US Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine says it will “take some time” to assess how much damage was done in early Sunday airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites. ABC News reports:
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iran
This photo means a lot to me … I had to run around the traffic circle to align the sunburst with the top of the Azadi Tower.
When I visited the top level, I made a point of standing in the center window of each of the four sides.
Whenever I see a photo of the tower, whatever the circumstance, I can say with certainty that I was *there*.
Taken ~ New Years Day of ’79 … I left Tehran for the final time on January 3.
My parents got out the day before the Shah closed the airport.
Netanyahu has tried for two decades to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran & finally found a president stupid enough, narcissistic enough, and easily manipulated enough to do it.
#war #IllegalWar #UnconstitutionalWar #UnprovokedWar #Netanyahu #Israel #Iran #politics #Dictatorshit #Nazis #FascistAmeriKKKa
this is #trump in 2011 saying #obama is weak so he will start a war with #iran
but pointing out the #hypocrisy is meaningless
today #MAGA is exalting over trump bombing iran
a few months ago they voted for him because he promised no more #USA #war in the #middleEast
🤦
know this:
#fascism has no coherence
it's power by any means
you adhere to principles
they do not
"hypocrisy!" is as useful as correcting the grammar on a notice sending us to concentration camps
they do not fucking care
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The Dangerous Consequences of Donald Trump’s Strikes in #Iran
Why even a successful attack might do less to curb the Islamic Republic’s #nuclear ambitions than a diplomatic deal would have.
On Saturday, #Trump brought the #UnitedStates into #Israel’s #war against Iran. American planes & submarines struck 3 sites in Iran, including 2 nuclear enrichment facilities—at #Natanz & #Fordow—& a complex near #Isfahan that was believed to contain stores of uranium.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/the-dangerous-consequences-of-donald-trumps-strikes-in-iran
May 26, 1637, the Puritans and their allies surround the Pequot Indian stronghold called Mystic Fort near what is now Stonington, Connecticut. They set it ablaze, then shoot those who flee the flames. By dawn, over 400 are dead—mostly women and children.
And yet, we still call Puritans the “peaceful” settlers.
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#blackmastodon #iran #photography #history #war #histodons
Image: The Puritans’ massacre of the Pequots. A 19th-century wood engraving. Source: The Granger Collection, NYC.
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Welp.
Trump resort coming soon
ADDED via Catherine Rampell:
Rubio on CBS: "This wasn't a regime change move."
Vance on ABC: "Well, first of all, we don't want to achieve regime change."
Vance on NBC: "our view has been very clear that we don't want a regime change."
Trump, not waiting even 24 hours to undercut and humiliate them:
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'There Is No Intel': #Trump's Attacks on #Iran Were Based on Vibes, Sources Say
Following Trump's attacks on Iran, an admin official tells Rolling Stone, "The intelligence assessments have not really changed"
After Trump's decision to strike 3 Iranian #nuclear facilities on Sat, admin ofcls are barely bothering to pretend the unprecedented—& potentially calamitous—attacks were motivated by new #intelligence suggesting Iran was on the brink of having nuclear weapons.
Via Sherrilyn Ifill:
When the man w poss worst judgment, & best poss personal security that ensures his safety is left to make decisions based on “instinct” that imperil the rest of us.
Ryan Goodman:
1 more reason only constit option was to get Congressional approval:
"In the days before Trump gave final order for the attack...#Iran sent private message to pres that it wd respond to such a move by unleashing terrorist attacks on U.S. soil carried out by sleeper cells"
[Me: Btw👇🏼]
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Explosions were reported near a #US #military #base in #Qatar Monday after #Iran vows to retaliate for #Trump’s assault on #nuclear sites. The development coincided with a warning from the US #Embassy in Qatar’s capital, #Doha, urging American citizens there to shelter in place. Qatar’s govt on Monday also closed its airspace & suspended flights as a “precautionary measure” while the #MiddleEast braces for a potential expansion of the fighting between #Israel & Iran.
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🔥 President Trump’s decision last night to strike Iran could have massive economic consequences.
Already this morning, the Iranian parliament has voted to close the strait of Hormuz- a vital passage in which almost a quarter of the world’s oil transits through
But oil isn’t just fuel - it drives economic activity- spikes inflation, cut consumer spending, and hike producer prices.
History shows that oil spikes almost always precede a recession.
If oil prices soar, economic growth could stall. Worse, with interest rates rising and nominal GDP flat, our massive debt could trigger a huge crisis.
Context: The paper begins by addressing the significant rise in oil prices, which peaked at $145 per barrel in July 2008. This oil shock had widespread implications for the global economy, contributing to a slowdown in economic activity.
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Valuable commentary about Trump's decision to bomb Iran continues to unfold. With this posting, I'm going to begin a new thread of commentary on this topic, since the previous one had gotten long.
