"This administration and the entire right-wing movement is full of pasty edgelords looking for other men through whom they can achieve a vicarious experience of masculinity." I wrote about the Trumpist obsession with mixed martial arts for Public Notice: www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-ufc-...

“We don’t think Hitler is, like, the worst person ever" Party that has given itself over to fascism puzzled at what to do about all the little Nazis joining up, how could such a thing have happened www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

The craziest thing about this story isn't that Trump was the sensible one, but that Netanyahu actually thought average Iranians would do what he and Trump told them to do. www.axios.com/2026/03/25/t...

The Dems should add to their 2028 platform that they will bring an antitrust case against Apple for the thing where you can't add someone with an Android phone to an existing iMessage group chat, that is some atrociously monopolistic corporate malfeasance right there.

We need to bring back the ideal of masculinity focused on quiet self-sacrifice for the sake of others. Alpha shit is for losers. Be a man and humbly forgo the shit you want for years so you can provide for your family, you indulgent little wuss

This was predictable. Who exactly is the new pro-Trump CBS News for? Liberals don't want it, and conservatives want the pure uncut stuff they get from Fox et al, not right-leaning news that claims it's committed to fundamental journalistic values.

Trump is prosecuting his war on Iran with a fatal combination of ignorance and overconfidence. It’s the Dunning-Kruger war. paulwaldman.substack.com/p/a-dunning-...

Every day the Pentagon makes a video of cool explosions from Iran for the president of the United States to watch, so he can bounce up and down in his high chair, clap his little hands, and cry "Yay! Make it go boom again!" www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

I guarantee you, the Trump officials making this policy think it's hilarious and cool that they stole a bunch of money from struggling people trying to build a better future for themselves and their families, because they're foreigners so screw 'em.

It's like if your congressman's press secretary put up a framed picture of Joseph Goebbels on his office wall, then said "It's not about the Nazi stuff - I just really admire Goebbels for his deep understanding of communication and persuasion."

New from me: by the end of the week, the war in Iran will likely have cost $25 billion, with Trump poised to ask for $200 billion more Below is a writeup, but the meat of it is this table, which shows what an equal amount of funding could cover domestically www.americanprogress.org/article/by-t...

When I realized many years ago that Scalia, revered by conservatives as an intellect on the level of Da Vinci or Einstein, was formulating his legal arguments by listening to right-wing talk radio like Limbaugh and Bennett, it was a real scales-fall-from-the-eyes moment. These guys are just hacks.

Good piece from @mattduss.bsky.social. Israel didn't manipulate the US into war. Netanyahu and other right-wing Israeli leaders have been trying to convince America to start a war on Iran for decades; this president was just the first one dumb enough to do it. foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/23/i...

Just standin' around, bein' all tactical. Like if you said "How tactical are they?" the answer would be "So tactical, bro"

Put this right alongside that gem from his first term, "Nobody knew health care reform was so complicated"

Kind of revealing that when a widely admired woman falls from grace the story is "She was mean to her staff sometimes" but when a widely admired man falls from grace the story is "He raped a bunch of 12-year-olds"

Claiming courage you never showed and feats you never achieved? That’s how the fake tough guys of the Trump administration do it. Markwayne Mullin will fit right in. paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-fake-t...

Hegseth: "May almighty God continue to bless our troops in this fight. To the American people, please pray for them every day on bended knee with your family, in your schools, in your churches, in the name of Jesus Christ."

NBC News reports that Corey Lewandowski was basically demanding bribes from companies seeking DHS contracts: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

The Iran War has already cost tens of billions of dollars, and the price tag is only going to rise. Now the Pentagon says they want $200 billion more to spend. But caring what something costs is just for social programs. My latest at Public Notice: www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-war-...

Yes, the US military routinely says "We have this incredibly sensitive black ops mission we need to carry out. Who should we send? Seal Team 6? Army Rangers? Nah, it's too sensitive and important for that. Let's get some dipshit congressman to do it."

AIPAC won some races in IL, but they could only do it by running stealth campaigns. Association with them has become a mark of shame for any Democrat. This is the Israeli government's own fault, and AIPAC's too. My latest for MSNOW: www.ms.now/opinion/illi...

Oh yeah, Markwayne Mullin is completely full of it on his MMA "career." Looks like he fought a couple of chumps in semi-pro contests and embellished it for anyone who would listen. This Gracie story is laughable.

