politico.eu/article/un-6-month-window-to-avert-food-price-crisis-from-hormuz-closure/

Iranian drones attack #Bahrain & a ship is struck in the strait after #US airstrikes on #Iran

Iran launched a drone assault targeting Bahrain while a ship in the #StraitOfHormuz separately came under attack Saturday, likely Tehran’s response to overnight airstrikes by the US.

#TrumpsWar #IranWar #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-israel-war-hormuz-strait-june-27-2026-dca83ec0b72f498eea7146df5311b39c

https://youtu.be/WQtIwl0_Tsw
⛔️🇺🇸Iran struck ship in Strait of Hormuz proving it has a hold on who operates in the straight, not Trump (CNN VIDEO) #Ukraine #Press #USA #US #Trump #America #Maga #Republicans #Media #UAE #Oman #Jordan #Qatar #UK #London #Israel #TelAviv #Bahrain #SaudiArabia #News #Kuwait #Headlines #Iran #Tehran #Lebanon #Gaza #Palestine #russiaUkraineWar
#12yrInvasionOfUkraine #RussiansAreBabyKillers

#iran #russia #israel #ReflectingPool #politicalhumor #trump

He is just so freaking dumb

#Trump says #Iran agreed to #nuclear inspections into “infinity”, Tehran denies #US claims

#idiocracy #TrumpsWar #IranWar
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/us-waives-iran-sanctions-trump-says-he-will-do-what-i-have-to-if-tehran-2026-06-23/

But I thought there was no war

#Pentagon seeks $80 billion from #Congress for #IranWar

The Pentagon has told senators it needs roughly $80 billion, mostly to cover the cost of the #US war against #Iran, adding to what is already a sizable #military spending boost being sought by #Trump.

The White House #OMB has yet to make a formal request to Congress. But #Defense Secy Pete #Hegseth has been making the rounds on Capitol Hill, including Monday evening.

https://apnews.com/article/iran-war-costs-trump-senate-hegseth-4648071a31afceaa55638c69ea021fd8

So this will obviously be rejected …

#Trump sent changes to the proposed peace deal back to #Iran

Trump sent back changes to the proposed deal with Iran after a meeting with advisers Friday, ofcls said, extending the back & forth negotiations into another week.

The exact changes Trump requested weren’t immediately clear, but officials said he has insisted on tougher language surrounding Iran’s #nuclear commitments & its pledge to reopen to #StraitOfHormuz.

#IranWar
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/31/politics/trump-iran-deal-changes

This is a much better way of saying what I've been saying for a while. The current US administration lacks the brainpower to develop strategy. They're operating at the tactical level only, assuming that the strategy will somehow emerge or take care of itself.

Rank. Fucking. Amateurs.

“The US military is good at delivering tactical successes, and entombing and suppressing the Iranian missile force is a great example of that,” said Lair. “However, if that isn’t accompanied by a set of reasonable strategic war aims and an achievable theory of victory, it can end up being a strategic failure.”

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/31/us/iran-tunnels-reopened-us-strategy-bombing-invs

#USPol #Iran #DipShitPresidents