Elliot Forhan (he/him)

Spain's leader with a message that should be adopted by every top Democrat

Great Blue Heron nesting site, Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

Spanish PM Sánchez on Trump's threat to end trade:

"We are not going to be accomplices to something that is bad for the world and contrary to our values and interests simply because of fear of reprisals... We have absolute confidence in the economic, institutional & moral strength of our country."

Spanish PM Sánchez responds to Trump:

"Spain is against this disaster... Govts are here to improve people's lives... It is absolutely unacceptable that those leaders who are unable to fulfill that mission use the smoke of war to hide their failure, and in the process, fill the pockets of a few."

Thom Tillis is threatening to use procedural moves to shut down every Senate committe he's involved in if Kristi Noem does not respond to his inquiry

This is something the Democrats could have done at any point during the last 14 months, but chose not to

DOJ Changes Course Last night, I wrote to you about reporting that the Trump administration would stop defending the clearly illegal executive orders the president issued last March.

DOJ is supposed to be slow and deliberate when it makes decisions—take the time to get it right. It’s rare, in fact, I can’t remember any other time when we’ve seen the sort of whiplash change in position we’re seeing right now. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Limor Son Har Melech and her husband Yehuda in their Purim costumes.

Death, occupation, ethnic cleansing, colonisation: this is the Israeli government's version of Zionism and Judaism, 2025. This is Kahanism. This is the hegemonic state ideology in Israel. Only a minority of Israeli Jews pursue it (25-40%) but there's no coherent political alternative.

Limor Son Har Melech and her husband Yehuda in their Purim costumes.

Purim costumes:
MK Limor Son Har Melech, deputy speaker of the Knesset and member of Jewish Power (Ben Gvir's party), dressed up as an executioner, to celebrate the death penalty law her party are pushing (with government support, to apply only to Palestinians).

anti-trans Dems ate shit last night

So, Trump is down to 38% approval in a new YouGov poll?
When Nixon hit just 38% approval in a Gallup poll, he was ~13 months from the eve of being impeached by the House.

Operation Epic Fury and the Law Preventing unlawful wars waged by presidents will require both legislative and political action.

"Trump’s attack further undermines both the constitutional order in the United States and the U.S.-built international legal order concerning the use of force."

On the legal implications of Operation Epic Fury.

contrarian.substack.com/p/operation-...

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez on the Iran War.

"Spain's position at this juncture is clear and forceful. It is the same position we have maintained in Ukraine and also in Gaza.

No to the breaking of international law that protects us all, especially the most defenceless - the civilian population."

GOOD.

Primary the hell out of all the collaborators.

Sen. Murphy: They told us in there that this is an open-ended operation that hasn't even really started... they refuse to take off of the table the insertion of ground troops ... there is no question that this is war.

Trump's Unauthorized Strikes on Iran Take America's Imperial Presidency to New Heights Khamenei's departure is nothing to mourn but regime change might require more than air strikes

“In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive...[T]he trust and the temptation would be too great for any one man."
-- James Madison
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Pedro Sanchez doubles down on criticism of Iran war in televised address

"This is how humanity's great disasters start ... You cannot play Russian roulette with destiny of millions... The position of the Spanish ‌government can be summarised in four words: 'No to the war'"

I feel like we typically see these sorts of completely outraged opinions from federal judges a couple times a year across the whole country, maybe a little more often in last few years. Now, in cases stemming from Trump's immigration crackdown, judges are ringing the alarm bell several times a week.

By the way, Democrats have now flipped 27 legislative seats in Trump 2.0.

Republicans are still stuck at zero.

Even in 2017-18, the GOP managed to flip a few. This time, just a goose egg, despite several good chances.

The Israeli police brutally dispersed a small anti-war demo yesterday in Tel Aviv.

Keeping ICE in existence and “reforming” it is an extremist position that does not enjoy the support of the people.

Nazi collaborators out. Sweep the Democratic stables clean.

Israeli map showing all of southern Lebanon in red with yellow arrows pointing to north of the Litani river

The IDF just ordered the *entirety of south Lebanon* to be forcibly displaced.

They are emptying the land of its population, creating a massive crisis, and will now proceed to further annihilate large parts of Lebanon.

The very nation state of Lebanon is being destroyed.

Front page of the Columbus Dispatch for March 4, 2026, with a big splash photo of a husband his wife, smiling, while wearing bike helmets and cycling gear. Back in November the guy murdered the woman.

Wow, the Columbus Dispatch literally put the "this is how the photos be lookin in headlines when a white man kills his entire family" tweet on the front page today. Unreal.

NEW YouGov poll: Abolishing ICE is now at a *record high* level of support in the United States 50% support 39% oppose Independents are now +17 on abolishing ICE Moderates +6 23% of Republicans now support abolishing ICE

NEW YouGov poll:
Abolishing ICE is now at a *record high* level of support in the United States

50% support
39% oppose

Independents are now +17 on abolishing ICE
Moderates +6

23% of Republicans now support abolishing ICE

Abolish ICE has a +11 approval — which means it is *32 points* more popular than Donald Trump

Ask yourself: does corporate media portray that accurately?

BREAKING: Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez to Trump:

We are not going to be accomplices to something that is bad for the world and that is also contrary to our values and interests, simply because of the fear of reprisals from some.

@chrismurphyct.bsky.social : "This is going to make the operation in Libya look like childs play.. they have contempt for the American people because they think that they can carry out the biggest war in the Middle East since Iraq & Afghanistan without a single vote"

Today, Congress was finally briefed on Trump's war of choice in Iran.

Even behind closed doors, they couldn't get their story straight.

But one thing is clear: they don't have a clue what the end game is, and it sure as hell isn't making America safer.

US launches military operations in Ecuador The joint military operation with Ecuador targeted what the U.S. called "designated terrorist organizations" in the country.

Oh good, we're invading yet another country.

One of the best medical schools in the country is named after an Epstein co-conspirator. What will it take for Ohio State to part ways with Les Wexner, a man who was named by survivor Virginia Giuffre ten years ago?