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Chapter 1: Why is Donald Trump panicking over the War Power Resolution?
Donald Trump is panicking as Congress is trying to shut down his unlawful war against Iran on a bipartisan basis. Democrats and Republicans in the Senate, led by Democratic Senator Tim Kaine and Republican Senator Rand Paul, and in the House of Representative Republican Thomas Massey, and Democratic Congress member Ro Khanna.
They are working to put forward a War Resolution Act, which would require Donald Trump to get authorization of Congress to continue this unlawful war against Iran. And if Donald Trump does not get congressional authorization, which he was required to do, frankly, anyway, under the Constitution, the war could be shut down. Now, Donald Trump has threatened
that he would veto any War Resolution Act, and he has said that he would ignore it. Also, I don't think we even need a War Resolution Act, given that Congress has the authority when it comes to declaring war, and Donald Trump requires congressional authorization to declare a war in general. But regardless, this War Powers Act in the 1970s allows Congress to assert its authority over these areas.
And that's precisely what these Democrats and Republicans are doing on a bipartisan basis. But Donald Trump is fighting it. Donald Trump has sent his MAGA Republican sycophants out there now to say this is not a war against Iran. This is actually a special military operation. And if that term sounds familiar to you and it sounds
i don't know russian yeah that's what putin called his invasion of ukraine a special military operation and that's essentially how donald trump and maga mike and the mega republicans are now trying to refer to this invasion against iran as a special military operation so they're saying
it's not a war then we don't need a declaration of war and we don't need any type of war resolution at all so let me show you what went down here you have mega mike johnson running away from manu raju when he was asked about any type of war powers resolution mega mike says it's an operation it's an operation it's not a war it's not a war here play this clip this is war right now
I think it's an operation. There's not a declaration of war. We'll see y'all tomorrow. Here you have MAGA Republican Senator Joni Ernst also saying, when Manu Raju was asking, well, why shouldn't Congress have voted to authorize this war in Iran? Why isn't that a Congress thing? And she goes, well, try to name for me any time Congress required where there was congressional authorization for war.
And Manu Raju's like, Afghanistan and Iraq, they both had congressional authorization.
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Chapter 2: What is the War Resolution Act and its significance?
She's like, oh, well, name me something else. I mean, those are the two recent wars that got congressional authorization. I want you to see what goes down here. Play this clip. So why shouldn't have Congress voted to authorize this war before it began, given that service members are losing their lives over this? Yes, and I take that very personally. Obviously, I have served.
My daughter serves on active duty now. But I would love for anyone to name the last time Congress authorized operations or strikes in other countries. Iraq and Afghanistan. Iraq and Afghanistan. This is serious. We're just a few days in.
So then the White House sent a letter purportedly under the War Powers Act where they're asserting, you know, it's within, you know, 48 hours or two days of the war beginning, but they're saying it's not a war. And again, they're saying it is a special military operation. This was the letter sent by Trump to Congress or whoever wrote it.
On Trump's behalf to Congress, probably Elbridge, Kobe, or someone on Marco Rubio's team. March 2nd, 2026, here's what it said. Dear Mr. President, I write to apprise you of military action taken on February 28th against the government of the Islamic public.
of iran i have separately notified you of changes in the global posture of united states forces in the middle east in response to threats emanating from the then ongoing tensions with iran as i previously communicated to congress iran remains one of the largest if not the largest state sponsors of terrorism in the world.
Despite the success of Operation Midnight Hammer, the Iranian regime continues to seek the means to possess and employ nuclear weapons. Its array of ballistic, cruise, anti-ship, and other missiles pose a direct threat and are attacking United States forces. commercial vessels and civilians, as well as those of our allies and partners.
Again, there's no mention here of war or the fact that there were imminent strikes. And here's how it's detailed further in this letter by Trump. I directed the military action consistent with my responsibility to protect Americans and United States interests. I directed the military action consistent with my responsibility to protect Americans and United States interests.
I'm providing this report as part of my efforts to keep Congress fully informed, consistent with the War Powers Resolution. And again, he's trying to say that it's actually not a war. So here you have Mark Wayne Mullen, MAGA Republican senator also trying to say, you know, this is not a war. No, no war is taking place, but he says it's a war. So then they go, you just said it's a war.
Is that, oh, I must have misspoke. That's not really a war. Here, play this clip. Are there measures being taken not to eliminate other possible alternatives to leadership? This is war and we're taking out the threat. And if you're part of the threat, then you have your target. What we call not all the arrows, but going after the archers. You'll concede this is war? We haven't declared war.
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Chapter 3: How are Trump and his supporters redefining the conflict with Iran?
Like, y'all are that? times 100. Anyway, play this clip. It's squarely within the law. He used his discretion and his authority and the intelligence that he had, exquisite as it was, as it's demonstrated by its effectiveness. And he did what he should have done as a commander in chief.
The idea that a few colleagues here would try to move a war powers motion and resolution to the floor right now is dangerous. Imagine a scenario where Congress would vote to tell the commander in chief that he was no longer allowed to complete this mission. That would be a very dangerous thing. You see that Iran is firing almost seemingly indiscriminately at targets.
They're trying to intimidate America. They're trying to test our resolve. And the idea that there's some members of this legislative body that would play along with that plays right into the hands of the enemy. And I think it's shameful. I do believe we have the votes to defeat it. I certainly hope we do because we have lots of troops, service members in harm's way right now.
And the balance of this thing is hanging there. It's been very effective thus far. It needs to be completed. We don't need Congress getting in the way of that. More from MAGA Mike here. He's asked by the reporter, is there any indication of plans? What happens when the war ends, MAGA Mike? Can you tell us what the hell is going on? MAGA Mike doesn't know. Let's play this clip.
