♦️Most people in China eat Chinese food. Most of the people Engel was thinking of ate German food. It's really not very complicated.

Same pattern in Iraq, in Syria, and now in Iran: ♦️Let the Kurds bear the brunt of the ground fighting. If the pattern of past wars hold, policy-makers in Washington have already dangled the promise of an eventual Kurdish nation. And if past pattern holds true: Nothing will come of it.

Iranian-American Rep. @yassaminansari.bsky.social opposes Trump’s “illegal” war: “My family & friends have been brutalized and murdered by the Islamic Republic… but Trump has shown freedom for the people of Iran is not his priority. I will be voting YES on the war powers resolution.”

I live about six miles from the White House. At the rate Trump's expanding his plans for the East Wing, pretty soon it will engulf my back yard.

“Almost all the 165 people killed in the attack were girls aged between seven and 12, according to local officials. There were around 170 girls at the school in southern Iran’s Minab at the time.“ A double-tap strike on little girls at school.

Pathetic. The only Republican to vote in favor of the US Constitution was Rand Paul. His vote was balanced out by John Fetterman crossing the aisle, to vote in favor of annointing Trump as Emperor.

"If we didn't hit within 2 weeks [ie, the June 2025 attack], they would've had a nuclear weapon." Fact-check: ❌❌❌. #Iran has NEVER been close to a nuclear weapon This isn't just another "Grandpa's sundowning," or "He sure likes to fib." ♦️This is one of the most dangerous lies he's ever told.

I understand 80% of the words in this sentence.

The regime has trotted out a lot of rationales for its war on #Iran. Today's slogan: ♦️Iraq x 2.

Have you been on her plane, Mr Noem? If you're a bidet kind of guy, it's got his-and-hers. And that in-flight bedroom-- well, 'nuff said.

So now China is moving to mediate and try to end the war between the US and Iran….and if successful, US influence and prestige in the Middle East will further erode. The strategic consequences of this war will reverberate for decades.

The Democratic primary voters in Texas probably made the right choice: @jamestalarico.bsky.social has a better chance of winning the general election. But I hope @jasmineforus.bsky.social stays in the public arena: We need her take-the-fight-to-'em passion in politics today.

Best reason to doubt rumors that Nancy Mace might leave Congress: ♦️If she does, she'll just be asking people about female body parts while standing outside a Wendy's.

Good that the House Ethics Committee is investigating GOP Rep Gonzales. But the bar for an investigation should be slightly higher than, "Did a House Member pressure a staffer into a clearly-unethical sexual relationship, causing her to set herself on fire."

U.S. Military Announces Plan To Consolidate All Wars Into Final, Epic Battle https://theonion.com/u-s-military-announces-plan-to-consolidate-all-wars-in-1824018300/

At this point, maybe it's easier to list the countries he's NOT invading. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u...

Bibi's #Iran goals are rational. But they're not America's: -Some are those of his nation: Degrade ballistic missile capability, install a less-antagonistic regime. -Some are just those of Bibi: Bolster his personal political fortunes. Bibi is pursuing his own interests. Trump should pursue OURS.

Are we sure that naval vessels are really what he's referring to when talks about "escorts"?

Speaking on behalf of every single American-- progressive, MAGA, independent, everyone-- there is one point on which all 342 million of us can agree: ♦️Live Nation (ie, Ticketmaster) is a parasite which should be terminated. OK, now we can go back to disagreeing about other things.

So all of the Stephen Miller/JD Vance arguments about children of #immigrants not being "real" Americans apply to...their own boss? (For the record: Trump's father was not born in Germany. Is he deliberate lying, or is his brain so pickled that he doesn't even remember?)

He'd rather proudly take credit for a disastrous error in judgement-- one that has already cost at least 6 American lives and billions of taxpayer dollars-- than admit he got suckered by Netanyahu. (For the record: It's both).

Kristi Noem said Alex Pretti “committed an act of domestic terrorism. That’s the facts.” Defend it or retract it, but don’t deny it.

Apologies for the mental image this conjures, but one is forced to ask: ♦️Does Bibi host an OnlyFans account?

