Bob McWilliams

Part of Trump’s mass appeal (and of why he’s so dangerous) is that he really seems to share Joe Barstool’s worldview that there are no complex problems: Everything has a simple brute solution, which previous leaders were somehow too stupid or weak to deploy.

What's particularly insane about saying this today is the unfolding market chaos is a preview of what a world without international rules looks like: no stability or predictability, just 193 self-interested psychopaths battling it out.

Abandoning international law makes everything harder not easier

‘Dark, like our future’: Iranians describe scenes of catastrophe after Tehran’s oil depots bombed Residents report terror of smoke-filled city, from potentially toxic rain, air and water to food scarcity and difficulty of escape

Residents of Tehran report terror of smoke-filled city, from potentially toxic rain, air and water to food scarcity and difficulty of escape www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

The war in Iran highlights a glaring double standard.

Ukraine has suffered under Russian missiles and shaheds for years, denied sufficient air defense and missiles to strike Russia.

The West is clearly capable of decisive action.

It is time to arm Ukraine properly

❗️The kamikaze drone that struck the British airbase RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus was equipped with Russian military hardware.

The drone contained a Russian-made Kometa-B navigation system, which was first identified in drones intercepted by Ukrainian air defenses in December.

In the 2 pm CST hour of Trail Mix today, from the Vinyl Vault, Billy Strings & Bryan Sutton live in 2014. Also streaming at kansaspublicradio.org

Iran’s people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes.

Though it is day, the sun cannot be seen in Tehran today because of all the smoke following the US and Israel bombing Tehran's oil refineries. People on the ground describe it as armageddon. History will not forgive Reza Pahlavi, Masih Alinejad, Nazanin Boniadi, and all other "leaders" who tricked Iranians into thinking this war would set them free.

Oh my god: this is *daytime* in Tehran.

Wow -- as first spotted by @BadFoxGraphics on X, Fox & Friends this morning used *old footage of a previous dignified transfer* to mislead their audience about the fact that Trump wore a baseball cap during the one yesterday

This isn’t about taking out Iran’s leadership at all or liberating the Iranians. Tehran is a city with 11 million people and we are bombing them into the stone ages and causing great suffering all because BiBi wants to vanquish Iran like he did to Gaza.

This is immoral.

This isn’t our war.

cruel and inhumane behavior always finds those willing to do it & without much prompting, you know when in school you had a hard time fathoming nazi Germany & now as an adult you see it really doesn’t take much beyond a campaign to villainize a group of people & capitalize on a pre-existing hatred

After spending the day talking about college football, Trump heads to Palm Beach for another weekend of golf.

Kristi Noem Didn’t Give a Sh*t About ‘the Details’ Such as a woman who was here legally and helped the homeless—but was then deported anyway.

"Maria was working with a shelter program to house fifty unhoused families at one of the Motel 6 properties she managed, she told me." Now that she's been deported, they might be out of a home.

Hungarian opposition leader Magyar accuses Orban of bringing in Russian military intel to rig the upcoming election. GRU operatives arrived weeks ago, same playbook as Moldova, he says. Magyar demands they be expelled and urges Hungarians to vote on April 12.

Accidentally accurate prophecy

Profiles in Cowardice: GOP members of Congress.

Trump: "They'll say, 'Oh, he's very militaristic.' I'm the one that ended eight wars. And we have another one coming, I think."

Because I can't explain the source of gravity, I have concluded that it is the force caused by black holes hidden inside the butts of platypuses.

Forced regime chang….doesn’t work.

Well, he should know!

Now let's give them a flashlight and see if they can find their own asses

In the 10 pm CDT hour of Jazz in the Night tonight on Kansas Public Radio, from the Vinyl Vault, saxophonist Carter Jefferson from 1978. #jazzsky Also streaming at kansaspublicradio.org

In the 9 pm hour CDT of Jazz in the Night on Kansas Public Radio, from the Vinyl Vault, trumpeter Dizzy Reece from 1959. #jazzsky Also streaming at kansaspublicradio.org

US companies denied refunds on Trump’s illegal tariffs Customs officials are rejecting attempts to reclaim duties that were struck down by the Supreme Court

Crime syndicate masquerading as government…

In the 9 pm CDT hour of Jazz in the Night tonight on KPR, it's the weekly all vinyl hour, with tenor saxophonists Ben Webster & Coleman Hawkins togther in 1957, pianist Hampton Hawes from 1955, trumpeter Donald Byrd from 1960 and lots more. #Jazzsky Also streams at kansaspublicradio.org

I rode up an elevator with two other men. One on each side of me. Rosey Grier and Pat Paulsen.

'Absolutely Massive' Price Shocks Coming as Trump's Iran War Drives Up Gas, Diesel Prices | Common Dreams President Trump's Iran attack spikes oil prices, hurting Americans at the pump. Gas prices soar, diesel hits $4/gal. Experts warn of further increases.

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“What should really terrify Republicans is... the futures price on wholesale gasoline,” said economist Paul Krugman.

After Classified Iran Briefing, Dems More Convinced Trump Wants Ground Invasion and Forever War | Common Dreams "I am more fearful than ever, after this briefing, that we may be putting boots on the ground," said Sen. Richard Blumenthal.

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