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<p>There’s a Term for What <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> &amp; <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> Are Doing</p><p>How regime change happens in <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#America</a></p><p>By <span class="h-card"><a href="https://journa.host/@anneapplebaum" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>anneapplebaum</span></a></span></p><p>Despite its name, the Department of Government Efficiency is not, so far, primarily interested in efficiency. <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> &amp; its boss, <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a>, have instead focused their activity on the eradication of the federal <a href="/tags/civilservice/" rel="tag">#CivilService</a>, along with its culture &amp; values, &amp; its replacement with something different. In other words: <a href="/tags/regimechange/" rel="tag">#RegimeChange</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/purge/" rel="tag">#purge</a> <a href="/tags/trumpcoup/" rel="tag">#TrumpCoup</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/doge-civil-servant-purge/681671/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/doge-civil-servant-purge/681671/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theatlantic.com/ideas/arch</span><span class="invisible">ive/2025/02/doge-civil-servant-purge/681671/</span></a></p>

<p>Seriously?</p><p>Five arrested, charged with plotting to attack UFC event at White House, DOJ says </p><p><a href="/tags/endofdemocracy/" rel="tag">#EndOfDemocracy</a> <a href="/tags/felon47/" rel="tag">#Felon47</a> <a href="/tags/rapistinchief/" rel="tag">#RapistInChief</a> <a href="/tags/felon/" rel="tag">#felon</a> <a href="/tags/rapist/" rel="tag">#rapist</a> <a href="/tags/murderer/" rel="tag">#murderer</a> <a href="/tags/warcriminal/" rel="tag">#WarCriminal</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/terrorist/" rel="tag">#terrorist</a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/16/fbi-thwarted-attack-targeting-ufc-event-white-house-director-says/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/16/fbi-thwarted-attack-targeting-ufc-event-white-house-director-says/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/politic</span><span class="invisible">s/2026/06/16/fbi-thwarted-attack-targeting-ufc-event-white-house-director-says/</span></a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/cancer/" rel="tag">#Cancer</a>, <a href="/tags/covid/" rel="tag">#Covid</a>, &amp; <a href="/tags/alzheimers/" rel="tag">#Alzheimers</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> Could Be Lost Forever</p><p>Days before <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> announced that 10,000 <a href="/tags/hhs/" rel="tag">#HHS</a> staffers would lose their jobs, a message appeared on <a href="/tags/nih/" rel="tag">#NIH</a> research repository sites saying they were &quot;under review.&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#health</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#medicine</a> <a href="/tags/antiintellectualism/" rel="tag">#AntiIntellectualism</a> <a href="/tags/idiocracy/" rel="tag">#idiocracy</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <br><a href="https://www.404media.co/nih-archives-repositories-marked-for-review-for-potential-modification/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.404media.co/nih-archives-repositories-marked-for-review-for-potential-modification/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.404media.co/nih-archives-r</span><span class="invisible">epositories-marked-for-review-for-potential-modification/</span></a></p>

<p>We spoke to the relatives of three immigrants transferred to Guantanamo, who said they’ve been left in the dark about their loved ones.</p><p>“To me it’s the desperation, the frustration that I know nothing of him. It’s a terrible anguish. I don’t sleep.”</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-migrants-guantanamo-bay?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-migrants-guantanamo-bay?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-administration-migrants-guantanamo-bay?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/guantanamo/" rel="tag">#Guantanamo</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a></p>

<p>We should have no illusions, the US military will obey orders to hit civilian targets in Iran, they already kill non-identified civilians on boats, remotely, without arrest, trial etcetera<br><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#military</a> <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#iran</a></p>

