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"a war that will likely bankrupt the country; a war that will cause a global recession and worldwide suffering; a war that most Americans do not support; a war that began with U.S. planes killing scores of girls at a school; a war in which we have ceded the moral high ground to the fucking Ayatollah. ...
In this New World Order, the United States is no longer #1."
"We are just two weeks and a day into the Iran war—a war that has no discernible purpose; a war undertaken at the behest of a genocidal war criminal who as I type this is either dead, infirm, or in hiding like a coward; a war that seems intended to distract from the Epstein Files and forestall the release of proof of our president’s singular depravity;
~ Greg Olear
#Trump #Netanyahu #Epstein #Iran #war
/15
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Sunday Pages: "It's Up To You"
A musical collage by Steinski and Mass MediaGreg Olear (PREVAIL by Greg Olear)
"With nearly one-third of key fertilizer ingredients and a large share of global urea and ammonia exports tied to the region, attacks on ships and halted transit are driving up fertilizer, oil, and diesel prices—raising costs for farmers and potentially leading to higher grocery prices and lower crop yields worldwide."
#Trump #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas #fertilizer #agriculture #food
/14
"The war with Iran is threatening to raise global food prices as shipping disruptions through the Strait of Hormuz stall fertilizer exports critical for agriculture."
~ Aaron Parnas
#Trump #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas #fertilizer #agriculture #food
/13
"Kushner holds no official diplomatic title that would normally authorize such talks but titles are beside the point in the Trump era. What matters is proximity to power, and Kushner has that in abundance.
What he also has is a private equity firm called Affinity Partners, which is funded by billions of dollars in foreign governments."
#Trump #Putin #JaredKushner #SteveWitkoff #JoshGruenbaum #AffinityPartners #Iran #Russia #war
/12
"The meeting also included Trump envoy Steve Witkoff, another billionaire with vested personal financial interests, whose son runs the Trump family’s shady and opaque crypto fund, World Liberty Financial. The third notable figure at the meeting was Trump administration official Josh Gruenbaum.
The Florida meeting was ostensibly a discussion about ending the war in Ukraine."
#Trump #Putin #JaredKushner #SteveWitkoff #JoshGruenbaum #AffinityPartners #Iran #Russia #war
/11
"Kushner recently met in Florida with Kirill Dmitriev, the head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund and a longtime financial emissary for Vladimir Putin. Dmitriev is not simply a diplomat; he is effectively Putin’s bag man."
~ Julie Roginsky
#Trump #Putin #JaredKushner #SteveWitkoff #JoshGruenbaum #AffinityPartners #Iran #Russia #war
/10
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How Jared Is Selling Us Out to the Richest Autocrat
Why is Congress not investigating Kushner's massive conflicts of interest?Julie Roginsky (Salty Politics with Julie Roginsky)
Robert Reich asks who’s getting the most out of Trump’s war. His list (it doesn't include the American people, by the way):
Pete Hegseth’s “Department of War”
Top military contractors
Larry Ellison’s Oracle
Elon Musk’s SpaceX
Peter Thiel’s Palantir Technologies
Big Oil
Jared Kushner
Vladimir Putin
#Trump #Putin #Hegseth #JaredKushner #ElonMusk #LarryEllison #PeterThiel #Iran #Israel #Russia #war #oil #gas
/9
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Sunday thought: Who’s Winning from Trump’s War? Follow the Money
Trump, his biggest backers, and Vladimir PutinRobert Reich
"Some of the winners are obvious: Russia and oil producers everywhere except in the Persian Gulf. The losers may come as a surprise: American consumers are being hit hard even though the US produces more oil and natural gas than it consumes, while China, despite its dependence on imported hydrocarbons, is relatively insulated from this shock."
~ Paul Krugman
#Trump #Netanyahu #Bibi #Putin #Iran #Israel #Russia #war
/8
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Costs and Benefits from the New Energy Crisis
There are many losers, but also some winnersPaul Krugman
"I was talking to a few friends yesterday. We were talking about how every president, you know, for 46 years, ever since the Islamic Revolution, Democrats and Republicans have not really liked the Velayat-e faqih, the Islamic leaders, but none of them were dumb enough to actually be dog walked by Netanyahu and white Christian nationalists and attack Iran."
~ Wajahat Ali
#Trump #Netanyahu #Bibi #Iran #war
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How The United States Loses the Iran War and Our National Security...with Trita Parsi
Donald Trump and the warmonger class have no exit strategy from this disastrous war and severely underestimated Iran's resolve. The longer this chaos lasts, the more America loses.THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali (The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali)
"By 2024 and 2025, he was already under immense domestic pressure over his corruption trial, his extremist coalition partners, and his handling of the Gaza war. Commentators and analysts have increasingly argued that he has incentives to keep the region in perpetual crisis, framing himself as the indispensable wartime leader and delaying the electoral reckoning that would likely end his career."
