Ian Jamison

‘Sixty seconds, that’s all it took’: the clinical Israeli-US operation to kill Ali Khamenei Mission that took just 60 seconds to carry out was decades in making, but experts say it could be major strategic error

I keep reading western media takes on how clinical Israel's killing of Khamenei was.

I hear less about how an 86-year-old two times cancer survivor with a long, vocal record of desiring martyrdom was just chilling at home in his slippers.

He let them do this.
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Jesus Christ, Ken, just oppose the war, not the process.

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."

Not ICE. Not Border Patrol. Just the same rotten local cops we've always had

A funny feature of blue states is once you have one party dominance you don’t get more radical policies like in a red state , you get machine politics and leaders moderating in anticipation of presidential runs

3 U.S. service members killed, military says Three U.S. service members were killed and five were seriously wounded as part of Operation Epic Fury, U.S.

“Three U.S. service members were killed and five were seriously wounded as part of Operation Epic Fury, U.S. Central Command said today.” www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/l...

Elite consensus vs popular will:

David Moore @ppolitics Just out: Rep. Valerie Foushee said she would decline AIPAC's financial support in the #NC04 primary, but a pop-up super PAC with ties to a reclusive billionaire AIPAC donor has dropped $600k for her... so far.

This is a huge scandal. Under pressure, a Dem rep said she would refuse AIPAC money. So instead Hakeem Jeffries is secretly funneling AIPAC money into her race through a shadow super PAC.

Party leaders don’t even consider the notion of sticking to her promise.

I promise you that the government that murdered Alex Pretti and Renee Good does not give a flying fuck about the protests in Iran.

Exactly. Not cowardice. Agreement.

Today’s military strikes on Iran — carried out by the United States and Israel — mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression. Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war.

WOW. 19 people, all who were imprisoned and mistreated in a foreign prison at the direct command of the United States, are brave enough to say “We are innocent, and we will endure more time imprisoned to prove that.”

I can only admire the enormous courage such a move takes.

unfortunate, begrudging respect for both massie and khanna who have been doing all of this amid a concentrated campaign by the country's business interests and political establishment to get them to stop

possibly the one woman in DC with a brain operating at full capacity?

Pretty hard to tell people not to conflate Jews with the actions of Israel when Zionist and Jewish organizations have spent years and years doing exactly that!

During the 2024 election cycle, nobody contributed more to Rep. Landsman’s campaign than AIPAC ($385,808). 👇

The government illegally took your money.

They won’t give it back.

70% of voters say the Dem Party is too weak
40% say it is too progressive

So why is the money & energy in Dem spaces so tilted 2 moderation? Why is every "smart" analysis about how the party has been taken over by "groups"?

How does that win over the 70%?

www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-d...

The entire Democratic strategy debate — "moderate" or move left? fight or compromise? — is based on a misreading of data. Voters don't think Dems are too progressive; they think Dems are weak. The actual math on what to do about this isn't even close!
New: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-d...

People know who you’re for by the enemies you’re willing to make. And the Democrats need to make enemies. trib.al/HDGAmoM

They found him. He died.

Another murder by our immigration goon squads

They beat a blind refugee who speaks no English for failing to obey police commands he could not understand. Then instead of apologizing, they charged him with possession of a “weapon”—HIS WALKING STICK. Then they dumped him miles from home without notifying anyone, after which he was found dead.

I don’t think Shapiro should be underestimated, but on the poll readout he was losing “would Shapiro make a good president?” 40% yes to 43% no (in PA only). It’s a little odd and stems some uncertain support among Dems/indies

69-14 Dems
32-44 Indies
14-74 R’s

Epstein Files Are Missing Records About Woman Who Made Claim Against Trump

NEW: The New York Times confirms my reporting that the DOJ is withholding several FBI interviews with a woman who accused Trump of sexually assaulting her as a child

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...

Trump’s Epstein Scandal Takes Damning Turn as Dem Drops New Bombshell As new revelations in the Jeffrey Epstein saga threaten the president, a legal expert decodes what we just learned—and lays out a roadmap to what will happen now.

"We are dealing now with an allegation that the president of the US raped and sexually assaulted a child and is now using his DOJ to try to cover that up."

If you want to understand latest Epstein revelations, @leahlitman.bsky.social explains them clearly on our pod:
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The GOP: the party of the boss's kid.

This is so important. Everyone is talking about energy costs these days, but *housing costs* are a bigger portion of family budgets & arguably a more severe nationwide problem. Also, the potential for climate mitigation via more/cheaper housing is *enormous* & under-appreciated. Love seeing this.

This clown is the embodiment of militant failsonism, the center piece guy for building a notionally private sector state media organization. worst of the worst.

Lindsey Graham brings Ellison to the SOTU

If you don't think complete capture of the media is top priority for this administration, I don't know what to tell you. It matters a great deal to them.