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"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."
"Five days of bombs, over 1,000 dead, and they’re quibbling over the word
war.' ...
When you fire missiles and drop bombs and the leader of a foreign nation is killed, along with much of its top political leadership, when a girls’ school is hit by a bomb and more than 160 schoolgirls die, when six U.S. service men and women are killed,"
~ Lucian K. Truscott
#Trump #Republicans #Hegseth #Iran #Israel #war
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Five days of bombs, over 1,000 dead, and they’re quibbling over the word “war.”
I have tried to avoid writing the following sentence for more than ten years, but the day is finally here:Lucian K. Truscott IV (Lucian Truscott Newsletter)
![Das Bild ist ein Split-Screen-Meme, das ein Foto von Donald Trump mit einem Twitter-Post kombiniert. Auf dem Foto sitzt Trump auf einem Stuhl mit aufwendigen, goldenen Wanddekorationen im Hintergrund. Er trägt einen dunklen Anzug, ein weißes Hemd und eine dunkle Krawatte mit einer kleinen Anstecknadel am Revers. Rechts neben dem Foto befindet sich ein schwarzer Hintergrund mit weißem Text, der lautet: "Trump: 'Wir werden alle Handelsbeziehungen mit Spanien abbrechen, wir wollen nichts mit Spanien zu tun haben.'" Darunter befindet sich der Twitter-Post von [@]pitlanelando (mit einem blauen Häkchen), der lautet: "Als Spanier bin ich zutiefst erschüttert, zu hören, dass Trump die Beziehungen zu Spanien abbrechen will. Wie sollen wir ohne Vorlesungen über Freiheit von einem Mann überleben, der denkt, Paella braucht Ketchup? Wir werden versuchen, mit einer allgemeinen Gesundheitsversorgung und 30 Tagen bezahltem Urlaub zurechtzukommen. Gedanken und Tapas, Leute 🇪🇸". Im unteren rechten Eck des Twitter-Post-Bereichs befindet sich ein kleines, kreisförmiges Logo mit der Aufschrift "THE RESISTANCE" und einem Regenbogen-Design.
Bereitgestellt von @altbot, privat und lokal generiert mit Qwen3-Vl:8b](https://friendica.hellquist.eu/photo/preview/640/5469322 "Das Bild ist ein Split-Screen-Meme, das ein Foto von Donald Trump mit einem Twitter-Post kombiniert. Auf dem Foto sitzt Trump auf einem Stuhl mit aufwendigen, goldenen Wanddekorationen im Hintergrund. Er trägt einen dunklen Anzug, ein weißes Hemd und eine dunkle Krawatte mit einer kleinen Anstecknadel am Revers. Rechts neben dem Foto befindet sich ein schwarzer Hintergrund mit weißem Text, der lautet: \"Trump: 'Wir werden alle Handelsbeziehungen mit Spanien abbrechen, wir wollen nichts mit Spanien zu tun haben.'\" Darunter befindet sich der Twitter-Post von [@]pitlanelando (mit einem blauen Häkchen), der lautet: \"Als Spanier bin ich zutiefst erschüttert, zu hören, dass Trump die Beziehungen zu Spanien abbrechen will. Wie sollen wir ohne Vorlesungen über Freiheit von einem Mann überleben, der denkt, Paella braucht Ketchup? Wir werden versuchen, mit einer allgemeinen Gesundheitsversorgung und 30 Tagen bezahltem Urlaub zurechtzukommen. Gedanken und Tapas, Leute 🇪🇸\". Im unteren rechten Eck des Twitter-Post-Bereichs befindet sich ein kleines, kreisförmiges Logo mit der Aufschrift \"THE RESISTANCE\" und einem Regenbogen-Design.
Bereitgestellt von @altbot, privat und lokal generiert mit Qwen3-Vl:8b")
Well, in this administration one also has to put quotes around "committed" given that so many don't follow thought once the Eye of #Trump has wandered elsewhere.
The Spanish government says "No to war" 👏
Hopefully the other EU governments will follow and stand together instead of being bullied by Trump!
(Text in French, video in Spanish)
"« Non à la guerre » : le premier ministre espagnol, Pedro Sanchez, s’oppose à Trump"
lemonde.fr/videos/video/2026/0…
Vidéo. « Non à la guerre » : le premier ministre espagnol, Pedro Sanchez, s’oppose à Trump
Vidéo - Le président américain avait notamment reproché à l’Espagne son refus de laisser les Etats-Unis utiliser des bases militaires situées en Andalousie pour leur guerre contre l’Iran.Le Monde.fr
Scheint, als ob #Trump damit droht, #Spanien alle #Cloud-Services abzudrehen, oder? #DigitaleSouveränität wird immer noch nicht wichtig genug genommen, aber das kommt natürlich alles wieder total überraschend.
bbc.com/news/articles/c8r1mzd8…
Trump threatens to halt trade with Spain over air base access
Trump lashed out after Spain barred the US from using its military bases to carry out strikes on Iran.Danielle Kaye (BBC News)
This idiot governs (using that word very generously) by reactionary insecure whim.
