This is just not true. The world of atrocity academia and legal studies is not significantly divided over semantic disputes regarding what definition of a genocide would apply to the situation in Gaza. The outliers are very clearly approaching their dissent from a predominantly political viewpoint

Leading genocide scholars, watchdog groups, and international bodies by and large agree its a genocide. Claiming non-expertise is a cop out. It’s not complicated and at this point the only reason to avoid using the term is because invoking it implies a moral and legal responsibility towards action.

TSA’s funding has been blocked, ICE agents have been deployed, and long lines continue amid the congressional funding standoff. Here’s everything you need to know about America’s airport chaos: bit.ly/3PGpBAt

Trump kindly requests that ICE agents not wear masks at airports (everywhere else still cool though)

I’ll be on at ~8:30 :)

Trump on Robert Mueller’s Death: ‘Good, I’m Glad He’s Dead’ www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Trump writes that he is “glad” Robert Mueller is dead

Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller dead at 81, per @ms.now www.ms.now/news/former-...

Trump on Iran: I may have a plan or I may not, but how would I ever say that to a reporter?

Ramirez: I think that every time JD Vance is forced to publicly talk about this war, he sees his 2028 chances just slipping a little bit farther away.

Trump complains that becuase the 2020 election was "Stolen" he isn't getting enough "credit" for the World Cup, Olympics, and the celebrations of America's 250th anniversary.

🇺🇸OUT NOW🚨 Wondering how Texas could impact the US political landscape? Wonder no more - @nikkimcr.bsky.social and @chrisjonesprod.bsky.social spoke to real-life Texan journalist @hooks.bsky.social about James Talarico and why the GOP is in a mess 👉 linktr.ee/americanfric...

Trump announces that WH Chief of Staff Susie Wiles has early stage breast cancer, will remain in her role.

American Friction: You’ll love us or hate us! linktr.ee/americanfriction

🚨NEW EP🚨 Trump is wrecking the world in the stupidest way possible. @nikkimcr.bsky.social, @jacobjarvis.bsky.social and @chrisjonesprod.bsky.social unpack his posturing, his Iran flip-flopping, and loads more! 👉 linktr.ee/americanfric...

wait WHAT

NEW: CBS News correspondent Scott MacFarlane just announced to the newsroom that he's leaving the network after 20 years. Here's his goodbye note:

Court Square is the single largest daily global gathering of people who just learned how to walk

Catch me on The Weekend Primetime during the 8PM hour on MS NOW :) :)

the dumbest form of politics is yelling at voters after you lose. if you lose it is *always* your fault. every confounding factor in the universe is your job to overcome. if you take a position that is unpopular and don't adjust to learning that, you are bad at running for office.

I believe the phrase for this is “eating the seed corn.”

THIS WEEK ON AMERICAN FRICTION!!! • Noem gets taken to the gravel pit • MAGA cannibalism over Iran • Texas primary takes And much more! Listen wherever you get your pods and support us extra hard (with perks!) on Patreon! linktr.ee/americanfric...

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 MAGA seems to be tearing itself apart and Trump has fired his dog-killer-in-chief Kristi Noem. What a week, hey?! @nikkimcr.bsky.social, @jacobjarvis.bsky.social & @chrisjonesprod.bsky.social unpack it all ➡️ linktr.ee/americanfric...

“Vacationers have long known that Miami group chats can be a force for evil. Friendship-ruining, relationship-destroying, and, in the case of the Miami-Dade County’s Republican Party, a national scandal.” - @nikkimcr.bsky.social

Trump Fires Kristi Noem, Taps Oklahoma Senator to Lead DHS www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

NOEM FIRED Trump taps Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin as replacement

Trump says he will make his Texas endorsement soon, and asks whoever doesn’t get it to drop out

So tired i had three sips of coffee and hurled 👍👍👍 love elections nights 👍👍👍

There's gonna be a lot of discourse about Hispanic voters. In January I ran around the RGV trying to figure out how voters we're feeling about Trump and Republicans and they had a lot to say! www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/hispanic-voters-swung-trump-south-texas-1235499072/

If you worked on the Crockett campaign reach out to me on signal (Nikkimcr.70), would love to chat

The Associated Press calls the Texas Senate Primary for James Talarico

Talarico now significantly over the 1 million vote threshold with ~80% of the vote in. For context the 2024 D Senate primary drew about 970,000 votes. 2018 (Beto) drew 1,042,000.

Talarico: "This is proof that there is something happening in Texas tonight tonight, the people of our state gave this country a little bit of hope, and a little bit of hope is a dangerous thing." He then walks off to Bad Bunny's "DTMF"

Talarico calls for "every vote" to be counted in Texas race

Crockett tells supporters "we're not going to have election results tonight, in my opinion"

"Dallas may not be enough"

my body cannot tell the difference between being chased by a pack of hyenas and getting my hopes even slightly up on an election night

One of the things I'm curious about is if/how the Iran sideshow may have shifted uncertain/ undecided voters at the last second in the Texas Republican primary.

monitoring the situation

anyway, people are welcome to yell at me but whatever the final outcome I will feel the same: Crockett ran a half-assed, low effort campaign that lacked any sort of central message, relied mostly on her national name recognition over substance and misunderstands the Texas electorate.

Sen. Tillis says Noem is partially to blame for the rise in threats against ICE agents

Noem says DHS is "revetting" individuals who were given green cards or naturalized under the Biden administration

Sen. Kennedy presses Noem on her handling of the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Calls her on blaming Stephen Miller for statements calling them "terrorists"

Sen. Kennedy (R-La.) grills Noem on her ad spending at DHS and who is getting contracts from the agency

Graham attempts to link this weekends shooting in Austin to undocumented immigration. Authorities have already indicated the perpetrator was a legal immigrant who obtained citizenship in 2013.

Amid reports of a long term affair with Corey Lewandowski, Noem thanks her husband for accompanying her to her hearing

Trump Rambles About Golden Drapes in White House as Americans Die Overseas www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

MTG called the Trump administration “a bunch of sick fucking liars.” Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Five decades of US drumbeats for war with Iran and too many of the posts I’m seeing are claiming that Trump was pushed into this, implication being against his will, by Israel. This is aligned interests, not a vassal state power play—don’t let the bipartisan war machine off the hook

Has anyone done a good piece on how insane it is to be conducting these sorts of operations from Mar-a-Lago? They also launched the Venezuela coup from there and I cant imagine the business center conference room is an appropriate substitute for the WH Situation Room i.e. security