Donald Trump has threatened that Iran will be “blown off the face of the earth” if it attacks US vessels trying to reopen a route through the strait of Hormuz.

The US launched an operation on Monday to help hundreds of ships trapped with their crews in the Gulf, dragging the region back to the brink of full-scale war.

Over 800 ships and roughly 20,000 crew members remain stranded in the region.

    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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      19 hours ago

      Honestly even if Congress is swept by Democrats, I would be completely unsurprised if the controlled opposition faction of the DNC (read: the vast majority of them) does nothing at all due to how diViSiVE it would be. And even if they do, the Tribunal of Six will probably try to declare impeachment unconstitutional or something like that.

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        9 hours ago

        The leftist candidates that have been winning these various special elections by double-digit spreads over highly-favored right-wing candidates are not dems, they’re progressives. Same label, very different flavor.

        And I am totally here for that. It’s been fun watching them quietly form a party within the party.