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A good example of why we need answers about strategy: We're destroying refineries and oil production. If the goal is to immiserate the Iranians and cut off their income, fine. (Not great thinking, but understandable.) But if it's regime change...uh, they're gonna need that rebuilt. So why do that?
Hatred, ignorance, fear, greed, and discrimination are viruses, magnified by suffering, carried in buckets, spilled onto the world.
We cannot eliminate them by actions that magnify hatred, ignorance, fear, greed, discrimination and suffering - only by actions that relieve them.
Tarrio is, quite literally, a pardoned terrorist.
I feel like it should be bigger news that Trump is now openly considering a military draft. Young men haven't been called up for a draft since 1972. Not during the Gulf War. Not during Iraq or Afghanistan. He received five draft deferments but is now open to drafting your kids.
New: Prison guards discussed cover-up in Epstein's death, inmate tells FBI. open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
For those who have forgotten the past 40 years:
Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down
Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace
Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs
Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
The Ellisons’ new Paramount/Warner Bros mega-media monopoly would never pass muster if America still had antitrust enforcers.
So who can stop this? State attorneys general. Here's how. ⬇️
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/stop-paramount-mega-media-monopoly/?source=group-ShortText
We need to hurry up and install an Iranian government so that Netanyahu can say it’s only days away from acquiring a nuclear weapon.
In short: No. There was no plan.
A green hummingbird has its beak in the blossom of a bird of paradise plant, bright orange petals
I can scream endlessly or share a bird
So here’s a bird
Very demure, surreptitious slurpin’, the very best kind of slurps
#bird
Priorities.
Photo of DSA members protesting the war in Iran
US/Israel War with Iran - Political Discussion this Sunday, Mar 8, 5pm
Victrola Cafe (411 15th Ave E) Community Room seattledsa.org/event/us-isr...
After four days of hesitating, the president of France has joined the prime minister of Spain in saying that the 🇺🇸🇮🇱 attack on Iran is a violation of international law.
But they are still the only 2 EU leaders to have done so. Will others join?
It's interesting how the justifications for starting a tariff war and starting all these military wars have been so similar: the world has been conspiring against us for years, they treat us with disrespect, it was insufferable, etc. It's like America is a paranoid jealous husband.
Gregory Kent Bovino is now under criminal investigation by the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office for his conduct during Operation Metro Surge.
I think we should have the right to vote out a president that doesn't follow the laws or rules.
Marc Elias: "Today was an important day for the opposition movement. The law firms that stood up against Donald Trump threats won. Those that capitulated and collaborated with Trump will need to explain to future generations why, when democracy was at stake, they were such cowards"
Why is Trump never held accountable for his actions?
💥BREAKING💥St. Louis service workers won’t let the bosses drown out our voices 🗣️
#MOworkers, @sbworkersunited.org members, and community allies are gathering for the Food Service Workers’ Town Hall because we’re serious about demanding a real voice on the job — and across the whole industry!
BREAKING: James Talarico wins the Democratic Senate primary in Texas.
Talarico ran on fighting corruption in DC, and winning back power for working people.
In an era of vast inequality Talarico told voters that “billionaires are waging class warfare against the rest of us.”
BREAKING: I just spoke to President Trump he said you’ll find soon what the retaliation will be for the attack on the U.S. embassy in Riyadh and for the U.S. service members killed. He also told me he doesn’t think boots on the ground will be necessary.
notable that Trump's media strategy to sell this war is doing bespoke phone conversations with individual reporters instead of answering questions publicly
What's shameful is: Speaker Johnson is not loyal to the constitution of the United States. He should be investigated for falsely swearing his oath of office
Not since Dick York and Dick Sargent
While the McDonald’s CEO gets roasted for his awkward burger taste test...
McDonald’s is among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
And McDonald's CEO recently raked in $18.2M — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
That should leave a bad taste in your mouth.
It was just a misspoke you guys
(From @atrupar.com )
A win! Democrat Alex Holladay defeats Republican Bryan Renshaw by a 20-point margin in the Arkansas House District 70 special election.
Image is line paper with writing showing an English word followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled and pronounced. The word is 25th amendment and pronounced heeskeejhaw-nay gah-tluh-heesahnuh-hee
Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
kind of crazy that if you have enough money and don't like what you see in the media, you can just buy up every film studio, news station, and social media app and change it
Are we really about to go to war with Iran?
Did Trump just consolidate his control over broadcast media?
And what is Pete Hegseth trying to do with AI?
There's much to discuss on this week's Coffee Klatch.
https://youtu.be/2CAErA4myYg
