lolol already saw at least one bigger account On Here saying that Biden & Obama would have loved to start this war, and I'm just like ... my man, do you realize that time is linear, they had the chance to start it, and they already chose NOT to do so?? in what way does this prove they're warmongers?

FWIW, this is sec. 2(c) of the War Powers Resolution:

Getting twitchy reading about regime change takes. Regime change is basically impossible without committing ground forces, which are not in the area. You cannot take this admin at its word, even if they are telling themselves things.

“.. This is your peace prize. It is also a beautiful medal that you can wear everywhere you want to go.”

With alt text. I’ve…never seen a court talk like this before?

The admin and Netanyahu’s regime *know* air strikes galvanize Iranian resistance. They’re counting on it. Tired and dying old men want to provoke existential war because in their dementia-ridden minds it hastens the eschaton they both fear and desire.

Biden told Israel repeatedly not to strike Iran and war in the Middle East would be a disaster. Trump and Israel are teaming up for a full-scale war with Iran. A shit ton of people who pretended Biden was Netanyahu’s puppet ought to be doing some reflection this morning.

Our foolproof plan of electing a big dumb criminal has hit a bit of a snag.

Suspect May is going to be a happy time to be Green. Or Plaid. Or SNP. Or LD. Or anyone on the left except Labour really

Ah, there we go.

If there's an Iranian retaliatory terror attack on the US there will be no rally 'round the flag. There will be fury that Trump got more people killed.

The attack on Iraq is happening only as a distraction from the Max Landis news.

Only the most sexually inadequate men would get together and call anything Operation Midnight Hammer. Operation I’m Sorry I’ve Never Had This Happen Before, But Tomorrow I’ll Tell All My Maaates It Was Midnight Hammer

a whole lot of businesspeople learning in real time that a predictable and stable regulatory state - even if you don’t like some of the regulations - is vastly preferable to “boss man doesn’t like you so you’re fucked now”

we want there to be a sense of moral memory and it's just really not there. do you remember vaccine diplomacy? remember how it was going to reshape the world whether the U.S. or China donated covid vaccines first in developing countries? made basically zero different to the image of either.

Our current government is evil, you don't just get to attack nations because they're evil.

Most likely scenario imo: We see a redo of the US air campaign against the Houthis for the next several weeks. Lots of senior folks killed. Lots of infrastructure destroyed. Lots of civilians murdered. But likely not a major shift in who's ruling in Tehran before the US seeks a deal.

Oh.

If Elon was still in the administration it would be Operation Epic Bacon so, you know, could be worse.

It is clear now that the Omani foreign minister's sudden media blitz last night was an attempt to shame the United States by putting into the public record how readily Iran was prepared to reach a deal.

They said if I voted for Harris we'd go to war in the Middle East and they were right.

There hasn't been this much ruckus in Bahrain since United lost Brie Joy Gray's shoes.

Honestly surprised they didn't also launch at Saudi.

I should have stayed asleep.

Just finished the Behind the Bastards episodes on the impact of Jeffrey Epstein. And like a takeway is that he started funding anti-trans research because he allegedly SA'd a trans girl (she was 16 at the time) who turned around and sued his ass for it and he was mad that she sued him.

I'm just going to note, once again, that "I'm afraid she'll get us into a war with Iran" was given to me by more than one person as a reason they just couldn't vote for Clinton instead of Trump.

that top DOD officials spent the entire day feuding with a tech company and the boy scouts before launching a war in the middle of the night should probably inform your opinion about how well planned and executed this will be

They’re naming it what a twelve year old would have named a custom COD server 15 years ago

If you ever see a not very low-key CEO who mere days ago very publicly refused to hold hands with a competitor at a political summit in another country suddenly come to that competitor’s defense, chances are that CEO has rated the moment as existential for themselves.

It is really hard for me to square people being really angry that Democrats aren't fighting more and them celebrating that Mamdani is becoming BFFs with trump and openly sucking up to him. This isn't about Mamdani, I'm just saying, what do you **actually want**?

I'm gonna be honest, if this happens Dems win 370 seats in the House and take Texas by nine points. I'll walk through fire to vote. I don't think Trump voters will.

Just thinking about the County Clerks who are largely Republican (fewer voters, but in rural and smaller counties) will go apeshit over this. They aren't geared up for this and it will require wholesale changes in their processes and they generally don't have large staffs.

I'm begging my fellow politicians, Illinoisans, and Americans to realize that right now, we aren't fighting over policy or political party. We're fighting over whether we're going to be a country rooted in empathy and kindness — or one rooted in cruelty and rage.

Imagine thinking in 2026 that the podbros are "liberal media" and "establishment dems"

My mom was an elementary school principal at a school with a lot of free-and-reduced-lunch kids, and one of her frustrations is that we have dumped a *lot* of social services responsibilities on educators. She did everything she could, but it's not what teachers and principals are trained for.

AI raises a whole lot of questions about whether humans are in fact intelligent. The answer is...maybe?

lololololol

Why would they come back, they got everything they wanted out of it

i feel like there is probably a market for woke Jordan Peterson

I’ll say this for Max Landis: he may be a creep but he’s also a bad writer

If you're in the federal government your phone calls should be recorded.

Idiocy abounds bsky.app/profile/hrry...

Whenever a statement like Won's comes up, I think about Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park, and how the opponents really dug in like this for years. The ultimate outcome hasn't lived up to its promises yet but also it's been....totally fine? The neighborhood isn't ruined because of it.

one part of trump's approvals being in the toilet is trump the candidate claimed he would bring grocery prices down by magic (don't know why anyone believed that, but, people are dumb) but then the trump administration cannot stop saying the most off-putting shit about groceries

Same people, same dynamic, going to be the same outcome unless people make different choices.