In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.

I would imagine they feared he'd tweet something about the op which would further endanger the airman.

Putting up the two stooges to again "negotiate" when they've proven to be incompetent is an odd choice, but then, I don't believe Trump has ever meant to negotiate in good faith.

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Two of the most likely GOP nominees for POTUS in 2028 are such babies they can't even choose their own shoes.

This is an important point to remember every time some yahoo politician who wants to defund the NSF reads the title of a grant in dumbstruck tones: "They're studying the venom of Gila monsters? What? Who's *that* for?" All of us, Gomer. It's how science actually works.

Pay attention folks. This is how it's done. Trump sues his own DOJ, run by his private attorney, for $10 billion. Normally that would go through the courts with the DOJ arguing AGAINST giving Trump $10 billion. Instead, his DOJ will negotiate a settlement OUTSIDE of court. Literally inside dealing.

This is incredible. Also. Fuck RFK Jr.

Tom Nichols: “Trump, Rubio, Vance, Kushner – none of these guys know what they’re doing now, and what they’re trying to do is constantly improvise behind things that they didn’t expect to happen.” @radiofreetom.bsky.social

"Trump doesn't have supporters. He has a cult." @radiofreetom.bsky.social, staff writer for @theatlantic.com, joins The Weeknight to discuss the key differences between Orbán and Trump and how those differences shape their grip on power.

Our heretical vice president boss baby, infamous for his "they're eating dogs and cats" lie, wants to make sure that the pope is "anchored in the truth."

"The rest of us...should be very worried about a commander in chief who is trying to govern the country between social-media binges, who attacks religious leaders in narcissistic frenzy, and who imagines himself as a deity." That 40% of U.S. wants this is awful. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Just to go back to basics: I once worked on a (winning) presidential campaign. Something too obvious for anyone to mention was: "Don't get into a fight with the Pope over who knows more about Jesus." These people are morons.

A really interesting take and I hope Pope Leo is this smart.

THIS! I've followed him for many years for this very reason--even when I didn't agree with @radiofreetom.bsky.social about some long-ago issue. In the last 10 years, it's become much more likely that I will vigorously nod my head YES! to what he says. Easiest #FollowFriday ever.

"The people around Donald Trump, particularly JD Vance, have no moral center, they have no core, they are hollow people. If picking a fight with the Pope is what you have to do to remind the boss that you're a 'loyal soldier'...it shows you how craven these people are." - @radiofreetom.bsky.social

"Patel vowed '...no retributive actions' and that he was not aware of any plans to punish FBI staff who had been part of investigations into Trump." Trump is "pleased by Patel’s efforts to purge agents who worked on Jan. 6 cases and other probes into Trump." No wonder no Dem voted to confirm.

"'it’s important for the vice president of the United States to be careful when I talk about matters of public policy" BECAUSE THE VP DOESN"T SET POLICY. The Pope is not 2nd banana to a secular leader. Vance is clearly demonstrating is that his "conversion" was wholly political and opportunistic.

The key to democracy is showing up in large numbers

BREAKING: DOJ investigates the Hungarian electorate for Mortgage Fraud

Agreed. It's just a delicious bonus that we get to tar Vance with yet another epic fail.

No one is going to and neither are we. It's all just bluster from Trump. Iran will continue its enrichment, restock their missiles & drones, and control the strait. All this because, on the heels of Venezuela, Trump-the-chump was dumb enough to buy into Netanyahu's 40-year-old bucket list.

I'm sure they know they deserve all the credit! After all, their turnout has put America to shame.

I think it's a GREAT DAY! Like the Iran was, JD isn't going to be able to wash the stink off of supporting a dictator who lost so bigly. I hope this is a harbinger of our own elections in November and again in 2028.

ok NOW i bet Zelenskyy will thank JD Vance

In other news, no, the United States cannot blockade the Strait of Hormuz, for so many reasons

Since Trump always TACOs, does anyone really believe he will blockade the Strait of Hormuz? www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

And when a Chinese tanker is interdicted, does he think Xi is going to be OK with that and just stop providing Iran with weapons that will be used to kill Americans?

Then they don't even know what WWII was like. The bombing wasn't what won the war. Boots on the ground did it. As for fossil fuels, there isn't enough left to even do a WWII level of usage.

Trump has no idea WTF is going on and lives in a fantasy world. He is so admiring of Xi and Putin that he denies they have been and will continue to help Iran. "If we catch them..." is so weak, and his solution is tariffs? His "relationship" w/ Xi and Putin is called, "I'm your bitch."

In Trump's head if America is being nuked, first think people would think "I wonder how Dow is doing today."

The threat didn't bring Iran to the table - it was Trump conceding to wider more conciliatory negotiations after the threat to make it look like the threat worked.

Actually, it's worse. First, he claims the strait IS open (it's not) and *now* he's planning to blockade, interdicting any tankers that Iran lets through after paying a toll.

Replies almost universally THE BOAT.

TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, CBS, and CNN all have Trump-aligned owners. Here’s why US media has a liberal bias problem.

Barack Obama sent seasoned diplomats and nuclear scientists to negotiate the Iran Deal. Donald Trump sent a few real estate bros and JD Vance. Failure was a foregone conclusion.

Reagan’s OMB Director:

He's basically saying Iran can enrich uranium, keep a regime that's now even more hardline, shoot missiles/drones @ gulf states/Israel, & the Strait of Hormuz will never again be a freely navigable international waterway. He's washing his hands of the mess verbally, but the stink will never leave.

the stench of a loser is strong!

Hey, here's a crazy idea. I'm just spitballin' here, runnin' it up the flagpole: How about everyone concentrate on the midterms, instead of jumping on the too-early-2028 virtue signaling about how it's time for America to get over its reluctance to elect a gay man

Gee, I guess the Strait of Hormuz ISN'T open, WON'T "just open naturally," is closed BECAUSE of Trump's war, WASN"T planned for or anticipated, and IS kind of, sort of important. Who could possibly have known any of that? Narrator: Everyone with a brain.

Let it be known that Katherine Johnson was the reason for the first astronauts in space. And now Vanessa Wyche, head of the Johnson Space Center and NASA's highest ranking civil servant, is the responsible for the longest manned space flight in history

Two days before Hungary’s election, Trump pledges to buy votes for Viktor Orban with US taxpayer dollars.

So, Melania WASN'T a victim of Epstein, like she claimed. It was Trump! Who knew? (She did.)

We couldn't have done it without her.💐

Yes.

No matter how bad he gets and no matter what he does, Republicans in Congress will never stand up to him or speak out because some agree with him on everything and the rest are spineless cowards.