It's great how every time somebody quits on Trump his reaction is "I always knew he was a loser, that guy sucks, you'd have to be an idiot to have anything to do with him"

This isn't really a criticism of Chotiner, who does a good job of exposing him, but the fact that we're supposed to care what disgraced lawyer David Boies thinks about foreign policy is evidence of a deep rot in our media system. (This started because the WSJ gave him an op-ed to argue for the war)

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I wrote about it! www.ms.now/opinion/oil-...

I believe it was Socrates who said "The unwealthmaxxed life is not worth living"

Conservatives only know how to do politics the Trump way, even when they’re arguing with each other. paulwaldman.substack.com/p/maga-turns...

The proper way to announce a colleague's cancer diagnosis is with a series of exclamation points, to communicate how super-stoked you are about this news

Seems like the administration's strategy now is to claim that three weeks ago the world oil market was in chaos and Iran was blowing up buildings and assassinating people in every European capital every day, so every country ought to be thanking him for finally restoring order to the world

Or, and hear me out here, what if the GOP is run through with antisemites not because some foreign power is paying them but because it's genuinely who they are and what they believe

So America, how's Trump's "energy dominance" working out for you? Maybe trying to destroy the electric car and renewable energy industries wasn't such a great idea, hmm? My latest at MSNOW: www.ms.now/opinion/oil-...

"Hundreds of guys depended on Paulie and he got a piece of everything they made. And it was tribute, just like in the old country, except they were doing it here in America." - Goodfellas (1990)

Oh man, Trump is going to post some nasty insult about Habermas on Truth Social and Bluesky is going to melt down

"There are so many ways the Iraq War hangs over all of what's happening in Iran right now. But by comparison, Iraq was a comprehensive, well-executed propaganda campaign ... this is the most unpopular war in American history." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social Full ep: www.publicnotice.co/p/nir-and-ru...

Trump worried about the Deep State, so he created the Derp State in its place, a government run by morons who think they’re the smartest people. paulwaldman.substack.com/p/welcome-to...

Look who's having his underlings "leak" to reporters that he was never on board with this whole Iran war in the first place www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Oh man, did someone write this speech for Melania to prank her? "As a visionary, I know success is not born overnight, but rather, takes shape after a long, and sometimes challenging process. Often alone at the top, I follow my passion..." www.thedailybeast.com/visionary-me...

fun fact: the department of homeland security added restrictions last year to its nonprofit security grants program that help synagogues and other jewish institutions hire security that effectively makes it so that liberal jewish organizations can't qualify

I know this community very well. The Shenandoah club the Temple Israel statement refers to as providing food and shelter during this attack is the club established by Iraqi Chaldeans. This is really beautiful interfaith solidarity in action.

Hey weren't we supposed to invade Greenland

When this thing about Iran sending drones to California came out, full of vague "unverified" info, I thought it sounded like bullshit the administration put out to make everyone feel like Iran was a big scary threat. But now the administration is saying it's false? What's going on here?

Every one of our tech overlords has their own variant of psychosis. Karp's brain is a 5-pound bag of cooked spaghetti with a bunch of lit firecrackers in it.

Very good sir, please continue to to tell the public that you're happy that oil prices are going up, that will play great in the midterms

For years Mike Johnson broke the law and refused to hang this plaque honoring the cops who defended the Capitol on Jan 6 When Dems take over the House in November they should create 200 duplicates of the plaque and hang one outside every Republican's office. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

On today's Daily Blast with @gregsargent.bsky.social, @paulwaldman.bsky.social is excellent in talking about what an absolutely shitty communicator Trump is podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Apart from the moral repugnance, this is so revealing of how ignorant conservatives are about poverty. Poor people have to think about money ALL THE TIME. They worry constantly about what everything costs, how to substitute one purchase for another, what bill can be put off until payday, etc.

Markwayne Mullin loves to hype his MMA past in speeches and interviews to project toughness and resilience. Reality: he fought in small regional amateur bouts. He had 3 documented fights in Oklahoma 2006–2007. Record: • 2 wins by submission • 1 loss by decision He never fought professionally.

Just out @propublica.org: How did the Pentagon make the horrible mistake that left more than 150 school children dead? Perhaps because it cancelled an effort to limit such harm in favor of Hegseth’s lust for “lethality.” www.propublica.org/article/trum...