Nostr notes by William Lindsey :toad:

"Will we be complicit in genocidal threats against other ...

2026-04-12T18:49:58Z

In reply to nevent1q…dmdt
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"Will we be complicit in genocidal threats against other cultures? Will we be quiet in the face of cruelty against our immigrant neighbors?

Whether we are defined by Trump's anti-Triduum or by gross distortions of the nonviolent Christ is up to us. We can resist."

#Trump #Hegseth #PopeLeo #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran #war #morality #death #violence
/12

"'The power with which Christ rose is entirely ...

2026-04-12T18:49:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…54dd
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"'The power with which Christ rose is entirely nonviolent,' Pope Leo said in his Easter message. 'This is the true strength that brings peace to humanity, because it fosters respectful relationships at every level: among individuals, families, social groups, and nations.'

We are being summoned by circumstance and faith to a new moment and a new space in the public square."

#Trump #Hegseth #PopeLeo #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran #war #morality #death #violence
/11

"The U.S. hierarchy and the church at large are being drawn ...

2026-04-12T18:49:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…axmu
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"The U.S. hierarchy and the church at large are being drawn by dint of this administration's extreme violations of human dignity and assaults on the rule of law into a different relationship with the state than has been the case in recent history. It is a relationship no longer partisan but rather one of witness to a God of limitless love and compassion."

#Trump #Hegseth #PopeLeo #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran #war #morality #death #violence
/10

"Seen in a larger perspective, however, those days and words ...

2026-04-12T18:48:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…d5zv
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"Seen in a larger perspective, however, those days and words represent an unsurprising result of forces intent not only on hollowing out U.S. democracy but also infusing a Christian Nationalism into the bloodstream of U.S. culture."

#Trump #Hegseth #PopeLeo #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran #war #morality #death #violence
/9

"Those three days were perhaps the most vivid reality check ...

2026-04-12T18:48:07Z

In reply to nevent1q…xwjp
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"Those three days were perhaps the most vivid reality check Americans have yet received regarding the danger inherent in having elected such a broken, needy and amoral individual to the highest office in the land.

That three-day period was singular in the danger it posed and in the inherent betrayal of U.S. ideals it represented."

#Trump #Hegseth #PopeLeo #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran #war #morality #death #violence
/8

"They will go down as three of the most reckless and defining ...

2026-04-12T18:47:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…cnwz
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"They will go down as three of the most reckless and defining days in the history of the U.S. presidency, an anti-Triduum that began on Easter Sunday morning. Announcing to the world that we were willing to annihilate a civilization, Donald Trump led our descent into corporate evil."

~ National Catholic Reporter

#Trump #Hegseth #PopeLeo #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran #war #morality #death #violence
/7

https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/editorial/editorial-trumps-threats-force-catholics-decide-if-they-will-be-complicit

"The central question of public theology is always what God ...

2026-04-12T16:03:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…0pwj
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"The central question of public theology is always what God requires of us, no matter who is in charge. Throughout history clergy have been accused of being 'too political' in times and places where political leaders did not want to have to deal with the challenge our moral traditions offer."

~ William J Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

#Trump #Hegseth #PopeLeo #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran #war #morality #death #violence
/6

https://ourmoralmoment.substack.com/p/the-public-theology-we-need-now

"The Trump administration has wrapped its military ...

2026-04-12T15:11:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…k4vs
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"The Trump administration has wrapped its military bombardment in the language of holy destiny, with 'Secretary of War' Pete Hegseth offering a horrendous Pentagon prayer for 'overwhelming violence' against those who 'deserve no mercy,' a stark departure from Christian traditions that are centered on mercy, justice, and peace."

#Trump #Hegseth #PopeLeo #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran #war #morality #death #violence
/5

John Casey notes thatright-wing US Catholics have prayed for an ...

2026-04-12T15:10:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…wwz5
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John Casey notes thatright-wing US Catholics have prayed for an American pope. But now that their prayers have been answered, they’re not at all sure they like what they’ve gotten.

"What makes this clash so jarring is not a single Christian narrative, but a struggle between radically different ones."

#Trump #Hegseth #PopeLeo #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran #war #morality #death #violence
/4

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-real-holy-war-is-waging-between-trump-and-the-pope/

'Enough of the idolatry of self and money! Enough of the ...

2026-04-12T14:50:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…7k90
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'Enough of the idolatry of self and money! Enough of the display of power! Enough of war! True strength is shown in serving life,' he added.

While the pope did not explicitly mention the US-Israeli war with Iran, or name any single country or president, his words will be read as his strongest condemnation yet of a conflict the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth has cast as a sacred struggle."

#Trump #Hegseth #PopeLeo #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran #war #morality #death #violence
/3

"The first US-born pope said: 'Even the holy Name of God, ...

2026-04-12T14:49:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…yr9v
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"The first US-born pope said: 'Even the holy Name of God, the God of life, is being dragged into discourses of death.'

Addressing world leaders who decide to go to war, Leo said: 'To them we cry out: stop! It is time for peace! Sit at the table of dialogue and mediation – not at the table where rearmament is planned and deadly actions are decided.'"

#Trump #Hegseth #PopeLeo #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran #war #morality #death #violence #destruction #WarCrimes
/2

"Pope Leo XIV stepped into the international political arena ...

2026-04-12T14:49:06Z

"Pope Leo XIV stepped into the international political arena at evening prayers in St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City on Saturday, saying prayer for peace is 'a bulwark against that delusion of omnipotence that surrounds us and is becoming increasingly unpredictable and aggressive.'”

~ Edward Helmore

#Trump #Hegseth #PopeLeo #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran #war #morality #death #violence #destruction #WarCrimes
/1

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/11/pope-leo-us-israel-iran-war

"The US president, Donald Trump, said the US Navy would ...

