"The tragic failure at the center of this devastation is not that most Americans have succumbed to war fever," writes @rbreich.bsky.social. "In fact, this is the first war America has entered in modern times without majority in support."

Interesting how all the right-wing and pro-Israel accounts here remain obsessed about Mamdani and his wife but barely a peep about the Manhattan Institute poll that revealed a majority of young Republicans are Holocaust deniers and love Nick Fuentes, who praises Hitler and is an open anti-semite.

The Pentagon dismantled its civilian protection effort as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made “lethality” a top priority and the Trump administration reorganized national security around two principles: more aggression, less accountability.

It's a horrible time to be in the military, taking orders from people who don't understand how anything works, ignore the experts who do, and have no qualms about sending our young troops to die for the aggrandizement of Dear Leader. Trump was warned about the Strait, he just ignored the warnings.

The NSC was neutered...there is no one listening to objective analysis much less developing objective analysis...

A clip of my discussion with Sarah Longwell about political lies in America, the subject of my forthcoming book Liar’s Kingdom. www.instagram.com/reel/DVz14kP...

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Here are more videos of Police/Feds brutality in Burlington, Vermont.

Cartoon by Rob Rogers

Talarico on Trumpworld's "short term pain" talking point: "I'd like them to tell that to the parents of the American troops who have lost their lives. That is not short term pain. That is pain that will last forever ... no one asked for this."

FAFO MAGA-land...there is presidential duty more solemn and deadly serious as commander in chief during combat operations...he stumbled us into his war...now his staff jokes about it like it's reality TV...wagering on Americans' lives and limbs is no fcking joke. The MAGA outrage if Obama did this.

Trump is delulu: "Jobs are coming in through the roof and we have factories being built all over the country. We've taken in $18 trillion plus in 11 months."

The FBI’s sloppy raid in Fulton County reeks of ulterior motives.

"It’s a frightening reality of the Trump regime that, as he's descended into utter incoherence & is now nothing more than an assortment of adolescent (& frequently violent) urges, the govt has been remade into a tool for the immediate satisfaction of his desires no matter how nihilistic they may be"

Trump keeps talking like he can just flip a switch and walk away from this war. Meanwhile, retaliation has already started, with cyberattacks hitting U.S. companies. This will be long-lasting even after the bombing stops.

Who's the "WE" making "a lot of money" from skyrocketing gas prices, Trump? It's definitely not the Americans struggling to pay an extra $1.5 billion at the pump this week.

Not my fault. It’s Pete’s, Jared’s, and Marco’s.

French news channel, LCI, airs a split screen simultaneously showing footage of Trump dancing to YMCA in front of a rally crowd as oil fields in the Middle East are in flames

The Trump administration could really restore confidence by getting the entire Cabinet to ride a tanker through the Straits of Hormuz to show everyone how safe and easy it is now. They could bring along a lot of MAGA influencers and Fox News hosts to broadcast it all live!

“War-a-Lago” By Barry Blitt @newyorker.com

Translation: the US Navy will never escort commercial vessels through the Straits of Hormuz

Morten Mørland, The Times

Epstein class

Well, he's fired....

Lawyer: You don't regret that people might have lost income? Cavanaugh (DOGE): No, I think it was more important to reduce the federal deficit from two trillion dollars to close to zero. Lawyer: Did you reduce the federal deficit? Cavanaugh: No, we didn't.

Congress failed to pass the SAVE Act last year for good reason: it’s an anti-voter bill. But now lawmakers have revived it despite overwhelming public opposition. Tell your senators to reject the SAVE Act: bit.ly/4tmVIor

I have watched 6 hours of a DOGE bro deposition. The whole thing, start to finish. It's a fascinating, and horrifying, look at the people who caused so much damage, didn't really achieve anything at all, while still being so sure they are right. Here's what they said: www.404media.co/i-watched-6-...

This might be the greatest split-screen ever broadcast. They’ll play this in museums in future. (🎥 LCI 🇫🇷)

FAFO MAGA-land...a third of global fertilizer is trapped behind the Straits of Hormuz...diesel prices are way up...Trump's tariffs have decimated crop prices...2026 will be catastrophic for American farmers

@slotkin.senate.gov: I hope you're asking questions about whether Russia was SPECIFICALLY involved in Benjamin Pennington's death. What appears to have been that strike on Prince Sultan seems like one that Iran would have had a hard time pulling off on its own.

DAY AHEAD: Big fight to stop Trump from shuttering and gutting the Kennedy Center youtube.com/shorts/1nn4X...

If folks in small cities and town can’t assemble and protest Republican Fascism, the U.S. will never be rid of it. Newspaper coverage of the situation in #SantaFe #NewMexico. www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...

New: Rep. Andy Ogles, who said Muslims don’t belong in America, represents one of the largest Muslim populations in the American South. His Tennessee district includes a neighborhood known as Little Kurdistan. Some Muslims in his district fear his comments will fuel harassment and violence

"We" is clearly not "We, the people" who are now paying through the nose for gas, diesel, and everything that is transported in a gas, diesel, or jet fuel propelled vehicle...his "we" is the war profiteering and oil price gouging Epstein class...they always come out of these "excursions" wealthier.

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One time when i was working at a major east coast bank, I was the third highest producing bank product salesperson north of New Jersey for a quarter. They gave me a $50 gift card for that. The following quarter when I missed my sales goal, they threatened to fire me.

Today I want to tell you about my favorite sandwich, where to get it, and some other very important information you might not have heard before.

Trump: "We're not gonna count on having competent presidents. We have to assume we're going to have incompetent ones."

"I hate CoreCivic ☹️" Not the main point of this piece, but: detaining a mom and 5 kids must cost U.S. taxpayers at least $400/day. (It was $319/family 5 years ago.) At that rate, locking up this family for 9 months would run at least $108,000.

"I don't want the president of the United States to have a cognitive deficiency." Too late.

Somewhere the village rocker is in search of its idiot

A UN watchdog today criticized "intensified immigration crackdowns" in the U.S. and accused President Trump and other American leaders of using "racist hate speech" — both of which it said had "sparked grave human rights violations."

Nazis are as Nazis do

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🚨🚨🚨 Something I want to put on everyone’s radar, ESPECIALLY if you live in Virginia. Data suggests that *Republicans* are out early-voting Democrats in the Virginia redistricting referendum. When it comes to Virginia, Chaz knows his stuff. DO NOT SLEEP ON THIS ELECTION, VIRGINIA DEMS!!!

America’s CEOs aren’t acting in the interest of shareholders by staying silent about democracy and the rule of law, they’re acting out of fear. www.profgmedia.com/p/role-models