This was a lie.

One thing we kind of know but I'm not seeing discussed enough re: Iran is Trump's view that every state clearly must be/is run by a single autocrat who makes every decision. It's how he views business and politics and is why he likes people like Milei, Putin, etc. He figured Maduro was that way(1/x)

Don't worry, the President's worst impulses on war are being checked by his advisors who are afraid to tell him that the shoes he gave them are the wrong size

No win scenario All the planning involved some combination of "those assholes fired first" and "The World Has Decided It Is Time To End The Iranian Threat," both involve a level of ally+partner integration that is absolutely not the case here There was literally no plan for "YOLO Iran war w/Bibi"

"A carrier strike group is designed for blue-water power projection, not littoral escort through a corridor where a $500 contact mine can cripple a $4 billion destroyer." open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...

CNN: Why isn't the US Navy escorting ships through the Strait of Hormuz? SEN. RICK SCOTT: I can't tell you the answer to that, but I think right now it's still a dangerous situation. It's gonna take a while for us to get control of the Strait of Hormuz.

Seeing reports we pulled all THAAD out of South Korea and are redeploying. Has that actually been sourced by a reputable outlet or just speculation?

Him being on CNN = he knows he's in trouble

Not that he'd listen, but as staff, your job literally to deliver the bad news and propose solutions.

we’re gonna need more handcuffs

This is stupid and conservatives would absolutely melt down if a Democrat did this

I wish I could say I was surprised www.axios.com/2026/03/10/u...

Our historical documentary series on the history of the Cold War continues with a video looking at some of the non-military plans for nuclear weapons that were thought up by either the United States or the Soviet Union during the Cold War youtu.be/FDtBRr--B5I

Take a look at this dope in his baseball hat.

Breaking NYT: Two teenage brothers and mariachi stars who visited the White House last summer were just released with their family from ICE detention centers in South Texas — immediately following the visit of a delegation of Democratic lawmakers who pressed for them to be freed.

Mullin will essentially be an even less qualified Kash Patel at DHS. He'll cosplay ICE, HSI, whatever and wear all the cool gear and play with all the toys, but other than that, he'll have no clue what DHS should actually do and won't care. P.S.-DHS was a bad idea from its inception.

If an official commits an impeachable offense and nobody acts to impeach, it is no longer an impeachable offense. People who oppose impeachment as “pointless” because it seems unlikely to result in removal do not understand this very simple point and seem unwilling to even try to understand it.

At some point when the finance bros stop artificially propping this market up - probably right after the Dems take back the House - things are going to get extraordinarily ugly.

New: Strange war powers report to Congress for the recent partnered US military op in Ecuador. I interpret this as a hostilities report notwithstanding this disclaimer: "Although present for this partnered operation, United States ground forces did not come into contact with hostile forces." 1/n

Glad to hear the war is over has anyone told the other countries participating in the war

Netanyahu is not going to let Trump TACO is way out of this.

“I don’t want to brag, but no other president can do the shit I’m doing," Trump told GOP members of Congress just now.

Don't take advice from Fox News, kids

"I never thought honoring police officers would be this controversial." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

New: A Mysterious Code Is Being Broadcast on Shortwave Radio. Is It Iran? www.theatlantic.com/national-sec... I take a look at the "V32" Farsi numbers station that aired on Feb. 28. Also proxy and cyber attacks, as well as other asymmetric measures Iran might use.

someone at the pentagon frantically typing “Claude, open the strait of Hormuz for me, quickest possible strategy, make no mistakes.”

boy in retrospect, really shouldn’t have elected the worst person in the entire country president. that, it appears, was less than wise

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Jared and Witkoff are painfully, embarrassingly stupid. But they are also venal. So maybe their Gulf paymasters can force them to rein in some of this.

The precedents are awful. E.g. he could be Iran’s Bashar al-Assad.

Did i fill the car up in the midst of a fuel price crisis? Yes. Did I do it because I was panicking? Well, it was down to one bar and the fuel light had come on and it’s a really bad idea to let a diesel run completely dry.. but I wouldn’t call it “panic”. It cost $25 more than.. last week.

But will Stephen Miller allow them to be reassigned back from immigration duty?* (* – tbc, I have no idea if any of them have actually been doing immigration duty, but my presumption is everyone has)

"At least through September" Trump is going to try to declare victory right before the midterms.

Went in a BYD Uber when I was in London last month. It was extremely nice.

This raises the obvious question of what kind of thing the Trump admin might need the National Transportation Safety Board to do that a conscientious Board member would reject.

for anyone who is curious, especially if you were old enough to drive back then, I checked: 2008's $4.50/gal would be $6.65 today

These people are, to be blunt, substantially less intelligent than they believe they are.

This is the part that has surprised me the most. So many people who are going along with this shit thought the "protesters" would just walk into IRGC HQ and politely ask for the keys to the kingdom.

Oh is it war now then officially? 😒 These are all terrible, terrible people. May they all have the lives and fates they deserve.

So question for people in oil and gas space... What does this do to oil contracts for futures? I would assume the market didn't exactly account for this and while a bunch of people are going to make money, a bunch are going to lose their asses. Am I off base?

"One small step for Trump, one giant leap in gas prices."

"He seems to have had no idea that the Gulf would be a target. … He professed that Iran’s attacks on American allies were 'probably the biggest surprise'—despite the fact that just about every country in the region had warned that Iran would surely attack them in retaliation."

I have so many questions... Over the years, when the hypothetical of a war against Iran came up, one of the first things anyone would volunteer was the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and oil prices skyrocketing. It's obvious. Maybe more than obvious if you've ever looked at a map. 1/

Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei • More hardline than father • He’s the IRGC candidate • Relatively young: 56 • Avoids public • Trusted by father, clerics • Was in military during Iraq-Iran war • His wife, Zahra, killed in Israeli airstrike w his father

The Pentagon passing an audit is the dumbest of dumb talking points that was first peddled by the likes of Ron Paul, alone with his Audit the Fed shtick

Congress could stop this.

But I was just reading analysts last week who said this was only a minor disruption. Fucking morons.

Well, this aged exactly how I was afraid it would

as I've said for a while now, the entire plan and theory of victory is, 100% accurately, described as "I dunno bomb stuff I guess" near perfect tactical execution all things considered, operationally incoherent, and strategically vacant, that's the DoD/USG promise