<p>As boring as this topic may be and resentful as we may be that this man continues dominating news cycles, it&#x27;s impossible to avoid either, because the damage is ongoing. </p><p>Heather Cox Richardson writes,</p><p>&quot;The stock market continued to fall today. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell another 478 points, or 1.14%; the S&amp;P 500 fell almost 0.8%; &amp; the Nasdaq Composite fell almost 0.2%.&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/stagflation/" rel="tag">#stagflation</a> <a href="/tags/recession/" rel="tag">#recession</a> <a href="/tags/stockmarket/" rel="tag">#StockMarket</a> <a href="/tags/billionaires/" rel="tag">#billionaires</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-11-2025" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-11-2025"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">heathercoxrichardson.substack.</span><span class="invisible">com/p/march-11-2025</span></a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/appeasement/" rel="tag">#Appeasement</a>, Thy Names are Chuck <a href="/tags/schumer/" rel="tag">#Schumer</a> and Neville <a href="/tags/chamberlain/" rel="tag">#Chamberlain</a>.</p><p>&quot;A shutdown would allow <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> to shift into overdrive. Let me repeat, a shutdown will allow DOGE to shift into overdrive. It would give Donald <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> and DOGE the keys to the city, state and country,&quot; he said. &quot;Donald Trump and Elon <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> would be free to destroy vital government services at a much faster rate than they can right now and over a much broader field of destruction that they would render.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/schumer-defends-support-gop-funding-bill-ahead-senate/story?id=119799590" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="abcnews.go.com/Politics/schumer-defends-support-gop-funding-bill-ahead-senate/story?id=119799590"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abcnews.go.com/Politics/schume</span><span class="invisible">r-defends-support-gop-funding-bill-ahead-senate/story?id=119799590</span></a></p>

<p>Keep &#x27;em coming</p><p>Via Kyle Cheney: 1/...</p><p>JUST IN: Judge Howell rules that the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>/DOGE takeover of the U.S. Institute of Peace was illegal and should be treated as null and void. </p><p><a href="https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2025cv0804-40" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2025cv0804-40"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/s</span><span class="invisible">how_public_doc?2025cv0804-40</span></a></p>

<p>The <a href="/tags/uk/" rel="tag">#UK</a> takes action against those affiliated with <a href="/tags/epstein/" rel="tag">#Epstein</a>, kicking them out, stripping them of their titles and launch investigations</p><p>What does the <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a>?</p><p>It keeps protecting those implied and keeps denying anything ever happened</p><p>I am truly disgusted by the US government, what a sad fascist circus</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a></p>

<p>The <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> has no business meddling in other countries whatsoever</p><p>I don&#x27;t support the regime in Iran one bit but big bad USA striking wherever they want is no solution</p><p>Like said before, it starts here but where does it end</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> is a senile mad dictator who is a dangerous threat for the whole planet at this point</p><p>Don&#x27;t forget about the fact most cabinet members are in some way in the <a href="/tags/epstein/" rel="tag">#Epstein</a> files, I&#x27;m pretty sure this is the most unfit administration in US history</p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a></p>

<p>&quot;Every <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> facing this challenge has learned you don’t defeat authoritarians by being more reasonable. You defeat them by being more determined and by uniting the country against their most visible vulnerability: their <a href="/tags/corruption/" rel="tag">#corruption</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> won’t judge <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> on whether they were moderate enough. It will judge them on whether they fought hard enough, and smart enough, when democracy was threatened.&quot;<br><a href="https://www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-not-to-defeat-authoritarianism/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-not-to-defeat-authoritarianism/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bostonreview.net/forum/how</span><span class="invisible">-not-to-defeat-authoritarianism/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#America</a></p>

<p>ICYMI A prayer festival backed by <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> took place in DC yesterday.</p><p>Speakers including top <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> officials framed the <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#UnitedStates</a> as a nation founded to be explicitly <a href="/tags/christian/" rel="tag">#Christian</a> [nope]. <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> delivered a video message reading a <a href="/tags/bible/" rel="tag">#Bible</a> passage aloud.</p><p>Until Trump, it was virtually unheard of for <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> ofcls to publicly tie the nation to a specific set of <a href="/tags/religious/" rel="tag">#religious</a> beliefs.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/establishmentclause/" rel="tag">#EstablishmentClause</a> <a href="/tags/freedomofreligion/" rel="tag">#FreedomOfReligion</a> <a href="/tags/churchandstate/" rel="tag">#ChurchAndState</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/giftarticle/" rel="tag">#GiftArticle</a><br><a href="https://wapo.st/4tDbKZZ" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>wapo.st/4tDbKZZ</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> Playbook in <a href="/tags/minnesota/" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a>∶<br>Investigate Foes, Protect Allies</p><p>The <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> “Justice” Department has often cast aside normal procedures intended to seek <a href="/tags/accountability/" rel="tag">#accountability</a> in favor of pushing <a href="/tags/prosecutors/" rel="tag">#prosecutors</a> &amp; the <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> to focus on critics of the <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> crackdown.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/mafiastate/" rel="tag">#MafiaState</a> <a href="/tags/abuseofpower/" rel="tag">#AbuseOfPower</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/autocracy/" rel="tag">#autocracy</a> <a href="/tags/dictatorship/" rel="tag">#dictatorship</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <a href="/tags/righttoprotest/" rel="tag">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/useofforce/" rel="tag">#UseOfForce</a> <a href="/tags/policebrutality/" rel="tag">#PoliceBrutality</a> <a href="/tags/murder/" rel="tag">#murder</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/cbp/" rel="tag">#CBP</a> <a href="/tags/sturmabteilung/" rel="tag">#Sturmabteilung</a> <a href="/tags/statesponsoredterrorism/" rel="tag">#StateSponsoredTerrorism</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/us/politics/minnesota-justice-department-trump-ice.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/us/politics/minnesota-justice-department-trump-ice.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/minnesota-justice-department-trump-ice.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share</span></a></p>

