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Speaker Emerita Pelosi: "The President ignored the Constitution by unilaterally engaging our military without Congressional authorization. I join my colleagues in demanding answers from the Administration on this operation which endangers American lives and risks further escalation."

Oh that’s not good, JD.

Donald Trump just unilaterally bombed Iran. A masked gang is terrorizing our streets. America has rapidly devolved into an authoritarian state. That's why, today, The Onion has purchased a full page ad in today's New York Times with a simple plea to Congress: Sit back and do absolutely nothing.

It will never stop being a mindfuck to see the whole “we WILL confirm Trump nominees and vote for stupid Trump policies, but we have to draw the line somewhere: brown socialists who want to tax billionaires are TOO MUCH. We gotta go for the sex pest.”

Seriously? I’m going to need to read this in more depth.

Oh this is good.

I think people missed it amid Whiskey Pete's other faceplants in congressional hearings in last two weeks--but he struggled to distinguish the US from ISIS and al Qaeda two weeks ago.

Every attack is a confession

This really isn’t a hard message. Obama neutralized the Iran nuclear program through the hard work of diplomacy, but Trump tore up the deal in his first term out of spite and chose war instead.

AOC: “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”

Much as I would not dare to predict the consequences of this war, I do think we can summarize it thusly so far: A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.

Just as Iraq had no WMD, Iran has no nuclear weapons. America has entered another unnecessary war in the Middle East

And if you haven't added two factor authentication to every device and account you own, right now would be a good time.

Expecting no consequences is a big mistake.

“The site had been evacuated a long time ago and the damages are not irreversible,” he wrote, adding, “you cannot bomb knowledge.” - The bombing seems unlikely to stop an Iranian bomb www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

Oh heavens. This is so inappropriate

Of course.

Iran’s stockpile dropped to 0 after Obama made the Iran Deal… until Trump pulled out of it (against the advice of his own Defense Secretary, General Mattis… because he hated Obama) Feels pretty relevant in this moment.

#ResistanceRoots Today in history, 1964: Three civil rights workers are murdered in MS. The victims were James Chaney from Meridian, Miss., and Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner from NYC. They had been working to register African Americans in MS to vote, and were shot to death at close range. /1

Bernie Sanders did in fact find out about the attack on Iran during his speech in Tulsa. This is that gut wrenching moment when he stopped his speech and announced Trump’s post then informed the audience that we are now at war with Iran. Sanders made clear it’s unconstitutional.

If you US senators and/or US Reps are Republicans, call them NOW and give them hell. Tell them Trump MUST be impeached for this blatantly illegal action. (202) 224-3121. Leave a voicemail. Or send them a message using @resist.bot by texting RESIST to 50409.

Just in case anyone wants a reminder of how Trump helped create the situation he's now using as justification to bomb Iran. abcnews.go.com/Politics/ira...

There's no declaration of war, and no AUMF that covers this. Entering this war is wrong on the merits; we had a perfectly peaceful way to address Iran's nuclear program. It's also unlawful. A democratic republic should not be able to enter a war of choice on one man's say-so.

When Trump said, Iran is ‘very close’ to building a nuclear bomb—it was a self-own. We wouldn’t be here if Trump hadn’t backed out of the Obama Iran nuclear deal.

Not that this is the biggest problem with it, but announcing the illegal war on the grift side-gig social media site also seems problematic.

illegal war started by a man constitutionally ineligible to be president

By launching a war unprovoked without Congressional approval, Trump has violated the Constitution. He is taking us to war without the support or approval of the American people, and after promising voters he would not. Illegal. Undemocratic. Unconstitutional. Dangerous. Congress must act.