Ossoff’s statement is 1000x stronger than Schumer-Jeffries. This is a moderate Jewish Senator from a Trump state. The split isn’t moderate vs progressive, but leading vs poll-reacting

Epstein is Trump’s *signature scandal* because it embodies every vile characteristic of Trump’s grifting personality…his utter lack of morals & ethics, his sexually predatory nature (on display in so many of his public appearances & pressers 😒), and his over-arching need for self-gratification.

I get it. Lotsa people liked this guy. He had some appealing traits. But, um...absolutely not. His judgment sucks.

This

I don't think the NYT reporters here know that they are -- this time, with typical deference and some delight in the derring-do of clandestine ops -- describing a close criminal partnership, collaboration in war crimes. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/u...

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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.

That's a fact - Donald Trump would be in prison if not for our corrupt system. #TrumpCrimeFamily

This is a stunning result. Americans hate this war. 8 out of 10 of us. That means half or more of Trump’s most loyal base.

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

Trump had better get his ass up to Dover Air Force Base to properly receive and salute the honored remains of the three U.S. service members killed. He has a bad habit of playing golf somewhere during these moments.

Too many “middle ground” AI arguments—“I have concerns, too, but we have to adapt”—proceed from what is to me a peculiar embrace of “inevitability” which seems to be magical thinking, a way of depoliticizing the political, of self-soothing in the face of an overwhelming challenge.

Not an expert on Iranian society, but I remember what happened in Iraq after the U.S. ejected Saddam's army from Kuwait in 1991. The Bush administration encouraged minority Kurds and Shia to rise up, then refused to offer support as they were all massacred and the Ba'ath Party retained control.

The war was Bibi and MBS' idea. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump told the people of Iran to rise up against the regime, yet he's talking about off ramps and sounds like he'll abandon them. How very Trumpian.

All the breaking news is leading too many news organizations to bury essential facts like 1) Trump’s reasons for attacking were all lies and 2)The whole thing is illegal by domestic and international law.

President Donald Trump has spent the last year boasting of his accomplishments while mocking the record of his predecessor, Joe Biden. But much of this bluster has been based on misinformation, which he again fell back on during his State of the Union address. Here are the facts.

We already saw in Venezuela that the Trump administration will happily pass over any democratic reformers to keep a brutal regime in place as long as that regime is subservient to the U.S. and lets the U.S. pillage the country's resources. No reason to think Iran would be different.

To deny and dismiss racism is racism. Say so, #BrokenPost, not this: "Trump’s vantage point is a marked change from previous administrations." In Black History Month, Trump casts racial progress as largely settled www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

“We are retired Harvard Business School professors. …We ask that the leaders of the business world in the United States — some of whom it has been our privilege to teach — speak out now, act now, in defense of democracy.” poetsandquants.com/2026/02/28/n...

Congratulations Substack on your new partnership with Polymarket! And to those publishing on Substack, is this really the tool you want from the folks who take part of your revenue?

Trump & Co have been talking about US military action for weeks, if not months, and positioning the assets to do it - long before such intelligence ever could have become a factor. This is transparent nonsense.

4/9. The Iranian operation in 2020 was designed to help Donald Trump get elected.

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What kind of advice do you think decision makers are getting when half the guys in the room bet their mortgages on strikes happening 36 hours from now

We don’t have a functioning opposition party.

So, it was Iran? Not China? Not Venezuela? Not the radical left? We are living inside the minute-by-minute delusions of a madman.

WOW. 19 people, all who were imprisoned and mistreated in a foreign prison at the direct command of the United States, are brave enough to say “We are innocent, and we will endure more time imprisoned to prove that.” I can only admire the enormous courage such a move takes.

See, it's easy to denounce this straight up instead of politely asking the administration to pretty please give the American people an explanation when they have a sec

A thing about illegal wars of aggression is that they're just murder We understand this with Putin's war in Ukraine, we understand it with the Caribbean boat strikes. It's no less true here. Our government is engaged in a policy of murder, basically for fun

Sen. Tammy Duckworth: "If there was ever a time for Republicans to find their spines, it's now, when the Commander in Chief readily admits that he is choosing to put our troops' lives at risk without a legitimate imminent threat to our homeland or our citizens."

For context, from January: "an assassination attempt... would represent an extraordinary escalation: an attempt by the US to kill the leader of another country with which it is not at war, and from which it faces no immediate threat." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

LIES! “three of his key claims — blaming Iran for a terrorist attack in 2000, characterizing its nuclear program as destroyed by previous American strikes, and warning that its weapons could soon reach the United States — were inaccurate.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...

“Paves Way for Broader Dispute Over War Powers”??? How about “Violates”? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/w...

Too many who should know better are backing this war. It wouldn't be happening if a) Trump were a remotely serious president who knew the risks of embarking on something whose aims he still can't specify, and b) Netanyahu wasn't embracing regional chaos as his get out of jail free card.

"it's a matter of national security" right now NVIDIA is allowed to sell their most advanced AI chips directly to China but not to Anthropic lol

At some point you wonder not just if insiders using information to place bets, but maybe also reshaping their advice to make those bets profitable.

Americans get it. This guy for elected office, please

This certainly justifies regime change. In the U.S. All MAGA R's need to go. Trump has committed the most grievous breach of Constitution (well, since Jam. 6).

My big takeaway from the invasion of Iraq—which I regret having supported—is that the US should go to war only when it has to. It should not engage in preventative wars against nebulous threats based on suspect intelligence and without a clear endgame. Yet here we go again. wapo.st/4seF5K1

My money is on Plan B…and that we then settle for an agreement that is less than the Obama 2025 accords.

Trump has ordered attacks in seven countries since returning to office. That’s just one less than the number of wars he asserts he ended and seven more than he actually ended.

"There are multiple arguments that Democrats need to be making, including the fact that he’s acting illegally, and the fact that he’s acting strategically stupidly. So make all of those arguments. Don’t just ask for a briefing," says @mattduss.bsky.social. www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

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

Dear World, Please do whatever you need to. Sincerely, Decent Americans

While Republicans fully support Trump's war with Iran, Democratic leaders do not oppose it. There is no effective opposition. Hakeem Jeffries is merely demanding that the administration "must explain itself to the American people and Congress" and "provide an ironclad justification."

During his campaign for president Donald J. Trump repeatedly said he would not start any new wars. He specifically said he wouldn't start another never ending war in the Middle East. I guess he lied or didn't really mean it.

THIS.

3/3 For reference, here was that 2004 "don't attack Iran" war game piece. Dated in many ways, but fundamentals remain. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

-Zero Congressional consultation or approval. -Zero preparation of public for need/consequences of war. -Zero evidence of thought about "OK, what might the other side do?" Next month. Next year. -Zero mention of anti-nuke agreement Trump voided, or Trump claim last year that nukes "obliterated."