The SNL writers' Trump had a brilliant line tonight: "A promise is jiust a lie that hasn't happened yet."

And the world wants Ukraine's drone tech and expertise.

I wanted to comment, but then thought the better of it.

Trump had to go to war to prove how good Iran is at terrorism.

This story has a lot of interesting details, but doesn't answer the key unanswered questions: First, what led Bezos to utterly destroy the Washington Post? Second, why is he holding onto the paper as he finally kills it?

Truth.

As Zelensky says, Europe needs to develop its own comprehensive air defense capabilities. And while Ukraine is in critical need of assistance from its European neighbors now, it also has some world leading technology and expertise, as Middle Eastern countries are learning.

China is exporting slave labor.

Literally straight out of the authoritarian playbook.

It depends what the meaning of "obliterated" is.

Why watch the Tucker Carlson show when you can get your virulently conspiratorial antisemtitic material right here on Bluesky?

Pete Hegseth: “The only thing prohibiting transit in [the Strait of Hormuz] right now is Iran shooting at shipping. It is open for transit should Iran not do that.” What a fucking idiot.

Hoeven claims the war will lead to lower gas prices. He also claims that the Moon is made of green cheese, though.

One open question: Is Musk going to take down his own retweet of a clip from one of the depositions (which he hailed as "legendarily based"), given the DOJ's claim that publishing the videos is "harmful" to the DOGE Bros and even their families?

The depositions were just too unwoke for public consumption.

Trump hailed Grenell for leading the "transition" to utter nihilism.

Allies in the Gulf (meaning MBS), who were "privately" urging Trump to attack Iran are now "privately" furious. They sound like Republican senators.

Caine was repeating a warning that every military planner contemplating a war with Iran has made for decades.

Trump did nothing as thousands upon thousands of Iranians were shot on the streets, and even killed in hospitals, because he was preoccupied with violently invading an American city.

His "sympathetic" portrayal of Ida Amin is very notable, for its absurdity and obtuseness.

Get pissed, destroy.

The videos of the Muskovites were too revealing of pure idiocy and bigotry.

War is when the country most needs journalism relentlessly focused on reporting the facts, without fear or favor. Without it, Americans would not have learned of My Lai, or the truth about Watergate. That is just what Hegseth fears, and what Trump's determined to prevent by coopting the press.

What an amazing journalist.

As absurd as it sounds, this is entirely true.

Here @davidrlurie.com outlines Trump's "long-burning desire to turn urban America into a theater of war" and "visceral desire to foment violence between city residents and police," and how that links to his Iran war. As always the lifeblood of MAGA is sadism. Over at @atrupar.com's place:

Hegseth is a bad card counter.

Greenblatt: "We're seeing Jewish people, the Jewish state, blamed for the war. It is wrong to scapegoat & hold Jewish people accountable for something you don't like on other side of the planet. We really need leaders on all sides in politics, running for office, podcasters, to stop w/ conspiracies"

So is peace the pursuit of war?

In short, I think what we're seeing from young people right now is somewhat encouraging. Look at these numbers!

"Given everything Israel has done to earn the world’s opprobrium, it isn’t always easy to determine the line between legitimate criticism and antisemitic demonization." Uh, yes it is.

"Details about the attack were sparse Thursday, and a motive was unclear." While rushing to conclusions is bad, I think we can be certain he was trying to kill Jews.

Was there a secret divorce? Inquiring minds want to know.

Sundowning before sundown.

Don't worry, there's just the occasional drone attack on massive ships filled with explosive hydrocarbons. No biggie.

A must-read article by David Lurie for Public Notice. @atrupar.com It was written *before* the war in Iran. My 93-yr old father, who passed away in Feb, cld only mutter, "It's nihilism." & shake his head & refuse to talk further about F47 & his ilk. Too upset. www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-poll...

Hard to keep track of the terrorists in recent days. But don't worry, Trump says he knows where most of them are.

He's actually the child of privilege. But he did have a Totenkopf inked onto his chest, which makes him an honorary proletarian.

Not sure about bad faith, but certainly malignant myopia.

"It's like Trump felt, as a would-be dictator, he had to have his own nihilistic war, just like his idol Putin. But Trump’s 'excursion' against Iran is nothing like Putin’s years long 'special military operation' against Ukraine — it’s actually more stupid." www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-excu...

I wouldn't trust this guy to organize a college kegger, let alone police government grants, along with a chatbot. www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/s/...

Hungary returned damaged armored vehicles to Oschadbank, but not the gold and millions yet https://www.europesays.com/2840983/ Today, the armored vehicles that were illegally detained in Hungary have already been handed over to representatives of…

But at least there's no DEI in the state.

A local law enforcement official in Bloomfield, Michigan said the FBI might be taking the lead investigating today's synagogue terror attack. Don't let them!!!

The answer to neo-Hitler Youth figures like this is NOT to slide into copying their antisemtitic conspiracism.

Good

Trump says Iran has "no systems of control." Who's talking?

The inevitable fruition of the prophecy: President Baghdad Bob

"It’s almost as if Trump felt that, as a would-be dictator, he had to have his own nihilistic war, just like his idol Vlad Putin. But Trump’s 'excursion' against Iran is nothing like Putin’s years long 'special military operation' against Ukraine — it’s actually more stupid." — @davidrlurie.com

Cornyn devoted decades to faithfully serving the interests of the very wealthiest; now he's slavishly pandering to every whim of Donald Trump. Maybe, just maybe, Talarico, a Democratic candidate who reflects the priorities, and principles, of most Texans will win the general election.