Reposted by MelSteve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Two US service members in Jordan were killed Friday by Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks. One service member is missing and four were medically evacuated to Jordanian hospitals and have since been discharged. - CENTCOM 88538
Reposted by MelNBC News @nbcnews.com · 18/07/2026BREAKING: Two U.S. service members were killed while defending against an Iranian ballistic missile and drone attack in Jordan, and another service member is missing, U.S. Central Command said.nbcnews.toTwo U.S. service members killed in Jordan and another is missing, military saysU.S. Central Command said four other U.S. service members were treated for injuries and later released. 2814669
Reposted by MelThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 18/07/2026Breaking News: Two U.S. service members were killed and a third was missing after an Iranian attack on a base in Jordan, according to the Pentagon. Follow live updates.nyti.msIran War Live Updates: 2 U.S. Service Members Killed and 1 Missing in Iranian Attack on JordanThey were the first U.S. troops to die from hostile fire in the region since an early April truce. The deaths came as both sides expanded the scope and intensity of their attacks. 154323
Reposted by MelThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 18/07/2026“The situation has become unbearable.” U.S. airstrikes targeting southern Iran have rattled Iranians’ nerves this week, they said in interviews, and destroyed key links between one province and the rest of the country.nyti.msU.S. Strikes Leave Iranians Isolated and ScaredOvernight strikes damaged a tunnel and three bridges in Hormozgan Province, the governor’s office said. 124515
Reposted by MelThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 18/07/2026The U.S. military says two troops are dead and one is missing after Iranian attacks on a base in Jordan.bit.lyUS and Iran exchange strikes as they struggle over Strait of HormuzThe United States and Iran have exchanged strikes aimed at infrastructure and military targets as their battle over the Strait of Hormuz intensifies. 37177102
Reposted by MelMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/07/2026BREAKING: CENTCOM says two U.S. service members were killed in action in Jordan on July 17 while defending against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks. One additional service member remains missing in action. Four wounded service members have been discharged from Jordanian hospitals. 1541507610
Reposted by MelAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18/07/2026BREAKING: We've lost two more service members in Trump's deranged, illegal, and unnecessary war in Iran. 1582172886
Reposted by MelShipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 18/07/2026CENTCOM says two U.S. service members were killed in action in Jordan on July 17 while U.S. and partner forces defended against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks. One service member remains missing. Four others were hospitalized and later discharged. 19455121
Reposted by MelMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/07/2026NEWS: Two American troops are dead in Jordan. One is missing. And the Commander in Chief spent this morning on "Executive Time" at his golf course. Full recap on everything happening right now. Iran, Kuwait, Ukraine's strikes on Moscow, all of it. Your midday recap is here.meidasplus.comSaturday Afternoon Updates: Multiple U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iranian Strikes + More — 7/18/26Everything you need to know this Saturday 941429537
Reposted by MelThe Independent @the-independent.com · 18/07/2026Two US service members killed by Iranian attacks in Jordan, military saystrib.alTwo US service members killed by Iranian attacks in Jordan, military saysOne service member missing in action and four others injured, Defense Department announces 3158
Reposted by MelReuters @reuters.com · 18/07/2026Two US service members in Jordan killed in Iranian attack, US says reut.rs/4hqhmnUreut.rsTwo US service members in Jordan killed in Iranian attack, US saysTwo U.S. military personnel in Jordan were killed on Friday as they defended against an attack by Iranian missiles and drones, the U.S. Central Command said in a statement on Saturday. 74925
Reposted by MelHugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 18/07/2026New — Two US soldiers were killed and one is missing after Iran launched retaliatory ballistic missile strikes into Jordan on Friday, per CENTCOM 710141
Reposted by MelBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Vance is in so far over his head 45656185
Reposted by MelTofuNYG 🏈🏳️🌈🗽🇺🇦 🚫👑🖕🧊 @groguspeak.bsky.social · 21/06/2026MAGA cultists inability to blame Trump for this shit show and to lay all the blame on Vance is both mind boggling and hilarious at the same time. 711417
Reposted by MelBlue Dot in Red State @bluedotin.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Our country with Trump and Vance looks liike a bunch of bush league leaders who have NO idea what they are doing. Yup, that is what we have become. Thank you, IDIOT TRUMP. Cannot wait to see you leave...one way or another. 1213525
Reposted by MelRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/06/2026The Iranian Foreign Minister makes Vance wait, then when he arrives he refuses to shake Vance’s hand or greet him. The US has never looked smaller or weaker on the world stage. 65377772233
Reposted by MelTrixie 🌸🇨🇦 @trixie57.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Because Trump started threatening Iran again (in violation of the MOU), the Iranians won’t negotiate with Vance. The US wanted a photo op, and Iran basically said fuck that bullshit. 24505160
