White House privately tells Congress that "it is not possible at this time to know the full scope and duration of military operations that may be necessary."

> @reuters.com

The inference they seem to have drawn from “coercive nation building rarely works out well” is “therefore just create a massive power vacuum and cross your fingers.”

OMFG they think we are the dumbest people who ever lived.

When Putin needed pretext for creating "The Red Web", Russia's authoritarian system of online censorship that effectively bans LGBTQ speech, he did it through the EXACT same moral panic about social media and kids that liberals and many leftists are spreading today.

Just wanted you guys to see “Riding in a golf cart fatly”

Virgin Atlantic doesn't give a shit we're going straight to Mumbai come hell or high water

Has Iran hit any desalination plants yet? Because shit will get ugly fast if they do

The most circular ass rationale for war, ever. Even if this were true, the correct conclusion would be to tell Israel to kick rocks—no more aide unless they knock off their bullshit (I live in a fantasy world. I know)

Japan was already slow-walking their “commitment” to invest in the US. Curious to see if they use the war as an easy off-ramp.

And...one of my roommates is sick too. Ok, I'm not just throwing up because of the war

/glares at Cuomo

Orwell wept

This is extraordinarily bad

"There is anxiety among senior leaders that fighting will extend for weeks, stressing limited U.S. air defense stockpiles. 'There is concern about this lasting more than a few days. I don’t think people have fully absorbed what that has done with stockpiles.'" www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

lotta people have a vested interest in this stuff being considered a distraction because “this is stuff republicans have always wanted” makes you look real bad for appeasing them for years

“Grok do I need a viable supply chain to win a war”

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

I have been sick all day, & I think I need to go to the gym so I can take my mind off of this bullshit. Reading that there is a concern that the US is worried that it will run out of munitions put me in a cold sweat

I get very annoyed when I hear that Trump is doing this to distract from Epstein. This is what the hawks in his administration want to get done before the midterms. The fact that it distracts from that scandal is just an incidental bonus for these monsters

It’s as if they didn’t plan for any part of this exercise that led to a war with Iran. They brought weapons & warships to the region but didn’t fly in any planes to quickly evacuate civilians out of the region. I’d almost think this was something idiots who used AI to plan an attack put together.

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 :)

Why We Struck Iran www.kenklippenstein.com/p/why-we-str...

"There is no scientific evidence to support the assumption that banning minors from accessing services would have a positive effect on their mental health and development." www.politico.eu/article/age-...

The stakes could not be higher. The US-Israeli war on Iran is catastrophic—and rapidly expanding across the region. Yet Democratic leaders are failing to muster a clear, anti-war response. Instead it's sleepy, feigned opposition after the deed is done. By me and @ahjohnson.bsky.social

The US has no industrial capacity to produce the munitions needed to fight a large scale conflict in Iran. If this spirals into a protracted conflict, the US will not be able to sustain a bombing campaign. It must put troops on the ground. They have no plan for this.

The ones who were against the war had their careers ended.

You couldn’t make this up. And if you did, everyone would say it’s too much.

"Canada cannot endorse the unilateral & illegal use of military force, the killing of civilians or the kidnap & assassination of foreign heads of gov't while also insisting that our sovereignty, our rights and our independence must be respected." @wgreaves.bsky.social www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

Conventional weapons for self defense are also a thing countries have a right to possess, even if we don't like them. It's just a nonsense rationale for war

You learn this as basically a fact of nature if you take a history class on World War 2. They thought bombing would cause populations to surrender, & the opposite happened EVERY SINGLE TIME. They rally around the flag pole, & back their own government, even if they don't like their own government

The DA in Minneapolis is investigating Bovino and others.

Some conservative writers have changed my views on things (CS Lewis). I have even gotten value from reading conservatives who were smart, but I VEHEMENTLY disagreed with (Richard M Weaver) That said, I don't think I have ever read an op-ed by a conservative of that sort that I have found valuable

Meta seriously thought the problem with Google Glass was that the tech didn't work well enough, & not that they were wearable cameras for creeps. This shit sucks & it should be banned. And until they're banned, we should shame anyone who buys, owns, or uses them so they're scared to wear them

The U.S. Senate must be clear: no war with Iran.

Ban these things. Now

"stop them from making IEDs" does anyone know what the I in IED stands for

Tariffs are “having the exact opposite effect of their intention ..” (via Vital Knowledge) #ISM

The number of fixed-wing aircraft lost in friendly fire incidents today equals the number lost during the entire 20-year span of conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan since 9/11.

god fucking dammit

every time i think i've lowered my expectations enough to read the news with a still jaw they find a way to crawl under the bar

We've known this is what they'd do if backed into a corner since...forever. Just an incredible team of morons at work here