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Screenshot 2026-02-28 at 21-56-11 Trump Calls for Overthrow of Iran’s Government - The New York Times

Trump & Iran: My Barbs, 2017-2026

This is on par with President George W. Bush being surprised that there were Sunni vs. Shiite Muslims after he launched the Iraq War https://t.co/i3cTa9aPLY— James Bovard (@JimBovard) March 2, 2026 Will MAGA follow Merle Haggard's footsteps? Haggard staunchly supported the Vietnam War but opposed U.S. warring after Bush invaded Iraq in 2003. How many […]

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Trump Wore Wrong Hat for the “I Declare War on Iran” Video

So why didn’t Trump wear this hat for his “I declare war on Iran” 8 minute video last night? The quality of that video was even more pathetic than Trump’s BS claim that “All I want is freedom for the [Iranian] people.”  Trump made that revelation in a 4 a.m. phone call this morning to […]

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Trump Tariff Meltdown

In a press conference today, Trump proclaimed: “I can destroy the [foreign] country.” Trump was outraged that the Supreme Court struck down his primary tariff scheme as an illegal abuse of power. Vice President Vance condemned the “lawlessness” of the decision – as if any limit on Trump’s dictatorial power over imports was lawless. How […]

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N.Y. Post: Your Bucks Stop with the TSA

New York Post, February 15, 2026 A class-action lawsuit seeks to stop TSA from unlawfully seizing flyers’ cash by James Bovard If you get stopped at an airport security checkpoint with $100 or more in cash, Transportation Security Administration agents can fleece you. TSA has stripped more than 10,000 travelers of their money since 2014, […]

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Never Forget Bush’s Bait-and-Switch Iraq War

Also published by Zero Hedge (39,000 views, 340 comments), Counterpunch, Eurasia Review,          Never Forget Bush’s Bait-and-Switch Iraq War By James Bovard A few presidencies ago, Washington politicians used boundless political and intellectual chicanery to drag America into a ruinous war.  Thousands of Americans died and scores of thousands of Iraqis perished […]

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Covid Flashback: Gestapo Hospitality at Upscale D.C. Coffee Shop

OTD 2022: Washington, DC fancy coffee shop adopted a Gestapo Model of Hospitality: WHERE ARE YOUR COVID VACCINATION PAPERS!?! Why did people pay $6.50 for a coffee and to be treated like parolees? That Dupont Circle coffee shop went out of business a few months later. My photo via a whistle-stop visit to DC to […]

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