David Dark

A mad king's illegal war on Iran is a cry for regime change...in Washington | Will Bunch Democracy really did die in darkness as Donald Trump's unconstitutional war on Iran stamps America as a dictatorship.

No wonder Trump went to war with Iran in the dead of night, with the Capitol empty, most Americans soundly asleep

This war is illegal. Full stop. The worst abuse of presidential power in American history aims to cement a dictatorship on U.S. soil

My instant column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

I am blind with rage. How DARE these people yell “election interference” & “disinformation” when they made the lives of the researchers studying mis/disinfo HELL, to say nothing of the coordinated harassment of @ninajankowicz.com who warned all these fuckers about this very thing for years.

Apparently, there is something called an “album,” which appears to be a cohesive narrative over a period of multiple songs in a row. I can almost feel my attention span increasing with every track.

OCASIO-CORTEZ STATEMENT ON TRUMP'S COMBAT OPERATIONS IN IRAN "The American people are once again dragged into a war they did not want by a president who does not care about the long-term consequences of his actions. This war is unlawful. It is unnecessary. And it will be catastrophic. "Just this week, Iran and the United States were negotiating key measures that could have staved off war. The President walked away from these discussions and chose war instead.President Trump flippantly acknowledged the possibility of American casualties, stating "that often happens in war.' "Mr. President: this was not an inevitability. This is a deliberate choice of aggression when diplomacy and security were within reach. Stop lying to the American people. "Violence begets violence. We learned this lesson in Iraq. We learned this lesson in Afghanistan. And we are about to learn it again in Iran. Bombs have yet to create enduring democracies in the region and this will be no different. "In moments of war, our Constitution is unambiguous: Congress authorizes war. The President does not. I will do my part to uphold our Constitution by voting YES on Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie's War Powers Resolution. Every member of Congress must join us in rejecting this aimless war.

My statement on President Trump’s combat operations in Iran⬇️

What the genocide in Gaza reinforced is that there are no "civilians" when it comes to Israel and the United States. The rest of the world learned the same lesson and the consequences are going to be felt across the world.

When there are no consequences for the last bad thing, you'll get a next worse thing.

Just finished the Behind the Bastards episodes on the impact of Jeffrey Epstein. And like a takeway is that he started funding anti-trans research because he allegedly SA'd a trans girl (she was 16 at the time) who turned around and sued his ass for it and he was mad that she sued him.

"The second Trump administration is almost entirely staffed by content creators who want to make content, and they are expending your taxpayer dollars as well as the international reputation of the United States of America to do it." www.liberalcurrents.com/killing-for-...

Trump's Illegal War - emptywheel Trump started a war on Iran before Congress could tell him not to.

"Gorsuch got Trump’s own Solicitor General on the record that Congress can’t actually outsource its power to declare war to the President." @emptywheel.bsky.social emptywheel.net/trumps-illeg...

Civilians should never pay the price of military action, their protection is essential.

All parties to the conflict should respect international humanitarian law and prioritize the protection of civilians.

These truths are universal.

#Iran

HRW closely monitoring initial reporting that Israel and the United States have launched strikes on Iran. Our focus remains civilian protection and carrying out our mandate by monitoring for any violations of international humanitarian and human rights law.

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Advice King: Which Way Is Up? Things like “up” and “down” are supposed to be immutable, undebatable facts. But everything seems to be open for discussion at the moment — at least according to the weirdos we've put in charge of us.

"He gave up, and blamed his inability to think godly thoughts on Antifa." @thecroftonshow.bsky.social www.nashvillescene.com/arts_culture...

Epstein and the Shadow World Your questions answered on Epstein, AI, my career, and other dystopian matters.

"There is something very wrong with the way Americans trust criminal elites to be more reliable sources than the people they hurt."
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/epstein-an...

The Bullshit about John Roberts' Tolerance for Bullshit - emptywheel Linda Greenhouse thinks John Roberts has gotten exasperated with Trump's bullshit. That's a charitable take. But he might one day grow exasperated.

"We’ll know John Roberts is exasperated with Trump’s bullshit when he starts affirming the judgment of District Judges who call out the bullshit as such." @emptywheel.bsky.social emptywheel.net/the-bullshit...

The Radiohead statement is pretty great. I like to imagine Thom wrote it himself.

Peter Mandelson, the Russian superyacht and the scandal we completely misread When Britain's most powerful political fixer was caught on an oligarch's boat in Corfu, we called it Yachtgate and moved on. The Epstein files now reveal the full picture: a web of Russian money, paed...

"We now know from the Epstein files and related sources that this code of secrecy, binding together people who can be trusted only because they are all compromised, has covered up horrors." @professorshaw.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/peter-mand...

Holy shit.

This Columbia president was seen as a tool of the wealthy business board that doesn’t care about Columbia academics.

For her to make this video now calling out the Trump administration explicitly is huge. My first reaction is it reflects how far Trump public support has fallen.

Peter Mandelson, the Russian superyacht and the scandal we completely misread When Britain's most powerful political fixer was caught on an oligarch's boat in Corfu, we called it Yachtgate and moved on. The Epstein files now reveal the full picture: a web of Russian money, paed...

"We now know from the Epstein files and related sources that this code of secrecy, binding together people who can be trusted only because they are all compromised, has covered up horrors." @professorshaw.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/peter-mand...

Putin, Bannon & Silicon Valley: The Axis of Oligarchs Tamsin Shaw explains how anti-market Russian oligarchy has spread to the US, and that Big Tech may be the prime beneficiary.

🔎 From the archive: Putin, Bannon & Silicon Valley: The Axis of Oligarchs — by Tamsin Shaw

🔁 Relevant again: Everything you’re seeing now about the Broligarchy was predicted seven years ago by Tamsin Shaw

Yes. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy Cory Doctorow is right. There must be accountability. www.thenation.com/article/poli... I think you can trace our current problems back to the way Confederates were dealt with after the Civil War.

Former Green leader Natalie Bennett has just been asked about going into coalition with the Labour party, and responds that actually she aims to "replace them"

Impressively vapid quote. Labour would also not be able to throw anything like as much resource at a single seat in a general election. That's just a given.

GM: Charisma check.

Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]

GM: that’s a d6 how did you

Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

Bono & Larry & Adam & Edge arm wrestling.

Outside It's America daviddark.substack.com/p/outside-it...

"What one finds in the partisan braying of Tuesday night is the same sentiment articulated when Jonathan Ross called Renee Good a 'fucking bitch' after putting a bullet in her head."

Good @aselrod.bsky.social piece drawing through line from ICE brownshirts to Trump's GOP collaborators in Congress:

Yes. In Rolling Stone. I have the hard copy.

Bono really said this in 1987?? @daviddark.bsky.social