The Iranians are no dummies…I’ll give them that.

I wonder how close we are to the Italian prime minister ending her speeches with “Americae delende est!”* 😂 *I don’t know Latin so forgive any conjugation errors!

Remember when people were worried about a Trump/Orban/Meloni far right axis? Had Trump had a bit more self control and a bit more strategic thoughtfulness we’d be in a LOT worse shape than we are. He’s still dangerous but not close to meeting his potential

“Percy…what you’ve discovered, if it has a name, is some Green.” #blackaddardeepcut

Ouch! Wikipedia declares Iran victorious.

Five days…

For Trump “No” just means “not now”.

If the fans were a little more imaginative and collaborative this could’ve been his “Let’s go Brandon” moment

Like having the cops asking to join the mafia instead of having to police them.

Solving the climate change problem by ceasing to observe the climate!

I have to admit, once it was obvious Trump was going to win the election, my biggest worry was that Trump was being handed a slam dunk for a favorable mention in the history books over the 250th celebration. Fortunately, he’s screwing up another easy goal. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Where I think you can chart a shift is that the old RW extremists specified roles for women and made a show of venerating them as a form of control/domination. What's "new," as an ideological plank (not necessarily in how anti-woman violence manifests as behavior): 1/2 bsky.app/profile/soci...

Just needs some cars up on blocks…

And it would’ve been lame in 1990… I love ‘80s music but nothing says “Let’s celebrate the last 250 years and here’s to another” like a lot of septuagenarians lurching around a stage singing songs nobody’s been interested in for a generation.

The question should be why is the head of the AFT just *now* figuring out the AI integration and social media aren’t good for student learning or socialization? What has she been doing for the past three years? www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/t...

As a former Jones Beach Lifeguard, I urge everyone to read this.

Unfortunately, “self destruct” doesn’t get interpreted as a command…🤷‍♂️

Now the hunt is on for the administration to find someone worse than Gabbard (a high bar but the MAGA bench is deep with incompetence).

Demonstrating that the DOJ is so grossly incompetent and corrupt it’s unable to get a workable case in a grand jury system so weighted to the prosecution one could supposedly get a ham sandwich indicted. 😝😝

I guess he never heard of Apollo 1…

When your defense consulting company highlights its links to Tulsi Gabbard, you know you’re aiming for a specific customer demographic

Waste of federal resources for what is a local problem in a handful of jurisdictions. I do believe that destruction of property *can* constitute terrorism in some cases but this is beyond a stretch.

One thing Democrats (and their allies in social media land) don’t do well is understand how people form opinions and change their minds. I learned this the hard way in my career when I was convinced that just one more dataset, chart, or recitation of facts would change minds this time (it didn’t).

I wonder if Trump will start calling MBS a coward now…or threaten to cancel US security agreements

He’s just like the kid from Bevis & Butt Head who wore the Winger shirt…he tries too hard and the stink of poseur will never wash off.

If any counterterrorism researchers are interested: I’ve got three years (2015-2017) of intelligence products published by the NJ Office of Homeland Security via FOIA request (I was also in charge of the unit that wrote them). Covers both domestic and international terrorism.

The guy is bedazzling the White House 🤦‍♂️ www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

The number of people who say “He was the lesser of two evils” and “I was sure he learned his lesson and would govern better” 🙄 So much wishcasting… www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Another world leader… “I like people who weren’t captured”

I’m beginning to feel I should run for U.S. Senate but I fear I’m overqualified in terms of mental health.

Oh god…please not more of “We’ve got the cards”… www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

If it doesn’t get the molestation part right it’s propaganda.

“Tripled up level” is the new “my amp goes to 11” youtu.be/4xgx4k83zzc

I’d like someone to explain to me how we (the strongest, greatest, most super-awesomest country that’s existed in the universe) are always on the brink of being destroyed by tiny, poor, backwards, countries that can’t manage to keep the lights on or have indoor plumbing.

It’s almost like the intent is to alienate every ally we had on Jan 20th 2025

When I was working terrorism issues (2013-2018) I found SPLC to be “ok”. Their methodology was dodgy (their Hate Map was not a serious product) but they did some solid reporting. ADL was more rigorous but law enforcement deferred too much to both. Why? 🧵

Having an NGO run paid informants is a bad idea. Indicting the SPLC is also a bad idea.

“It’s not that the wealthy become evil; it’s that their environment stops teaching them the things that nonwealthy people are forced to learn simply by living in a world that pushes back.” www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Pet peeve: any book description that has some form of “Former special forces soldier Brick Rock discovers/must rescue/fights/whatever” Why not “Specialist Snuffy thought he found the perfect place to avoid wash-rack duty when the apocalypse hit…now he’s got to avoid his first sergeant AND zombies!

“Magyar’s brand of anti-Orbánism was not stridently progressive. He did not repudiate Orbán’s hostility to migration…avoided being drawn into debates on gay rights…” Beating MAGA needn’t ape Hungary but it will need a broad coalition. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

War with Vatican City (notes from the president’s situation room Pros 1) easier than Iran! 2) better food than Afghanistan! 3) cool hats! Cons 1) flyover approval from Italy might be tough 2) no oil (what’s the value of incense?) 3) don’t have enough Latin linguists

Americans quick to shriek that Magyar is a conservative might want to sit this one out and just let Hungarians celebrate tonight. Promise you Hungarians from the LGBTQ community who voted for Magyar know, and have understood opposition politics against autocracy better than you.

A lot of Orbán's American fans are saying that this election proved he was never an authoritarian in the first place. This is completely wrong — and, in fact, betrays a complete misunderstanding of both Hungarian politics and modern authoritarianism. Here's why.

“Oh yeah? You can’t block the Straits of Hormuz because I’M going to blockade them first!”

An underappreciated dynamic of recent Hungarian politics is how several ex-intel officials and generals joined Magyar's team early on. Most professionally minded police, intel and army officers in Hungary just wanted to rejoin the big kids table in NATO and the EU

In lieu of actual triumphs, throwing up monuments just seems easier.

Done! My only regret is that I won’t be around to see what future archeologists conclude about our culture based upon this sole artifact!

I’m still waiting for someone in the manosphere to argue “Tired of not having a girlfriend? Start fixing that by getting a job where all the women are!” Seems like basic math…you can’t complain about being a lonely guy if you spend all day playing Call of Duty and watching porn.

And that smearing was made super easy by 1) allowing people with extremist positions to dominate the conversation and b) too often treating criminal activity as legitimate protest. Too many people hoping to flout their revolutionary cred and not enough focused on how to achieve a serious goal.

Maybe we'll get two popes again!