Reposted by MelThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 15/06/2026"Trump and his team, in record time, just lost a war to a militarily mediocre—but nonetheless, extremely dangerous—adversary," @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues.bit.lyTrump Celebrates While America CapitulatesThe peace deal with Tehran is an Iranian victory. 1229097
Reposted by MelNancy Pelosi @pelosi.house.gov · 10/06/2026Trump’s illegal war in Iran has inflation skyrocketing—but he has said he doesn’t even think about Americans’ financial situations. Working families are paying the price for his indifference from the grocery store to the gas pump. And the Republican cult in Congress enables it. 98136
Reposted by MelThe Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 10/06/2026The president went back on his word. Again. thedailybeast.comTrump Bombs Iran After Vowing He Wants PeaceThe president went back on his word. Again. 64814
Reposted by MelAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/06/2026"Trump sought to play down the helicopter incident, saying that it 'wasn’t a big deal' and stressing that 'the pilot is fine.' The Apache crew spent two hours in the water as darkness fell. One senior US official described the crew’s escape from the downed aircraft as a 'hand of God' moment."wsj.comTrump Says U.S. Must Respond After Confirming Iran Shot Down Apache HelicopterTwo crew members scrambled aboard drone boat after two hours in water; Tehran hasn’t claimed responsibility 1011018330
Reposted by MelRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/06/2026The NY Knicks had won 13 games in a row. An epic winning streak. Then Donald Trump showed up. 1543154612
Reposted by MelWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Scott Pelley exits with integrity in tact. Well done. 481377240
Reposted by MelJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 03/06/2026“I have been in combat in Afghanistan,” Scott Pelley told the NYT just after he was fired. “I have been in combat in Iraq. I have been in the war zone in Ukraine multiple times, risking my life and the happiness of my family because of my devotion to the broadcast.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/b...nytimes.comCBS News Fires Scott Pelley of ‘60 Minutes’ 682496583
Reposted by Melshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 31/05/2026been saying this to friends for a while but putting it here for posterity: ossoff has an excellent chance of being the dem nominee in 2028 1182419367
Reposted by MelCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 28/05/2026YOUNG MC: “.. I HAVE INFORMED MY AGENTS THAT I WILL NOT BE PERFORMING AT THE FREEDOM 250 EVENT. .. The artists were never told about any political involvement with the event.” @variety.com variety.com/2026/music/n...variety.comYoung MC Follows Morris Day in Exiting D.C. ‘Freedom 250’ Festival Over Trump Connection, as C+C Music Factory Weighs Options: ‘The Artists Were Never Told About Any Political Involvement’After Morris Day said he wouldn't participate in the Freedom 250 concerts, Young MC followed suit, as C+C Music Factory weighed whether to stay or go. 601013244
Reposted by MelScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Trump says he was at Walter Reed, for the third time in a year, for a "routine physical." It took three hours for this "routine physical," and "routine physicals" are administered in the physicians office in the White House. What are they not telling us? www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...pbs.orgTrump wraps up 3-hour medical visit to Walter Reed. What the public finds out is up to himPresident Trump wrapped up a three-hour visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and said, “Everything checked out PERFECTLY.” 57399159
Reposted by MelThe Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 27/05/2026The president’s health has come under heightened scrutiny during his second term. thedailybeast.comPhysician Blasts ‘Performative and Nonsensical’ Claims About Trump, 79The president’s health has come under heightened scrutiny during his second term. 53114
Reposted by MelAshley Parker @ashleyrparker.bsky.social · 06/05/2026“The FBI also declined to provide images of bottles bearing the names of past directors.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...theatlantic.comKash Patel’s Personalized Bourbon StashThe FBI director has been leaving an unusual calling card. 2188
Reposted by MelAdam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 06/05/2026Kash Patel has turned a bourbon bottle engraved with his name, title and FBI shield into his "unusual calling card." A FBI flak claimed it's a "tradition." Asked if that was true, a former senior FBI official "burst out laughing." Another @sfifz787.bsky.social banger. buff.ly/QJl1Heatheatlantic.comKash Patel’s Personalized Bourbon StashThe FBI director has been leaving an unusual calling card. 15249101
Reposted by MelJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 06/05/2026hahaha holy shit! The same day it's reported that Kash Patel sicced the FBI on the Atlantic reporter behind the story about him being drunk on the job, she drops another banger about him handing out personalized FBI-branded bourbon bottles to staff and friends. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...theatlantic.comKash Patel’s Personalized Bourbon StashThe FBI director has been leaving an unusual calling card. 881870623
