it's so funny

we explicitly know for a fact Israel sells American defense stuff to China!

www.military.com/defensetech/...

🇺🇸🇮🇷CBS: U.S. officials say Iran still has significant military power left, more than the Trump administration publicly claims.

▪️Around 50% of Iran’s ballistic missiles and launch systems are still intact.

▪️About 60% of the IRGC’s naval forces remain.

▪️66% of Iran’s air force is still operational.

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You can pick any CFB team to support with your donation, but if you ever want to have a good bratwurst in your life again you’ll pick Wisconsin.

One of the most frequent causes of Charlie Kirk related cancellation was accurately representing his views, or even quoting them verbatim.
She expressed grief about Kirk's murder, and the only hateful thing in the comments came from Kirk himself.

I hardly think it’s a trap. If it’s night and Donald Trump says it’s day, I’m interested whether you’re capable of saying it’s night or not.

no no no you misunderstood. I said YOUR voters live in a Republic, not a Democracy. OUR voters are very important and must be handled gently, like a tiny baby hummingbird

The number of Republicans crashing out about getting nakedly gerrymandered is, unironically, a sign that we need to do more of it. You guys are correct! This shit sucks! Welcome to the party, pals! We can all stop doing it any time you like!

College Where Charlie Kirk Was Killed Revokes Graduation Speaker's Invite Utah Valley University was thrilled that Sharon McMahon, a best-selling author, would speak at its graduation. And then her old posts resurfaced. Listen • 5:02 min

You'll never believe what this speaker--now cancelled thanks to "free speech" warriors like TPUSA & Sen. Mike Lee--posted about Charlie Kirk.

She said she was "gutted" by his murder. She described it as "horrific" and said it "should have never happened." And then she went on to post Kirk's words.

just saw someone call Kash Patel “J Edgar Boozer” and need to lie down

The pink streets of Uzhhorod, Ukraine are unbelievable! As sakura blossom season comes to an end, the city is blanketed in pink petals 😍🌸

Congrats on seeing the light, I hope he feels nothing but burning shame for his willful ignorance for the rest of his life, and that he understands the only way to earn grace from the people he actively harmed is to dedicate himself to quiet service and loud penance. Otherwise, he can eat shit.

Marcy explains why taking this L is so impossible for Trump. And part of this trap is that even fighting feels like an L, given his larger ambitions with Putin and realigning the globe.

This is so pathetic... 😟

Hope John Roberts, who assured us that absolute immunity would prevent presidents from going after their predecessors, sees this

Wait, what?

1 IN 5 TRUMP VOTERS SUPPORT IMPEACHMENT?

the conservative reaction to the virginia results remind me quite a bit of their reaction to the 2012 presidential election, where they were offended that democrats ran to win

The first Africanists: Intellectual Collaboration and the Origins of African Studies in the late 19th to early 20th century. The first Africanists (specialists who study African languages, societies, and history) were not colonial researchers, as is often assumed, but African intellectuals who were actively engaged in the p...

“The first Africanists (specialists who study African languages, societies, and history) were not colonial researchers, as is often assumed, but African intellectuals who were actively engaged in the production of knowledge about their own societies.”
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/the-first-...

‘We were terrified they were going to kill us’: fishers who survived US boat strike speak out An Ecuadorian fishing crew describe their ordeal as victims of Trump’s purported war on ‘narcoterrorists’

There's no legal basis for these boat strikes, and US officials involved in them should be prosecuted for attempted murder and murder. The OLC memo green-lighting the strikes is still secret, but there's nothing it could say that would make these strikes lawful. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Throughout it all, Trump received little-to-no pushback, effectively being handed a live microphone to riff at length as the CNBC hosts stood idly by. They allowed him to deliver most of his claims uninterrupted, at times bizarrely opting not to interject as the president jumped from one topic to the next with little coherence. If such an interview took place on a network like CNN, its hosts would unquestionably be roasted for letting the president steamroll them. In any case, perhaps the most interesting moment came some 10 minutes into the interview, when Trump revealed how he was coaxed into agreeing to the appearance in the first place. Trump said that Kernen had tried to get him on the CNBC program the prior week, assuring him that co-host Andrew Ross Sorkin—who is far more skeptical of Trump’s often fictitious claims—would not be on the show. “You can even put Andrew on the phone,” Trump told Kernen, who up until then had been the sole anchor to conduct the interview. “You know, you told me Andrew would not be there.” Trump continued: “Joe made a comment to me. When he tried to get me on, he said, ‘I promise I’ll have Andrew Ross Sorkin—he will not be there.’”

CNBC's reputation is built on it's credibility. That took a huge hit when host Joe Kernen agreed to ice out co-host Andrew Ross Sorkin -the show's only journalist- to get a live interview with Trump. Wow. Incredible read from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social
www.status.news/p/donald-tru...

The FBI is totally implicated by the DOJ's own logic in the SPLC indictment. I hadn't thought of the possibility that they are laying the groundwork to suggest that the FBI was responsible for Jan. 6 (one of the main narratives of the right), but it is possible

The indictment is arguing that by paying the informants, the SPLC was helping further extremist activity. But as Ryan notes below, the SPLC was sharing its intelligence with law enforcement. Is the Justice Dept suggesting that the FBI was using that intelligence to help these groups? Makes no sense

The announcement comes on the heels of two key votes passed by Columbus officials this week that allow the public-private partnership to move forward with $50 million in public money up front. The votes followed tense public pushback, leading to a last-minute amendment by the city council on Monday night that requires the owners and operators of the team to contribute $3 million to fulfill the “initial vision” for McCoy Park, the proposed site of the NWSL club’s training facility. It will be built on the city-owned property in southwest Columbus. As part of the deal, the city will provide $25 million to fund the training facility and upgrades to ScottsMiracle-Gro Field needed to host a second team. On Tuesday morning, the Franklin County Commissioners approved a resolution for a matching $25 million. This $25 million will not come from the city’s operating budget and it is not being repaid by standard taxes, according to sources who spoke anonymously to The Athletic on background because the matter is private. Columbus will increase its existing five per cent admissions tax by two percentage points for stadium events, including Crew matches. For new events tied to the NWSL team, the full seven per cent admissions tax will be directed toward repaying the city’s contribution. In effect, the funding is supported by revenue generated from ticket sales, not from the city’s broader tax base.

1) Stop calling stadium deals "public-private partnerships." That's a PR term used by stadium advocates.
2) Funding from "standard taxes" doesn't lessen the negative finance implications of the deal.
3) A stadium deal with a $50 mil subsidy is absolutely NOT a private matter.

They think you're stupid.

The only fraud here seems to be on the part of the U.S. on the grand jury and public. Why? Because the indictment advances a bizarre theory- how can anyone think that the Southern Poverty Law Center was doing any of this activity to foment beliefs that are diametrically opposed to its mission?

Worth noting that just over a week ago Trump posted that the Iranian navy was completely obliterated, aside from a "small number" of "fast attack ships" because they were not considered "much of a threat". An IRGC Gun Boat was used to capture the vessels now moored of the Iranian coast.

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Oh noez! “Rhetorical hyperbole.” I’d bet the bourbon that this is the way his Patel’s lawsuit against the Atlantic goes as well.