Trump leverages federal disaster aid to promote the Republican candidate for US Senate in Michigan.
A group of us in the Senate are demanding public hearings on Trump's disastrous war with Iran with Secretary Hegseth and Rubio. And we've introduced a half dozen war powers resolutions to force the Senate to vote every day on the war if the hearings don't happen.
5/ And on the Strait of Hormuz, they had NO PLAN. I can't go into more detail about how Iran gums up the Strait, but suffice it say, right now, they don't know how to get it safely back open.
Which is unforgiveable, because this part of the disaster was 100% foreseeable.
4/ Ok, so what ARE the goals? It seems, primarily, destroying lots of missiles and boats and drone factories.
But the question that stumped them: what happens when you stop bombing and they restart production?
They hinted at more bombing. Which is, of course, endless war.
3/ Second, they confirmed "regime change" is also NOT on the list. So, they are going to spend hundreds of billions of your taxpayer dollars, get a whole bunch of Americans killed, and a hardline regime - probably a MORE anti-American hardline regime - will still be in charge.
2/ Maybe the lead is that the war goals DO NOT involve destroying Iran's nuclear weapons program. This is, uh...surprising...since Trump says over and over this is a key goal.
But then of course we already know air strikes can't wipe out their nuclear material.
I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.
I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.
1/ Here's what I can share:
Ladies and gentlemen, the meritocracy
He's not smart. He's not knowledgeable. And he doesn't listen to any of the people who are. For decades he's gotten his way by being an obnoxious bully and making threats, and he doesn't know what to do when that doesn't work.
Holy shit: the guy who cut millions in grants because they were DEI cannot form a coherent explanation of what DEI is bsky.app/profile/lmrh...
Well, this aged exactly how I was afraid it would
I feel safer already.
Our troops are dying this isn’t a video game. The White House is posting so-called “hype” videos that mix real footage from the war in Iran with clips from movies and video games like Call of Duty. It’s an absolute disgrace.
Oil up by $12 a barrel in less than 12 hours.
Gas prices skyrocketing.
Almost 100,000 jobs lost last month.
Another war in the Middle East.
Are we great again yet?
1 week
Ok maybe 3 weeks
Wait, 5ish weeks seems right
Probably until September
INDEFINITELY!
Horrifying. Jesus Lord in heaven.
Meanwhile, as Trump is making many more veterans, this is happening:
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CENTCOM now says 3 F-15s were shot down by friendly fire over Kuwait. All crew members are alive and in good condition. 🤦♂️
The people who think Trump is going to bring freedom, human rights, and democracy to Iran with his bombings should talk to the people who thought that about Venezuela. Trump doesn’t care about any of that stuff.
New #TrekPolitics! "Mudd's Women" from early in season one of the original series is missing a key element that would've saved it from being a sexist mess. Stick around for #Bobservations!
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Fuck him.
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
This is how Trump’s ambassador to the UN responded to news that three U.S. service members were killed and multiple others injured
Freedom is never free? Did your pals sharing troop locations on unsecured networks over Signal chat tell you that?
I don’t think he’s getting that Nobel Peace Prize
Just saying, but when people are trying to do everything they can to prevent you from voting, that’s when you absolutely need to vote.
Ready to make this the biggest midterm turnout in history?
Cult of personality.
Media intimidation.
Militarized immigration.
Religious nationalism.
Attacks on the courts.
Call it what you want. But don’t pretend it’s normal.
New column is up.
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Hi,
The President has no authority to determine how states conduct their elections, not even if he manufactures a crisis involving Chinese interference. This will fail. Bigly.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