2026-04-12T14:37:03Z

"The US president, Donald Trump, said the US Navy would immediately start blockading the strait of Hormuz and would also interdict every vessel in international waters that had paid a toll to Iran.

In a lengthy Truth Social post, he said the US is going to start 'BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz.'"

~ The Guardian

#Trump #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz
/1

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/12/middle-east-crisis-live-us-iran-pakistan-peace-talks-jd-vance-delegation-leaves-without-a-deal

"The horrible but undeniable fact right now is that America ...

2026-04-06T14:39:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…5sp0
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"The horrible but undeniable fact right now is that America has a terrorist president. And the whole world knows it. But we still have a chance to show the world that he is an aberration, that we are not a terrorist nation. And we can do that by standing up for the values that have always defined us."

~ Paul Krugman

#Trump #Republicans #Iran #war #death #violence #destruction #NuclearWeapons #WarCrimes
/12

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-terrorist-in-chief

"Also, he seems to be hinting at the use of tactical nuclear ...

2026-04-06T14:39:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…e4ex
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"Also, he seems to be hinting at the use of tactical nuclear weapons.

That is what we do now in the United States: Wait to see how bad it will be."

#Trump #Republicans #Iran #war #death #violence #destruction #NuclearWeapons #WarCrimes
/11

"For the moment we are all waiting to see just how mad Donald ...

2026-04-06T14:38:49Z

In reply to nevent1q…m7u8
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"For the moment we are all waiting to see just how mad Donald Trump is. Not how angry — we know that — but whether he is actually mentally deranged enough not only to announce he is going to commit war crimes, which he has done, but to then commit them, in a war of his own impulse against a country with which we were negotiating peace."

~ Gene Weingarten

#Trump #Republicans #Iran #war #death #violence #destruction #NuclearWeapons #WarCrimes
/10

https://geneweingarten.substack.com/p/but-what-if-its-a-tie

"Earlier this week, Trump’s “spiritual advisor” Paula ...

2026-04-06T14:37:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…4v3k
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"Earlier this week, Trump’s “spiritual advisor” Paula White-Cain compared him to Jesus. Trump, too, was 'betrayed and arrested and falsely accused,' she said. No one in the Republican Party seems to have believed they need to strenuously resist that characterization.

And so, we enter the new week with an unstable president at the helm in wartime."

#Trump #Republicans #Iran #war #death #violence #destruction #NuclearWeapons #WarCrimes
/9

"Imagine Joe Biden, or worse still, Barack Obama, saying that ...

2026-04-06T14:36:42Z

In reply to nevent1q…aulw
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"Imagine Joe Biden, or worse still, Barack Obama, saying that [i.e., praise be to Allah] 'in jest' and how Republicans would have responded. Trump is completely off the rails and Republicans are turning a blind eye, pretending it’s not happening."

~ Joyce Vance

#Trump #Republicans #Iran #war #death #violence #destruction #NuclearWeapons #WarCrimes
/8

https://joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-ahead-0b4

"Regardless of the inspiration for Trump’s post, by itself ...

2026-04-06T14:35:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…kp30
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"Regardless of the inspiration for Trump’s post, by itself it tells a very clear story. The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s former assistant director for counterintelligence Frank Figliuzzi posted: 'The American president has lost his mind.'”

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump #Republicans #Iran #war #death #violence #destruction #NuclearWeapons #WarCrimes
/7

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-5-2026

"He's seriously out of his mind. And the Iranians know it ...

2026-04-06T14:35:14Z

In reply to nevent1q…pzts
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"He's seriously out of his mind. And the Iranians know it ...

The easiest explanation is the simplest: Trump is cornered, and he’s going stark-raving mad."

~ Robert Reich

#Trump #Republicans #Iran #war #death #violence #destruction #NuclearWeapons #WarCrimes
/6

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/final-thought-hes-seriously-out-of

"The reality is that this president is mentally ill. The ...

2026-04-06T14:34:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…j7as
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"The reality is that this president is mentally ill. The expletive-filled outrage shows a puerile, uncontrolled and vulgar behavior that will alienate many Americans and do nothing to affect the Iranian strategy, which is to tough it out.

There is no plan but bluster and hope."

~ Mark Mansour

#Trump #Republicans #Iran #war #death #violence #destruction #NuclearWeapons #WarCrimes
/5

https://mmansour.substack.com/p/bombast-as-war-policy-it-wont-work

"President Donald John Trump, madman constrained by only the ...

2026-04-06T14:33:43Z

In reply to nevent1q…fq9v
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"President Donald John Trump, madman constrained by only the morality of his own mind, TruthSocialed his genocidal intentions towards Iran on the most holy day of the Christian calendar."

~ Marcie Jones

#Trump #Republicans #Iran #war #death #violence #destruction #NuclearWeapons #WarCrimes
/4

https://www.wonkette.com/p/but-at-what-pentecost-tabs-mon-april

"This is an actual post. This is not funny. This is beyond ...

2026-04-06T14:33:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…f900
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"This is an actual post. This is not funny. This is beyond desperate. This is a deeply unwell man who doesn't belong anywhere near the levers of power. Every member of his cabinet and Congress is complicit in not demanding his removal now."

~ Steven Beschloss

#Trump #Republicans #Iran #war #death #violence #destruction #NuclearWeapons #WarCrimes
/3

https://www.americaamerica.news/p/donald-trump-needs-to-be-removed

“I know all of you [fellow Republican leaders] and him and he ...

2026-04-06T14:32:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…jdhc
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“I know all of you [fellow Republican leaders] and him and he has gone insane, and all of you are complicit."

~ Marjorie Taylor Greene quoted by Lucy Campbell

'#Trump #Republicans #Iran #war #death #violence #destruction #NuclearWeapons #WarCrimes
/2

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/05/trump-iran-threats-politician-reactions

"An absolute insane person. My god." ~ Sarah Longwell ...

