As I have said since Feb 2025, Trump is in office to solve Putin's problems. How else are you going to ensure that Putin's failed state becomes prosperous? it is already having to be propped up by China.
For years, strategists have warned national leaders against the temptations of "victory disease," the belief that winning battles means they're winning the war. Leaders throughout history have made this mistake, and Trump seems to be making it now.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Historians looking back on the 2026 midterms and trying to explain how the Democrats managed to thrash Republicans will point to many causes—but let me suggest that they should pay attention to these two words right here:
"I guess."
I continue to be gobsmacked at 1) how common this formulation is 2) how antisemitic and generally bigoted it is 3) and how for all the talk of anti-semitism this is never cited as an example even though it’s quite literally the original incarnation.
“If Trump fails to achieve his objective in Iran, I believe he will pull the plug on the war while loudly proclaiming victory. It will not matter what the facts are on the ground. It will not matter if he has created a humanitarian crisis.… He will walk away faster than you can say ‘Epstein’….”
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"The historic turnout for Democrats bodes well for November’s general election if Talarico and down-ballot Democrats can keep voters engaged.
For the first time in decades, Democratic primary turnout (2.5M) exceeded Republican turnout (2.41M)."
Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy. But right now, they’re under attack.
Several Republican-controlled states have redrawn their congressional maps to give themselves an unfair advantage in the midterm elections.
Seems like the media should at least express some curiosity about this.
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
"'You can just do stuff' is the shorthand. And that’s sort of true. You can just do stuff, if you ignore the law."
Trump’s “hubris resembles that of the neocons—like them, he believes in American supremacy and is fascinated by the overwhelming power of the U.S. military—but he shares none of their idealism. His only commitment is to himself,” George Packer argues.
Israel & Saudi Arabia pushed the U.S. to attack Iran.
Netanyahu killed 72,000 people in Gaza, mostly women & children.
Saudi Arabia is a brutal dictatorship that allows no opposition.
These are the leaders who want to bring “freedom” to Iran?
Does anyone really believe that?
Netanyahu dreamed of this for 40 years—undermines any claim Iran posed an "imminent danger."
4/9. The Iranian operation in 2020 was designed to help Donald Trump get elected.
Ali Khamenei Is Dead, but Iran Is Not Yet Free
His death closes one chapter of repression, but the Islamic Republic’s entrenched security, political, and economic power structure remains intact, and the fight for a truly free Iran is far from over.
My Full Piece Here: bit.ly/46ukJEj
First impression: This is regime change, lots of ways for it to go wrong, a few it could go right, but at huge risk:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Stephen Miller & @StephenM X.com To anyone still gullible enough to fall for scummy media hoaxes: Trump said warmongering neocons love sending your kids to die for wars they would never fight themselves. Liz Cheney is Kamala's top advisor. Liz wants to invade the whole Middle East. Kamala = WWIII. Trump = Peace. 7:59 AM • 11/1/24 • 53K Views
November 2024
Gov. Abigail Spanberger: "Our president has sent poorly trained federal agents into our cities where they have arrested and detained American citizens…They have ripped nursing mothers away from our babies, they have sent children — a little boy in a blue bunny hat — to far off detention centers"
Gov. Abigail Spanberger: "The scale of the corruption is unprecedented. There's the cover up of the Epstein files, the crypto scams, cozying up to foreign princes for airplanes and billionaires for ballrooms, putting his name and face on buildings all over our nation's capital."
American families are paying an extra $1,700 a year on everyday essentials because of Trump’s tariffs.
Republicans promised lower prices on day one. That didn’t happen.
Silly. You need ID (not “voter ID”) to get on a plane. Not “proof of citizenship,” which is what the SAVE America Act requires.
Cool to know that there are three votes on SCOTUS for *anything* Trump does.
That's not concerning at all.
(between images of a map showing the nearly 600 No Kings Day events planned for March 28) NO THRONES. NO CROWNS. NO KINGS. MARCH 28 NOKINGS.ORG
The map for No Kings Day just went live with nearly 600 peaceful protests planned across all 50 states (including our flagship event in the Twin Cities).
Find your local protest or start a new No Kings event if there’s currently nothing planned near you: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
Elon Musk, a pro-apartheid South African, may have come here believing the US was a bastion of English-Scots-Irish culture. (By the way, were the Irish welcomed by the English?)
My grandparents and so many others came here because of the promise of freedom, tolerance, equal rights, and opportunity.
The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.
"make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders". Sounds like elections in Russia, Iran, or Turkey.
Cartoon by Nick Anderson
Scholars of genocide have written so much about this kind of dehumanizing propaganda. Now it's happening here.
Donald Trump’s DOJ just tried—and failed—to indict me in front of a grand jury.
We will continue to fight back against their rising tyranny.
Don’t Give Up the Ship.
The underlying dynamics of Trumpism beginning in 2027 will be as follows: • Trump will be largely unpopular-with -16 net disapproval as his ceiling. • Republicans will have suffered midterm losses somewhere between sizable and catastrophic. • But Trump will deny that these losses were legitimate. • He will continue to be coy about his intention to run for another term. • And even if he abandons the idea of a third term, he will not allow an open primary. Trump will create his own heir, whether that is JD Vance or someone... closer to the family. Given those circumstances, I don't think the Republican party will be able to "move on" from Trump even if it wants to.
A very good Triad at @thebulwark.com today from @jvl.bsky.social. I think his sense of what’s coming after 2026 is spot on
www.thebulwark.com/p/what-happe...
