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John Fugelsang: NATO is a defensive alliance. Not a 'Hey, I started a war by myself cuz Netanyahu told me to; now which one of you guys has a spare destroyer?' alliance. Alliances are relationships. You don’t get to:
Insult your partner,
Undermine their security,
Ignore their input,
Start a stupid war without them,
And then expect them to merrily sail into a minefield because you suddenly realized you’re codependent after all.
Europe is saying: 'We’re not your backup plan for bad decisions'.”

After Joe Kent resigned from his top security job, Speaker Mike Johnson said: "I don't know where Joe Kent is getting his information. The president felt he had to strike first ..."
Dan Pfeiffer: "Notice that Johnson says 'the President felt,' not the 'military felt,' or the 'intelligence community felt.' Just the guy* who doesn't read briefings, can't stay awake in meetings, and spent more time on picking the drapes for the White House than thinking about Iran."
* Trump copy: @renewedresistance@channel.org

"Entering War’s Third Week, Trump Faces Stark Choices. As the conflict with Iran expands and intensifies, Trump’s options — to fight on, or to move toward declaring victory and pulling back — both carry deeply problematic consequences":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/us/politics/trump-stark-choices-iran-war.html
copy: @renewedresistance@channel.org #politics #military #objectives

Due to Trump's failing policies and aggressive misuse of our military
"the United States’ global reputation appears far worse than Americans realize":
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/14/america-allies-divided-reviews-democracy-stability-00803863 copy: @renewedresistance@channel.org #politics

This is Trump's logic, based on his comments: because Biden gave Ukraine weapons which were used to kill Russian attackers, it is understandable that Russia responds by giving Iran weapons and intelligence that are used to kill American defenders! While Russia is working to increase the number of Americans killed, Trump acts to enrich Russia by easing sanctions, and his harsh words are against Ukraine, not against Russia. Trump acts like #PutinsPuppet.
copy: @renewedresistance@channel.org #politics

"Voters are not happy about Pres. Trump’s war in Iran — and the polls are starting to show it. This conversation unpacks the war and what it could mean for gas prices and the midterm elections":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/opinion/trump-iran-war-midterms-voters.html
copy: @renewedresistance@channel.org #politics #military #objectives #IranWar

"James Talarico, who’s running for U.S. Senate in Texas, ripped Pres. Trump’s reckless foreign policy and escalating clash with Iran."

Trump said the #IranWar is "short-term pain for long-term gain.” Talarico said "to the parents of the American troops who have lost their lives, that is not short-term pain. That is pain that will last forever":
https://www.sacurrent.com/news/texas-news/senate-hopeful-talarico-slams-trump-for-starting-another-forever-war-in-the-middle-east/
There will be no long term gain: in the long term, Iran will have nuclear weapons.
copy: @renewedresistance@channel.org #politics

"Groups linked to AIPAC are employing an eyebrow-raising tactic to sink pro-Palestinian progressives in Democratic congressional primaries: Going after their leftist bona fides":
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/13/aipac-illinois-abughazaleh-ahmed-bean-biss-israel?utm_source=x&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_medium=owned_social
#DontBeFooled by #AIPAC #politics copy: @renewedresistance@channel.org

Americans who decided to help Iraqis rebuild their nation after Bush's invasion caused so much damage there, are now being told that Trump's reckless decision to attack Iran will get them killed unless they get out of Iraq immediately:
"U.S. citizens should leave Iraq immediately, the U.S. embassy in Baghdad said in an updated security alert on Saturday, following an overnight missile attack on the embassy’s building":
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/united-states-embassy-urges-americans-leave-iraq_n_69b59cb6e4b049fcc88086dc?origin=home-latest-news-unit
#IranWar #military copy: @renewedresistance@channel.org

"As the price of oil soars to $100 a barrel and countries scramble to limit the fallout of the sudden loss of Middle East fuel, China has two significant advantages over its geopolitical rivals. Many of its new cars run on electricity. And that electricity is mostly powered by sources at home. China has spent decades and hundreds of billions of dollars investing in electric vehicles and renewable energy, a long-term strategy that is paying off":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/business/china-oil-cars.html copy: @renewedresistance@channel.org

Even after Trump fired Kristi Noem, "presidential adviser Stephen Miller still oversees #immigration, and Noem’s successor, Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin, is another Trump rubber stamp defending the president’s anti-immigrant positions ... Trump’s mass deportation crusade, a 2024 campaign promise, may now cost Republicans Congress in 2026,":
https://americasvoice.org/comunicados/the-white-house-wants-to-whitewash-its-violent-immigration-record/
#HumanRights copy: @renewedresistance@channel.org #politics

Sen. Tim Kaine "thrust himself to the forefront of his party’s efforts to push back against Pres. Trump’s unilateral military moves, most recently his decision to undertake a war with Iran whose objectives, scope and time frame the administration has yet to clarify. Kaine repeatedly managed to force the Senate into hours of debate and five votes aimed at limiting Mr. Trump’s ability to wield military power without Congress’s approval":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/us/politics/tim-kaine-iran-war-congress.html #IranWar copy: @renewedresistance@channel.org

Trump criticized the leaders of Iran with these words: "There are bad people. They go out shooting protesters. You're a protester, they shoot you right through the head. This is an evil group of people."

Trump is describing the Trump Administration where Renee Good and Alex Pretti were shot through the head.
#ICE #IranWar #CivilLiberties #HumanRights #politics copy: @renewedresistance@channel.org

"A federal judge blocked an attempt by the Justice Department to issue subpoenas to the Federal Reserve as part of its investigation targeting the central bank’s chair, Jerome H. Powell. The judge wrote that there was abundant evidence the government’s action was designed to harass and pressure Mr. Powell into yielding to Pres. Trump’s wishes to lower interest rates or resign":
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03/13/us/trump-news
#Justice #RuleOfLaw #OneMoreTrumpFailure copy: @renewedresistance@channel.org #politics

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Pres. Donald Trump will continue to start new and unnecessary wars for the next two years unless voters stop him by electing majorities of Democrats to the House and to the Senate.

#VoteBlue and convince people who you know to #VoteBlue.
Trump's next war could be against Cuba.
copy: @renewedresistance@channel.org #politics

"Democrats are trouncing Republicans in state elections since Trump took office. Democrats have flipped 28 Republican-held seats in state legislatures across the country over the past 14 months, a sign that the Republican Party is indeed at risk of losing control of the House, and maybe even the Senate, in the midterms":
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/12/dems-flip-28-state-legislature-seats-in-trump-2-0-00827125
copy: @renewedresistance@channel.org #politics #GoodNews

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Trump decided when to begin the #IranWar.
He decided to rush into a new war without adequate planning.
copy: @renewedresistance@channel.org #military #incompetence

Stacy Abrams suggests:
"Reading the second paragraph on a new policy that affects your daily life, not just the headline.
Sharing accurate information.
Supporting organizations doing the steady work in your community.
Voting in primaries, special elections, and local races & showing up in non-presidential years.
Bringing one more person into the process by inviting them to come with you.
Our strength truly lies in our numbers. But numbers only matter if they increase."
copy: @renewedresistance@channel.org

The Trump administration's shut down of #USAID resulted in "avoidable deaths and an increase in suffering for some of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable populations ...

A staggering number of avoidable deaths could occur by 2030”:
https://capitalandmain.com/a-year-after-usaids-termination-the-impact-has-been-devastating
#Trump #DOGE #greed #cruelty #TrumpliedPeopleDied

Robert Guest: "The war on Iran has already caused the biggest energy-supply shock in history. It is not just about oil; disruption to supplies of natural gas is even worse. As a result, the world’s economy will be less prosperous, more volatile and harder to govern. Despite the technological brilliance of America’s and Israel’s air war, Iran has shown that it can deploy relatively cheap weapons to inflict serious pain on its neighbors and the wider world."
#IranWar copy: @renewedresistance@channel.org

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Nicholas Kristof: "That money (wasted in the first days of the #IranWar) was enough to save the lives of more than 3 million children worldwide, with nutritional paste for malnutrition, bed nets against malaria, vaccination programs and community health workers. Instead we spent it blowing up people and things, and raising gas prices."
copy: @renewedresistance@channel.org #politics #priorities #values

Bill Kristol: "Democrats should keep it simple: It’s Trump’s war. It’s Trump’s mass-deportation regime. These are Trump’s tariffs. Republicans have supported and enabled them all. End the war. End mass deportation. End the tariffs. End Republican control of Congress."
copy: @renewedresistance@channel.org #politics #winning

This is why Trump has "a presidency in terminal decline, if not outright collapse":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/opinion/trump-iran-wartime-presidents.html
#HopefulNews #politics copy: @renewedresistance@channel.org

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When he learned that Russians are helping Iranians to kill Americans, Trump blamed the #media for daring to ask about this, while giving his friend Putin a free pass to continue to help killing American soldiers.
copy: @renewedresistance@channel.org #politics #military #NationalSecurity #PutinsPuppet

Sen. Elizabeth Warren: "I just left a classified briefing on Iran, and here's what I can say: it is so much worse than you thought. You are right to be worried. The Trump administration has no plan in Iran. This illegal war is based on lies and it was launched without any imminent threat to our nation. Donald Trump still hasn't given a single clear reason for this war and he seems to have no plan for how to end it either":
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/elizabeth-warren-warns-so-much-36812361 copy: @renewedresistance@channel.org #IranWar

"In Plunging Into a Mideast Conflict, Trump Gambles His Presidency.

The risks for Pres. Trump from the assault on Iran are escalating as casualties mount, oil prices rise, and the war expands across the region":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/us/politics/iran-trump-polls-republicans.html
"In just over a year since taking office, Mr. Trump has authorized military action in seven nations, even after he repeatedly promised American voters that he would end, not start, wars."
#TrumpLiedPeopleDied copy: @renewedresistance@channel.org #IranWar

The #IranWar "was a decision made by one man with no legal basis, little public support, and no coherent explanation of an endgame. Within a few months, Mr. Trump has ordered the military to blow up boats in the Caribbean, abduct the leader of Venezuela, and decapitate the government of Iran. The United States, like Israel, now seems to follow no rules, consult few allies and pay little regard to the destruction it leaves behind":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/opinion/trump-iran.html copy: @renewedresistance@channel.org

Misan Harriman wrote that according to Forbes, "MacKenzie Scott gave more money to charities in 2025 than Musk, Page, Ellison, and her ex-husband, Bezos, have in their lifetimes, combined."
#generosity copy: @renewedresistance@channel.org #politics

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary #RFKjr once said: “I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.”

David Frum replied: "That's the kind of smart decision-making now governing the health of your children."
#extremism #politics #healthcare

Dan Pfeiffer: "The Dow is now under 50,000.
I guess it's time for Pam Bondi to investigate some pedophiles."
#BondiCantHideBehindTheDowNow #coverup #politics

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