Scott Imberman

Got a cab near the Department of Education. Hadn’t seen the Charlie Kirk banner before.

I don’t even really think this is fair. Iraq was heavily debated publicly, and there was a plan. It was a stupid and delusional plan based on unrealistic assumptions, but it was known publicly and voted on by Congress.

There was no public debate or Congressional authorization in this instance.

“.. The attack came despite U.S. intelligence assessments that Iran’s forces were unlikely to pose an immediate threat to the U.S. mainland within the next decade.”

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Congratulations, Governor Benson.

Opinion | There is no reason to think this war with Iran is necessary Trump criticized the Iraq War. Now he’s making the same mistakes.

My big takeaway from the invasion of Iraq—which I regret having supported—is that the US should go to war only when it has to. It should not engage in preventative wars against nebulous threats based on suspect intelligence and without a clear endgame. Yet here we go again. wapo.st/4seF5K1

Crap. I haven’t even thought about this.

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

Folks, always check your (Claude) code.

That Trump II is killing its way through every level of Iran's leadership until the unqualified recent hires are in charge is consistent with the notion that hegemons always try to export their ideal regime type.

War profiteers.

Not the point but I’ve got one scheduled for May (though it’s my second since I have family history).

if you understood that, reminder that the recommendation is now to start getting colonoscopies at age 45

i didn't care for schumer's statement, but if you're going to be angry at him, make sure you're much angrier at thune, who bears this obligation even more strongly than schumer and will absolutely ignore his own duty

We are currently clean on OpSec.

It’s like when you watch a movie from the fifties and think the lead actor is 55 but he’s actually 29.

Honestly, there’s no real difference between something styled a “declaration of war” and something styled an AUMF. The meaningful difference is going to Congress or not.

I hope Fetterman runs, drops out because he’s gonna lose the primary and then switches parties so Lamb can beat him twice.

Democrats should promise that every refugee, asylum seeker, and green card holder illegally deported, arrested, sent to CECOT, or sent to a third country can come back to the U.S. with a fast track to citizenship.

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I saw a video of a bombing that hit a hotel but have no idea if it’s real or AI. Such is our modern era.

So did we just start a general Middle Eastern war? Like I hope UAE and Quatar don’t retaliate, but also I would not blame them if they did.

Oh.

The administration is claiming the power (1) to nationalize any private enterprise (2) in peacetime (3) arbitrarily and vindictively, (4) by fiat, (5) without compensation.

That is, to control the means of production, with the power to take ownership for $0.

Actual communism.

if you believe in any form of free enterprise at all, the idea that the Pentagon can not only cut off your contract but designate you a supply chain risk and prevent other companies from buying from you just because you won't build killbots for the government should be terrifying

This looks like Hegseth, ever the idiot, has picked a fight he can't win, and worse, a fight he is too stupid to realize he cannot win. And the boss is getting bad advice telling him to back another screw up by the drunk Secretary of Defense.

We are all Claude now.

This is such great marketing for Anthropic.