I'm Not a Lawyer But™ ♦️Apparently, neither are the clowns running the DOJ.

This is SO dangerous: Too much, or too little: ♦️If strategy is the same as in Venezuela-- ie, keep the regime, just extort some oil-- killing cops is a terrible idea. ♦️If his strategy is regime-change, he'll need a full-on invasion & occupation. Both plans are awful. But he needs to pick one.

1. Good. 2. Why didn't she do this two months ago?

If "the world is a safer place," Markwayne: ♦️Why are Americans now being evacuated from their homes throughout the Middle East?

I was there-- the fact that Trae Young got himself ejected from a game he never even entered shows that the Wizards made a big mistake in trading for him. There are times when it's worth an ejection to stand up for your team-mates. This was barely a scuffle, in a no-drama utterly-meaningless game.

Got it: ♦️Israel was going to launch an unprovoked attack on #Iran. ...and if they did, we figured Iran might retaliate against US forces in the region... ...and that's why we attacked Iran before any of this could happen, just in case... ...So it was all just self-defense.

What, exactly is a "politically correct" war? One in which the Commander-in-Chief refrains from telling off-color jokes? Or one in which he doesn't bomb girls' schools?

US says it wouldn't deliberately target a school after Iran said over 160 killed in strike reut.rs/4l3a3CJ

It's a big deal for a US consulate to be stormed. It's huge deal for US Marines to open fire at an overseas post. Perimeter security is the responsibility of host-nation police: Marines at Post One are intended to serve as last fallback. #Pakistan is a Major Non-NATO Ally. This is a BFD..

I lived and worked in #Pakistan during some times of pretty high tension. I did a significant bit of my anthropological fieldwork in #Karachi. ♦️Throughout this period-- nearly 20 years-- the Karachi consulate (when open) never came close to being stormed. This should be front-page news.

"We're winning so much that we really don't know what to do about it." -President of the United States. ...six days ago.

Attempting to go the Rockets game, & have been wrestling with the damn Ticketmaster app for nearly an hour. To get tickets for which I've paid Ticketmaster (and Monumental, and Live Nation, and StubHub) far more than face value. I speak for everyone in America when I say: --F*** you Ticketmaster.

And for the lavishly-paid managing partners at all the Big Law firms that preemptively surrendered (Paul Weiss, Skadden, etc, etc), for absolutely nothing: ♦️You children and grandchildren must be so proud of you.

All those Big Law chiefs who ponied up tens of millions of dollars for the privilege of surrendering to Trump's extortion will feel pretty proud of themselves when they hear this:

Keir Starmer may not be aware of this, but a prior Labour Prime Minister was quite popular before he let an American president sucker him into a disastrous Middle East war.

Lots of talk about all the troops they're willing to sacrifice. No mention yet-- days after they launched the war on #Iran-- of what they're hoping to achieve.

Iran fired 1200+ projectiles at 5 countries in the first 48 hours. Most were drones. These saturation attacks aim to overwhelm air defenses and drain interceptors. $20-50K Shaheds vs. $4.19M air defense interceptors put US partners on the wrong side of the cost curve.

Best theory for that neck wound: ♦️Got bitten by the Revenant Wraith of the Undead. ...Who now serves as his Deputy Chief of Staff.

Follow-up, Senator: ♦️What, exactly, is the goal? What, specifically, is the objective for which these lives-- and those you admit will be lost in the coming days-- are a worthy sacrifice?

Top Democrats close to AIPAC stick to criticizing Trump’s process failures — but primary candidates are calling for a referendum on the war itself.

WATCH: “$20 if you can find Iran on this map.” We asked Tennessee House Republicans to point to Iran on an unlabeled map😬 (Spoiler: Cepicky finally did it 🏆)

...and for a large enough wager, you can write tomorrow's headline today!

The objective of deploying US troops to combat should be something greater than keeping the president entertained:

Sir, you get bored five minutes into a speech. That you are delivering.

The best hope we have for #democracy might be that in 2028 he decides to forgo an (illegal and unconstitutional) attempt to seize a third term, in favor of a quieter life as an interior designer.

Definitely ahead of whatever timetable he may have had for losing three F-15E Strike Eagles.