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@mtflipper @sharma_views Cool. Loan them an aircraft carrier and let them park it offshore from D.C.

@sharma_views That isn’t a narrative collapse. Iran is actively targeting civilian airports and residential buildings, intentionally. Additionally, the gas infrastructure they’re attacking is Qatari, Kuwaiti, Saudi, UAE…not Israelis or American.

🚨 CATHY NEWMAN: You’re attacking gas fields in Qatar. They aren’t military targets. IRAN SPOX: We’re hitting US-linked assets. CATHY: No, you’re hitting a gas field in Qatar. IRAN SPOX: Don’t cut me. Who hit our gas fields first? We’re defending. CATHY: But a gas field isn’t military. IRAN SPOX: Then why was ours targeted? SHE PUSHED. HE FLIPPED. NARRATIVE COLLAPSED. CALMLY. 💥

@OliLondonTV Chair defense is strong

Crazed feminist group ‘Code Pink’ storm into an AIPAC senior staff retreat in DC and run around in circles on stage. “Palestine will be free and Zionism will end. I promise you that.”

@DougWahl1 Leftiat commie neoliberal rag. People on real news from the bots on Twitter and POTUs retruths

@atrupar This is one of those rare moments when it should be easy to reach across the aisle and for everybody to agree: f*** Rand Paul

RAND PAUL: You offered no apology. And you offer no apology today, and no regrets MARKWAYNE MULLIN: I'm not apologizing for pointing out your character PAUL: You want people to know you supported a felonious, violent attack on me from behind MULLIN: I did not say I supported it. I said I understood it.

@realstewpeters Gotcha questions like this aren't going to help anything because people aren't going to leave their tribe. What they need to ask is if the reports of the cost of the war are true. Everyday confront him with the dollars that he's wasting and call them out on it.

TRUMP: “I’m not afraid to put boots on the ground in Iran, even if it turns into another Vietnam.” When I say Trump wants to send your sons to die for Israel, I mean that he legitimately wants to send your sons into a meat grinder to die for the secular nation state of Israel.

@gabirothhammer @LePapillonBlu2 @curtjmc Military spending. Tax cuts for high wealth individuals and big business. That's literally all that matters... find somebody with a story that can get idiots to vote for him and yes definitely him because it can't be a woman and nothing else matters.

@LePapillonBlu2 @curtjmc The astonishing thing is not what Trump says or does. This man has always been lawless, unpredictable, and dangerous. The astonishing thing is that this madman is still allowed to act as President of the United States of America.

Trump says Iran is very unfairly blocking the Strait of Hormuz because the US has already won the war. “It’s even unfair on their part. We already won! They have no right to keep doing what they’re doing.” Who else watching this 💩 show in complete horror?

@Nghavidel @SGhasseminejad They'll l greet us as liberators!

@SGhasseminejad In VN people were behind the war in Iran people are fighting the same war alongside U.S, that is a big difference!

That is exactly how a U.S. President should respond to threats from incompetent Islamists. It is a breath of fresh air after decades of endless concessions to a clan of degenerates.

@JimFergusonUK You don't need that blue check mark in such a long post to tell us that you're an idiot. We could find out within the first 140 characters

🚨 ESTONIA SHOWS WHAT REAL LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE A nation of just 1.3 million people has stepped forward and said: “We will be ready to offer ANY kind of support to the United States or the free world.” Let that sink in. A small frontline country bordering Russia — already under constant pressure — is still willing to stand shoulder to shoulder with its allies when it matters most. That is leadership. That is courage. That is clarity. Now compare that to Keir Starmer. While Estonia offers support… Starmer offers meetings. While Estonia talks about responsibility… Starmer talks about “consulting his team.” While allies step forward to help secure one of the most critical shipping routes on Earth — the Strait of Hormuz — Britain hesitates. Delays. Avoids. This isn’t strategy. It’s cowardice dressed up as process. The United States isn’t asking for speeches. It’s asking for support to keep global trade flowing and prevent economic shockwaves that will hit every household. And instead of standing with our closest ally, Starmer is missing in action. A tiny nation like Estonia understands what’s at stake. So why doesn’t the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom? Because this isn’t leadership. It’s administration. It’s risk-avoidance. It’s the behaviour of a man more concerned with optics than obligation. History will remember who stood up… And who stood back.

@factpostnews So the correct way to write this is to say "Trump lied yesterday just as he did for everyday of his presidency. Here is how he lied yesterday about past presidents."

Reporter: Trump said multiple times yesterday that he had spoken to one of the former presidents who privately told him, "I wish I did what you did when it comes to Iran." But George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Joe Biden all say that none of them spoke to Trump about Iran. In fact, none of them have spoken to Trump recently at all.

@ProudSocialist He's also afraid of having a tiny penis and his father not loving him

Reporter: “Iran has said if you put boots on the ground it will be another Vietnam. Are you afraid of that?” Trump: “I’m not afraid of anything.” What he is afraid of is the Epstein files, which is why he is sending your children to war to murder other people’s children.

