Timothy Nordstrom

Here's some of the detail I've been looking for on Steve Witkoff's nuclear ignorance.

h/t @marktfitz.bsky.social

Iran was nowhere close to a nuclear bomb, experts say Although President Trump has claimed Iran was weeks away from developing a nuclear weapon, much more work was needed for the country to do so

Iran was nowhere close to a nuclear bomb, experts say

Although President Trump has claimed Iran was weeks away from developing a nuclear weapon, much more work was needed for the country to do so

www.scientificamerican.com/article/iran...

It's great to see

Thanks!

Why am I so unimpressed by these strikes? Israel and the US have failed to target significant elements of Iran's nuclear materials and production infrastructure. RISING LION and MIDNIGHT HAMMER are tactically brilliant, but may turn out to be strategic failures. 🧵 1/17

Could this city be the model for how to tackle the housing crisis and climate change? Vienna has a way to make affordable housing and combat climate change all at the same time. Now U.S. cities want in, and they're building their own green housing.

Vienna has a way to make affordable housing and combat climate change all at the same time. Now U.S. cities want in, and they're building their own green housing.

Golden Dome dangers: An arms control expert explains how Trump’s missile defense threatens to make the US less safe Missile defense systems are nothing new. History shows that even if they work as advertised – a big if – they’re a bad idea if your aim is to make your country safer from nuclear attack.

My latest piece details the heightened dangers of arms racing and nuclear instability that may arise if Golden Dome moves forward.

OMB last week released some more info on the FY26 budget request (though not for DoD). But we get the NNSA request. And...Woah, Nellie.

The "base" weapons activities request is $20.74 billion. Plus $4.8 billion more in assumed reconciliation resources. Total: $24.856 billion.

1/ Ever heard of ICAN's nuclear weapons spending report? This is your go-to guide for all you need to know about the money behind nuclear weapons.

Learn more here: icanw.org/surge_2023_g...

#NuclearBan

Hegseth moves to rename Navy ship honoring gay rights icon Harvey Milk The directive could expand to include other military vessels named for prominent American civil rights figures, said people familiar with internal discussions.

How much of a coward do you have to be - how uninformed and afraid do you have to be - to do this?

Among nuke issues in UK defense review:
- £15B for new warhead
- Don't extend new SSBN life; design another one
- Potentially increase UK participation in NATO's nuclear mission
- Maximize US-UK relationship "as a force multiplier in renewing deterrence" www.gov.uk/government/p...

British fighter jets to carry nuclear bombs American-made planes armed with tactical weapons would be the UK’s biggest defence expansion since the Cold War

1/ Very important signal that UK might return to air-launched tactical nuclear forces by buying F-35A and participating in US nuclear sharing arrangements. There had been indications that UK was preparing to be able to host B61 tactical nuclear weapons. www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/a...

Iran has amassed even more near weapons-grade uranium, UN watchdog says The U.N. nuclear watchdog says Iran has further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels.

BREAKING: Iran has further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels, a confidential report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog said, calling on Tehran to urgently change course.

The Republican budget summed up in one headline. #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...

DOGE employees gain accounts on classified networks holding nuclear secrets Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.

EXCLUSIVE: Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.

The IRS was a simple test for DOGE: was it really interested in efficiency and state capacity? If so, you support the tax enforcement, the biggest ROI in govt.
Or did it want to minimize parts of the state that bothered billionaires?
We have our answer.
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

Democracy & the rule of law

As @davidheath.bsky.social points out — the doc Trump/Andreessen took this chart from to praise tariffs is a White House report on how tariffs “increase inflation, benefit the wealthy, harm low and middle income Americans” 👇🏽🤔💰 🇺🇸

I just offered every kid in my son’s Spanish 4 group $50 if instead of doing their assigned project they spent 15 minutes translating Styx lyrics into Spanish. No one took me up on it