If you're a service member being ordered to prep for deployment for the War in Iran and you have moral and/or ethical misgivings on all this, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status.
Call the G.I. Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
Just FWI the Handelsblatt is traditionally a strongly Atlanticist paper.
wow -- JD Vance tosses Kristi Noem under the bus
"We recognized, frankly, that we needed the new leadership to hasten the delivery of resources to the people of North Carolina ... we think it's useful to have somebody come in and focus on some of this disaster relief and recovery stuff."
JUST IN: Judge Shah in Illinois has blocked the Trump admin from yanking $600m in public health funds from four blue states, saying it appeared to be a “contrived” and illegal effort to punish them for sanctuary immigration policies storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
“[T]he Government has offered no evidence whatsoever that Powell committed any crime other than displeasing the President.” - Judge James Boasberg
Awesome chart summarizing "rally around the flag" effects or their absence like in the case of Iran now from @gelliottmorris.com
1. BREAKING
President Trump says the U.S. military has conducted strikes on Kharg Island.
Kharg Island is Iran’s main crude export terminal.
Roughly 90% of Iran’s oil exports pass through it.
I hope this is one of the most consequential pieces I will have ever written.
Epstein and His Co-Conspirators’ New York Crimes: What NY officials can now do
Ace of spades ‘death cards’ were left in cars to intimidate Coloradans detained by ICE in Eagle County.
DHS said they’ve removed the accused agents from the field, but they need to be fired immediately.
There should be zero tolerance for these disgusting & hateful acts.
Musk ousts more xAI founders as AI coding effort falters, FT reports reut.rs/40vKlgz
U.S. Suffers Additional Casualties In War It Won Last Week
The Emperor's New Shoes
Watching Politico get told they're sanewashing shit by the guy they're sanewashing is just excellent. Media cooked. Getting dunked on by the people they're protecting. We are in the post-dignity era of the press.
Trump Defends Wearing Fruit Hat, Samba Dancing During Dignified Transfer https://theonion.com/trump-defends-wearing-fruit-hat-samba-dancing-during-dignified-transfer/
South African immigrants to the US are returning to South Africa because the US does not feel safe, citing school shooters and ICE raids. apple.news/A9pQEUbPrT_W...
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While many are criticising the Bank of England's decision to take historical figures off banknotes, when we asked the public what they most wanted to see on banknotes, 63% picked something other than historical figures - including 59-60% of Tory and Reform voters
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lol. CBS had been trying to get Zohran Mamdani for an interview, but Bari Weiss' deranged tweeting caused him to turn it down
link.vanityfair.com/view/5df1007...
Judge James Boasberg quashed Trump administration subpoenas targeting Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, ruling the government produced virtually no evidence of a crime and appeared to be pressuring Powell to cut interest rates or resign. The opinion cited Trump’s Truth Social attacks on Powell.
This is a good lesson for journalists: Use plain language to state true things clearly.
Ah, yes, the well known standard of everyone being presumed innocent only after an investigation which exonerates them. Between this, and bragging about brining weak cases, I'm beginning to suspect that she isn't qualified for her job.
And, perhaps more importantly (in terms of current influence), those of Badenoch and Farage, plus their media cheerleaders
Let there be as much outrage from politicians in Washington when kids go hungry as there is when I break bread with New Yorkers.
I do not think that conflating the Jewish people and the Jewish state is responsible at this juncture.
This is just the latest example I've seen, but it is really bleak how much political content on social media these days is being sponsored by dark money interest groups and how many content creators have been willing to take the cash and keep quiet about it.
Hegseth: Why do the headlines say inflammatory things like “war intensifies”?
Pentagon official press release 3 days ago: Hegseth says war intensifies
Even if he doesn't know what the phrase means, he obviously *ought* to. So pretty unimpressive either way.
<giggle> he doesn’t understand what he means </end giggle>
He ordered the shooting of shipwreck survIvors.
Good thread this, all of which can be distilled down to the same point: you don’t get to punish someone for another person’s crime!
As a consequence of his actions. You know full well what he's trying to do.
