❝ The closest historical parallel to what is happening to transgender people in the military is, surprise surprise, Adolf Hitler’s removal of Jewish troops from the Reichswehr and the Wehrmacht. The difference is that Hegseth’s policies on transgender people are even more draconian… the only time a country excludes a group of people from the military… is when they do not even see those people as being valuable as slaves, cannon fodder, or bullet sponges… ❞
iran
#US intelligence says #Iran can outlast Trump’s #Hormuz #blockade for months
A confidential intelligence community assessment delivered to the White House also finds that Iran retains a substantial missile & drone arsenal.
#Trump #idiocracy #kakistocracy #IranWar #war #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/05/07/cia-intelligence-iran-trump-blockade-missiles/
Nice. That’s taking a stand.
#Spain closes airspace to #US planes involved in #IranWar, defense minister says
Spain has closed its airspace to US planes involved in attacks on Iran, a step beyond its previous denial of use of jointly-operated military bases, Defence Minister Margarita Robles said Monday.
"We don't authorize either the use of military bases or the use of airspace for actions related to the #war in #Iran," she told reporters in Madrid.
#geopolitics
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/spain-closes-airspace-us-planes-involved-iran-war-el-pais-says-2026-03-30/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
PVN:
‘Mental Illness Disguised as Foreign Policy!'
Nance:
“I've been saying this for some time. This is mental illness disguised as foreign policy, and whatever is in Trump's head that moment, is the truth to him.
I don't know if you guys have gone over the timeline from last week… where literally, every other minute, he contradicted himself in the previous sentence, that's mental illness! ... The media is so broken, this guy is sick!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPGI622mp9U
#Trump says #Iran will be 'blown off the face of Earth' as US sinks six small ships in Strait of Hormuz
https://the-express.com/news/world-news/206437/donald-trump-iran-blown-off-earth-206437
The #Trump admin is placing economic #sanctions on a major #China based #oil refinery & roughly 40 shipping companies & tankers involved in transporting #Iran oil.
The move, announced Friday makes good on Trump’s threat to impose secondary sanctions on companies & countries that do business with Iran. It’s also part of his #Republican admin’s overall ramped-up campaign to cut off Iran’s key source of revenue — its oil exports.
#MafiaState #RevengePolitics
https://apnews.com/article/treasury-bessent-sanctions-china-iran-oil-12a02b5ba394cbcab355d645bfe9cdf7
Britain and Spain Reject Reported Plans by #Trump to Punish Them for not supporting him during #Iran war.
“An internal #Pentagon email, reported by the Reuters news agency, suggested that options under review include withdrawing American support for Britain’s sovereignty over the #Falkland (Malvinas) Islands — which are also claimed by #Argentina — and seeking to suspend #Spain from #NATO.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/world/europe/trump-britain-spain-falklands.html
By taking a wrecking ball to the global rules-based order, Donald Trump has thrown the entire world into chaos, reminding us why our post-World War II forebears laid the foundation for that order. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/04/24/world/trump-and-international-law/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #us #donaldtrump #middleeast #iran #straitofhormuz #israel #lebanon #defense #icc #un #securitycouncil #humanrights
Ukraine will supply weapons and defense technology, including systems that can help unblock the Strait of #Hormuz, to Gulf countries under new agreements, President Volodymyr Zelensky told reporters on March 30.
Nothing has really changed.
EDIT: Nothing except the stock market that is.
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Much damage has been done to our societies and the #climate due to #fossilFuels
The alternative was always there, but it was systematically destroyed
Appreciate the irony though:
Big Oil's decline has been ensured by their greatest triumph, #Trump
The stupid war on #Iran means every country will move off #oil
#China's #EV makers are kings of the world now
"‘The damage is done’: global oil crisis has changed fossil fuel industry for ever, #IEA chief says"
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#Iran foreign minister left Islamabad without meeting #US envoys, Pakistan officials say. Can you blame him? The US “envoys” were Steve #Witkoff & Jared #Kushner ffs.
#IranWar #TrumpsWar #Trump #MafiaState #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-trump-04-25-2026
I've heard all kinds of arguments by establishment #USDemocrats about the #US war on #Iran, how bad the strategy was, how its end-goal shifted from regime change to reopening of the Strait, the lack of an exit strategy, that it is "Trump's war", and myriad others, but what I haven't heard is the simple demand:
STOP THE WAR!
