... so...just so I understand...Trump is now calling for war ships from other countries to come to the Straight..to help fix the shitshow Trump created.
I would be telling him fuck off... frequently...
Oh wait
I do
Do you know where your birth certificate is? How about your passport? Do you even have one? Millions of Americans lack ready access to these documents, which they’d need to register to vote under the SAVE Act. Tell your senators to stop this attack on the freedom to vote: bit.ly/4bLkoR1
Trump says securing the Strait of Hormuz will be a "team effort"
I don’t see a way out of this. Taking the Strait of Hormuz or seizing Kharg island will result in considerable loss of life. We can’t exactly apologize because we killed the Ayatollah. I doubt anyone besides Israel is gonna help us. This is a disaster.
FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatens broadcast licenses over Iran War coverage
Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner is raising $5 Billion from foreign governments WHILE WORKING AS TRUMP’S ENVOY IN THE MIDDLE EAST ‼️
Staggering corruption. Where are all the Hunter Biden hunters?🤔@MarshaBlackburn @RepOgles @timburchett @SenatorHagerty
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/b...
Americans today will spend $275 million more on gasoline than they did before the US attacked Iran, now totaling nearly $2.5 billion since the start.
SCOOP. From my OUR LAND newsletter: Trump's DOJ is helping to get a convicted FBI informant tied to Russian intelligence out of prison. The lie this guy told the FBI—Joe Biden took a $5m bribe from Burisma—was the main evidence for the GOP impeachment drive. 1/2
link.motherjones.com/public/44694...
I read the “Save America Act,” so you don’t have to. Most of the media apparently *hasn’t* read it because, if they had, they would be sounding the alarm about the provision in Point 1, below, which almost none of them have even mentioned. I hope this summary helps raise awareness. 1/
Trump admits he was falling asleep during Iran war planning
After The Washington Post cut its newsroom roughly in half in February, I teamed up with @katierobertson.bsky.social @erikwemple.bsky.social to examine why its owner, Jeff Bezos, was insisting on major cuts after years of investment. The answer is here:
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/b...
Newsmax host calls out Hegseth for putting US pilots in danger with his unhinged rhetoric.
No one should have to live like this just because some rich, old, white billionaires think they have the right to rule the world.
When a federal judge (finally) put ICE officers under oath, they admitted that they are given daily detention quotas and rely heavily on a Palantir-supplied AI tool to select targets, without warrants and without enough evidence to obtain one. They simply go into neighborhoods and round people up.
What he says…
(1) The accused declared, ordered, or otherwise indicated that there shall be no survivors or surrender accepted; (2) The accused thereby intended to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities such that there would be no survivors or surrender accepted; (3) It was foreseeable that circumstances would be such that a practicable and reasonable ability to accept surrender would exist; (4) The accused was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate forces to which the declaration or order was directed; and (5) The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with hostilities.
✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here.
Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning:
Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime.
And recognized as such by the US Government.
From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.
No immediate court ruling today from judge about future of Kennedy Center
But a potential high-stakes board meeting about Trump's plan to close arts center for two years is scheduled for Monday.
It's not public... and I'm told some board members can attend virtually (via zoom)
Meghan Markle visited a children’s hospital and wore a mask!
I can’t explain how big a deal this is for vulnerable people who’ve spent the last 6 years begging people to mask up to protect us.
This is visible ally ship.
This is community care.
This is leading by example.
A black and white photo of a man suffering from smallpox. His face is riddled with pustules.
I posted a 1912 photo of a man with smallpox and someone asked if it was AI. That says something about the moment we’re living in: because of vaccination, we’re now so far removed from this virus that real images of it look fake. #medicalhistory #vaccines #vaccineswork #skystorians
I love reading your newsletter. Thank you @rbhubbell.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...
Hegseth’s trial is gonna be a doozy.
When will this war with Iran end?
"When I feel it in my bones," says Trump.
Really. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
China is watching & taking action as we throw away the best thing we have ever built.
China has proposed to increase its overall research & development expenditure by at least 7%/yr over the next five years, which translates to billions of extra dollars each year.
🧪 go.nature.com/4rqZQ4u
Pete Hegseth wants to live in a world in which the US military can drop bombs on scores of children and face no serious media scrutiny for it. His vile claim that he can't wait for David Ellison to run CNN shows he pines for oligarchic control of media.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2077...
Punishments are easy when the tank is full.
Sanctions are iron clad until gasoline climbs past comfort. Then suddenly Russian oil is welcome again so they can continue to fund their war with Ukraine.
If punishment stops the moment it inconveniences us, it was never justice, it was theater.
Cool cool. The tankers trump seized are costing us tens of millions of dollars to maintain, and he can't sell the oil without a judge's permission. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/u...
It was already clear in the days after Trump launched the war on Iran that he had no plan. Yet Merz still endorsed the war.
Now he's u-turning as what was obvious to everyone else finally becomes obvious to him.
Complete foreign policy incoherence from Germany.
The entire profession needs to stand united against this.
