Trump lost this war in every possible sense — morally, legally, politically, economically, reputationally, and strategically.

What a chyron

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We could be looking at one of the worst humanitarian crises in history tonight.

So have we all just decided he’s going to taco because it’s too horrific to think anything else? 🌮

I hate having to do the "look, they're normal just like us" post, but sometimes you have to do that when American propaganda tries to convince everyone Iranians are "animals".

A punt/postponement/phony deal would be GOOD given the alternatives. Let's hope that is what happens. But the damage is untold already. It won't be a celebratory moment, though some will undoubtedly spin it that way.

Seriously, what the fuck is this. This is completely deranged, and anyone who can’t say so is a coward.

God help us.

A lunatic who has his hands on nuclear weapons says lunatics should not have their hands on nuclear weapons.

The Iranian Embassy in South Africa weighs in:

There you go @nytimes.com

Balint: "If President Biden or President Obama had said anything remotely like this, it would be nonstop coverage on every single channel and everyone on the other side of the aisle would be howling about it and demanding that they step down."

I guess not. bsky.app/profile/ronf...

I'm glad the US pilot is safe but the sheer discrepancy shown by most Americans of all political stripes between the value of the life a soldier who *literally signed up for this shit* and the value of the lives of thousands of civilians who didn't is indefensible under any coherent moral code

The political calculations that result in cutting NASA funding the day after the Artemis II launch must be fascinating

And thus the US government badmouths Ukrainian systems that are battle tested and work. Warmongers is an old-fashioned word but it fits the Trump crew very well.

Seems like Hegseth is taking out more generals in the US than Iran.

Guys, is it good when you fire the head of the army in the middle of a war ahead of a possible controversial ground invasion? It's a thing you do if you're winning, right?

There are so many lies in this Trump address but saying “inflation is zero” is an all timer. If you shop for groceries you know that’s total BS. But don’t take my word for it—from an economist: www.deloitte.com/us/en/insigh...

The Biden debate performance that ended his presidency was one-tenth as addled as what I'm watching right now.

“It will just open up naturally,” Trump says about the Strait of Hormuz. He also once said, at the beginning of the pandemic, that COVID would end by itself. "One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear"

this was a speech that could’ve been an email

So far, Trump is just lying about Obama’s nuclear deal. Not a word he said about the JCPOA is true

Not gonna lie, been feeling a smidge apprehensive about this moon launch given how little this administration cares about things like, you know, science and safety and such* so I was going to wait until they were actually out of the atmosphere to say anything. (*not a reflection on NASA, they rock)

Trump just cut a midterm ad for every Democrat in America. bsky.app/profile/fact...

Yes, I'm an economist. And yes, I'll talk about oil and gas prices. But still, I wonder whether (and why) we're avoiding talking about the bigger costs of war.

This is what corruption and wasting taxpayers' money looks like

Hegseth: I witnessed lethality. I met a junior airman as the sun was going down and a chill was setting on the tarmac, who, when asked what they needed, she simply looked up at me with a sly smile on her face and said, more bombs, sir, and bigger bombs. We will happily oblige her.

Hegseth: "As far as NATO, that's a decision that will be left to the president, but a lot has been laid bare ... you don't have much of an alliance if you have countries that are not willing to stand with you when you need them."

Zero percent chance this ever gets built. Will they raise money for it? Yes. Will the money go to building it? No.

The actual embodiment of "American Badass"

We live in bizarro world.

No Kings in Traverse City, Michigan

We had a 100-0 bipartisan deal in the Senate and the House blew it up because the Republicans who run Congress apparently don’t talk to each other and prefer chaos.

EXCLUSIVE: Russia took satellite images of a U.S. air base days before Iran attacked the site and wounded Americans, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says.

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Hey @tvc-indivisible.bsky.social My 80 year old mom and her neighbor loved today’s event! 💪🏼#nokings

Look how aggressively we are sanitizing Kushner's conflicts. The NYT described Kushner as "having business interests" in the Middle East. KUSHNER IS BEING DIRECTLY PAID TENS OF MILLIONS ANNUALLY BY MIDDLE EASTERN GOVERNMENTS

They started a war of choice for absolutely no reason, with no real strategy and no real preparation, and the end result will be a global situation that is, in every single way, worse than what it was when they started.

So let's see. The Senate passed a bill to fund TSA. The House blocked it. Now Trump has signed an executive order to pay them? REPUBLICANS IN DISARRAY lol

I’m pretty sure Kamala’s stock market would be crushing the MAGA stock market! @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social @cnbc.com

House Republicans just rejected the Senate deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security — which left out funding for ICE and CBP — meaning TSA workers remain unpaid.

Let me get this straight: Democrats had a plan to fund most of DHS (without giving ICE more money) this whole time. But Republicans blocked it because Trump told them to. Then, after weeks of chaos at the airports and TSA workers missing paychecks, Trump and Republicans caved. The Art of the Deal.

The details here are pretty bad. Hegesth personally intervened after the military officers in charge refused to block the promotion. The officer was told "President Trump would not want to stand next to a Black female officer at military events" by Hegseth's Chief of Staff.

The fact that Zelensky has not told so many people to fuck off who more than deserved it over the years it is a testament to his character, patience and leadership. He never gives up trying to placate and persuade people no matter how ignorant & insufferable they are. I could never do it. Few could.

Trump described voting by mail as “cheating.” Days earlier he cast a mail‑in ballot himself & is not the first time in recent years that Trump has voted by mail in spite of his baseless claims that Dem's were attempting to “steal” the election via mail-in ballots. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...