During Trump’s “first five-year term”? Did I read that right? He doesn’t know how long a presidential term is?

A compelling piece of evidence but most Republicans would sooner disavow Jesus than let go of their bullshit about voter fraud

Tillis’ legacy needs a lot of polishing now that he’s about done in the Senate. I hope he means it.

London’s Marble Arch, a triad of arches

Apropos of nothing, did you know London’s Marble Arch is not a victory type thing, but actually was designed as the entrance to a renovated Buckingham Palace? The architect was fired after this for being too extravagant and ballooning the renovation cost to an insane amount

I would think it would be recession first, followed by unrest, but — yeah. Duh.

Spent some time reading NYT analyses from the 1970s and 1989s recently. I was an adult then, and learning/teaching about the USSR. But their analyses seem to me a lot more insightful then. Maybe it’s me.

US has stopped funding security forces in Iraq and suspended security coordination with it until a new government is established in Iraq and those who attacked American facilities in its territory are identified.-Al-Hadath

Putin has shown that oligarchs only stay rich if they serve the state. So one way or another, Trump will control it.

The fate of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, or Bill Browder, is a good guide, IMHO.

Iran is under considerable economic pressure, and surely wants an end to the blockade, funds unfrozen immediately, and long-term sanctions relief. But an ongoing standoff over Hormuz keeping energy supplies choked while bombs are not falling is about as good a strategic position as they could have.

Trump’s strategy for the war in Iran is to take what he wishes would happen and pretend it has already happened.

It has not been working well.

The Palentir statement on its desired “Technological Republic” is one of the scariest things I have seen in a while. It is a call for a world dominated by an authoritarian U.S., generated by AI (both the statement and the world), run by tech-surveillance companies. Technofascism pure!

Of course Trump is looting our tax contributions: the Trump family fortune is based on looting our tax $.

Trump owes his political career to mass theft of public $:

If his father hadn't stolen $413,000,000 by ripping off federal housing funds, plus tax evasion, there'd be no POTUS Trump.

It seems 🍊 is moving the US towards a single national system of “internal passports” à la the USSR and PRC.

Residence registration next?

A large crowd as always at the weekly march in Tbilisi. Georgians have been protesting in 8+ cities every day for the last 507 days.

Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas not only recorded an anthem for the civil rights era – they fought for fair pay and proudly called themselves divas Classic songs ‘Nowhere to Run’ and ‘Dancing in the Street’ captured the revolutionary spirit of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.

Wrote a piece about Martha and the Vandellas, civil rights, and their place in the history of Black women R&B groups. I also created a YouTube playlist (in the comments) with some of their hits

Still unbelievable to me. (#OTD in 1942, 16 B-25s took off from USS Hornet to bomb Japan for the first time. Psychological blow to Japan and raising morale in the United States. #WW2 #HISTORY)

“Trump thankfully didn’t follow through this time; these words are a stark reminder of how reckless, immoral, and completely outside the bounds of international law [he] is… He is no leader of the free world. He is a dangerous and corrupt gangster, and that is how we must treat him.”
Sir Ed Davey

During WWII, the US understood the twin powers of morale and propaganda from portraying themselves as obscenely well-equipped. This is why they had ice cream barges in the Pacific, stocked so richly that they appeared to have unlimited supplies.

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For the cost of one Harvard Professor of the Constitution Only Applies to White People, you could endow 10 professorships of any less commonly taught language at any university in the USA

This is why Russia is still fighting, why the war continues and why people are dying: Because Trump and Vance encouraged Putin to believe he could win

Iran in Ghana & @IRAN _GHANA. 8h Dear Italy, Your PM just defended Pope and lost an ally in Washington - the Commander in Grief, yet the most 'powerfool'man on earth. We'd like to apply for the vacancy. Our qualifications: 7,000 years of civilization, a shared love of poetry, architecture, and food that takes longer to prepare than Trump's attention span. The only thing Iran and Italy have ever fought over is who invented ice cream. Faloodeh came first. Gelato came louder. We've been in a 'cold' war over this for 2,000 years.

Iran’s … trolling.

Quite a flex to turn up at the presidential palace, get him to confirm you as prime minister, call him unfit to serve with no moral authority, tell him to resign, and then pose for a picture

Vance is evil, and for him the cruelty is the point.

Any pretence that they believed cutting funding would lead to peace is abandoned now, they are just revelling in their complicity in the murder of innocents.

This is a Ukrainian boy, Bohdan. He will forever be eight years old.

Yesterday, a Russian drone killed Bohdan as he was playing on a playground in Cherkasy.

Bohdan sang in the church choir.

Deepest condolences...

Russian terrorism must be stopped.

Bucket list

1/7 🧵 There’s a storm brewing in #Budapest that should have certain politicians across Europe and North America feeling very uneasy. We’re seeing the blueprint of how the Orbán government allegedly functioned as a "fifth column" for russia within the #EU and NATO.

Hampshire College to close permanently after fall 2026 semester Emma McCorkindale

While Hampshire’s case is in some ways unique, it is amazing to think that in a single lifetime - about 70 years - the US founded the greatest public and liberal arts college system in the world and then destroyed it, to build prisons, give tax cuts to the rich, and own the libs

Project 2025 was implemented swiftly. They knew what they wanted and rammed it through.

If Democrats dont have a plan for if/when they catch the car after the last two years, then there should be no more debate about whether we have one party rule dressed up as two

Whistleblower says Trump officials thought USAID did 'just abortions,' asked for 'Barney-style' slides before gutting agency, per new book Read an exclusive excerpt from Nicholas Enrich's "Into the Wood Chipper"

NEW—I got an exclusive excerpt from a USAID whistleblower's new book that made me gasp multiple times. It details Trump's dismantling of the humanitarian aid agency & his team/DOGE's shocking ignorance to public health.

'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here: