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Cuban president vows defense of island if US invades
Jon Shelton with AFP, AP
Cuba's president has vowed the Caribbean island state will defend itself if the US launches a military assault. US President Trump has repeatedly threatened to invade.
#House #Republicans Thursday narrowly blocked a challenge to Trump’s #authority to continue #combat operations in #Iran, fending off a Democratic-led effort to halt the #war even as bipartisan frustration grows over a conflict that has dragged on for weeks without congressional consent.
#TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Trump #law #Congress #WarPowers #NationalSecurity #WarCrimes #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
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The White House “declines” to “offer” #Congress an estimate of the #cost of the #war with #Iran.
In a 2nd appearance on Capitol Hill this week, #RussellVought, the White House budget director [& #Project2025 architect], sidestepped questions about the price tag of the #US & #Israel led conflict. He said the “fluctuating” nature of the war made it hard to calculate either the expenses incurred to date or the amount that #Trump would seek soon in new #military funding.
#Israel & #Lebanon agree to a 10-day #ceasefire starting today at 5PM ET, #Trump says
[will this be similar to the #Gaza non-ceasefire?
#war #Iran #geopolitics
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#Hegseth Says #US Is Poised to Resume Combat if Talks Fail
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth urged #Iran leaders to “choose wisely” & threatened more attacks, even as the war’s economic toll puts pressure on #Trump.
#MafiaState #TrumpsWar #IranWar #war #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
nytimes.com/live/2026/04/16/wo…
BBC: Pope criticises 'tyrants' who spend billions on wars after Trump spat
"...Pope Leo has criticised leaders who spend billions on wars and said the world was "being ravaged by a handful of tyrants" in unusually forceful comments during a visit to Cameroon.
The pontiff blasted those he said had manipulated "the very name of God" for their own gain, while touring a region ravaged by a deadly insurgency...."
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Pope criticises 'tyrants' who spend billions on wars, days after Trump spat
The comments follow a high-profile spat with US President Donald Trump, who called the Pope weak on crime.Tom McArthur (BBC News)
TOFU
The new acronym describing Trump's failure as a president : "TOFU" (Trump Only Fucks Up).
Please don't share. He might get upset... 😏
#TOFU #trumponlyfucksup https://x.com/Roseferret/status/2042902432808579078
. . . anyone surprised?
"For the second month in a row, Pete Hegseth, who likes to call himself 'secretary of war,' read a violent prayer — that echoes a scene in the Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction — during a worship service at the Pentagon on Wednesday (April 15) to bless the U.S. war against Iran and call for 'great vengeance and furious anger.'”
~ Brian Kaylor
#Trump #Hegseth #war #Iran #Pentagon #death #destruction #violence #HolyWar
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Hegseth Borrows Violent Prayer from ‘Pulp Fiction’ to Bless Iran War at April Pentagon Worship Service
For the second month in a row, Pete Hegseth, who likes to call himself “secretary of war,” read a violent prayer — that echoes a scene in the Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction — during a worship service at the Pentagon on Wednesday (April 15) to bl…Brian Kaylor (A Public Witness)
"By targeting Pope Leo XIV, Trump exposes the limits of power when faced with a moral authority it cannot silence. ...
The first thing to say about this attack is what it is not. It is not a sign of strength. Political power turns on a moral voice only when it has failed to contain it. If Leo were irrelevant, he would not be worth a sentence on Truth Social."
~ Antonio Spadaro
After Trump’s latest broadside, Pope says ‘world needs to hear’ message of peace
#PopeLeo said Wednesday that his visit to Africa offers a message of #unity & #peace “the world needs to hear” as he continues to face criticisms for his stance on the #war in #Iran from #Trump & the #JDVance.
#IranWar #TrumpsWar #MafiaState #WarMonger #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
cnn.com/2026/04/15/europe/pope…
When you can't blame Biden anymore:🚨"TSY Sec #Bessent wants to blame that service station down the road for high gas prices rather than blaming the guy who started an #IllegalWar that caused #oil prices to skyrocket. Joe at the loc gas station didn't start any #war."
-M Jacob
SB: We'll be looking at TSY to keep the retail gas stations honest. 'You did this on the way up, you better be doing this on the way down
SE: That sounds like a warning
SB: I'm sure everybody will be a good actor
#USPol
#War in the #MiddleEast has upended the #world #economy, the #IMF said Tues, warning in a report that disruptions to #oil markets could slow growth, fuel #inflation & raise the possibility of a global #recession.
The sober message came after the #GlobalEconomy had largely weathered a #pandemic, #Russia’s war in #Ukraine & soaring inflation without tipping into a recession. But #Trump’s decision to initiate a war in #Iran has stopped the world economy in its tracks.
#Trump vows to 'kill' Iranian warships that near #US #blockade of ports
Trump made the comment on social media just after the blockade of #Iran was expected to begin. Trump said Iran has some “fast attack ships” remaining even after much of its navy was destroyed by US strikes.
