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Translated from the policy-whisperer: The integration of AI within the U.S. military-and, sure, the broader economy, but especially the military-will keep the U.S. fighting war after war in the Middle East to secure its data infrastructure. Our children will be sent to die so the militias arising from the Failed States of Persia cannot threaten Andy. Jassy's server warehouses in the shadow of the Burj Khalifa. With so much on the line, the AL oligarchs' push to make sure they. don't leave their investments vulnerable to democracy makes a whole lot of sense.

key point from @attackerman.bsky.social: “when the war goes AI the data centers will be targets” www.forever-wars.com/when-the-war...

Pervert Politics: Trumpism’s Body Obsessions How Republicans went from the party of prudes to the party of perversion.

From Trump to Noem to Hegseth and beyond, we are being governed by a party of perverts who are set on making their own psychosexual derangements into policy

www.liberalcurrents.com/pervert-poli...

"diarrhea" might be mentioned more

here on bluesky we are not exposed to different ideas like “which brand of calipers are best for skull measuring” or “@grok whats her onlyfans”

here on bluesky we are not exposed to different ideas like “which brand of calipers are best for skull measuring” or “@grok whats her onlyfans”

im sharing this not bc anyone reading it will be shocked but bc it's a good thing to bring to the attention of anyone you might know who is a republican because they find liberals annoying and tiresome. this is your alternative to annoying and tiresome in 2026

people watch a lot of TV and are on the internet too much and it's a mistake to consume war as stans.

Breaking: Footage Shows Israeli Air Force Destroying Iranian F-14 Tomcat Jets The Israeli Air Force has just released footage showing the destruction of two F-14 Tomcats (likely non-operational) on the ground. The Israel Defense

this video is from last june and they were decommissioned planes. theaviationist.com/2025/06/16/i...

noted smut peddler the wall street journal

Conflict remains the Middle East’s most troublesome dynamic, but there is today less to this problem than headlines might lead one to believe. Iran—the region’s chief destabilizing force—has been greatly weakened by Israeli actions since October 7, 2023, and President Trump’s June 2025 Operation Midnight Hammer, which significantly degraded Iran’s nuclear program. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict remains thorny, but thanks to the ceasefire and release of hostages President Trump negotiated, progress toward a more permanent peace has been made. Hamas’s chief backers have been weakened or stepped away. Syria remains a potential problem, but with American, Arab, Israeli, and Turkish support may stabilize and reassume its rightful place as an integral, positive player in the region.

But the days in which the Middle East dominated American foreign policy in both long-term planning and day-to-day execution are thankfully over—not because the Middle East no longer matters, but because it is no longer the constant irritant, and potential source of imminent catastrophe, that it once was. It is rather emerging as a place of partnership, friendship, and investment—a trend that should be welcomed and encouraged. In fact, President Trump’s ability to unite the Arab world at Sharm el-Sheikh in pursuit of peace and normalization will allow the United States to finally prioritize American interests.

remembering the White House's Nov 2025 national security strategy document which aged like red romaine www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

AMERICA BABY WE'LL SHOW YOU WHY WE DON'T HAVE HEALTHCARE

[runs out of war materiel]

Texas Pete. Extra Mild.

sorry this is the only image that comes to mind when I hear about Talarico

jesse singal suggesting that someone else has a professional stake in this is wild since it's the only story he's written in a decade

today i learned Venmo added a matt gaetz feature

Hunt, who supports term limits and says he would serve no more than two, described Cornyn in an interview as “a Lincoln Project, Bush-era Republican — which is fine, but the days of that ilk and the days of that type of politician, they’re over.” (The Lincoln Project is a political action committee founded by Republicans who oppose Trump.)

you might be too online if WaPo needs to explain your sick burn with a parenthetical www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

is this the last we've seen of Big John™ ? www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vcB...

Recession Indicator Or Shrewd Home Ownership Savings Strategy? Boy Kibble Is All The Rage - CNBC probably

radioactive fallOUT AND PROUD 🌈

good god

White House Trump leaves room to claim victory - or avoid blame - in recorded Iran strike messages Trump has taken an approach to selling U.S. citizens on military action in Iran that contrasts with his predecessors, seeking to avoid completely owning it. Today at 8:47 p.m. ET

Barack Obama spoke to cameras when he announced that Osama bin Laden had been killed. After President Donald Trump's attack on Iran killed its supreme leader on Saturday, he used a different messaging strategy - a written post on Truth Social. Trump has taken an approach to selling U.S. citizens on military action in Iran that sharply contrasts with his predecessors: He devoted three minutes of his 108-minute State of the Union address to the issue, spoke to Americans through social media posts and a pair of videos recorded at Mar-a-Lago but made no public appearances since a Friday rally in Corpus Christi, Texas. The strategy might afford him flexibility in the coming days and weeks to avoid what former secretary of state Colin Powell told Bush was the Pottery Barn rule - if you break it, you own it. From the outset, Trump has been careful to declare limits around the U.S. attack, saying he wanted to overthrow the current regime, but telling Iranians it was up to them to seize the opportunity to write their country's next chapter. His communication strategy has reinforced those limits by creating a bit of distance - at least in imagery - between the president and the fighting.

"We have escalation dominance in Iran. We control the pace, the focus, the intensity of military conflict," said Aaron David Miller, who advised Democratic and Republican administrations on Middle East issues. "We can escalate when we want, and we can presumably prevent Iranians from escalating, and so we can own Iran without the Pottery Barn rule going into effect. That's what makes this so Trumpian." Richard Haass, who was the director of policy planning at Powell's State Department in the lead-up to the 2003 Iraq War, said Trump was "calling for regime change, but is not assuming the responsibility for it." "It gives him an off-ramp, not having to see it through. So if it happens, he gets credit for it, if it doesn't happen, he doesn't get the blame for it," said Haass, who is president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations.

I feel like I’m hallucinating a @nytpitchbot.bsky.social post, what the fuck is this www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Jayme Lawson from Sinners hit the nail on the head and said how I felt with the whole BAFTAs situation.

I think the truly damning thing about the Dem comms response is that they had months to prepare for today and there's zero coordination, no unified message. Just every D leader responding like they quickly hammered out a statement in a panic at 6 am this morning

Dudes rock

the nameplate in frame is so funny. member of congress behaving like an intern on instagram

grok is this real

where would we find our Is India The New China? takes

stay prayed up

very smart analysis by Mr. Bannon, this is why he gets paid the big bucks