2026-04-06T14:29:21Z

"An absolute insane person. My god."

~ Sarah Longwell quoted by Greg Dworkin

#Trump #Iran #war #death #violence #destruction #NuclearWeapons #WarCrimes
/1

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/4/6/2376433/-Abbreviated-Pundit-Roundup-Trump-s-unqalification-to-lead-is-on-full-display

"This is really bad. It’s hard to see what happens in 48 ...

2026-04-04T18:49:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…0trn
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"This is really bad. It’s hard to see what happens in 48 hours. It’s clear that Trump, for all his pretense of, 'I’m always winning,' is aware of how completely he screwed things up, that he’s aware that he has basically led America into an epic strategic defeat. …

This guy should not have any authority at all."

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war
/12

Paul Krugman looks at Trump's alarming Easter message today ...

2026-04-04T18:47:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…7423
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Paul Krugman looks at Trump's alarming Easter message today threatening to reign [sic] down hell on Iran and ending, Glory be to GOD!, and says that this does not sound like Trump, certainly not the defeated Trump who spoke on t.v. on Wednesday.

Krugman says,

"That sounds almost as if Pete Hegseth wrote this post, which maybe in some sense he did."

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war
/12

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/donald-trump-isnt-sounding-like-himself

"I think we should all probably pause and give thanks for the ...

2026-04-04T15:58:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…nj73
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"I think we should all probably pause and give thanks for the fact that the US, in the words of our dear leader, is 'winning bigger than ever'. Indeed many people are saying that nobody in the history of humanity has ever been as emotionally mature or strategically brilliant as the man spending all our taxpayer money on bombs."

~ Arwa Mahdawi

#Trump #Iran #war
/11

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/04/jesse-watters-fox-pam-bondi-darfur-lebanon-senegal

"U.S. Central Command’s official X (Twitter) account has ...

2026-04-04T15:53:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…ya9e
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"U.S. Central Command’s official X (Twitter) account has been inactive for over 24 hours, even as the conflict reaches one of its most critical moments for U.S. forces. It comes as U.S. forces are urgently racing to locate a missing crew member after an F-15E fighter jet was shot down over Iran."

~ Aaron Parnas

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war
/10

https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/news-pete-hegseth-purges-generals

"This is not the run-up to the midterm elections that ...

2026-04-04T14:48:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…shsd
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"This is not the run-up to the midterm elections that Republicans wanted."

~ Steve Peoples

#Trump #ApprovalRating #Iran #war #economy #Epstein #MAGA
/9

https://apnews.com/article/trump-midterms-republicans-costs-iran-democrats-642b5f8fd79c980521c89afa86c4f249

"There's no metric by which Donald Trump is winning right ...

2026-04-04T14:47:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…c6ul
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"There's no metric by which Donald Trump is winning right now. He is not winning the war. He is not winning on the economy. He's not even winning with his own base. He's not winning on the Epstein files. He didn't deliver on that. It's hard to think of a promise that he's kept.

And his base has noticed that."

~ Joy-Ann Reid

#Trump #ApprovalRating #Iran #war #economy #Epstein #MAGA
/8

https://www.joyannreid.com/p/trump-is-losing-the-war-and-the-country

"He declared that we had air dominance. I've heard of air ...

2026-04-04T14:46:15Z

In reply to nevent1q…vc0m
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"He declared that we had air dominance. I've heard of air superiority. Yeah. But air dominance, well, then how the hell did an F-15 get shot down? And of course, he's going to use this as an excuse. We already have, what, 10,000 or more troops poised to go on the ground. …At the end of the day, this is going to be the reason and the rallying cry for putting boots on the ground."

Brian Karem

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #airspace
/7

https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/trump-loses-the-narrative-on-iran

"And then we learn, as we learned yesterday, tragically, that ...

2026-04-04T14:45:37Z

In reply to nevent1q…pl7e
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"And then we learn, as we learned yesterday, tragically, that an American bomber is shot down by Iran. You know, Iran is supposed to not have any capacities to do this kind of thing."

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #airspace
/7

"Trump saying we have everything under control, that ...

2026-04-04T14:45:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…8j7m
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"Trump saying we have everything under control, that Iran's air defenses are obliterated: I mean, it's just exactly what Pete Hegseth said weeks ago. I think, in fact, on March 5th, he said, in a few days, the two most powerful air forces in the world will have complete control over Iranian forces. skies, uncontested airspace."

~ Robert Reich

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #airspace
/6

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-planet-is-trump-now-on-the-saturday

"Iran’s ability to shoot down two US planes and damage two ...

2026-04-04T14:44:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…6ewf
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"Iran’s ability to shoot down two US planes and damage two helicopters in a single day demonstrates that Trump and Hegseth lied to the American people about US total control of airspace over Iran."

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #airspace
/5

https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/daily-dose-of-perspective-2f5

"It is a direct and documented contradiction — and the ...

2026-04-04T14:43:37Z

In reply to nevent1q…hhqe
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"It is a direct and documented contradiction — and the missing weapons systems officer, whose location is currently unknown, is its human consequence. The rest of the world already knows this. Now you do too."

#Trump #Iran #war #airspace
/4

"On Friday, Iran shot down an F-15E Strike Eagle — a ...

2026-04-04T14:43:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…30fz
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"On Friday, Iran shot down an F-15E Strike Eagle — a front-line US combat aircraft — over Iranian territory, and downed or damaged three more aircraft during the rescue mission. One American crew member is still missing inside Iran. This is not a minor discrepancy between what the president said and what happened."

#Trump #Iran #war #airspace
/3

"The international military press has been tracking the ...