#MafiaState #TrumpsWar #IranWar #war #WarCrimes #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #EnergyCrisis
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#US military set to begin its #blockade of #Iran #ports & #coast
The US has vowed to blockade all Iranian ports to pressure Tehran into agreeing to open the crucial #StraitOfHormuz & accepting a peace deal. Iran responded with threats on all the ports of US #allies in the Persian Gulf & the Gulf of Oman.
#idiocracy #kakistocracy #TrumpsWar #IranWar #war #WarCrimes #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #EnergyCrisis
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#PopeLeo XIV is one of the world’s most powerful critics of the #US #war with #Iran. In recent days, he has condemned the worship of mortals & money, the pitfalls of arrogance, & the “absurd & inhuman violence” unleashed by fighting further destabilizing the #MiddleEast.
His many admonishments appear to have reached #Trump, who responded to those calls for #peace by scorching the first US-born pontiff on social media & then taking personal credit for Leo’s ascension to the papacy.
#Oil #prices remain lower than their recent highs reached last week before #Trump called off his threat of mass devastation in #Iran & agreed to #ceasefire discussions.
But with a failure to reach a lasting ceasefire agreement & the clock ticking down to yet another deadline, oil prices are now trading higher than where they settled on April 1. That was just before Trump’s disastrous primetime address in which he failed to detail an exit strategy for the #war.
#Oil #prices rise after #Trump threatens to block passage through #StraitOfHormuz
#BrentCrude, the international benchmark, was up 8%, at about $102. #US #crude was up 8% to $104.
Dow futures sank 1.04%, or 502 points. S&P 500 futures were down 1%, & Nasdaq futures declined 1.15%.
#idiocracy #kakistocracy #TrumpsWar #IranWar #Iran #war #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #NationalSecurity #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
cnn.com/2026/04/12/business/oi…
Iran’s foreign minister claims #US intentionally tanked talks.
Writing on X, Abbas Araghchi said #Iran had negotiated with the US in “good faith” for an end to the #war.
“But when just inches away from “Islamabad MoU”, we encountered maximalism, shifting goalposts, & blockade,” he wrote, using an acronym for “memorandum of understanding.”
He added, “Good will begets good will. Enmity begets enmity.”
#idiocracy #kakistocracy #Trump #IranWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #NationalSecurity #economy
#US Central Command has announced that it will begin a blockade of #Iran #ports on Monday at 10AM ET.
#CENTCOM said the blockade would be “enforced impartially against vessels of all nations” entering or departing Iranian ports & coastal areas.
It said it would still allow ships traveling between non-Iranian ports to transit the #StraitOfHormuz.
#idiocracy #Trump #IranWar #war #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #oil
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"The US president, Donald Trump, said the US Navy would immediately start blockading the strait of Hormuz and would also interdict every vessel in international waters that had paid a toll to Iran.
In a lengthy Truth Social post, he said the US is going to start 'BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz.'"
~ The Guardian
#Trump #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz
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Middle East crisis live: Trump says US will blockade the strait of Hormuz
President makes claim in lengthy Truth Social post after talks in Pakistan failed to secure a dealImogen Dewey (The Guardian)
"The whole world is watching as Donald’s threats become increasingly desperate and extreme, but they’re also watching as the American system proves itself to be completely incapable of reining him in. For our allies, Donald is not the problem, in this instance—America is."
~ Mary Trump
#Trump #JDVance #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #Republicans #MAGA
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Let the Fissures Widen
The more people turn on Donald the better, but they shouldn’t be rewarded for itMary L Trump (The Good in Us by Mary L. Trump)
"The Islamabad talks between the United States and Iran are in serious trouble. According to the Financial Times, the negotiations have already reached a stalemate, talks have turned heated, and the central breaking point is control of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran walked in demanding full authority over the waterway. The U.S. floated joint control as a compromise. Iran said no."
~ Ben Meiselas
#Trump #JDVance #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #Islamabad
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Saturday Afternoon News Updates: The Islamabad Talks Are Collapsing — 4/11/26
Iran came with demands, Israel is sabotaging from the sidelines, and the U.S. negotiating is a disaster. Here are the latest updates.Ben Meiselas (Meidas+)
“A protester breached the airside perimeter at Shannon Airport in #Ireland today, climbed onto the wing of a parked #US Air Force C-130 Hercules and damaged the fuselage with what is believed to be an axe, taking the aircraft out of service.
Shannon Airport briefly closed. The man was arrested by Gardaí and the Armed Support Unit. Shannon has been used as a key US #military transit hub throughout the #Iran war, despite the Irish government's insistence it is not being used for #war.”
"It feels like something shifted in the United States this week after President Donald J. Trump threatened on Tuesday that 'a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.'”
#Trump #war #WarCrimes #death #destruction #chaos #violence #Republicans #MAGA #MadKing #MentalHealth
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Cardinal’s meeting at #Pentagon was ‘unusual,’ #Vatican official says
Through the first year of Trump’s 2nd term, tensions between his admin & the Vatican — with the first #US born #pope — have simmered.
