You know what tho

I don’t think unconditional surrender is imminent.

In just the last 24 hours, Iran has successfully attacked: 3 cargo ships in the strait of Hormuz 3 fuel tankers in Iraqi waters Bahrain at Ma'ameer oil facility Oman fuel tanks at Salalah port US base at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait They show no signs of slowing down, they're escalating.

The horrors are coming to light: AP takes us inside ICE detention facilities. Dems MUST stand firm on DHS funding. When GOP scream “freedom isn’t free” & push Americans to die in forever wars, what the price really looks like is longer TSA lines—so Americans aren’t murdered by ICE on our streets.🤦🏿‍♂️

A foreign hacker likely has the Epstein Files. The best way to prevent blackmail of government officials, such as trump and Howard Lutnick, would be for AG Pam Bondi to stop the cover up and release all the Epstein Files as required by law.

Just read the sparksnotes if you just want the basic plot.

tariffs happening for no reason and theyre making your life worse, secret police kidnapping people for no reason and making your life worse, firing thousands of government employees for no reason and making your life worse, going to war with iran for no reason and making your life worse

schoolkids 500 years from now are going to be learning or reading about these inanities from Trump in the same vein as those Roman Emperors. "Caligula wanted a horse as senator. Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Donald Trump made his courtiers wear shoes he picked out, but in the wrong size"

The rest of the world should do the same

The only department that actually needed to be audited and trimmed like DOGE claimed to be doing is the DOD.

Alt text: George Lucas is standing by a window. The large slats of the blinds are open, letting sunlight illuminate his face. His arms are crossed, and the expression on his face indicates that he's half past done with your shit

Home security systems are safety theater. They make us feel like we’re in control, but they don’t actually reduce the risk of violence. If anything, they’re a part of a broader, predatory industry that exploits our fears and *increases* the risk of violence to keep us spending money.

Shot. Chaser.

Scoop: DHS ousted multiple privacy officers at CBP after they questioned orders to purposely mislabel records about government surveillance to prevent their release under FOIA.

Telling people "these reforms are basically free" is an argument I used to make and it is a loser on every level. People who support the police do not care about the cost. That's why the method must be "defund," not "use a smaller plate, it costs nothing."

coughing in ...the Border Security Working Group was run by sheriffs.

I don’t think people who aren’t regularly covering the reproductive rights beat realize how common it is for women to be incarcerated for miscarriages.

The military budget is $217 billion higher than it was a decade ago (after adjusting for inflation). A significant chunk of that money comes from OBBBA & is still unused and earmarked for things Trump is likely to ask for in the supp. For the rest, there's flexibility to move some funds around.

what do you do when your desired outcome (banning gender-affirming care) goes against the medical consensus? easy: simply exclude 97% of the relevant medical studies from your review...

It is the defining project of today’s Right: To vanquish the very idea that America should aspire to be a nation defined by equal citizenship in a pluralistic, multiracial society - and to fight instead for white Christian male supremacy at home and in the world.

“Pluralism is a lie”   That really is the consensus on the Right: It’s all a lie, no one actually wants it, it’s all just a conspiracy orchestrated by globalist elites, it destroys the nation.   It’s the one thing that unites all the factions on the MAGA right: A rabid disdain of pluralism.

You should not vote for any 2026 or 2028 candidate that doesn’t pledge to prosecute Trump, Rubio, Musk and members of the military for everything they’ve done.

When the president discards the Constitution to rule as a dictator, and Congress allows him to do so, the Constitution of 1787 has ceased to exist. That is where we are now. Any new settlement, whether allowing the president to be a dictator or not, will by definition be post-constitutional.

At @txfreedomread.bsky.social, we’ve undertaken a massive project (with the help of some incredible volunteers) sending public info requests to school districts to see how new laws are affecting what books are available in Texas schools. Y’all, it’s a lot. Follow us for some upcoming bombshells.

Human Rights Watch says they've verified that Israel has used white phosphorus on civilian populations in Lebanon.