<p>Via Angry Staffer: </p><p>Israeli media seems pretty convinced that <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> is giving the green light for US bombers to destroy Natanz and Fordow. </p><p>My guess is tonight or tomorrow. You don’t move all that hardware for nothing. </p><p><a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a></p>

<p>Boston declares itself a pro-trans sanctuary city amid GOP’s escalating attacks<br><a href="https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/boston-declares-itself-a-pro-trans-sanctuary-city-amid-gops-escalating-anti-trans-attacks/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/boston-declares-itself-a-pro-trans-sanctuary-city-amid-gops-escalating-anti-trans-attacks/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/bo</span><span class="invisible">ston-declares-itself-a-pro-trans-sanctuary-city-amid-gops-escalating-anti-trans-attacks/</span></a></p><p>Boston won&#x27;t comply w. anti-LGBTQ+ fed. orders<br>* decision comes w. some risk. 🏳️‍⚧️🙏</p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/boston/" rel="tag">#Boston</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="/tags/sanctuarycity/" rel="tag">#SanctuaryCity</a> <a href="/tags/translivesmatter/" rel="tag">#TransLivesMatter</a><br><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/christofascism/" rel="tag">#Christofascism</a> <a href="/tags/transgenocide/" rel="tag">#transgenocide</a></p>

<p>Judge Blocks <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> Administration From Terminating $14 Billion in &#x27;Green Bank&#x27; Grants</p><p>A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from terminating $14 billion in grants awarded to three <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#climate</a> groups by the <a href="/tags/biden/" rel="tag">#Biden</a> administration</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/climatecrisis/" rel="tag">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/trumppurge/" rel="tag">#TrumpPurge</a> <a href="/tags/epa/" rel="tag">#EPA</a> <a href="/tags/citibank/" rel="tag">#Citibank</a> <a href="/tags/climateunitedfund/" rel="tag">#ClimateUnitedFund</a> <a href="/tags/climatesolutions/" rel="tag">#ClimateSolutions</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/epa-green-bank-zeldin-climate-trump-380000b014480350b35b7b53bd14e277" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/epa-green-bank-zeldin-climate-trump-380000b014480350b35b7b53bd14e277"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/epa-green-b</span><span class="invisible">ank-zeldin-climate-trump-380000b014480350b35b7b53bd14e277</span></a></p>

<p>It&#x27;s incredible how they don&#x27;t even notice how Jordan makes fun of them on the spot</p><p>Unfort these are also the nutjobs who picked a criminal for President..</p><p>I wonder what they&#x27;re high on</p><p><a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_yb21Nps5o" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_yb21Nps5o"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_yb21</span><span class="invisible">Nps5o</span></a></p>

<p>When exposing a <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#crime</a> is considered a crime, we are being ruled by criminals!</p><p>BELOW:<br>Murdered by ICE thugs. This is what <a href="/tags/stateterrorism/" rel="tag">#StateTerrorism</a> looks like. They tell US to stay calm. We’re not the one’s being violent here!!</p><p><a href="/tags/keithporter/" rel="tag">#KeithPorter</a><br><a href="/tags/reneenicolegood/" rel="tag">#ReneeNicoleGood</a><br><a href="/tags/alexpretti/" rel="tag">#AlexPretti</a><br><a href="/tags/silveriovillegasgonzales/" rel="tag">#SilverioVillegasGonzales</a><br><a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/resistance/" rel="tag">#resistance</a> <a href="/tags/protest/" rel="tag">#protest</a> <a href="/tags/minnesota/" rel="tag">#minnesota</a> <a href="/tags/fuckice/" rel="tag">#fuckICE</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#texas</a> <a href="/tags/uspoli/" rel="tag">#uspoli</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#humanrights</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@democracy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>democracy</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@politics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>politics</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#socialmedia</a> <a href="/tags/tiktok/" rel="tag">#tiktok</a> <a href="/tags/twitter/" rel="tag">#twitter</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/freedom/" rel="tag">#freedom</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#Fascism</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a></p>

