"A carrier strike group is designed for blue-water power projection, not littoral escort through a corridor where a $500 contact mine can cripple a $4 billion destroyer."
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
"Another Middle East war is exactly what the young voters and voters of color who flocked to Trump in 2024 did not sign up for."
Greg Sargent on how the supposed political "realignment" is unraveling.
He thinks he can just change the channel and tune out the consequences of his reckless illegal war.
Absolutely, flabbergastingly insane.
Just dropped new pod w/@ezralevin.bsky.social of @indivisible.org. It's a great conversation w/one of our most important leaders in this challenging moment.
Let's work to make #NoKings 3/28 a day of joy and celebration of our democracy and of America 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/indivisibl...
Big is right. They are hiding the truth of this war daily and in a thousand ways.
Joe Rogan: "It just seems so insane based on what he ran on. I mean, this is why a lot of people feel betrayed. He ran on no more wars and these stupid, senseless wars. And then we have one that we can't even really clearly define why we did it."
Great quotes in military history.
@atrupar.com
This is what Trump meant by saying the war was "very complete, pretty much."
All that's left is the commitment of ground troops and the global repercussions, so probably just a day or two more, right?
bsky.app/profile/fact...
The core revelation here is that Trump has lost the public *on the mass deportations themselves* and not just on ICE's brutal tactics. We have been arguing this for months but media has simply refused to acknowledge it. Now so obvious that it can't be avoided
This war is more a manifestation of a personality disorder than any coherent strategy. You knew that, but @edwardluce.bsky.social frames it well and persuasively in his latest excellent column.
If you’re roughly my age, it’s wild to reflect on the optimism for the future Americans felt when Obama was elected — young Americans spontaneously took to the streets to celebrate! — and contrast with what we face today. The falloff over the past 18 years is hard to process.
Trump is a titanic f*ck up, part a million.
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This level of incoherence about things that matter would generate a call for removal in every other major institution in the Western world other than the American Presidency.
Vance: "When people like Kamala Harris send our sons and daughters, our young people, to fight in stupid wars, it is the young generation that carries the burden of that. We're gonna stop sending our young people to far away lands. We are not the policemen of the world."
JD Vance (2024): " All of the really terrible world conflicts, they almost always come from incompetent leadership...You can't just think about the immediate consequence. You've gotta ask yourself, 'what is the second order and the third order consequence?'"
“.. Here's a fun fact: The United States now has fewer manufacturing jobs today (12.573M) than it did in March 2018 (12.576M) when Trump first started his tariff wars:”
- @scottlincicome.bsky.social
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Trump is a titanic f*ck up, part a million.
New Quinnipiac poll shows Trump continuing to crater:
37-57 overall approval
39-58 on economy
38-57 on handling of Iran
The kicker: 55% say Iran did NOT pose an imminent threat to the US, while only 39% say it did
He's really settling in at that 38% number on many fronts, isn't he
In an ideal world, the guy who controls the nukes and the village idiot would be two separate people.
open.substack.com/pub/thecycle.... Water 💦 and oil: Iran can devastate the region with strategic strikes on sources of potable water and oil transport routes and infrastructure
Trump's war is illegal and a terrible mistake. And it needs to end as soon as possible.
My latest 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/the-third-...
open.substack.com/pub/simonwdc.... No surprise that the hateful moron who bankrupted his own casino should go on to bankrupt the world. The 78 million who voted for the orange 🍊 king were conned by his vows to avoid war
This sort of thing is always hit with, "LOL he doesn't care he'll never face voters again." In fact, he does care. He has privately said he fears being impeached by a Dem House. And I don't know who I need to tell this to, but presidential approval matters in midterms.
We are a very stupid country
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/o...
Trump: "Kamala would get us into World War III…All of your sons and daughters will end up getting a draft notice, a thing called the draft. 'Dad, what's this?' 'Oh, congratulations, you've been drafted into the military. You're going to fight a war.'"
Trump: "I'm not going to start a war, I'm going to stop wars…Under Trump we will have no more wars, no more disruptions, and we will have prosperity and peace for all…I am the candidate of peace, I am peace."
