"The Trump regime certainly frames the war in Iran as a particularly boneheaded and un-nuanced Hollywood film along the lines of 'Rambo' (1985). ... Perhaps even more tellingly, the White House X account posted a video collage of clips from the war intercut with footage from Hollywood action, war, and superhero films."

#Trump #Iran #war #death #destruction #violence #PerformativeMasculinity
/6

"The US has a longstanding tendency to see wars as one-sided affairs, with American protagonists, American victims, and a cast of disreputable and/or sympathetic non-American side characters. This is perhaps most obvious in the mass of Hollywod Vietnam war films, of which only rare exceptions include a non-American main character."

~ Noah Berlatsky

#Trump #Iran #war #death #destruction #violence #PerformativeMasculinity
/5

publicnotice.co/p/iran-element…

The bombing of Iranian children is an unforgivable crime

America has blood on its hands.

^{Noah Berlatsky (Public Notice)}

"On Friday, Trump promised Latin American soccer players that he was going to overthrow Cuba in 'a couple of weeks.'”

~ Marcie Jones

#Trump #LindseyGraham #Iran #Cuba #war #death #destruction #violence #PerformativeMasculinity
/4

wonkette.com/p/the-finest-fune…

The Finest Funerary Trucker Cap: Tabs, Mon., March 9, 2026

News and things to read and watch!

^{Marcie Jones (Wonkette)}

“'Cuba is gonna fall pretty soon, by the way,' Trump told CNN Friday. 'I’m going to put Marco over there and we’ll see how that works out. We’re really focused on this one right now.'”

~ Andrew Egger

#Trump #LindseyGraham #Iran #Cuba #war #death #destruction #violence #PerformativeMasculinity
/3

thebulwark.com/p/trump-confoun…

Trump Confounded by the War He Started

It’s now clear: There was no plan.

^{Andrew Egger (The Bulwark)}

"Karl answered that 'nobody questions the success of the military operation, the concern is what happens next.'

'Forget about next,' Trump answered. 'They are decimated for a 10-year period before they could build it back.'

'We’re marching through the world,' Senator Lindsay Graham (R-SC) told a laughing Maria Bartiromo of the Fox News Channel this morning."

#Trump #LindseyGraham #Iran #war #death #destruction #violence #PerformativeMasculinity
/2

"WE'RE" MARCHING THROUGH THE WORLD! HOW DO YOU LIKE THE PERFORMANCE?

"Last Thursday, March 5, Trump talked to ABC News chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl about the war. 'I hope you are impressed,' he said. 'How do you like the performance? I mean, Venezuela is obvious. This might be even better. How do you like the performance?'"

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump #LindseyGraham #Iran #war #death #destruction #violence #PerformativeMasculinity
/1

heathercoxrichardson.substack.…

March 8, 2026

Yesterday, President Donald J.

^{Heather Cox Richardson (Letters from an American)}

The #FelonsCrusade in #Iran is unlike any other #crusade in terms of #military #weapons. But is it *really* unlike the other #crusades in its motivation? 🤔 newrepublic.com/post/207228/do…

#Resist and #DoNotComply with #WarCriminals #DonaldTheDeplorable #Trump and Benjamin #Netanyahu.

“Let’s Just Do It”: How Netanyahu Convinced Trump to Bomb Iran

Here’s the real reason Donald Trump went to war with Iran.

^{The New Republic}

President Trump defies U.S. analysis, blames Iran for airstrike on girls’ school that killed at least 175 people. @Independent has more:

flip.it/diiALr

#News #WorldNews #War #USA #Iran #Trump

Trump blames Iran for strike that killed school girls - as US investigators point to American bomb

Michael Waltz, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, declined to fully endorse the president’s assertion that Iran had been to blame for the strike when asked Sunday

^{Mike Bedigan (The Independent)}

"What we found is that the caregiving burden increases as aging family members get to be 75 and older. And, among Americans with an aging parent, spouse or partner, those with lower incomes are much more likely to be caregivers than those with middle and upper incomes."

pewresearch.org/social-trends/…

Kamala Harris had a plan to help #caregivers. #Trump couldn't give a flying f#&*.

#USPol
#Caregivers
@caregivers

Family Caregiving in an Aging America

Family members are increasingly caring for aging parents or spouses as the U.S. population gets older. Caregivers' experiences differ by gender.

^{Reem Nadeem (Pew Research Center)}

"What the Epstein case is doing...is showing many more people that the men most likely to talk about protecting 'their' girls & women are the ones most likely to feel entitled to do to girls & women whatever they please....