<p>Epstein files. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.</p><p><a href="/tags/epstein/" rel="tag">#Epstein</a> <a href="/tags/epsteinfiles/" rel="tag">#EpsteinFiles</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>

<p>Trump Official Destroying USAID Secretly Met With Christian Nationalists Abroad in Defiance of U.S. Policy<br>—</p><p>Now one of the most powerful people in the U.S. government, Peter Marocco’s turbulent tenure during the first Trump administration sheds light on his current efforts to dismantle the American foreign aid system from the inside out.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/usaid-peter-marocco-state-department-bosnia-serbia-diplomacy-trump-foreign-policy?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/usaid-peter-marocco-state-department-bosnia-serbia-diplomacy-trump-foreign-policy?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/usa</span><span class="invisible">id-peter-marocco-state-department-bosnia-serbia-diplomacy-trump-foreign-policy?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/usaid/" rel="tag">#USAID</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/diplomacy/" rel="tag">#Diplomacy</a></p>

<p>Democrats in the United States Congress must show they are serious about fighting back and need to take a lesson from the legislators in New Zealand who refuse to let <a href="/tags/parliament/" rel="tag">#Parliament</a> ignore their voices. To paraphrase MTV &quot;It&#x27;s time to stop being polite and start being real&quot; <a href="/tags/resist/" rel="tag">#RESIST</a></p><p>tinyurl.com/yc3bn9cs</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@democratsabroad" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>democratsabroad</span></a></span> @uspolitics <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/aiop" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aiop</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/elbowsup/" rel="tag">#ElbowsUp</a> <a href="/tags/goptraitors/" rel="tag">#GOPtraitors</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/gqp/" rel="tag">#GQP</a> <a href="/tags/notrumpnokkknofascistusa/" rel="tag">#NoTrumpNoKKkNoFascistUSA</a> <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#democrats</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/senate/" rel="tag">#senate</a> <a href="/tags/house/" rel="tag">#house</a> <a href="/tags/queer/" rel="tag">#queer</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ice</a> <a href="/tags/newzealand/" rel="tag">#NewZealand</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#congress</a></p>

<p>Just the earliest of the US strikes on <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a> cost the <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#UnitedStates</a> $5.6 billion in munitions, <a href="/tags/pentagon/" rel="tag">#Pentagon</a> estimates</p><p>
The figure, accounting only for the first 2 days of the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#war</a> is likely to intensify concerns in <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> that <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> forces are churning through a scarce supply of advanced weaponry.</p><p><a href="/tags/foreverwars/" rel="tag">#ForeverWars</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/warmonger/" rel="tag">#warmonger</a> <a href="/tags/warcrimes/" rel="tag">#WarCrimes</a> <a href="/tags/regimechange/" rel="tag">#RegimeChange</a> <a href="/tags/rulesofwar/" rel="tag">#RulesOfWar</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/warpowers/" rel="tag">#WarPowers</a> <a href="/tags/geopolitics/" rel="tag">#geopolitics</a> <a href="/tags/middleeast/" rel="tag">#MiddleEast</a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/09/iran-war-cost/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/09/iran-war-cost/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/nationa</span><span class="invisible">l-security/2026/03/09/iran-war-cost/</span></a></p>

<p>Keep &#x27;em coming </p><p>Via Kyle Griffin:</p><p><a href="/tags/minnesota/" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a> Attorney General Keith Ellison has filed a preemptive lawsuit against <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> — seeking to block the administration from acting against Minnesota in the way it&#x27;s taking on Maine under a federal push to ban transgender athletes from girls and women&#x27;s sports.</p>

<p>NEW: Stories about pardons are often told as stories about presidential power — who had access, who persuaded a president to intervene. But what drew reporter Jeremy Kohler to this story was the people on the other side of that act of grace.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-joseph-schwartz-pardon-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-joseph-schwartz-pardon-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-joseph-schwartz-pardon-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="/tags/whitehouse/" rel="tag">#WhiteHouse</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#Legal</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a></p>