@RonFilipkowski I'm starting a band named "Barron's hereditary bone spurs"

He was certainly afraid of Vietnam-style combat in Vietnam.

@Conservative2TX It's probably the tiny hands on the big desk, and his tiny penis that causes all of this nonsense

He just looks so small and powerless sitting there.

@MichaelARothman @atrupar You could have shown that you're an idiot and less than 140 characters

𝗥𝗘𝗣. 𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗔 𝗣𝗔𝗨𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗔 𝗟𝗨𝗡𝗔 𝗧𝗢 𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗦: 𝗜 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗕𝗢𝗫𝗘𝗦 Democrats opposing the SAVE America Act keep making the same argument: that women, minorities, and veterans can't get proof of identification to vote. It's condescending. It's false. And Rep. Anna Paulina Luna just dismantled it in about ten seconds. Her response: 𝘐 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘹𝘦𝘴. 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘰 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦. She also flagged something important that gets missed in the debate. A driver's license alone isn't sufficient — because multiple states now issue driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. The SAVE Act specifically requires proof of citizenship, not just a state-issued ID that anyone can obtain regardless of legal status. And the process isn't the burden Democrats pretend it is. You prove citizenship once — with your birth certificate. You get your voter ID card. You're in the system. You don't repeat the process every election. It's a one-time verification, the same standard every serious democracy on earth already applies. Luna's closing line: she's going to be 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘵 to the Senate until this passes. Good. The Senate needs more of that right now. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗴𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸. 𝗔 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘃𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗲.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna: "It's crazy because when you hear the debate from Democrats, they say minority women and minorities as a whole and veterans can't get this proof of identification in order to vote. Look, I check all three boxes. I've had no issues getting proof of citizenship to vote."

@atrupar Because famously everything the GOP says is in good faith. Just look at the no war president, the reduced costs for affordability, the release of the Epstein files...

@atrupar Let me guess the past president said "Sir, I wish that one time I would have struck Iran like you did with your mighty military power, sir".

TRUMP: I've spoken to a certain president, who I like actually, a past president, he said, 'I wish I did it.' But they didn't do it. I'm doing it. Q: Which president? TRUMP: I can't tell you that. It would be very bad for his career even though he's got no career left.

@HQNewsNow It better be under budget... It's being paid for by oil companies and Trump's war just jacked up the prices of their product. Effectively it's costing billions of dollars and yes taxpayers are paying for it every time they put gas in their car.

Trump as Americans die in war with Iran: “If you look behind me, see the nice gold curtains? If you want to look into a nice foundation and you want to see a lot of work, very deep, very, very deep for specific reasons, we have. A magnificent ballroom being built because this is the biggest room and it holds like 98 people for dinner, but behind me you’re gonna have a ballroom that’s gonna that this building and the people occupying it in particular, every president for 150 years has clamored for a ballroom, a large beautiful room. This is a cocktail room. And this will actually be this whole floor will end up being a cocktail room for the cocktail area or pre-area for the ballroom before dinners, so we’ll have heads of state. We can’t even do a heads of state dinner usually what they do is they would do them on the lawn with a tent. But when it rains, the lawn is very low and you know the land in Washington it was built on swampy wetland and when it rains and you have The King of Saudi Arabia, we have as an example, the King of the UK. I would say King of England, who was a great guy. He’s coming in very soon and when it rains, you know what happened? The rain would go over their feet. It would be about 4 or 5 inches over their shoes. This was not good, so, and it rained a lot. So we’re building finally because I do that and by the way no taxpayer money. I want to put that 0 it’s gonna be it’s on time on budget it’ll be under budget we literally we’re having it under budget other than we’ve upgraded it in terms of the marbles we’re using. We’re using onyx and stones that are incredible, but it’ll be it’ll be something really spectacular”

@atrupar Bankrupted another casino huh?

Trump: "Today we determined -- it's a little late for the board because we already announced it -- that the fastest way to bring the Trump Kennedy Center to the highest level of success, beauty, and grandeur is to cease the entertainment operations for a 2 year period."

@MMBeckerman @anthonyzenkus Um. Wut? The military literally pays direct $$ for kids and wants nothing more than men (current group would prefer only male soldiers) to have more kids

@anthonyzenkus If you have small children or a pregnant wife, you do not belong in the military, at all. All you are going is needlessly ruining lives by doing that - your life and the lives of those around you. Find another line of work.

This boy will grow up without his father because of Israel's unchecked militarism and Donald Trump's unchecked narcissism.

@CharlesPPierce "volunteers", "providing support on their own". Sure Jan, just like the oil companies paying for a ballroom... I'm sure it's all above board and no quids are pro quoing

A reliable source

@narindertweets We remember too. Release the Epstein files

Trump - "I don't want the UK after we win the war, I want them before" "I can say this, and I said it to Keir Starmer" "We will remember" And we will remember how you killed 165 girls and thank god we didn't have blood on our hands.