mrsfrisbee

"Why aren't reporters asking whether the president has the legal right to launch another Middle Eastern war?"

From my Zeteo piece/newsletter today:
zeteo.com/p/an-illegal...

This makes me so sick and angry.

These things have to be on the program of accountability here. Congress has to subpoena Polymarket’s books. Congress has to connect Trump Administration drones with insider knowledge to payouts. Some future Justice Department/special tribunal must prosecute.

other people can make inroads and find common ground with regretful trump voters, in my personal capacity as a private citizen i am committed to hating those dumb motherfuckers for the rest of my life

I am already seeing "it's a distraction!" takes and please fucking kill me

Airstrikes alone have never caused regime change. They can do a lot of damage, but can’t create conditions that last.

It is clear now that the Omani foreign minister's sudden media blitz last night was an attempt to shame the United States by putting into the public record how readily Iran was prepared to reach a deal.

Houthis vow to resume attacks following Iranian strikes - Splash247 With the US and Israel attacking Iran on Saturday, Iranian allies, the Houthis from Yemen, have vowed to resume attacks on commercial shipping in and around the Red Sea, bringing to a close a four-mon...

Haven't seen an official statement, but AP says Houthi officials are resuming attacks on Israel and the Red Sea.

This fulfills their pledge to take part in a response, allows them to redirect discontent toward an issue they're popular on, and I think underlines how seriously they see the situation.

Just to be clear, this is a *highly* illegal, aggressive war and, whatever you feel about its ruling regime, Iran is very much in the right in terms of right of self-defense and so far has been pretty measured in striking only US military targets

I guess it was kinda dumb of Trump to get his minions in Congress to kill funding for 75,000 Shahed killers (APKWS) a year in 2024 now, huh?

Some people simply need to be followed everywhere they go for the rest of their lives by a nice old lady from the American Friends Service Committee yelling "here is a depraved murderer in your midst"

War is hell, mash meme

It would be cool to have a legislature that acted to defend its own constitutional prerogatives and, maybe as a treat, the interests of the people it represents too.

How Kansas Republicans weaponized the law to target 300 trans driver's license holders SB 244 was put into effect virtually overnight, causing chaos, panic and fear in the trans community.

New — I spoke to eight trans people in Kansas about the new state law that invalidated their driver’s licenses overnight, what’s it’s like to live there right now, plus details of two DMV emails exclusively obtained by The Handbasket that shed light on the law’s chaotic and cruel rollout:

I think the bigger security risk is the gestapo she runs that murders people for standing in the street and kidnaps children to put them in concentration camps. But sure, if the shoe thing gets her shitcanned, do what you gotta do.

When you think about it for more than 5 seconds, it really is both insane and outrageous that *HILLARY CLINTON* - a woman who apparently has never met with nor corresponded with Jeffrey Epstein was one of the first people deposed.

US equity markets have dramatically underperformed their major counterparts since January 2025, and are at the bottom of the league table even if we include the 'Trump bump' in 2024.

it took an expensive, coordinated effort & a lot of people saying “this doesn’t matter” to get from a bathroom ban costing one state $400 million & a gubernatorial race to “trans people must turn in their documents which become invalid in a few hours or face fines & potential jail time” in 10 years.

Former U.S. Air Force Pilot Arrested for Providing Defense Services to the Chinese Military Former U.S. Air Force officer and pilot Gerald Eddie Brown, Jr., also known by the call sign “Runner,” 65, a U.S. citizen, was arrested today in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Brown was charged by criminal ...

Well that's an unfortunate naming coincidence, but my Air Force days did not include flying planes or retiring in 1996. Don't train the PLA on how to kill us you fucks.

www.justice.gov/opa/pr/forme...

For the many Platner fans here, Peters is a white supremacist, Holocast denying / antisemetic, virulently anti-trans anti-gay right-wing influencer. There's no lack of people making similar points that Platner could be reading and promoting who are not nazis.

People are always like what’s something you miss from the past and one of mine is antitrust laws

Man, remember when we used to break up shit like this?

The Conference of Catholic Bishops is... not playing around in this brief.

www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...

A white woman who is not a doctor & doesn’t believe in science is currently undergoing Senate confirmation hearings to be the US Surgeon General.

Black people, don’t EVER let these people tell you that you are a “diversity hire” or don’t deserve the roles you have so richly prepared for & earned.

The Epstein files just claimed the executive who interviewed Trump at Davos | CNN Business A month ago, Børge Brende interviewed US President Donald Trump after his address to global leaders in Davos, Switzerland. On Thursday, the CEO of the World Economic Forum announced he was stepping do...

Can't make this up:

www.cnn.com/2026/02/26/b...

February 26, 2026 Dear members of the Columbia community: This morning at approximately 6:30 a.m., federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security entered a Columbia Residential building and detained a student. We are working to gather more information, working to reach the family, and providing legal support. Our understanding at this time is that the federal agents made misrepresentations to gain entry to the building to search for a "missing person." We are working to gather more details. It is important to reiterate that all law enforcement agents must have a judicial warrant or judicial subpoena to access non-public areas of the University, including

It is important to reiterate that all law enforcement agents must have a judicial warrant or judicial subpoena to access non-public areas of the University, including housing, classrooms, and areas requiring CUID swipe access. An administrative warrant is not sufficient. If law enforcement agents seek entry to non-public areas of the University, ask the agents to wait to enter any non-public areas until contacting Public Safety. Public Safety will contact the Office of the General Counsel to coordinate the University's response. Do not allow them to enter or accept service of a warrant or subpoena. We will update our community as additional information becomes available. Sincerely,

BREAKING: Columbia President Claire Shipman says DHS agents entered a residential buliding this morning and detained a student.

"Our understanding at this time is that the federal agents made misrepresentations to gain entry to the building to search for a 'missing person.'"

So much wrong here:
1. There was some new hiring, so this number is off by about 100K
2. Unlike most businesses, personnel spending is a tiny fraction (5-6%) of federal outlays
3. Spending has actually increased
4. Many have noticed worse services!
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-year-on-...

Seized Art, Eavesdropping Guards: Parents Describe a Clampdown at Dilley Detention Center as Kids Shared Their Stories Detainees told ProPublica that art supplies have been removed in room searches, immigrants have lost access to Gmail and staff hover within earshot during video calls.

NEW: Guards have taken away crayons, colored pencils & paper during recent room searches at Dilley, according to detainees and others. After one inspection, the children just “cried and cried and cried,” a mother said. The facility denies the claims.

By @mckenziefunk.com @micarosenberg.bsky.social

An official letter from the Kansas Division of Vehicles dated February 23, 2026, with a redacted recipient address. The letter notifies the recipient that due to the enactment of Senate Bill 244, all Kansas driver's licenses and IDs must reflect the holder's sex at birth. It states that the recipient's current credential will become invalid immediately upon the law's publication on February 26, 2026, with no grace period. The recipient is directed to surrender their current ID to receive a new one matching their sex assigned at birth. The document concludes with instructions on how to appeal the notice if received in error, along with contact information for the department.

Kansas is sending letters to trans people telling them that their licenses will be revoked as of tomorrow and that they risk arrest for driving on a suspended license.

This is pure cruelty.

www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

Why are we asking a probabilistic word association machine to play out war games?