Damn

So you see it is not a NEW endless war at all

It’s astonishing to me tbh that people keep trying to make deals him given his complete inability to make credible commitments

You cannot talk like this about any other minority in America. And if it was any other president’s adviser who said something like this about any other minority, it’d be the instant end of their presidency.

“We thought this slave state in between Iraq, Iran, and Saudi Arabia would always be peaceful,” says finance guy who makes money by assessing risk.

I don’t know if that world exists but I desperately hope that it does for the future of our republic and of humanity

The Department of War regretfully informs you your husband has died lethalitymaxxing in Operation Epic Furry

Democrats, time to do a popularism

My four year old calls me “round” and his mom “pointy” also not wrong

I wonder if there's a connection between the lack of any stupid rules of engagement and the US/Israeli missile strikes that killed eighty or ninety schoolchildren 36 hours ago.

play this clip during his trial in The Hague

from a standpoint epistemological view you have to take this view particularly seriously

Remember that if you have cancer, you should consult your oncologist about a regular deworming regimen.

Yes! Yes!! Yes!!!

I'm sure they were all at Mar a Lago, listening through the curtains. www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...

More like all bets were ON (polymarket)

complete insanity

the group chats the pundits are all in are way more echo-chambery than this place

tbh there are things where I agree that the broad consensus on this place is a little echo-chambery/in need of grass touching, but it’s crazy that some pundits “I don’t like the guy with the totenkopf tattoo” is one of them.

incredible

Ossoff’s statement is 1000x stronger than Schumer-Jeffries. This is a moderate Jewish Senator from a Trump state. The split isn’t moderate vs progressive, but leading vs poll-reacting

They went to war with Iran (which nobody in America was asking for) so they could conjure an excuse to allow ICE to keep murdering Americans and teargassing schools here at home with impunity (which nobody in America was asking for).

jesus

Six suspected insiders made $1.2M betting on a US strike on Iran these wallets • were funded in the last 24h • specifically bet for February 28 • bought "yes" hours before the strikes

Sky once again with the lathe of heaven

A data point to remember re: “popularism” is that the popular position on what is happening in Iran and happened in Venezuela is “no war, this is insane, full stop” and the moderate elected officials we are supposed to like are saying contorted, legalistic, unpopular word salad instead of that.

Democrats are still in the defensive crouch George W Bush's aggressive domestic warmongering put them into after 9/11. They don't believe you can politically survive opposition to any aggressive foreign policy. (This seems like zombie common sense, to me)

On top of all the reporting that this war of aggression was planned well in advance, it seems that the reporting also indicates that the US political leadership are quite literally too stupid to understand basic diplomacy. I mean literally not smart enough.

Can I say that I think it’s very bad in it’s own right for what it is and also it is very either way re constitutionality but for different reasons?

I think also the weaponization of the DOJ, and all the RFKjr stuff

evergreen

This is presented as an aside, but we can’t overstate how big a deal it is that the USG and Silicon Valley have both rejected the moral superiority and lower risk of engagement they used to enjoy against China. It was our last remaining competitive advantage, and now there are no upsides to US tech.

We killed 85 schoolgirls. We are not the good guys.

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Here’s the thing: a President openly contemptuous of Congress & willing, unilaterally, to recklessly and illegally commit the US to wars of aggression is an existential threat to the Republic, *regardless* of whether he can ultimately explain his acts to Congress. The demand must be impeachment.

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The strikes on Iran are blatantly illegal. I explained in June why the strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities were unlawful under US and international law. Everything I wrote then is true today, but this is a far larger assault with far graver consequences. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/o...

It would be cool to have a legislature that acted to defend its own constitutional prerogatives and, maybe as a treat, the interests of the people it represents too.

And the answer we were looking for was nowhere, never

Stop calling the department of defense by the fake tough unofficial name the fake tough babies gave it. By statute & still by statute, it’s the department of defense. Stop accepting this juvenile garbage masquerading as accomplishments. Be an adult. Demand our officials be adults

I’m on an “Ideas Landlord” one because I’m pro-copyright.

a whole lot of businesspeople learning in real time that a predictable and stable regulatory state - even if you don’t like some of the regulations - is vastly preferable to “boss man doesn’t like you so you’re fucked now”

Radiohead is demanding that the Trump administration take down a pro-ICE promotional video featuring a version of its song “Let Down” without permission. Full statement from the band:

im not holding my breath but glad to see cm saying this

If the president could unilaterally change federal election law without Congress, it would destroy the Framers' design. That is why any legal claim of inherent presidential authority to regulate elections during a supposed "national security emergency" must be vigorously opposed.

Forthcoming from me in the Annual Review of Political Science: "Participatory Democracy and Its Limits." Download a complete preprint here: kevinjelliott.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

sure but they didnt know about liverking

One function of the demonization of “DEI” as an umbrella label is to lump together stuff that’s at least debatable with a bunch of stuff no sane person would ever object to if you were actually described the specific thing you’re talking about.