seems like the clearest purpose of the war is to reopen the thing that closed because of the war?
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seems like the clearest purpose of the war is to reopen the thing that closed because of the war?
John Fugelsang @ JohnFugelsang I just want to point out that I have NEVER called Stephen Miller "Satan's Butt Plug." What I ACTUALLY said was that Stephen Miller's HEAD looks like Satan's Butt Plug. And I wish people would stop twisting my words.
He voted for Kristi Noem to give her a chance. How did that work out?
Whenever Trump uses this phony line, as he does often: βI love the people of _________β, whether it is a country or a state, if you ask him what specifically he loves about those particular people his answer will always be about himself and not about them.
Scanlon: I think weβve got an embarrassment of folks who are deserving of impeachment, and the question is going to be priorities β who first?
There are certainly a number of people who should be subject to impeachment, criminal prosecution, and being banned from public office.
McGowan: You're saying 46 Americans died, so we should attack this country. Here at home, 68,000 Americans die a year because they don't have health insurance. So, if we're going to spend billions of dollars on somethingβ¦
Most transparent leak ever, as Vance allies try to distance him from the Iran war.
Glad to have worked for a vice president in a White House where we were proud of how the president conducted U.S. foreign policy, instead of leaking against him.
politi.co/4lqMwf9
Impressively deadpan delivery of this whopper.
This essay--like so much of Orwell--stands up well.
"By βnationalismβ I mean the habit of assuming human beings can be classified like insects...[and] of [placing] a single nation beyond good and evil...Nationalism is not to be confused with patriotism."
www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...
"Trump has called the Iran war a βlittle excursion.β Itβs wildly inappropriate to use that term when people are getting killed in this conflict...In fact, itβs grotesque...To make this obvious point isnβt to be woke or even antiwar. Itβs to be civilized."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
This move against state bars is of a piece with the administrationβs broader strategy against universities, the media and law firms β any organization capable of challenging the presidentβs power. And few things threaten it more than holding it to the the truth. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/o...
π¨BREAKING: Emails obtained by Democracy Docket show the Justice Department contacting multiple states about overseas voting compliance ahead of the 2026 midterms, emphasizing ID verification rules that could complicate voting for Americans abroad. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
"'I wanted to thank Mr. Lauro for admitting the emperor has no clothesβthe rule of law is dead because the people in this room and the Department of Justice pissed off President Trump,' β¦ said @mitchellepner.bsky.social, a former federal prosecutor β¦.
"Attendees in the conference ballroom clapped."
Scott Bessent was pulled out of an interview for more than an hour to join Trump in the Situation Room. When he came back, the tone had suddenly changed.
@samsteindc.bsky.social and @crampell.bsky.social discuss the weird moment and what it might reveal.
This book is gonna be good.
Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, warned Trump striking Iran could prompt it to close the Strait of Hormuz with mines, drones & missiles. Trump acknowledged the risk but assumed Tehran would capitulate and the military could handle it if it didnβt. (WSJ)
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
"Top Trump officials acknowledged to lawmakers during recent classified briefings that they did not plan for the possibility of Iran closing the strait in response to strikes."
www.cnn.com/2026/03/12/p...
Ladies and gentlemen, it is our honor to present to you United States Attorney Jeanine Pirro, an icon of the (open) bar πΈπΉπ·π₯πΎπ»πΊπ₯πΆπ§
JUST IN: With disclosures for a potential vindictive prosecution motion due to the defense on Monday, feds (Pirro) drop criminal case against Army vet who said he burned flag in park to protest Trump pledge to prosecute flagburners. No explanation. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/27...
The only risk in playing Russian Roulette is that you pull the trigger when a bullet's in the chamber. Otherwise it's perfectly safe.
Corruption. Soliciting cash on the backs of the power built and created by the American people www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/b...
βIf the strait remains closed for even a monthβ¦sustained higher oil prices could plunge the world into a recession, raise borrowing costs, alter the outcome of ongoing wars, and shift the balance of global-power competition in favor of Russia and Chinaβ
www.theatlantic.com/economy/2026...
NEW: Right-wing activists are circulating a draft executive order that purports to give Trump sweeping power over federal elections.
@mollyroberts.bsky.social and I got new details on the activists, lawyers, and conspiracy theorists behind the proposed order:
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/in-c...
Coalition of States Will Carry on Live Nation Antitrust Case - The federal government has settled its claims, but dozens of states on Monday will resume a trial that accuses the company of being a monopoly www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/a...
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Itβs always five oβclock in Jeanineβs world
