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The Pentagon is now using a new accounting method to report service member injuries & deaths in Trump's #IranWar —

Casualties are "now not listed on a Pentagon website w/ others since the war began, but rather on a new webpage labeled generically as 'overseas operations casualties'... (so) a full accounting of the overall casualties requires adding numbers from separate web pages."

The Pentagon denies any effort to conceal casualty numbers.

#USA #USpol #USmilitary
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/us/politics/pentagon-casualties-iran-war.html

Pentagon Changes How It Reports Casualties in Iran War
The changes separated the casualty numbers into two separate web pages, potentially making it more difficult to tally the war's full toll.
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The Pentagon on Sunday announced a higher number of U.S. service members wounded this month in the war with Iran. Kenny Holston/The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/us/politics/pentagon-casualties-iran-war.html

Accessed: 27 July 2026 at 2100 UTC

By Helene Cooper
Reporting from Washington
Published July 26, 2026
Updated July 27, 2026, 1:00 p.m. ET
Facing criticism that it had minimized the number of U.S. soldiers killed and wounded in the war with Iran, the Pentagon on Sunday changed the way it reports casualties as it announced a higher number of wounded service members this month.
In an unusual new accounting method, casualties since July 7, when the ceasefire began unraveling and fighting escalated, are not listed on a Pentagon website with others since the war began, but rather on a new webpage labeled generically as "overseas operations casualties." This means that a full accounting of the overall casualties requires adding numbers from separate web pages.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/us/politics/pentagon-casualties-iran-war.html

Accessed: 27 July 2026 at 2100 UTC

Under the new system, the Defense Casualty Analysis System restored the deaths of four soldiers killed last weekend in the war that had been removed from the website - but in a separate, unexplained category. The change also raised the number of those wounded to 142 more than were previously reported by the Pentagon since July 7.
The official number of soldiers wounded since that date is now listed as 207, for a total of 624 since the war began on Feb. 28. The total number listed as killed is 18.
Last week, Sean Parnell, the chief Pentagon spokesman, insisted that the number of U.S. troops injured since July 7 was fewer than 100. The Pentagon had not previously disclosed a number of several Iranian strikes on bases in the region that housed U.S. troops.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/us/politics/pentagon-casualties-iran-war.html

Accessed: 27 July 2026 at 2100 UTC

"Claims of concealment are fabrications meant to further distress the American people in the wake of three service members killed in action," Mr. Parnell said in a statement at the time.
A Pentagon spokesman said on Sunday that the department had nothing further to say on the matter.
On Monday, the Pentagon said in a statement that "since Operation Epic Fury has concluded, the department classifies casualties as overseas operations in the CENTCOM area of responsibility" CENTCOM, or Central Command, is responsible for operations in the Middle East.
Last week, The New York Times reported that the Pentagon had lowered the number of service members killed in the Iran war to 14 from 18, a move that prompted outrage among many veterans, military families and lawmakers.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/us/politics/pentagon-casualties-iran-war.html

Accessed: 27 July 2026 at 2100 UTC

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Out today from Gus Bova: Highlights of our newest issue include criminal justice reporting from Michelle Pitcher, exploring #Houston culture with @josephinelee, the war over homelessness policy with @stevanzetti, and much more. https://www.texasobserver.org/editors-letter-january-february-2026/

#journalism #media #HumanRights #Texas #politics #USpol #culture #GulfCoast #law

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I feel like most of Trump's statements regarding the attack on Iran should be read as market manipulation.

#US #USPol #Iran #economy

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193d

Professor John Mearsheimer: From 1971 to 2021, the US murdered 38 million people.

#usa #uspol #geopolitics

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I'm reading Parable of the Talents by Octavia E Butler. As an American, this part sings loudly to me right now. I carry so much angst about our situation, doubled by the obliviousness of my neighbors who ignore or celebrate our fate. Why are we so blind? Our democracy has a shorter life expectancy than Mitch McConnell.

#fascism #USpol #Trump #USPolitics #Democracy #OctaviaEButler #USA

From! FARTHSEED: THE BOOKS OF THE LIVING
Choose your leaders
with wisdom and forethought.
To be led by a coward
is to be controlled
by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool
is to be led
by the opportunists
who control the fool.
To be led by a thief
is to offer up
your most precious treasures
to be stolen.
To be led by a liar
is to ask
to be told lies.
To be led by a tyrant
is to sell yourself
and those you love
Into slavery.

