Guess this is the excuse we’re all going to use to self justify

Ok so the war has already failed on its original merits, caused a new mess that these incompetent administrations did not plan for, and now they are trying to pivot to fixing the mess they made in the process of failing their original goals as their new goal. Total clusterfuck.

nonono, it can only good happen. mister trump said! www.economist.com/finance-and-...

the harris campaign doing extremely basic vetting has pushed him into really baffling places

Bombing all of Iran's electrical infrastructure should surely compel them to capitulate in an existential conflict. I, too, remember the great Ukrainian surrender of 2022.

Many people are saying

I'll add to the chorus recommending this thread & to this point specifically I'll reiterate what I've said a fe times before re Trumps attempts (such as they are) at media control: its a plan that, like him, is 30-40 years out of date & largely disconnected from what the present landscape looks like

And we’re off *BRENT OIL RISES 1.6% TO $114/BBL ON TRUMP, IRAN WAR THREATS *S&P 500 FUTURES DROP AS MUCH AS 0.8%

America’s major cities should have zoning capacity for at least 4-5x their current populations, like they did back before the Big Downzones of the 60s and 70s.

Currently on France TV, the new mayor of Paris Grégoire celebrating his victory by biking around on a bike share. He’s now taking an interview while riding.

This was a very good and interesting thread that ended with the most interesting thought of all. We have an economic and information system that abstracts away SO much but eventually people’s experiences overwhelm that, on a bunch of different levels.

there was a *big* wave of articles about how the the resistance, or resist libs had utterly fizzled out followed by some of the largest protests in the country's history

No exaggeration, I think this is one of the most important stories in US health care. MAHA makes a lot more sense if you see it as a hostile takeover by the quackery industry

The current left leadership in Paris has received a strong endorsement from the city's residents, who voted 53% for the left union. The far left won an additional 9% on top. The right failed to win even 40% of the vote.

What is Emmanuel Grégoire, the new Paris mayor, planning for the city over his new term in office? —60,000 new social housing units —15 express bus routes —Completion of city's full bike network —Transformation of ring highway into a boulevard —1000 new pedestrian streets —300 new hectares of parks

Happy to hear that Paris mayoral election did not fall to conservatives that might undo some of the current mayor’s great urbanism changes. Phew.

I think elite victimization explains it all. Trump is the uber bully and everyone in his circle are the toadies. "Go get em Trump, they were mean to us "sums up their entire world view.

“We have not heard anything official from TSA leadership that ICE would be coming to any airport in New England,” said Michael Gayzagian, president of AFGE Local 2615, which represents TSA officers in New England.

Whos 'forcing' them?

I think its great that Josh Shapiro wants to take himself out of the running for president in 2028

The clown show admin continues apace

Chat is this good

If the fire only spreads out to a dozen acres or so, we can limit the damage, I tell the reporters as a 200-acre apocalyptic blaze consumes the countryside right behind me.

They really truly want to keep puffing up their friends/sources and are having to go to increasingly laughable lengths to do so

Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House. Democrats have introduced 7 bills to fund TSA. Republicans voted them all down. Republicans are to blame for long TSA lines.

Cook Piss Report

Yesterday GOP Senate absences were so bad again Dems used quorum to eat up floor time, oh but that doesnt get a mention

This entire thread is very accurate and worth reading but this point in particular stands out to me. The utter bafflement by the American media complex at why the public isn't culturally realigning in favor of Trump as predicted. The answer is because of Twitter! They think Twitter is real life!

Mehdi Hasan continues to be Bad Actually

“Growth is lower, not just for one quarter. It stays lower throughout all of 2026 and all of 2027.” In English: this isn’t a blip. It’s a persistent hit to jobs, incomes, and the economy’s trajectory.

Easter Sunday is in 2 weeks and air travel is going to be up shit creek

Like I've said before, the best way to understand the avg voters response to foreign conflict type events is that theyre primarily saying "theres a bad thing on my screen and I'd like to stop seeing it."

Every time I’m in Union Square I think about how Tammany Hall, the seat of power for New York for decades, is now a Petco

Being neck deep in a cult does crazy things to your ability to accurately assess the world around you, it seems

We won the war against Iran and obliterated it in various ways oh and also it appears they have a long-range missile that we didn't know about and that they are capable of launching against distant targets.

At 12:31 he said everything was perfect. At 12:36 he said $500 oil was a good thing. At 12:37 he demanded Iran open Hormuz. At 12:39 he said Hormuz was never closed. At 12:41 he said the US was not at war with Iran. At 12:42 he declared victory in Iran. I think Donnie is.. not having a good one rn.

At 12:08 he said no boots on the ground. At 12:11 he said he did not want a ceasefire. At 12:16 he declared victory again. At 12:17 he asked for a ceasefire. At 12:23 he told NATO they were cowards. At 12:29 he said Iran was begging for a ceasefire.

Pulled from: no01.substack.com/p/march-19-2... Friday’s press gaggle. Barely exaggerated: at 12:03 PM, President Trump told reporters he wanted a ceasefire with Iran. At 12:05 he declared victory. At 12:07 he announced he was sending Marines.

One Big Beautiful Gas Spike ⛽️ @apnews.com apnews.com/article/trum...

One of the fascinating aspects of Trump 2.0 has been the way the media elites who engineered his 2024 victory by, basically, **lying** about his plans and fitness for office, seemed to expect that the **reality** of Trump 2.0 would be broadly popular.

The possibility of an American ground operation in Iran is growing, but one service member familiar with troops in the region told HuffPost the prospect would be "an absolute disaster."

This is an excellent summary of the US War on Iran current situation. I’m an existentialist and borderline absurdist and even I struggle with the current moment. This summary is just fantastic.

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It really is wild just how transparently full of shit Bessent is in particular

Mike Lee is delusional. There will not be a "consensus" that emerges on a voter suppression bill in the senate. They need 7 Democrats to come onboard for it in order to get passed a filibuster and there are not 7 Democrats for this. I doubt theres even 1.

If ICE in the airports does materialize this should be yet another sign to journalists to stop using terms like "immigration enforcement" or "immigration crackdown" with regard to ICE. They are merely Trump's paramilitary force to be used as he pleases.

The antibiotic one is a really good example of American decadence these days b/c undergirding all of this, is the belief that there’s not really gonna be any consequence for a choice or if there is, someone can bail me out out of it (I can go to the hospital and they’ll make it all magically better)

Gas only sets Spain's electricity price 15% of the time. When gas costs spike it barely registers on the electricity bill. In countries like Italy and the UK gas sets the price 90% of the time. The difference is enormous. I spoke to @politico.com about this. www.politico.eu/article/spai...

The reason no American president was ever stupid enough to start a war with Iran is because there’s a big pile of natural gas in the Middle East and they’re turning it into fertilizer. But the administration of aesthetics decided that it can only good happen. And now, that pillar is getting bombed