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  1. Senate Blocks War Powers Resolution for Seventh Time, Conflict Grinds On

    US Senate rejects war powers resolution for Iran conflict 7 times. Learn why this matters for US war decisions and what happens next.

    #WarPowersAct, #IranConflict, #SenateVote, #Congress, #USPolitics

    newsletter.tf/us-senate-blocks

  2. Senate Rejects Another Push to Halt Iran War Amid Growing Opposition

    Senate votes against stopping Iran war. Many lawmakers unsure about the conflict's length and cost. What happens next?

    #IranWar, #SenateVote, #WarPowersAct, #Congress, #USPolitics

    newsletter.tf/senate-rejects-i

  3. The Senate voted against a bill to end the war in Iran. This is the fourth time a similar bill has failed. Some Republicans are now questioning the war.

    #IranWar, #SenateVote, #WarPowersAct, #Congress, #USPolitics
    newsletter.tf/senate-rejects-i

  4. Jonathan Lemire (MSNOW): "Pres. Trump is desperate for the Iran war to end. Energy prices are up, his polls are down. Few U.S. military goals have been achieved. Trump doesn’t want to resume hostilities, so he keeps punting his deadlines - and Tehran is calling his bluff."
    #IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #politics #WarPowersAct

  5. @quietmarc I find the #WarPowersAct stuff infuriating as well b/c the initial attack was already both illegal under the WPA & unconstitutional. By trying to pass new resolutions & carrying on about the 60-day deadline, so many congresspeople & others are voluntarily conceding the basic point & actually enabling Trump. Even #Khanna

  6. "The United States has completed its offensive operations against Iran, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday, even as Washington warned it was ready to unleash a “devastating” response to any new attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz."

    Due to the #WarPowersAct, Rubio is saying that the #IranWar is over but it could start again at any time:
    france24.com/en/middle-east/20
    #OperationEpicFailure #TrumpLiedPeopleDied #politics

  7. From our 1st and Greatest Fool, Donald Trump on his brilliant passing of medical check-up cognitive tests:

    "I'm the only president to take a cognitive test at the doctor, and pass it...no one else could do that."

    Uh huh...why again are YOU the "only president" to being required, REQUIRED to take an old man mental check because you have stupidly been handed our nuclear codes... cognitive test...EVERY TIME you go to the doctor (dumbass)?

    Trump's boast is self-defeating as it often is, in a genuinely funny way, and Stewart's right to call it out. Trump is technically correct in a narrow, useless way. No president has publicly acknowledged taking a standardized cognitive test or made the results public except Donald Trump.

    But that's not the flex he thinks it is.

    Trump's implication is that passing a cognitive test makes him uniquely brilliant (more likely stupid, but whatever). While cognitive tests can rule out impairment associated with Alzheimer's disease and stroke, as we all know -- they do not measure intelligence.

    Acing the MoCA, which includes identifying a drawing of a rhinoceros and counting backward, is a floor, not a ceiling.

    Stewart's instinct is exactly right -- the bragging itself is the tell.

    As we all know.

    There's also the broader irony that Trump is the first president to make cognitive testing a public political football, largely by mocking others' fitness, and the test he passed is the same one his own critics have suggested he needs administered again regularly.

    The show last night:

    Jon Stewart marvels at our "genius" president's faulty math and cognitive skills.

    As America’s situationship with Iran hits the 60-day War Powers Act deadline, Trump brazenly ignores Congress's authority, and...

    Plus, a visit from a real monarch, King Charles, shines a light on the lack of checks and balances from America's absent Congress. #DailyShow #WarPowersAct #KingCharles #IranWar

    youtube.com/watch?v=oneo86z5VG8

  8. As #America’s situationship with #Iran hits the 60-day #WarPowersAct deadline, Trump BRAZENLY ignores Congress's authority while spouting NONSENSE about America's DEPLETED weapons inventory, and #JonStewart MARVELS at our "genius" president's faulty math and cognitive skills youtu.be/oneo86z5VG8?...

