Joanne Freeman

Last night I discussed the lack of a cohesive reason for the war, little knowing about this “reason.”

I’d say “holy crap,” but I’ll avoid “holy” for now.

She was arrested for standing up during the SotU and this is the first I’m hearing of it? 🫠

Yup.

Excellent!!

Every episode of Freeman After Dark (on YouTube) ends with historian Joanne Freeman showing her can of Chutzpah and her whistle.

So I bought a bag of whistles to hand out next time I go protest!

If you aren’t following her on Bluesky, you should! @jbf1755.bsky.social

BREAKING: I just spoke to President Trump he said you’ll find soon what the retaliation will be for the attack on the U.S. embassy in Riyadh and for the U.S. service members killed. He also told me he doesn’t think boots on the ground will be necessary.

notable that Trump's media strategy to sell this war is doing bespoke phone conversations with individual reporters instead of answering questions publicly

Wow.

Based on the comments, a good deal of Game Of Thrones unhappiness. I’m totally in the dark.

Why?…

That’s the only thing I know about it. And I’m scared already.

Don’t remember that. I liked Downton Abbey.

Watching Game of Thrones—probably the last person not to watch it.

Lots of beheading.

But I’m still in the mix…

honestly, this goes in the war crimes prosecution file, a pretty clear declaration that the mission is not guided by rules rooted in the law of armed conflict

Mark Warner: "I saw no intelligence that Iran was on the verge of launching any kind of preemptive strike against the United States. None."

Tweet from Ryan Grim: "Understand what Neera is arguing for here: she thinks that no Democratic candidate should appear on any podcast where a host has flirted with conspiracy theories around Charlie Kirk and Israel. I don't think she understands how many podcasts that includes. And if you make the opposite argument, and say no, actually, tens of millions of people love those shows, Democrats should be on them, she says I'm "defending anti-semitic conspiracy podcasters." The good news is that this stuff doesn't work anymore. Save your breath, nobody cares."

I really don't think "There are so many antisemitic podcasts out there that you just can't help but appear on them" is the defense they think it is.

Crow: "Friday night, Trump filmed this tough video where he talked about the cost of war & how hard it's gonna be & how we're gonna lose troops, then he literally went behind the curtain & hosted a million dollar a plate dinner & dance party at Mar-a-Lago. That tells you everything you need to know"

Important piece by @timothysnyder.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

“If we’re not careful, we’re going to get a judge killed. It’s just that stark,” says retired federal Judge John Jones, a George W. Bush appointee.

A 60 Minutes investigation found that judges who ruled against the Trump administration have received threats. cbsn.ws/3OEfxrr

“Strangely”?

That’s who he is.

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...

Trump administration officials acknowledged in closed-door briefings with congressional staff that there was no intelligence suggesting Iran planned to attack US forces first, two people familiar with the matter said reut.rs/46ybyTg

Jeffries: "We're seeing the beginning of an all-out war in the Middle East at the same time Trump & his administration & Republicans have cut more than a trillion dollars from Medicaid, ripped away food in terms of nutritional assistance, & they're spending our taxpayer dollars to start another war"

Rules of engagement are what separates us from the terrorists.

“So called international organizations…no stupid rules of engagement.” We are a rogue murder state now, and positively proud of it.

Same reckless brutality, but no masks.

I still can’t believe we have a Fox News host running our military.

for what it cost for our allies to shoot down three of our own planes by accident in a murderous illegal war we could have funded the NEH at 150% of its historic peak funding for a year

Abusive boyfriend to police: I didn't start it but I had to end it. She didn't cook my burger to perfection so she forced me to hit her.

This is the kind of vague propaganda the administration and its war supports parrot. Vague statements of threat and evil and malign intent. They cannot cite any specific imminent threat to America. Nor any legal authority for Trump launching his 8th military attack, the most consequential yet.

Minnesota would like a word.