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  1. On Sunday, the #US #military said it struck rocket launchers on #LarakIsland in the #StraitOfHormuz. #Iran responded by launching missiles at US sites in #Jordan, which were intercepted, while #UAE said it stopped an Iranian drone over its waters.

    #idiocracy #kakistocracy #TrumpsWar #IranWar #ForeverWars #Trump #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #inflation #oil

  2. #US says it's striking targets in #Iran as hostilities flare again after month with little #military action

    CENTCOM said Tuesday that the strikes “follow recent attempted attacks by the IRGC against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz & against American service members deployed to the region.”

    #idiocracy #kakistocracy #TrumpsWar #IranWar #ForeverWars #Trump #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #inflation #oil #energy
    apnews.com/article/iran-us-str

  3. Leaders of the US European Command, the US Pacific Command & the US Southern Command, along with the Navy’s top admiral, responded with what is characterized in the #SDOB as a “non-concur,” those familiar with the assessment said — meaning they disagree with the secretary’s order to extend their forces but will execute it nevertheless.

    #Trump #Hegseth #idiocracy #kakistocracy #MilitaryReadiness #NationalSecurity #TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Iran #ForeverWars #law #Congress #WarPowers #MiddleEast

  4. The Aug 14 #SDOB directs some troops deployed in the #MiddleEast to remain there through September & some others into 2027, said those familiar with the document. The prospect of extending those forces further compelled #military leaders to voice their concern, these people said.
    #Trump #Hegseth #idiocracy #kakistocracy #MilitaryReadiness #NationalSecurity #TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Iran #war #ForeverWars #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast

  5. The warnings — detailed for #Hegseth by the heads of the #Army, #Navy & #AirForce & the four-star commanders overseeing #US operations throughout #Europe, #Asia & #LatinAmerica — appear in the Aug 14 edition of the Secretary of Defense Orders Book ( #SDOB ), these people said. They described the assessment to WaPo on the condition of anonymity because the document is #classified.

    #kakistocracy #MilitaryReadiness #NationalSecurity #IranWar #Iran #Trump #law #Congress #WarPowers #MiddleEast

  6. The #US #defense official said the most concerning shortfall involves #PatriotMissile interceptors, which can shoot down #Russia’s high-speed ballistic missiles. The #NATO official confirmed the low inventories of Patriots among US & NATO forces in #Europe. Both spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive #military matters.

    #idiocracy #kakistocracy #TrumpsWar #IranWar #Iran #war #ForeverWars #Trump #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast

  7. …Some #US #intelligence officials saw Israel’s sharing of the warning about threats to #Trump’s life as designed less to inform than to influence the president’s decision-making & US #policy in the region, a current & a former US official said.
    #Israel views #Iran as by far its most urgent near-term threat.

    #TrumpsWar #IranWar #ForeverWars #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast

  8. The meeting comes as both face growing pressures at home. #Netanyahu is up for reelection & is embattled in part because of his deteriorating relationship with #Trump. Trump is under pressure to end an unpopular #war that has wreaked economic havoc & driven prices higher ahead of #midterm #elections this November.

    #TrumpsWar #Iran #US #Israel #ForeverWars #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #inflation #oil #EnergyCrisis

  9. …Since the renewed hostilities began, the #Pentagon has provided even less information about #military strategy & casualties than it did during the first phase of the conflict. The Pentagon has not held a press briefing about the #war since early May, & officials at #US CENTCOM have stopped providing casualty updates to reporters.

    #Iran #TrumpsWar #IranWar #ForeverWars #Trump #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast

  10. The #US & #Israel launched the #war in #Iran on Feb 28, & 14 troops were killed in the initial waves of fighting. Washington & Tehran agreed to a ceasefire in April & then signed an interim deal to end the war in mid-June.

    It was short-lived.… #Trump soon declared that the ceasefire was over.

    The #Pentagon system’s new “Overseas Operations” category says it tallies casualties starting July 7.

    #TrumpsWar #IranWar #ForeverWars #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast

  11. By Wednesday, the #IranWar figures in the #Pentagon’s system fell back to 14 dead & 420 wounded. However, a #US official told AP at the time that the actual number of wounded personnel in the war had actually grown to well over 500 troops.

    The Pentagon’s top spokesman, Sean Parnell, took to social media that day to assert that the reported drop was a “temporary data disruption.”

    #Iran #TrumpsWar #ForeverWars #Trump #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast

  12. Adding further confusion, when the #Pentagon announced 2 of the deaths in Jordan, it said the troops were supporting the #US mission to counter the Islamic State group. The other 2 were announced in press releases simply as supporting overseas operations.

    #Trump confirmed the total, writing in a Truth Social post on Tuesday that the “Iran Military Conflict” had claimed 18 lives.

    #Iran #TrumpsWar #IranWar #ForeverWars #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast

  13. It appeared to reflect that 4 soldiers had been killed since fighting resumed despite the signing of an interim ceasefire deal last month — 3 on a base in Jordan that was struck July 17 by Iranian ballistic missiles & drones, & 1 in Iraq a day later during a controlled detonation of an Iranian drone.

    #US #Iran #TrumpsWar #IranWar #ForeverWars #Trump #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast

  14. There is disagreement, however, among senior #US officials over whether to proceed with attacking the militant group. A vocal advocate for using force is the #NationalSecurity Council’s senior director for counterterrorism [& #FarRight #fraudster media personality] #SebastianGorka, said the current & former officials….

