“After Islamabad: US escalation meets Iran’s long-war doctrine”
by Peiman Salehi in The Cradle
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“The collapse of the Islamabad talks ended more than another round of diplomacy. It marked a shift in how this conflict is understood in Tehran. What Washington still frames as a pressure campaign, Iran now treats as the opening phase of a longer confrontation – one in which time, markets, and political pressure may weigh more heavily on the US than on Iran”
https://thecradle.co/articles/after-islamabad-us-escalation-meets-irans-long-war-doctrine
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"ProPublica scrutinized what happened the last time Trump lost a national election. Some of that happened in plain sight: After a cascade of defeats in court, Trump began pressuring state and local officials to overturn the results. But more happened behind the scenes, like the meeting that helped persuade Barr to hold the line.
Our reporting uncovered previously undisclosed aspects of a federal effort to safeguard the results of the 2020 vote, which involved at least 75 people across several agencies. Today, nearly all of those people are gone, having resigned, been fired or been reassigned, particularly in the departments of Justice and Homeland Security. That included the cybersecurity specialists who had established that the Antrim County allegations were false and reported their findings to Barr.
The people we identified as resisting attempts to overturn the 2020 results have been replaced by roughly two dozen people Trump has installed in positions that could affect elections. Ten of them actively worked to reverse the 2020 vote, and the rest are associates of such people. In some cases, ProPublica found, officials have been hired from activist groups that are pillars of the election denial movement. Experts warn that shows the movement has merged with the federal government.
These new officials could influence how Trump reacts to the upcoming midterms as polling shows Republicans are approaching what could be a significant electoral loss, with the president’s approval rating nearing record lows, and public concern growing about the weak economy, the administration’s mass deportation effort and the war on Iran. Seemingly in preparation to head off such a blow, Trump has stepped up his efforts to “nationalize” the 2026 elections, saying that Republicans need “to take over” the midterms."
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-midterm-elections-takeover
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Then we should be impeaching those Republicans for their lack of action.
Invoking the #25thAmendment is too temporary. Donald can immediately declare himself "fit" and return to office. Congress would then need to go through another process to remove him permanently.
Dementia does not get better. Donald will only get worse-- even worse than he is today-- and continually degrade on a constant basis.
Stop thinking of this as a static & permanent situation. Frontaltemporal Dementia is an increasingly progressive condition.
I've seen four relatives go through Dementia. Donald has it. He's had it since at least 2017, and it's now advanced. The bruises on his hands are from monthly IV meds. His naps on camera & in courtrooms, nighttime online activity, and paraphasia are only some of his undeniable symptoms.
We can no longer treat this administration as a long-term situation. He will not live to see 2028, but Vance will not be much of an improvement. He invariably dances to the tune of the extreme MAGA-bro cult base.
Impeaching Vance for allowing a Dementia-addled lunatic to go to war, along with the orange lunatic himself, will be easy by next January-- if we can get a Democratic Congress in power. Then the Democrat Speaker of the House would become POTUS.
That would be the best way to stop this MAGA lunacy and all their monuments to Donald from getting built, but I doubt most of the establishment Dems would have the balls to do it.
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He's not Jesus anymore. Now he is Doctor Donald, MD.
Maybe someone should get him a white coat, but with sleeves up to the back...
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