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Report: "The British state has lost the argument, even as it rigs the trials of genocide opponents".

The state rigged the trial of Jewish peace activist Tony Greenstein to get him jailed for up to 14 years for so-called “inviting support for Hamas”.

Greenstein spoke directly to the jury, demolishing the sham charges & exposing the political show trial.

The jury unanimously acquitted him.

https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2026-08-30/britain-rigs-trials-genocide-opponents/

#USPol #EUPol #UKPol #GazaGenocide #Gaza #palestine #news #TonyGreenstein .

Banksy's judge

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Please #Report this sick #Gofundme for the #Murderer of #ReneeNicoleGood & share the info with your networks 👊
https://www.gofundme.com/f/ice-offuver-jonathan-ross

#FuckICE #DefundMurderers #USpol #DomesticTerrorist #Murderer

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Every time I criticize Republicans, they call me liberal. Criticize Democrats, they call me MAGA. Politics isn’t red vs blue, it’s class. Both parties lie about immigration, wages, healthcare, and culture wars to keep us divided while the billionaires get richer. “Socialist” and “communist” are demonized so you never question the system. This isn’t a Democrat vs Republican fight. It’s a class struggle, and that’s why I’m a socialist. #socialism #uspol

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Unity like we’ve never seen before. This Saturday, a day of action by the Democratic Socialists of America, Party for Socialism and Liberation, with some Communist Party USA chapters joining in. Truly unprecedented times. #venezuela #uspol #freemaduro #maduro #DSA

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lol
Rubio’s speech was just like Vance’s but with a “human face.”
#uspol #wsc26

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248d

Very frightening. #US #USPol #Jewish #University

UPenn faculty condemn Trump administration’s demand for ‘lists of Jews’ | Pennsylvania | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/13/upenn-trump-jews-list

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Thank you, Chairman Powell.
#USPol #JPow #USFRB

A photo of Jerome Powell, Chairman of the US Federal Reserve Board. Text reads:

They're not after me.
They're after you.
I'm just in the way.

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This week's comic on the US government shutdown

#cartoon #comic #uspol #ACA #healthcare #economy

Government Sh*tdown

REPUBLICANS HAVE CHOSEN TO SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT RATHER THAN EXTEND HUGELY POPULAR TAX CREDITS THAT HELP TENS OF MILLIONS PAY FOR HEALTH INSURANCE.

Mike Johnson lying on a chaise longue
Sign: Sorry, Were CLOSED
YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK
HAS GREAT HEALTH COVERAGE

PREMIUMS WILL SOAR FOR FARMERS, RANCHERS, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND SELF-EMPLOYED PEOPLE.

Farmer: I MAY BE SELF-RELIANT, BUT I CAN'T DO SURGERY ON MYSELF!

MEANWHILE, TRUMP IS GIVING $40 BILLION TO AN ARGENTINIAN MADMAN WHO WRECKED HIS OWN ECONOMY.

Milei with chainsaw: WHEEEE!
RRRR! RRRR!
PLEASE HELP.

THERE'S A MORAL IN HERE SOMEWHERE:
IF YOU HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO FANTASIZES ABOUT DUMPING FECES ON AMERICANS…

Trump in fighter jet dumping poop

...THEN DON'T BE SURPRISED IF THAT'S WHAT YOU GET.

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This famous poster from the Holocaust Museum displays the early warning signs of #fascism. While still applicable, I want to make it clear that we are chest-deep in the #fascist #cesspool and have been for *years*.

Pinning this to my profile in case you know someone who still has doubts. Send them this post.

History is repeating itself once again.

#unitedstates #uspol #uspolitics #antifascism #warning #History #resistandinsist

Early warning signs of fascism:

Powerful and continuing nationalism
Disdain for human rights
Identification of enemies as unifying cause
Supremacy of the military
Obsession with national security
Religion and government intertwined
Corporate power protected
Labor power suppressed
Disdain for intellectuals and the arts
Obsession with crime and punishment
Rampant cronyism and corruption
Fraudulent elections

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Tad Stoermer Professor of the history of resistance

"All meaningful change in America has come with a body count. The bodies of those who were the victims of abusive authority & those who fought to end it. Because the awful truth about resistance is that abusive authority does not stop. When it gains control it uses it & the more it uses, the more it wants. It's a physical law. It will not stop unless it is stopped. It cannot be persuaded. (cont)

#Resistance #ICE #Fascism #USPOL

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The result of a consistent and total substitution of lies for factual truth is not that the lie will now be accepted as truth and truth be defamed as a lie, but that the sense by which we take our bearings in the real world—and the category of truth versus falsehood is among the mental means to this end—is being destroyed.

