David Scott, vice president for AP Elections said that he doesn't mind if you place bets on what exact day that his life ends, using Kalshi, the internet's favorite platform for trading on anything, the newest partner of the Associated Press.

Remember too: He went to work for Blackwater. In 2018.

The stakes could not be higher. The US-Israeli war on Iran is catastrophic—and rapidly expanding across the region. Yet Democratic leaders are failing to muster a clear, anti-war response. Instead it's sleepy, feigned opposition after the deed is done. By me and @ahjohnson.bsky.social

for those of you who werent adults during iraq, its hard to overstate how much the media loves war porn. they salivate over pentagon spin briefings. they love stories about all the bombs and how supposedly infallible they are. they love the notion of the commander in chief, in the situation room etc

Betting on dystopia.

I finally got records on a little-known tax incentive program the state of Missouri has been using to lure data centers here. It's the first $$ we've gotten from officials www.stltoday.com/news/local/b...

New merch on the way: Trump Turtlenecks.

The Trump administration has initiated actions that would strip protections from nearly 88 MILLION ACRES of public lands. That's equivalent to 117 Yosemite national parks. American public lands belong to the American people, not to billionaire drilling and mining CEOs. Period.

Case in point: Thomas Friedman, the reincarnation of Neville Chamberlain cowardice in his opinions, lauds himself as a centrist even though he's never met a right-wing opinion he won't normalize and serve as an apologist for. Even Alan Colmes was never this spineless. bsky.app/profile/walk...

For around a $10,000 “investment” you can tell her in person at her upcoming 10-day yoga retreat in Kenya onthegroundretreats.com/retreat/kenya

One of my favourite sides of politics/media.

Iran is still paying for their 1950s sin of asking British Petroleum to pay fair market value for their oil. Brits call the US… CIA’s Operation Ajax overthrows the democratically elected parliament in Tehran and installs the Shah, one of the more brutal 20th century dictators. 75 years of this.

when he's right, he's right fuck em up, Grandpa

The inability to recognize voters aren’t rational actors is itself an irrational way to view election strategy. “If they only did the thing I want, we would’ve won” is hardly cogent analysis.

Be aware everyone that we are vulnerable to a massive false flag here at home because our government is being run by a sadistic psychopath who gets off on violence and can’t seem to shake this Epstein abomination. They’ll blame Iran to justify this mess he got us into.

This is completely wrong, and how the power of a paper's editorial board gets normalized. By choosing what content and whose voices they do and don't platform on their op/ed page, papers shape public perception. That's how fascism has become so normal, and why facts now matter so little.

This is from 1997. We have ~30 years of data showing that misleading headlines affect public perception regardless of story content. Copy editors who write misleading headlines and social media posts have no excuse for pretending their clickbait is harmless. It’s measurable and verifiable harm.

Here’s what you need to understand about these people: They are *just fine* with fascism. They’re happy with the status quo.

“The Nazi tattoo guy who retweets white supremacists and goes on antisemitic podcasts and says both parties are the same will be a reliable democratic vote, don’t worry” I mean LISTEN TO YOURSELVES

I only even felt the need to address this because the guy in Maine who just got his Nazi tattoo covered, which means It’s Fine Now was perpetuating this stereotype online after allegedly doing totally normal stuff like conducting field studies on Black people back when he used to bartend.

Doubly crazy because not only is Iran a war of choice—one that doesn't happen if the 2024 election goes the other way—but also the reason things got here is Trump chose to renege on the JCPOA in 2018. This isn't the inevitable march of history. It's the election and foreign policy of one guy.

I got an unsolicited funding email from Platner's campaign late last year, and I told them his flirting with fascism was not going to fly with me. They sent me a long reply full of baloney, how he's changed, he's seen the light, blah blah blah. Yeah.

Putin's probably rubbing his grubby little hands together at the prospect of $100 a barrel oil, yet another solid Trump's done for him. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

JFC, this guy will be worse than Sinema, Fetterman and Manchin *combined*. This wasn’t years ago, this isn’t the past, he did this weeks ago. He did this with the knowledge of the blowback he’s already gotten. This guy is not ready for Public Access Cable, much less primetime.

There were def people in Washington who advised Trump not to do this, basically saying, "hes 90, hes had cancer twice, hes going to die soon anyway. Dont make him a martyr for the cause". He didnt listen.

Unaccompanied children as young as 13 who are pregnant, often from rape, are being moved to Texas so the Trump administration can avoid getting them access to abortion, critics say. My latest: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

I'm exhausted by all the efforts to rewrite the history of the 2022 US Senate primary in Pennsylvania, with folks insisting "we told you so!" as to Fetterman, that Conor Lamb was always the better choice, and generally ignoring Malcolm Kenyatta's historic candidacy. So let me say a few things. 🧵1/

No name of which reporter or staffer talked to Trump. The interview lasted "less than a minute." And the WH gets a puff piece and flattering headline. This from the "liberal" network (that very much is not "liberal," outside of 7-11 p.m. ET)

We live in a world in which its entirely possible that Iran negotiations failed because people involved bet the under.

The Department of Education has hung a massive banner honoring a racist college dropout who built a lucrative career out of targeting professors for harassment

in case anyone ever needed confirmation that it's not about building a democratic Iran, it's about collapsing Iran and turning it into a land of rubble that can be bombed every six months

“direct your anger at trump not the democrats” buddy you are severely underestimating the amount of anger i have available to me

We seem to have collectively decided, gradually and mostly out of apathy, that presidents can launch flagrantly unconstitutional wars of choice without congressional approval and there just won’t be any consequences. Would be nice if this is where we start reversing the trend.

everything about this is so unspeakably evil and rage-inducing, but the fact that a non-zero number of Republicans believe Ayatollah Khomeini and Ayatollah Khamenei are the same guy makes me want to S C R E A M

If you are an elected official that opposes military strikes on Iran, the head of CBS News will clap back at you. Will be interesting to see if she does this for other objectors, or just Muslim politicians, but it does raise the question how much her views of the Middle East shape the news.

Historically, these are TERRIBLE polling numbers for day 1 of a major US use of force, particularly against a well known and disliked adversary. Usually it only goes down from the start

I mean, you’re not wrong! Shows my friends worked on for years were canceled and then used as tax write-offs.

This may be the ultimate test of our medical boards. While maybe not explicitly illegal to help a child rapist cover up medical evidence of sexual violence against children, most of these confirmed stories violate mandatory reporting laws … in addition to the basic medical ethics and professionalism

he wants to drop the bomb, he has always wanted to drop it the apocalypse with which he associates it is an alternative he welcomes an alternative to the future in which his power, his privilege, and, most importantly, his pleasure, no longer exist

“Mr President, the bombings have begun in Tehran and also customers are complaining we have run out of shrimp at the pool buffet.”

"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school

Surprised to see that Trump, who is usually so deliberate and thoughtful, has decided to create a world where kidnapping or killing world leaders is a normalized method of handling threats.

this is why thune and senate republicans don't want to vote on the war powers resolution; cornyn's in a very bad spot if he has to vote to authorize strikes on iran, and he damned well knows it

I know you all think this is stupid, but it's the actual power of Congress. If the war powers act doesn't pass it means the war is officially, indisputably, unequivocally, illegal.

We are in a car with a drunk driver going the wrong way on a highway with a backseat full of kids and Dems are like “you forgot to bring your license”

The War Powers resolution is not a bad idea. You put some backs to the wall that way. In this climate it could help you swing elections.

My statement on President Trump’s combat operations in Iran⬇️

I'm hearing reports that the elderly despotic leader is now afraid to reenter the capital and is attempting to establish a functioning government in a gilded palace located in a remote southern part of the country.