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"the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS" -- Trump
Once again, Trump makes clear his intention to commit war crimes:
Rule 50. The destruction or seizure of the property of an adversary is prohibited, unless required by imperative military necessity.
Rule 54. Attacking, destroying, removing or rendering useless objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population is prohibited.
We must #impeach Trump
Are you Heron vacation? No, no, just passing through.
Why the Pentagon's $25B current estimate of money spent for the #IranWar is wrong. And anyway, the Pentagon has been hiding the scope of damages to US bases, as CNN showed, so we can't trust anything coming out of this administration.
#USPol
https://popular.info/p/the-real-cost-of-the-iran-war-72
Since COVID lockdowns, I have not stopped wearing masks while shopping at the grocery store.
Haven't caught a cold since forever.
Nutlick's a liar. A normal person would admit their mistake and resign; Nutlick was caught lying and he's not ashamed of it; IOW, he's done it so many times that it doesn't trigger shame.
What lies and furtherance of fraud might have Nutlick committed in his 34 years as CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald? That's someone who's a member of the #EpsteinClass.
#USPol
https://www.thedailybeast.com/howard-lutnick-photographed-with-jeffrey-epstein-in-bombshell-deleted-file/
$101.18/barrel - West Texas Intermediate oil
$106.89/barrel - Brent Crude oil
45,166.64 (-793.47|-1.73%) - Dow
31.05 (+3.61|+13.16%) - Volatility Index
The markets have apparently figured out that Trump's BS war is going to get a lot worse because he's a lot dumber than they thought.
"By the time you get to the end very few people can answer those questions. They get very tough, mathematical equations and things."
🤣 :thinkerguns: 😂
On the one hand, I feel sorry for him being so clueless that he's constantly and unintentionally demonstrating his idiocy.
On the other hand, fuck him, he deserves to be mocked for all the suffering he's caused.
If he took an IQ test, he'd be so embarrassed that he'd sue the proctor and test maker, saying it was rigged against him.
Trump said he was going to sign an EO to pay #TSA workers.
He could have done that at any time, directing #DHS to redirect money #ICE received last year to TSA. Instead, he chose to not pay TSA and send fully paid ICE employees to take their jobs.
So what was he waiting for?
The irony is, it pushed Senate GOP into passing a package funding DHS except ICE and parts of #CBP. See, if they didn't beat Trump, it would have exposed the truth that he could have paid TSA all this time. 🤔
"Sharks in the Bahamas test positive for [drugs]"
Maybe people should stop blowing up boats, then.
USPS is going to add an 8% fuel surcharge starting April 26 to:
- Priority Mail Express;
- Priority Mail;
- USPS Ground Advantage;
- Parcel Select.
First-class stamps are excluded.
Inflation, here we come!
#USPol #USPS
https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2026/0325-usps-announces-transportation-related-time-limited-price-change.htm
Trump failed the moment he resorted to military action.
If people tell you Democrats are blocking funding of TSA, you retort:
- Democrats said they would support any bill that funded DHS except for ICE, CBP
- They were holding up funding of ICE, CBP to pass laws limiting their grotesque actions
- Trump said he'd do an Executive Order to pay TSA
- He could have ordered DHS to shift some $ out of ICE's BBB windfall to TSA
- Trump chose to substitute unpaid TSA w/ paid ICE instead of paying TSA
- GOP blocked this bill
#USPol
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/27/dhs-shutdown-house-gop-mess-00848735
So many easy targets in this administration filled with incompetent, unserious people.
#USPol
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/iran-linked-hackers-claim-breach-of-fbi-directors-personal-email-doj-official-2026-03-27/
"It is another signal that a U.S. ground operation in Iran is being seriously prepared."
No. That implies they half-assed their battle prep. The military doesn't do that. It means they had a plan but then decided to upgrade it.
Either Trump wanted a bigger bada-boom or someone questioned the sufficiency of the plan and/or the tactical goals.
We're in the ballpark of $50B into this war and no end in sight.
#USPol
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/27/iran-war-trump-pentagon-more-troops-middle-east
"Trump is bored with Iran"
So not true. It's too hard for him to resolve that he's on the verge of throwing up his hands and walking away. When people are bored, it's b/c something's not stimulating enough -- see ADHD.
For many who come across a difficult puzzle, there's a point where they reach the end of their patience and they move on. For others, it has to be solved one way or another, and that's all there is to it; it may take hours, days, or weeks but it's going to be solved -- see ADHD.
"A lack of insurance does not appear to be the reason for lack of sailings in the region; rather the difficulty for shipowners is in ensuring the safety of their crew and vessel if they move."
Recall when Trump/Hegseth suggested ship owners/captains needed to have more guts. I'd like to see Trump and Hegseth navigate through the Strait, without any defensive or offensive weapons, to show us just how much guts they have.
#USPol
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/26/strait-of-hormuz-visual-guide-trickle-of-ships-iran
I've been making ad hoc Turkish coffee the past week. Grind dark coffee beans to espresso fine level. Boil with sugar in a pot of water. 10 minutes later, strain grind. It's uncanny how the smell of Turkish coffee is so similar to Frankincense and Myrrh.
Kalshi odds have jumped over the last 2 days, from previously 12% now to 13.8%, on whether Trump will be out before 2027.
What's coming up in April: an expected semi-annual Trump physical.
“Dumb McNamara.”
The man who led the Pentagon and prosecuted the Vietnam War, told the public, "The war in Vietnam is going well and will succeed."
Hegseth is as misguided as McNamara was, but McNamara was self-aware and not dumb.
Speaking about WWII's Gen. Curtis LeMay and his firebombing of Japanese towns, he said, "If we'd lost the war, we'd all have been prosecuted as war criminals. And I think he's right. He, and I'd say I, were behaving as war criminals."
#USPol
https://www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-petes-staff-mock-him-with-brutal-new-nickname/
Or, hear me out, they could do what they did all of last year and claim the unitary power of the executive to redirect money they already have in the pocket. ICE is fully funded, as seen with their reassignment to some airports. With ICE and TSA both under DHS, DHS could reallocate money from ICE to TSA.
#USPol
https://apnews.com/article/airport-delays-wait-times-shutdown-congress-tsa-b419e989a22dbc028d01cbd892fadb40
The second Marine Expeditionary Unit sent to the Middle East is going to arrive a lot sooner than ppl assume. At earliest, it could arrive in 10-1/2 days from the day they left port. So by the new deadline, both MEUs and the 82nd Airborne will be in the theatre of the war. Soonest would be April 1st; that's a Wednesday. Assuming they'll wait for the end of the closing bell on Friday, Trump is going to unleash mass violence over Easter weekend.
Mark it on the calendar.
"Some U.S. officials think a crushing show of force to conclude the fighting would create more leverage in peace talks or simply give Trump something to point to and declare victory."
Trump is so profoundly stupid and incurious, that he's never bothered to research and think about solutions to the most vexing problems. All that he knows is all that he thinks he needs to know to make good decisions. It's why he's constantly saying, "Nobody knew about ____."
#USPol
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/26/iran-invasion-plans-kharg-island-trump?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Why would they be afraid of being killed by you -- is it because you're untrustworthy? Why would they be afraid of being killed by their own -- is it because they don't speak for the IRGC and the Supreme Leader?
The dynamics reflect:
(a) Iranians don't trust Trump and see the 5-day delay as a ruse;
(b) Trump thinks he's won but is confused why Iran won't give up;
(c) Iran retorted w/ maximalist proposal; they want war to continue, prepared for ground troops.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-makes-frantic-excuse-after-irans-humiliating-reveal/
#USPol