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Brendan Loper, The New Yorker

Let's see you on one of those tankers as a gutsy Commander-In-Chief. thehill.com/business/577...

Clueless Commander-In-Chief.

U.S. Tomahawk Hit Naval Base Beside Iranian School, Video Shows

“A newly released video adds to the evidence that an American missile likely hit an Iranian elementary school where 175 people, many of them children, were reported killed… The U.S. military is the only force involved in the conflict that uses Tomahawk missiles.”

The Downward Spiral by @tomtomorrow.bsky.social

So much “winning.” 🙄

Recent U.S. Assessment Found an Attack on Iran Unlikely to Result in Regime Change

“A report by the National Intelligence Council completed before the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran assessed that even a large-scale military assault on the country would be unlikely to topple its theocratic government, according to U.S. officials briefed on the work.”

Matt Reuter, The New Yorker

No better than Noem.

RFK Jr. has no medical background, so naturally Mullin has no law enforcement background.

The Department of War isn’t at war.

“We’re winning so much, that we really don’t know what to do about it.” - Donald Trump, SOTU address, Feb. 24, 2026

Brendan Loper, The New Yorker

Crickets.

What kind of cosplaying outfits will Noem wear in her newly invented position?

Here’s how much Trump cares about Americans’ safety.

By Mike Smith

The pro-disease Health Secretary.

Does Cotton know what "imminent" means?

Compelling rationale: Trump had the feels.

Bombing
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s Son Emerges as Leading Choice to Be His Successor

It appears we may have replaced Ayatollah Khamenei with Ayatollah Khamenei

The prestige of the FIFA Peace Prize has tumbled worldwide.

David Sipress, The New Yorker

The rationale.