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you wonder, why do i get so bitter and acidic and cynical about politics?

i grew into full adulthood watching bush's wargasm. this is the shit that got me into journalism and activism. this right here.

this is the ballgame.

their absolute favorite thing is to assert, without any facts, how the war is a boon to the republican president. the amount of times they insisted that bush was a "popular wartime leader" outnumbers the stars in the heavens

the media-war machine was at peak performance during the first gulf war under hw bush and was firing on all cannons from 9/11 to the end of 2006. the press didnt want to hear about peacenik hippies opposing war. they wanted their war porn and bush/cheney gave it to them like the best drug dealers.

for those of you who werent adults during iraq, its hard to overstate how much the media loves war porn. they salivate over pentagon spin briefings. they love stories about all the bombs and how supposedly infallible they are. they love the notion of the commander in chief, in the situation room etc

We cannot possibly engage on the distracting subject of just and unjust wars until every last Oberlin sophomore has been put in their place

Like the neocons, Trump’s neo-neocons repeatedly invoke the West’s complacency and unwillingness to defend its own values, a frailty that can be rectified only through the ritual use of military force against weaker targets. The conservative writer Jonah Goldberg once articulated what he called the “Ledeen Doctrine,” after the neoconservative Michael Ledeen, which was: “Every ten years or so, the United States needs to pick up some small crappy little country and throw it against the wall, just to show the world we mean business.” Despite Trump’s rejection of George W. Bush, MAGA bears many similarities to the right-wing politics of that era—a fetishization of violence and torture, the treatment of opposition as treasonous, a disdain for due process, and an anti-Muslim bigotry at odds with fundamental American principles.

Pundits loved telling you about Trump's "anti-interventionism" because it seemed contrarian and interesting, but he always represented neoconservatism's worst impulses shorn of any moral pretense or concern www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

If I were the No New Wars President, I would simply not launch a new war and then repeatedly tell the public to expect lots of Americans to die in it

But THIS time will TOTALLY be different because something something chatbots in charge of mass surveillance.

This is an, err, interesting take on parliamentary democracy from the leader of a major party.

Federal Judge John Coughenour says he’s received dozens, if not hundreds, of death threats after he ruled against the Trump administration. cbsn.ws/3N73lPr

Don’t expect to see much of Trump over the coming days, he is above all else, a coward. He’s in so far over his head now he will just hide-n-get-high. Looks for a lot of ‘Executive Time’ & planned little ceremonies w/no press questions. Call them on their BS.

It's not just that the United States learned nothing from our defeat after invading Vietnam. It's that we've spent the past 50 years (and more!) doubling, tripling, and quadrupling down on our imperialistic bullshit.

And it's gotten worse each time. My God, has it ever.

Mission creep sets in so fast it's more of a power crawl.

The village idiot would know that would happen.

USA is now a terrorist state

Workers setting up sweet potato hotbeds in Merced County.

"Moises" is setting up sweet potato hotbeds in Merced County. Workers lay potatoes on the ground, a tractor covers them in dirt, workers rake the dirt into even beds & then set up the plastic to cover it like a greenhouse. Seedlings for next seasons plants will grow. #WeFeedYou

Phil Stewart @phildstewart !!! BREAKING - Kuwaiti air defenses mistakenly shot down 3 U.S. F15 fighter jets flying in Iran-related operations. All six aircrew ejected safely, have been safely recovered, and are in stable condition. -CENTCOM

The explanation for the F-15s that went down: Kuwait shot them down.

First Whiskey Pete shoots down Kristi Noem's anti-drone drone, and now Kuwait is shooting down American jets.

They'll probably blame Claude.

This is insulting on so many levels but I cannot help but continue to be shocked at how much they do not understand Iran.

Khamenei died just like Khomeini died before him. The guy was in his late 80s; this was an expected outcome. The regime is still the same! What does this even mean??

Of course. No one wanted this war. They wanted food and health care and energy prices to go down. Now all those things will cost more.

It's a war of folly by a doddering old man who likes when things blow up and needs to distract us from the child sex ring he's connected to.

Ultimate centrist take that you should seriously consider right wing talking points and that its in fact your duty as a civilised intellectual, like, no, you dont gotta actually consider if fascists have a point or what you could learn from them
Jesus Christ man

Damage following Iran’s early-morning strike on Saudi Aramco in Ras Tanura, one of the world’s most significant oil export and processing hubs.

This idea that the NYT is an unbiased neutral observer because they sometimes publish accurate information is one of the most demented and reality-eschewing tenets of the religion of journalism to take hold among the chattering classes. Truly bizarre to see, an ignorance of journalism history.

You cannot talk like this about any other minority in America.

And if it was any other president’s adviser who said something like this about any other minority, it’d be the instant end of their presidency.

Hitler also said he didn't want war.

Iran Does Not Have Nuclear Weapons It’s time to say it again: It’s highly doubtful that the Iranians were pursuing a nuclear weapon. And they certainly don’t have any. Donald Trump insists that (one of the purposes/ the purpose) of …

Cheryl Rofer (former scientist at Los Alamos): 'It’s time to say it again: It’s highly doubtful that the Iranians were pursuing a nuclear weapon. And they certainly don’t have any.' nucleardiner.wordpress.com/2026/03/01/i...

APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Fire and smoke are seen inside the US Embassy compound in #Kuwait after an attack by Iran.

Hundreds more flights cancelled as world faces worst travel chaos since Covid pandemic Hundreds of thousands of passengers remain stranded, with key air hubs in Middle East closed amid fallout from US-Israeli strikes on Iran * US-Israeli attack on Iran – live updates Hundreds more flights were cancelled on Monday, extending the turmoil in global air travel caused by the US-Israel war on Iran, with hundreds of thousands of passengers already stranded. Leading airline stocks came under pressure after days of disruption, with Donald Trump indicating that the US military action could last another four weeks. Emirates Airlines, the world’s largest international carrier, which suspended all planned services to and from Dubai until 3pm UAE time (10pm AEDT, 11am GMT and 6am EST) on Monday. Etihad Airways, which suspended all flights to and from Abu Dhabi until 2pm UAE time (9pm AEDT, 10am GMT and 5am EST) on Monday. Qatar Airways, which suspended flight operations because of the closure of Qatari airspace. Continue reading...

Hundreds more flights cancelled as world faces worst travel chaos since Covid pandemic