MPD body cam footage from DOGE raid on US Institute of Peace RECEIVED 😎 I'll be watching and sharing news and takeaways in the coming days. Stay tuned!

New addition to the bookshelf (hi randy)

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

They said "sir you're decomposing" and I said wow that's a beautiful word. You've never heard anything like it

Don't be fooled by this bill's name-- this is a book banning bill that will exclude LGBTQ books from all public schools NATIONWIDE. Call your congresspeople and tell them to VOTE NO on this nakedly bigoted book banning bullshit. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

Medical experiments on prisoners? Where have we seen this before?

we reached the “no WMDs” phase in two days.

from a standpoint epistemological view you have to take this view particularly seriously

Either Platner's a Nazi or he accidentally got a Nazi tattoo & kept it for almost 20 years, accidentally RT'd a guy who recently proposed a "final solution" for American Jews, & accidentally went on the podcast of a guy who thinks Israel killed JFK. If he's not a Nazi, HE'S EXTREMELY NOT BRIGHT.

"Israel has destroyed not only the rules-based order but also obliterated the most basic rules of war – you don’t attack children." @fbhutto.bsky.social reports on US‑Israeli attacks in Iran, where children are paying the deadly price of western imperialism.

NYT says the damage to the hospital was likely from targeting "Network 2", a state-run news outlet. What NYT DOESN'T say is that targeting civilians, even those who happen to work for state-run TV, is a war crime. I wonder why they didn't want to print that? One can only guess... 🙄

I just don’t think the opposition party should feel it necessary to be more careful in criticizing a war than the party in power is in starting one.

like i said, a lot of americans are going to learn we're at war this week when they go to fill up their gas tanks, and we can imagine what their response will be

DOGE never left

After Trump’s bombing of Iran, protesters breached the outer wall of the American Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan and 10 people were killed by security guards. An additional 11 were killed after torching a UN building in Skardu, and two were killed in Islamabad.

It’s funny if you call PayPal or visa lines and bring this up asking why they claim “adult illustrations” is against their regulations but betting on the death of kids is totally fine. They don’t have an answer. In fact yall should call them at least once a day with this :)

you can go even simpler than this: you have to be the absolute stupidest motherfucker on the planet to believe that donald trump keeps his promises

for reference, 73% of americans supported the war in iraq in 2003 — two years after 9/11 and two years of the bush administration making the case for it. this will be different, iran's in much worse shape to begin with, but it's starting wildly unpopular and will only get worse with consequences

This. The outcome of NEVER demanding accountability.

look who I met yesterday

The NYT style guide

Ian is a legend and one of my favorite people from Eurogamer. If you're looking for a video person who is also hilarious, go get him. He is well and truly 'the man'.

And what if a national newspaper’s op/ed column exhibits a consistent pattern of bias for publishing pieces supporting a particular kind of bad policy or decision? Are we supposed to not acknowledge the ideological capture of the editorial board (reactionary, saber-rattling warmongers)?

this isn't really the huge font headline you want to see when you're launching a war of choice that you can't explain to your allies in congress

This is the correct energy against our media overlords

Seems like a thing more people should be mad about

okay, this *specific* part feels like a parody of the actual iraq war

the plan, such as it is, appears to be “bomb a country of 90 million people that is already facing a water crisis into a failed state, walk away and declare victory” this is a monstrous nightmare regardless of whether or not it “works”

Spring is almost here so why not “March” up to Space Hotel? The fantastic hotel in space that will be opening in 9 short months! Note: do not attempt to “March” to Space Hotel as the empty vacuum of space will immediately kill you with a brief despairing scream meaning nothing to its cruel design

There’s a pretty robust case to make that the Iran Hostage crisis of 1979, the revolution itself, and the policies of the Iranian government towards the US since, was all blowback from the CIA’s decision to overthrow Mossadegh in 1953. www.cnn.com/2013/08/19/p...

in all seasons and all oceans declared everlasting war with the mightiest animated mass that has survived the flood

If you’re new, welcome! I’m Johanna, a comic creator. Behold, my stuff! 👻 THE GHOSTKEEPER, a YA GN about a therapist for ghosts (author/artist) theghostkeeper.carrd.co 🧙 SLEEPING WIZARDS, a YA unhinged D&Dish fantasy comic (artist only, author is Rusty Marcum) www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...

Busy week ahead of us so might as well start with the fascist bill preview for the week! First off, we have a bill from last week's docket that is there again with no guarantee it'll get a vote: H Con Res 38, aka stop bombing Iran without Congress' permission.

Fun fact! If you share this starter pack around, the really cool artists in it will get more followers, and I think that’s really neat 🥰 go.bsky.app/6WQAQna

Since @davis.social is sharing his starter pack again, and I have no time to introduce myself properly (because art school), may I instead recommend showing some love to these cool artists as well? [now comes with a part 2]

Objectively pro-Saddam returns

One of these wars, we're going to get a shot of a busboy clearing a six-top in the background while the president orders an airstrike and two scoops of iced cream.

Looks like Uncle Drunky can't even cow the group formerly known as the Boy Scouts into submission.

WHAT THE FUCK FIRST BABY GEESE OF THE SEASON IN ORANGE COUNTY ALREADY OMFG

Former New Mexico Attorney General Balderas details how the FBI forcefully shut down New Mexico's criminal probe into what was up at Epstein's Zorro Ranch in Santa Fe Co. The feds insisted that they were running their own criminal probe and that NM's involvement would not be tolerated. It was a lie.

if you assume — and i do — that we're going to have to spend the next decade digging out all the ticks that got into this government through the first and, especially, second trump administrations, "how easily can a legislator be corrupted?" becomes an extremely important question to ask

It’s called a functioning spinal column. Thank you @scoutingamerica.bsky.social.

Something lovely in a rough day. baltimorebeat.com/young-baltim...

Boy, does this make me think of Justice Jackson’s Youngstown concurrence, in which he warns of the danger of a president unilaterally initiating a war, and then using that war as a bootstrap to claim extraordinary powers at home.

Every once in awhile I think about this Nancy comic and it makes me laugh every single time. Absolute perfection.