Washington Prepares For Iran Operations

Reposted by Will Jennings, Steve Peers, Nathan P. Kalmoe , and 10 more Will Jennings, Steve Peers, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Jason Lyall, Aviel Roshwald, Smith, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Axel Bruns, Rebecca Solnit, Tim Stephens, David R. Miller, Mark A. Lemley, Rebecca Tushnet

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🎓 Steve Peers	57%	27	29.6%
🎓 Nathan P. Kalmoe	34%	17	14.0%
🎓 Jason Lyall	33%	16	13.2%
🎓 Aviel Roshwald	40%	8	11.3%
🎓 Smith	31%	12	10.7%
🎓 Stacy D. VanDeveer	15%	31	8.4%
🎓 Axel Bruns	11%	57	8.3%
🎓 Rebecca Solnit	17%	19	7.4%
🎓 Tim Stephens	15%	17	6.2%
🎓 David R. Miller	12%	21	5.5%
🎓 Mark A. Lemley	7%	53	5.1%
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Philip Gourevitch

@pgourevitch.bsky.social

no foreign foe has ever dreamed of being able to sack and pillaging this country the way Trump admin and its congressional and scotus enablers do every day.

CNN @cnn.com · 22h

A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released by the National Science Foundation.https://cnn.it/3MoF7zU

February 14, 2026 at 3:43 AM

by Shibley Telhami

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by Mohammad Marandi

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Trump Action Tracker

@trumpactiontracker.bsky.social

President Trump said on Friday that regime change in Iran “would be the best thing that could happen,” as he continued to threaten military action against the country. The Trump administration has been steadily building up its military capabilities in the Middle East as Mr....

TAT: [Foreign Policy]

Trump Says Regime Change Would Be the ‘Best Thing’ for Iran

The president has been steadily building up U.S. military forces in the Middle East and threatening another strike on the country if the government does not abandon its nuclear ambitions.

www.nytimes.com

February 14, 2026 at 8:05 PM

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Amir Attaran

@amirattaran.bsky.social

Reza Pahlavi should shut the fuck up about bullying. His father literally tortured and killed his enemies in power.

Iran’s crown prince says survival of Tehran government ‘sends a clear signal to every bully’

Iranian leaders are already under intense pressure, facing renewed threats of U.S. military action.

www.thestar.com

February 14, 2026 at 5:36 PM

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Alan Richardson

@alanrichardson.bsky.social

Donald the Dove…..

Sam Litzinger @samlitzinger.bsky.social · 21h

Here we go again.

Exclusive: US military preparing for potentially weeks-long Iran operations - www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Exclusive: US military preparing for potentially weeks-long Iran operations

The U.S. military is preparing for the possibility of sustained, weeks-long operations against Iran if Trump orders an attack, two U.S. officials told Reuters, in what could become a far more serious ...

www.reuters.com

February 14, 2026 at 4:09 AM

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Felicity Callard

@felicitycallard.bsky.social

Strongly recommend reading this interview with @eskandarsadeghi.bsky.social as a counter to so many brittle, binarised accounts circulating about Iran

Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi @eskandarsadeghi.bsky.social · 3d

I am pleased to share my recent interview with Counterfire on developments in Iran, conducted on 9 February.
My thanks to Nariman Massoumi for the thoughtful questions.

www.counterfire.org/article/iran...