Not in my opinion.
First the sinking of American ships in the straight are not going to be received well. Then any nukular detonations will dampen spirits.
It’s early days. We don’t know what this war’s average will be like.
Maybe the U.S. let them think they were actually going to make a deal so they would gather in one place. Nothing but a set-up. It sort of sounds like the U.S. knew that meeting was being held Khamenei’s compound and just killed them all.
Monty
March 5, 2026, 1:27am
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Wasn’t that 45 Americans a day killed in the Vietnam war? IIRC, there were more Vietnamese, both North and South, killed.
If nothing else, this shows exactly how stupid it is to make a deal with the convicted felon in the White House.
Well, yeah, the question was about the war’s (implied American) popularity.
Johnny_L.A:
In 1973, 60% of Americans thought the war in Vietnam was a mistake; so that means 40% of Americans did not think it was a mistake.
The Epstein War with Iran is less popular than the Vietnam War.
We don’t know how many were “undecided”.
Monty
March 5, 2026, 6:01am
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Holy WTF, Batman! The autopen “investigation” is gone. (The bolding is mine.)
Federal prosecutors in U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office are dropping a criminal probe into whether former President Joe Biden and his aides unlawfully used an autopen to issue pardons, a person briefed on the matter told CBS News.
Two sources confirmed the existence of the probe, with one telling CBS News that the matter has since been closed because prosecutors were never able to find a legal hook to be able to pursue the matter further . CBS News has not determined precisely when the case ended.
The Senate rolled over for the felon.
Washington — The Senate defeated a war powers resolution that sought to block President Trump from using further military force against Iran , rejecting a Democratic push to rebuke the president amid the administration’s shifting justifications for the war and warnings about more American casualties to come.
In a 47 to 53 vote, the resolution fell short of the simple majority it needed to advance. With Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania voting against the measure, it needed the support of at least five Republicans. Only GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky supported it.
It’s the second time in less than a year that Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia forced a vote on a war powers resolution related to Iran. The upper chamber voted down a similar effort in June 2025, after the U.S. bombed three Iranian nuclear sites.
Kaine’s resolution , which was cosponsored by Paul, would “direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.”
Though the war powers vote was expected ahead of the strikes on Iran over the weekend, the massive military operation that began Saturday upped the stakes — and added to the urgency.
“They have shifting goals, different goals all the time, different answers every day. And I am truly worried about mission creep,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, said Tuesday.
Speaking of different answers…
he leader of an Iranian unit behind an attempted 2024 plot to assassinate President Donald Trump has been killed, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters on Wednesday as he gave an update on the administration’s war against Tehran.
“Yesterday, the leader of the unit who attempted to assassinate President Trump has been hunted down and killed,” Hegseth said. “Iran tried to kill President Trump, and President Trump got the last laugh.”
The secretary did not name the individual, and later said the killing was not the objective of the operation.
“We did it, but we can’t tell you who he was, and we did it accidentally (on purpose)” isn’t the flex you think it is, Petey.
But I guess it’s better than “I’ve got a feeling” .
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday it was necessary to bomb Iran because President Donald Trump had a “feeling” the foreign nation would attack.
“The president had a feeling, again, based on fact, that Iran was going to strike the United States, was going to strike our assets in the region, and he made a determination to launch Operation Epic Fury based on all of those reasons,” Leavitt said .
And now Bondi gets to get grilled by Congress.
The Republican-led House Oversight Committee voted Wednesday to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi for testimony on the department’s handling of records related to Jeffrey Epstein .
The motion to subpoena Bondi passed by a vote of 24-19. Five Republicans voted for it, including Nancy Mace of South Carolina, who put the motion forward. The Republicans voting with Mace and the Democrats were: Tim Burchett of Tennessee, Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Michael Cloud of Texas and Scott Perry of Pennsylvania.
The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The department acknowledged Wednesday that tens of thousands of Epstein files are “offline” as it deals with redaction and privacy issues that it hopes to have addressed by the end of the week.
“AG Bondi claims the DOJ has released all of the Epstein files. The record is clear: they have not,” Mace wrote on X .
Seriously, is this administation the one most investigated by Congress in our history? It sure seems that way.
Like this’ll happen. The felon’s pet vanity project called to be cut back.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump ’s White House ballroom project is way too big and should be scaled back, an architect and member of the board of the National Trust for Historic Preservation said Wednesday — one of a number of changes he has suggested for a project he says could permanently alter the nation’s most recognizable historic home.