2026-04-04T14:42:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…umwc
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"The international military press has been tracking the contradiction between Trump’s public characterization of Iran’s degraded defenses and the operational reality on the ground since the war began. The F-15E shootdown will now anchor that coverage. …

WHAT AMERICAN READERS NEED TO KNOW: On Wednesday, the President of the United States told you that Iran had no anti-aircraft equipment and that its radar was completely destroyed."

#Trump #Iran #war #airspace
/2

"Less than 48 hours after Donald Trump told Americans that ...

2026-04-04T14:41:22Z

"Less than 48 hours after Donald Trump told Americans that Iran had 'no anti-aircraft equipment' and that its radar was '100 percent annihilated,' Iran shot down a United States Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle over its own territory."

~ Rudy Martinez

#Trump #Iran #war #airspace
/1

https://www.chicanoinparis.com/p/the-rest-of-the-world-report-april-8e8

"Nearly half of men believe they could land a passenger jet ...

2026-04-02T14:16:02Z

"Nearly half of men believe they could land a passenger jet with zero training. Of course a lot of them also believe that they can beat the house."

~ Jill Filipovic

#men #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination
/1

https://www.throughline.news/p/no-country-for-young-men

"The war on Iran is wish fulfillment for an entire class of ...

2026-04-02T14:12:38Z

In reply to nevent1q…qhec
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"The war on Iran is wish fulfillment for an entire class of warmongers, including Hegseth. Within this world, Iran has become a bête noire, an all-consuming obsession that, for some, has a religious dimension. An Islamic regime like Iran is a spiritual foe, not just a security threat."

Sarah Jones

#Hegseth #HolyWar #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran
/2

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/iran-pete-hegseth-holy-war.html

"The fact that Hegseth cast aside prudence in making his ...

2026-04-02T14:11:33Z

"The fact that Hegseth cast aside prudence in making his pugnacious prayer is testimony to how much of a true believer he is—not only in his particular brand of born-again Christianity but also in far-right identity politics. ...

The fact that Hegseth sees the world in Manichaean terms means he’ll not be willing to make deals with forces he sees as metaphysically and categorically evil."

~ Jeet Heer

#Hegseth #HolyWar #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran
/1

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/pete-hegseth-iran-holy-war/

"Trump is clearly enjoying living in a complete fantasy world ...

2026-04-01T19:47:03Z

In reply to nevent1q…6q34
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"Trump is clearly enjoying living in a complete fantasy world where the US can simply walk away from the mess it made and let other countries figure out how to deal with it."

~ Marty Kelley

#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz #economy #dementia #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
/11

https://www.wonkette.com/p/trump-says-seven-impossible-things

“'I think he’s gone.' Trump’s former White House ...

2026-04-01T19:44:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…gf6l
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“'I think he’s gone.' Trump’s former White House lawyer Ty Cobb says Trump is 'clearly insane'."

#Trump #Iran #war #economy #dementia #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
/10

https://www.threads.com/@mikesington/post/DWl6WmhCbOC

"A new CNN poll shows Donald Trump’s approval rating on the ...

2026-04-01T19:38:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…h2xf
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"A new CNN poll shows Donald Trump’s approval rating on the economy has fallen to a career low of 31%, with most Americans saying his policies have worsened economic conditions. Rising gas prices—linked to the Iran conflict—are a major factor, with many households reporting financial strain and cutting back on spending."

#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz #prices #affordability #economy #ApprovalRating
/9

https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/news-trump-moves-closer-to-leaving

"The only regime change I can see on the horizon is right ...

2026-04-01T14:27:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…h26r
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"The only regime change I can see on the horizon is right here at home in November when the Republican regime loses control of Congress."

~ Lucian K. Truscott

#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz #affordability
/8

https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/a-vacillating-befuddled-confused

"During the 2024 presidential election, Donald Trump promised ...

2026-04-01T14:27:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…alyx
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"During the 2024 presidential election, Donald Trump promised that if he were elected president again, he would reduce the price of a gallon of gas by 50% within a year of taking office. '12 months from January 20th… your gasoline for your car is going to be 50% cheaper,' Trump declared at a speech to the Detroit Economic Club on October 10, 2024. 'That’s a big thing.'

~ Judd Legum and Rebecca Crosby

#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz #affordability
/7

https://popular.info/p/the-tale-of-the-tape-trump-repeatedly

"The feedstocks for fertilizer are largely manufactured from ...

2026-04-01T14:25:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…tc53
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"The feedstocks for fertilizer are largely manufactured from natural gas, & Persian Gulf nations were major producers, shipping their production out through the Strait of Hormuz, before the war. Here’s what has happened to the price of urea: ...

And where do you think plastic comes from? Here’s the price of polyethylene: ...

Less than half of U.S. consumption of petroleum products was gasoline."

See Krugman's charts.

#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz #diesel #fertilizer #plastic
/6

"The rise in gasoline prices, for which the national average ...

2026-04-01T14:23:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…v0a0
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"The rise in gasoline prices, for which the national average just hit $4 a gallon, has made headlines. But other prices are also hugely important.

Most non-electric cars run on gasoline, but most trucks are fueled with diesel. And diesel prices are up even more than gasoline prices — approximately $1.70 per gallon as opposed to $1."

~ Paul Krugman

#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz #diesel #fertilizer #plastic
/5

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/4-gasoline-is-less-than-half-the

"About 20% of the global oil supply and LNG is now under the ...

2026-04-01T14:22:15Z

In reply to nevent1q…4vqc
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"About 20% of the global oil supply and LNG is now under the control of Iran, a situation that did not exist before the war."

#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz
/4

"In short, the net result of Trump’s illegal war is that ...

2026-04-01T14:21:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…deen
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"In short, the net result of Trump’s illegal war is that Iran is more radical, more powerful, and more dangerous than before the war. It is true that the US destroyed much (all?) of Iran’s ballistic missiles and most (all?) of Iran’s navy, but neither of those military achievements has prevented Iran from exercising control over the Strait of Hormuz."

