And so the cycle continues… revenge breeding revenge. sigh.
Lebanese Family Members of Synagogue Attacker Died in Airstrike www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/u...
Seems like pretty straightforward book-cooking here. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/b...
Pure destruction for no purpose other than revenge and generalized stupidity
Trump Administration Readies Plans to Dismantle Renowned Science Lab www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/c...
i think this is right—and that this is also entirely consistent with his sincerely believing everything he says and being the asshole that he appears to be
The Trump ethos:
"You broke it, you leave it."
"The buck stops with someone else."
"Do unto others as you would never let anyone do unto you."
Not the boast that you think 🛢️📈
But bros couldn't vote for a woman in 2016 and 2024 because women are "too emotional."
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/u...
Gift 🎁 Article
LMAOAOAOAOAOAOAOAAO
[Ric Grenell edition]
When a federal judge (finally) put ICE officers under oath, they admitted that they are given daily detention quotas and rely heavily on a Palantir-supplied AI tool to select targets, without warrants and without enough evidence to obtain one. They simply go into neighborhoods and round people up.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Spending actually rose on DOGE’s watch. Maybe DOGE was just focused on the wrong things—some of its staffers don’t seem like the sharpest crew—but it’s probably not a coincidence that the top Trump aides who were spending frivolously escaped scrutiny.
“Across the U.S., farmers are struggling. Prices for nearly every major crop are below what it costs to grow them. Farmers in Mississippi are perhaps worse off than farmers in the rest of the country. Rice is one of their biggest crops, and almost no one is buying. Read more: “
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Not even trying to hide the nearly complete corruption of America's national media.
(gift article) www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/b...
To Fight Iran’s Drones, U.S. Taps Ukraine’s Hard-Earned Knowledge www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/w...
"The exemptions would be retroactive; all existing, outstanding requests for information from these offices would be scrapped, including those for Mr. Ford’s phone logs ... opposition parties and critics say the move is antidemocratic and designed to shield the government from accountability."
"Marine Expeditionary Units are trained and equipped to conduct amphibious landings, but they also specialize in bolstering security at embassies, evacuating civilians and disaster relief."
2/2
"Meanwhile, a U.S. official told The Associated Press that roughly 2,500 Marines and at least one amphibious assault ship were headed for the Middle East in a major addition of troops."
1/2
apnews.com/article/iran...
My prayers are with the loved ones of the 6 American service members killed in a KC-135 crash in Western Iraq yesterday.
Every life lost is an immeasurable tragedy.
We can and must end Trump’s war.
As soon the DeSantis signs this bill into law, Florida will be sued. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Former Army JAG here. No quarter orders are a violation of the law of war and Geneva conventions.
This is the same order reportedly given during the Caribbean boat strikes. Secretary Hegseth is establishing a pattern of issuing illegal orders. (1/2)
The economy is only good if it makes a #GoodLife possible: fair pay that keeps up with the cost of living, and real control over your time. That’s one of the strongest takeaways from @juliesulabor.bsky.social's conversation with @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social.
“The clear winner of this war is Putin”
Must be a coincidence 🙃
Pirro says she's entitled to investigate "even just because I want assurance that the law is not being violated"
New, at Can We Still Govern?: Christian Gläßel and
@ascharpf.bsky.social have studied the formation of secret police in other countries. They explain the parallels with Trump's immigration enforcement.
The key factor is career incentives not ideology. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-secret...
A key step in building a secret police for an authoritarian regime is to signal impunity loudly and publicly. The Trump administration is unmistakably doing this with immigration officials. They are being trained to break the law with promises of protection.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-secret...
As the secret police pyramid is created, traditional govt career structures are deprofessionalized, making them less attractive. We are seeing this with Trump: FBI agents are watching competent agents being shown the door, while they are being reassigned to serve ICE. See also 287(g) agreements
A key strategy in secret police formation is to create a parallel career pyramid alongside more professional existing forces (like the military and FBI). This is the purpose ICE/CBP serves. Pour money and relax standards in that pyramid. This is what the Trump admin has been doing.
Who is willing to to the dirty of an authoritarian regime? A study of the Argentinian secret police found that those who joined "were not the most extreme officers in Argentina’s army. They were the most stuck." Mediocre men whose careers had stalled out.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-secret...
