Jay Welch 🗽

jesus christ. this man is talking about missiles killing american soldiers like it was a broken condom.

Pentagon tells Congress no sign that Iran was going to attack US first, sources say Trump administration officials acknowledged in closed-door briefings with congressional staff on Sunday that there was no intelligence suggesting Iran planned to attack U.S. forces first, two people f...

we reached the “no WMDs” phase in two days.

Lawson is so eloquent, worth 2 mins of your time.

So, so instructive to compare media response to Afghanistan withdrawal -- months of hysterical garment-rending & catastrophizing, relentless criticism of the admin -- with the response to an unprovoked, unmotivated, illegal war of aggression, ie, "some critics say maybe Trump should have reasons."

The same house where Virginia Giuffre was trafficked!

Screenshot of a tweet from x.com by Senator Dave McCormick that reads: Now would be a good time for Democrats to drop their opposition to DHS funding and pass the bill to support our homeland security. Continuing to play political games with our national security given the unfolding situation in the Middle East is dangerous.

Boy, does this make me think of Justice Jackson’s Youngstown concurrence, in which he warns of the danger of a president unilaterally initiating a war, and then using that war as a bootstrap to claim extraordinary powers at home.

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

So did the Founders. That's why a vote of Congress was required.

You say “that’s just the way it is” when a kid isn’t tall enough to ride a roller coaster not when people die during the war you started.

Men think they were meant to live in the Roman Empire until they’re getting conscripted into open-ended territorial wars by pedophiles

Press gave Biden far worse coverage for a small number of American soldiers dying while leaving a war than to Trump for a similar number dying while starting a war for no reason. It makes you think!

I been saying

this one's easy to explain, russia needs oil prices to go up in 2026 much more than they needed it in 2019

Good thread.

No senior Trump administration officials or cabinet members appeared on the Sunday show television circuit a day after the US and Israel began a major military operation in Iran, killing Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. https://cnn.it/4rJIzEr

Gentle reminder that you don't have to fully boycott Amazon, just stop making it your default. Need socks? Lots of places sell socks. Need printer paper? Need rye flour? Many other options.

"This startup only sells through Amazon!"

Okay, buy that but don't buy the sneakers and coffee beans.

I did this and it really hasn't been that painful. You can buy many items online directly from the company that makes them.

86 year-old man killed by 79 year-old man

Third option: elect better representatives.

This obviously very stupid but is it also smart? We’ll talk to some liars after this break.

Exclusive: Prior to Iran attacks, CIA assessed Khamenei could be replaced by hardline IRGC elements if killed, sources say In the run-up to the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Saturday, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency assessed that even if Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the operation, he would...

Maybe the most vital reporting I've seen today. Trump admin went to war today with his own intelligence saying that Khamenei's death could lead to the IRGC taking over.

If I were a head of state, I would think setting a precedent that assassination is a legitimate tool of state competition would be unwise

Our baby has been alive for two deadly, illegal campaigns by the U.S. to remove a foreign leader. She’s 7 weeks old.

“Mr President, the bombings have begun in Tehran and also customers are complaining we have run out of shrimp at the pool buffet.”

How many Jews did Netanyahu kill today?

An Iranian missile has just hit Tel Aviv.

Senior Israeli official to Israeli media: “Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed and his body was retrieved from the rubble. Israel holds clear and indisputable footage showing Khamenei’s body, and may decide to make it public in the future.” (i24 News)

It’s not supporting the troops to send them off to kill and die in an illegal war of aggression whose purpose is to make sure that their votes don’t count.

The U.S. Senate must be clear: no war with Iran.

Emergency protests against war on Iran in cities across U.S. Act Now to Stop War & End Racism

There's an emergency "Stop the War in Iran" protest kicking off in NYC at 2 pm at Times Square. www.answercoalition.org/iran/ - I'm going to head out. I've also included the list of other protests across the country.