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz
/3

https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/trumps-illegal-executive-order-restricting

"Susie Wiles, Trump’s chief of staff, keeps scheduling ...

2026-04-01T14:20:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…k5e7
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"Susie Wiles, Trump’s chief of staff, keeps scheduling events in which he can talk about his plans to lower the cost of living. But the Iran war keeps making a nonsense of her efforts."

~ Edward Luce

#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz #prices #affordability #economy
/2

https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/c4f2da57-8e04-45eb-bb4e-4878a98b6f96

"While the Middle East burns and Americans pay more for food ...

2026-04-01T14:19:55Z

"While the Middle East burns and Americans pay more for food and gas, Trump and his billionaire friends, such as Larry Ellison, are profiting off of war, gobbling up our data, and going all-in on AI."

~ Wajahat Ali with Audrey Hanson

#Trump #Iran #war #EconomicElites #billionaires #AI #LarryEllison #profiteering
/1

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/how-the-illegal-iran-war-is-profiting

Stephen Robinson warns progressives who may be tempted to play ...

2026-03-31T15:45:09Z

Stephen Robinson warns progressives who may be tempted to play footie with the execrable Tucker Carlson as he attacks Israel:

"Carlson is anti-Israel but he’s also not for anything decent. If progressives want to maintain a morally clear position on Israel and Gaza, they’ll stop clogging our feeds with Tucker Carlson clips. He’s not helping. He’s only part of the problem."

#TuckerCarlson #Israel #Gaza #morality

https://www.publicnotice.co/p/tucker-carlson-israel

"I think it's time for us to accept the bitter truth. We ...

2026-03-30T20:24:02Z

In reply to nevent1q…tekk
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"I think it's time for us to accept the bitter truth. We are going to pay, and continue paying for a long time to come, for the president’s war of choice against Iran. Such are the consequences of politics. Maybe Americans will take their democracy seriously next time."

~ John Stoehr

#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
/15

https://www.editorialboard.com/trumps-war-is-reorganizing-the-world-and-were-all-going-to-pay

Shashank Joshi, defense editor for The Economist, says, ...

2026-03-30T20:20:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…8auc
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Shashank Joshi, defense editor for The Economist, says,

"Total incoherence of war aims [with Trump, Rubio et al.]. Nuclear material / weapons not even mentioned here. Hormuz re-opening totally absent, even though the president literally just publicly said he would go on an infrastructure-destroying spree if Iran did not re-open it."

#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
/14

https://xcancel.com/shashj/status/2038629619536957659#m

"What’s always a danger for a bogged-down empire is a ...

2026-03-30T15:53:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…cr2z
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"What’s always a danger for a bogged-down empire is a heightened risk for a superpower led by a man with a short attention span who is enthralled by military spectacle. ...

Whatever Trump lurches towards next, his stupidity, racism, hubris, and provincialism will — as it has for past U.S. administrations far less burdened by those weaknesses than he is — prevent him from seeing his avowed enemy clearly or on its own terms."

#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
/13

"The only thing more dangerous than an unbound strongman ...

2026-03-30T15:52:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…u7sl
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"The only thing more dangerous than an unbound strongman launching elective wars is when those wars begin to go badly.

There’s no telling what President Trump will resort to doing to save face, create the mirage of victory, and extricate himself from the box canyon into which he so triumphantly galloped.

This is old-style mission creep on steroids."

~ David Kurtz

#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
/12

https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/trumps-iran-war-objectives-have-collapsed

"Only 33% of Americans approve of the job he is doing, and ...

2026-03-30T14:27:28Z

"Only 33% of Americans approve of the job he is doing, and 62% disapprove, according to the UMass Amherst national poll. This figure may well represent the worst approval rating of Trump’s political career.

The UMass poll finds broad opposition to Trump’s illegal and dangerous war in Iran: 29% say they approve of Trump’s military actions against Iran, while 54% disapprove."

~ Andrew Perez

#Trump #ApprovalRating #Iran #war #oil #gas
/1

https://zeteo.com/p/are-these-trumps-worst-poll-numbers-first-draft

"Trump can't read so he gets his briefings on video. ...

2026-03-30T14:26:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…yfka
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"Trump can't read so he gets his briefings on video. Hegseth won't read because it's not manly. Rubio denies being able to read, to fit in. Pam Bondi fears reading because it's usually a subpoena."

~ Paul Rudnick

#Trump #Hegseth #Rubio #PamBondi #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
/11

https://xcancel.com/PaulRudnickNY/status/2037990417694638577#m

"That war-peration not going great." ~ Marcie Jones ...

2026-03-30T14:25:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…p7zm
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"That war-peration not going great."

~ Marcie Jones

#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
/10

https://www.wonkette.com/p/call-your-girlfriend-tabs-mon-march

"His utterances each day about the war and the global crisis ...

2026-03-30T14:24:58Z

In reply to nevent1q…he4e
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"His utterances each day about the war and the global crisis he has created make as much as sense as 'light inside the body' during COVID."

~ Simon Rosenberg

#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
/9

https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/trumps-global-crisis-worsens-where

"Other presidents have been accused of negotiating with ...

2026-03-30T14:24:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…2sxr
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"Other presidents have been accused of negotiating with themselves. Trump is negotiating with his imaginary friends. There’s no reason at all to believe that these talks are actually happening."

~ Paul Krugman

#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
/8

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/pete-hegseth-believes-in-the-lethality

"So, a ground invasion then, huh? We’re no Dionne Warwick ...

2026-03-30T14:23:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…cvm3
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"So, a ground invasion then, huh? We’re no Dionne Warwick or Mulan, but assorted half-assed boot-ground raiding into a country of 90 million people sounds like a strategy to do not much more than get a lot of (American) servicepeople killed."

