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As for Iran, it has long since acquired for Americans the status of a myth rather than an actual nation and continues to occupy a twisted place in the national psyche. All 52 of the hostages taken in that country’s 1979 revolution were, in fact, released on President Ronald Reagan’s inauguration day in 1981. For him, that was a valuable piece of theater, supplied by the very people we were still calling terrorists.

In my opinion all signs point to Israel dropping a nuclear bomb on Iran, especially if Trump tries to de-escalate the war.

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The new estimate comes amid warnings that the war, now in its fourth week, could "cost the US trillions of dollars in the decades to come."

Attacks by Israeli settlers and soldiers have become more brazen since America and Israel escalated their war in the region. The United Nations estimates that Israeli soldiers and settlers have murdered at least 15 Palestinians since the start of the Iran war in late February.

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“This is what they did before they abducted Maduro,” said one observer.

The Trump administration continues its illegal boat-bombing campaign in Latin America, despite criticism.

The party can lead by clearly explaining why electricity prices are rising and who bears responsibility, or they can surrender the narrative to corporate pundits and technocrats increasingly aligned with Big Tech.

​"Brendan Carr is threatening the media to cover the war the way the Trump regime wants. It’s one of the most anti-American messages ever posted by a government official,” one news network said.

The US filing states that “civilian casualties, even widespread civilian casualties, are not necessarily probative of genocidal intent, particularly when they occur in the context of an armed conflict involving urban combat.”

One journalist said that “the massacres are multiplying” as IDF bombing kills hundreds of Lebanese and Palestinian civilians, and US-Israeli strikes kill and wound thousands of Iranians.

Warnings of Iran Invasion Grow as US to Send Up to 5,000 Marines, Sailors to Middle East

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“Iran does not want to harm ordinary Americans who overwhelmingly voted to end involvement in costly foreign wars,” the embattled country’s foreign minister said.

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As families mourned the tragic loss of 180 schoolchildren in an Israeli attack on a girls’ school in Iran, First Lady Melania Trump led a UN meeting on children in conflict.

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​"Trump plunged the region into chaos with his ‘delusional fantasies’ and now fears more American troop casualties,” said the secretary of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larjani.

The DNC and Democratic Leadership must go, this party is dead.

“Just as we were ready for negotiations, we are more ready than ever for defense,” said the Iranian Foreign Ministry.

Ffs.

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“There was little sense of horror or revulsion at the prospect of all out nuclear war, even though the models had been reminded about the devastating implications.”

On top of the grotesque and horrifying photos and emails that appear to offer more evidence of systemic and widespread child abuse, the Epstein files revealed further allegations of his ties to Israel and its intelligence agency Mossad.

Brad Reed Feb 24, 2026

Brad Reed Feb 24, 2026

The US president—who blew up a landmark diplomatic agreement with Iran during his first term—added that if a new deal with the Iranian government doesn’t materialize, “it will be a very bad day for that Country and, very sadly, its people, because they are great and wonderful, and something like this should never have happened to them.”

The US president—who blew up a landmark diplomatic agreement with Iran during his first term—added that if a new deal with the Iranian government doesn’t materialize, “it will be a very bad day for that Country and, very sadly, its people, because they are great and wonderful, and something like this should never have happened to them.”

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The US Supreme Court’s ruling “implies that Trump’s recent order imposing tariffs on countries selling oil to Cuba exceeds the president’s statutory authority.”

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“Over a dozen young Americans as well as a coalition of environmental and public health groups on Wednesday filed a pair of legal challenges against President Donald Trump’s administration for repealing the “endangerment finding” that enabled federal policies aimed at combating the fossil fuel-driven climate emergency.

Feb. 17, 2026

“They lied to my dad that they needed help with their car,” his son said. “My dad’s a generous guy, he’s willing to help anybody.”

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The Hind Rajab Foundation filed the complaint, citing universal jurisdiction and Chile’s law against genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.