Why is that? Why is it that mainstream Democrats can only allude to but never actually utter this simple demand?
(Adam Smith = progressive Dem) ∉ establishment
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Beirut was my home for almost 4 years when I was studying urban planning at the American University of Beirut, and I have a lot of loved ones in the city.
Following today's Israeli terror strikes, I spent the morning checking on people... Of course, everyone is shaken, but they feel compelled to reassure us that they're ok.
Everyone I checked with was grateful for my messages, to know that they are not forgotten.
A friend sent me a video of a building that was struck by an Israeli missile. It was less than 100m away from my apartment on the waterfront, and maybe 200m from the AUB campus. Two friends lived in the building adjacent to that building that now is mostly rubble. I couldn't get to them, but I heard through other friends that they're ok.
The rubble from the terror strike is piled on the street, burying cars under it, blocking the street that I walked every day to get to campus.
Israel is a terrorist state.
Snopes: Fake News from Trump??
"Image claiming to show US airman rescued in Iran is fake. Here's the proof
In early April 2026, the U.S. said it conducted a rescue mission to retrieve two members of the Air Force downed in Iran."
#Russia #India #China #USA #Economy #Finance #Technology #Security #News #Iran #Israel #War #EU #NATO #Oil #Nuclear #Weapons #Trump #Warcrimes #Disgrace #Hegseth
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/image-us-pilot-rescued-iran/
HOW MUCH YOU WANNA BET the vast majority of these new recruits in South Carolina are Black and Puerto Rican? https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/ice-agents-will-stationed-marine-corps-graduation-events-south-carolin-rcna265941
these #MAGA #MAHA fuckwads already egged Trump into sending #ICE into military bases to kidnap the families of active personnel; and they are using Army brats to get rid of birthright citizenship.
Marines are the literal vanguard of #USMIL invasions yet, incredibly, the racist cultists need to terrorize them in the middle of an illegal war with #Iran
"While the Middle East burns and Americans pay more for food and gas, Trump and his billionaire friends, such as Larry Ellison, are profiting off of war, gobbling up our data, and going all-in on AI."
~ Wajahat Ali with Audrey Hanson
#Trump #Iran #war #EconomicElites #billionaires #AI #LarryEllison #profiteering
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https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/how-the-illegal-iran-war-is-profiting
Not gonna watch. It’s all #lies, exaggeration & bullshit.
In a prime-time address Wednesday, #Trump is expected to describe the #US - #Israel #war against #Iran as a major success that could end in a few weeks.
In what was perhaps a pre-emptive pitch before Trump’s speech, President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran posted an open letter to the US public, warning of the costs of a prolonged war. “Continuing along the path of confrontation is more costly & futile than ever before,” said the letter.
Trump is full of sh!t.
That’s it. That’s the toot.
#trump #iran #middleeast #MAGA #republicans #Israel #epstein #Hegseth #war #oil #news #worldnews
“Shortly before…Trump was set to address the American people on Wednesday night, Iran declared that it would agree to end the war only if there was regime change in the United States.
“The United States is a rogue state led by an unstable ruler,” the Iranian statement read. “Such a madman must not be allowed to possess nuclear weapons.”
The…ultimatum drew…strong support from Greenland, Canada, and the rest of NATO.” (The Borowitz Report)
https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/iran-agrees-to-end-war-only-if-there
#satire #trump #usa #iran
The reaction to #Trump's #Iran Address
are obviously utterly bewildered,,,,
The problem is that people expect consistency and logical processes from a '#POTUS'
Trump has no 'logical processes' or coherence
he has no 'plans'
Trump speaks in advertising slogans, a 'salad' of clichés that he believes are 'effective' and that's it.
Trump does NOT have plans ...
he just tries to stay in power avoid prison and get rich at the expense of EVERYONE
outside of that he has NO idea what he is doing.
False claims #Trump made as he addressed the nation about #Iran
Trump “mischaracterized” core elements of the #US #economy [lied] & “stretched” the facts [lied] in claiming to have toppled Iran’s government as he addressed the nation Wednesday night in a time of soaring #GasPrices & persistent #inflation.
#gaslighting #propaganda #TrumpsWar #IranWar #law #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-fact-focus-gas-prices-inflation-821374c3c249ad0abf471843ce8e9557
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