~ Marcie Jones

#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania #troops #military #invasion
/7

https://www.wonkette.com/p/just-67000-us-troops-in-iran-hanging

"Donald Trump has lost his Iran war. He is the Iranian ...

2026-03-30T14:22:38Z

In reply to nevent1q…tyzn
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"Donald Trump has lost his Iran war. He is the Iranian hostage. ... If there is any consistency to Trump’s policy, it is a series of frantic attempts to justify his original blunder and extricate himself from its dire consequences."

~ Sidney Blumenthal

#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
/6

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/30/trump-iran-war

"Despite all the positive words and all the tough words from ...

2026-03-30T14:22:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…pmjz
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"Despite all the positive words and all the tough words from President Trump, behind closed doors, he understands that he is in really deep trouble, that he made a huge mistake.

When leaders are desperate, they do foolish things."

~ Tymofiy Mylovanov

#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
/5

https://xcancel.com/Mylovanov/status/2037879776803717314#m

"If only the U.S. had competent negotiators and a sane ...

2026-03-30T14:21:29Z

In reply to nevent1q…0kcg
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"If only the U.S. had competent negotiators and a sane president, a deal might be reached soon. We don’t. Tragically, more lives will be lost, billions more spent before the war’s end."

#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
/4

"He therefore flails about, desperately trying to end this ...

2026-03-30T14:21:15Z

In reply to nevent1q…ek6a
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"He therefore flails about, desperately trying to end this debacle without total humiliation. Thanks to the considerable leverage Trump’s blunders have given them, the Iranians surely expect to avoid Trump’s most draconian demands. They want the war to end, but not at any price."

#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
/3

This is what happens when impulsive, ignorant men — intoxicated ...

2026-03-30T14:20:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…e7mn
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This is what happens when impulsive, ignorant men — intoxicated with blowing things up — utterly bungle a war. ...

In sum, Trump did not get regime change or an unconditional surrender. His lack of strategy gave Iran advantages (e.g., control of the Strait of Hormuz, asymmetric missile/drone capacity) that neither he nor his yes men anticipated."

~ Jennifer Rubin

#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
/2

https://www.contrariannews.org/p/what-deadline

"His reality distortion field has run into a brick wall." ...

2026-03-30T14:19:11Z

"His reality distortion field has run into a brick wall."

~ David Smith

#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
/1

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/30/trump-iran-war-reality

My apologies for being somewhat absent here this weekend. I have ...

2026-03-29T14:35:54Z

My apologies for being somewhat absent here this weekend. I have a birthday coming up tomorrow, and kind cousins have invited my spouse and me to lunch today at our favorite little mom-and-pop Mexican restaurant. To prepare for them to enjoy cake and ice cream with us after lunch, we did house cleaning yesterday with the assistance of our skilled cleaner — and posting here got shunted into second place.

Best weekend wishes to all who are reading this!

#weekend #birthday #MexicanFood #cousins

"Show me any faith based or political lobby, business or ...

2026-03-28T13:56:46Z

"Show me any faith based or political lobby, business or international effort anywhere in DC politics remotely comparable in size, reach, wealth or impact to Leonard Leo’s Catholic web. DC MAGA Catholics are punching way above their weight.

Fact: trump could not have been elected in either 2016 or 2024 without Leonard Leo and his DC Catholic political web. …

And all with zero media scrutiny."

~ Thomas Carter

#Catholic #MAGA #LeonardLeo #Trump #SupremeCourt

https://medium.com/@thcarter123/vatican-vs-dc-maga-catholic-web-fb429bd3a3be

PRRI has just released results of a major poll re: immigration ...

2026-03-27T15:28:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…8ze9
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PRRI has just released results of a major poll re: immigration and ICE. Some takeaways:

"Support for Trump’s handling of immigration has dropped across all partisan and religious groups since last year....

Only white evangelical Protestants (65%) and white Catholics (51%) express majority favorable views of ICE officers."

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #immigrants #deportations #InternmentCamps #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteCatholics
/4

https://prri.org/research/americans-views-on-immigration-enforcement-ice-and-civil-liberties-in-the-second-trump-administration/

"This includes undocumented immigrants, because their ...

2026-03-27T15:26:29Z

In reply to nevent1q…2ee2
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"This includes undocumented immigrants, because their employers collect payroll taxes out of their wages, with the added fiscal payoff that they will never collect benefits. And because immigrants are relatively young and healthy, they increase the amount going into government coffers while having a delayed impact on outlays."

#Trump #StephenMiller #immigrants #ICE #EthnicCleansing #WhiteSupremacy #economy #LaborForce #construction #agriculture #taxes
/3

The construction industry and agriculture have already been ...

2026-03-27T15:26:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…q6cj
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The construction industry and agriculture have already been affected by the loss of a labor force as people are deported and immigration shows down. And:

"Immigration expands the base of taxpayers, which means more people to share the burden of paying taxes to pay for defense."

#Trump #StephenMiller #immigrants #ICE #EthnicCleansing #WhiteSupremacy #economy #LaborForce #construction #agriculture #taxes
/2

Paul Krugman, who's Distinguished Professor of Economics at ...

2026-03-27T15:25:20Z

Paul Krugman, who's Distinguished Professor of Economics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, explains how the effects of Trump's and Stephen Miller's racist ethnic-cleansing program is affecting immigration and is thereby making the US poorer and weaker, even as Make America Great Again types cheer.

#Trump #StephenMiller #immigrants #ICE #EthnicCleansing #WhiteSupremacy #economy #LaborForce #construction #agriculture #taxes
/1

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-end-of-immigration

"Monday was a window into the world dictators want to see, ...

2026-03-27T14:53:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…3qaz
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"Monday was a window into the world dictators want to see, with a public intimidated by armed men in airports and too demoralized to fight blatant corruption, amid a race to extract every last dime as America becomes just another failing Trump casino."