    #Mali #Trump #warmonger #MadWithPower #MafiaState #imperialism #sovereignty #geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #InternationalLaw

  15. While other routes still are open, the #US strikes could expand further, potentially disrupting both the movement of military materiel & goods needed for #Iran’s 90 million people.

    CENTCOM said it hit dozens of targets in its latest airstrikes, which concluded at dawn Friday, the 6th night in a row of US attacks.

    The strikes also collapsed a tower at Iran’s Chabahar port on the #GulfOfOman, a key #trade route for landlocked, neighboring #Afghanistan….

    #Trump #Congress #law #WarPowers #IranWar

  16. #GOP Sens #RandPaul & #BillCassidy, who had previously voted to rein in #Trump’s #WarPowers on #Iran, changed their votes; Paul voted present & Cassidy voted against advancing the resolution. Sens #SusanCollins & #LisaMurkowski once again voted for the resolution, while “Democratic” Sen #JohnFetterman again voted against it. The final tally was 47-50-1.

    #idiocracy #kakistocracy #TrumpsWar #IranWar #law #Congress #NationalSecurity #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy

  17. Democratic Sen #TimKaine of Virginia pressed #Rubio on why the #US #military’s targeting criteria for attacking alleged drug #boats in Latin American waters DO NOT INCLUDE DRUGS ON THE BOAT. Kaine described it as “odd” before adding that he can’t share much more because the targeting criteria are classified.

    #law #Trump #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #Venezuela #oil #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw

  18. #Senate advances’measure to limit #Trump #WarPowers in #Iran with #GOP defections

    The Senate advanced a measure Tuesday aimed at restricting Trump’s #war powers by requiring approval by #Congress for any future military action in #Iran [the freaking #law].

    The measure advanced, 50-47. POS Schizo [colloquial usage] Dem Sen #JohnFetterman joined #Republicans in rejecting it, while GOP Sens #RandPaul, #SusanCollins, #LisaMurkowski & #BillCassidy voted with #Democrats.

    cnn.com/2026/05/19/politics/li

  19. levernews.com/how-the-supreme- How The Supreme Court Could Legalize Trump’s Iran War
    #IllegitimateSCOTUS
    A congressional showdown over the Iran War could provide conservative injustices their long-awaited chance to let presidents launch wars without any limits or authorization.
    #WarPowers #executivepower

  20. Sen #TimKaine also echoed Sen #MarkWarner (D-VA), the top #Democrat of the #Senate #Intelligence Cmte, saying that “all of the intelligence” he has seen suggests that there was “no imminent threat” from #Iran. He said Iran was “a decade” away from building missiles that could reach the #US.

    #Trump #warmonger #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast

  21. Democratic lawmakers are criticizing Trump’s decision to strike against #Iran without congressional approval or seeking a declaration of #war in #Congress. Sen #TimKaine (D-VA), a member of the #Senate Armed Services Cmte, called the #US military campaign “an illegal war” on Fox News.

    #Trump #warmonger #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast
    nytimes.com/live/2026/03/01/wo

  22. The inspiration is the 19th cent #MonroeDoctrine that prioritized #USsupremacy in the #WesternHemisphere & which #Trump has embraced & renamed the “#DonroeDoctrine.”

    Experts say that while the revival of this playbook may have unnerved some #US #allies, it could also serve the interests of #Russia, locked in a war in #Ukraine, a former Soviet republic, & #China, which has long had its sights set on #Taiwan.

    #MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #NewWorldOrder #law #WarPowers #InternationalLaw

  23. #Russia hasn’t commented on the apparent #US operation against the Russian-flagged #OilTanker. In a statement issued on Tuesday to the state news agency #Tass, the Russian Foreign Ministry said the vessel was operating in full compliance with international #MaritimeLaw, & said it was receiving increased attention from the US & #NATO “disproportionate to its peaceful status.”

    #Trump #MafiaState #geopolitics #Venezuela #law #Congress #WarPowers #sovereignty #oil #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw

  24. Just in case you were still buying the #propaganda from the White House that this is about #DrugTrafficking, they’re making their real intentions clearer & clearer…

    #Trump says the #US seized an #OilTanker off the coast of #Venezuela, amid an ongoing pressure campaign against #Maduro

    It’s all about #oil.

    #Hegseth #law #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #Congress #WarPowers #Defense #DoD #Carribean #Pacific #InternationalLaw
    theguardian.com/us-news/live/2

  25. "Unauthorized #military action against #Venezuela would be a colossal & costly mistake that needlessly risks the lives of our servicemembers," #Democrats Tim Kaine of Virginia, Chuck Schumer of New York & Adam Schiff of California & #Republican Rand Paul of Kentucky said in a joint statement.

    #Trump #Hegseth #law #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #Congress #WarPowers #Carribean #Pacific #InternationalLaw

  26. #US lawmakers to force vote on #WarPowers if #Trump attacks #Venezuela

    US lawmakers of both parties who have tried repeatedly to rein in Trump's aggression against Venezuela said Tuesday they would file a new resolution to force a congressional vote on the issue if the admin carries out a strike within the country.

    #law #criminal #Hegseth #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #Congress #WarPowers #Carribean #Pacific #InternationalLaw
    reuters.com/world/us/us-lawmak