#law #Trump #Hegseth #Republicans #Constitution #FreedomOfReligion #ChurchAndState #Christianity #Evangelism #NewApostolicReformation #NAR #military #war #NationalSecurity #geopolitics #USpol
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"American Christians can’t pretend we haven’t seen what our leaders have done this spring. Ours is no longer a government interested in haggling over the finer points of just war theory, a Scripture-shaped standard of ethical conduct in warfare, to defend a military intervention."
~ Justin R. Hawkins
#Trump #Hegseth #WhiteChristianNationalism #war #WarCrimes #NuclearWeapons #genocide #morality #JustWar
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Threatening Profound Evil Trivializes That Evil
President Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth speak often of Christianity—but they seem to have no interest in its vision for just warfare.Justin R. Hawkins (Christianity Today)
![Quiz Time: Name That Bellicose Babbler
1. "God Will Roast Their Stomachs in Hell."
2. "Don't Push It, or I'll Give You a War You Won't Believe."
3. "You Should... Totally Cut Their Windpipes and Thus Clearly Show Them What a Real War Is Like."
4. "I Am Altering the Deal. Pray I Don't Alter It Any Further."
5. "[They] Will Become Good Food for the Sharks."
6. "Open the F#@*&N' Strait, You Crazy Bastards, or You'll Be Living in Hell."
7. "Ithe Best in Life Is] to Crush Your Enemies, See Them Driven Before You, and to Hear the Lamentations of Their Women."
8. "If You Start Throwing Hedgehogs under Me, I Shall Throw a Couple of Porcupines under You."
A. Kim Jong Un
B. Nikita Khrushchev
C. "Baghdad Bob"
D. Rambo
E. Conan the Barbarian
F. Iranian Spokesperson
G. Trump
H. Darth Vader
Answer Key: 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-h, 5-f, 6-g, 7-e, 8-b](https://friendica.hellquist.eu/photo/preview/640/5534719 "Quiz Time: Name That Bellicose Babbler
1. \"God Will Roast Their Stomachs in Hell.\"
2. \"Don't Push It, or I'll Give You a War You Won't Believe.\"
3. \"You Should... Totally Cut Their Windpipes and Thus Clearly Show Them What a Real War Is Like.\"
4. \"I Am Altering the Deal. Pray I Don't Alter It Any Further.\"
5. \"[They] Will Become Good Food for the Sharks.\"
6. \"Open the F#@*&N' Strait, You Crazy Bastards, or You'll Be Living in Hell.\"
7. \"Ithe Best in Life Is] to Crush Your Enemies, See Them Driven Before You, and to Hear the Lamentations of Their Women.\"
8. \"If You Start Throwing Hedgehogs under Me, I Shall Throw a Couple of Porcupines under You.\"
A. Kim Jong Un
B. Nikita Khrushchev
C. \"Baghdad Bob\"
D. Rambo
E. Conan the Barbarian
F. Iranian Spokesperson
G. Trump
H. Darth Vader
Answer Key: 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-h, 5-f, 6-g, 7-e, 8-b")
"Consider this week in full. The abominable Easter Sunday social media post that dropped the f-bomb and mocked Islam. The far more abominable post two days later about destroying one of history's most accomplished civilizations. The complete and utter backing down from it hours later. The phantom ceasefire, which Netanyahu obviously intentionally wrecked."
~ Michael Tomasky
#Trump #Iran #war #ceasefire #economy #Epstein #Melania #NATO
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#Inflation Surges as Effects of the #IranWar Show in Prices
The #Consumer Price Index [#CPI] jumped 3.3% in the year through March, a 2-year high, reflecting higher costs for #energy & goods affected by disruptions in the #MiddleEast.
#TrumpsWar #US #Iran #Israel #war #Trump #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #EnergyCrisis
nytimes.com/live/2026/04/10/bu…
Judge Rebukes #Hegseth, Says #Pentagon Violated #CourtOrder
A Washington federal judge found the Pentagon violated a court order by reinstating restrictions on #press #access in an opinion that sharply criticized #Defense Sec Pete Hegseth for curtailing #FreeSpeech rights with the nation at #war.
#law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #journalism #FourthEstate #Trump #dictatorship #fascism #propaganda
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Judge Rebukes Hegseth, Says Pentagon Violated Court Order (1)
A Washington federal judge found the Pentagon violated a court order by reinstating restrictions on press access in an opinion that sharply criticized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for curtailing free speech rights with the nation at war.Suzanne Monyak (news.bloomberglaw.com)
In a potential boost to #MiddleEast #ceasefire efforts, #Netanyahu said Thurs that he authorized direct negotiations “as soon as possible” with #Lebanon aimed at disarming #Iran-backed #Hezbollah militants & establishing relations between.
The 2 countries have technically been at #war since #Israel was established in 1948.
There was no comment from Lebanese authorities. But Israel-Lebanon negotiations are expected to begin next week at the State Dept in Washington.
#trump #crisis #trade #oil #inflation #war #iran #deal #diplomacy #war #military #future #whitehouse #politics #government #usa #meme
♲ Joyce Donahue - 2026-04-08 17:41:34 GMT
