As Trump has descended into incoherence, and become nothing more than an assortment of adolescent (and frequently violent) urges, the government has been remade into a tool for the immediate satisfaction of his wants and desires no matter how absurd or nihilistic they may be, as I discuss in PN.
I read the “Save America Act,” so you don’t have to. Most of the media apparently *hasn’t* read it because, if they had, they would be sounding the alarm about the provision in Point 1, below, which almost none of them have even mentioned. I hope this summary helps raise awareness. 1/
This is one of the key things about T: he’s an obsessed eugenicist & has been from the start. He talked about it a lot on The Apprentice. It’s racist Nazi talk, obv, but it’s also why he believes rich people are rich: bc they are born to be superior. And this was RARELY covered in the press
Cool cool. The tankers trump seized are costing us tens of millions of dollars to maintain, and he can't sell the oil without a judge's permission. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/u...
(1) The accused declared, ordered, or otherwise indicated that there shall be no survivors or surrender accepted; (2) The accused thereby intended to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities such that there would be no survivors or surrender accepted; (3) It was foreseeable that circumstances would be such that a practicable and reasonable ability to accept surrender would exist; (4) The accused was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate forces to which the declaration or order was directed; and (5) The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with hostilities.
✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here.
Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning:
Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime.
And recognized as such by the US Government.
From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.
From U.S. District Judge James Boasberg's ruling: "What is these subpoenas’ dominant purpose? A mountain of evidence suggests that the dominant purpose is to harass Powell to pressure him to lower rates"
Garret Graff understands how to explain Trump: there is no "plan" in any sense normal people traditionally use that word.
"If Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws - he would make a Trump." - Nate White
#ResistTrump
Trump Women's Month speech: "I didn't read-- I can't prepa-- if I prepare my speeches I won't time to get things done. You ever hear that? I cannot prepare. So I didn't know who the hell I was speaking to, but I walked in and I saw this beautiful woman with the blonde hair."
"because it explicitly says LGBTQ"
You know those videos on how to identify illegal discrimination a new job makes you watch during your first week? This is more than that. More illegal than the textbook example.
Donald Trump says the war in Iran is an "excursion."
No, an excursion is something you do on a cruise ship.
Sending billions of dollars overseas and putting American lives in danger is war, and the Administration has failed to prosecute their case for why American lives should be on the line.
Trump and Hegseth skip the part where Americans are the targets here at home.
I love the idea that *this* US government, which has been nabbing landscapers and five year olds knows where Iranian sleeper cells are but just hasn’t gotten around to doing anything about it yet.
I used to work for the government. In order to justify budgets, bad actors overspend at the end of the fiscal year. So the administration spent $93B on bullshit to justify massive Pentagon budget proposals, all while gutting health care and food assistance. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
WOW!!! GOP Rep James Comer Says Trump DOJ Asked New Mexico Officials to End Jeffrey Epstein Investigation! The property was being probed in 2019, but Trump DOJ took over and shut things down. This is the cover up in action! www.mediaite.com/media/news/j...
Fmr Trump spokesman: "Let's be consistent."
BTC: "I am being consistent-- that's the problem. I watched Trump on the campaign trail disparage all these other politicians who engaged in wars in the Middle East. And yet here we are. We have dead Americans, rising oil prices, and a war with no plan."
🔵 Democrats flip another seat in the New Hampshire State House.
Democrat Bobbi Boudman wins a special election in a Trump+9 district, after losing the same seat by 14 points in 2024. A 13-point Democratic overperformance.
The law of unintended consequences rules.
Elon Musk is on trial for securities fraud right now in San Francisco.
I wrote a 2,000-word breakdown of the case, what happened in court, the mistrial motion, and why it matters.
Read it here:
open.substack.com/pub/objectio...
This is clearly fine with the GOP.
I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.
I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.
1/ Here's what I can share:
A massive space probe could plummet into Earth’s atmosphere as soon as Tuesday evening — years earlier than expected. And while most of the spacecraft will likely disintegrate in a flaming blaze during reentry, a few components could survive, according to NASA. https://cnn.it/4cFMayU
Whoa. This is big. "The U.S. Navy has refused near-daily requests from the shipping industry for military escorts through the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the war on Iran, saying the risk of attacks is too high for now." www.reuters.com/world/middle...
"In his second term, Trump knew exactly what he wanted and who could give it to him. In many cases, that meant not just a weak choice but literally the worst possible choice, the person guaranteed to do maximal harm. In short, we have never seen quite this collection of clowns, cranks, and crooks."
If Iran has laid mines in the Strait of Hormuz, it would be a catastrophe for the global economy.
It would take weeks or months of specialised work to demine the route.
Trump is utterly out of his depth. All of this was long predicted by open source analysis of how a war with Iran could unfold.
Chris Murphy: "I Just came from a two hour, closed door classified briefing on the war. It just confirmed to me it's totally incoherent. We are not gonna be able to achieve any of our stated objectives ... this is a disaster of epic proportions, a 10 day debacle"
Scoop: DHS ousted multiple privacy officers at CBP after they questioned orders to purposely mislabel records about government surveillance to prevent their release under FOIA.
Murphy: "Literally in my other ear I'm listening to Ted Cruz on another network explain why this mission is so essential to destroy the nuclear program. I may have to walk over there and tell him the admin is now briefing that getting rid of the nuclear program has nothing to do with this mission."
Marco Rubio's BFF is an accused foreign agent and money launderer. His trial is about to start — and Rubio is on the witness list.
My @vanityfair.com story on the legal bomb that's poised to go off in Trumpland.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/m...
Democrats Launch Probe Into 8-Day-Old Company Behind Kristi Noem’s Ads
The total of $220 million in taxpayer money awarded to make a slate of anti-immigrant ads is likely the straw that broke the camel’s back on Noem’s tenure at the Department of Homeland Security.
