“Remember the last time a rabid government didn't let reality get in the way of a long-sought agenda once a crisis provided an opportunity?” asks @attackerman.bsky.social

New from @attackerman.bsky.social: Considering the attack on Qatar, an essay by @sanasaeed.bsky.social, and a book by Omar El Akkad.

Don't miss @attackerman.bsky.social talking to @chrislhayes.bsky.social on @allinwithchris.bsky.social!

For FOREVER WARS, @mansooradayfi441.bsky.social writes about "Alligator Alcatraz" from the perspective of a Guantánamo survivor.

“Presaged by Trump's military improvisations in Los Angeles and D.C., his executive order hollows out Posse Comitatus, the 19th century law that prevents the military from usurping the functions of local law enforcement,” writes @attackerman.bsky.social

Only one way to find out!

“James Dobson, 89, died this week after a long battle with children,” writes @samthielman.com

“[W]hen you disregard ‘crime in the strict legal sense’ as the criterion for enforcement, grand new vistas of violence against "disordered" social populations open,” writes @attackerman.bsky.social

On the murder of our colleagues, @attackerman.bsky.social writes, "At only 28 years old, suffering through his own starvation, al-Sharif reported for the world what his people are experiencing during a genocide. He operated in the best traditions of what we in this business are supposed to do."

“Our artwork wasn’t just made by us, it was treated like us,” writes @mansooradayfi441.bsky.social: “catalogued, controlled, abused—and in many cases, tortured, disappeared, or destroyed.”

"The ADL's current alignment points to a natural trajectory within Zionism," writes @attackerman.bsky.social

Past atrocities are returning, augmented, writes @attackerman.bsky.social

In March, when ICE began snatching pro-Palestinian activists off the streets, @attackerman.bsky.social wrote that the lists of allegedly scary Muslims that Islamophobic groups compiled during the War on Terror were primed to feed a deportation machine. That's exactly what ICE has been doing.

“Presenting an apocalyptic portrayal of Iranian aspirations foreshadows a next round of bombs and missiles,” writes @attackerman.bsky.social

Today we’re delighted to publish a new piece by historian and @eff.org fellow @mguariglia.bsky.social about the recent history of policing and what @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social can expect from the NYPD.

Late-breaking mayoral edition!

Now with commentary:

Spencer was on @allinwithchris.bsky.social last night talking to @chrislhayes.bsky.social about the US-Israel war with Iran. Interview here:

Trump’s war on Iran is escalating

"I hope everyone who believed Gabbard was a peacenik feels as stupid as they've always looked," writes @attackerman.bsky.social

Get in, losers, we’re going spoiling

A dispatch about the new book and some good recent journalism on [gestures broadly]

Folks, @attackerman.bsky.social’s terrific IRON MAN VOL. 1: THE STARK-ROXXON WAR, collecting IRON MAN 1-5, is out on June 24 and Barnes & Noble has a sale on preorders! Use PREORDERS25 and get 25% off if you order today, tomorrow, or Friday!

I know you have a lot going on but are you subscribed to @foreverwars.bsky.social yet?

Just read this. Via @attackerman.bsky.social and more than a dozen former prisoners at Guantanamo.

On JD Vance, AI, and fascism:

NEW: A former Guantánamo detainee writes for FOREVER WARS about what it would mean to build a new facility for migrants at a prison notorious for sadism and impunity.

Guantanamo was made to be this, writes @attackerman.bsky.social www.forever-wars.com/the-wages-of...

"Saydnaya’s architecture was clearly intended to confuse, its maze of corridors littered with clues of the horrors meted out there," FT's Middle East correspondent Raya Jalabi tells @attackerman.bsky.social from Damascus. "In one hall, there were cages tall enough to fit a row of men."

New from @attackerman.bsky.social on the frightening prospect of conflict in Syria between two NATO allies’ proxies:

A special one today: Former Gitmo detainee Mansoor Adayfi writes for us about the continuity between Democrats and Republicans on Guantanamo.

TODAY: Darryl Li, author of THE UNIVERSAL ENEMY: JIHAD, EMPIRE, AND THE CHALLENGE OF SOLIDARITY, writes about the proposal to strip domestic charities of nonprofit status, and why it's not going away.

Guest columnist, close personal friend of @attackerman.bsky.social, and two-time Pulitzer nominee François Dullard worries that "the one bearded guy in the Israeli cabinet who's name I can't ever pronounce is talking about annexing the West Bank."

"Charities, civil-rights groups, legal assistance, nonprofit media, antiwar groups, I'm also going to guess philanthropic entities as well—all have reason to fear," writes @attackerman.bsky.social

In today's newsletter, @attackerman.bsky.social writes of the Biden administration's self-described magnificence.

Tonight come hear @attackerman.bsky.social in conversation with Maya Berry and @stephenwertheim.bsky.social, hosted by @jewishcurrents.bsky.social and moderated by Alex Kane!

“A lot of people had to die before Avril Haines could approach the threshold of moral reckoning,” writes @attackerman.bsky.social

Sometimes the mail is good (even if the mailman bent the hell out of both). @theonion.com @foreverwars.bsky.social

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We had to update this immediately after publication because of a second wave of explosive attacks.

"Trump and Vance are not voicing an 'authentic' demand of the people of Springfield. They are attempting to manipulate people into embracing what they say the people's demands ought to be," writes @attackerman.bsky.social. "This, always, is the imperative of the fascist."

"Once he used plain language to decry what U.S. forces had committed, his detractors attempted to excommunicate him from the military community," writes @attackerman.bsky.social. "That was a more expedient option than recognizing what the U.S. occupation had produced."

"Should [the Academy] end up removing Bisan from the list of nominees, I will take my Emmy award out of its frame and burn it," writes @attackerman.bsky.social

Forever Wars is honored to publish a eulogy for Emad Hassan by his friend and fellow former Guantanamo prisoner Mansoor Adayfi. Emad was detained by mistake in Yemen, tortured for years before being released, and died in Oman shortly after receiving news of his impending deportation back to Yemen.

Exclusive from @attackerman.bsky.social: Oman had agreed to resettle victims freed from the infamous US prison at Guantanamo Bay. Less than a decade later, it has deported at least two dozen of them to Yemen. The State Department would not say whether or not it approved the expulsion ahead of time.

"Wikoff described the naval presence in the Red Sea as a 'shock absorber,' and it's hard to see from his briefing how it could be anything more," writes @attackerman.bsky.social. "For this, sailors are being put into harm's way."

"It's absurd to say the U.S. is 'intently focused on de-escalating tensions in the region' when the Israelis get weapons from Washington that escalate those tensions," writes @attackerman.bsky.social

The Biden administration has announced plea deals with three Guantanamo detainees including 9/11 planner Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. One brutally tortured detainee did not accept a deal, and @attackerman.bsky.social explains why in a new post for subscribers. www.forever-wars.com/why-ammar-al...

“Harris has to decide if she’s cool with this,” writes @attackerman.bsky.social.

"Basically, if you want the plane, missile or ship to do what you bought it to do?" writes @attackerman.bsky.social. "Oops, that costs extra—and it still may not meet functional requirements."