" (T)he same patterns apply to ICE killings, racist policing violence, xenophobic expulsions, government abandonment of the most vulnerable people in our society, the course of genocidal wars around the world, and more."

damemagazine.com/2026/02/12/in…

#Epstein
#Trump
#ICE
#DARVO

"It feels patently ridiculous, but we have, you know, white Christian nationalists running the Pentagon. … They clearly haven't read the Bible because in Revelation, the people who start the war are the bad guys in that book. So it really does make you think a little bit how deeply they've thought this through."

~ Sam Osterhout

#Trump #Hegseth #MikeHuckabee #Iran #war #ChristianNationalism #armageddon #rapture #patriarchy
/6

lincolnsquare.media/p/a-war-to…

A War To Spark Armageddon?! | It's The End! ... of the Week with Sam Osterhout & Max Burns

It may very well be the end with the ways things are going in Iran.

^{Sam Osterhout (Lincoln Square)}

"In the context of the broader Christian tradition, however, other expressions of Christianity would consider it an idol. And an idol is whatever Christians place their hope and trust in rather than God."

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #ChristianNationalism #armageddon #rapture #violence
/5

"Do Christian nations rain down death and destruction all day long? Which part of Jesus’ ministry signals this sort of behavior is in line with his goals for his followers?

Violence, and the glorification of it, is a central cultural element of the Christianity of Christian nationalism."

~ Andrew Whitehead

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #ChristianNationalism #armageddon #rapture #patriarchy
/4

andrewwhitehead.substack.com/p…

Would Jesus Condone "Death and Destruction from the Sky All Day Long"?

I guess this is a question we are being forced to ask in the current context.

^{Andrew Whitehead (American Idolatry)}

"The right to live that life freely and safely gets swallowed by the fundamentalist state religion and its function as an arbiter of the nation’s will to power."

#Trump #Hegseth #DouglasWilson #Iran #war #ChristianNationalism #armageddon #rapture #patriarchy #misogyny #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination
/3

"The rest of us, our rights, our lives, become collateral damage in this gruesome fantasy.

Christian nationalism and the Christian patriarchy that comes built in are direct threats to our basic freedoms: freedom of religion, freedom (for women) to vote, freedom for all of us to make basic choices about our own lives."

#Trump #Hegseth #DouglasWilson #Iran #war #ChristianNationalism #armageddon #rapture #misogyny #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination
/2

"As [Hegseth's pastor Douglas] Wilson said in the lead-in to his [Tucker] Carlson interview, 'there is no salvation without the shedding of blood. There must be a sacrifice. There must be a scapegoat.' ...

This is what Christian nationalism requires: a morality that is comfortable ending the world as we know it, so their sort of Christians get their day."

~ Sarah Stankorb

#Trump #Hegseth #DouglasWilson #Iran #war #ChristianNationalism #armageddon #rapture
/1

sarahstankorb.substack.com/p/w…

Who Wins in a Moral Debate between Tucker Carlson and Douglas Wilson?

Not us

^{Sarah Stankorb (In Polite Company)}

Just so this doesn't get lost while the US and Israel are attacking Iran and Lebanon.

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g0dz…

#uspol #Trump #epstein #Israel

Withheld Jeffrey Epstein files with accusations against Trump released by justice department

The Department of Justice said the released files had been "incorrectly coded as duplicative" and inadvertently not published.

^{Kayla Epstein (BBC News)}

#GeoPol #WarInIran #IranWar #Trump

Even though I am not at all on the side of the inhumane #MullahRegime, I can totally agree to that and suggest a compromise: both sides step down and cease to misgovern their people and butcher international law and human rights, at home and abroad.

#Impeach47
//

Robert B. Hubbell sees Noem's firing as a victory for Minnesotans:

"Minnesotans persisted. They refused to quit. And they won. Their victory is not complete; it is ongoing. But they deserve credit and gratitude for showing us that resistance works."

#KristiNoem #Trump #ReneeGood #AlexPretti #Minnesota #DHS #ICE
/5

roberthubbell.substack.com/p/a…

A victory for Minnesotans . . . and all Americans.

March 6, 2026

^{Robert B. Hubbell (Today's Edition Newsletter)}

"She accused Good of attacking the agents who shot and killed her. She called Pretti a domestic terrorist. Those are lies.

Congressman Jamie Raskin gave her a chance to retract those lies in her oversight hearing earlier this week. She refused to."