Truth and Politics, Hannah Arendt

#politics #truth #lies #USPol

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Get in. We're messing up Melania's Amazon search results

https://www.reddit.com/r/esist/comments/1qqqe05/get_in_were_messing_up_melanias_amazon_search/

#Melania #MAGA #TRump #USPol #Propaganda

This weekend, Amazon is premiering its $40 million Melania Trump documentary. It already seems to be a flop.

But we're going to take it one step further by messing up Melania's Amazon search results. Specifically, we're going to amplify the paranormal erotic thriller novel Melania: Devourer of Men so it ranks higher than her movie.

The book is perfect: It's absurd, the cover is ridiculous, and it's free, so we're not giving Amazon any money.

redditors have already pushed the book high: It's currently the 15th result when you search "Melania Trump." That's crazy. 2 days ago it wasn't even on the first page. With a little more push, we can keep this moving up the charts. We just need people to:

"Buy" the book (it's free)
Share this post and get other people to buy the book.

That's it. Then we can celebrate as an erotic novel about a bat monster Melania Trump becomes a higher and higher search result on Amazon.

Please share!

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Yo folks! I've partnered with a legal team who has asked me for assistance. Please share if you can

The US has implemented policies targeting non-citizens working in content moderation through deportations and visa denials. The org I'm working with is pursuing litigation to invalidate these policies.

We are looking for US-based, non-citizen Mastodon mods to be a (named or unnamed) plaintiff in the fight to protect the first amendment. Please dm me if interested!

#mastoadmin #mastodon #uspol

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#USPol
3/26/26 (13th day calling, I've been remiss some days but resuming my efforts)

I spoke to someone in the DC office & left voice mails at the other offices of Rep. Elise Stefanik (R, NY), requesting that she impeaches Trump for starting an unprovoked war w/ Iran & to use her power to stop the hostilities.

I post for accountability, to compound my emotional benefit, & let my online neighbors see that I care.

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So when the No Kings protest inevitably accomplishes nothing like they always do can we finally agree that protesting doesn’t work in the age of p3do authoritarianism and finally organize a nationwide #GeneralStrike? #UsPol

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“There’s this veneer of respect for privacy that is painted over all of this data aggregation and consolidation.”

But beneath it all, #privacy experts warn that smartphone-monitoring software "Tangles" is the latest in a law enforcement arsenal, from surveillance #tech to an army of drones, operating with little oversight.

Our latest from Francesca D'Annunzio is presented in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-police-invest-tangles-sheriff-surveillance/

#police #surveillance #law #politics #USpol #news

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Exciting News: We're hiring for our David McHam Fellowship for Investigative Reporting! This one-to-two-year full-time fellowship allows experienced journalists to pursue investigative projects and enterprise stories about #Texas politics, policy, and social issues.

See more details and preferred qualifications here: https://www.texasobserver.org/jobs/

Apply by February 6!

#journalism #JournoJobs #politics #USpol #news #GetFediHired #FediHired #nonprofit

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I am speechless. He isnt done. Now he wants a 250 character SCULPTURE GARDEN???
All of him I assume.
I can't keep up. Im trying to keep up, I can't keep up with all the corruption.

and all the tacky leftovers.
#uspol #corruption #vanityprojects #waste #fraud #abuse #thistimelinesucks

$collage of a small fraction of my anti trump and his corrupt admin of morons and hate photoshop projects I create while hanging out here and taking calls for my remote job it is either this or throw rocks at cars$

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USpol: Get Out and Vote (tomorrow)

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#USPol
4/1/26 (15th day calling)
I spoke to someone in the Schuylerville, NY & DC offices & left voice mails at the other offices of Rep. Elise Stefanik (R, NY), requesting she impeaches Trump for starting an unprovoked war w/ Iran & to use her power to stop the hostilities.

I post for accountability, to compound my emotional benefit, & let my online neighbors see that I care.

Special shout out to YouTube channel, youtube.com/@AnotherMichaelWNS
for providing AM & PM world news short video.

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