#Trump says #US will cut all #trade with #Spain after it refused to let the US #military use its bases for missions linked to strikes on #Iran.
"Spain has been terrible," Trump told reporters adding that he had told #Treasury Secy Scott Bessent to "cut off all dealings" with Spain.
"We're going to cut off all trade with Spain. We don't want anything to do with Spain," he added.
#midterms coming up
#register to vote now
show up in the #primaries to get real left #candidates in a few weeks
if that fails, show up in the general #election anyways even if you feel the #democrats are shit
they are shit
that's not the fucking point. it's just tactics in a larger war
the point is to get the #house to freeze the #trump agenda
#VOTE, MOTHERFUCKERS
lazy entitlement because you don't get perfect only helps #MAGA
"The media thrives on war, and always has."
Margaret Sullivan looks at the major stories now being ignored by the media due to Trump's war: Epstein, the fact that the war is illegal, etc.
And:
"You can be sure that this drastic change of subject is all part of Trump’s plan."
#Trump #Iran #war #media #Epstein
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When the media covers war, every other topic fades
Trump will do anything to distract from the political damage of the Epstein filesMargaret Sullivan (American Crisis)
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...remprimanded for this.
I have a hunch that #Trump and #Hegseth will be gleefully chuckling inside...
The two most intelligent of the four, #SteveBannon and #JDVance for similar reasons.
#Trump, because it reinforces his #Messianian status and #Hegseth because as a potential successor as #POTUS this would also reinforce his potential standing-to-be, just as the #Apostles' in the #Christian #Church and...
This is a long, detailed (and disturbing) article. Here's a #GiftArticle #GiftLink so that you can read it for yourself, even if you do not have a subscription:
nytimes.com/2026/02/28/us/jeff…
Here's an #archive version you can also access without a subscription:
archive.is/xpJEb
#JeffreyEpstein #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #Health #Healthcare #Corruption #Politics #Trump #News #Press #US #USA #UnitedStates #America
"Epstein rewarded his preferred doctors with hefty payments, Apple Watches, introductions to celebrities and vacations on his private island and his #NewMexico ranch. One cash-strapped dermatologist asked the sexual predator to co-sign his car lease."
nytimes.com/2026/02/28/us/jeff…
#JeffreyEpstein #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #Health #Healthcare #Corruption #Politics #Trump #News #Press #Florida #USA #US #UnitedStates #America
"It agreed to give up its program under Obama, and then Trump tore up the agreement. It is the countries that are attacking Iran -- Israel and the United States -- that have a nuclear arsenal. This confirms a lesson that Russia taught in its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022: countries that have nuclear weapons are free to start wars of aggression. The only conclusion that can be drawn by others is that nuclear weapons are needed to deter such attacks."
"There is a law of war and by violating it and laughing at it we make the world more dangerous and ourselves more vulnerable in it. The serial imagination of enemies, the ones that feel good to attack, weakens the ability of the United States to defend itself against actual enemies. ...
The net effect of this war will be to spread nuclear weapons around the world. Despite what CBS News is telling its viewers, Iran has no nuclear weapons."
"Lying is an art, and Trump is an artist. But he is an artist of diminishing capacity; and he has now chosen to apply his art to war, a subject he finds appealing but about which he knows nothing except that he likes it.
Trump seems lost as to which lie he wants to tell. …
American power is being used to destroy the order that America made.".
~ Timothy Snyder
"The misadventures on the high seas of the Western Hemisphere, in Venezuela, and now in Iran are just the beginning of what is likely to be more cowboying abroad, as his lame duck status becomes increasingly obvious and his political power at home begins to wane."
~ David Kurtz
morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.…
A Mad King Who Enjoys Watching Things Go Boom
INSIDE: Ayatollah Khamenei ... Pete Hegseth ... López BellozaDavid Kurtz (Morning Memo)
"This is the ultimate war of choice to 'solve' a problem he created when he blew up the Iranian nuclear deal "
~ Garrett Graff
doomsdayscenario.co/p/upheaval…
Upheaval in Iran Doesn't Work Out Well
Some thoughts and smart analysis about where we are — and what comes next.Garrett Graff (Doomsday Scenario)
"No president in the modern era has ordered more military strikes against as many different countries as Donald Trump.
He's attacked 7 nations, three of which had never been targeted by U.S. military strikes. He authorized more individual air strikes in 2025 than Biden did in four years."
~ Axios
