“I don’t think this is an appropriate time for a war powers resolution, and I don’t think it’s necessary. For 80 years, presidents of both parties have acted with the same Commander in Chief Authrity under Article 2. You had President Biden used three times in Middle East operations. President Obama went on an eight month campaign bombing Libya to take down the regime there.”

“I never heard a Democrat balk about any of that. And suddenly now they’re just up in arms. It’s all politics. This is not a time for politics,” said devout Christian aphorism machine Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday when asked if Congress was going to assert its authority.

Three Iranian officials tell the New York Times they gave advance warning of the attack via intermediaries, meaning it was all kayfabe to make it look like to regime loyalists that there was a proportionate response. “The officials said Iran symbolically needed to strike back at the US but at the same time carry it out in a way that allowed all sides an exit ramp,” the Times literally writes.

Which would mean Trump knew this “symbolic” counterattack was coming and still allowed it to happen, putting American troops and Qatari civilians in harm’s way for choreographed bullshit.

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— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) June 23, 2025

At least six Iranian-launched missiles hit the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar on Monday night local time and more were fired at another American base in Iraq, Axios reports on the Trump Regime getting the escalation they probably wanted out of this. No word on casualties yet.

Baton Rouge, Lousiana Marine Corps veteran Adrian Clouatre, 26, tells the AP he has to keep lying to his 2 year-old son Noah that “Mama will be home soon” and switched 3 month-old daughter Lyn to baby formula after his wife Paola was tossed in the ICE gulag in Monroe last month.

Paola, 25, a Mexican national was detained when she showed up at an immigration services office to apply for a green card, finding that she had been subject to a deportation order years ago because of her estranged mother who had abandoned her as a teenager, but figured that now she was married to a US citizen everything would be fine. It wasn’t and ICE cuffed her in the lobby.

Before the convicted felon President Trump had returned to office she would’ve been issued a green card as a family member of a veteran, but that policy was quietly revoked. Marine Corps recruiters by the way are still advertising that service is a way to get family members exempted from deportation orders. Corps spokesman Master Sgt Tyler Hlavac told the AP that recruiters have now been informed they are “not the proper authority” to “imply that the Marine Corps can secure immigration relief for applicants or their families.” Sorry losers and suckers, but America First.

Paola Clouarte’s story is not to be confused with that of Ana Gabriella Diaz and her American husband Roberto Gutierrez. Diaz’s daughter is 16 months old and was still breastfeeding before her mother was arrested in Cailfornia and tossed probably in the same gulag at Monroe (KABC’s reporting just says “1,400 miles away” very roughly the distance to Monroe as the crow flies).

“In line with the State of Qatar’s commitment to the safety of its citizens, residents, and visitors, the relevant authorities have announced the temporary suspension of air traffic in the country’s airspace. This is part of a set of precautionary measures taken in response to developments in the region,” says a bulletin from the Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued Monday. Can’t have any luxury 787s getting shot down in the crossfire between US troops and the Iranians, right?

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs affirms that official bodies are closely and continuously monitoring the situation, assessing new developments in coordination with regional and international partners, and will keep the public informed of any updates through official channels. The Ministry reiterates that the safety and security of all individuals on Qatari soil remains a top priority, and the state will not hesitate to take all necessary precautionary steps in this regard,” the alert continued.

“Did I hear Former President Medvedev, from Russia, casually throwing around the ‘N word’ (Nuclear!), and saying that he and other Countries would supply Nuclear Warheads to Iran? Did he really say that or, is it just a figment of my imagination? If he did say that, and, if confirmed, please let me know, IMMEDIATELY. The ‘N word’ should not be treated so casually. I guess that’s why Putin’s ‘THE BOSS.’ By the way, if anyone thinks our ‘hardware’ was great over the weekend, far and away the strongest and best equipment we have, 20 years advanced over the pack, is our Nuclear Submarines. They are the most powerful and lethal weapons ever built, and just launched the 30 Tomahawks – All 30 hit their mark perfectly. So, in addition to our Great Fighter Pilots, thank you to the Captain and Crew!” posted convicted felon President Trump on Monday.

The fat bastard was responding to Dmitry Medvedev – Putin’s tag-teammate who subbed in during a four-year interregnum before they abolished the constitution – tweeting that Russia would supply nukes to Iran if their enrichment capacity was indeed taken out by the US strikes.

I spent millions of my own money and TRAVELED THE ENTIRE COUNTRY campaigning for President Trump and his MAGA agenda and his promises.

And Trump’s MAGA agenda included these key promises:

NO MORE FOREIGN WARS.

