In announcing Connecticut's 49th lawsuit against the Trump administration, Attorney General William Tong on Thursday called for the president to refund more than $1,700 per family for the struck-down international tariffs he had imposed on state businesses and consumers.
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The California governor, who once said he would approach Trump with "an open hand, not a closed fist," has since taken a markedly more combative posture.
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The U.S. is even looking to Ukraine to help its operations against Iran -- as Trump rages at Starmer and Snchez for refusing to back his war.
Apropos?
b (1984)
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Lyrics excerpt ...
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Intro: Afrika Bambaataa]
Speak about destruction
Speak about destruction
Speak about destruction
[Hook: John Lydon & Afrika Bambaataa]
This is a world destruction, your life ain't nothing
The human race is becoming a disgrace
Countries are fighting with chemical warfare
[Verse 1: Afrika Bambaataa]
Not giving a damn about the people who live there
Nostradamus predicts the coming of the Antichrist
Hey, look out, the third world nations are on the rise
The Democratic-Communist relationship
Won't stand in the way of the Islamic force
The CIA is looking for other tactics
The KGB is smarter than you think
Brainwash mentalities to control the system
Using TV and movies, religions of course
...
Regarding Mayor Mamdani ...
Manhattan Transfer - Boy From New York City (1981)
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Ooo wah, ooo wah cool, cool kitty
Tell us about the boy from New York City
Ooo wah, ooo wah c'mon kitty
Tell us about the boy from New York City
He's kind of tall
He's really fine
Some day I hope to make him mine, all mine
And he's neat
And oh so sweet
And just the way he looked at me
He swept me off my feet
Ooo whee, you ought to come and see
How he walks
And how he talks
Ooo wah, ooo wah cool, cool kitty
Tell us about the boy from New York City
He's really down
And he's no clown
He has the finest penthouse I've ever seen in town
And he's cute
In his mohair suit
And he keeps his pockets full of spending loot
Ooo whee, say you ought to come and see
His dueling scar
And brand new car ...
I notice that Pres Trump seems to be ~going after~ Iran alone.
So alone.
Only Pres trump seems to be involved.
Contrast that to the Iran Nuclear deal that fmr Pres Obama had forged, and that Pres Trump endlessly criticizes ...
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
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... The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action ... ,[5][6] also known as the Iran nuclear deal or Iran deal, was an agreement to limit the Iranian nuclear program in return for sanctions relief and other provisions.
The agreement was finalized in Vienna on 14 July 2015, between Iran and the P5+1 (the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) -- China, France, Russia, the U.K., U.S."plus Germany)[a] together with the European Union. ...
OpEd: Is the Whole Universe Just a Simulation? (February 2026)
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... How do you know anything is real? Some things you can see directly, like your fingers. Other things, like your chin, you need a mirror or a camera to see. Other things can't be seen, but you believe in them because a parent or a teacher told you, or you read it in a book.
As a physicist, I use sensitive scientific instruments and complicated math to try to figure out what's real and what's not. But none of these sources of information is entirely reliable: Scientific measurements can be wrong, my calculations can have errors, even your eyes can deceive you, like the dress that broke the internet because nobody could agree on what colors it was.
Because every source of information " even your teachers " can trick you some of the time, some people have always wondered whether we can ever trust any information.
If you can't trust anything, are you sure you're awake?
Thousands of years ago, Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi dreamed he was a butterfly and realized that he might actually be a butterfly dreaming he was a human.
Plato wondered whether all we see could just be shadows of true objects.
Maybe the world we live in our whole lives inside isn't the real one, maybe it's more like a big video game, or the movie "The Matrix." ...
@#19 ... Any leader Trump picks in Iran he gives a death sentence to. ,,,
Whether or not that istrue, I'll leave for another thread for the nonce.
My current question is along the lines of ...
Under what authority does Pres Trump think he has any manner of ability to determine the next leader of Iran?