David Scott Parker, a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects whose firm specializes in residential design and historic preservation, shared his views with The Associated Press as a key federal agency, the National Capital Planning Commission , prepared to meet Thursday to vote on whether to approve the 90,000-square-foot (8,361-square-meter) project. A separate federal panel, the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, approved the project at its February meeting.
“Everything here feels inflated,” said Parker, who has been an architect for more than 35 years. “The net effect of this is to adversely impact what is the most important historic — the most identifiable historic — house in the entire United States. This is permanent, what it will do to the White House.”
Whoa! Alex Jones is no longer a Trump supporter.
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has voiced opposition to President Donald Trump’s airstrikes against Iran , saying foreign intervention was straying away from the “America First” message that resonated with him and other voters.
Over the weekend, Jones hosted several livestreams to discuss the ongoing military operations that have killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and 48 other Iranian leaders. The strikes on Iran have killed at least 787 people including 176 children – more than 100 of whom are from a girls’ school in Minab, the non-profit Human Rights Activists in Iran reported.
“This is going to enrage the world against Israel and the United States,” Jones said of the deadly school missile strike. “Again, I don’t like the mullahs, but this is supposed to be America First. We’re not supposed to be running around doing this anymore.”
In another livestream , Jones said Trump was “breaking” a promise to his supporters by attacking Iran and forcing “regime change.”
“Trump ran on not doing regime change,” Jones said. “I’m just saying, you don’t tell us ‘no more regime change’ that we’ve seen the CIA do and many times put worse people in on purpose, and then you turn around and say ‘oh no this is a great thing.’”
i think I read it here last year that one positive think the felon’s done is to make Quebecers proud to be Canadian. Well, here’s another one. He’s gotten at least one influential conspiracy nut to stop believing him.
Yet another musician attacks the felon’s administration for using their music.
Kesha called out the Donald Trump administration on Monday for trying to “incite violence and threaten war” with a clip set to her music.
The pop star responded on social media to the White House sharing an edited clip, set to the soundtrack of her hit “Blow,” that depicts a fighter jet launching a missile before it hits a ship.
(Note: The ship appears to be a decommissioned U.S. Navy frigate that Australian, Canadian, Malaysian and American forces sunk in a 2022 warfare exercise.)
“Lethality shared last month.
Kesha condemned the White House for using one of her songs to “incite violence and threaten war.”
“Trying to make light of war is disgusting and inhumane. I absolutely do NOT approve of my music being used to promote violence of any kind,” wrote Kesha, who is among a number of musical acts that have slammed the president and his administration for the use of their music.
He’s got his finger on the button. The snooze button. (The link’s to a video.)
President Donald Trump looked particularly exhausted during a roundtable meeting at the White House on Wednesday. Several times throughout the 56-minute meeting, centered on customer energy prices, Trump, 79, was seen with his face drooping and his eyes closed, primed and ready for an afternoon nap.
I’d be surprised if the Obama Admin wasn’t investigated more. Remember there were something like 8 just about Benghazi.
Monty
March 5, 2026, 6:26am
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Hah! And let’s not foret who it was pushing for those investigations.
Jihi
March 5, 2026, 7:06am
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Monty:
“The president had a feeling, again, based on fact, that Iran was going to strike the United States, was going to strike our assets in the region, and he made a determination to launch Operation Epic Fury based on all of those reasons,” Leavitt said .
The White House’s excuse for Trump attacking Iran is exactly the same as Jimbo’s, the character from South Park, for illegally shooting turkeys.
“Iran’s coming right at us!”
(If I knew how to make a meme, I would make a meme. Maybe another doper will be kind enough to make that image.)
pjd
March 5, 2026, 10:51am
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Easier than reprinting the non-stationary !
You need to get some border collies and herd it though the printer.
Marvin Gaye at his absolute best.
Smapti
March 5, 2026, 8:17pm
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NO TRANSGENDER MUTILATION SURGERY FOR CHILDREN (without the express written approval of the parents)
enipla
March 5, 2026, 8:27pm
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Trump votes by mail. And does he have ‘prof’ of citizenship (whatever that is)
So he once again proves that he has an IQ the same as his hat size.
enipla:
Trump votes by mail.
He is a fraud and acts accordingly. Always has.
enipla
March 5, 2026, 8:43pm
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Criminals assume everyone else is a criminal too. Well they generally only associate with criminals, ergo, everyone is a criminal, and they want a piece of the pie too.
enipla:
Trump votes by mail.
Why would he even bother to vote? Easier to bully your minions into producing favorable results.
