Retired Educational software guy. Trying to counter Trumpism and false information. Love Democracy. like bring joy to kids with bubble performances

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Replying to @EricLDaugh
Trump causes the problem, gets a whole bunch of people killed, makes an absolutely terrible deal and you're excited?
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Trump's Iran deal is so fantastic that he won't show it to you. Trump's Iran deal is so great for America that he won't let you read a word of it. ...Just like his taxes ...Just like his health care plan ...Just like Mexico paid for the wall. It is all ONE HUGE LIE.
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Trump has negotiated a Iran deal that has: Israel in worse strategic position America in much worse position with our allies and with Iran Iran in stronger position and far wealthier
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Replying to @OccupyDemocrats
This war marks the end of US hegemony. When you demonstrate that you can no longer control global navigation at sea it’s over. Trump surrendered to Iran who now and in the future can use the Hormuz Strait as blackmail.
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Replying to @OccupyDemocrats
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MAJOR BREAKING: Trump's full Iran deal LEAKS out of Saudi Arabia — and it's a thousand times worse than even his harshest critics predicted. This is a historic surrender by Trump and Vance. #6 is a real doozy... According to Al Arabiya, a state-owned news channel out of Saudi Arabia, the agreement between the White House and Tehran is a 14-point "Memorandum of Understanding." Here are those points in summary: 1) Iran, the United States, and their allies declare upon signing that there will be "an immediate and permanent end to the war on all fronts, including Lebanon." They vow not to "launch any hostile attack against each other" and will "will refrain from the threat or use of force against each other." That means no more Truth Social threats from Trump ranting that a "whole civilization will die tonight." 2) The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States undertake to respect each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and to refrain from interfering in each other's internal affairs. 3) The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States undertake to negotiate and reach a final agreement within a maximum period of 60 days, extendable by mutual consent. 4) The U.S. will lift its naval blockade and "prevent any interference or obstruction against" Iran. Traffic through the region will be restored within 30 days to "full capacity" and "pre-war volume of traffic on the part of the Islamic Republic of Iran." The U.S. agrees to withdraw its military forces from the surrounding region within 30 days of the final agreement (which still has to be written and ratified). 5) Iran agrees to immediately "take steps" to ensure that the movement of merchant ships from the Persian Gulf to the Sea of Oman and vice versa is resumed within 30 days to the pre-war volume, taking into account the need for the removal of technical obstacles and the neutralization of mines by Iran. 6) The U.S. and its allies will create a "comprehensive plan" for the "rehabilitation and economic development of the Islamic Republic of Iran." It must amount to AT LEAST $300 billion. The full design of the program will be written into the final agreement. In other words: Trump wasted billions of your tax dollars to blow up Iran and now he's spending billions more to rebuild it. 7) The U.S. agrees to end "all types of sanctions" on Iran, including those implemented by the U.N. Security Council and the International Atomic Energy Agency, as well as all "unilateral U.S. sanctions, both primary and secondary." This is an absolutely MASSIVE concession. Sanctions have long been the primary tool of imperial oppression wielded by the U.S. against Iran. While ostensibly designed to weaken the Ayatollah and the theocratic mullahs, in practice the sanctions have done nothing but inflict pointless suffering and misery on the Iranian people. Iranian elites exist in a pampered bubble much like the elites do in the United States. It's the normal people who suffer under sanctions because they're denied access to food, medicine, technology, and other imports. Because those supplies are restricted, prices inflate, choking the middle and lower classes. With the removal of these sanctions, the Iranian people have a chance to enter into a new era of economic blossoming. In his genocidal, nihilistic quest to weaken and destroy Iran on behalf of Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump may have accidentally Made Iran Great Again. 8) The Islamic Republic of Iran reiterates that it will never produce nuclear weapons. The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States have agreed that the fate of enriched material and the fate of all other mutually agreed nuclear-related issues, including Iran’s nuclear needs, will be adequately addressed in a final agreement; the final agreement will confirm the provisions of this Article. While Trump will try to claim point 8 as some big victory, the use of the word "reiterates" here is crucial. Iran was never pursuing nuclear weapons in the first place. The White House and Israel lied about Iran's intentions as a pretext to start this war. Tellingly, Iran has not agreed to surrender its enriched uranium in this memo. 9) The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States agree that, pending a final agreement, they will maintain the status quo: Iran will maintain the status quo on its nuclear program, and the United States will not impose new sanctions on Iran or strengthen its forces in the region. To put it more succinctly: Trump accomplished nothing. 10) The U.S. agrees to "immediately" issue waivers for exports of Iranian crude oil, petrochemical products and their derivatives, and all related services, including banking, insurance, transportation, and the like. Those waivers will no longer be required once the sanctions are lifted in full. 11) The U.S. agrees to release "frozen or restricted funds and assets of the Islamic Republic of Iran" so long as negotiations progress towards a "final agreement." Those funds will "fully available for use" by Iran. 12) The U.S. and Iran agree that "an implementation mechanism will be established to oversee the successful implementation of and future commitment to the Final Agreement." The final agreement will be approved through a binding resolution of the UN Security Council. Let us be very clear about what this deal memo represents: a complete, and total surrender by the United States of America to the Islamic Republic of Iran. It constitutes the greatest military defeat in American history. It's also a cause for celebration. The deal is good for Iran, but more importantly it's good for the world. This conflict accomplished nothing beyond aiding Israeli's territorial expansion into Lebanon. Innocent people were slaughtered and Americans were forced to pay the price in the form of skyrocketing groceries and gas. It would have been far better if Trump had never started this war. But since he did, it's a blessing that it's finally (possibly) coming to an end. Please ❤️ and share if you think that Obama got a better deal!
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Trump said he demanded unconditional surrender, we just didn’t know he meant America’s.
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Aged like milk in the Strait of Hormuz sun.
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Replying to @FoxNews
And that everything remains the same as before February 28th, but with destroyed military bases and billions spent on a war imposed by Israel, there's no doubt that the orange shit is a genius of strategy 🤣😂🤣😂 Epic humiliation!!
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Replying to @FoxNews
Trump says over and over “ I started this war so IRAN CAN NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON!” It’s literally just a stolen line from Obamas JOCPA agreement. So he’s doing all of this just to get the same deal Obama got signed with no casualties.
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Iran comes out of the War in much better financial and strategic shape. Trump’s peace deal will allow Iran to sell oil and fuel immediately in major concession. Iran also shows strategically it can close the Strait of Hormuz.
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When Notre-Dame burned in 2019, the world stopped. Today, Russia damages Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, a monastery nearly 1,000 years old and older than Notre-Dame itself. A thousand years of history deserves the same attention, the same sympathy, and the same protection.
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Replying to @EricLDaugh
Here is your reminder that last year, before Trump started the war with Iran, gas was $65 per barrel. And the Strait was open.
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Breaking News: The Justice Dept. is seeking to throw out a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s company, xAI, over the data center's air pollution, saying it has the right to run polluting gas-burning turbines in Mississippi despite not having permits for them. nyti.ms/4vf29dw
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Replying to @atrupar
ART OF THE DEAL - No regime change - IRGCC still stands - Iran knows Hormuz can be used as a leverage -$24B in frozen assets RELEASED vs Obama’s deal of $2.7B -$300 B to Iran in damages - War of Choice meant to show US MIGHT, reveals Trump Admin’s incompetence So Much Winning!
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All this for the launch of a Presidential Library, and Trump was trying to bring Vanilla Ice and Florida for the country’s 250th birthday celebrations. Do you see the differences when people actually like and respect you? 😂😂
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Trump looked into the camera and said of the ballroom, “This is taxpayer-free. We have no taxpayer putting up 10 cents.” Three weeks earlier, his own contractor had already put it in writing. The ballroom would cost $600 million, with half of it from you, the taxpayer. Trump knew. He said it anyway. This administration has no problem shortchanging Medicaid or food for kids. But $300 million for a ballroom and a private bunker? Found that money instantly. I am an appropriator. I see the budget. This was never about what we can afford. It is about who they choose to spend it on. I will fight this in every hearing, every markup, every vote, until the last dime is accounted for. Most of my Republican colleagues are silent while the public is robbed in broad daylight. Where in the hell are they? wapo.st/4vOuwPD
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Replying to @elonmusk
From what I have seen, the majority are happy with the kids under 16 being kept off social media move. The guy that is happy for them to see hardcore XXX rated content all over his site, and engage with nonces on his site. Isn't... I'd call that a fucking slam dunk and very telling.
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The coronavirus vaccine reduced the risk of major cardiovascular events linked to covid-19 — strokes, heart attacks, and hospitalization from heart disease — by about 40 percent, according to new research. wapo.st/43EOal9
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The performers for the Obama Presidential Library opening on June 18 have been announced: Stevie Wonder John Legend Jennifer Hudson The Roots Bruce Springsteen Christina Aguilera Marsai Martin Common U2’s Bono and The Edge Eddie Vedder Marc Anthony Tems
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Replying to @Acyn
Not to mention the fact that the strait was fully operational under Obama's watch.
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