Brad Simpson

Good news for us Maryland folks!

Randy Fine says people who shoot Americans don’t belong in America. Buddy…

Jane was caught stealing when she was five

Star Wars and Star Warts?

The more we learn about this complete cluster fuck of an unnecessary, illegal, completely unplanned for war, the more insane it gets. Trump administration officials literally had no idea how maritime shipping insurance works before starting a war that could disrupt the global oil industry.

Trump said the straights are in great shape and that we’ve knocked out all their boats. I thought the straights with boats were Trump’s biggest supporters.

Because they’re committed to being part of the establishment, and the unspoken rule the establishment is that you treat Trump as if he’s just another president, rather than a dangerous, authoritarian lunatic bent on destroying American democracy.

Israel has literally said they will continue to assassinate any Iranian leader they don’t like and Trump will do nothing to stop them. What is there for Iran to negotiate right now except a guarantee that neither of the US nor Israel will bomb them or assassinate their leaders?

FBI warns that Iran to try to put motherf***ing snakes on motherf***ing planes.

The Abs doctrine

One of the foundational principles of modern conservatism is that guaranteeing retirees a dignified old age free of fears about medical bankruptcy, or poverty is absolute tyranny.

Johnathan Greenblatt is a professional anti-Palestinian racist and anti-Muslim bigot. It’s literally all he does.

Criminals criminally hiding evidence of their crimes highlights criminals' missteps.

Pentagon bars press photographers over ‘unflattering’ Hegseth photos Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s staff took issue with photos taken in a rare briefing last week and decided to shut out press photographers from two subsequent news conferences.

Pete Hegseth: "We are manly warfighters who will deal death and destruction without woke snowflake consideration for laws and such."

Also Pete Hegseth: "OMG! You took an unflattering photo of me! Look at my hair! I How can we win wars with my Insta feed like this?!" wapo.st/3OZLeeY

The historian John Dower once noted that US officials dismissed the prospect of Japan attacking Pearl Harbor bc they were too racist to believe or accept that the Japanese had agency or could implement tactics or strategy like white people. The analogy here is imprecise, but …

We have a zine! Over the past year, I've been working w/ Pusat Sejarah Rakyat and the International Institute of Social History to bring together organisations around Southeast Asia working on archiving and disseminating "people's histories" and the histories of social movements in the region. 1/4

What a terrific initiative.

Insurrectionist Brunch: Trumpists plotted to deploy military on U.S. soil Before the 2024 election, a cadre of MAGA loyalists met over brunch to plot ways for Trump to use the military domestically.

This is just astonishingly great reporting.

All of the crises the White House has claimed over the last 14 months were planned in advance. All of them.

And however much contempt you have for media outlets who reverently relayed Trump's claim to have no relation to Project 2025, it isn't enough.

Who says art can no longer inspire?

“Based on what my son in law told me I started a regional war…”

As a historian I’m wondering how we will ever narrate this madness.

This is very good, and I’m wondering if you think this raises the possibility that Hegseth and others could be tried in US courts for war crimes or what legal framework might even be for doing so.

Sober in its analysis and devastating in its implications.

The US has engaged in direct combat with China once- 75 years ago, when China was still one of the world’s poorest countries, and just emerged from a devastating civil war and revolution in which many millions died. And still got fought to a standstill.

The Unbelievable Madness of Our War With Iran Last year, I warned about the possibility that Israel might drag the United States into a regional conflict. What’s happening now is worse than I could have ever imagined.

Leaders around the world appear to be struggling to respond to an American administration that is no longer constrained by pretending to care about human lives, the law, or the cost of its hubris. trib.al/TNOqWQK

a man with a mustache is pointing at someone and says let me hit you with some knowledge . ALT: a man with a mustache is pointing at someone and says let me hit you with some knowledge .

Hegseth gives the same energy as Ben Stiller’s gym owner character in Dodgeball.

This sounds like my 21 year old nephew describing chest and arms day at the gym and a Call of Duty session to his friends.

This is a landmark book in international relations - and relevant now more than ever.

Well deserved, and such an incredibly important book. Congrats!🎉

For Americans who don’t know or read much about Indonesia, this is a decent overview of Indonesian President Prabowo.

Online already - and with the Adrian Vickers approval! You've got to watch it this week www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXuO...