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The Wizard

@paulbenson48442

Retired university professor. North shore Boston. Proud progressive Democrat and Resistor.

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calendar_today10-07-2025 20:51:14

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NEW: A classified report by the National Intelligence Council, representing the collective wisdom of America's 18 intelligence agencies, found that even a large-scale assault on Iran would be unlikely to oust its entrenched military and clerical establishment đź§µ

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As US troops deploy to the Middle East. As gas prices spike. As 92,000 jobs vanish in a single month. As scores of children die in elementary schools. As acid rain falls over Tehran. As Switzerland breaks 200 years of neutrality to call it a war crime. As Iran announces a

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Listening to Trump’s rambling press conference just now and it looks that he’s decided it’s time to declare victory and get out. No regime change. Good luck to the Iranian people (they’ll need it).

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Joe Rogan: "It just seems so insane based on what he ran on. I mean, this is why a lot of people feel betrayed. He ran on no more wars and these stupid, senseless wars. And then we have one that we can't even really clearly define why we did it."

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“If they keep hitting Tehran like this for another 10 days, nothing will remain.” Intense, widespread bombing of Tehran by US and Israel targets civilian as well as military, reports the New York Times. nytimes.com/2026/03/10/wor… via @NYTimes

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“The self-immolation of Donald Trump.” Excellent, brief overview by NYT columnist, Janelle Boule, on how Trump fucked himself (by fucking all of us). youtu.be/ozvWGx_Re9A?si… via YouTube

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Congress is told 1st week of war with Iran cost US taxpayers $11.3 BILLION. Think of what this money could have been used for TO HELP AMERICANS! apnews.com/live/iran-war-…

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Aren’t you glad we needlessly went to war with Iran & are all making “a lot of money” off of skyrocketing oil prices?

Aren’t you glad we needlessly went to war with Iran &  are all making “a lot of money” off of skyrocketing oil prices?
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Nearly 2 weeks of war. 13 Americans killed, 1000s of Iranians & Lebanese. World economy upended, oil prices near $100 a barrel, US gas prices at $3.60 & rising. Multiple domestic terror attacks. No chance of regime change, leaving Iranians without hope. For what?

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MAGA posts about the Democrats refusing to found DHS are lies. Democrats have repeatedly agreed to fund: ➡️TSA ➡️Cyber defense ➡️Coast Guard ➡️FEMA ➡️Everything but ICE & CBP The GOP blocked every bill. Why? They want to give ICE & CBP even more $$$ without any basic reforms.