@heingoemans
Galactic Effectuator (obvious Jack Vance aficionado); Professor of Political Science at the University of Rochester. Interests: war and war termination, territorial disputes, why do leaders and why do individuals fight?
I’m sorry, you are right. I should have included the possibility of Iran mining the Strait of Hormuz in the war plan. It is a critical shipping channel that Iran can block and cripple the world economy. I failed to take that into account. That’s on me.
we have known about this threat for 20 years. amazing
Democrats are on the path to winning this year, but it is by default. The party has done a horrific job on politics from almost the minute Trump was defeated in 2020. So, sure, they are winning right now — but it’s because we have no other choices. Not exactly a ringing endorsement.
Fetterman doesn’t even give a shit about the kids in Iran. Let that in for a second.
The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand. www.wsj.com/world/middle...
Graham Platner's favorite Republican everyone.
Dems need more. To overcome the gerrymandering. Dems need to gain control in NC and elsewhere and re-write the maps.
Unfortunately Hegseth is a Confederate through and through. A dumb, drunken, bigoted, thoughtless ass, much more interested in preening than in accomplishing anything of actual value.
Again:
Since the beginning, we've been locked in a battle over whether we want to be a free country or a white country. And we may never resolve it permanently, but we should sure try.
A scenario where Joint List achieves 17-20 mandates and refuses to let anyone form a government is probably, unironically, the best scenario for the Israeli elections.
A Israeli brigade commander told Palestinians in the Jordan valley that the IDF plans to remove all Palestinians currently living in "Area C" - that's 60% of the West Bank - within a year.
IDF spokesperson was asked for comment and did not deny this.
www.ha-makom.co.il/area-c-evacu...
Yeah. About that.
Of course, when this unit existed, it was just "PACOM" though we--I mean they--did a unit training focused on India for the 82d.
You know, at one point we had a unit that did this exact kind of training, not just for the Middle East, but for INDOPACOM, EUCOM, & AFRICOM as well.
Gosh, wonder what happened to it?
Couldn't agree more. ⬇️
That counts twice.
Jake Tapper having an Israeli who has been repeatedly proven to be a paid-for propagandist on to explain the Iranian perspective and then having a raving lunatic on to rant about Mamdani's wife in back to back programs is really quite something. CNN has a perennial racist on its prime time.
One neglected cost of the war in Iran: the US is revealing a ton of its once-secret military capabilities to foreign adversaries like China and Russia. The longer the war drags on, the more chance for observation, and the greater the likelihood of devising countermeasures
Media coverage of this needs to start with informing people that the JCPOA existed, what it did, that it was working, & that Trump unilaterally destroyed it, & inform them that anything now is almost certain to fall short of that.
Jesus.
(Would weep.)
Please help me share the post below. I don’t have a huge following, but this nomination is a bit under the radar and deserves more attention. His committee vote is this Thursday.
Holy shit - this would be very, very bad:
"The databases, called “Numident” and the “Master Death File,” include records for more than 500 million living and dead Americans, including Social Security numbers, places and dates of birth, citizenship, race and ethnicity, and parents’ names."
There is no hope for the large conglomerates, but I really hope all the people who listened to the bullshit about how the continued flow of fossil fuels into this country was way more dependable than *checks notes* the sun rising every day take note.
If I'm not mistaken, this is one of the specialties of the Dutch navy?
I generally assume that political parties know what their constituencies think better than the rest of us do: they spend so much money on polling and focus groups.
But I would be *amazed* if they understood how viscerally they are loathed by young progressives for pushing trans people under a bus.
The politics and international relations press as well:
“Greatest source of US soft power and global cultural influence cut by 33%” seems like a big deal too.
NYT: Rashida Tlaib’s Expletive-Laden Cry to Impeach Trump Upends Democrats’ Talking Points
NYT search result showing no results for Andy Ogles
NYT when a Muslim congresswoman says “motherfucker”: This is a problem for Democrats
NYT when a Christian Republican congressman says “Muslims don't belong in American society”: 0 results
This constantly repeated scenario of hundreds of thousands fleeing from one bombed out location only to then be forced to flee from another. What a moral stain.
goddamn is this a breath of fresh air after Allred 2024