Tom Nichols

And so it begins, the efforts on the left to ensure the TX seat stays with the GOP

When I have a high fever, I do the same thing

There's a reason presidents have been wary of assassinating foreign leaders: Once it starts, there's no telling where it will end. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

In the age of Trump, we sometimes forget that a good message like this is the right thing to do.

Talarico wins outright, the GOP has to spend money and fight an internal conflict in May

Old Hegseth: We aren’t fighting one of those open-ended wars without clear limits, goals, and objectives.

New Hegseth: “Metrics are shifting, dust is settling, and more forces are arriving.”

In other words: Never mind.

For all its dire implications for the people of the Americas, it’s starting to seem like the worst impact of the Venezuela raid is how it convinced a handful of very powerful, very stupid men that they could dump the “risks” section of the analysis into the trash

CNN just called it a “very tight race” between Talarico and Crockett.

7+ points is not a tight race.

Rep. Dan Crenshaw just lost his Republican primary in Texas. He will be out of Congress in January. Steve Toth has won, per NBC News projection.

Apparently, the mouse was wedged in to a very tight spot behind a pipe that goes into the floor so the cat is now off the hook

Our handyman found the stinky dead mouse, and that guy is such a magician that I would pay him in gold bullion if that’s what we wanted

after absolutely eviscerating Kristi Noem and calling for her resignation, Tillis is applauded. He thens threatens to hold up nominees if she doesn't stop stonewalling him. My God.

SHE LOVES ME

I've seen enough: James Talarico (D) wins the #TXSEN Dem primary.

Yeah, but it’s not updated and runs in DOS box, almost impossible, but deal with a large screen

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But it maneuvered like a whale

Man, I wish they would update and reissue this game

What happened? People are telling me that I was on Colbert?

How I arrived on Bluesky

I did?!

Lily is the destroyer of chairs

On Wednesday, March 4, Atlantic staff writers Tom Nichols, Toluse Olorunnipa, and Nancy A. Youssef will discuss the United States and Israel’s joint attack on Iran with staff writer Vivian Salama. In this virtual event, they’ll discuss the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Trump administration’s response, the complicated history of regime changes, and what comes next.

This here night owl rarely opens her eyes before 9:30 PT, but this I'll get up for. I'm so hungry for intelligent info.

From @theatlantic.com:
@nancyayoussef.bsky.social,
@radiofreetom.bsky.social;
Vivian Salama.

Tomorrow, 12pm Eastern. Link is here: www.addevent.com/event/xl7rqp...

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A lovely day in Philly. Thanks, @upenn.edu !

Drones / interceptors = big

I know it's shouting into the wind, but fwiw in Newport we do teach, at length, Clausewitz, logistics, combined arms maneuver (esp. if one includes fleet operations as part of that), and great-power competition. But I've learned posting syllabi to these guys is pointless

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When I am quoting or airing out a disagreement like this it is often a sign I do not find it especially smart, actually.

Kind of interesting that our mandated nuclear posture review is going to boil down to “whatever we said about eight years ago.”

Huh. No regime change.