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The Senate Democrats Open to Helping Trump Fund His War on Iran
New Republic • 1 week ago

The Senate Democrats Open to Helping Trump Fund His War on Iran

Despite expressing frustration over Donald Trump’s war with Iran, some Democrats are still considering voting to boost military spending by billions of dollars.At least four Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee haven’t ruled out additional funding for the Department of Defense: ranking member Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island and Senators Gary Peters of Michigan, Tim Kaine of Virginia, and Elissa Slotkin of Michigan.“I need to know the goals and the plan … I don’t rule anything out,” Slotkin told Politico. “I mean, we’re in it.”“We have to look at what they need,” Reed said. “Some of it might be to fill in critical issues and other theaters of war they’ve taken things from.”Defense and intelligence officials told Congress this week that the Pentagon may soon ask for emergency funding, but didn’t say when or how much it would need, although Politico reports that the White House is considering asking for $50 billion. But while some Democrats are open to new military funding, seven Democrats are needed to overcome a filibuster—and many others are not only skeptical of additional funding but outright hostile to the idea.“Good luck. What Democrat is going to vote to fund an illegal war? I don’t think—with the exception of one Democrat—there will be any votes for it,” said Senator Chris Murphy Wednesday, likely referring to Senator John Fetterman, who was the lone Democrat to vote against a war powers resolution Tuesday requiring Trump to seek Congress’s approval for further military action in Iran.Democrats in the House also scoffed at the idea of funding the war in Iran further.Representative Pete Aguilar of California said he has “a duty and a responsibility to help protect this country” but is “incredibly skeptical” of giving emergency military funding for Trump. “It’s going to be pretty hard to move me off of a ‘no,’” he said.“I mean, you lie to us, don’t consult us and then expect us to send more taxpayer money to a war that we shouldn’t have started with no plan and no answers,” said Representative Pat Ryan of New York, a military veteran. He called the $50 billion figure “outrageous.”Several Senate Democrats left a Tuesday classified briefing on Iran aghast at the lack of planning by the administration, openly accusing the White House of lying, and worrying about whether ground troops would be deployed. To fund the war would require their concerns to be addressed, but even then, it won’t change the fact that Trump started a dangerous war on a whim.

X Users Find Their Real Names Are Being Googled in Israel After Using X Verification Software “Au10tix”
Mint Press News • 1 week ago

X Users Find Their Real Names Are Being Googled in Israel After Using X Verification Software “Au10tix”

A wide range of anonymous X (Twitter) users have reported that their real names are suddenly being Googled in Israel shortly after they began criticizing the country for its actions in Palestine. Some connected the phenomenon to Au10tix, the software X requires users (even anonymous ones) to use in order to verify their real identities. Au10tix is an Israeli company founded and staffed by former Israeli spies from the elite Israeli military intelligence group Unit 8200. The post X Users Find Their Real Names Are Being Googled in Israel After Using X Verification Software “Au10tix” appeared first on MintPress News.

IHIP News: 🚨 GRUESOME Details of Trump's Iranian APOCALYPSE Come Out and It's WORSE Than You Think!
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I've Had It Podcast • 1 week ago

IHIP News: 🚨 GRUESOME Details of Trump's Iranian APOCALYPSE Come Out and It's WORSE Than You Think!

"Armed Only with a Camera": Oscar-Nominated Doc Honors Brent Renaud and Other "Fallen Journalists"
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Democracy Now Video • 1 week ago

"Armed Only with a Camera": Oscar-Nominated Doc Honors Brent Renaud and Other "Fallen Journalists"

Trump Team Freaking Out About Gas Prices Amid Iran War
New Republic • 1 week ago

Trump Team Freaking Out About Gas Prices Amid Iran War

The Trump administration is panicking over oil pricing spikes caused by the war it started on Iran.An anonymous energy industry executive told Politico that Energy Secretary Chris Wright, a team led by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, and other top energy advisers on Trump’s team “are getting screamed at to find some good news” regarding bringing down gas prices. “Folks are scrambling for announcements and messaging to counter the narrative” of more expensive gas in the immediate future, the executive added.The U.S-Israel joint attack on Iran and Iran’s subsequent retaliation on energy facilities across the Middle East has caused crude oil prices to rise by over $10 per barrel, causing pump prices to hit their highest peak since Trump’s inauguration.Gas was already extremely expensive, even as Trump claimed the opposite. Earlier this week, the president dismissed the entire notion of the spike, stating that “if we have a little high oil prices for a little while, but as soon as this ends, those prices are going to drop, lower than even before.”“Trump’s war in Iran (which is ‘not a war’) throws affordability out the window. Oil prices spiked this week to the highest since … the last time Trump bombed Iran,” political commentator Brian Tyler Cohen wrote Wednesday on X, referring to another massive spike in oil prices in June 2025. “He knows exactly what he’s doing to you and he doesn’t care.”But now it seems that the Trump administration is moving more urgently to bring the prices down, even offering the military to protect oil tankers traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, as Iran stated that it’d be bombing any that passed through. And that still may not be enough. Only time will tell how long Americans will put up with Trump losing them money at the gas pump.

Geeta Gandbhir on Her Double Oscar Noms for "The Perfect Neighbor" & "The Devil Is Busy"
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Democracy Now Video • 1 week ago

Geeta Gandbhir on Her Double Oscar Noms for "The Perfect Neighbor" & "The Devil Is Busy"

"Why Are We Going to War?": Former U.S. Middle East Officials Say Trump Has "No Clear Plan" on Iran
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Democracy Now Video • 1 week ago

"Why Are We Going to War?": Former U.S. Middle East Officials Say Trump Has "No Clear Plan" on Iran

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