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I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

The New York Times OPINION NICHOLAS KRISTOF The Folly of Attacking Iran

The New York Times OPINION BRET STEPHENS The Case for Striking Iran

The Onion: Point/Counterpoint This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won't

"In my view, by conferring this title [president emeritus] on Summers, Harvard is signaling that powerful men can outlast gross misconduct with their honorifics intact." - Yana van der Meulen Rodgers, economist and prof of labour studies at Rutgers.
#academicsky

Trump/Hegseth operational security: at Joe’s Stone Crab, a restaurant a 2-minute walk from the White House, someone was having a conversation about the attacks on Iran that were going to start in 6 hours. Loud enough for the founder of @TMZ.com to recount it in real time with his podcast cohost.

"XYZ was a brutal dictator. The world is better off without him but I have some mild process-based critiques of how it was done"

The strategy of triangulation, made famous by the Girondins in 1792, perfected by the Democratic party after 9/11, both end up with the triangulators on the guillotine.

The ‘Board of Peace’ started World War 3 so fast.

US-Israeli strike on girls' school kills at least 85 students, Iran's judiciary says At least 85 students have been killed in US-Israeli strikes that hit an Iranian girls' school in Hormozgan province, Iran's judiciary said on Saturday. Washington has not commented on the reported str...

We killed 85 schoolgirls. We are not the good guys.

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

I can't fucking believe we're doing this again.

It’s worth emphasizing that the Supreme Court has propped up this presidential lawlessness.

When Congress enacted limits on presidential power in 1973, it included an enforcement provision. If the president said there’s an “emergency from attack” and Congress disagreed, it could order troops home.

New York, N.Y. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) released the following statement following President Trump’s strikes on Iran: “When I talked to Secretary Rubio, I implored him to be straight with Congress and the American people about the objectives of these strikes and what comes next. Iran must never be allowed to attain a nuclear weapon but the American people do not want another endless and costly war in the Middle East when there are so many problems at home. “The administration has not provided Congress and the American people with critical details about the scope and immediacy of the threat. Confronting Iran’s malign regional activities, nuclear ambitions, and harsh oppression of the Iranian people demands American strength, resolve, regional coordination, and strategic clarity. Unfortunately, President Trump’s fitful cycles of lashing out and risking wider conflict are not a viable strategy. “The administration must brief Congress, including an immediate all senators classified briefing and in public testimony, to answer these vital questions. The Senate should quickly return to session and reassert its constitutional duty by passing our resolution to enforce the War Powers Act. “My prayers are with our brave American servicemembers.”

Schumer says about Iran "The Senate should quickly return to session and reassert its constitutional duty by passing our resolution to enforce the War Powers Act."

This is a war crime.

THEY MURDERED 60 KIDS IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YOU FREAK

things every single republican president of your lifetime has done

- started a war in the middle east
- completely destroyed the economy

In the clarity of morning, and the stupidest war launched yet in a lifetime of stupid wars of the US, "I oppose all wars of aggression" and "the US must no longer facilitate wars of aggression by itself or others" is perfect moral clarity, and good to fire a staffer who called it Interventionism

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Times like these I’m so glad Merrick Garland stuck to “norms” & refused to prosecute Trump for his many crimes. Because yes—while we are facing the very real threat of global nuclear war—at least we don’t have the shame of a former president sitting in prison. Boy would that’ve been embarrassing.

The government illegally took your money.

They won’t give it back.

illegal use of force by every measure, domestic & international

I’m so sorry. This is insane.

never look at your phone when you get up to take a leak. someone might have started an idiot war

Idiots.

Near the White House, Hundreds of High School Students Protest ICE

NYT: Near the White House, hundreds of high school students protest ICE.

By Campbell Robertson and Callie Holtermann

Hundreds of students walked out of high schools across Washington on Friday for a rally in front of the Lincoln Memorial.

we're gonna need some more Lina Khans

If you’re willing to sacrifice trans lives to “save democracy,” then you don’t understand the first thing about democracy.

If you suggest that Texas voters choose a white man candidate over a Black woman candidate for reasons of "electability" in the general? Then you are not "appealing" to racists. You are racist.

Because you said that without even looking at how Crockett is polling in the general vs Paxton and Cornyn

Voting rights groups sue Georgia for refusing to release voter purge records Without full access to the records, plaintiffs say they cannot determine whether eligible voters were wrongly removed.

NEW: Georgia removed nearly 471,000 voters from its rolls last summer — roughly 6% of all the state’s registered voters.

Now voting rights groups are suing, arguing the state is illegally hiding records about how the purge was carried out.

How Meta Executives Talked About Child Safety Behind the Scenes For years, employees acknowledged a problem with potential child groomers, but prioritized growth over fixes.

Even as Mark Zuckerberg insisted that his company was doing everything it could to protect children, Meta was internally divided about whether to prioritize kids’ safety over platform growth, Kaitlyn Tiffany and Michael Scherer report.

Senator calls for DEA to provide info on "incredibly disturbing" Epstein drug investigation Federal drug enforcement investigators targeted Jeffrey Epstein and 14 others in a yearslong probe first reported by CBS News.

This is a big one. A newly uncovered document has revealed the existence of a mystery Epstein investigation. It was spearheaded by the DEA and involved drug trafficking and money laundering. Epstein was one of 15 targets. The other 14 names are redacted. I've got questions.

Paramount + WBD may not be the slam dunk you think it is. It's a great bet that this is not on most people's radars in Hollywood. But they might want to pay attention.

A worthwhile piece on Warner.

"So Paramount, w/a $12 bil market cap, is doing a $111 bil acquisition, $33 billion of which is debt, $40 bil which is equity backed by Larry, whose wealth is tied to Oracle, which is leveraged to the gills. What could go wrong?"

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‘Unbelievably dangerous’: experts sound alarm after ChatGPT Health fails to recognise medical emergencies Study finds ChatGPT Health did not recommend a hospital visit when medically necessary in more than half of cases

Quelle surprise

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