Juliette Kayyem:

[applegrove]

Iran has the capacity to launch terror and cyber attacks against allies and US. Due to DOGE, partisan firings of FBI and cyber officials, and lack of focus or know how by AG Bondi and DHS Noem, they are ignoring this possibility completely.

— Juliette Kayyem (@juliettekayyem.bsky.social) 2026-02-28T19:11:03.268Z

Applegrove:

and Timothy Snyder thinks part of the reason for this invasion of Iran is for Trump to be able to create emergency powers around the 2026 elections.

Applegrove: So maybe not protecting US from Iranian cyber attacks and the Homeland from Iranian terrorism is part of that Trump election interfereance gambit and intentional.

[Ford_Prefect]

1. Imagine....

[Ol Janx Spirit]

3. Frood! I love the username....

Somehow, President [REDACTED] often makes me think of Total the Perspective Vortex.....

[Ford_Prefect]

8. Stunning in his simplicity, don't you think?

[Ol Janx Spirit]

9. Absolutely. NT

[Swede]

2. I would not put it passed him.

He cares only for himself.

[Ilsa]

4. After Israel launched the STUXNET cyber attack on Iran's Natanz

nuclear facility in early (midway? late?) Obama's first term, an army of volunteers in Iran signed up for advanced training in cyber warfare. I hope Iran's cyber-army realizes that they'd be doing trump a favor (regarding the election) if they advance an attack on US cyber assets now.

[summer_in_TX]

5. Snyder and others believe this is partly to justify emergency powers around our mid-term elections. I believe them.

The question we should ensure others hear is "Why is Trump so Desperate to Keep Us From Voting?"

https://open.substack.com/pub/reframingamerica/p/hurdles

[applegrove]

6. Thanks for the link.

[summer_in_TX]

7. You're welcome!

[applegrove]

10. I woke up late today and didn't see all the earlier post on DU saying it.

Glad everyone is on the same page. Means DU is getting wise to the manipulators. We are all together.

[summer_in_TX]

11. The trick will be to get other Americans to get wise to it.

The more we ask why Trump is desperate to keep us from voting, the more others will start to question it.

Focusing on the lies about voter fraud only makes people wonder if voter fraud is happening.

[applegrove]

12. So true. The messaging from the MAGA brainbust

is like a push poll. We need to avoid using their words in our messaging. Very true.