Chris Galdieri

Heavens to Betsy!

Trump has offered effectively zero rationale to the public and the result is confusion and diffidence - 68% say not justified or not sure; only 62% of Rs say justified

I think states will regret weakening the taboo on heads of states not being targets during war

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That, too, but at least some Republicans are going to support this simply because Trump's the one doing it.

Bypassing Congress and ignoring the opposition party basically guarantees there won’t be a rally effect. Rallies rely on buy-in from the other party.

that top DOD officials spent the entire day feuding with a tech company and the boy scouts before launching a war in the middle of the night should probably inform your opinion about how well planned and executed this will be

Not the most important thing, but "Operation Epic Fury" sounds like it was written by a 12-year-old boy rolling 20-sided dice with a random name generator table.

Grim thought: the "axis of evil" has really learned that a nuclear weapon is regime insurance.

Trump has launched an illegal regime change war in Iran with American lives at risk. Congress must convene on Monday to vote on Rep. Thomas Massie & my WPR to stop this. Every member of Congress should go on record this weekend on how they will vote.

Just a basic question: what is the point of this attack? What do they hope to achieve? Because I am pretty sure that unless it is just distraction sauce, they are not going to achieve anything in terms of moving Iran on its policy stances.

As a professional military strategist, I just wanted to make sure everyone has a full understanding of the American strategy in Iran, thank you for your attention to this matter

It is! The response from the community - from folks online to the Lebanon PD to Walmart and more - has been heartening. Thanks for boosting the signal!

UPDATE:

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I love the use of vertical lines for shading on the smaller Hulk figure holding who I assume to be Mariette Hartley.

YouTube video by CBC News I just watched the longest state of the union speech ever | About That

I joined CBC News’ “About That with Andrew Chang” to discuss the State of the Union:

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"What one finds in the partisan braying of Tuesday night is the same sentiment articulated when Jonathan Ross called Renee Good a 'fucking bitch' after putting a bullet in her head."

Good @aselrod.bsky.social piece drawing through line from ICE brownshirts to Trump's GOP collaborators in Congress:

Fetterman’s poll numbers are now in Sinema territory: sunk too deep with his party to win a primary, artificially inflated by Republicans who’d never actually vote for him, trapped in a negative-partisanship era that makes an independent bid implausible. His seat is up in 2028.

There was a GOP senate primary here in 2022 where the late spending in support of the non-Bolduc candidate was *so* late it all went to stuff like ads during 3 am infomercials out of Boston and Portland.

It could also be where the ad space was available a week out from primary day.

This is my wife and daughter's troop. Please think about donating or buying some cookies if you're able to do so.

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Somebody just stole the cashbox at the end of my wife and daughter's Girl Scout cookie shift. If you'd like to help them make up the lost revenue, please think about donating here:

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Is there any Lowell Weicker content?

I liked Bobby less after researching and writing about his 1964 campaign.

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