Howard A. Rodman

'We're in it': Democrats won't rule out giving Trump more money for Middle East war Democrats will have to balance a desire to criticize Trump's offensive in Iran with pressure to support funding to defend the nation now at

Profiles in Cowardice

tl;dr A war-of-choice unauthorized by Congress, a bright-line violation of international law, $1B a day, AIs accountable to no one target grade schools, region destabilized, foreign policy by Jared, MBS, and Bibi— But now that we’re here, how can we do anything but support it?

Will Kristi Noem be buried in one of his golf courses?

Alas: evergreen.

The US lethal attack on a girls school in Minab, that killed about 180 mostly young girls, will forever been connected by the world with Pete Hegseth's pronouncement that "we won't be following any stupid rules of engagement." It's a war crime plain and simple.

At the very least...

“Our interest, I think very much, is in not going to war with Iran. It would be a huge distraction of resources. It would be massively expensive to our country.”

—J.D. Vance, 2024.

h/t @talkingpointsmemo.com

Jim Thirlwell and Lydia Lunch ringside at the Garden for wrestling

The reason we have “stupid rules of engagement” is to make sure we don’t bomb elementary schools.

They used to at least use the phrase "Judeo-Christian" when what they really meant was Christian.

Now, as in so many other areas of public life, they feel emboldened to shed the figleaf. To say the quiet part out loud.

And will continue to, as long as their are no consequences.

Onward, Christian soldiers.

And so nice to know that Secretary Hegseth does not view us Jews, atheists, agnostics, Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, et. al. as part of our nation.

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social

Four House Democrats—Henry Cuellar, Jared Golden, Greg Landsman, and Juan C. Vargas—voted with Republicans to enable a President to wage war without Congressional approval.

What consequences will they face?

Before you say your hands are tied: what would LBJ have done?

I was a junior lifeguard at Zuma Beach.

"I asked God to forgive me, which he has."

Honestly this is the biggest perk of serving in Congress. Most people have to ask forgiveness and wonder. If you're in Congress you get a same day answer from the big guy.

A war that isn't a war, documented with videos that may or may not be real, funded by elected leaders who are neither for nor against it, is the most dystopian thing that's happened in my lifetime

Given the urgency here, and the number of lives at stake, I'd suggest at least three additional strongly worded questions, yes?

Okay, Chuck, okay, Senate Democrats. You wanted debate under the War Powers Act. You were blocked by Trump's lockstep lackeys.

Now what are you going to do? What are your next steps to stop this illegal war of aggression? Or do you agree with the war, but just wish somebody had told your first?

I was, and remain, truly grateful to have received it.

"If we didn't hit within 2 weeks, they would've had a nuclear weapon."

Is there anywhere in consensual reality or even adjacent multiverses where this statement is true?

David Zaslav Cashing In Over $100 Million Of Warner Bros Discovery Stock; Other Top Execs Also Sell Warner Bros. Discovery chief executive David Zaslav is selling stock in the company worth north of $114 million.

The most disgusting combination of self-enrichment and failed management in the history of the entertainment business. deadline.com/2026/03/davi...

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I won't link to Am*z*n, because making the world's third-richest man incrementally wealthier is not my idea of fun.

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There should be no AI without the three Cs: consent, credit, compensation.

There is no consent here. There is no compensation. And if that's what Grammerly considers 'credit,' they can kiss my royal Irish ass.

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Hegseth wants the people he sends to fight trump’s war of opportunity to die in anonymity.

Great Lie of the 20th Century: the check is in the mail.

Great Lie of the 21st Century: you have successfully been unsubscribed.

Tired: Misperceiving the shadows in Plato's cave as reality.

Wired: Betting on the shadows in Plato's cave.

just thinking about how USAID was dismantled under the rationale of cost savings but there's an unlimited budget for war

21:344 4 Google الاه 62 < Songs in the Wind. Follow 1d • ••• "Wake up, Jeff." Bob Dylan suddenly announced he would pull his entire music catalog and official merchandise rights from Amazon, sharply criticizing Jeff Bezos over his perceived relationship with D.o.n.a.l.d T.r.u.m.p. The statement quickly escalated into an ultimatum that stunned both Bezos and the public. WATCH FULL: https://basslinehub.net/ wake-up-jeff-bob-dylan-suddenly-announced-he-would-pull-his-entire-music-catalog-and-official-merchandise-rights-from-amazon-wzb9xt-hoangmynew123- a990d486cedd "You support Trump, you support the division of real Americans. I cannot be a part of that," Dylan declared in a rare public statement. Bezos, unable to respond in time, was reportedly left stunned by the uncompromising move. Within hours, Trump fired back on Truth Social, calling Dylan a Comment as...

This appeared in my Facebook feed. It’s entirely fake. But there’s no way to report it as fake.

Fuck you, Zuck. If I want the rug of consensual reality pulled out from under me, I’ll read Philip L. Dick.