Ah, yes, American Exceptionalism: the Palantir edition.
Adams, Jefferson, Lincoln, Harriet Tubman, Jane Addams, FDR, MLK, etc would all be so proud.
Avoiding all products from co's led by amoral nuts takes work, but Palantir/Thiel/Karp empire is a good place to start.
The Trump administration could really restore confidence by getting the entire Cabinet to ride a tanker through the Straits of Hormuz to show everyone how safe and easy it is now.
They could bring along a lot of MAGA influencers and Fox News hosts to broadcast it all live!
My cat sleeps all day and then keeps me awake all night so this gave me a good laugh.
Credit - @dagnylill on Instagram
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Markwayne Mullin @SenM... • 21h I will lead the breach. I will lay down cover fire. I will take the high ground. I'll expose myself to enemy fire to communicate. We must bring back integrity, focus, and put the Warfighter first inside DOD. I stand with @SecDef for @PeteHegseth. Fred Wellman @FPWellman YOU'RE A FUCKING PLUMBER! YOU'VE NEVER SERVED!!! You could have but you didn't. We had the longest war in U.S. history and you sat that shit out the whole time but now you want to be a big tough guy for the idiot that can't keep a secret. You're such a fucking joke. No one is scared of you. Go clear a drain of your own bullshit.
As a reminder, you do not, in fact, have to prove you're remotely intelligent to be named chairman of the Intelligence Committee
this sort of rhetorical flourish by FDR in 1942 -- recognizing that soldiers represent so much more than war fighting, that they are a cross section of the country itself -- reads like it's written in a foreign language in 2026, the year of "relentless lethality"
I would not have had the success I’ve had with my book if Matt hadn’t championed it first. Send him and Judith your support!
Thinking about Rob Reiner quite a bit these days. Especially how he had incredible instincts for what not to show, how to imply things so you don't have to explain them, when to show violence and when to show the reaction instead.
Iran War Update: Bald Faced Lie Edition
Spain's Sanchez defies Trump trade threat, compares Iran war to ‘Russian roulette’
They won't call this murder, but it's murder
SCRIPTWRITER: So, for the bad guys, I've got a cabal of secretive scientists!
SCIENCE CONSULTANT: Have you ever MET scientists?!
*scriptwriter goes to AAAS meeting*
SCRIPTWRITER: So, for the bad guys, I've got a cabal of secretive Golden Retrievers who are hiding tennis balls...
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES.
for those of you who werent adults during iraq, its hard to overstate how much the media loves war porn. they salivate over pentagon spin briefings. they love stories about all the bombs and how supposedly infallible they are. they love the notion of the commander in chief, in the situation room etc
Will Bunch: My instant reaction at 3 a.m. yesterday was not whether Khamenei would be killed or oil prices or anything else but this. This undeclared, unexplained war is illegal. Full stop. 28 hours later, it is still the worse abuse of power in U.S. history. www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
When Trump came to power, he ripped up the peace deal that Obama had made, and used the uncertainty he created as an excuse to bomb Iran, insisting he had ended the problem he had created once and for all, except now he's bombing them again to solve the problem he created and previously solved?
Astronomy and meteorology collide… with likely some filtered viewing of the planetary alignment on the western horizon just after sunset. More muggy conditions into Sunday with a chance of showers mostly north, then more widespread shower chances Monday 2/28/2026 #CAwx
The Boycott AI project is grounded in the principle that personal consumption choices can catapult into a collective boycott movement—and this is crucial to resisting AI. “The way we behave now shapes what AI technology will exist tomorrow,” said Lynn.
Hey, man, if you're not up for the job requirements of being a congressman -- if the whole "war powers" part is too much of a hassle for you -- I'm sure the people in your district can find someone else who'll do the actual work for that paycheck.
OCASIO-CORTEZ STATEMENT ON TRUMP'S COMBAT OPERATIONS IN IRAN "The American people are once again dragged into a war they did not want by a president who does not care about the long-term consequences of his actions. This war is unlawful. It is unnecessary. And it will be catastrophic. "Just this week, Iran and the United States were negotiating key measures that could have staved off war. The President walked away from these discussions and chose war instead.President Trump flippantly acknowledged the possibility of American casualties, stating "that often happens in war.' "Mr. President: this was not an inevitability. This is a deliberate choice of aggression when diplomacy and security were within reach. Stop lying to the American people. "Violence begets violence. We learned this lesson in Iraq. We learned this lesson in Afghanistan. And we are about to learn it again in Iran. Bombs have yet to create enduring democracies in the region and this will be no different. "In moments of war, our Constitution is unambiguous: Congress authorizes war. The President does not. I will do my part to uphold our Constitution by voting YES on Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie's War Powers Resolution. Every member of Congress must join us in rejecting this aimless war.
My statement on President Trump’s combat operations in Iran⬇️
What if a nation's legislature cedes its responsibilities to an executive? Sound familiar? In March of 1933 the Reichstag enacted a statute that gave the German cabinet, and as a result gave the new chancellor—a man named Hitler—emergency powers to override the Weimar Constitution.
henceforth Warfighter Pete shall be known as the Arse of Freedom
This is amazing.
www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com
This is Wiley. He has never seen snow before and wants to make sure he gets a real good look at it. For science. 12/10 (IG: smileywileydog)
Here’s a thought for James Comer.
There IS a First Lady who has had a relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. And it’s not Hillary Clinton.
It might be worthwhile for Comer to subpoena the First Lady who actually knows Epstein.
You know, just to see what she knows.
characteristically good work from Serwer. again saying: we have an elite impunity problem and a lot of the people and institutions that nominally oppose Trump will burn down their own before admitting that this helped produce him
Tax billionaires out of existence.
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