About Congress being supposed to be the branch that declares war — I wonder whether they will remember it at some point. This just felt — appropriate, somehow.

Notes (not a full transcript, but useful) from the video notes

COUNTDOWN BULLETIN PODCAST FEB. 28 2026: WAR WITH IRAN

(2:30) BULLETIN: While you were sleeping Trump illegally and unconstitutionally declared war on Iran, began to bomb its cities including Teheran and its parliament and its security council and its military targets and its schools and its ordinary people – and its militia allies in neighboring Iraq. Israel has joined in the assault. To quote Marty Sheen as the president in The Dead Zone: the missiles are flying, hallelujah hallelujah. To quote Trump to President Zelensky: you are playing with World War 3.

Trump has called it a war, USED the term “war” repeatedly, and inanely told Iranians to stay in their homes, which this country is bombing. It is war, he is calling it war, and yet he has sought no congressional approval and Trump is thus acting as a dictator – a military dictator – at this moment. Israel has joined the military action, dubbed “Operation Epic Fury” – because “Operation Epstein Distraction” didn’t sound poetic enough.

And apparently the FIFA Peace Prize just doesn’t mean anything any more.

Novel thought: You know what would be right and just? We should have our new war in Iran fought by our new patriotic triumphant flag-waving unbeatable brave American heroes who so inspired us at the State of the Union: The Olympic winning U.S. Hockey Team!

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