"It does seem like a concerted strategy on the part of the government and the administration to put out these videos that not only minimize the seriousness of war, but sort of promote this nihilism. This sort of dehumanization, this like don't worry about what's going on, everything's a game."

~ Jon Favreau

#Trump #Iran #war #memes #AI #AISlop
/6

"It shows how online this administration is and how how shaped they are by this, you know, this the performative nature of online communication. It's all about memes and, you know, loud language and vulgarities and how do you shock people and how do you stun people and how do you scare people with with language?:

~ Anne Applebaum

#Trump #Iran #war #memes #AI #AISlop
/5

As people in the US and Middle East have been mourning their dead,

"The White House had begun posting snuff videos. Footage of actual US missile strikes hitting their targets in Iran are spliced together with scenes from Braveheart and Gladiator and Call of Duty and Mortal Kombat. Explosions that have killed innocent civilians are timed to the crack of a baseball bat or an NFL tackle."

~ Jon Favreau

#Trump #Iran #war #memes #AI #AISlop
/4

Anne Applebaum on the Trump regime's memeification of war:

"It's this performance online culture designed for, I don't know, teenage boys and and their grown-up equivalents. But it also has a purpose. It makes people say, you know, this war is unserious. All of this will make people feel disengaged and it may work. I mean, you know, how can you focus on a serious war when you're being told the story of it through comic strips and videos."

#Trump #Iran #war #memes
/3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3vEW9_a7Uo

#IRAN WARNS OF STAGED #ATTACK BLAMED ON THEM: Ali Larijani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, claimed that remaining members of the network linked to Epstein are plotting to stage a “9/11-like” incident and blame #Iran. https://aje.news/qapa08?update=4400741

#UN WARNS OF MASS #DISPLACEMENT IN #IRAN: The International Organization for Migration warned that worsening conditions in Iran are driving large-scale internal displacement as people flee damaged cities and the destruction of basic services. Many are moving to northern provinces they consider safer. https://aje.news/qapa08?update=4400785

… AND CLAIMS IT DESTROYED #HEZBOLLAH COMMAND CENTERS: #Israel claims it destroyed command centers of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Forces and struck several Hezbollah launch sites. It’s reported that Israeli strikes have killed at least 826 people since the start of the war in #Iran. https://aje.news/qapa08?update=4400489

How do you report on a war when the country you’re covering is almost completely offline?
Join us LIVE as reporters Alessandra and Jacqueline take you behind the scenes at #Iran #War Dispatches.
https://www.iranwar.news

Instead, the northern border of #Iran is a place of hesitation rather than escape, a sign that the war has shaken daily life but not yet pushed people to abandon it.

When the bombing in #Iran began, officials in southern Armenia expected a surge of Iranians to cross into the country, as they had during earlier flare-ups, such as the Twelve-Day War with Israel in 2025.

This time, though, the surge hasn’t come.

Good morning to readers. #Oil prices have surpassed $103 per barrel (+43% compared to pre-war).

At the #Armenia- #Iran border cars move both ways — families fleeing bombs, others returning home. For Hedia's family the crossing became a place in between, neither home nor exile. https://www.iranwar.news/p/caught-in-limbo-on-the-border-of

"The Wall Street Journal is now describing this as the most severe energy crisis since the 1970s.

CNBC calls it the biggest oil supply disruption in history.

Saudi Arabia has now cut its production of oil.

Iraq’s production of oil is down to less than one-third what it was before Trump started this war."

#Trump #Iran #war #madness #insanity #oil #gas #economy #EnergyCrisis #agriculture #fertilizer #food
/18

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#Iran
https://open.substack.com/pub/irandispatches/p/direct-talks-expected-between-israel?r=6rf4sj&utm_medium=ios

… BUT IS NOT READY FOR A DEAL: #Trump said #Iran has signaled willingness to negotiate a ceasefire, but that “the terms aren’t good enough yet,” declining to specify what terms he would require to move forward. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/iran-negotiate-ceasefire-deal-trump-kharg-hormuz-oil-rcna263474

"The Wall Street Journal is now describing this as the most severe energy crisis since the 1970s.

CNBC calls it the biggest oil supply disruption in history.

Saudi Arabia has now cut its production of oil.

Iraq’s production of oil is down to less than one-third what it was before Trump started this war."

#Trump #Iran #war #madness #insanity #oil #gas #economy #EnergyCrisis #agriculture #fertilizer #food
/18

"The president did unveil a new purported justification for the war today in his rambling press conference at his golf thing.

He said, quote:

'We’re doing this for the other parts of the world.”

We’re doing this for the other parts of the world.'

It’s actually hard to argue with that one. That one might actually be true."

~ Rachel Maddow

#Trump #Iran #war #madness #insanity #oil #gas #economy #EnergyCrisis #agriculture #fertilizer #food
/17

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/03/10/maddow_russia_giving_iran_advanced_targeting_information_trump_giving_russia_sanctions_relief.html

"Wars are not decided by social media posts or gut feelings. They are decided by logistics, strategy, alliances, and political resolve. Right now, the world is watching a conflict expand across multiple regions while the person in charge of the United States is posting fantasies about imaginary naval coalitions and claiming total victory over an enemy that is clearly still fighting."

~ Ben Meiselas

#Trump #Iran #war #madness #dementia #insanity #strongman
/16

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/important-saturday-news-updates-31425

"The Epstein Class is laughing all the way to the bank, drinking our tears as sugar for their expensive coffee. ... As we die and suffer, they laugh and make money off of AI, Crypto, and war."

~ Wajahat Ali

W. Ali points to recent statements of Palantir CEO (and Peter Thiel best bud) featured in the image below.

#Trump #Iran #war #EconomicElites #EpsteinClass #billionaires #TechBros #broligarchy #Palantir #PeterThiel #AlexKarp #crypto #AI
/14

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-epstein-class-is-creating-world

"According to Gas Buddy, the national average price for a gallon of regular gas is now up to $3.59 a gallon. This is a 62-cent jump from February 28th.

Largest oil disruption ever in history.

Brent is up 12.5% right now. That is up to 104.30. Crude oil is up 12%."

~ David Shuster

#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #economy #prices #affordability
/13

https://www.blueamp.co/p/shusters-weekly-wrap-up-trumps-iran

#IRAN THREATENS #UKRAINE OVER ALLEGED DRONE AID: An Iranian parliamentary official warned that Ukraine became a “legitimate target” for providing done support to #Israel.

https://x.com/Ebrahimazizi33/status/2032765438694682972