Lisi Misera

From FT comments

And drones partially manufactured in Russia:

The same Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth who ordered a halt to offensive cyber operations against Russia last year? Is that the same Pete Hegseth who said Russia is not a factor here?

Pete Hegseth is a Nazi idiot. Putin would love this to expand to a World War.

Like Trump, Putin is desperate for a big distraction that can allow him to call up 1 million more citizens to die in his battles.

Trump remains Putin useful idiot. Now Trump has help.

Of course they are

But hey, Vlad and his consiglieri say we’re gonna make $16 trillion with them in Russia

That's the way to sell it.

I think the evangelicals should all go over there and let themselves get killed and then they will go to heaven and be with Jesus!
We don’t need a full scale war for that to happen!
Go on ahead over there !👉

The Evangelicals Who Pray for War With Iran Mike Pence and Mike Pompeo, who urged Trump to kill Qassem Soleimani, are ardent proponents of Christian Zionism.

newrepublic.com/article/1561...

Not children... A global authoritarian fascist movement, many of whom are also religious fanatics, who have chosen to launch a new Crusades for world power & dominion over all, nation by nation.

The Crusades 1095-1399 CE were launched for similar reasons.

This is a real video from the official White House account on a war that is currently killing people. I don’t know how the US is going to come back from this.
The post was “JUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY. 🇺🇸 🔥”

The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-lo...

Read @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social on the "intellectually insecure reactionaries" around Epstein. Much here that I did not know

www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...

The cost of "epic fury"sounds ridiculous, like an ironic entertainment plot, if it wasn't aside of the economic cost, a tragic reality for too many folks including US citizens, soldiers, innocent friends in the area and folks allover suffering from the unfolding world economic crisis as a result.

Iran War Cost Tracker — $1 Billion Per Day The Pentagon estimates the war in Iran costs $1 billion per day. Track the running total in real time.

iran-cost-ticker.com

$1.5T defense budget
$170B on ICE & Border Patrol
$100B on tax cuts for the 1%
$20B from Treasury for Argentina
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$300M on Kristi Noem's jets
$100M+ for Trump to golf
$75k+ for Kash Patel's Olympic trip

And now $50B in emergency funding for war in Iran?

Priorities.

Don't forget who really stands to gain from Trump's lawless war. https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2026/03/05/these-companies-stand-to-benefit-from-trumps-iran-war-exxon-raytheon-and-more/

Kristi Noem has used $200M+ in taxpayer funds to pay firms with close ties to her top aides to make anti-immigrant PSAs.

Her luxury jets will cost taxpayers nearly $300M.

Trump's lackeys rail against "government waste," but are happy to pilfer taxpayer funds for themselves.

Trump has launched a war in the Middle East without a plan, without a strategy, and without any clear idea about where it leads or how it ends.

He has no clue what he’s doing in Iran. [Cartoon by Brendan Loper]

The White House wants an extra $50 billion to fund Trump’s illegal war.

That’s on top of the Pentagon’s $1T budget — which Trump is trying to boost to $1.5T.

Remember that over half of defense spending flows to private corporations and the Pentagon has failed eight financial audits in a row.

A new Senate report alleges that over 1,000 FEMA contracts, grants, or disaster assistance awards were delayed under Kristi Noem's watch.

Why?

Because she demanded to sign off on expenses over $100,000 — which delayed aid to victims of floods and hurricanes.

"Efficiency."

Poor people's unnecessary suffering.

So much repair ahead ..

What has happened to my wonderful old department is typical of what Trump is doing to our government. Some thoughts on what's going on at the Department of Labor... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-stupid-sad-scandalous-sleazy

Trump fired Kristi Noem.

It wasn't because her immigration agents murdered American citizens. Or the repeated violations of due process. Or even her mismanagement of FEMA.

No, Noem was fired because she upstaged Trump. He wants to be on Mt. Rushmore, after all.

This is the mind of our president.

I guess she won't be tracking down critics for much longer, but consider me one.

Trump's "Golden Age of America."

It's not a job, it's a vocation for people like Robert Reich fortunately ..

Please don’t ask me if I’ve retired or “still work” I haven’t retired. I still work. And frankly, I resent anyone thinking otherwise.

Friends — Please don’t ask me if I’ve retired or “still work.”

I may be getting older, but I haven’t retired. I still work. And frankly, I resent anyone thinking otherwise. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/dont-ask-me-if-ive-retired

Like clockwork.

"Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country, and you see it happening already."

-Donald Trump, 4/2/25