    Trump Ignores 60-Day Iran Dead...

  9. Trump’s 60-Day Deadline on the Iran War

    There are moments in U.S. foreign policy when the law moves from the margins to the center of…
    #NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #Congress #DonaldTrump #Iran #iranwar #WarPowersAct
    newsbeep.com/519754/

  10. "The 60-day deadline is arriving (soon) on requiring the president to seek authorization or wind down operations. But Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ... suggested the clock can 'pause or stop' during a ceasefire":
    axios.com/2026/05/01/iran-pent
    Hegseth is lying, but even if we assume what he said is true, the clock cannot pause because the US Navy still has a blockade there, and a blockade is an act of war. There can be no pause during an act of war.
    #IranWar #WarPowersAct #politics #military

  11. Trump Tests War Powers: A Familiar Presidential Playbook

    President Trump ordered military strikes on Iran on June 21, 2025. Congress is unhappy because they say he did not ask them first. This is a debate about who has the power to start a war.

    #TrumpWarPowers, #IranStrikes, #CongressDebate, #WarPowersAct, #USPolitics

    newsletter.tf/trump-war-powers

  12. President Trump ordered military strikes on Iran on June 21, 2025. This action has caused arguments with Congress, who believe they should have been consulted first. The debate is about who has the power to start a war.

    #TrumpWarPowers, #IranStrikes, #CongressDebate, #WarPowersAct, #USPolitics
    newsletter.tf/trump-war-powers

  13. The President started a war Feb 28. Today marks the 60-day constitutional limit under the War Powers Act. Gas is up to $4.39/gal ($25B spent). While he calls reporting "seditious," the math is undeniable. The resolution returns. Call your senator. The sky is blue, the war is real, and the clock is ticking. #WarPowersAct #EndTheWar #GasPrices #Politics #Resistance #CivicDuty #StopTheWar #Democracy twp.ai/9OUqJf

  14. 60 days since the war started. Gas at $4.39. The War Powers Act limit is here. He calls truth "seditious," but the receipt is in the pump. Call your senator. The resolution returns. #WarPowersAct #EndTheWar #GasPrices #Politics #Resistance #StopTheWar

    thistleandmoss.com

  15. #usa #israel #iran : #warofaggression / #usdemocracy / #usconstitution / #despoticact

    „(…) Trump dismissed the #WarPowersAct, a law limiting any president's use of force beyond 60 days without #congressionalauthorization, describing the law as "totally unconstitutional."

    "It's never been used before. Why should we be different?" Trump said, signaling he would not seek congressional authorization to continue the war with Iran.“

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  16. THIS IS WHY we need to end #Republican control of Congress:

    YET ANOTHER attempt by #Democrats to curb the #WarPowersAct (that #OrangeHitler used to go to war with #Iran w/o Congressional approval) stymied YET AGAIN by Senate Republicans Wednesday:

    #BlueWave #Election2026

  17. Congressional war powers debate intensifies after Trump orders attack — COLORADO COMMENTS

    'I will join my colleagues in demanding a detailed, classified briefing on this operation and its long-term strategy, and will continue to support the War Powers Resolution to rein in this unhinged President'

    sentinelcolorado.com/nation-wo

    #IranWar #WarPowersAct #NoPaywall

  18. Congressional war powers debate intensifies after Trump orders attack — COLORADO COMMENTS

    'I will join my colleagues in demanding a detailed, classified briefing on this operation and its long-term strategy, and will continue to support the War Powers Resolution to rein in this unhinged President'

    sentinelcolorado.com/nation-wo

    #IranWar #WarPowersAct #NoPaywall

  19. Voters in #Missouri voted for #Venezuela #WarPowersAct flip-flopping Senator #JoshHawley to *represent them* in #Congress.

    So, voters in the ‘Show-me State’ are tough guys in public, but cowards in private? 🤔 👀 👉 youtu.be/ByWvdGJ8CwM

    #January6th #USpol