#Trump #LaGuardia #AirTravel #airports #ICE #ClimateChange #InsiderTrading #Iran #war #oil #gas #corruption #authoritarianism
/5

This flurry of what seems to have been insider trading occurred ...

2026-03-27T14:52:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…erlq
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This flurry of what seems to have been insider trading occurred right before Trump made an announcement about bogus peace talks with Iran. "While the Wall Street grifters were still counting their dollar bills, the sun rose over Phoenix and pummeled the Arizona desert with record March heat for a sixth straight day."

#Trump #LaGuardia #AirTravel #airports #ICE #ClimateChange #InsiderTrading #Iran #war #oil #gas #corruption #authoritarianism
/3

(continued from /2) The LaGuardia crash had everything to do with ...

2026-03-27T14:51:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…hug3
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(continued from /2)

The LaGuardia crash had everything to do with the mess Trump and Republicans have made of air travel and TSA. On the same day, Trump sent ICE agents to airports throughout the country. The day began with a sudden surge of $580 million in bets that the price of crude would fall and of $2 billion in bets that the stock market would rise.

#Trump #LaGuardia #AirTravel #airports #ICE #ClimateChange #InsiderTrading #Iran #war #oil #gas #corruption #authoritarianism
/2

"This was morning in Trump’s America — from waking up to ...

2026-03-27T14:47:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…jzdh
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"This was morning in Trump’s America — from waking up to the jarring news of the jetliner crash to a daylong series of aftershocks, with much of the anxiety induced by the unsteadiness of the man at the top."

What happened on that day? A plane crash at LaGuardia with two deaths and multiple injuries…. (continued in /3)

#Trump #LaGuardia #AirTravel #airports #ICE #ClimateChange #InsiderTrading #Iran #war #oil #gas #corruption #authoritarianism

https://www2

"If any one day could define the hazy transition from slow to ...

2026-03-27T14:46:03Z

"If any one day could define the hazy transition from slow to rapid decay — 24 hours that truly defined the decline of the American empire from its pedestal as a global superpower — it would have to be March 23."

~ Will Bunch

#Trump #LaGuardia #AirTravel #airports #ICE #ClimateChange #InsiderTrading #Iran #war #oil #gas #corruption #authoritarianism

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/laguardia-crash-tsa-ice-trump-20260326.html?id=taRayQvhWMZCK&utm_source=social&utm_campaign=gift_link&utm_medium=referral

"And we also are facing politicians like Trump and Putin who ...

2026-03-26T16:18:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…09lm
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"And we also are facing politicians like Trump and Putin who keep us in a kind of artificial nostalgia, who are propelling us back into things that never happened, into the way things never were. And to break through that, I think we need to have the future. And the future has to have a big idea."

#fascism #resistance #solidarity #future #Trump #Putin #nostalgia
/2

Timothy Snyder notes that what Trump and Putin offer is nostalgia ...

2026-03-26T16:18:01Z

Timothy Snyder notes that what Trump and Putin offer is nostalgia for a fake past that never existed. But:

"Any good politics has to be a politics of the future. So we're stuck now in a present where we seem to be locked, locked together in silly conversations on social media or polarized or stuck in some way or another."

~ Timothy Snyder

#resistance #solidarity #future #Trump #Putin #nostalgia
/1

https://snyder.substack.com/p/thinking-live-with-heather-cox-richardson

"WHAT AMERICAN READERS NEED TO KNOW: The five-day window ...

2026-03-26T15:47:44Z

"WHAT AMERICAN READERS NEED TO KNOW: The five-day window Trump declared on Monday at 11:30 AM UTC expires Saturday March 28 at approximately 11:30 AM UTC (6:30 AM EST). There is no deal. Pakistan just prevented Israel from killing Iran’s foreign minister and parliament speaker — the only senior Iranian officials engaging with mediators. The White House says talks are ongoing. Iran says there are no talks."

~ Rudy Martinez

#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas
/1

https://www.chicanoinparis.com/p/the-rest-of-the-world-report-thursday-482

"He prayed that God would pour out righteous wrath by helping ...

2026-03-25T22:23:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…0dxr
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"He prayed that God would pour out righteous wrath by helping 'break the teeth' and kill the 'wicked' enemies 'who deserve no mercy' and should be 'delivered to the eternal damnation prepared for them.'"

#Trump #PeteHegseth #Iran #war #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteChristianNationalism #HolyWar
/13

"In the first Christian worship service at the Pentagon since ...

2026-03-25T22:22:43Z

In reply to nevent1q…pqqh
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"In the first Christian worship service at the Pentagon since the start of the strikes against Iran, Pete Hegseth, who likes to call himself the 'Secretary of War,' used prayer and several Bible passages to cast the conflict as a holy war against God’s enemies."

~ Brian Kaylor

#Trump #PeteHegseth #Iran #war #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteChristianNationalism #HolyWar
/12

https://publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/at-pentagon-worship-service-hegseth

"It is pretty clear that 'Christian nationalism' is ...

2026-03-25T22:21:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…j62v
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"It is pretty clear that 'Christian nationalism' is the popularly accepted term for 'Trump-Christianity' or 'MAGA Christianity' or the most-recent-form-of-a-form-of-fundamentalist-Christianity that has been present in the United States for a very long time (under a variety of monikers!)."

~ Diana Butler Bass

#Trump #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteChristianNationalism #authoritarianism #media
/11

https://dianabutlerbass.substack.com/p/no-kings-and-prodigal-protestants

"And Robbie [P. Jones] and I are like, Nah, it's ...

2026-03-25T16:07:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…4qs8
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"And Robbie [P. Jones] and I are like, Nah, it's Christian nationalism. [The media say], Don't say white Christian nationalism, because it offends two powerful groups, white people and Christians. And so we still don't have a conversation about it in the mainstream, even though we're literally at war right now, thanks in part to a white Christian nationalist cheerleader cabal that is surrounding Donald Trump."

