Sir Chumlee

Which we all hope is IMMINENT.

The worst cabinet in American history And it's not even close.

"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

“.. Nearly seven months ago, Ukrainian officials tried to sell the U.S. their battle-proven technology for downing Iranian-made attack drones .. The Trump administration dismissed the Ukrainians ..”

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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."

Hegseth: "I see in the media banners that say, 'War expanding' or 'War spreading' -- it's actually the opposite. It's actually quite contained."

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: "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."

UNFUCKINGBELIEVABLE.

In their remarks, neither Pete Hegseth nor Dan Caine this morning addressed the girls school that was bombed.

They did not get A SINGLE QUESTION about it from people they called on in the room loaded with right-wing hacks.

LUCE: “.. Long after oil prices have stabilised, the world will recall his administration’s glory in the imagery of ‘lethality’ .. Trump chose to go to war and has taken explicit satisfaction in his power of life and death.”

@edwardluce.bsky.social
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Trump Accidentally Sabotages GOP’s 2026 Strategy in Two Crazed Tirades As Trump issues angry demands to Republicans, drowning out their economic message, a congressional observer explains why they’re in deep trouble in the midterms—and how they may cheat their way out of...

Great point from @normornstein.bsky.social: Trump's demand that the GOP pass grotesque voter suppression measures is explicitly described by him as the way to win the midterms, implicitly admitting Trump's policies are failing.

On the pod Norm is so good on all this:
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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."

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."

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."

Ted Cruz: "I don't think there's any possibility that this becomes a long, protracted military engagement"

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 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: "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"

Sen. Ashley Moody: "President Trump and everyone working with him have done everything they can to avoid armed conflict"

I wish I could say I was surprised

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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. Joni Ernst on the deaths of Iowans fighting Trump's war against Iran: "Even with great loss, we are seeing great success"

Great quotes in military history.

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Trump tells Republicans the SAVE America Act will ‘guarantee the midterms’

Rep. Ronny Jackson: "There's a lot of terror attacks that happen around this country that people don't even know about because people in DHS stop them"

Meanwhile...

I have one word for Mr. NotFine: Ozempic

Rep. Randy Fine. "I have one word -- deport. The fact of the matter is Mamdani hates America. He should be stripped of his citizenship and deported."

"Everybody apparently forgot 9/11 who voted for him," the Newsmax host replies.

Rep. Bresnahan April 2025: I meet with my financial advisor. We talk about, you know, what different positions are coming up.

June 2025: The trades that are being executed on my behalf, I do not have any dialogues with my financial advisors.

“.. off limits to the public.”