"Netanyahu for years now has sold Israelis the same rubbish. Every crisis can be solved by bombing and strafing. Now that immoral 'strategy' is being manifested again, in Lebanon. ...
What makes this even more indefensible is how entwined this northern brinkmanship is with Netanyahu’s personal political survival."
~ Mark Mansour
#Trump #Netanyahu #Bibi #Iran #Lebanon #war
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Benjamin Netanyahu Is Marching Lebanon And The Entire Middle East Toward The Abyss
all for his own self-preservationMark Mansour (America’s Fractured Politics)
"Putin, meanwhile, is watching the Hormuz chokehold deliver the oil price shock that relieves the central strain on his war machine, while American support for Ukraine quietly dries up, and Putin will soon be cashing oil checks from the US again.
Both men got what they needed by feeding one man’s need for a headline that gave him the love his parents never could."
"The reporting from journalist Neri Zilber on March 9 is instructive: they’re now on phase three, systematically working down a target list — air defenses, missile systems, the Iranian Navy, and now essentially all regime infrastructure. Whether there’s a fourth phase, and whether anyone has actually thought through what regime change looks like on the other side — that’s an open question. Netanyahu’s silence on that question is all the answer we need."
"Trump’s narcissism is a Trojan Horse. The men inside it have clearer agendas, fewer domestic constraints, and thirty years more patience. Netanyahu handed Trump a war Israel has wanted since at least 2007, one Netanyahu needed personally to stay out of court and in power — and Netanyahu is a tactical 'genius' who never underestimates what a fourth phase could be worth."
~ Jason Sattler
#Trump #Netanyahu #Bibi #Iran #war
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Man Who Spat on Allies For a Year Demands the World Clean Up His Catastrophe
From Liberation Day to the Escalation Trap to Interdependence Day: How narcissistic delusion became the biggest unforced error of the decade (so far).L O L G O P (The Cause)
Military expert flags concrete proof #Scottish #airports helps #US bomb #Iran
US #military #planes have continued to use #Prestwick Airport almost every day as #war escalated
When asked , Philip Ingram, a former army colonel and intelligence officer, said it was concrete proof
He added: “The #Americans have been working for weeks and weeks, in fact months, to build up their military capability in the #MiddleEast.
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#WarCrimes #USAggression #USThreats #BoycottUSA
Military expert flags 'concrete proof' Scottish airport helps US bomb Iran
A MILITARY intelligence expert has flagged “concrete proof” that a Scottish airport has been used to help the US bomb Iran ...James Walker (The National)
Attacking foreign navy vessels in international waters and gloating about the loss of lives makes you a horrible human being. Regardless of how horrible the adversaries may have behaved towards their own people, this is not ok. 😔
Trump & his ghouls are allowed to do all this without congressional approval while the EU keeps it mouth shut or even supports the US in this madness. Except Spain ✊
History will not be kind to EU "leaders" lacking courage & spines.
"Pope Leo suggested on Friday that Christian political leaders who start wars should go to confession & assess whether they are following the teachings of Jesus, without naming any specific leaders or conflicts.
'Do those Christians who bear grave responsibility in armed conflicts have the humility & courage to make a serious examination of conscience and to go to confession?' the pope asked in a speech to priests."
~ Joshua McElwee
"The Epstein Class is laughing all the way to the bank, drinking our tears as sugar for their expensive coffee. ... As we die and suffer, they laugh and make money off of AI, Crypto, and war."
~ Wajahat Ali
W. Ali points to recent statements of Palantir CEO (and Peter Thiel best bud) featured in the image below.
#Trump #Iran #war #EconomicElites #EpsteinClass #billionaires #TechBros #broligarchy #Palantir #PeterThiel #AlexKarp #crypto #AI
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The Epstein Class Is Creating World War 3 and Profiting Off Our Misery
A recording from THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali's live videoTHE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali (The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali)
"According to Gas Buddy, the national average price for a gallon of regular gas is now up to $3.59 a gallon. This is a 62-cent jump from February 28th.
Largest oil disruption ever in history.
Brent is up 12.5% right now. That is up to 104.30. Crude oil is up 12%."
~ David Shuster
#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #economy #prices #affordability
/13
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Shuster’s Weekly Wrap-Up: Trump’s Iran War Sends Oil Prices Soaring
Trump’s Iran strikes trigger soaring oil prices, job losses, and rising inflation fears. David Shuster breaks down the economic fallout and political chaos.Blue Amp Media
"'On Thursday, futures for Brent crude oil closed at just above $100 a barrel for the first time since 2022. The move will provide a huge financial boost to Russia, which experts say has already been receiving about $150 million per day from increased oil sales since the US attacked Iran two weeks ago. The lifting of the sanctions positions Putin as one of the biggest beneficiaries Trump’s war on Iran.'”
