Not a single person working in all of emergency management has told me a single thing about World Cup preparedness efforts that would suggest this is going to go well. Nightmare all around.

Now, Raskin presumably understands this and just wants a lever to get the media talking about the abundant evidence of Trump’s mental incapacity. And that’s fine as a PR thing. But nobody should imagine it’s a serious removal mechanism.

People really need to drop this fantasy fixation on the 25th amendment. It requires the assistance of Trump’s handpicked stooge cabinet and supermajorities in both houses. It’s not going to happen, and it’s not really designed for this. Impeachment is designed for this. And the bar is way lower.

"Our testing was done in action already," Arter added. "We don't have to do any more testing after that." Pretty sure that’s not how that works

I bet Nolan Ryan could still throw in the 90s, time to find out

P A I N

pain

Happy “New AV Boyz Album” day for all who celebrate. “BDA doesn’t matter because we hit the same target the next day anyways” “Operation epic furiously ____• “Zynchester” open.spotify.com/album/3F89jL...

I like how representative the surrounding characters are: - Troop - Nurse - Praying Woman - Qasem Soleimani (the four genders)

Look, if I was DJT and I was going to do an "I am Jesus" slop post, I would tell Gronk that under no circumstances should the guy I was healing have an uncanny resemblance to Jeffrey Epstein.

⚾️ in the last ~week the Astros have lost: - #1, #2, #3 starting pitchers - a replacement starter filling in for one of those - center fielder - shortstop Also the closer started the year on the IL and is still there. April is gonna be a rough month.

jesus christ

i hope the white house sends vance to campaign for Reform in britain

This reality check by Rebecca Solnit grabs you right from the killer first sentence. Do yourself a favor & give it a read.

So … WE are blockading the SoH now? While also demanding Iran open it up. And we’re going to do some de-mining, and a little bit of hunting down and interdicting any ship that previously paid the toll to get through. Got it 👍

Yordan Alvarez owns the Mariners lol

/3 in short, as a career criminal defense attorney who strongly supports due process and the presumption of innocence, I say: stop with your bullshit

/2 3. People describing something that happened to them is a form of evidence by any measure. 4. I may not be allowed to argue to a jury "someone who preys on staffers is more likely to disdain consent" but I can absolutely form beliefs based on it.

1. People are not entitled to due process before I decide whether or not I like or dislike them or will vote for them. 2. My process of deciding whether I believe an allegation is not subject to the Federal Rules of Evidence. /1

Hmmm

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is it possible to kick him out of the caucus because what the fuck

As the Pentagon purges some minorities and women from high-ranking positions, the message being sent to lower-ranking officers is that “they will be assessed on the basis of their gender, race, or politics, rather than their abilities,” Adam Serwer writes:

…what

this is the behind the scenes story we all need

“Soldier of Fortune” has got you: sofmag.com/mystery-port...

In the Pentagon, many of the hallways (esp on the 2nd and 3rd floors/A & E rings/connecting corridors) are lined with what can be best described as museum exhibits of DoD history, with each section having its own theme. (1/x, this will make sense in a minute)

Seth Harp is a clown who should have known better and done more (anything, at all) to conceal the identity of his source but honestly this is on her.

I mean. It sucks but if you talk to a journalist about sensitive tradecraft shit ON THE RECORD, idk what you expect? (this, she expected exactly this:)

sigh

The Iran-aligned Iraqi armed group Kataib Hezbollah has released abducted US journalist Shelly Kittleson, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said reut.rs/4vhGLov

our cLoSeSt aLLy lol

Taco Tuesday

lol

Well. That sucks. So…. a June return then? bats better stay hot

Reminder that Section 4 of the 25th Amendment is temporary, removal lasts three weeks at most, and making it permanent is harder than just doing impeachment in the first place.

"This is a distraction" is just a lie. "They are taking your money and using it to commit criminal acts beyond our comprehension" is 100% true. I think we should tell the truth and not the lie. The latter also has the benefit of at least somewhat centering the issue of atrocities.

I think the odds that Iran becomes a true domestic political crisis are seriously underrated. It’s a trap with no road out, we’re going to see massive compounding economic damage as it drags on, and the admin’s only tools involve committing spectacular crimes and/or feeding soldiers into a blender

The 25th Amendment process isn't for "crazy." It's for "comatose." And it's not easier than impeachment. It's harder.

The thing about the 25th Amendment is that unless the president is actually in a coma or whatever, it is only temporary (3-4 weeks at most) and is harder to make permanent that just doing an impeachment

Not sure I agree with this. Can’t really count the F-15E as part of the rescue. The A-10? Well, we’re getting rid of that anyway. The MC-130s—that’s fair, but also more of a lesson learned (is setting up a FARP less risk than doing a HAAR on the exfil? turns out, no!).

It would be very helpful for Democrats to establish now, IN ADVANCE, that future Democratic administrations will allow any relevant criminal proceedings to go forward, and that decisions made by military leaders today could have life-changing consequences for them in the future.

By the way. Just because it all worked and everybody got out okay, do not assume for one second that I’m going to forget about this or let it go.

Impeachment is not some special exception from normal politics where you shouldn't say it unless you already have the votes in hand. You go out and plainly advocate what you think should be done, and attack those who refuse to do it, just like on anything else.

BASE BA— shit.

Posting “praise be to Allah” ON EASTER while *in the same breath* threatening to commit war crimes is a new GOAT of Trump tweets. It’s art. How do you even top that.

The CIA. Famously good at finding people hiding in caves...

Just because some credulous dork at Axios swallowed this obvious nonsense where the CIA is the hero of the story and the president bravely and decisively etc etc… doesn’t mean the rest of us should.