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I am momentarily relieved for the 90 million Iranians who just spent the worst 24 hours of their lives thinking they were about to face nothing short of a nuclear catastrophe—not the regime, but innocent civilians who have nothing to do with their government, and long for freedom. I’m also relieved for the American servicemembers who would have been placed in even graver danger and ordered to carry out war crimes. But this doesn’t change anything. Donald Trump threatened genocide and war crimes against Iranians this morning. His statements that “a whole civilization will die” and that he’ll take Iran “back to the stone ages” confirm that he is mentally unstable, unhinged, and unfit for office or any position of authority. It’s now day 39 of Trump’s illegal regional war that has had deadly and catastrophic consequences. There has been no clear plan or rationale, no strategy, and no Congressional authorization or input as required by the Constitution. Thousands of civilians have been tragically killed across the region, American servicemembers have died and suffered unnecessarily, and millions are displaced from Lebanon to the Gulf. Trump and Pete Hegseth have already committed explicit war crimes by bombing schools, hospitals, bridges, and water desalination plants. This isn’t partisan. Republicans, Democrats, and Independents now know that Trump is dangerous and unfit. Whether through impeachment or by invoking the 25th Amendment, it is far past time Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are removed from office. Cabinet officials like JD Vance will be forever tied to this war if they do nothing. We need urgent action for the sake of our national security and the safety and security of the rest of the world. I’m also demanding that Mike Johnson immediately call the House back into session so we can pass the bipartisan War Powers Resolution and ensure that Trump and Hegseth can never again resume this disastrous war. I pray this ceasefire holds, and I pray for peace and freedom for the Iranian people.

@IAmPoliticsGirl Like, now!

Our government needs to change.

I spent all day today wondering if the sitting President of the United States would use nuclear weapons on a country of 90 million people—the vast majority of whom he claims to be liberating—just because he’s angry over that totalitarian regime thoroughly embarrassing him over his unnecessary, illegal, and disastrous war of choice. Just as our country was waking up to go to our jobs and take our kids to school and run errands and do all the typical things that need to be done on a Tuesday morning, Trump dangled this threat: “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will.” He threatened nuclear strikes because he isn’t getting his way in a war that never should have been escalated in the first place. I spent all day talking to colleagues and friends about what this could mean and wondering what needs to be done to put a stop to this because—surprise—we take it seriously when a deeply unstable person with the power to launch nuclear weapons claims he will do so. I wondered why so many people in politics and media are apparently unaware that POTUS has sole authority over the launch of nuclear weapons and does not need clearance from Congress or the courts—even for a preemptive strike—and the only thing standing between Trump and that decision are his military commanders maybe, hopefully—who the hell is certain anymore—refusing that order. I watched as too many journalists—so fearful are they of offending their Access Daddy and his acolytes—pretended that this threat reflective of a brain-addled, narcissistic sociopath was another political parlor game to be navigated with musings on what Democrats should be doing while Republicans are running the whole goddamn show. I watched as yet more journalists chirped about their bullshit phone calls with Trump, which were, per usual, entirely neutered of meaningful substance. I watched as so much of the left side of the American political spectrum bickered and bitched with each other and were at each other’s throats over what should be done while we’re out of power, just as Trump was betting and hoping we would. I wondered if tonight would be the beginning of a broader war with nuclear weapons that would throw the world into violent chaos from which we’d never recover. You ask me if I’m relieved over this supposed “two-week ceasefire” as Trump yet again postpones his ultimatums, manipulates markets to enrich himself and his cronies, and needlessly scares the shit out of the American people and the world? No, I am not relieved. I am angry. I am enraged. The thoughts going through my head at this very moment cannot be uttered. This is not sustainable. We should not have to live in perpetual fear like this. ---- Link to full essay available here for easier sharing: charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/we-cant-keep…

@QondiNtini Don't guess, vote Yes!

DMV peeps! Let’s put on our walking shoes this weekend and knock on doors!!! We have a mfing House of Representatives to snatch back 🔥 #VirginiaVoteYes

😅😅😅🤡 Go and visit Bamberg. The city is beautiful, the beer 🍺 perfect. And see what kind of liars the MAGA-fascists truly are 👇

@G12Rocco Gorgeous!

My azaleas are in full bloom😊♥️

"War is peace."

@HeatherThomasAF There will never be peace again if we are showing our “strength “ by decimating an entire country.

It seems his sole purpose is to offend our Allies and increase our Ick!

Stunning images from Hungarian opposition leader @magyarpeterMP's rally in Vác tonight. While Orban & JD Vance were huddled in a venue in Budapest, Péter Magyar was on the road, as he is each and every day, visiting towns, villages, and cities across the country. #April12 🇭🇺🗳️

There is no military objective that justifies the wholesale destruction of a society's infrastructure or the deliberate infliction of suffering on civilian populations. Conflicts end when leaders choose dialogue over destruction, @antonioguterres says. news.un.org/en/story/2026/…

Pure, anti-europäische Hetz von JD Vance in Budapest. Kein Wunder, die US-Regierung will ein schwaches Europa. Eines, das etwa auch keine Strafen gegen amerikanische Tech-Unternehmen mehr verhängen kann, um die Rechte der eigenen Bürger zu schützen.

Regardless of whether it’s all talk, when the leader of our country expresses plainly genocidal intent, everyone has to do something. For citizens of all political stripes, it means rejecting this madness. For Congress, it means taking action to rein him in. Now.

Incendiary rhetoric in the Middle East war, including threats to annihilate a whole civilisation and target civilian infrastructure, is sickening. The spread of fear and terror must stop. Urgent de-escalation is needed to protect lives. ➡️ ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

US President Donald Trump renewed his criticism of Germany on Monday, attacking the country for failing to back the US in the war against Iran. We asked people on the streets of the capital, Berlin, whether they thought Germany should maintain its stance:

George Bush, Paul Ryan, John Boehner, Eric Kantor and Condoleezza Rice are still alive, right?

A reminder that anyone, in any part of the chain of command, can be personally prosecuted for committing a war crime, including genocide.

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV on Trump’s warning to Iran of “civilization” destruction — “This is truly not acceptable. Here there are certainly questions of international law, but even more than this a question of morality for the good of people.” He adds the war is “continuing to escalate and is not resolving anything… is only provoking more hatred throughout the world.” “attacks on civilian infrastructure are against international law, but it is also against sign of the hatred and division that we are capable of.” Video @Reuters

JD Vance in Budapest: Ein Besuch, um die EU zu zerstören. t-online.de/nachrichten/au…