@eagleensnare
Observer of the world’s rough turning. #MinnesotaStrong. Ventura Independent. In favor of federal decentralization and state sovereignty. Not here for strong arguments or memes. If we disagree, please agree to do that and move on.
Let me be clear: I’m glad Kristi Noem was fired. But we still have to abolish ICE.
I hope to God the Joint Chiefs are ready to execute a coup if it comes to that. But I don't think they are, and it's not even fair to ask them to. /8
This is the most dangerous point in history humanity has faced since the Cuban Missile Crisis. And we have a mad, boorish idiot at the helm of the government.
There's a very good reason why most 20th century presidents were mostly boring. This is it. Boring is the price you pay for survival. /7
The time for politics has come to an end. Act immediately, or risk certain death, as Trump himself says. /6
Weapons Power, not power station.
This is what @thebulletin.org has been trying to tell us for decades, and Trump is what happens when party elites do not listen.
Getting the destruction of civilization in exchange for a slightly more democratic system is not acceptable.
If you still think I’m being alarmist, read “Nuclear War: A Scenario” by Annie Jacobsen. One nuclear weapon sets off a chain reaction that ends civilization. /4
Scientists have long believed that uneducated people should not be trusted to choose presidential nominees in the nuclear age, and I agree. If we survive this, both parties must seize control of their nominating processes again. Smoke-filled rooms are a small price to pay for competent executives./3
““So you’ll be perfectly safe with total immunity,” Trump said, without giving any details about what that meant. “Or you’ll face absolutely guaranteed death.””
“Trump demands Iran’s “unconditional surrender” as bombs pound Tehran and Beirut”
Jason Burke
The Guardian
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To be first is often to be wrong, especially n journalism.
People gotta stop asking what I'd tell younger me. Because every answer would result in current me not existing
Ukrainian banking officials are briefing EU and US ambassadors on the Hungary incident right now, FM Sybiha says. He sees "Russian handwriting" in it, linking Hungarian officials' Moscow trips to a chain of provocations.
We're at war in Iran, the president is already talking about another war with Cuba, and the White House and secretary of state are spending their time doing a roundtable on Name, Image, and Likeness rights in college sports?
Within hours of the U.S. blowing up a girls' school in Iran, the U.S. military knew what it had done. The Trump regime failed to take responsibility and said it was "under investigation" in hopes that it would be old news by the time it became indisputable that children were massacred in our name.
Thank you, Prime Minister Takaichi, for your warm welcome to Tokyo.
Canada and Japan are close and long-standing partners. In a more uncertain world, we’re ready to deepen our partnership to the benefit of both our peoples.
Now that I think about it— if the real underlying Republican strategy for the last decade or so has been to bring about Armageddon, it would explains a lot.
Now that they're trying to pretend their war is not a war, they've gone back to calling it the Defense Department.
👇🎯🧵 Trump is destroying our diplomatic capacity & credibility in ways orders of magnitude worse than any of his predecessors.
But also, this is downstream of how we have decided to glorify our military in 🇺🇸 society on <every holiday> & <at every sports event> while totally ignoring our diplomats.
CBP puts the blame on legacy IT systems. To be blunt, while these problems may be completely valid, this is entirely the fault of the government.
SCOOP: The Army in recent days canceled a training exercise for the headquarters element of the 82nd Airborne Division, fueling speculation among soldiers that they may be called upon for a still undefined mission as the war with Iran widens.
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At the @knightcolumbia.org, @akapczynski.bsky.social proposes a People’s College—the right to a two-year college degree at the accredited college of one’s choice—as a structural remedy for our free speech crisis.
Brown nose 💩
Here’s a hypothetical.
Two countries (A and B) attack another country (C).
In country A, public support for their attack is over 90%.
In country B, public support is less than 32%.
Whose war is it?
Harsh, but it is the only thing he will respond to. even watching Russia help Iran in the war is not enough. He’a a member of the Epstein class, a billionaire who only cares about money. So hit them where it hurts.
Crash the Dow, and he will bow.
House -- of Cards.
never, ever, ever, ever accept "how will you pay for it?" as an argument against social programs.
Q: "If those objectives were achieved and the Islamic Republic still existed, would that be an acceptable outcome?"
Leavitt: "That's a hypothetical question that I'm not going to engage in."
@housedemocrats.bsky.social Are you trying to curtail Trump's powers or are you running for reelection? Because I don't think you can do both.