If the Dems who win in the 2026 midterms get squeamish about prosecuting this administration, we'll need to elect a bunch of new people running on Nuremberg shit for 2028. This isn't a joke. It's the law. It's justice. Biden let Trump back in the WH and this happened because Joe didn't do his job

Jesus fucking lord this entire administration is just manipulating the stock market in between murdering people.

Tomahawks are only used by us and our closest allies (UK, Australia, Japan)

Eric Trump and Donald Trump, Jr. are acquiring a drone company that is seeking to meet Pentagon demand after Trump banned the use of Chinese drones. We’re barely a week into Trump’s war and already his family has found a way to cash in. Everything is for sale.

The Calgary Public Library is paying $8,000 for an AI Artist Residency while Canadian artists earn a median income 44% below average and compete for grants at a 16% acceptance rate. This is happening in arts around the world. I wrote about why. blog.brennanbrown.ca/why-is-my-lo...

Periodic reminder— Since Trump was re-elected, @forbes.com estimates— 💰His net worth is up $1.9 billion, to $6.2 billion 💰Eric’s has increased tenfold, to $400 million 💰Don Jr.’s has increased sixfold, to $300 million 💰19-year-old Barron Trump is worth $150 million

This is who this party is

The College Republicans of America just appointed a groyper as their political director. Kai Schwemmer was in Fuentes' inner circle in 2021, & since then has strategically downplayed his support to avoid controversy. CRA claims over 300 campus chapters across the country

people have got to realize that we are not getting Medicare for All without taxing the middle class. we are not getting free child care without taxing the middle class. we are not getting better schools and free college without taxing the middle class. I make $95,000 a year. raise my taxes, please.

Folks, don't use AI! Don't let your kids use AI. It strip-mines the soul. Stay away!

This analysis seems *modestly* more pessimistic than current reports suggest (e.g., Iran hasn't disabled all five THAADs) but the asymmetry is real. Iran can likely keep SoH closed with cheap drones for months, no matter what we do, and nothing could re-open it other than a collapse of the IRGC.

Israel is dropping white phosphorous. We bombed an elementary school. Oil plants are burning, acid rain is falling, desalinization plants are taking fire. We are fucking around and should not be surprised to find out

I think that Fox and Friends should do a show live from a tanker in the Strait, just to show them how it's done.

The world economy is heading for catastrophe with the Strait of Hormuz closed. Trump is going to find out very quickly that the only way it gets re-opened is negotiating an end to the conflict on VERY favorable terms to the Iranians. Iran, as the President likes to say, holds the Trump card.

love how we killed the old, frail anti-nuke ayatollah just to have him replaced with his young, healthy son who wants nukes and who just had his father, mother, wife, and child murdered on the same day by his mortal enemy. surely this will bring peace to the region

There's no such thing as white people. To the extent that Tucker is referring to any real group, that group doesn't need a homeland because it already has everybody else's.

Breaking: SC newspaper verifies portions of Trump accuser's story. Textbook journalism. Local journalism. Support your local news outlets. www.postandcourier.com/news/epstein...

Hahaha oh man just wait til normal people figure out the gas prices will affect everything from groceries to delivery apps. Oh Christ it’s going to get messy.

This hurts to even think about. There’s no denying this is unethical. But things would need to be really bad for a library to make this choice. I read the board reports, things are REALLY bad. Cities must dedicate more resources to counter crises so it doesn’t all fall on the library. #PubLibs 📚

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These people need to be understood as Brown Shirts because that is Trump’s intent

Dropsite reports “Black rain” + “nuclear winter” caused by Israeli strikes on oil depots in Tehran - chemicals are producing acidic precipitation that causes skin burns + severe lung damage on contact - the rain is corrosive + could damage structures - heavy metals leaking into soil/water systems

So we are flying the mercury e6b in the Middle East now? That is deeply unsettling as it’s only use is command and control for nuclear launch for our sub deterrence capability

Iran has so far engaged in an ethical war, observing principles of proportionality. The US & Israeli bombing of a water desalination plant in Iran is a war crime. It is a violation of the Geneva convention because they are essential for civilian survival. It is also devastating for the region.