MUNICH (AP) — Chancellor evacuated from Bürgerbräukeller after security incident at the anniversary of Beer Hall Putsch.

60+ former British ambassadors have co-written a letter in the Financial Times which makes begs Keir Starmer (and "partners" in continental Europe) to do less than the bare minimum by enforcing international law and banning the import of illegal Israeli settlement goods from occupied Palestine.

saw a cow made of butter today

if someone is complaining about an observed phenomena, "what you expected better" is the most exasperating kind of response. Sorry I haven't calibrated my worldview to your degree of cynicism I just get mad when things suck when they shouldn't.

Genuinely everything is just the 2008/2016 primaries. How are we still having this conversation about experience after Obama was completely fine and Biden didn't magically get the Senate to do more policy by being a long term former senator

Centrists when a job creator runs on abundance but he gets endorsed by a Bernie affiliated group and he doesn't have "experience":

I'm not an expert on British politics and so someone who is may be inclined to correct me but it seems to me that Starmer just doesn't give a fuck. So who will finally do it once he is gone?

60+ former British ambassadors have co-written a letter in the Financial Times which makes begs Keir Starmer (and "partners" in continental Europe) to do less than the bare minimum by enforcing international law and banning the import of illegal Israeli settlement goods from occupied Palestine.

Wut???

Won't everyone think of Israel's feelings

As a European why should I be so invested in preventing US embarrassment? Europe was much better off in January with Iran badly weakened. Now this stupid war threatens a recession, emboldens Iran, and gifted Russia an oil windfall The last thing Europe needs is an infinitely arrogant US & Israel.

The use of the word "ally" in MNNA is one of my hobbyhorses since MNNA isn't about defense, it's basically an arms sale tier, and we (USG) generally use the word "ally" to refer to treaty allies (hence "A&P," where the "a" category is usually limited to treaty allies w/everyone else a partner)

NBC News: In the early days of the war, an Iranian F-5 fighter jet bombed a U.S. base equipped with radar and air defense systems, in Kuwait.

Trump: I will deal with whoever is running Iran, no matter who it is, and I believe they are fighting over who takes on the leadership role. Maybe someone should tell him they don’t want to deal with you…..

i'm sorry but we'll be needing terminology besides "AI PAC"

i genuinely find it extremely funny that more people are pissed off that i oppose an absolute right to drive (even though i oppose the mandatory driver attention tech on accessibility grounds) than any of my economic or social views

i'm not a fan of piker, but the sudden obsession with him is deranged. also pretty rich for the people who brought you "paul ryan is serious about poverty" and "sbf is For Real" to talk about poisonous contributions

The 85-year-old widow “was chained by her wrists and ankles to other inmates and loaded onto buses and a plane ‘like a potato sack.’ After two weeks in detention in Alabama and Louisiana, she said, she feared she might die.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/u...

i like how British politics is a struggle between youngsters who think their Da needs a pension and said Da who votes Reform because he thinks the youth are all scroungers

Found something

It always kinda freaks me out when I remember the the biggest deployment of ballistic missiles in warfare was, prior to Iran vs Israel (and arguably still surpassing it) randomly the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan against the Mojahideen. They fired 1000s of the things after the Soviets withdrew.

It's well known that Thomas Chatteron Williams cannot write but evidence accumulates revealing he can't read, either.

I think the way to read this is “White House insiders absolutely do not want Vance”

It's also a bizarre non sequitur to me as a Palestinian as well because it doesn't matter to me at all if Jews feel or don't feel a sort of connection to historic Palestine— connection isn't the issue but rather the political formation that Zionism has and is establishing on top of Palestinian life.

@diplomatofnight.com UDP running anti Massie pro Ed Gallrein ads that do mention support for Israel explicitly

yeah, the thing is that israel is small country with limited ability to do domestic wartime procurement without it eating other parts of their economy. “could israel do what its doing now without international supply chains and US support?” is a “can we mine asteroids?” problem.

DC has nice food scene going on for sure

I take the billions must smile lifestyle very seriously

Is @observer46664.bsky.social ok?

Always appreciate milsky keeping me in check with the specifics 👍🏽

Principled leadership requires principled partnerships. Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier are both proud champions for working people, who want their money to go towards healthcare and education, and not bombs for Israel's war machine.

To the extent we’re going to have a death penalty, I think it should be viscerally violent so as to avoid any wiggle room about what we’re doing. We should also stop corrupting the medical profession by involving them in lethal injection, which are not actually more humane than firing squads.

Remembering this - Israel was pulling aerial bomb stockpiles out of The Oldest Vault 2 week before the ceasefire with Iran started. How many shipments of bombs to Israel have we had to make? I know we averaged 2 flights per day during Biden and the height of the Gaza genocide.

Tbh the funny thing here is that the F-35 is genuinely an international effort that would get borked if the international component fell apart (at least temporarily)

Most conversations about the US relationship to Israel in terms of military assistance reduces down to this

i don’t care lol lmk when they can put together a modern fighter turbine blade in quantity. this is the thing you’re stumbling over imo, the problem is not whether you can make a single widget, it’s volume. industrial processes are as complex as their products.

They wouldn't be capable of invading Southern Lebanon for one pertinent example (they barely managed taking the first line of towns). And who cares if its not a magic bullet if it meaningfully constrains Israeli aggression and can be part of a changing balance of costs and benefits to Israel?

Former colleague of mine worked in Gaza for about 8 months during the genocide. Had a ton of pictures of discarded M830A1 MPT tank rounds with "MADE IN USA" markings. Tank rounds aren't even an especially sophisticated or expensive item, it's just Israel lacks the industry to produce them at scale

As a complementary to the excellent piece by Adam, I recommend also for those not familiar with this discussion this essay from 2011 by Palestinian citizen of Israel and founder of the political party BALAD, Azmi Bishara.

As a complementary to the excellent piece by Adam, I recommend also for those not familiar with this discussion this essay from 2011 by Palestinian citizen of Israel and founder of the political party BALAD, Azmi Bishara.

People shouldn't think about US military aid to Israel in terms of what it makes up as a % of Israel's overall military spending but what, specifically, the US supplies Israel with that Israel does not or literally can not make.

In a new interview with Jewish Insider, Governor Josh Shapiro concedes that “our last two presidents [Joe] Biden and now [Donald] Trump, have failed to use the leverage of an American president to force Israel’s hands to use that military aid in ways that comport with our American values”

A rare rebuke which happens every day

Traditionally speaking Israel is actually the beneficiary of the double standard

UPDATE: While the EU only wanted it exclude Russia, the Venice Biennale jury decided to exclude both Russia and Israel, saying they will not consider artists ‌from those countries whose leaders are facing charges at the International Criminal Court.

After voting with Germany to block any European wide measures against Israel, the Italian government today says that it is now open to imposing a ban on the import of illegal Israeli settler goods and services from occupied Palestine.

perfect weather to bike home

A) he's right on all points here B) this is what it sounds like when he center-punches C) can't be talking like that, blog baby