"WaPo: 'The Trump admin temporarily lifted sanctions on Russian oil shipments in an effort to calm markets and stem the economic fallout from its war on Iran, which has sent crude prices spiraling upward. This allows Russia to begin selling some 128 million barrels of oil that are estimated to have already been loaded onto tankers previously facing restrictions from the US.'”
~ Ron Filipkowski
#Trump #Iran #war #Putin #Russia #oil #gas
/11
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Today in Politics, Bulletin 327. 3/13/26
… CNN: “The Pentagon and NSC significantly underestimated Iran’s willingness to close the Strait of Hormuz in response to US military strikes while planning the ongoing operation, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.Ron Filipkowski (Meidas+)
"During a discussion hosted by Senator Bernie Sanders, Iranian journalist and analyst Negar Mortazavi criticized what she described as uneven coverage of the conflict in the United States media.
'Mainstream media is not covering this objectively enough.'"
~ Brian Karem
#Trump #Iran #war #death #destruction #school #children #Minab #girls #media
/9
"The picture of the shoes did it for me. Just look at this group of clowns. They’re clowns performing for a ringmaster. Supposedly Trump would just guess their shoe sizes. And if he guessed the wrong size, they didn’t have enough courage to actually get a pair of shoes that fit. They’re wearing shoes because Trump guessed the wrong size. That is a sign of mental illness, I think."
~ Phillips O'Brien
"The confusing answer at a press conference in Doral, Florida this week did not befit a wartime leader armed with stirring rhetoric and a lucid plan. ... as the conflict with Iran enters its third week, impacting nearly every corner of the Middle East and causing economic tremors around the world, Trump has emerged as America’s commander-in-chaos."
#Trump #Iran #war #madness #dementia #insanity #authoritarianism #strongman
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"'Mr President,' said a reporter. 'You’ve said the war is "very complete" but your defence secretary says, "This is just the beginning". So which is it?' Donald Trump’s eyes darted left and right then down. 'Well, I think you could say both,' he parried."
~ David Smith
#Trump #Iran #war #madness #dementia #insanity #authoritarianism #strongman
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Trump wages war on Iran his own way: commander-in-chaos
Erratic rhetoric, shifting goals and mixed signals leave allies, foes and voters unsure what the president wants from warDavid Smith (The Guardian)
"Donald Trump is lost in his fog of war. ...
The belief that coherent sense can be made out of Trump’s shuffling words is a weakness of the rational mind that refuses to accept the impulses of the inveterate demagogue for what they are."
~ Sidney Blumenthal
#Trump #Iran #war #madness #dementia #insanity #authoritarianism #strongman
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Trump faces a ‘personal Vietnam’ in Iran
He is stuck in a quagmire. His goals are elusive. His bombing does not force a surrender. He has no exit strategy. Good morning, VietnamSidney Blumenthal (The Guardian)
"Personalist regimes always suffer from this, but then on top of that we have a personalist regime built on a man who is not just ignorant and malign, he is properly non compos mentis. Pretending he's capable of holding public office and giving orders at all is a kind of mass delusion."
~ Andy Craig
#Trump #Iran #war #madness #dementia #insanity #authoritarianism #strongman
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Latest comic on the ever-expanding meaning of the insult "PC"
#language #war #cartoon #comic #humanrights
"One of the Iranian foreign ministers, I forget which one, said basically, 'In this Epstein administration, they either rape little girls or kill little girls.' And sadly, that’s true. That’s true. Morally, that’s the ground that we’re standing on now. Really pretty shaky."
~ Greg Olear
#Epstein #Trump #PamBondi #pedophiles #SexualAbuse #coverup #Iran #war
/12
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Ramble On: Over the Waterfall
Morning thoughts on the Iran war, the Iraq war, and the end of American empire.Greg Olear (PREVAIL by Greg Olear)
"As more records surface and investigations continue, the pressure for transparency is only increasing. The war in Iran may dominate headlines for now, but the Epstein story is far from over and the demand for accountability continues to grow."
#Epstein #Trump #PamBondi #pedophiles #SexualAbuse #coverup #Iran #war
/11
"International media continue to connect the Epstein scandal to the current geopolitical climate. Reports circulating globally note that Iranian missiles have been marked with references to Epstein Island victims, further amplifying attention on the controversy and the still unreleased documents connected to the case."
~ Adam Parkhomenko
#Epstein #Trump #PamBondi #pedophiles #SexualAbuse #coverup #Iran #war
/10
"[Trump's war on Iran] is so obviously about Donald Trump's involvement with Jeffrey Epstein and the fact that there are credible allegations that we've now seen that Donald Trump raped children. And so here we are with this distraction effort at the expense of American lives and American gold."
~ Michael Fanone
#Epstein #Trump #PamBondi #pedophiles #SexualAbuse #coverup #Iran #war
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Trump's Using American Lives in Iran to Distract from Epstein | Protect & Serve with Michael Fanone & Maya May
This is an opportunity for us to stand up and defend democracy—and to say loud and clear to the rest of the world: Trump is not us.Maya May (Lincoln Square)