Hold my beer. Says acting AG

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Even after Trump’s address to the nation on Wednesday, “we still don’t know whether he’ll send soldiers into Iran,” our columnist Michelle Goldberg writes. “All we know is that he has managed to give Iran the upper hand in this conflict while tanking the global economy.”

Folding money says the idiot children’s drone company just steals tech developed by Ukraine.

The. Rise. Of. Cognitive. Surrender. Study finds that people who use GenAI chatbots rely on them 80% of the time, and develop almost no capacity to recognize when a chatbot is feeding them faulty information. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

No.

From Bloomberg: “The world’s most important price for real-world oil barrels surged above $140 on Thursday, the highest since 2008.  Dated Brent, the price of shipments bought and sold in the North Sea, reached $141.37, surpassing levels seen when Russia invaded Ukraine.” #economy #energy #markets

Amazon to add 3.5% fuel and logistics surcharge for sellers as Iran war drives up energy prices, per CNBC

No. Just no.

This is a super typical take on AI: Other peoples’ jobs can obviously be automated by AI, but AI can’t do _my_ job well. I think we’re all guilty of underestimating what it takes to do a good job, when it’s not our bailiwick.

This is very cool, even if the laser beams are not mounted on sharks. www.tomshardware.com/networking/a...

Pam Bondi out and replaced with an even bigger Trump loyalist that's more militant about covering up the Epstein Files.

Pam Bondi has been removed as Attorney General. Todd Blanche, Trump’s personal attorney, who met with Ghislaine Maxwell while she was in prison and previously blocked the release of names of Epstein’s co-conspirators in a DEA investigation, has been appointed interim Attorney General. #OpDeathEaters

I'm sorry what happened to his family. I hope this is one of many such law suits and I hope it's successful. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

BREAKING: Trump removes Bondi as Attorney General, per CNN

one of the most severe energy security threats in decades and it's day 34.

Pam Bondi severely obstructed and carelessly mishandled the Epstein Files – denying victims justice and accountability. She focused on weaponizing the DOJ for political retribution instead of working to keep Americans safe. It was long past time for her to go.

“By abdicating responsibility for the strait and saying it should be someone else’s problem, America is inviting into existence a rival economic and military alliance. If America isn’t going to lead, someone else will…Trump is giving China the green light…” www.thebulwark.com/p/america-lo...

Host: The price of oil is surging. Trump's remarks last night clearly fueling rather than calming fears about the war with Iran. Oil is at $110 a barrel, with analysts warning $200 a barrel is now possible even if the conflict ends.

We might not be in this mess had fElon not spent so much money on electing Trump. And then giggled with delight as he illegally smashed the US government, especially the parts that can regulate his businesses, while possibly stealing data. But yes, go buy one of his cars.

He is laughing his ass off. He gets to send a few drones to Iran in exchange for keeping the US occupied and engaged and hopefully not delivering to Ukraine.

The economic and financial fallout of the War for US households includes: Round One: The immediate impact of surging gas prices and more expensive mortgages. Round Two: Almost a certainty by now, a broader hit to the cost of living. ... 1 of 2

Double trouble in the Trump admin today. Set another clock for Tulsi.

#enshittification is a term coined by @doctorow.pluralistic.net This video is soooo terrible (good). vimeo.com/1168468796

Trump has informed Pam Bondi that her time as his attorney general is nearing an end, per Semafor

I think it's totally reasonable to have discussions about the best use of NASA funding or priorities we should have as a society but if you come into my mentions with lazy cynicism & dismissiveness about space exploration or science, you're just going to have a bad time & so will I! So maybe don't!

Thanks to the US & Israel, global medicine prices will rise. The Persian Gulf is not just an energy chokepoint but a critical pharmaceutical transit hub, where drugs and their ingredients from India, Europe, and China routinely pass before heading to Africa, Asia, and America.

Start the clock.

Who can be charged with felony murder? You could, if you lend someone your car and they commit murder. Even if you weren't there and just assumed the car was borrowed for normal reasons, like going to the store.

Calling them paramilitaries is 100% correct and a welcome addition to the journalistic lexicon. They are not police. They are paramilitaries operating outside constitutional norms, hoping that slow courts, confusion, and a collaborative justice department keeps them out of jail.

This is last part of my 6 part series on the Trump Military Industrial Monarchy and the historical self-dealing and corrupt “by any other name” activities of the Trump family in capturing the supply chains and lines of advanced warfare—to the tune of billions. open.substack.com/pub/denverri...

"More concerned?" I feel like if they haven't seen the lack of a clear goal or even planning (other than work likely done under previous administrations - in case shit hit the fan), then they are willfully ignorant. We should all be screaming "get us the fuck out and open the strait."

As I look at the Middle East, and who is doing what, Israel no longer looks like a country that needs subsidies. That would be a real budget savings. Plus, the US defense contractors could sell to European companies instead of Israel... wait... unless they feel they can't trust us as a supplier.

Pete Hegseth sent U.S. troops to fight and die in Iran. Was he trying to cash in on the war behind closed doors? This would be a massive betrayal. I’m pressing for a full investigation NOW.

You can’t vote out Trump in the midterms, but you can vote out the people who enable him.

#$TSLA is a meme stock.

Trump tells Americans to fuck off and die.

I can’t wait for a reporter to get off the phone with Trump and just say it was meaningless nonsense, disconnected from reality.

Yet another department or agency we will need to repair or rebuild, possibly after forcing out some of his hires.

The White House confirmed that reopening the Strait of Hormuz is NOT a "core objective" and declared "We don't need it" during a televised speech Trump told countries to go get their own oil and fix the US - Israeli made oil crisis.

More than taking his name off buildings and demolishing any stupid ballroom, I want to see him and his family impoverished. That is the only thing that matters to them. I want to see them in court to take back what they’ve grifted and scammed.

What objectives? No one knows what the objectives are. Everyone says he has objectives and something‘s being accomplished, but no one can say what. Can we be honest about that?

BREAKING: Kamal Kharazi has been seriously wounded after Israeli strikes hit his home, killing his wife. Kharazi had been the lead negotiator involved in backchannel efforts with Pakistan to arrange a potential meeting between Iranian officials and JD Vance, per Aljazeera

What's the threat to stop Iran at this point? Commit war crimes by blowing up desalinization plants or the power plants that service desalinization plants? At some point Trump moves on because he's bored and they'll be able to sell oil. I think they can take short term pain.

Iran would like to do both, get rich on charging $2 million a ship for tolls and creating chaos "the West." They may be able to do this for years, if not decades, before it's mitigated. The US walking away has empowered Iran in a way they could not have imagined.

Even if you are an oil exporter, it doesn't matter. It's a global market. You don't get to detach from the global price of a barrel of oil just because you are a net exporter (net because we sell more than we buy - but we still buy). That means gas may easily to $5 a gallon average or more.

I don't understand why the press would jump down Biden's throat over gaffs, when they just report on this incoherent mess as if it's normal. The NY Times would dwell on Biden's issues but gives most of this shit a pass. Fuck those people. Fuck them.

Between the incompetent DOGE psychopaths destroying America's soft power and good will, to this useless, needless war, America's reputation is shot for the rest of my lifetime. The fact we chose this cretin twice means we might buy shot term friends, but never be seen as leaders.

After watching the speech, I don't see how people all over the world, who are dealing soaring prices (if not rationing), aren't just writing off all of America. That we put this idiot in power ... twice, is just a fucking indictment of who we are as a country.

I can't imagine what other countries are thinking. I finally got around to watching the speech. I think, in places abroad that watched this speech, it must be "fuck these guys." Maybe Xi and Putin are laughing their asses off.