That’s funny, because Nate Swanson, who used to be the point guy on Iran at the NSC but got fired because of Laura Loomer, warned of this in an article written four days before the war started. It was called “Why Iran Will Escalate.”

So missed it's unreal.

Deer enjoying cherry blossoms in Nara, Japan: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s...

me: if there was a potato march madness i think tater tots would be like a 13 seed that made it to the elite eight doctor: sir i asked if you wanted to cut the umbilical cord.. but damn now you got me thinking about this tournament

Okay I am actually CRYINGGGGGGGGG this is the best content MLB has put out in a while

The Joe Kent nonsense is an excellent opportunity for your semi-regular reminder that Jewish Americans opposed the Iraq war more than any other religious group, something that will be obvious if you stop mainlining online brain poison. news.gallup.com/poll/26677/a...

Barack Obama gave Iran its own money to get American prisoners released. Donald Trump is giving Iran *our* money to get his poll number to rise after he stupidly caused gas prices to go up. Donald only thinks about Donald.

the same number of troops have died in this war that died in the evacuation of afghanistan fyi, weird how the media has decided that isn’t a point to drive home this time

Reminder that CBS spends thousands of dollars a day on an unnecessary security detail for Bari pagesix.com/2025/11/03/e...

the media is now telling people to work from home to save on gasoline, immediately after their years-long crusade to tell us why returning to office is best for everyone. this isn't a gotcha, it's an example of how contradicting demands allow the ruling class to blame us no matter what we do

No more excuses for funding social programs.

Outrageous. Stripping Liam Conejo Ramos and his family of asylum is beyond cruel and indefensible. This decision must be overturned. Shame.

It’s interesting how every billionaire ceo’s ideology boils down to “you should give me all your money, I should be above the law, and I should be allowed to do anything I want.” Thiel being like, “oh you see because otherwise the antichrist” is barely an innovation

somebody had a good post on here the other day about how AI Psychosis, triggered by the bots' endless fawning sycophancy and willingness to follow any command, is now giving normal people a taste of the deranging social environments that usually only the hyper-wealthy can afford

weird that the Stone of Madness wound up being PayPal

Lieu: "I want the White House to send Kevin Hassett to every single TV channel and to every single swing House district where he can tell the voters of America that hurting consumers is 'the last of our concerns.'"

"We're not going to litigate whether the supposed need for this legislation that would contract voting access exists."

If you saw this happening in another country, what would you call it? www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

the switchin o’ the samples

Jeanine Pirro’s celesta ringtone going off multiple times during her own presser is perfect. Experienced media professional in the house! And it’s probably one of her drunk friends calling to say they see her on TV right now.

The cognitive dissonance in this Jeanine Pirro presser is too much for my brain. Fine, fine. There are five lights.

I find it amazing that even the people who i admired who stayed on Twitter ended up also having their brains melted.

why don’t they just travel via strait of deez?

I don't think you have to Nostradamus to figure that bombing Iran might raise oil prices. And it seems pretty obvious that buying oil in advance of causing an oil price spike might just save Americans a lot of money. But... ...maybe there wasn't much planning?

The shoe thing is a very Trump-specific form of negging. If it were common to wear gloves, he would be making them all wear oversized pairs to make their hands look small, too.

This is Nathan Cavanaugh, another DOGE staffer explaining how he flagged grants at NEH for "DEI" which would be reviewed for termination. 404 Media has reviewed hours of this footage and we'll have more soon. Part of a lawsuit by @acls1919.bsky.social, @modernlanguage.bsky.social + @historians.org

A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.

Keep in mind that Pete Hegseth's reported Pentagon spending spree happened just months after Trump and Republicans made devastating cuts to the social safety net in exchange for huge tax cuts for the rich. And defense spending may soon hit a record $1.5 trillion. Priorities.

Happy Mario day!

That is insane: "Biden’s pardons eliminated roughly $680,000 in financial penalties owed to victims or the government. In contrast, Trump’s second-term pardons have forgiven criminal debts of more than $1.5 billion." www.cato.org/blog/embarra...

international women’s day

The Birdcage opened thirty years ago today, so in its honor, I want to share one of my favorite stories about Mike Nichols that didn't make it into my biography. This is from an interview I did with Nathan Lane.

If you’re a democrat in congress who goes on fox the first thing you say in response to any question should be “why did you show the wrong footage of trump saluting dead soldiers?”

Happy Gary Retrograde everyone! The next two weeks are the only two weeks out of the year when Gary Numan is older than Gary Oldman

During a quarterly earnings call last May, the CEO of private prison profiteer GEO Group said his company was “very excited” about the regime’s mass deportation agenda: theappeal.org/geo-group-ea...

The clock mafia stole an hour from international women's day because this country hates strong, powerful women getting their naps in

Happy International Women's Day to the original International Woman

Embarrassed to report that only today did I learn that "seersucker" is an inartful importation of the Persian phrase "shīr o shakkar" meaning milk and sugar, indicating the alternating smooth and puckered texture of the fabric.

don’t forget to destroy your clocks tonight, walk away from your mortgage, just start driving, you’re free

I feel like we have “Ask Jeeves” to blame for a lot of this.

We should abolish the United States Senate. It serves no purpose.

If a single Democrat approves Trump’s next nominee, I just fucking give up.

The UN, though in Manhattan, is on international land, not American. Also a pretty central tenet of diplomacy is “we will not take advantage of proximity to murder your people” for reasons that should be very obvious.

if I ever need a lawyer, somebody call this lady

This is Hippo. He's visiting Scotland for the first time. Had no idea they made squeaky toys for humans too. 14/10 (TT: kelseydarragh)

I'm sorry, if you're going to make a big show about how you've got a Department of WAR helmed by a Secretary of WAR and staffed by WARfighters, it's totally inane to then claim that your massive bombing of a foreign country constitutes something other than a war.

theyre just all so fucking stupid and we were told we had to be respectful and treat their stupid fucking opinions seriously even though we knew its all bull shit and now here we are

This is one reason I think issue polling is a terrible way to organize political campaigns

Just a reminder that Trump didn't just bumble us into an unnecessary war -- he deliberately created the conditions that he's now screaming about