OMG they released the deposition videos where they revealed that these two DOGE bros were just feeding grants into ChatGPT and saying "tell me if this is DEI in less than 120 characters."
www.techdirt.com/2026/02/19/d...
"U.S. officials called London insurers and brokers, trying to figure out how the market operates, industry insiders said."
When applied to the current administration, I urge caution in using terms like "plans," "strategy," "policy," or "doctrine."
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DOGE said it was cutting government waste.
So they gutted USAID — the agency that feeds starving people around the world.
Meanwhile the Pentagon spent millions on lobster, ribeye, and even a $98,000 piano.
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🔌"China also recognized its strategic vulnerability to oil shocks years ago and has been methodically decreasing it..."
⛽ "The Trump administration has ended E.V. subsidies, discouraged investment in charging infrastructure and weakened U.S. fuel economy standards."
Iran has domestic politics — every country does, though commentary often treats them as monoliths — and one of the lasting impacts of the war could be empowering hardline factions in Iran, especially Revolutionary Guard.
“For the first time in two decades, the largest share of US arms exports went to Europe (38 per cent) rather than the Middle East (33 per cent).”
Via @sipri.org 2021–25
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As a nation, we are most pathetic internally & abroad when we forget that our revolutionary founding documents embodied ideas about human equality & freedom that have spread into the world not just as aspirational benchmarks but as rights to be defended and upheld.
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"Our government is treating the suffering of the Iranian people as a backdrop for our own entertainment, as if it’s just another piece of content to be swiped through .... But, in the end, we lose our humanity when we are thrilled by the destructive power of our military."
"If the Iranians were right that they were 'negotiated' into a kill box, no government facing an existential American ultimatum will ever be able to assume our good faith again."
The reputation of the U.S. is sufficiently damaged, it will take years to rebuild the trust of friend or foe alike.
“It is becoming increasingly hard to avoid the conclusion that the Trump administration has embarked on this operation without a plan, and is making it up as it goes along, as if they killed enough of the right people and destroyed enough Iranian assets everything would fall into place.”
‼️🇮🇷𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: 𝗜𝗥𝗚𝗖 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗚𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗔𝗺𝗶𝗱 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀
#OSINT #Iran #GulfSecurity #MiddleEast
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Time travel: one of the rare instances where policymakers can still lord it over physicists.
"You thought it was 7am? LOL... welcome to 8am! BTW, you're late."
"Not since Adolf Hitler blew his brains out in a bunker beneath the garden of the German Reich Chancellery on April 30, 1945, have the lives of so many people around the world been so buffeted by the psychosis of a single man."
Well, @cfr.org is going to have to update this list soon. GWB's invasion of Iraq in 2003 was ranked the worst U.S. foreign policy decision in history and Ike's overthrow assist in Iran in 1953 fourth worst. 🚧 Make room for Trump. www.cfr.org/ten-best-ten...
"The State Department declared an emergency because of the war in Iran."
So there's a war? Like a war war? Or a "buy on the dip" war? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/u...
In that he had personality and warmth vs DJT, but that's it. Let's not strive to equal the body count of George W's misadventure in Iraq, with the encouragement of Cheney and Rumsfeld.
What’s the saying, “shoot me down once, shame on you…?”
The U.S. exercises with its Gulf partners on a regular basis. How’s the ROI looking?
Ukraine shoots down or suppresses 100-130 drones per day. The United States has decidedly fewer to deal with. And yet... www.cbsnews.com/news/pentago...
So how far are we from this administration seizing control of Anthropic and other private companies because they're vital to the "war" effort? "Something, something I can has algorithmz." www.cnn.com/2026/02/24/t...
Grateful that @theunpopulist.net gave me full sail on the history of Grant during the constitutional crisis:
If only. Shame is a trait that seems broadly absent from this cabinet full of misfits.
This is a must read. DoD legal is the compass that keeps our military flying straight. That compass is being compromised by the corrosiveness of the Trump administration. It’s damaging to the institution and it endangers the services.
But we renamed it the Department of War. What do you mean we can’t war?? We did the PT! We did the Insta!
Why doesn’t anyone like us any more??
Temp fix: fill one of the hangar bays up with portables. Send them up to Catapult 2 when they’re full. #flynavy
I'm a fan of the postcard. They're tangible evidence someone thought of you for a minute. Even if the internet is forever, ones and zeros are just so much dust that's buried or blown away.
In a grownup world, this would’ve been a set up to get the Director fired.
Boozing in the line of duty. Using bureau resources for personal entertainment. Disgracing the dignity of the office. A normal day in this administration.
Can you imagine Hoover or Freeh acting like this?
Says the country with a 15 percent general tariff on the EU. Says the country threatening European Allies opposing U.S. control of Greenland.
This has the logic of “only I get to beat up my little brother,” but little brother isn’t so little.
Anyone who accepts an invitation to the White House outside of facility and grounds maintenance should be viewed with suspicion. And derision.