NO MORE REGIME CHANGE.

WORLD PEACE.

And THIS is what the people…

— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) June 23, 2025

Continued after the cutoff: “And THIS is what the people voted for. Only 6 months in and we are back into foreign wars, regime change, and world war 3. It feels like a complete bait and switch to please the neocons, warmongers, military industrial complex contracts, and neocon tv personalities that MAGA hates and who were NEVER TRUMPERS! After the bombs were dropped, we were told ‘complete success’ and Iran’s nuclear capabilities were totally wiped out. Then it quickly turned to Iran’s nuclear facilities ‘partially damaged’ and now it’s ‘we don’t know where their enriched uranium is.’ Let me be very clear. My children are 22, 25, and 27. I will literally fight ANYONE for their future.”

“And their future and their entire generation’s future MUST be free of America LAST foreign wars that provoke terrorists attacks on our homeland, military drafts, and NUCLEAR WAR. I am FIGHTING for them to have a future where they can afford to buy a home, afford insurance, invest for retirement, enjoy life, retain their God given freedoms, afford to raise a family under their Christian faith, not be in debt, safety and security, AND NOT HAVE OUR OWN TAX PAYER FUNDED GOVERNMENT DESTROY IT ALL. Contrary to brainwashed Democrat boomers think and protest about, Trump is not a king, MAGA is not a cult, and I can and DO have my own opinion.”

That false statement aside and whether she’s serious or not, this is getting pretty close to the point where the Orange God Emperor is going to have to respond. Might be at that point already.

US intel sources tell Reuters that Iran could launch retaliatory strikes on US troops stationed in the Middle East within the next day or two, but are hoping “peace talks” can prevent any revenge.

“The spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea gave the following answer to the question raised by KCNA on June 23 as regards the US military strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities: The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea strongly denounces the attack on Iran by the US, which severely violated the UN Charter with respect for sovereignty and non-interference in internal affairs as its basic principle, and also the norms of other international laws, by violently trampling down the territorial integrity and security interests of a sovereign state. Opposing the threat and exercise of force that undermine the territorial integrity and political independence of a country in international relations constitutes the purpose, principles and fundamental spirit of the UN Charter that reflects the unanimous will of the international community,” says fatass Kim Jong Un’s Regime in a statement issued via state media.

“The present situation of the Middle East, which is shaking the very basis of international peace and security, is the inevitable product of Israel’s reckless valour as it advances its unilateral interests through ceaseless war moves and territorial expansion, and that of the Western-style free order which has so far tolerated and encouraged Israeli acts. Acts of Israel and the US are amplifying serious concerns as they have further aggravated the tension in the Middle East and brought serious negative consequences on the global security structure by use of physical strength under the pretext of so-called ‘peacekeeping’ and ‘removal of threat’. The righteous international community should raise the voice of unanimous censure and rejection against the US and Israel’s confrontational acts,” the statement continued. Not terribly surprising they didn’t like it.

“EVERYONE, KEEP OIL PRICES DOWN. I’M WATCHING! YOU’RE PLAYING RIGHT INTO THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY. DON’T DO IT!” posted convicted felon President Trump on Monday, warning the market for the commodity they’ll be very sorry for adhering to the basic laws of supply and demand.

The very Communist-ish shitpost was then followed by “To The Department of Energy: DRILL, BABY, DRILL!!! And I mean NOW!!!” as though US oil production isn’t already at historic highs and that new production of currently untapped reservoirs could be brought online “NOW!!!” and not on the scale of years normally required in the complex and highly work-intensive practices in the industry.

Also noticeable is this particular pattern with the fat bastard, like when he freaked out at Walmart for warning they were going to have to raise prices because of his moronic trade war with China, that he just melts the fuck down when confronted with the consequences for his actions.

CNBC reports the Chicoms are thrilled by the possibility the Iranians could blockade the Strait of Hormuz, writing the Xi Regime thinks “oil chokepoints squeeze the US more than it hurts Beijing.”

You can see on the chyron where they’re going with this, that Iranian retaliation occurring on American soil is already Joe Biden’s fault because his administration let them in. On Sunday dark money-funded “news” site The Center Square went on at length about the 729 Iranian nationals (not 1,500, the number “encountered” at the border during that period), citing the exact year-by-year breakdown Kilmeade puts on the screen at 1:19 in the clip above. At no point in either piece of “reporting” does Fox News or the Center Square elaborate on why these 729 individuals were allowed into the United States and the other 861+ were not. Might be worth pointing out that they probably were either allowed to enter pending asylum proceedings or something similar, but either way if they have the data on their numbers then that means these 729 are known to the federal government and could be detained this morning if the Trump Regime wants to do it.

