This is a potential war crime

I am sure French special forces have the capacity to raid Mar-a-lago, arrest Trump, and drag him to The Hague. It’s not rocket science.

Neo-royalism update: Marie-Antoinette at the UN

My today's Substack To work or not to work Can nations not work hard and continue to prosper? branko2f7.substack.com/p/to-work-or...

I wonder who that guy is

I understand the Democratic Party’s talking point, but the attack on Iran is not bad just because he did not get congressional approval. It is bad because, in decreasing order of importance, it kills innocent civilians, risks destabilizing the Middle East, and is against international and U.S. law.

It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.

Now that the Supremes have humiliated Trump, it’s time to invade the Falkland Islands, I mean, bomb Iran.

Time to tap that sign again it seems.

To Europeans: this what maintaining, in peace time, a military the size of the U.S. armed forces does to your polity. Supported by pro-military propaganda in every areas of daily life, every once in a while it goes to war for no reason because that energy has to go somewhere.

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It’s kinda funny that French surrender/military incompetence syndrome gets attributed to WWII when their incompetence during the Franco-Prussian war was 10x anything they did in the world wars

Djeezus

La pénurie éducative voulue par les idéologues anti-école rend les gens fous.

Oui donc elle sera payée 100% pour faire 50% de son boulot c’est ridicule. Ce n’est pas comme si l’enjeu de l’exécution budgétaire en 2026 était un détail, surtout compte tenu de la conjoncture politique et économique. Il fallait attendre 2027 pour la nommer, ou ne pas la nommer du tout.

JD Vance personally invited Pope Leo to the U.S. 250th celebration on the 4th of July. Today the Vatican announced Leo will be spending the day with migrants instead.

Great conversation with @andreapitzer.bsky.social today on @jamellebouie.net’s newsletter messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/rend...

Really superb piece on the Camp of the Saints and its life in America. Featuring commentary from @davidaustinwalsh.bsky.social @hannahgais.bsky.social James Patterson, and me. legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2026/02/2...

Petit Fil autour du slogan Néo-nazi assez peu connu "Présent" qui est fortement mobilisé autour de la mort du néo-nazi Quentin en cette journée de rassemblement de la haine !

Post your favorite Epstein file. Here is mine.

Correct. The Roberts two-step we all learned from @notalawyer.bsky.social @fleerultra.bsky.social and @aywarhiannon.bsky.social

VARNEY: You said economists behind a NY Fed study saying 86% of tariff burdens falls on US businesses & consumers should be disciplined. What's your issue? HASSETT: Yeah, I probably got a little emotional when I said that & I regret if the people who wrote the study feel I personally attacked them

A reminder than Chief Justice John Roberts only cares about white supremacy, not tariffs, and his only goal in life is to strike down the voting rights act.

*TRUMP’S GLOBAL TARIFFS STRUCK DOWN BY US SUPREME COURT

C’est marrant, je parlais hier avec des amis français qui ne savaient pas et n’avaient aucun souvenir d’avoir appris à l’école que la Quatrième République est tombée en 1958 sous la menace d’un coup d’état militaire, précipitant le retour de De Gaulle.

Cold Mountain. 23 years later, I still am extremely mad about the ending.

okay you know what we're doing this why rise of skywalker is the worst crime ever committed against cinema and the very concept of a coherent fictional universe: a thread

Washington DC, Feb 18, 2026

These are the only three movies I have ever purchased for home consumption and that is enough.

start your day out right

Plus sérieusement, je comprends que la politique européenne de Macron soit insupportablement arrogante donc il mérite sûrement qu’on lui rabatte son caquet. Mais donner de grands coups de barres budgétaires n’est pas une méthode très efficace pour augmenter la capacité militaire (cf France 1938)

J’ai encore un PTSD de la crise de la Z€ de la CDU donnant des leçons à tout le monde, et je me souviens même que certains disaient qu’il fallait exclure l’investissement en défense car c’est un bien public européen, avec Schlaübe en face: « nein nein, schwarz null »

Ambiance de merde ce matin, et 6h de retard implique que je prends tout dans les dents d’un coup. Entre Quentin, Dati, l’assistant parlementaire, et par dessus le marché les allemands qui reprochent à la France de pas assez dépenser en défense, j’ai failli jeter mon téléphone à travers la chambre.

F makes sense in swampy climates like the US east coast because at 100% humidity and 100 F humans die, so the combined scale answers the question: “what percent of death is it outside?“

Great piece from @dsquareddigest.bsky.social, which touches on one of the big theories for why English-speaking countries do especially badly at housebuilding: Adversarial and litigious common law systems (Anglo) vs judge-led civil law systems elsewhere. samf.substack.com/p/build-the-...

Heritage = patrimoine culturel Inheritance = patrimoine génétique

Typical European in NYC

Le ministre de la JUSTICE d’E. Macron a publiquement affirmé que la France n’a aucune responsabilité dans la rafle du Vélodrome d'Hiver (13.000 Juifves dont plus de 4.000 enfants enlevé.es par la police française, une centaine de survivant·es à peine parmi les déporté·es dont 0 (zéro) enfant).

Great movie, probably the best Villeneuve with Arrival

New post about tariffs. Last week two reports found that foreigners have borne very little of the cost. But the CPI came in somewhat soft. Is there a contradiction? As I explain, no. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/who-is-pay...

Julian Bailey, 43, is the man who was killed by U.S. Marshals in DC earlier this week. This is a message from his family. #JusticeForJulian

I think one of the real challenges in discussing anything to do with trans people is that the media simply cannot accept that the anti-position is entirely eliminationist. There is no way to "exist in public whilst trans" that they will accept, right down to celebrating a doctor quitting.

I think about how when they sang La Marseillaise they were still in the midst of a war they did not know they were going to win.

A French revolutionary being all rational and reasoned with no sentiment nor moral intuition: 🙄 revolution.chnm.org/d/413

🎯 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/o...

Firing a pilot for leaving Kristi Noem's blanket behind. Berating staff when she's not on TV enough. Inside the constant chaos at DHS.

Last night I could not sleep so I created a taxonomy of people who work on inequality/redistribution. For each of these groups I have names of economists but it could be too controversial. So I decided to stay with the taxonomy only. (You can fill in the names.)

Loi Duplomb le retour. Le sénateur vient de déposer une nouvelle proposition de loi visant la réintroduction de l'acétamipride, insecticide interdit depuis 2018. Et un débat non contraignant s'ouvre à l'Assemblée. Nous avons retracé en septembre l'histoire de cette molécule. Enquête en accès libre.