"Five days of bombs, over 1,000 dead, and they’re quibbling over the word
war.' ...

When you fire missiles and drop bombs and the leader of a foreign nation is killed, along with much of its top political leadership, when a girls’ school is hit by a bomb and more than 160 schoolgirls die, when six U.S. service men and women are killed,"

~ Lucian K. Truscott

#Trump #Republicans #Hegseth #Iran #Israel #war
/1

https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/five-days-of-bombs-over-1000-dead

Five days of bombs, over 1,000 dead, and they’re quibbling over the word “war.”

I have tried to avoid writing the following sentence for more than ten years, but the day is finally here:

Lucian Truscott Newsletter

(continued from /2)

"when a U.S. submarine sinks a foreign warship and sends it and more than 180 sailors to the bottom of the sea, when explosions topple buildings and civilians die in the fire and rubble, I thought, at least until today, that we could agree that we were waging war."

#Trump #Republicans #Hegseth #Iran #Israel #war
/2

"We are now a country at war. Donald got what he always wanted, despite pretending otherwise—he’s a war president."

~ Mary Trump

#Trump #Republicans #Hegseth #Iran #Israel #war
/3

https://www.marytrump.org/p/in-conversation-with-norm-ornstein

In Conversation with Norm Ornstein

4 March 2026

The Good in Us by Mary L. Trump

"And somebody called it on social media because I don't want to claim it. Somebody said, Like, look at the wargasms that these men are having right now. Called it a wargasm. And it's a thousand percent correct.

The hype that they have around murdering children, around turning cities into rubble is absolutely depraved. We need another word for depraved. It is sick and twisted."

~ Danielle Moodie

#Trump #Republicans #Hegseth #Iran #Israel #war #wargasm
/4

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/democracy-ish-the-texas-primaries

DEMOCRACY-ISH: The Texas Primaries, The War on Iran, and Kristi Noem Of It All

From Texas Precincts to Tehran’s Borders—How a Governance of Greed and Extremism is Igniting a Global Powder Keg

The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali

"Hegseth wants maximum lethality with minimum legality or no legality That’s a recipe for disaster. I don’t know if he’s too stupid. or too reckless to understand any of that. But Hegseth comes across like a 14-year-old punk trying to be a strong man.”

~ Glenn Kirschner

#Trump #Republicans #Hegseth #Iran #Israel #war #wargasm #PerformativeMasculinity #masculinity
/5

https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/glenn-kirschner-on-trumps-illegal

Glenn Kirschner on Trump's illegal war and war crimes!!

A recording from Dean Obeidallah's live video

The Dean's Report by Dean Obeidallah

"Trump and Israel’s disastrous decision to start an illegal war with Iran is now reverberating across the globe, spiking escalation, religious extremism, and threatening to embroil Europe and the Middle East."

~ Wajahat Ali

#Netanyahu #Trump #Republicans #Hegseth #Iran #Israel #war
/6

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/world-war-iran-how-trump-and-israel

World War Iran: How Trump and Israel Threaten Global Security

Trump and Israel's war has no exit strategy, no end game, no plan, so the world must burn and head towards a global conflict to satiate the desires of religious extremists, war hawks, and morons.

The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali

"We have to begin with the war of choice that Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu launched against Iran. The conflict has now entered its fifth day and is rapidly spreading across the region, something anyone with even a minimal understanding of the Middle East could have predicted."

~ Mary Trump

#Netanyahu #Trump #Republicans #Hegseth #Iran #Israel #war
/7

https://www.marytrump.org/p/the-daily-wrap-up-def

The Daily Wrap Up

4 March 2026

The Good in Us by Mary L. Trump

"We now have the faces and some of the names of the Iranian children who were killed in what apparently were double tap airstrikes by the U.S. and Israel. A clear war crime. Double tap means they hit it once and then as people tried to flee, they hit it again. And these are just six of the nearly 200 children who were killed as a result."

~ Joy-Ann Reid

#Netanyahu #Trump #Republicans #Hegseth #Iran #Israel #war
/8

https://www.joyannreid.com/p/wtfus-jasmine-and-al-green-out-world

WTFUS: Jasmine & Al Green OUT: World War III IN | The Joy Reid Show Live!

A recording from The Joy Reid Show's live video

Welcome to Joy's House!

"We also have video from Reuters. that shows the graves that are being dug for the nearly 200 victims of an airstrike that for sure, for sure, will be deemed a war crime. … So, that is your tax dollars at work. Bombing a school for girls. Killing nearly 200 little kids. Is that not a war crime?"