In a statement entitled "Bombing God's Love," Brian Kaylor calls on Bob Dylan as a witness that
"Dropping bombs on people doesn’t count as loving God."
Though Trump invoked the name of God several times after annoucing he had bombed Iran….
Lol. 🤪 I give up. (h/t: @RedOct
48 mins ago:
#Iran has not received any ceasefire proposal, senior official says https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/israel-iran-us-strikes-06-23-25-intl-hnk#cmc9lse6g001a3b6nr1gx8whn
Via Steve Herman 4 minutes ago: 1/...
(AFP) - Explosions heard in Tehran after an IDF spokesperson issued an evacuation warning for the city of 10 million people.
🤨Just now:
“ #Trump has announced that a ceasefire has been reached between Israel and #Iran and will enter into effect at 7 a.m. #Israel time”
https://thereport.be/article/?app=breaking&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jpost.com%2Fmiddle-east%2Firan-news%2Farticle-858739
ADDED. He's insane, WTF:
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Mr. President, is the ceasefire in the room with us?
“The launches came after 4 a.m. local time in Tehran, the time Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran would stop its attacks if Israel ended their airstrikes.”
#SilentSunday Beautiful Iran
(all images Copyright National Geographic)
#Nature #Iran #Beauty #Wonder #Positivity #AntiWar #AntiFascism #AntiDictators #Boost #BoostMe
"Obliterated" has been obliterated
" Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on #Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, sources say
Two of the people familiar with the assessment said Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium was not destroyed. One of the people said the centrifuges are largely “intact.”
“So the (DIA) assessment is that the US set them back maybe a few months, tops,” this person added."
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/politics/intel-assessment-us-strikes-iran-nuclear-sites
#Trump Strike Set Back #Iran’s #Nuclear Program by Only a Few Months, US Report Says
#Classified findings indicate that the attack sealed off the entrances to 2 facilities but did not collapse their underground buildings.
A preliminary classified US report says the American bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites sealed off the entrances to 2 of the facilities but did NOT collapse their underground buildings, acc/to officials familiar w/the findings.
I Do Not Give Consent
I do not give my consent to this war, to this unjustified violence.
To this illegal act, even if against a terrible regime, based on uncertain evidence of supposed nuclear capabilities.
I do not accept the civilian casualties, the horrifying cost that everyday people pay for the egos of "big" men.
I believe in upholding the international rules-based order, in which all are held to the same standard, where a war crime by one is as abhorrent as a war crime by another.
The alternative is a world of warlords and supplicants, organised by the cynical calculus of brute power, where humans are fed into the maw of the Great Game.
I denounce the media that fails in its journalistic duty, and instead does the work of warmongers, asserting a supposed objectivity where one country has a right to defense but another does not, where the killing of one child is worthy of attention but hundreds of others are not.
I scorn our spineless politicians who cannot even learn the lessons of recent memory, who lack the gumption to call out the abysmal behaviour of their supposed friend, who prefer the safety of acquiescence over the discomfort of standing up for what they must surely know is right.
I do not give my consent.
"Millions of evangelical Christians whose faith is tied to political ideologies of far-right nationalism and White evangelical racism would not see Trump’s action as destructive, but rather as cause for celebration. For them, the bombings are acts of destiny that are divinely guided. They are the start of the End they have been waiting for."
~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat
#Trump speaking at #NATO sticking the “obliterated” #lies about #Iran #nuclear facilities, attacking #journalists on a personal level as “scum” “nasty” etc, spinning perfectly reasonable questions about the #intelligence report contradicting him into BS about the reporters & news outlets — who are literally just quoting the report — being unpatriotic & disparaging the military.
Utter bullshit.
NATO seemed more receptive, or they’ve just learned that the best way to manipulate him is flattery.
Hi Trump, Hegseth
Preliminary intelligence assessments provided to European governments indicate that #Iran’s highly enriched uranium stockpile remains largely intact following US strikes on its main nuclear sites, two officials have said - https://www.ft.com/content/0808eeb8-341c-4a4e-8ccf-0db07febef91?shareType=nongift
At least 51 people have been killed this morning in #Israel attacks on #Gaza, hospital sources tell Al Jazeera. At least 14 of that number were killed in the north
#Iran’s Supreme Leader #Kahmenei congratulated the country’s armed forces & said #US military bases could be attacked again in case of future threats.
#MidfleEast #geopolitics #war
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/6/26/live-israel-kills-over-80-in-gaza-3-killed-in-israeli-settler-attack
1/... Once again, Trump's "obliteration" was obliterated.
Nothing... NOTHING... Trump and his thugs tell us is true.
Everything out of their mouths is a lie and/or projection/confession
Via Kyle Griffin:
#Breaking: After a classified briefing w Cabinet officials, Sen. Chris Murphy says: "I walk away from that briefing still under the belief that we have not obliterated the programs."
"The president was deliberately misleading the public when he said the program was obliterated."
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