"I think I could do anything I want with it." As if entire countries are just there for his personal taking.

It might seem like conspiracy theories are everywhere today, and that people are more inclined to believe them than in the past. But that isn't true, says political scientist Joseph Uscinski, in an interview with Bulletin contributing editor Dawn Stover @dawnstover.bsky.social.

Billionaires who sucked all the wealth out of the middle class don't belong here? Okay then

What he said.

It is *fascinating* to me how quickly some people have gone completely from “we all must work in the office! human collaboration is vital and only happens in person!” to “I can replace all these pesky people with chatbots!” Definitely some commentary there about our society and who gets to choose.

I interviewed an expert on conspiracy theories. My favorite part is when he talks about people who don't trust vaccines but DO trust medical science if they break their arm. You'll never hear them say "I don't trust Big Plaster. I'd rather have my arm grow back naturally, without a cast."

Truly unbelievable stuff. Just up there shamelessly lying his ass off

There are a very limited number of countries to which we sell the Tomahawk missile, and Iran isn't among them.

There's something deeply obscene and broken about the fact that Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are bombing elementary schools in an illegal war of aggression, and there's still a sense among the opposition that it has to be explained in terms of gas prices in order to get American voters to care.

A montage of videos from the Iran war that shows what it looks, sounds, and feels like to be living in that part of the world right now.

So, in launching a huge bombing campaign on Iran they apparently didn't plan for: - Who takes over; - Interceptor shortages from sustained drone retaliation; - How to defend US bases in the region; - Threats to ships in the Strait of Hormuz; and - How to evacuate Americans with airspace closed.

They spent billions on regime change in Venezuela and left the Maduro's head of torture in charge. They are now spending billions on regime change in Iran, knowing the most likely outcome will be harder line leadership. We do not have serious people running our country.

These guys were selling t-shirts until they needed a war to cover up the intentional damage they did to the economy and the president's involvement in a pedophilia scandal.

👇🏽 🎯 🇺🇸 😕

Eisenhower

Never forget who you’re fighting for.

> @covie93.bsky.social

Historically, these are TERRIBLE polling numbers for day 1 of a major US use of force, particularly against a well known and disliked adversary. Usually it only goes down from the start

"I, a member of <checks notes> the Senate Committees on Finance, Budget, Judiciary, Foreign Relations, & Select Intelligence, have no better idea than you what the hell is happening as the President of the United States takes us into a an illegal war." bsky.app/profile/mcop...

“Trump went to war on a whim, solely on his order, alone and imperial.” My new analyis @thebulletin.org. thebulletin.org/2026/02/pres...

"It is hard to think of a case in which a foreign air attack on a country led to a change to a more democratic and peaceful government."

Iran's nuclear program was almost certainly intended to produce a weapons capability, but it ended up providing the perfect justification for military strikes that went far beyond the nuclear program itself.

Quite rare to see a chart that says quite so overtly that no one involved has the slightest clue what’s happening here

NEW: Guards have taken away crayons, colored pencils & paper during recent room searches at Dilley, according to detainees and others. After one inspection, the children just “cried and cried and cried,” a mother said. The facility denies the claims. By @mckenziefunk.com @micarosenberg.bsky.social

🚨 JUST IN: So long as it doesn't ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, the United States won't be able to seek short-notice, on-site inspections to deter and detect possible Chinese and Russian clandestine nuclear testing activities, Frank von Hippel writes. #China #nukesky

This is good.

Things that have scared the s*** out of this AI expert in the last few days: 1) The Trump administration seems hell-bent on using AI absolutely everywhere, and 2) it can't be trusted

This is Wiley. He has never seen snow before and wants to make sure he gets a real good look at it. For science. 12/10 (IG: smileywileydog)

One of the creepiest things Trump said was that the families of the justices who voted against him should be ashamed of them. No one asked about the justices' families. Trump brought that up in a comment that has real "we know where you live" and "nice family you got there" vibes.

So… not a hoax then?

Remember back in the day when Congress used to be in charge of appropriations?

Like Kristi Noem at DHS, RFKJr at HHS is spending an immense amount of public money on advertising in which he promotes himself. bsky.app/profile/ronf...

Does he have his handy to show?

www.nucleartimes.com/jesse-jackso... by Vincent Intondi, "When Jesse Jackson ran for president in 1984, he dedicated a substantial portion of his campaign to the nuclear arms race. Stating, 'We will choose the human race over the nuclear race,'"

Times columnist @polgreen.bsky.social poses a familiar question, and arrives at a... let's say an unusual answer. Why, she asks, has trust in the news media cratered? Because aggressive, probing journalism isn't really that popular. People resent it. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/o... [Gift link]

Just as ICE and CBP have no legitimate role in "election security" neither does the head of DHS. The mere existence of this press conference should be a scandal, much less this tone-deaf comment.

2/ Ring just learned a lesson: Americans want more privacy, not less. We're suspicious of big tech companies encroaching on our personal lives & prepared to show it. Lawmakers take note: pushing back on mass surveillance = grassroots support. By @jp2e.bsky.social www.theverge.com/news/878447/...

You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.

Your American health chief, folks! 🙃🇺🇸

HAYES: “The target turned out to be 4 party balloons… No Mexican cartel drones. Just Border Patrol agents with a borrowed experimental space laser shooting at (party balloons).”🎪 The Trump regime, folks 🤦🏼- Bondi, Duffy etc all lied about why El Paso airport shut down.🎈

This is a June 2025 photo from L.A., where Mexican flags were flown as a symbol of pride, not to go "ICE fishing." Please correct your post.

This has helped me understand more about the disastrous handling of the killings in Minneapolis and the AGs office there with all of the resignations. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...

So why did the press secretary defend the post and blame the press for paying attention to it, as if getting attention isn't the whole point of posting something on social media?

Imagine if Obama had posted a racist video ridiculing a former President and First Lady. You can't even.

Posting a video depicting America's only Black President and First Lady as apes: Could the racism be any more obvious? Also racist: ridiculing people for being outraged by this, and saying it's not something that should matter to the American public. And still no apology.

The extent to which this administration personally targets and continues the assault on people who embarrass and shame it is particularly despicable.

“Where the GOP learned to lie as a matter of course is an interesting question, and I’m afraid I’ve had a front row seat. I think it’s the climate fight, more than anything else, that taught them to regard reality as optional.” Read @billmckibben.bsky.social on how we reached this moment

A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world