Neil Stenhouse

Fascrabbit

WarDash

They’re really trying to do drive-thru colonization

Is it being too much of an Eeyore to say I’d enjoy SNL more if they just refrained from commenting on world events beyond a certain level of gravity? Like if the number of school kids just blown up is more than 40 for example. Your jokes are not angry enough or funny enough to pull it off.

Their only issue with “media bias” was always that it wasn’t biased enough bsky.app/profile/junl...

I hope you aren’t drunk and took your staff’s advice, Rashida and I don’t know this man and feel confident he didn’t care about us. Please restrain from drinking too much as you have been warned from your staff and stay off social media when you are drunk. I pray in his holy month you find peace and respect for your self,

uhhh oh my god

on the upcoming episode of neon liberalism, @jamellebouie.net argues that the basic strategy of Trump II was speed: move fast, consolidate power, and give america a fait accompli. instead we've seen friction, backlash, and now--big players starting to realize that trump won't be president forever

WSJ reporting that the U.S. used Claude for the air strikes in Iran. Centcom has been using Claude "for intelligence assessments, target identification and simulating battle scenarios" www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

/Mistaking the SCIF at Mar-a-Lago for the coat-check for a chiropractor's second wedding that is happening in the ballroom right next to the SCIF at Mar-a-Lago and briefly seeing a drowsy Donald Trump in a suit and baseball cap looking at a TV with a bunch of tweets on it. "Ope, sorry guys."

In the minds of the regime, the final check was completed in November 2024 when The People anointed Trump avatar of their spirit and eternal manifestation of their will. Why would you need to check in with anyone when you already know you are the manifestation of The People’s will on Earth?

Me too. The first episode he’s in it’s immediately “oh well this guy is clearly up to some Odysseus level mischief”

Even in the apocalypse he finds a way (Fear the Walking Dead)

At some point you wonder not just if insiders using information to place bets, but maybe also reshaping their advice to make those bets profitable.

the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches

completely forgot about this. they sent a first lady with zero background in foreign policy to lead a security council meeting knowing they were about to start a war of aggression three days prior. if there were a mechanism to kick us out it would be justified

anyway the skeet is still here you don't have to screenshot it

The president didn't bother to make the case for war in a marathon State of the Union address and then he fucked off to his sweaty gilded country club so he could literally phone in an unconstitutional war.

Every single Democrat needs to be screaming about this at full volume.

Narrator: *clears throat*

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I don’t know how to fix the media ecosystem, but I do know of it gets fixed, nobody at reputable outlets will have to pretend to look upon the Bret Stephens class with anything but contempt

Team up of writers of American Fiction and Air Bud

There’s these factors too, also- could foreign actors just coopt someone from the prediction market company to get them to tell them whenever key government people place bets? bsky.app/profile/chri...

This Hit Series Wasn’t Created for Black Fans. We Made It Our Own Anyway. Our long and complicated relationship with the late Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball.

Akira Toriyama died two years ago today. When he passed, I explained how Black American fans of Dragon Ball reinterpreted the series into a contemporary pillar of our culture.

I loved writing this essay, and I hope you enjoy it, too. Piccolo is wearing a wave cap.

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"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school

A long time ago, I used to know a lot about foreign-imposed regime change (FIRC) and study them.

I guess that makes me qualified to write a thread about them, especially in wake of Trump bombing Iran.

So here goes nothing. 🧵

Trump’s Reckless Decision to Pursue Regime Change in Iran And the risks Democrats face if they fail to strongly oppose his war.

"There are multiple arguments that Democrats need to be making, including the fact that he’s acting illegally, and the fact that he’s acting strategically stupidly. So make all of those arguments. Don’t just ask for a briefing," says @mattduss.bsky.social. www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

This is why I don’t really give people the benefit of the doubt if they make a broken clock argument with trump and his crew on certain actions

I strain, honestly, to determine a single thing I’d trust him on besides making fun of Elon Musk, occasionally, and even that he goes back on

If…

Bloody backpacks. Your tax money at work.

“Don’t get mad at Dems, they don’t have power here” is a mistaken position. One of their jobs now is to clearly communicate whats happening so public understands & supports actions that CAN be taken now & in future to prevent more mass death. We should be mad if they abdicate this responsibility!

I think the truly damning thing about the Dem comms response is that they had months to prepare for today and there's zero coordination, no unified message. Just every D leader responding like they quickly hammered out a statement in a panic at 6 am this morning

In the past, sometimes presidents have said it’s just a military operation or limited airstrikes to skirt Congress. Trump has unilaterally launched major combat operations, declaring war with the goal of regime change. A major violation of the U.S. Constitution, also illegal under international law