Which in turn says pretty plainly that in the extremely unlikely event any one of those 729 Iranians ends up blowing up a synagogue or shooting up a shopping mall or whatever then at the very least we now know that it could’ve been prevented by the Trump Administration. Or Team Trump actually probably secretly allowed it to happen, maybe even supplied the weaponry to the attacker(s).

Another fucking ridiculous omission from Tom Cotton comes when he mentions that John Bolton and Mike Pompeo are targets for Iranian agents, leaving out who might’ve made them easier targets.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune will hold an all-hands meeting with his caucus on Monday night to finalize the chamber’s version of the regressive and fucking stupidly named “Big Beautiful Bill” to screw poor people out of Medicaid benefits and give handouts to the wealthy and corporations, meaning the bill could hit the floor for a vote as early as this Wednesday, Semafor reports.

“In Mr Trump’s four years in office, he started no wars despite enormous pressure from his own party and even members of his own administration. Not starting wars is perhaps a low bar, but that’s a reflection of the hawkishness of Mr Trump’s predecessors and the foreign-policy establishment they slavishly followed. But Mr Trump did more than simply keep the peace. He brokered the Abraham Accords, a historic agreement between Israel and Sunni Arab states providing the best hope of a long-term counterbalance to Iran. He began the long, slow process of decoupling the US from its economic reliance on China. He opened diplomatic talks with North Korea after a half century of stagnation. And he pushed hard – to much derision – for Europe to take more responsibility for its own defense, precisely so that the US wouldn’t be drawn so deeply and dangerously into a conflict like the one in Ukraine,” wrote Senator JD Vance in a Wall Street Journal editorial on January 31, 2023. What a great piece. People should print it out and frame it.

A Sunday article from the Daily Caller prominently featured a tweet by MAGA influencer Nick Sortor that read “🚨 #BREAKING: A man just rammed a truck into a Christian Church in Wayne, Michigan before opening fire on the crowd… Many children were present, and numerous casualties are reported. Christianity is UNDER ATTACK. Anyone saying otherwise is lying. The assailant was kiIIed by an…” which Sortor then deleted at some point in the 12 hours after the article was printed.

“Considering this is near Dearborn, MI, aka the Islamic capital of the US, I’m interested in hearing the shooter’s name,” Sortor wrote in a reply to another user that he neglected to delete.

BREAKING: US Embassy tells Americans in Qatar to shelter in place 'out of an abundance of caution'

— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 23, 2025

Texas Senator John Cornhole Cornyn’s situation with a primary challenge from corrupt, Picasso-faced Attorney General Ken Paxton has gotten so dire that, when asked privately if he would retire and back still-undeclared MAGA Congressman Wesley Hunt, Cornyn he’d be willing to step down for the right candidate but didn’t think Hunt would be able to defeat Paxton, the Wall Street Journal reports in a story full of other pants-pissing about the increasingly grim 2026 primary.

Some Republicans estimate that Paxton could cost the party as much as $250 million in a general election in the very likely event he wins the primary against Cornyn, sucking away money better spent in Georgia and Michigan where they’re trying to go on offense to defeat Dem Jon Ossoff and take an open seat being vacated by retiring Dem Gary Peters. Cornyn would cost the party approximately $0 because he has a shit ton of his own cash. Again, Dems are still going to need to recruit Matthew McConaughey or Tim Duncan if they want to have a chance in this one.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Senate GOP campaign chief Tim Scott had asked convicted felon President Trump to endorse Cornyn before Pax had launched his campaign in April, but the fat fuck refused, saying simply “They’re both friends of mine. I’ll make a determination at the right time.”

“The conflict between Israel and Iran has resulted in disruptions to travel and periodic closure of airspace across the Middle East.  There is the potential for demonstrations against US citizens and interests abroad. The Department of State advises US citizens worldwide to exercise increased caution,” says a State Department alert for revenge for the non-regime change regime change.

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— JD Vance (@JDVance) June 23, 2025

Neckbeard Vice President JD Vance was happy to repost this one, but not the other one where his fat idiot boss directly contradicted the message Vance and his fellow minions had spent hours pushing on live television the previous morning about being opposed to “regime change” in Iran.

Iran’s main nuclear enrichment/research site Fordo, near Tehran, was hit in airstrikes again on Monday, the AP reports, citing state TV. It’s not clear whether the US or Israel struck.

The IDF also bombed the gate of the Evin prison in Tehran, known for holding political prisoners.