Regardless of whatever anyone on social media thinks, I think Platner is going to win the primary, and probably the general, because he talks and acts like a normal human who cares about things and that's more important to people than his totenkopf. open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
I thought you were from Philly cuz, that's a straight Baltimore order
Too many people don't understand that the point of a military is to achieve political goals that can't be otherwise achieved through diplomatic negotiations.
Defining the political goals is supposed to come first.
the strait of hormuz yearns for the mines
Uhhh this is like a whole log higher than what they've previously said no?
Yeah one just usually hopes the presidents opinions aren't dogshit delusional fantasies
And even then, I'm guessing maritime insurance rates will be elevated for years to come b.c. of the risk of missing a mine during sweeping.
There's a reason why Iran has threatened to do this in the past, but never gone through with it! It fucks shit up for years to come!
Nah, it's still camel time.
Welp. That's very bad.
Man the Just Say Things meta is so exhausting. We need to Make People Feel Shame Again.
Do you think we'll ever be able to get past the Just Say Things meta and return to a public sphere grounded in reality instead of fantasy?
Oh for fucks sake we're flying Reapers in Irani air space???
"war is over!" but also "Al Jazeera is watching the B3s take off from the UK!"
Currently watching the "how long can commodities markets stay irrational" show and railing lines in the bathroom during intermission
Call me crazy, but I think we just might be running low on interceptors
This is a recipe for a nuclear Iran inside of 12 months. Going for a knockout punch decapitation war and missing like this is really the worst case outcome.
This seems to be a recipe for Iran completing a nuclear weapon inside of 12 months. The new leadership will have to conclude that their only viable deterrent going forward will be nuclear and won't delay in acquiring the capabilities for true deterrence.
Straights still closed, markets are pretending they're not
This isn’t over and the current market reaction, by reducing pressure on Trump, is only elongating the duration of the crisis and the physical disruption through the Strait of Hormuz.
What if Schumer and Jeffries are actually playing galaxy-brained 27-dimensional chess, and are psyoping the electorate into massive Dem primary participation by presenting themselves as contemptible villains
They're definitely not just small-minded, unimaginative cowards.....right?
I mean technically true...Iran is now led by a new generation that is more hardline Islamist, intractably opposed to normalization of relations with the US, and single-mindedly focused on achieving a nuclear weapon as rapidly as possible.
All of that makes us significantly less safe lol.
I love how these people think that a trump sycophant has any hope of winning the R primary in '28
Did DeSantis getting absolutely humiliated by Trump not teach you anything?
You can't be a groveling Reek and expect to win the support of a party that only cares about domination and subservience.
The people who never had a manual labor or retail job are transparent af
Stonks: teehee feeling green today, nothing could ruin my mood 💚
You were asking why Market's age isn't getting more attention. The answer is that his primary isn't consequential, so there's no attention economy demand for attention on it.
@whstancil.bsky.social
Surf and turf for a send-off meal immediately before a deployment is a long-standing tradition in the US armed forces. This isn't a scandal.
Ed Markey isn't running in a swing state to unseat an entrenched incumbent. There is no scenario where control of the Senate is impacted by the winner of the MA Democratic primary.
It turns out that comparing unrelated events doesn't work well!
There's a whole wing of us on the left that are really down to Just Say Things even when they're demonstrably false and have no tethering in reality, and I think that is Bad.
what are we even doing here, Sanders himself has already ruled out a 2028 presidential run years ago and says he most likely will not for another Senate term.
You have to file for candidacy to be able to fundraise, and he needs to fundraise to support other candidates.
Stop bullshitting Charles.
