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🟢 PoliticalDecision | 6/10 🇺🇸 🇮🇷 US Senate Rejects War Powers Resolution on Iran The U.S. Senate voted 49-50 to reject a War Powers Resolution aimed at limiting President Donald Trump’s authority to conduct military operations against Iran. #OSINT #NewsGroup #USA #Iran #WarPowers

🟢 PoliticalAnalysis | 3/10 🇺🇸 Analysis of Congressional War-Making Powers Analysis of how Congress empowered presidential war-making after 9/11. #OSINT #NewsGroup #USA #Congress #WarPowers

The #US #military said Tuesday it conducted ‌strikes with #SaudiArabia armed forces in ​#Iraq against militant groups aligned with #Iran. "US Central Command & ​the Saudi Arabian Armed ​Forces conducted precision strikes in Iraq, July 28, ​against Iran-aligned terrorists ​that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard ‌Corps (IRGC) ⁠directed to attack US forces & Saudi energy infrastructure," CENTCOM said. #IranWar #Trump #law #Congress #WarPowers #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast

The 4 American troops killed during renewed fighting between the #US & #Iran in recent weeks are no longer listed as part of the #IranWar death toll in the #Pentagon’s official casualty count. They have been placed in a new, separate category Sunday. It raises questions about properly counting the impact to US service members as the #Trump admin has escalated strikes on Iran. #TrumpsWar #ForeverWars #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast

The #US #House again passes resolution seeking to halt #military action in #Iran as some #Republicans defect The House narrowly passed a resolution to halt military action in Iran, sending a warning to #Trump for the 2nd time as the #war has escalated & the future of the conflict is increasingly uncertain. The 214-208 vote requiring congressional approval for the war comes as the #Senate is expected to consider a similar resolution later Thursday. #law #WarPowers

Though the votes forced by #Democrats are largely symbolic, they are meant as a strong signal to #Trump that his support on Capitol Hill is chipping away as the war drags on & lawmakers in both parties have questioned his admin’s endgame. #TrumpsWar #IranWar #ForeverWars #law #Congress #WarPowers #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis

The resolution narrowly passed after a handful of #Republicans voted with #Democrats to end the #war. But the vast majority of Republicans voted to back the war & cede congressional #WarPowers to #Trump [as with everything]. Trump has insisted that continued #US attacks against #Iran do not mean a return to war 🙄 or long-term action [BS]. After the first #House vote to halt the war in early June, he posted on social media that it was “unpatriotic” & “meaningless.” #IranWar #law #economy

US House passes war powers resolution directing Trump to withdraw US military from Iran #USPolitics #IranConflict #Geopolitics #WarPowers #Congress

"214-208,⚡House passes another Iran #WarPowers resolution in a rebuke of President Trump & the renewed war 4 Republicans voted for it again: Tom Barrett Brian Fitzpatrick Thomas Massie Warren Davidson" -ML Hill "Votes scheduled: At 11:30am, on Thursday, July 23rd, the Senate⚡is expected to proceed to two roll call votes on the following: Motion to discharge from Foreign Relations Committee, S.J.Res.180, Van Hollen War Powers Resolution (Iran)..." -Sen Cloakroom #IranWar #Escalation #USPol

These idiots haven’t even granted #Trump #WarPowers! But sure, give him 95 BILLION DOLLARS to keep waging an #illegal #war 🤦🏼‍♀️ #House #Republicans adopt $95 billion package for the #IranWar & Trump's “priorities” #law #idiocracy #Iran #TaxpayersMoney #USpol #PublicDisservice

#Trump says #US will destroy a bridge or power plant for each #Iran attack in the #StraitOfHormuz #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw #law #Congress #WarPowers #IranWar

The #US #military Tuesday identified a soldier who was killed while disarming an #Iran drone in #Iraq as a 30-year-old from North Carolina. The military said it was investigating the death of Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton of Fayetteville during a controlled detonation Sunday at an air base in Irbil in northern Iraq. #TrumpsWar #IranWar #Trump #law #Congress #WarPowers #service

Swinton will get a Bronze Star, Purple Heart & Combat Action Badge, & be promoted to staff sergeant, the #military said in a statement. Swinton’s wife, Mia Gonzalez-Swinton, posted on social media that she was informed of his death Sunday. The couple have a young daughter. “I will never recover from this, you should be home. We had so many plans for when you got back, I’m sick to my stomach,” she posted Monday. #TrumpsWar #IranWar #Iran #US #Trump #law #Congress #WarPowers #service

At the one earlier in March, #Trump wore a baseball cap that is for sale on his business’ website. And just days later, his PAC used a photo of that dignified transfer in a fundraising email. It featured Trump saluting with a flag-draped transfer case, which holds the remains of a soldier, in the foreground. #kakistocracy #TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Iran #ForeverWars #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #military #service

Now #Trump is doing something similar by claiming the troops most recently killed “don’t want to see Iran have a nuclear weapon.” And everything that’s happened in these episodes makes very clear why∶ Because when troops die, Trump can’t help but think about it in terms of raw politics. #kakistocracy #TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Iran #ForeverWars #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #military #service

It’s happened repeatedly since the start of the #war, but his most recent comments to the media over the weekend drove it home. Speaking to NewsNation, #Trump offered something amounting to the kinds of comments expected from a president. He called the deaths “a very sad thing” while adding that they were “in service to our country.” He then repeated his goal that “we’re never allowing #Iran to have a nuclear weapon.” #TrumpsWar #IranWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #military #service

[PLEASE NEVER FORGET, THIS IS AN #ILLEGAL #WAR! #CONGRESS MUST GRANT #WarPowers FOR IT TO BE LEGAL] The #US & #Iran have…returned to all-out #war…. Earlier, the US #military said its strikes targeted Iran’s paramilitary #IRGC to retaliate for Friday’s killing of troops in Jordan. One service member was missing after that attack, but the military’s new statement said “unidentified remains” were found Sunday & were being examined. Since the war began, 17 US service members have been killed.

#US #military says 2 troops are dead & one is missing after #Iran attacked a base in Jordan. A statement says they were killed Friday as the US & partner forces defended against Iranian ballistic missile & drone attacks. These are the first US deaths due to Iranian fire since the opening days of the #war. It says 4 other service members were medically evacuated to Jordanian hospitals were later discharged. The dead were not identified. #Trump #law #Congress #WarPowers

The #US airstrikes hit #bridges overnight into Friday in Iran’s southern Hormozgan province, killing at least 7 people, #Iran state TV reported. The attacks hit Bandar Khamir, a city on Iran’s coast on the #StraitOfHormuz. The #highway & #railway bridge strikes appeared aimed at cutting off Bandar Abbas, Iran’s main port, from roads leading to Tehran. #Trump #Congress #law #WarPowers #TrumpsWar #IranWar #WarCrimes #civilian #infrastructure #MiddleEast #RulesOfWar #InternationalLaw

While other routes still are open, the #US strikes could expand further, potentially disrupting both the movement of military materiel & goods needed for #Iran’s 90 million people. CENTCOM said it hit dozens of targets in its latest airstrikes, which concluded at dawn Friday, the 6th night in a row of US attacks. The strikes also collapsed a tower at Iran’s Chabahar port on the #GulfOfOman, a key #trade route for landlocked, neighboring #Afghanistan…. #Trump #Congress #law #WarPowers #IranWar