#KristiNoem #Trump #ReneeGood #AlexPretti #Minnesota #DHS #ICE
/4

"The best reasons to fire Noem are epitomized, but not limited to, what happened in Minneapolis.

Renee Good and Alex Pretti are dead, killed by agents under Noem’s control. Instead of condemning their deaths and opening full, transparent investigations into them, she instead, and almost immediately, attacked the two dead Americans."

~ Joyce Vance

#KristiNoem #Trump #ReneeGood #AlexPretti #Minnesota #DHS #ICE
/3

joycevance.substack.com/p/fire…

Fired, But For the Wrong Reason

Today, Donald Trump fired DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.

^{Joyce Vance (Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance)}

"Noem was an easily identifiable villain, epitomizing the corruption and cruelty of the entire Trump enterprise."

~ Walter Einenkel

#KristiNoem #Trump #CoreyLewandowski #DHS #ICE
/2

dailykos.com/stories/2026/3/5/…

Cosplay queen Noem’s reign is over—and everyone’s rejoicing

If you haven’t already heard, puppy killer Kristi Noem has been fired from her position as Homeland Security secretary. Noem was an easily identifiable villain, epitomizing the corruption and cruelty of the entire Trump enterprise.

^{Daily Kos}

"In a cabinet full of lunatics and lickspittles, Noem still managed consistently to distinguish herself by her cruelty, her stupidity, her paranoia, her pathological dishonesty, and her self-aggrandizement."

~ Andrew Egger

#KristiNoem #Trump #CoreyLewandowski #DHS #ICE
/1

thebulwark.com/p/kristi-noem-b…

Kristi Noem Broke Trump’s No. 1 Rule

Never, ever, EVER blame the boss.

^{William Kristol (The Bulwark)}

Circulating | Trump supporter loses his temper over gas prices, tearing the Trump sticker off his car and verbally cursing the government

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Trump

Recent court documents were published containing violations related to inappropriate sexual conduct by US President Donald Trump, in context of cases involving American billionaire Jeffrey Epstein and his network.

The documents, issued by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), include a 2019 interview record of a woman who accused President Trump in connection with the Epstein case, in which Epstein was convicted of sexual crimes and accused of trafficking minors.

Recently, Senate Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer accused Trump administration of conducting a "massive cover-up" of documents from Epstein’s case involving sexual assault convictions, warning Department of Justice against destroying evidence.

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Epstein #Trump

😡 #iran #usa #uspol #war #news #trump #maga #gop #Israel

Hundreds of people are dead. Little girls are dead. Six Americans are dead. Others are risking their lives. Millions across the Middle East are terrified,” liberal podcaster Jon Favreau commented. “It’s not a video game. It’s not a meme. It’s not another chance to troll the libs. It’s fucking war.”

newrepublic.com/post/207465/wh…

WTF Are These Videos the White House Is Posting on the Iran War?

The White House is posting deranged, hypermasculine hype videos making light of a war.

^{The New Republic}

"Here’s the inconvenient truth that American politicians and pundits choose to ignore: The most influential religious zealots driving the current conflict with Iran are not in Tehran. They’re in Washington."

~ Mehdi Hasan

#Trump #Hegseth #ChristianNationalism #war #Iran #armageddon #theocracy #HolyWar #rapture
/1

zeteo.com/p/holy-war-against-i…

✝️ A Holy War Against Iran?

Mehdi on the Republican religious nutjobs pining for Armageddon in the Middle East. Plus: the latest on the Iran school bombing and, for once, a disgraced Republican is shamed into quitting politics.

^{Mehdi Hasan (Zeteo)}

Private Eye nails it (again)

#iran #trump #uspolitics

RE: journa.host/@ScottLucas/116175…

#Spain firmly rejects #Trump camp claim that it now supports US- #Israel war on #Iran

Foreign Minister Albares:

"Our 'no to war' stance remains clear and unequivocal.

I’m the Foreign Minister of Spain and I’m telling [them] that our position hasn’t changed at all"

#IranWar

Scott Lucas (@ScottLucas@journa.host)

Attached: 1 image #Israel- US War: Americans Sink #Iran Warship, Killing 80+ Crew #IranWar #IrisDena https://eaworldview.com/2026/03/israel-us-war-on-iran-americans-sink-warship-killing-80-crew/

^{Scott Lucas (Journa.host)}

#trump #fascist #fascism #uspol #sexpest #paedo #rapist

He's sacked her, but has a special job put aside for her.

