Dear Russia,
Iran's fire is making oil prices spike.
Spiking oil prices makes economic problems for us, so we're making it easier for you to sell more oil.
In sum, Iranian military success against us reduces economic pressure on you.
Just, you know, FYI.
Sincerely,
The geniuses leading America
Hegseth explicitly wants to take a page from the Israelis: you can't hold territory by dropping bombs, but drop enough and perhaps no one can, and that may functionally be the same as holding territory
That the IRGC will have a limited appetite for civilian casualties
this part I also didn't get but then I saw an NBC anchor goggling open mouthed like a 12 year who just saw boobs for the first time because the Iranian foreign minister was like"yes we will fight if you invade" and they really don't think of other people as having any sort of agency, it's wild
Pete Hegseth's murderous buffoonery, coming amid a lifetime in which he's betrayed everyone close to him and failed up from one disaster to the next, is a perfect example of how the appeal of Trumpism is that it creates a permission structure for people to openly be their worst selves
The asymmetry of the value placed on human life is so striking. Israel has a goal to recover 40-year-old remains; to do so, it invades a sovereign country, and the lives of 26 Lebanese are an afterthought. Their names not even worth printing in the New York Times.
Trump just learned yesterday that the air power can't hold ground. How long do we think it takes him learn that special forces can't hold ground?
The vibes have been bad for a while, but the vibes are noticeably bad rn
Moooooom, the economists are posting ominously again
I think “all the American voter cares about is gas prices” is overly simplistic and broadly incorrect
but I sure as shit think they are going to care about them rising this much this fast
I'm so glad a subsequent democratic president rehired him (and gave him a promotion in the bargain)
Nice little reward for sharing intel on American targets with Iran
One of the instances in which it is actually emphatically true that by stifling left-liberal criticism of Israel on a liberal basis you just leave open room for nutjobs to do it and fill the space instead
The age of the SUV is over
Now is the time of the Fit
Line goes up is good, right?
We're just reshuffling the deck chairs on the regime
I mean, he never had the juice, regardless
"I feel liberated," said a top banker. "We can say 'retard' and 'pussy' withtout the fear of getting cancelled... its a new dawn"
We should never ever forget why they did it
Why didn’t you know this? Platner lies in reporters’ faces but no one fact-checks him. When his Nazi tattoo was first reported, he ran to Tommy Vietor’s podcast for damage control. He told his false leaving-the-Marines story; Vietor laughed with him. No hard questions for your buddies. 6/
I mean, memerson tho
Then you're allowed to make fun of them for having no self-respect
It's unfair to make fun of someone for not looking good, through no fault of their own. But when someone goes to a doctor and says "here's $10-100 thousand; make me look like ass," then it's a matter of taste. And you're allowed to make fun of ppl for having garbage taste
Underrated measuring stick for how toxic support for Israel has become for Democrats is how rarely Ritchie Torres talks about it anymore
How come there's more controversy about my gender affirming titty patch than his gender affirming massacre of schoolchildren?
Sports store owner and corrupt mid-level machine boss
JFC, senate brain strikes again
Post See new posts Conversation Andrew Solender @AndrewSolender There is HEAVY pressure on Dems to get in line on this Iran war powers vote. Leadership is whipping a yes vote, progressive groups are threatening primary challenges, and I’m told Pelosi is currently giving Landsman a piece of her mind on the floor. https://axios.com/2026/03/04/democrats-iran-war-powers-vote-primary
Good. Every Democrat who doesn't do the bare minimum should obviously be obliterated at the next opportunity in their primaries. Glad leadership is whipping yes.
This is why this inevitably ends with boots on the ground.
like, TACO is not possible ***EVEN IF*** trump decides to just completely turn tail and run because it also requires what's left of the iranian state to sign off and they do not want to do that, they want revenge bsky.app/profile/sky....
American Jews think of Israelis as siblings, but Israelis think of us as distant cousins. They feel fondly for us, but their decisions aren't made with our interests in mind. Which also implies that life we need a new home, they'll have limited tolerance for us occupying their guest room long term