Reposted by MelWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Well, things are going well. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...washingtonpost.comIran fires on U.S. ships in Strait of Hormuz, in threat to ceasefireThe attacks followed the passage of U.S. warships and merchant vessels through the waterway despite Iran’s threats against attempts to “interfere” in the strait. 2532281
Reposted by MelRep. Diana DeGette @degette.house.gov · 30/04/2026Today, the House finally funded the Department of Homeland Security without including any money for Trump’s cruel immigration agenda. While this ensures that the hardworking men and women at TSA, FEMA, and the Coast Guard get paid, I will continue pushing to defund and dismantle ICE. 99824
Reposted by MelRep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost @frost.house.gov · 30/04/2026BREAKING: House Republicans kept DHS shut down for over 70 days, cutting off funds for FEMA, TSA, the Coast Guard & more. They caved today after accomplishing nothing. They're playing games with your safety while making life harder and more expensive.cnn.comCongress votes to reopen key parts of DHS without ICE funding | CNN PoliticsCongress voted to reopen key parts of the Department of Homeland Security — including the Transportation Security Administration — Thursday after weeks of GOP infighting that prolonged a record shutdo... 15251107
Reposted by MelEric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 29/04/2026AOC on how Democrats should respond to SCOTUS weakening VRA: “And so if Republicans are going to redraw North Carolina, if they're going to redraw Texas, if they're going to redraw and gerrymander every one of their states, then unfortunately, we have to provide balance to that” 241147279
Reposted by MelShipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Trump: I will not lift the naval blockade without a deal that includes the nuclear program.- Israeli Channel 12 News 65013
Reposted by MelKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Since Trump is out here denying he is a rapist, a reminder that a judge said he absolutely was onenewrepublic.comJudge in E. Jean Carroll Case: Yes, Donald Trump Is a RapistA judge rejected Trump’s semantic attempt to throw out the case. 11670082252
Reposted by MelQuinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 27/04/2026the gloves are OFF. this is WAR. at 9am we are going to file a MOTION TO DISMISS your LAWSUIT about the PRESIDENT'S BALLROOM 770770
Reposted by MelBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 27/04/2026“It is unlikely that Iran will ever relinquish their ability to use their control over the strait. In the best case, they will turn it into a much needed cash cow, a toll booth on one of the world’s most vital commercial shipping routes. “ open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...open.substack.comTrump's Iran Fiasco: 20 Disasters Wrapped in One Monstrous Megamess...and there are almost certainly more to come. 2330881
Reposted by MelEric Harvey @ericdharvey.com · 26/04/2026@brianstelter.bsky.social interviewing Karoline Leavitt on the “red carpet.” It’s all a game to them. Would that we could all enjoy such class solidarity 2943069
Reposted by MelKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/04/2026The horizontally-aligned Fox News' Bret Baier and his vertically-driven wife, a classic Washington mixed marriage 7864747
Reposted by MelBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 25/04/2026To journalists, media executives, and friends of a free press at tonight's WHCA dinner: You've invited Donald Trump, who routinely belittles and vulgarly insults journalists, and whose administration is hostile to a free and independent press. Don't be rude. Just leave before he speaks. 33645120
Reposted by MelKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Zero. Sympathy. They did this to themselves. Oh, and also? There definitely is an easy answer. 1409110181769
Reposted by MelThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 22/04/2026Donald Trump’s aides have kept him in the dark on important conversations—and “the ramifications for democratic accountability are serious,” @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily:bit.lyThe Aides Keeping the President in the DarkDonald Trump’s advisers are treating him like he can’t handle the reality of the war in Iran. They might be right—but that fact is a danger to the constitutional order. 25341105
Reposted by MelAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 22/04/2026You can have no rage, Republicans, when you lit the fuse. You just got outplayed 914225594
Reposted by MelPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22/04/2026WASHINGTON (AP) — Virginia voters approve new US House districts that could aid Democrats in midterm elections. 161203196
Reposted by MelKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Breaking NYT: JD Vance's diplomatic trip to Islamabad has been put on hold after Tehran failed to respond to American negotiating positions, according to a U.S. official with direct knowledge of the situation.nytimes.comVance’s Trip to Islamabad on Hold as U.S. Says Iran Failed to Respond to Its Terms 70516161
Reposted by MelShipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson says his country has no plans to go to Islamabad at the moment, adding, the reason for that is the contradictory messages, contradictory behaviors, and unacceptable actions of the American side. 1624773
Reposted by MelOSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 21/04/2026🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Vice President JD Vance’s trip to Islamabad has been suspended after Iran refused to respond to U.S. negotiating positions, American officials say the trip can go forward if the Iranians respond. - NYT. 76110