#Trump #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteChristianNationalism #authoritarianism #media
/10

Wajahat Ali and Sarah Posner discuss how "Christian ...

2026-03-25T16:06:07Z

In reply to nevent1q…c45y
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Wajahat Ali and Sarah Posner discuss how "Christian nationalists and pro-Israel extremists are uniting to burn The world." Ali says,

"We're not allowed to say white Christian nationalism. ... Meaning [not allowed by the] corporate media. You're just not. I was told, Can you say religious nationalism? Let's just say religious nationalism. Don't say Christian."

#Trump #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteChristianNationalism #authoritarianism #media
/9

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/how-christian-nationalists-and-pro

"Religious nationalists distort both Christianity and Judaism ...

2026-03-25T16:04:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…8tnv
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"Religious nationalists distort both Christianity and Judaism in American public life to persuade people who feel like they are losing control that Trump is the strongman who can save them. In the face of so many uncertainties, they have presented Trump as 'God’s chosen one' to assure people that everything is going to be alright."

#Trump #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteChristianNationalism #authoritarianism
/8

But the latest polling from PRRI shows that more than half of ...

2026-03-25T16:03:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…catf
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But the latest polling from PRRI shows that more than half of Republicans embrace this ideology, and its influence in our public life has been supercharged by Trump’s rise to power. ...

Religious nationalism isn’t new in American public life. Our colleague Phil Gorski calls it a 'deep story' – a trope Americans have come back to again and again."

#Trump #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteChristianNationalism #authoritarianism
/7

"The number of people who embrace this heresy [of Christian ...

2026-03-25T16:02:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…xnja
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"The number of people who embrace this heresy [of Christian nationalism] in the United States hasn’t actually increased over the past decade. It is a minority position –two thirds of Americans reject it, as do most Christians. (Again, it isn’t Christian at all)."

~ William J. Barber and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

#Trump #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteChristianNationalism #authoritarianism
/6

https://ourmoralmoment.substack.com/p/we-need-more-than-light-to-expose

"We now take for granted that, at a whim, Trump can unleash ...

2026-03-25T16:01:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…59ju
_________________________

"We now take for granted that, at a whim, Trump can unleash the tremendous power of the U.S. military on anyone – and also withhold it. This is a message that he wants to convey to his internal political enemies along with his supporters.

The language of reactionary religion is a useful tool for consolidating power. In the end, it is about replacing American democracy with a corrupt, kleptocratic, authoritarian order."

#Trump #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteChristianNationalism #authoritarianism
/5

"A good number of Trump’s supporters see him in sacralized ...

2026-03-25T16:01:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…t063
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"A good number of Trump’s supporters see him in sacralized terms. ...

The appeal of this religious rhetoric also involves a psychological attraction to brutality, cruelty, and domination. Amongst Trump’s base, many adhere to an idea of religion that, properly understood, is one of domination, of crushing of foes, of iron will, a celebration of hypermasculine violence."

~ Katherine Stewart

#Trump #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteChristianNationalism #authoritarianism
/4

https://writekaths.substack.com/p/is-this-really-a-holy-war

"through international coalitions and a foreign policy rooted ...

2026-03-25T16:00:02Z

In reply to nevent1q…fk9n
_________________________

"through international coalitions and a foreign policy rooted in what the Christian tradition teaches about war, peace, and human dignity, as their forebears who supported Bush did. Instead, they seem guided by a desire to punish their enemies now, rejoice in the victory, and worry about the rest later."

#Trump #Iran #war #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteChristianNationalism #HolyWar #authoritarianism #morality
/3

"In all of this, we see a prominent recurring theme for ...

2026-03-25T15:59:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…7aac
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"In all of this, we see a prominent recurring theme for evangelical leaders during the Bush era: the attempt to make a theological case for American power, both to the public and to those who directly wielded it. ...

The evangelical leaders and celebrity pastors who support Donald Trump do not appear to have a strong interest in building a moral world order" (continued in /3)

#Trump #Iran #war #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteChristianNationalism #HolyWar #authoritarianism #morality
/2

"When President Bush invaded Iraq, evangelical leaders argued ...

2026-03-25T15:58:11Z

"When President Bush invaded Iraq, evangelical leaders argued the war was justified morally. When Trump went to war with Iran, evangelical leaders simply cheered. ...

In 2003, evangelical leaders at least tried to bring religious and theological principles to bear in their public thinking and arguing about Bush’s war."

~ John Fea

#Trump #Iran #war #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteChristianNationalism #HolyWar #authoritarianism #morality
/1

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/evangelicals-moral-case-just-war-bush-iraq-trump-iran-military-ethics

@nprofile…vvev I'm not sure what pesky little fact ...

2026-03-25T13:26:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…3lms
_________________________

nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq0e9sa2pk946q9nydj8qqtpyrd36e7zmqfdv34c45fsqngth0avnqmxvvev (nprofile…vvev) I'm not sure what pesky little fact you're pointing to.

"The fact that, at this point, Iran is contesting the ...

2026-03-24T14:42:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…8eht
_________________________

"The fact that, at this point, Iran is contesting the existence of negotiations raises significant doubt that the United States and Iran have reached a comprehensive agreement that could end the war."

#Trump #Iran #war
/22

"On Monday morning, with markets poised to plummet on the ...

2026-03-24T14:42:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…27uf
_________________________

"On Monday morning, with markets poised to plummet on the prospect of an indefinite and economically damaging war, Trump made a surprise announcement. The United States and Iran had a diplomatic breakthrough and, as a result, were poised to end the war. Trump said the strikes on Iranian power plants would be postponed for five days."

#Trump #Iran #war
/21