#Netanyahu #Trump #Republicans #Hegseth #Iran #Israel #war
/9

"This is happening as there is a report that the United States military, that military leaders are telling troops that that the Iran war was anointed by Jesus to bring about Armageddon. This is a real report. A watchdog agency, a religious freedom, a military religious freedom organization called the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, says it has received widespread complaints" (continued in /10)

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #Israel #war #ChristianNationalism #armageddon #rapture #HolyWar
/9

(continued from /9)

"that they are being told by some military leaders that this war on Iran that was started by us for no reason whatsoever other than Israel told Trump to do it, is being designed and ordered by Jesus and sanctioned by Jesus to bring about Armageddon."

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #Israel #war #ChristianNationalism #armageddon #rapture #HolyWar
/10

"They use the religion as a tool to basically carry out foreign policy decisions that affect billions of people around the world."

~ Rula Jebreal

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #Israel #war #ChristianNationalism #armageddon #rapture #HolyWar
/11

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/world-war-iran-how-trump-and-israel

World War Iran: How Trump and Israel Threaten Global Security

Trump and Israel's war has no exit strategy, no end game, no plan, so the world must burn and head towards a global conflict to satiate the desires of religious extremists, war hawks, and morons.

The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali

"A good place to find out what military types think of Secretary Shitfaced is the Military Reddits and subreddits. They have a lot to say, and spoiler, none of it is good. It’s probably safe to say no Defense secretary has ever been viewed with such contempt by veterans and those currently serving as Hegseth."

~ Evan Hurst

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #Israel #war #ChristianNationalism #armageddon #rapture #HolyWar
/12

https://www.wonkette.com/p/guess-pete-hegseth-thinks-dead-american

Guess Pete Hegseth Thinks Dead American Troops Are Suckers And Losers Too

Change our mind.

Wonkette

"The fact that the Senate failed to pass the War Powers motion does not mean that the war against Iran is legal. It simply means that, as a matter of partisan politics, Congress refuses to perform its constitutional duty. That is the steady state for the Republican-controlled Congress under Trump."

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#Trump #Iran #war #Senate #Republicans #Congress
/13

https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/house-calls-bondi-over-missing-epstein

House calls Bondi over missing Epstein files as Senate abdicates its duty to declare war

March 5, 2026

Today's Edition Newsletter

"But the Senate’s failure to assert control over Trump’s ongoing conduct of an undeclared war will have far-reaching consequences."

#Trump #Iran #war #Senate #Republicans #Congress
/14

"By joining with Israel in decapitating and destabilizing the Islamic Republic, the Trump administration didn’t just invite Middle Eastern chaos in the future—it destabilized major portions of global commerce now, even as the administration was already facing widespread voter disenchantment about the sluggish economy and the cost of living at home."

~ The Bulwark

#Trump #Netanyahu #Iran #Israel #war #economy #GlobalEconomy #gasoline
/15

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/what-trump-really-thinks-about-his-iran-war-mission-accomplished-victory-vance-hegseth-middle-east?

What Trump REALLY Thinks About His Iran War

What’s (likely) going on in the president’s head.

The Bulwark

"Global natural gas prices soared this week after Qatar’s state-owned energy company announced it would temporarily halt production of liquid natural gas following Iranian attacks on its facilities."

#Trump #Netanyahu #Iran #Israel #war #economy #GlobalEconomy #gasoline
/16

"Gas prices in the U.S. are rising as the war with Iran escalates, with the national average climbing to about $3.19 per gallon and analysts predicting an additional 20–30 cent increase due to supply disruptions and global uncertainty. Higher fuel costs are expected to ripple through the economy by raising transportation, grocery, and travel expenses, adding pressure on consumers already facing rising prices."

~ Aaron Parnas

#Trump #Iran #war #economy #gasoline
/17

https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/news-trump-furious-with-kristi-noem

NEWS: Trump Furious with Kristi Noem as Firing Appears Near While Gas Prices Surge and Iran War Expands Quickly

Good morning everyone.

The Parnas Perspective
@wdlindsy The attack on Iran is all the more incomprehensible because the impacts were obvious to everyone and their dogs. Oil price rises, inflation, no plan for what the war was for and no plan on how to cease operations. It is a mess of the US and Israel's making.
@IndyRichard @wdlindsy It’s the MAGOT base, Republican’s making. At this point it’s difficult to pity their stupidity among all the bloodshed.