"[Each is] not just a weak choice but literally the worst possible choice, the person guaranteed to do maximal harm to the interests of the country & the purposes for which their department exists. In short, we have never seen quite the collection of clowns, cranks, & crooks that Trump has assembled
Coons: "Right now, the clearest winner from this war in Iran is Russia. It's stunning that President Trump is on the phone with Vladimir Putin and spending more time consulting with him than he is with Congress and the American people."
Sen. Chris Coons: "I'm gravely concerned that the administration is preparing for a very risky special operation to try to send American and Israeli troops into some of Iran's heavily fortified and protected nuclear enrichment sites."
"In a just world they would be cast out and condemned, their misdeeds exhaustively catalogued, never able again to show their faces in polite society. That world may not come to pass .."
This is fabulous
Definitely read it today:
who's gonna tell him lol
Waging war on a whim is now doing "everything they can to avoid armed conflict."
Real war is peace stuff.
"Comically unqualified, intensely partisan, & unflaggingly devoted to whatever ridiculous thing bubbled out of Trump’s mouth 5 minutes ago, as the next DHS secretary, Mullin will fit right in what will undoubtedly be regarded as the worst presidential cabinet in history." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social
Holy shit the ghouls forgot to have their makeup done before they went on air
oh my goodness -- watch Mike Johnson, Scalise, Emmer, and McClain clap like seals for Trump for nearly two minutes straight. None of them want to be the first to stop!
you see we didnt hit iran. iran slipped and fell in the kitchen and thats why iran has a black eye. if iran would just stop being clumsy we wouldnt have to get so mad at them. if iran would just use its brain we wouldnt have to yell at iran...
Here we go again
Sen. Joni Ernst on the deaths of Iowans fighting Trump's war against Iran: "Even with great loss, we are seeing great success"
Sen. Joni Ernst: "We shouldn't be sending conventional forces into Iran. But certainly the use of our special operators is a tool that we will also keep in our tool belt. They can be strategically inserted ... if the president chooses to use them, good on him."
Sen. Ashley Moody: "President Trump and everyone working with him have done everything they can to avoid armed conflict"
It's so bad that we've reached a point where members of Congress casually discuss stripping citizenship from and deporting people because they don't like their views.
Ted Cruz: "I'll confess -- I have not seen a basis laid out for why the government would be prohibited from using Anthropic. Claude is one of the many AI tools that can be very helpful ... I don't think government should be picking winners and losers"
L'etat, c'est lui.
Ted Cruz on Iran: "I think the administration is going to continue applying force, military and otherwise, until they get a regime there that is not a radical Islamist regime that is waging war with America ... I'm not interested in an Iran run by an Ayatollah"
Ted Cruz: "Twice the ayatollah has hired hitmen and sent them to try to murder President Trump, and so I think President Trump made a very reasonable decision that he was going to act as commander in chief to stop this threat to America"
Ted Cruz: "I don't think there's any possibility that this becomes a long, protracted military engagement"
Rand Paul: "I think we've gotten overextended. This is our second war in a month, and these wars are very very expensive not only in the lives that are lost, but also in treasure. I'm very very concerned about the debt. Half a trillion dollars for the military budget is fiscally irresponsible."
Rand Paul: "The 2026 elections, already we are behind the 8 ball. If you add in high gas prices, high oil prices, and if we're still bombing Iran with kinetic action -- people don't want to call it war -- I think you're gonna see a disastrous election."
We have, by far, the biggest, most expensive military in the world not to mention enough nukes to eradicate the entire world population dozens of times over, but we're supposed to believe we're also so feeble we were at risk of attack by a military a fraction of our size. Complete and utter bullshit
Rand Paul: "As far as reasons for the war, there have been many different ones floated, but none have been very convincing... we were told their nuclear weapons were obliterated, and now we're told their nuclear weapons are just moments away from being a bomb. I don't think the arguments are valid."
“He has no national security experience, no law enforcement experience, and no experience in immigration or any of the other issues the department deals with.
On the other hand, he did run his family’s plumbing business.”
Another edition to the collection!
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Hegseth: "Ultimately, the aftermath is gonna be in America's interests. Our interests. We won't live under a nuclear blackmail scenario of conventional missiles that can target our people."
Q: Can you detail the specific measures the Pentagon is taking to minimize civilians casualties in strikes inside Iran?
HEGSETH: No nation takes more precautions to ensure there is never targeting of civilians than the US. Where things happen that need to be investigated, we'll investigate.
Hegseth: "I see in the media banners that say, 'War expanding' or 'War spreading' -- it's actually the opposite. It's actually quite contained."
Hegseth on the strikes on oil depots: "Israel has been a really strong partner in this effort. Where they have different objectives, they've pursued them. Ultimately we've stayed focused on ours ... in that particular case, that weren't our strikes or objective."
Marching orders are given. "That school had it coming." See it parroted by influencers and media outlets.
