~53,000 military personnel died in combat in WW1. ~45,000 other soldiers died from the flu. #PeteHegseth may be ignorant of history, careless about the lives of those in uniform, but the army remembers. www.army.mil/article/2104...
"A bottleneck of B-listers": How California Democrats may lose the governorship of America's biggest blue state. "The glaring lack of candidate talent, political skill and personal appeal...has been the defining quality of the race" says @markleibovich.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
My hit on CNN this evening, discussing the prospects of the next round of US-Iran negotiations, with @lauracoates.com and @maxboot.bsky.social
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My hit on NBC News this evening, discussing the latest developments in the war against Iran 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
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By which time it will have been going brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrp for 53 years!
Pakistani media reporting that Pakistan has asked the United States and Iran to extend the ceasefire by an additional two weeks, and tomorrow its Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif may announce the extension of the ceasefire.-Al-Arabiya
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is out of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet, the White House said, after multiple allegations of abusing her position’s power, including having an affair with a subordinate and drinking alcohol on the job.
I’ll be on @cnn at 11pm, discussing the latest developments in the war against Iran, with @lauracoates.com and @maxboot.bsky.social
I’ll be on @nbcnews.com at 7pm ET, to discuss the latest developments in the war against Iran, with @jimmypagelz.bsky.social
I have that question too.
"The average IQ in Somalia hovers around 70, and that's the threshold for mentally handicapped ... they're a net drain on the society" -- even by MAGA standards, the unvarnished racism of this interview of Rep. Brandon Gill by Benny Johnson is breathtaking
Thanks to @hellgatenyc.com for highlighting our reporting.
Iran vows retaliation for US vessel seizure, but is 'positively' reviewing peace talks, Trump says envoys to arrive in Islamabad, and tensions are high as a two-week ceasefire nears its end. Live updates on the Iran war: reut.rs/4tViDXb
But not the 2024 election? Trump and his folks argue the election was rigged when he was president, but not rigged when Joe Biden was president.
On the flipside, AI slop vox pops are about as insightful as actual vox pops
Somewhere Bismarck is looking down in confusion as Germany projects power by sending 4,000 pensioners, 12 buffet stations and a TUI loyalty program through the Strait of Hormuz
in a world of lauren bezoses, be a connie ballmer
The Trump administration's top energy official said Americans may not see pre-Iran war gas prices until next year.
Though a lot of people opposed to the war grabbed reports that the US and Israeli airstrikes only destroyed half of Iran's missile and drone capacity as evidence for its futility, at times these leaks felt more like an effort to justify further escalation by Netanyahu and Trump
The Arc de Triomphe was commissioned to honor Napoleon in 1806. By the time construction had really begun in earnest, Napoleon had suffered a disastrous military defeat and had been forced into exile.
Iran currently has no decision to send a negotiating delegation to Pakistan, Tasnim reports reut.rs/4tplQP0
2 days ago.
“Europe is hearing a siren in the night. Trump is so preoccupied with his list of anti-NATO grievances that he seems deaf to what could be the greatest crisis of his presidency”
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Facing growing criticism for his passivity in the face of grave threats to the republic, Obama resorts to a cheap little political stunt.
Reupping this amid confusion about who will and won’t be on the US negotiating team to the next round of talks with Iran 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
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Iran's suspicion is quite reasonable.
But here's a reason for Iran (and the rest of us) to feel that another Trump attack isn't likely in the next 24 hours:
♦️The stock market opens 9.30am tomorrow.
He generally takes his most insane actions between late Friday afternoon and Saturday night.
Using facial recognition tech, the Knicks surveilled a trans woman, tracking her every move out of fear she'd show up on MSG's tv broadcast
And they can do it to any "enemy" of Jim Dolan, who's built his own deep state. From @noahshachtman.bsky.social & me @wired.com www.wired.com/story/madiso...
