His whole life, Trump has always had someone else around to bail him out of the messes he creates: his father, Allen Weisselberg, the "adults in the room" in his first term. Now all those protectors are gone and he is openly begging for someone to save him from his own folly.
Today, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights allowed the ACLU to exploit a hearing to try to force the United States to prematurely disclose arguments and evidence in two cases pending before U.S. federal courts. The IACHR lacks the competence to review the matters at issue and should not be a pawn in a domestic litigation strategy of the ACLU or any other party.
State Department irritated at having to publicly discuss the maritime killing spree before the IACHR.
For reference the 2 U.S. cases are:
—a suit by the families of 2 of the victims killed by the U.S.
—a suit seeking the disclosure of the secret OLC “murder memo” that authorizes the strikes
There's a hauntingly beautiful irony in these morons thinking that carefully crafted American hegemony was actually weak and woke, and they would be the ones who would do Power and Dominance properly, and immediately bringing everything crashing down
Steps in Trump war rhetoric:
1. We don’t have to play by the rules in war
2. We won the war
3. If you go by the rules I just made up we won
4. No fair
Bad Boys (counts as both)
The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled.
A truly extraordinary moment.
We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
Act like it.
Close enough
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the proud boys' lawyer thinks he redacted the email addresses of the over 2000 people who donated to the fundraiser for the lawsuit, but here's the thing: no he did not lol
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Israel informed the United States this week that it is running critically low on ballistic missile interceptors as the conflict with Iran rages on, U.S. officials said. - Semafor
This won't stop until Democrats start pushing back by telling Pentagon officials and senior military leaders that war crimes committed during this administration will be prosecuted during the next administration.
Before today, if you'd asked me what it looked like for a belligerent to try to end a war by declaring bankruptcy, I couldn't have told you.
Today in "Things that should have ended this presidency within 24 hours"
There is a universally agreed right number of fingers. Not so for good code
So I have been using Claude Code pretty extensively for work and side projects for the last few months, and I’m pretty certain this tool won’t go away but equally certain the damage it will do to the tech industry is going to reach its maximum pretty soon.
The way out is regime change
In Washington
This is what LOSING looks like
FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatened to revoke news networks' licenses amid President Trump's criticism of coverage of the Iran war.
Pete’s mistake is “the greatest warfighters in the World” being embarrassed by an opponent he said was defeated in an hour
Josh Nass, a lawyer and lobbyist with connections in Trump’s orbit, has been arrested by FBI agents and charged with attempted extortion, according to court papers.
Nass had recently represented Joseph Schwartz, a former nursing home executive pardoned by Trump late last year.
Keep following General Boles for all the geopolitical good stuff
10/ All of this was totally foreseeable. Frankly, it’s why previous presidents weren’t so stupid to start a war like this.
Trump has lost control of the war. His best course now is to cut his losses and end it. That’s the only way to prevent an even bigger disaster.
Last week: “We don’t need your stupid aircraft carrier, UK!!!!”
Today: “Hopefully, the UK will send an aircraft carrier to the Strait of Hormuz!!!”
What a fool.
How ironic that after all of Trump’s unprecedentedly corrupt and anti-constitutional behavior, a very conventional failure of judgment—starting another ill-advised war in the Middle East—could bring the greatest accountability.
Pentagon civilian protection unit slashed by Hegseth and DOGE before war on Iran
www.channel4.com/news/pentago...
It’s crystal clear now that Trump has lost control of this war. He badly misjudged Iran’s ability to retaliate. The region is on fire.
1/ I’m going to explain to you in this🧵what I’ve learned - in part from closed door briefings - about the four biggest current crises.
I don’t think this shit will work but i never want to hear about free speech from any trumpers or anti anti trumpers ever again, fuck off forever bsky.app/profile/cram...
I just don’t see how our political leadership can see how lethal the American military is and then go, “the future is drones, as evidenced by the side that’s getting wrecked.”
Destruction means nothing if not linked to a strategy or ends, but we *can* judge tactical efficacy regardless.
The seem to be hurt by words...especially the ones that describe their legal and moral duties.
