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World traveler - what’s a career? PhD and engineer in storage. More science please

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@omriceren @BillAckman Why aren’t we at war with North Korea then? How about Russia or China? Those countries have far greater military capacity than Iran and at least for NK certainly have the intent to strike the USA. There’s no evidence Iran intended to attack the USA save for being attacked first.
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Omri Ceren
Omri Ceren@omriceren·
Huh. Fully operational IRBMs. I guess President Trump and U.S. defense officials had access to information regarding Iran's missile capabilities that was not available to leftwing tankies, New Right dipshits, and journalists.
OSINTtechnical@Osinttechnical

Iran fired a pair of intermediate-range ballistic missiles at Diego Garcia, a joint U.S.-UK base in the Indian Ocean. One missile failed in flight, and another was engaged by a US Navy destroyer using an SM-3 missile.

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markinthedark@pre176·
@AdamInHTownTX @omriceren Certainly all presidents since Clinton have had massive deficits. But which ones make it better over their term, and which ones worse?
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AdamInHTownTX
AdamInHTownTX@AdamInHTownTX·
@pre176 @omriceren Ok, I just looked at the massive deficits under Obama and Biden. So what other spin do you have?
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Omri Ceren
Omri Ceren@omriceren·
After a century of pushing unlimited spending as fiscal policy and just after burning trillions of dollars on left-wing fantasies without a single Republican vote, Democrats have found an expenditure they oppose: steaks for American troops.
House Armed Services Democrats@HASCDemocrats

Americans are struggling to make ends meet with rising prices from gas stations to grocery stores, and everywhere else, but the Trump Admin is good with spending millions on surf and turf and a $1.5 trillion defense budget. Where's DOGE when you need them?

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ChetTheJet
ChetTheJet@TheJetNamedChet·
@pre176 @TimSheehyMT Wrong. The US produces about 13.5 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil as of 2025. The US imports another 8 million bpd from Canada and Mexico. That is 21.5M bpd. The US consumes about 20M bpd. We are fine.
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Tim Sheehy
Tim Sheehy@TimSheehyMT·
I received a classified briefing from the administration. It is categorically false that they did not plan for Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz. Lawmakers and national security officials have known for years that this was Iran’s plan once their backs were against the wall.
Zachary Cohen@ZcohenCNN

New: The Pentagon & National Security Council significantly underestimated Iran’s willingness to close the Strait of Hormuz in response to US military strikes while planning the ongoing operation, sources to me, @Phil_Mattingly, @kylieatwood & @Kevinliptakcnn. Top Trump officials acknowledged to lawmakers during recent classified briefings that they did not plan for the possibility of Iran closing the strait in response to strikes, per 3 sources. cnn.com/2026/03/12/pol…

