"By trumpeting unachievable objectives—unconditional surrender, regime change—as his war aims, Trump has given his enemies the opportunity to claim survival as victory. He’s left with no end point to a “short-term excursion.” - Frank Foer
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I suspect this guy is not stupid, but instead knows he would reveal how bigoted, racist, and/or anti-Semitic he really is - after all, he is an Elon surrogate.
Not to mention the fact that DHS is fully funded through 2028. This fight is about giving more money to a lawless militia that is kidnapping and killing immigrants and US citizens alike. Cotton is a performative pos.
They get mad when people on SNAP want to buy soda
Being a sane American right now: It's like the United States is riding in the back-seat of a car and Dad is driving drunk. Mom is the Republican party, riding in the passenger seat: She knows Dad is completely sloshed but she goes along with it because she's afraid of getting beaten up again if she says anything. Some of your brothers and sisters are excited because they like carnival rides and think speed and chaos is entertaining. But you feel slightly insane because you're the only one in the car who understands the danger everyone is in and no one seems capable of stopping the maniac at the wheel.
I can so relate to this.
Morning moon in the PNW.
The Trump Doctrine: Claim the right to rape children and/or kill children, in the name of Jesus.
The War is highly unpopular, yet Congress voted to not require the President to appear befor Congress and explain the rationale for the War. This is good evidence that your Congressional representatives do not represent their constituants but, rather, represent some minority interest.
Authoritarians will stop at nothing to feel safe. Since they have no concept of public welfare and consider everyone an asset to be used and discarded, they will easily enter into a military conflict without a long-term strategy, regardless of the casualties it causes.
There are moments in a nation’s life when an incident appears small almost fleeting but reveals something far larger beneath the surface. The device thrown during a protest outside New York City’s mayoral residence was one of those moments.
Is this how Senators speak now? Disgusting. Every day America is less and less dignified. Why are we going to blow “them” up? Lumping all Iranians in with their authoritarian leaders is just vile.
Great explanation of current status as a country and what the American experiment was intended to accomplish. Worth a listen.
I am frankly more concerned about the apathy of the American public and even more importantly the lack of leadership in the Democratic Party.
This is not a dress rehearsal. Every single American must speak out against this Facist administration.
This guy is a menace and a pos - a roided out nut job. When the ground troops are sent in (and they will be), I hope he is out front so he can experience first hand how ridiculous he sounds. The midterms cannot come soon enough.
It’s about time someone said it out loud on a national news show.
Major Gen. Paul Eaton (ret.) — on Trump’s interest in putting boots on the ground:
“We have a situation where someone called a malignant narcissist is unfortunately drifting into a state of dementia that is difficult to manage.”
“Trump has already telegraphed that he wants to exploit this war to try to fix (”federalize”) the elections of November 2026, and preserve his power with artificial majorities of supine Republicans.”
Origins of Iran war? “…a closed domain of international oligarchs, exploiting the state’s power and patriotic sentiment, while creating a world order in which the American state is much weaker, or simply ceases to function. An oligarchical corridor.”
Russia provides intelligence to Iran, so naturally we lift sanctions on Russia so they can sell oil to India. America first indeed. Sorry Ukraine, this is your reward for helping us with drone warfare. We live in the upside down. 🤬🤬
Especially to call an “emergency” and suspend or federally take over elections. The best leverage we have to prevent this and the Ds want throw it away as usual.
Bye Felicia, hello Rickybobby.
FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?
Sunset over Puget Sound.
Another spectacular sunset in the PNW.
Amen!🙌
He might actually be ignorant enough to think he can use Ukraine's constitution to cancel an election here, regardless of the fact that our own constitution says he can't.
Historian Timothy Snyder, on the pedophile führer's diabolical reason for attacking Iran. It has nothing to do with what most people think and everything to do with abolishing American democracy and rigging the 2026 midterm elections. 😳👇
From Hitler to Mussolini to Nicolae Ceaușescu to America's pedophile führer, this is how all fascist authoritarians operate. 😳👇
Good thread.
Great conversation here - worth a listen. Refreshing to hear some straight talk about the mess the USA is in.
How does OH keep voting in the most stupid, compromised, and evil people to represent them. Fuck you Congressman you dotard chud.
Killing a bunch of elementary school girls to distract from having raped a bunch of middle- and high-school girls is pretty fucking grim.