Baby Daddy takes care of Kirsti

theguardian.com/us-news/2026/m…

Trump ousts DHS secretary Kristi Noem and replaces her with Republican senator

Noem’s tenure was marked by killings of US citizens by federal agents, a rumored affair and $220m spent on ads

^{Chris Stein (The Guardian)}

"This is happening as there is a report that the United States military, that military leaders are telling troops that that the Iran war was anointed by Jesus to bring about Armageddon. This is a real report. A watchdog agency, a religious freedom, a military religious freedom organization called the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, says it has received widespread complaints" (continued in /10)

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #Israel #war #ChristianNationalism #armageddon #rapture #HolyWar
/9

"We also have video from Reuters. that shows the graves that are being dug for the nearly 200 victims of an airstrike that for sure, for sure, will be deemed a war crime. … So, that is your tax dollars at work. Bombing a school for girls. Killing nearly 200 little kids. Is that not a war crime?"

#Netanyahu #Trump #Republicans #Hegseth #Iran #Israel #war
/9

"We now have the faces and some of the names of the Iranian children who were killed in what apparently were double tap airstrikes by the U.S. and Israel. A clear war crime. Double tap means they hit it once and then as people tried to flee, they hit it again. And these are just six of the nearly 200 children who were killed as a result."

~ Joy-Ann Reid

#Netanyahu #Trump #Republicans #Hegseth #Iran #Israel #war
/8

joyannreid.com/p/wtfus-jasmine…

WTFUS: Jasmine & Al Green OUT: World War III IN | The Joy Reid Show Live!

A recording from The Joy Reid Show's live video

^{The Joy Reid Show (Welcome to Joy's House!)}

"We have to begin with the war of choice that Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu launched against Iran. The conflict has now entered its fifth day and is rapidly spreading across the region, something anyone with even a minimal understanding of the Middle East could have predicted."

~ Mary Trump

#Netanyahu #Trump #Republicans #Hegseth #Iran #Israel #war
/7

marytrump.org/p/the-daily-wrap…

The Daily Wrap Up

4 March 2026

^{The Good in Us by Mary L. Trump}

"Trump and Israel’s disastrous decision to start an illegal war with Iran is now reverberating across the globe, spiking escalation, religious extremism, and threatening to embroil Europe and the Middle East."

~ Wajahat Ali

#Netanyahu #Trump #Republicans #Hegseth #Iran #Israel #war
/6

thelefthook.substack.com/p/wor…

World War Iran: How Trump and Israel Threaten Global Security

Trump and Israel's war has no exit strategy, no end game, no plan, so the world must burn and head towards a global conflict to satiate the desires of religious extremists, war hawks, and morons.

^{THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali (The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali)}

"Hegseth wants maximum lethality with minimum legality or no legality That’s a recipe for disaster. I don’t know if he’s too stupid. or too reckless to understand any of that. But Hegseth comes across like a 14-year-old punk trying to be a strong man.”

~ Glenn Kirschner

#Trump #Republicans #Hegseth #Iran #Israel #war #wargasm #PerformativeMasculinity #masculinity
/5

deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/…

Glenn Kirschner on Trump's illegal war and war crimes!!

A recording from Dean Obeidallah's live video

^{Dean Obeidallah (The Dean's Report by Dean Obeidallah)}

"And somebody called it on social media because I don't want to claim it. Somebody said, Like, look at the wargasms that these men are having right now. Called it a wargasm. And it's a thousand percent correct.

The hype that they have around murdering children, around turning cities into rubble is absolutely depraved. We need another word for depraved. It is sick and twisted."

~ Danielle Moodie

#Trump #Republicans #Hegseth #Iran #Israel #war #wargasm
/4

thelefthook.substack.com/p/dem…

DEMOCRACY-ISH: The Texas Primaries, The War on Iran, and Kristi Noem Of It All

From Texas Precincts to Tehran’s Borders—How a Governance of Greed and Extremism is Igniting a Global Powder Keg

^{THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali (The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali)}

"We are now a country at war. Donald got what he always wanted, despite pretending otherwise—he’s a war president."

~ Mary Trump

#Trump #Republicans #Hegseth #Iran #Israel #war
/3

marytrump.org/p/in-conversatio…

In Conversation with Norm Ornstein

4 March 2026

^{The Good in Us by Mary L. Trump}

(continued from /2)

"when a U.S. submarine sinks a foreign warship and sends it and more than 180 sailors to the bottom of the sea, when explosions topple buildings and civilians die in the fire and rubble, I thought, at least until today, that we could agree that we were waging war."

#Trump #Republicans #Hegseth #Iran #Israel #war
/2