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markinthedark@pre176·
@TheJetNamedChet @TimSheehyMT We use quite a bit more than the 13 million barrels per day that we consume. We are most definitely NOT petroleum independent nor insulated from global oil markets and disruptions.
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ChetTheJet@TheJetNamedChet·
@TimSheehyMT For all the commenters complaining about the US military engaging in war with Iran without a plan to keep the Strait of Hormuz open - realize that the US is petroleum independent. WE are fine. You know who is not fine? China. 😝
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markinthedark@pre176·
@pureMetatron And what does MAGA have to do with the historical Republican party? Today’s Republican party is strongest in the parts of the country that seceded. And Dems are strongest in what was the heart of the Union. So now you don’t have to be confused anymore.
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True Patriot
True Patriot@TruePatriotsGo·
@JamesBradleyCA @joelpollak @omarbula Yep. Warren was totally on board with billions in taxpayer dollars funding terrorism, Iranian weapons building, UN fraud, EU fraud, and anything not putting Americans first.
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@Mattdoll @RepMGP The two aren’t remotely similar. Biden was basically forced out by his own party because it became obvious he had no shot at winning. Daines is hand picking his own successor by not publicly declaring his intentions until the last second. Explain to us how that is equivalent.
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Matt Doll
Matt Doll@Mattdoll·
@RepMGP Agreed this is lame. I can also admit it is EXACTLY what the Democratic Party did to us in the last presidential election and stuck us all with a candidate that couldn't ever win. I'm still mad about this.
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@EWErickson I think the overwhelming majority of the west would welcome a different regime in Iran, and probably a majority of Iranians. But didn’t Hegseth just say this is NOT a regime change war?
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Erick Erickson
Erick Erickson@EWErickson·
I support funding and arming Ukraine. I support regime change in Iran. It is wild watching a lot of people who support the former, but not the latter, suddenly concerned about the United States running out of weapons. Would giving them to Ukraine not do the same thing? (also, it's not true)
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markinthedark@pre176·
@al4n_woot @TRHLofficial I thought you said it was over already. And what was the “terrorist threat” exactly? No evidence has been forthcoming that Iran was planning any sort of attack. In fact, they made significant concessions on their nuclear program before Trump decided to start a war.
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Spidey
Spidey@al4n_woot·
This logic means that we capitulate to terrorists threats if there would be blowback? Yes, there’s always blowback. My vote is that we suffer the blowback sooner because it will only get worse as time passes. Now seems like a good time. Rip the bandaid off quickly and be done with it.
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The Redheaded libertarian
The Redheaded libertarian@TRHLofficial·
After the U.S. attacks a country, we experience some combination of escalation, regional spill over, refugee crises, credibility erosion, empowered extremists, endless wars, and we often have no clear exit. Libertarians know this as blowback and blowback happens 100% of the time.
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markinthedark@pre176·
@Noahpinion No argument on Russia, but he did have a diplomatic deal in place that verifiably kept Iran’s nuclear aims in check. It had nothing to do with trust. Somebody walked away from that deal and now we see the consequences of that idiotic decision.
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼
Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼@Noahpinion·
I love Barack Obama. On domestic issues he was a great President. Plus he got Bin Laden. But I'm forced to admit that on foreign policy, he was terrible -- he ignored Russia's first invasion of Ukraine, didn't address growing Chinese power, and trusted Iran's leaders.
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Jill Filipovic@JillFilipovic·
So is anyone gonna like... give us a *reason* we started this war?
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markinthedark@pre176·
@hughhewitt @POTUS What is the meaning of war, @hughhewitt? Because according to article 1, section 8, only Congress holds the power to declare war. It seems to me that this hypothetical months long campaign would in fact be a war. If we throw the meaning of words out the window, we are lawless.
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Hugh Hewitt
Hugh Hewitt@hughhewitt·
As @POTUS nears his decision re: #Iran, Chief Justice Roberts’ emphasis on the power to tax as a “birth-right” power of the Congress in Friday’s Learning Resources decision become very relevant in a different realm of debate over the Constitution’s separation of powers b/c critics of possible military actions are arguing President Trump lacks the legal basis to act. He does not. The “Commander-in-Chief” power is a “birth-right” power of the Executive, one which is as strong an independent grant of authority to President Trump as the power to tax is to the Congress. If President Trump orders even a months-long campaign of strikes against Iran, as President Obama did in Libya in 2011, he will be acting within that “birth-right power.” His orders will also be buttressed by the AUMF from September 18, 2001. Questions about the AUMF’s applicability to Iran? Give a listen to the “Iran Breakdown” episode from the last week. The link is in the replies. @mdubowitz and Ambassador Edmund Fitton-Brown lay it all out in great detail.
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markinthedark@pre176·
@baseballcrank Words do have meaning. If you can just make up whatever you want to get what you want, then the law becomes meaningless. The emergency powers are there for a specific reason. If you can abuse the law for reasons that aren’t what the law is for, how is that not breaking the law?
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Dan McLaughlin
Dan McLaughlin@baseballcrank·
The progressive legal strategy in a nutshell: instead of placing structural limitations on the executive branch, supervise its motives so that you can declare the same powers barred to Trump but constitutional when exercised for purposes you like.
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@al4n_woot @CindeWarmington Yet they’ve shown time and time again that they aren’t upholding the law and with no accountability. You can’t seem to get it through your head that all these accounts of citizens being detained, illegal stops, detainments, arrests, and violence are actually happening.
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Spidey@al4n_woot·
@CindeWarmington I KNOW what they would do in the warehouse. No need for imagination. They will uphold the law because that’s what they do. You just can’t get it through your head that everyone is not a scofflaw like you are
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Cinde Warmington
Cinde Warmington@CindeWarmington·
We’ve seen what ICE agents are doing to U.S. citizens on camera. Imagine what they’d do behind the walls of this warehouse. Grateful for those who joined today’s protest to speak out against Trump’s ICE facility and demand their Governor stand up for Granite Staters. #NHPolitics
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markinthedark@pre176·
@SKmacro @infinite_jaz Maybe that should mean he’s a horrible pick for an ambassadorship then, eh? Particularly in a key region of the world.
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SK@SKmacro·
@infinite_jaz The question is not fair. He is a Baptist minister and this is his personal belief. He does not make US policy. Have you asked Tucker to square his other beliefs with self professed Christian beliefs?
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jasper nathaniel@infinite_jaz·
In fairness to Huckabee, the viral clip cuts off abruptly, so I watched the full version to see if it was selectively edited. If anything, it’s worse. He is completely unable to reconcile his belief in what God promised to the Jews with international law, hemming and hawing before concluding that whether Israel could take everything from the Nile to the Euphrates is irrelevant because it isn’t trying to. (But tbh I don't blame him for being unable to reconcile two irreconcilible things.)
jasper nathaniel@infinite_jaz

Completely insane to have a diplomat, let alone an ambassador, who completely rejects borders and international law in favor of biblical prophecy.

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markinthedark@pre176·
@kenadams_68 @jcmeyer119 @themagaking That’s a lot of nonsense. Congress passed the ACA which included the tax. The tariffs are Trump’s desired policy. But to use them as he wishes to, he must run it through Congressional approval per the Constitution. Don’t like it? Pass an amendment.
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Ken Adams
Ken Adams@kenadams_68·
@jcmeyer119 @themagaking The ACA is obama's signature policy, just because congress passed it doesn't mean he wasn't involved. He wrote parts of the bill himself via aides in congress, and he negotiated by saying he'll do x if they do y. You stupid pos. Tax≠tariffs
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TMK@themagaking·
Justice Roberts: Obama can force every American to buy health insurance, and hit them with a “tax” if they refuse? YES. Justice Roberts: Biden can force federal workers to take a vaccine, even against personal beliefs, doctor advice, or religious objections? YES. Justice Roberts: Trump can impose reciprocal tariffs to level the playing field and help American workers? NO. Justice isn’t blind. For Roberts, it’s political.
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