Is there any indication of plans? Representative Scalise said he heard one. Democrats say they're not hearing one. What happens when the war ends? What does that look like? And then what does the day after look like? Look, no one can yet determine with any degree of certainty how this will turn out.
We have taken out what appears to be the top few layers of leaders and potential leaders who would take over there. It is time for the people of Iran to step up and seize this moment of opportunity for them, the one that they have long awaited. to have freedom there. We are encouraging that. We're hopeful for that.
I think our NATO allies and our other allies around the world are watching with great anticipation and hope. I suspect that the entire world will reach out to a hand of encouragement and assistance. If you've been listening to the show for a while, you already know how much I love Sol's out-of-office THC gummies and sparkling beverages. And now they've launched something new, Mood Gummies.
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Chapter 4: What are the arguments against Congress's involvement in war authorization?
we would suffer higher casualties and perhaps even higher those killed. And then we would all be here answering questions about why we knew that indeed. You have MAGA Mike Johnson has asked additional questions like, you know, what's the purpose of this all? He's like, we have no ability to get into nation building. We're not the world's policeman, but here we need to do it. Play this clip.
leaders who would take over there. It is time for the people of Iran to step up and seize this moment of opportunity for them, the one that they have long awaited, to have freedom there. We are encouraging that. We're hopeful for that. I think our NATO allies and our other allies around the world are watching with great anticipation and hope.
I suspect that the entire world will reach out a hand of encouragement and assistance as is needed to help them. We have no
uh ability to get into the nation building business we don't do that we're not the world's policeman uh america has enough trouble of our own but uh i think this is a great development for the people there to be able to stand on their own two feet and and uh and seize this moment of opportunity we're certainly hopeful and prayerful that they will and that no other innocent people are killed iran
by some estimates, murdered tens of thousands of their own citizens just within the last several weeks. Those people are now deceased. They do not have the ability to do that. There are still dangerous folks there, but there's more good people. There's more people who desire to have freedom and liberty, and there are terrorists and tyrants in the world. I'm grateful for that.
This is their moment to step up, and I hope they will. And then Lindsey Graham doesn't even really give a crap. Lindsey Graham is like, yeah, well, who cares if it's imminent? Just go to war with everybody. Here's what Lindsey Graham says, play this clip. You know, in 1939, 35, I don't know if Hitler was an imminent threat, but I wish somebody would have dealt with him. Any regime that...
that embraces a cult of death, that's killed Americans, vows to kill Americans in the future, trying to build a nuclear weapon even after Midnight Hammer, trying to build weapons to hit America is an imminent threat. And it doesn't have to be imminent to me, because you don't want it to be imminent. The whole idea is for it not to be imminent, dumbass. You want to prevent it from being imminent.
Senator, let me ask you this, because I'm putting this in context, which I know you always do. Well, it is a war, let's be clear. And here are the first confirmed fatalities in Trump's illegal war. Captain Cody Kirk, 35 years old. Sergeant First Class Noah Tegens, 42. Sergeant First Class Nicole Ammer, 39. Sergeant Declan J. Cody. We're going to see a lot more photos like that, sadly.
Our heart goes out to their families, of course. And also in Iran, 175 people, we reported on this before, were killed in a elementary school that was blown up by either the United States and Israel or Israel and the United States. Neither the Israeli nor U.S. government has directly addressed the strike on the school, but the U.S.
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Chapter 5: What does the White House letter reveal about the military actions?
Not even close to that. And so, you know, there isn't the president and has not justified at all why we are at war. So for me, it's a very simple vote. It should be everyone's very simple vote.
Here's what Democratic Senator Blumenthal said that his takeaway was after a briefing that took place yesterday regarding, this was a briefing by Marco Rubio and the State Department and Defense Department, two senators and members of Congress about the war. Here's what Democratic Senator Blumenthal said occurred in the briefing. I just wanna say,
I am more fearful than ever after this briefing that we may be putting boots on the ground and that troops from the United States may be necessary to accomplish objectives that the administration seems to have, but I also
am no more clear on what the priorities are going to be of the administration going forward, whether it is destroying the nuclear capacity of Iran or simply the missiles or regime change or stopping terrorist activities. And I think the administration owes it to the American people to have briefings, not just for members of Congress, but for the American public.
Nothing here should have been classified. It should be available to the American people. Here's what Senator Chris Murphy said happened during the briefing. This is as serious as it gets. This is war and peace.
They told us in that room that there are going to be more Americans that are going to die, that they are not in a short run going to be able to stop these drones that are going to continue to fly into the Middle East. We have to have a debate in the United States Senate on an authorization of military force. It will likely fail. It will likely fail, and we shouldn't.
be voting to proceed to other pieces of legislation until we get a debate on this deeply unpopular, immoral and illegal war with Iran. And here's what Senator Brian Schatz said occurred during that briefing. There are times when you go into a classified session And you walk out and you have a better understanding about the gravity of the situation and the rationale behind the military action.
This is not one of those times. We remain as confused as the American people are. They have had three or four or five justifications for this act of war over the last four or five days, and nothing in this classified session alleviated that confusion. I also should note that America conducted military operations in Ecuador yesterday. I know this isn't getting a lot of attention, but the U.S.
conducted joint military operations with Ecuador against, quote unquote, designated terrorist organizations. The U.S. Southern Command said that joint activity with Ecuador was an effort to combat the scourge of narco-terrorism, but did not provide other details about the operation. So we actually are in a war again in Ecuador
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Chapter 6: How are lawmakers reacting to the legality of the war with Iran?
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