Scott Horton

Fake news story prompts Pakistan to issue nuclear warning to Israel Defence minister reminds Israel on Twitter that ‘Pakistan is a nuclear state too’ after fake story says Israel had threatened to destroy Pakistan

Trump has ushered in an age of mass nuclear proliferation and gamesmanship that makes us all incalculably less safe. This sort from 2016 is the sort of incident that could be a trigger. www.theguardian.com/world/2016/d...

Laura Loomer, in wild court testimony, says Trump staff told her Lindsey Graham is gay <p>Loomer's deposition comes amid her lawsuit against HBO host Bill Maher.</p>

The unpredictable Laura Loomer, sworn in to give evidence, decides to out poor Lindsey. www.advocate.com/politics/lau...

As Sen Joni Ernst (R-IA) observes, "no boots on the ground in Iran" actually means plenty of boots on the ground.

Bad policy, bad results: Michigan’s economic decline Democratic trifecta did severe and lasting damage

Trump's economic policies have wreaked havoc on the economy of Michigan, which, among other things, is heavily dependent on trade with Canada. www.mackinac.org/blog/2025/ba...

This morning's outstanding display of sycophantic stupidity... bsky.app/profile/atru...

Trump Is Repeating Putin’s Blunder Both men thought they could start easy, quick regime-change wars at minimal cost.

Trump and Putin really are two psychopath peas in a pod. Matt Johnson:"Without taking into account the particular personalities of two major world leaders, it’s hard to explain two of the most important international events of the last five years." One of them could have learned from the other.

Long-time buddies Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were out for a pleasant van drive in Oklahoma when, all of a sudden, their lives would change.

Opinion | Trump’s Smash-and-Grab Presidency Reaches New Heights

Tom Edsall on the smash-and-grab presidency of Donald Trump: "So far, the war on Iran falls into a larger pattern of Trump policies leaving wanton destruction in their wake. Perhaps the most devastating of these was the administration’s decision to gut the US Agency for International Development"

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."

I know our expectations for this administration are in the basement but it is INSANE they started a war without a plan for the Strait of Hormuz.

The Con Trump Used to Attempt to Hide How He's Rewarding Russia for Helping Iran Target Americans - emptywheel Americans deserve to know whether Russian targeting assistance helped kill Benjamin Pennington before Trump rewards Vladimir Putin for his own strategic idiocy.

Which I wrote up here.

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Another excellent demonstration of Hegseth's complete incompetence. bsky.app/profile/axio...

Whatever you say, boss.

Peter D Carter: Cumulative CO₂ Emissions Increase is Exponential. This is expected, due to the long atmospheric life-time of CO₂ and the constant, and constantly increasing CO₂ emissions. There is a direct relationship with global warming. This is fossil fuels and industry CO₂ emissions.

Noem associate Madison Sheahan bought 2,500 marked vehicles for ICE Despite ICE employees seeking to keep a low profile in public, ICE official Madison Sheahan placed a bulk order for marked vehicles.

A Noem aide spent $3 million on pickup trucks emblazoned with the ICE name and logo, which ICE agents—notoriously averse to advertising their presence—will not drive, so they're just sitting in a lot, useless. The contract went to a Trump donor who owns a regional Chevy dealership.

How The Times Tracks Down the Connections Behind Trump’s Pardons

A methodology for uncovering Trump's pardons grift.

A new NBC Poll shows that Pope Leo XIV and Stephen Colbert as the two most popular public figures in America today.

Jeff Koterba, Omaha World Herald

Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press

Q: You said the war is 'very complete.' But your defense secretary says 'this is just the beginning.' So which is it?


TRUMP: You could say both

Hundreds rally for Epstein victims at Zorro Ranch on International Women's Day The brother of Epstein victim Virginia Roberts Giuffre said his sister spoke of New Mexico's beauty, despite the "house of horrors" she endured.

Santafesinos stage a protest at the Zorro Ranch demanding that Epstein's victims be respected and that Epstein's operations at the ranch be fully investigated and exposed. They also demand accountability from FBI agents who block earlier investigations.

Pope Leo XIV Mourns Maronite Priest Killed by Israeli Tank Fire in Southern Lebanon Father Pierre el-Rahi ran toward the wounded after a Merkava tank shelled a home in Qlayaa. A second shell killed him. The Vatican named him within hours.

Pope Leo XIV Mourns Maronite Priest Killed by Israeli Tank Fire in Southern Lebanon
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AIVD: cyberaanval via berichtendiensten Signal en WhatsApp is gelinkt aan Rusland Cyberveiligheid: De AIVD en MIVD bevestigen dat Nederlandse overheidsmedewerkers doelwit én slachtoffer zijn van een grootschalige phishing-operatie van Russische staatshackers, waarbij het „waarschij...

The Dutch intelligence services have issued an urgent warning: Russian intelligence services are now running dangerous phishing and intelligence gathering operations through Signal and WhatsApp. They have cracked both platforms. Customers should use extreme caution around both programs.

This is correct. And it explains why Trump's public remarks rarely provide a reliably guide to his conduct. But they also furnish evidence of his advanced senile dementia.

Stagflationary forces are building A weakening US labour market and financial strains come as the Iran war and surging oil prices spark concerns about inflation pressures

Mohamed El-Erian: A weakening US labour market and financial strains come as the Iran war and surging oil prices spark concerns about inflation pressures. In other words, stagflation is on the way. www.ft.com/content/4184...

A Closer Look at ICE's Enormous People Warehouse Near Hagerstown, Maryland Watch now | I drove out to the site of one of the most controversial new ICE facilities in the country this afternoon, an 825,000 square foot warehouse built with the hopes of being used or sold to a ...

Austin Kocher and the Archbishop of San Antonio are saying essentially the same thing: "The conversion that ICE is attempting, from warehouse to human storage, is not a renovation so much as a statement about what this administration believes immigrants are."