The President of the United States addressed the nation and issued what can only be described

as a genocidal threat against Iran.

We're going to bring them back to the Stone Ages where they belong.

Trump is talking about a country of 90 million human beings, sending them back to the Stone Ages, demonstrates genocidal intent.

The next morning, after Trump's speech, the U.S. military bombed the tallest bridge in the Middle East,

a civilian highway connecting Tehran to the city of Karaj, killing eight people and wounding 95,

many of whom had gathered nearby for a national holiday.

And then while emergency crews were on the scene, the U.S. bombed it again.

The president posted a 10-second video of the bridge collapsing on truth social and wrote much more to follow.

We need a new system. We need a new society.

We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible even a few weeks ago, but is not only

realizable, but an imperative necessity.

We need to do. I'm Leanne Seema Fullahan here with with Brian Becker, and this is In The News, a segment of The Socialist program, a patron's only episode.

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One of the noteworthy pieces of Donald Trump's speech to the nation was the idea that the U.S. is winning. There's a light at the

end of the tunnel. We're going to talk about that today because that's not true. That's a fiction.

But not the first time a U.S. president in a losing endeavor has resorted to this kind of

there's a light at the end of the tunnel narrative to try to

soothe public opinion. But just as we are recording, news is breaking that Iran has shot down

an American F-15E strike eagle aircraft over its own territory. This is inside of Iran. Photos of the wreckage are

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