David S. Bernstein

Strikes on Iran Damage Cultural Heritage Sites, Infuriating Iranians

Well, otoh they’re probably already pretty infuriated by us blowing up a school full of kids and refusing to express any remorse, so how much more can we really vilify ourselves
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DoD just posted a video of Hegseth announcing an overhaul of the JAG system, which he says needs to be more focused on war efforts, or something, I’ll leave it to more knowledgeable folks to analyze what this might mean. (But I can imagine…)

Herb leaves a conference leadership post for an uncertain shot at the opening Senate seat

… Honestly, you think Trump would be bothered by someone bombing California

Hey we voted for the other one

In TX-15 race, GOP incumbent said of Dem nom Bobby Pulido—a Tejano singer—“This election isn't about who you want performing at your niece's quinceañera.” So Pulido is offering to appear at quinceañeras in the district. Claims 900 requests since yesterday.

pulidoevents.com/quince

… The above is designed for reskeeting with eyes emoji

Jim Clyburn has scheduled a “campaign announcement” for tomorrow morning.

Ranking Member Shaheen Joins Over 40 Senators in Pressing DOD for Answers on School Bombing and Civilian Casualties in Iran | United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tim Kaine...

If I’m not mistaken, everybody in the D caucus signed onto this except Fetterman, but somebody should check my work

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When they deploy troops in Iran they’re gonna avoid admitting they put ‘boots on the ground’ by making all the soldiers wear ill-fitting Florsheim loafers

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.

Has anyone ever embodied a greater gulf between their projected toughness and their actual fragility?

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Dozens of U.S. service members in Kuwait suffered serious injuries, including burns, brain trauma and shrapnel wounds, sources say About 30 U.S. service members remained hospitalized Tuesday after an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait.

Great reporting from CBS News on the severity of the drone attack that killed six IS service members.

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When you finally come up with a joke three weeks later and can’t resist saying it even though every else has moved on

CentCom issues warning for Iranian civilians to avoid ports on the strait, implying that the US is about to start bombing them.

U.S. at Fault in Strike on School in Iran, Preliminary Inquiry Says

NYT says the military’s investigation points to US fault in the school bombing.

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MAGA vs. Muslims A U.S. Representative tweeted what too much of the movement thinks about Americans of one faith.

I just wrote about the GOP’s acceptance of outright anti-Muslim bigotry and hate. And this morning I hear that blatant Islamophobe Michael Knowles is replacing Ben Shapiro as a speaker at the House GOP retreat today. Cool, cool.

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Sen. Cornyn: Why the SAVE Act matters more than the filibuster Senate Republicans should use the authority the voters have entrusted in us to bring the far left’s obstruction to an end.

What I don’t understand is, if you’re changing your position to help your chances in a Texas primary, why place the op-ed in a New York publication

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… NHDP is calling it

… It’s possible that men could sweep all 14 GOP primaries in Georgia today, but I’ll wait on that call

Men will be nominated by both Ds and Rs in all 4 MS congressional primaries today, a clean 8 for 8 for the males—in fact, all 15 candidates in those 8 primaries are men.

NH political reporter Kevin Landrigan says Bobbi Boudman has won a state house special election, in a major upset and flip to D

Thread from an unimpressed Senator

Ah yes, going on Tucker Carlson will definitely dispel your reputation for anti-Semitism, good thinking

Jeremy Carl tweets that he is withdrawing his nomination to a State Dept post. But perhaps he’ll delete it later, like all those tweets he deleted after getting nominated…

That’s just the dude’s hands tho

I’m not a military tactician, but wouldn’t it be more effective to hit the active ones

So, have I got this right…

Iran wants to make the war painful enough that Trump is pressured to quit

Iran shuts traffic through the strait

Markets panic

Trump signals he’ll end the war soon, calming markets

Iran increases rhetoric and action on closing the strait

The FCC chair is at a Breitbart event complaining about a month-old Washington Post sports feature about Colin Kaepernick, which seems like a long way to veer outside of his lane just to swipe at a troublesome black man

Today’s POTUS rhetoric has been a little difficult to square with the frequent insistence from Hegseth, Leavitt etc that Trump has very clearly defined objectives for the not-war.

I just can’t