Lionel Dripps

Dawg.

Wait you’re telling me Bessent was lying? Scott Bessent??!!

they’re good crude oil futures Brent

If we could just raise sea levels by 150 meters we get a backup Strait of Hormuz

Seems like they’ve shifted from reporting interception rate to total engagements.

The "only one divorce" restriction would exclude Hegseth, fwiw. And the "only literal millionaires can be generals" is just insane

“‘I think dads are mostly a waste of time or space’ for the first few months of a child’s life”: skill issue, dude. Absolute, lit-in-marquee-lights skill issue.

True although for an appointed candidate building a campaign quickly hiring a paid field firm can be a convenient crutch.

i am being absolutely serious here: CENTCOM had one job and it was literally to prepare for an Iran contingency

5/ And on the Strait of Hormuz, they had NO PLAN. I can't go into more detail about how Iran gums up the Strait, but suffice it say, right now, they don't know how to get it safely back open.

Which is unforgiveable, because this part of the disaster was 100% foreseeable.

We have a supply problem not a demand problem. This will not help!

Yesterday, Energy Secretary Wright said that I was wrong "on both counts" when I said that the WH had no plan going into the war with Iran and it's not surprising they also failed to account for the SPR. Then he lied about oil ships being escorted through Hormuz. I stand by my initial observation.

Boots on the ground in Iran.

Chris Murphy: "I Just came from a two hour, closed door classified briefing on the war. It just confirmed to me it's totally incoherent. We are not gonna be able to achieve any of our stated objectives ... this is a disaster of epic proportions, a 10 day debacle"

Rogan turns against Trump on Iran: This just seems so insane considering what Trump ran on. This is why a lot of people feel betrayed, right? He ran on no more wars, and now we have one that we can't even really clearly define why we did it.

America Is an Oil Exporter. Why Does a Mideast War Raise U.S. Gas Prices? The U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran have intensified and the conflict has widened, shaking global energy markets.

The price of gasoline in the U.S. rose again on Tuesday, to an average of $3.54 a gallon, according to new data. That’s a 19% increase since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran.

And, amazingly, these guys didn't have a plan for any of this. US personnel have been killed because they got no early warning on missile strikes. They didn't secure anti-Shahed know-how from Ukrainian experts. And they had no plan to deal with Hormuz. Which means that either:

maybe there's a rational explanation for this but it's really hard not to think that a bunch of dumb bros have double-reverse galaxy-brain groupthinked themselves into believing the main risk of catastrophe is being one of the suckers who overreacts and doesn't get rich

A lot of infuriating things here, but somehow the worst thing here for me is spending $98,329 of US taxpayer dollars are fancy pianos.

At the same time Hegseth refused to invest in drone protection for US troops.

NEW polling data on Trump voters: Overall 15% now disapprove of his job performance, including 19% of Hispanics, 22% of young voters, and 33% of Black 2024 Trump voters.

Affordability voters have shifted left on Trump and the House generic ballot:

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The arrogance of the US military, sadly not limited to Hegseth, that there are no lessons to be learned from four years of Ukrainian innovation.

Concerningly similar to many European militaries not taking any lessons from the Spanish civil war.

Hegseth, whose forces blew up a girls' school, is accusing the enemy of "indiscriminate targeting."

This is not true—driver’s licenses aren’t acceptable under the SAVE Act without additional proof of citizenship. The fact that they keep doing this sleight of hand should make clear that the SAVE Act is not something that “every American gets”

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Advantage of having no clear victory conditions means you can declare victory at any time.

So things return to the status quo ante, except we murdered a bunch of kids and the new Ayatollah will be more determined than ever to build nukes.

Or we invade Bandar Abbas.

Donald Trump announces the war is over. Or we’re launching a naval invasion of Bandar Abbas.

SPY +.3%

so the new objective is basically to safely open the strait of hormuz, the strait that was open before they started this war for no reason

I mean stealing is bad, be it from Bezos or anyone else.

The ultimate rug pull. Young men voted for Trump to bring down prices and end wars. Now prices are spiraling, and Trump is floating bringing back the draft and occupying part of Iran.

You’re not angry enough about how brazenly they lied to you in 2024.

So Trump is announcing his intention to send American soldiers to occupy a part of Iran.