by Sara Gabler | Nov 10, 2026 | Abdul El-Sayed, Boat Strikes, Christian nationalism, Christian Right, Donald Trump, evangelical Christians, holy war, Impeachment, Iran, iran war, James Talarico, JD Vance, Militarism, Military, Minab, News Analysis, Nicolás Maduro, Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, Thomas Massie, toxic masculinity norms, Trump Administration, War, War Powers Resolution
Stunning Republican losses in the midterms could spell the end of Pete Hegseth’s tenure as the secretary of defense. From Vice President JD Vance to Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky), Hegseth’s own party is setting him up to take the fall for election losses blamed on the U.S. war with Iran. In a rambling post on X on November 4, Vance said the reason the GOP lost was “obvious to almost…
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by Sharon Zhang | Sep 17, 2026 | Donald Trump, Iran, Minab, News, Pete Hegseth, United Nations, War Crimes
A United Nations fact-finding mission has concluded that the U.S. committed war crimes in two attacks on Iran that killed scores of civilians, including over 120 children, on the first day of the war. In a report released Thursday, the UN’s Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran said that the U.S. violated international human rights laws regarding civilian harm in its attacks…
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by Sharon Zhang | Sep 15, 2026 | Department of Defense, Impeachment, Iran, Minab, News, Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, Thomas Massie
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) has moved to force an impeachment vote against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, introducing eight articles on the House floor accusing Hegseth of high crimes and misdemeanors on Tuesday. Massie’s measure is privileged, meaning that the House will be forced to vote on it by Thursday. With Republicans in charge of the House, the articles are unlikely to pass…
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by Amy Goodman | Jul 22, 2026 | Donald Trump, Interview, Iran, iran war, Minab, War
On February 28, the first day of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, missiles landed on Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school in the Iranian city of Minab, in a civilian area near the Strait of Hormuz. At least 121 schoolchildren were killed along with 26 teachers. Forensic Architecture and Sky News analyzed the attack, finding that the neighborhood was bombed a second time while families and rescuers were…
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by Sharon Zhang | Jul 15, 2026 | Donald Trump, Iran, Minab, News, Pete Hegseth, War Crimes
As calls for transparency grow, President Donald Trump has waved away the idea of accepting U.S. responsibility for the massacre of schoolchildren in Minab, Iran, on the first day of the U.S. and Israel’s war — and has suggested, heinously, that photo evidence of U.S. munitions used on the school “are AI.” Asked about a letter from Democrats this week calling for the release of the U.S.
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by Etan Mabourakh | Jul 10, 2026 | Donald Trump, Iran, Minab, NDAA, Op-Ed, Pete Hegseth, War Crimes
New details are emerging about the U.S. attack on the Minab school that killed 168 people — and yet the Trump administration continues to stonewall and is refusing to release findings, even as CNN reports that U.S. military officials knew within days what happened. Here’s what we know: On the morning of February 28, 2026, the first day of “Operation Epic Fury,” the United States bombed the…
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