The thing about being a normal person cosplaying as a superrich one is that eventually you have to return to earth. I was warned about this painful jolt to the system, akin to taking a single, blissful hit of the best drug and being told you can never have it again.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/t...
Based on the principle of typical inverse proportionality wherein outrageous rhetoric disproportionately elides desperate circumstances the gobbledygook in Iran’s statement accepting the ceasefire suggests they’re in even worse condition than I thought.
www.tasnimnews.ir/en/news/2026...
Rubio does NOT mention:
1) enriched uranium or anything about nuclear weapons;
2) Iranian-backed armed gangs in the Arab world;
3) securing freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormoz into the foreseeable future with real consequences;
4) regime change.
5) REALLY?
www.state.gov/releases/off...
Rubio:
“Our clear objectives (write them down):
1) destruction of the air force;
2) destruction of the navy;
3) severe diminishing of missile launching capability;
4) destruction of factories so they can’t make more missiles and more drones.”
That’s new. Ok, written!
www.state.gov/releases/off...
What have we been saying all along?
The military at a classified Congressional briefing on Wed:“confirmed once again that THERE IS NO PLAN. They don’t know what they’re doing. They cannot connect their military goals with their strategic goals.”
x.com/sethmoulton/...
Indeed. SO clumsy and dumb!
Exactly
I tell the Wall Street Journal that attacks on Lebanese Amana gas stations are designed to undercut “Hezbollah by both cutting off its revenue and straining its supporters.“ They’re owned and run by a supporter of the organization and many consider it a front or asset.
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
American Stalinism:
Somebody from the HHS communications team said, “Well, don’t you do this every four years, changing the priorities and things like that?” I said, “Science doesn’t change based on who is in office.”
O’Brien will teach you that 2+2 = 5.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
American Stalinism:
Trump issued a flurry of executive orders. No more federal diversity, equity & inclusion, “gender ideology extremism.” identifying pronouns,” “transgender” and “pregnant people.” Hundreds of words flagged and entire pages quickly taken offline.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Scandalous lack of accountability, typical approach to policing in our benighted country.
And you have to burn down the village in order to save it. This man is a genius.
Just about everybody attached to this administration is a clear cut racist to one extent or another. Not everybody, but pretty close.
I’m relieved that he was so careful to distinguish between the regime and the people of Iran.
You have to read this RIDICULOUS @WSJ unsigned editorial aloud in a super-thick Israeli accent.
www.wsj.com/opinion/iran...
Even FOX news...
Trump said, "I can't tell you what we're doing."
Because HE doesn’t know what he’s doing. So obvious. The ad hoc, ad lib war. Pathetic. Worse than 2003. I never thought I’d see something that dumb. But here we are.
www.haaretz.com/middle-east-...
Gulf Diplomacy: As bombs continue to drop, many countries are pursuing a peaceful resolution as soon as possible, especially the Gulf Arab states, who will likely play a major role as mediators between the warring parties. @ibishblog.bsky.social covered their efforts: agsi.org/analysis/cau...
Hezbollah: The war has pushed Lebanon to take unprecedented measures against Hezbollah within its own borders. @ibishblog.bsky.social offered a crucial analysis: agsi.org/analysis/ira...
Trump Friend Asked ICE to Detain the Mother of His Child
Paolo Zampolli, a former modeling agent and a longtime Trump ally, was in a custody battle over his son. An ICE official agreed to help.
SO fucking corrupt. Insane!
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/u...
I think it’s clearly the standup
Huge honor to be put in that list
"State failure and social collapse in Iran is clearly an acceptable outcome for Israel.
The Israelis are ecstatic that they finally got the US to attack Iran
...Trump is being led by Netanyahu" @ibishblog.bsky.social
And Anthony Albanese is led by Trump. #auspol
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Israel has a remarkable opportunity for a diplomatic breakthrough in Lebanon. You’d be forgiven for not knowing about this, because both Israel and Hezbollah seem committed instead to a spiraling conflict.
My latest for The Atlantic
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
It’s the bomb.
My conversation with Ksenia Svetlova for ROPES on the perspective of about the war from Beirut, where I have been for the past two months and I still am
youtu.be/6XEPI9mpWDQ
More bombs falling on Beirut right now
The nationalistic/imperial arrogance that informed the 2003 Iraq war blunder has been replaced by a personalized/patrimonial arrogance that is shaping this insane adventure with Iran, best defined as “Trump’s master plan is precisely to have no plan at all, and loving it.”
