the Venezuela example does suggest that Trump wanted a comprador Supreme Leader who would let him personally loot a bunch of Iranian oil. but Israel wants it to became a blighted dystopian hellscape

You cannot talk like this about any other minority in America. And if it was any other president’s adviser who said something like this about any other minority, it’d be the instant end of their presidency.

Russia has begun using a new subsonic cruise missile, the Izdeliye-30, against Ukraine, Ukraine's Defense Intelligence said. The missile has a range of up to 1,500km, an 800kg warhead, speed of 600-800 km/h, and EW-resistant satellite navigation. #Ukraine

The CNN style guide: when to use the active versus when to use the passive voice.

Excellent exposition of Israel’s likely goal: turn Iran into a failed state, like Libya and Syria.

Some thoughts on the plan to turn Iran into a failed state: youtu.be/c4aeCV4TGo0

video from iceout.org earlier today at the whipple outside minneapolis shows a hennepin county sheriff’s deputy shoving the head of a protestor who was already tackled into the ground we need someone to challenge dawanna witt for sheriff. this brutality happening under her watch is unacceptable

"on a bright side this made several Polymarket traders very rich, so their sacrifice was not in vain"

Makes you think.

It’s not the president’s job to know what the fuck he is trying to do, Lindsey Graham?

The Europeans are desperate to ingratiate themselves with Trump so that he’s less likely to dump them in the event of a confrontation with Russia.

DOJ has come to mean the Department of Obstruction of Justice.

"The buck stops with whomever will take the blame"

The attack on Iran happened because Donald Trump wanted war, not because Iran posed an imminent threat.

this is basically a classified information eruv

A former Ogden, Utah police officer, Colten Scott Johansen, was sentenced to just 30 days in jail by Judge Catherine Conklin and given suspended prison terms after pleading guilty to three felony counts involving s*xual misconduct with minors, including forcible s*xual ab*se and CSAM charges.

Hennepin County Sherrifs are helping attack ICE protesters at the Whipple right now - #FUCKICE #ICEOUT

A doozy of a doublethink: Trump's bombing completely eliminated Iran's nuclear program, it's wrong if anyone says otherwise, AND Iran today has such an advanced active nuclear program that Trump had to bomb them a lot more, it's wrong if anyone says otherwise.

After a Local Police Chief Put a High School ICE Protester in a Chokehold, Should MAGA's Be Allowed to Be Cops? | A Truth Social account Quakertown Police Chief Scott McElree shares with his wife described the Democratic Party as “a deep state oligarchy” and “domestic terrorist organization.”

Trump relying on the old rule that you can’t prosecute a wartime pedophile.

You can storm the capitol and get pardoned for it though

This war is the latest example of US policies being hijacked to serve the pathological agenda of Bibi Netanyahu. The reflexive impulse of the US security establishment to accept and support the views of a malevolent zealot has deeply damaged American interests for most of this century.

"Why are you defending yourselves?"

every single psycho thing Donald Trump does he does only because almost every single federally elected Republican has chosen unilaterally, independently, and with complete freedom to go along with it unconditionally

Today’s military strikes on Iran — carried out by the United States and Israel — mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression. Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war.

It is what it is. #OperationEpstein

"Why aren't reporters asking whether the president has the legal right to launch another Middle Eastern war?" From my Zeteo piece/newsletter today: zeteo.com/p/an-illegal...

"No new wars" really just meant "f*ck Ukraine" and everyone knew it.

I love that we all know 90 percent of them will flip on a dime now, from “trump won’t send your sons to war” (like it’s only sons) to “trump is sending your sons to war and that’s good.”

This is psychotic.

Analysis | With Stephen Miller running America's domestic policy, Benjamin Netanyahu running its foreign policy, and Donald Trump heading up interior decorating and bribe-taking, the executive branch has tripled its efficiency.

If indeed, as Trump claims, Iran posed an "imminent threat" to Americans, then there surely is massive evidence to back the claim and rationalize why the US joined Israel, without congressional approval, in this strike/war that is overwhelmingly unpopular with the American people. Right?

I promise you that the government that murdered Alex Pretti and Renee Good does not give a flying fuck about the protests in Iran.

Sorry ABC, it's not a "strike". It's an attack. And an illegal one at that. Of course, that's assuming words or laws hold any meaning these days... 🤷🏻‍♂️

CNN reporting that the strikes on Iran tonight are joint US and Israeli strikes. Which means Donald Trump should be impeached for a third time. What he has done tonight is illegal under the US constitution and the UN charter.

‘Keep bombing people until they stop talking about the Epstein Files’ is the main plank of U.S Foreign Policy in 2026.

The pedophile in charge of the federal government is trying to use AI to build autonomous weapons systems and mass surveillance. Have a nice night!

“At the apex of the pyramid comes Big Brother… infallible and all-powerful. Every success, every achievement, every victory, every scientific discovery, all knowledge, all wisdom, all happiness, all virtue, are held to issue directly from his leadership and inspiration.” - 1984, George Orwell

oh my god www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/o...

Donald, you're not denying it.

My god, will the cruelty ever end?! www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Anyone surprised? Trump is being played by Putin.

So, any other news yesterday? Anything important?

If President Trump tries to take control of the midterm elections by executive order, he'll be defying the Constitution in an attempt to trample the authority of Congress and the states and the rights of voters. The time to draw a line is now, says @walterolson.bsky.social. buff.ly/ok13K53

The "work-around" is that the Trump administration has physical control of the Treasury and Congress has no way to enforce how funds are spent because laws aren't real

There are two explanations for the Trump Admin’s Russia’s policy: 1. This admin is secretly aligned with Putin and lying about that to the world and the American people, or 2. they are incredibly naive fools who ignore overwhelming evidence that contradicts their worldview.

“I remember the good old days, when villains used their private islands for less squalid pursuits, like stealing a nuclear weapon or engineering a master race.” - Ernst Stavro Blofeld

this is a great brief and it appropriately ends with a killshot: the simple observation that if trump's meaning held, the birthright clause would not have overturned dred scott, the one thing it was absolutely meant to do.