Marc C. Johnson

Turns out standing up to Trump and the US is pretty good politically.

Before We Move On Remembering the half life of a puppy killer

Before we refocus and move on to the next depredation from Trump World let’s remember why Kristi Noem got the job she’s now lost and why she won’t be the last out in our national exit of sleaze.

My latest ...

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My money once again is on this guy

just fwiw, here are the arguments being made, in order:

1. iran has apologized to its neighbors and admitted it lost
2. this is unprecedented and because of me
3. iran has not surrendered and will collapse if it doesn’t admit it lost
4. i am going to bomb iran more and worse until it surrenders

“.. It looks like a textbook case of cronyism.” 🤡

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Crude oil, three months ago: $61 a barrel

Crude oil today: $92 a barrel

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Oh boy

When the Senate was a real place, not one Senator would've left his seat for anything less than Secretary of State.

Cecil Andrus, Carter’s Interior Secretary, had only one year of college. Never a degree.

And the smartest guy I’ve ever known.

No Markwayne Mullin to be sure.

The Trump Administration is considering asking Congress for new emergency spending for the Iran War.

Hell no. This is our chance to draw a line in the sand and use our power to stop this war before it kills more Americans and sends the Middle East into more chaos.

Frank Church, rolling in his grave

Much attention on Texas. But Montana may be the political story of the day.

Wow. Half the delegation quit in the last 24 hours.

Pete Hegseth Treats Fallen American Soldiers as a PR Problem His use of the Iran war dead to attack the media was disgraceful.

@radiofreetom.bsky.social on Hegseth whining about news coverage while not getting that "When a drone slips through US defenses and kills 6 members of America’s armed forces, [they] *are* the story. The people of the US deserve to know what happened and why." 😬🙄😠🎁 www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The Corruption of Lindsey Graham A case study in the rise of authoritarianism. Sen. Lindsey Graham is a central player in the Republican party’s capitulation to Donald Trump. We can watch the GOP's turn to authoritarianism by reviewing Graham's many public statements.

It's always a good time to revisit this meticulous account of Lindsey Graham in the age of Trump, from @saletan.bsky.social:

The State of the Union reset certainly worked as planned. Right?

I just can't tell what's a throwaway line, what's a joke, and what's a policy announcement these days.

Is the President serious about an embargo on Spain?

So much winning.

Seems pretty clear that the decision to go to war with Iran was also a decision to abandon Ukraine to the Russians.

What a clownish idiot.

After failing to win the peace prize, Trump turns his focus to Nobel prize for war | John Crace As for Keir Starmer, even when he tries to make a reasonably sound judgment he somehow ends up losing both sides of the argument

After failing to win the peace prize, Trump turns his focus to Nobel prize for war | John Crace

Sen. Ossoff Statement on Iran Atlanta, Ga. - U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff today released the following statement. "Eight months ago, Donald Trump lied to the country when he claimed U.S. air strikes had 'obliterated' Iran's nuclear program. "Now Trump says he's taken America to war for regime change in Iran. "Trump has launched this regime change war and put American forces at risk without presenting evidence of an imminent threat, without clear objectives, without having exhausted diplomacy, without a plan for the aftermath, and without the consent of Congress. "I oppose yet another regime change war-of-choice in the Middle East. Congress must convene immediately and pass a War Powers Resolution to assert our Constitutional authority over war and peace. "The President has presented no evidence that Iran or its nuclear program — which he falsely claimed to have 'obliterated' — pose an imminent threat to the United States, or that diplomacy was exhausted. Iran's support for terrorism and uranium enrichment have long destabilized the region. But sending American forces into harm's way should only ever be a last resort. "I pray for the safety of U.S. forces who have been ordered into battle and commend their extraordinary professionalism."

Ossoff’s statement is 1000x stronger than Schumer-Jeffries. This is a moderate Jewish Senator from a Trump state. The split isn’t moderate vs progressive, but leading vs poll-reacting

He hasn't a clue what he is doing ...

While operations are coordinated at a members-only, private beach club — in between fundraisers and parties.

This is some next-level swiftboating

A United States senator from the president's own party, one who serves on the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, has no idea what's going on as America goes to war with Iran.

War is peace ...

The American people now see Trump for who he is — a would-be dictator who does not care what Americans think or want, cares nothing about our Constitution or our laws, and sees himself as a kind of eighteenth-century king, with unlimited power to drag us into wars without the consent of the people.

Tell me you don’t understand…anything

Imagine if a criminal gang invaded the White House and began stuffing their pockets with cash and terrorizing people.
Never mind – no need to use your imagination. Just read the news.

JD Vance would never lie to us, right? Just ask the cats and dogs of Springfield, Ohio.