"This is how the military creates decision advantage. This is how it replaces gut instinct with professional foresight and thorough intelligence." *This* had better be happening right now. ICYMI @markhertling.bsky.social on what comes next:

BREAKING: Jury finds Karen Read not guilty of second-degree murder, and guilty of drunk driving in the death of her police officer boyfriend.

Worth the read.

The Israeli campaign might well be necessary - but preventive wars carry great moral and practical risks. My latest in @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

A lot of news today but FEMA’s role in a disaster is too important to ignore…

I know everyone's been breathlessly waiting for what I was going to write about LA. here you go - gifted www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Two babies have died from whooping cough in Kentucky. Neither they nor their parents had been vaccinated. The current whooping cough outbreak in the U.S. hasn’t grabbed the media spotlight as much as measles has, but it’s important to update your vaccination if you’re going to be around babies.

Trump arrived at Trump National Golf Club Washington D.C., located in Sterling, Va., at 10:01 a.m. on Saturday, White House pool report.

Kleptocracy….

“If you’re among the vast sea of Americans who remain enthusiastically grateful for vaccines, the time for pushing back against Kennedy isn’t later, when he’ll likely be ratcheting up his program to “reevaluate” longstanding pediatric vaccines. It is now.” www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-jrs-wa...

Update: Putin and Trump had a phone call that produced nothing

WHEN is his mental acuity going to become a topic for mainstream media?

"If you live in a nation where you expect laws and rules are mostly going to be enforced, you’ll do your unlawful things in private. And you’ll cover up what you’ve done. You’ll behave like Richard Nixon. But Trump’s more like a crime boss." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-want...

PSA: if you’re sharing a link in a post, after you paste it and the preview image pops up you can delete the URL and get all those characters back to yap more

It’s especially galling that AG Pam Bondi personally wrote the memo approving the gift of the Qatari airplane. Her last job was as a lobbyist for Qatar! efile.fara.gov/docs/6415-Ex...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05...

Couldn’t agree more.

Kleptocracy: “Buying the tokens — in essence, giving money to the Trump family — is “an effective way to advocate for fair, balanced and free trade between Mexico and the U.S.,” Mr. Selgas said in a statement, which was also filed with the S.E.C., …” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/u...

This will kill people, and it won’t be the first time this sociopath has done it.

> @iansams.bsky.social

NY Times Editorial Board: “The first 100 days of President Trump’s second term have done more damage to American democracy than anything else since the demise of Reconstruction. Mr. Trump is attempting to create a presidency unconstrained by Congress or the courts…” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/o...

It was a good speech! And notice that every line is built to be re-used as social media content. This is the way! (and, this is the way)

“Many of President Trump’s actions have been seen as benefiting Russia either directly or indirectly, so much so that Russian officials have celebrated some of his moves.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...

Zelensky’s press officer Nikiforov says the meeting with Trump took place at St. Peter’s Basilica and lasted about 15 minutes. Both sides confirmed plans to meet again for further talks after the Pope’s funeral.

"If Donald Trump were trying to lose his trade war with China, it’s hard to see what he would be doing differently" from Rogé Karma @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...

I can't wait to hear Steven Miller go in Fox News and tell MAGA how this is a clear win for the Trump administration

David. Effing. Brooks. "It’s time for a comprehensive national civic uprising. It’s time for Americans in universities, law, business, nonprofits and the scientific community, and civil servants and beyond to form one coordinated mass movement. Trump is about power." #Resist #Hope

“At MGIMO, we were taught to cite international law while violating its spirit, to defend norms while dismantling them and to speak of peace while justifying and waging wars.” www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/14/i...

Get ready for a Trump rage post about Powell. Or worse. bsky.app/profile/acyn...

on the Kleptocracy Presidency: The number and nature of conflicts of interest is astonishing www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia? Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵

“This is yet another example of a DOGE ‘report’ misunderstanding this data at best, blatantly mischaracterizing this data at worst.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u...

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Most people won't test the regime, they'll try to predict what will keep them safe and do that--but none of us are safe, no matter what we do. When folks say “don’t give up in advance?” What does that mean? open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...

Tariffs still at historic high

"No one, apparently, is willing to prevent a single man from destroying the world economy, wrecking financial markets, forcing this country and other countries into recession if that’s what he feels like doing when he gets up tomorrow morning" www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

This @jamellebouie.net column is a must-read. Trump cannot explain his tariffs because they arise from a fundemental psychological characteristic: the need to dominate everything everywhere all at once www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...

Good opinion article to help understand why we are in this mess… Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...

Like Hitler, Trump fantasizes about becoming a World-Historical Hero, it's very dangerous. Trump is or is becoming the Leviathan open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...

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Correct. The whole premise of Trump’s tariffs is a deeply flawed (ignorant) view of trade deficits.

Again, Kelly Meggs was adjudged to be a terrorist. This is quite literally the acting US Attorney, facing confirmation, palling around with someone that Trump could have (and did, with Enrique Tarrio) said was not a terrorist. He did not do so.

Even as the stock market crashed, President Trump was in Florida at his Doral golf resort and Mar-a-Lago club helping pump up family businesses, evidence that Trump continues to monetize the presidency. A NYT behind-the-scenes look with Theodore Schleifer and Zolan Kanno-Youngs nyti.ms/3XPqyIa

"The Greek dramatists and most military historians would recognize this moment: a chorus warning of limits, a protagonist who barrels forward, blind to consequence and certain of invincibility. But this isn’t a stage. It’s a government."

The Trump admin’s tolerance for corruption is both an invitation to corruption and a signal of approval of corruption. Corruption is the theme of this administration. www.brookings.edu/articles/us-...

What is taught to senior military leaders at our nation’s War Colleges is that a nation’s power emanates from four areas: -Strength of diplomacy -Strength of economy -Strength of its military -Strength of truthful public information. All combine to determine power on the global stage.

Trump won’t fire Waltz but will leave him to twist in the wind… www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Wall Street Journal Torches Trump's Tariffs With 'Golden Age' Reality Check https://twp.ai/4imQXG

Whoever came up with these supposed tariff rates is like Kramer from Seinfeld when he pretended to work at that job "in business"