"This is an important thing to think about."

Why Trump and Iran can’t make peace YouTube video by Max Fisher

The media continues to talk about Iran as a conflict between two adversaries. But as Max Fisher explains here, that misunderstands what’s happening. #Iran
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Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet.
This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.

What the hell season is it?

🔥SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov : “Ivanka’s husband Jared Kushner’s on the Saudi payroll for $2 BILLION— as he leads 🇺🇸 diplomacy + asks sheikhs for billions more… Never have we seen so little effort to hide so much corruption. The Mar-a-Lago mafia taking corruption to spectacular new heights.”

Trump Rages at Pope Leo, JD Vance Fumbles Iran Deal & Hungary Ousts Viktor Orban | The Daily Show YouTube video by The Daily Show

Jon was on fire this week.
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The Congress has impeached him twice. You’re thinking of the Republicans.

G O L D

This despicable Angus Taylor speech is the moment for @australianlabor.bsky.social to step up for their principles. Don’t follow these Liberal mofos to the right but proudly claim the left: articulate the value of immigration and multiculturalism to the nation. Stand up for the voiceless. #auspol

What’s all the fuss about? 🤷🏻‍♂️

The effective federal corporate income tax rate:

1950: 50%
1990: 25%
2020: 13%

Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate.

That is how we will pay for it.

Eagles - Lyin' Eyes (Live 1977) (Official Video) [4K] YouTube video by Eagles

Man those live harmonies were really something. #music
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Truth! EPSTEIN Files NOW!

Any government that isn't right now accelerating plans to transition to 100% clean, renewable energy is either:

a. Incompetent
b. In the pockets of people who'd rather they didn't
c. a & b

New rule:
You cannot report or legislate regarding anything nuclear if you pronounce it ‘nucular’.

@gtconway.bsky.social , Apple is seeing your website as insecure and flagging possible scamming. Best take a look at that.

This is 1% about petty Donald getting back at Cassidy Hutchison—and 99% about threatening any future witnesses that have seen Trump act embarrassingly or illegally. It's witness tampering. It's what Donald's idols, mob bosses, do.

cc: @nytimes.com

The Middle East is full of religious extremists who blindly revere evil men.

Oops! I meant *The United States* not The Middle East.

Australia’s ‘security partner’ at work. #aukus #auspol #iran

All of Us Should Be Able To Agree With This…..

Given all the religious fanatics on both sides of the Iran conflict it’s ironic that there’s so much bad faith.

In all seriousness, one thing that might be worth doing today:

Tell your Reps and Senators to call Adm. Richard Correll, the Commander of U.S. Strategic Command, which controls the nation's nukes, and remind him of *his* unique responsibility to refuse an illegal order.

Screenshot of a tweet by Rep. Ted Lieu stating that U.S. military law prohibits war crimes, including strikes on civilian infrastructure that cause disproportionate harm. The tweet warns that service members must disobey illegal orders and could face prosecution by a future administration if they commit war crimes.

Rep. Ted Lieu isn't backing down.

Hey @abcnewsaustralia.bsky.social could you shoot off a memo to all newsrooms to stop them referring to the unseen side of the moon as ‘the dark side’? It’s ‘the far side’, and it gets plenty of sunshine. #artemisII

Some are saying this new #ArtemisII image is less vibrant than a similar image by Apollo in 1972. But the Apollo image was of the daylight side. This new image is of the NIGHT side. It’s been taken at an ISO setting of 52,000 (!) to bring out detail in what was in reality a dark Earth.

We need to stop referring to the 80s as the golden age of corporate greed. Gordon Gecko was a commie.

That 2000 election amirite?

TACO