This Bullshit Again?
Not that we expected the Trump administration to have any respect for our collective intelligence, but it is shocking to see the new generation of neocons invent lies to get us into another forever war—one they’re suggesting should be quick and painless. Just a few MOABs here and there! And who needs to know the population of Iran, anyway? One of the best reporters on the region, Murtaza Hussain, co-wrote this piece for Drop Site breaking down why a war with Iran would likely be a prolonged undertaking.
From the article:
“Israel has framed the U.S. entering the fray as a way to bring its conflict with Iran to a quick conclusion. But, absent an immediate Iranian diplomatic capitulation, a U.S. attack would likely only be a prelude to a much longer and drawn-out military engagement with Iran…A war aimed at stopping a nuclear weapon would need to be long and expansive, potentially even including a ground component to search for undisclosed sites and verify the level of damage from air attacks.”
Drop Site: There Is No Such Thing as a Quick U.S. War on Iran
MAHA Missing the Script
The Senate got its hands on the outrageously destructive Trump budget bill, took one look, and said it was going to make life in America that much harder than even the House GOP proposed. Their plan? Cuts to the so-called provider tax, which David Dayen explains would not only kill off hospitals in rural America (the GOP’s base!) but could have more wide-ranging consequences.
From the article:
“If the 190 rural hospitals estimated in a recent Center for American Progress report as collateral damage of the Republican cuts close, all of their patients must find treatment at the remaining health care providers. Many of these new-arrival patients are likely to be uninsured (many thrown off Medicaid or Obamacare by Republicans), crushing hospital finances and potentially adding more closures on top.”
The American Prospect: Republicans Threaten a Hospital Apocalypse
The Hidden Toll of Islamophobia
Zohran Mamdani could very well be the first Muslim Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City in history. On Wednesday, he broke down in tears talking about the pain caused by accusations of antisemitism and being the target of Islamophobic threats. Instead of backing down amid criticism (like so many Democrats before him), Mamdani has used his newfound fame to educate people on terms or concepts the mainstream dismisses as threatening, like his previous use of the phrase “globalize the intifada,” which he recently addressed.
From the article:
“I get threats on my life, on the people that I love, and I try to not to talk about it because the function of racism, as Toni Morrison said, is distraction. My focus has always been on making this a city that’s affordable, on making this a city that every New Yorker sees themselves in.”
City & State: Mamdani on threatening messages: ‘It takes a toll’
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