Effective regime change is when you replace the leader with a new leader who is the dead leader's son and who hates you more than the dead leader did.

I don't mean to sound old-fashioned but this sort of thing happens when a society starts believing that ethics don't matter.

'When I returned from Gaza they called me a hero. But I felt I was a monster' Some of Them Killed Civilians in Gaza; Others Just Looked On, or Witnessed Abuse and Cover-ups in the Name of Revenge. Now They're Trying to Cope With Something a Bit Different Than PTSD

"It was an old guy and three boys, maybe teenagers. Not one of them was armed. But their bodies were riddled with bullets; their organs were pouring out. I had never seen anything like that so close up.

"I remember there was silence; nobody uttered a word."

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Sean Hannity considered himself a committed Christian until he realised that meant dropping bombs on kids should be frowned upon.

A horrific terrorist attack has happened in Kyiv. A gunman killed at least six people and took hostages in a supermarket, engaging in a shootout with police before being eliminated by a special forces unit.

Will Trump "fuck with this election" or will he "adopt a bold interventionist approach which challenges election precedents" (The New York Times, probably).

He's just a poor man's Zapp Brannigan, isn't he?

There is also a”war crimes” doctrine.

It's literally the first three Commandments, Mike.

I feel it might be more a case of it not readily occurring to Republicans that being a sexual predator is actually a negative quality in a politician.

Maricopa County election staff told to grant FBI unrestricted access, new emails show The emails depict Arizona election offices preparing for possible federal intervention while at least one top local official offered support for the probe.

‼️Election administrators in Maricopa County, Arizona ordered staff to grant federal agents sweeping, unmonitored access to election facilities — including instructions not to record their actions — according to newly released emails. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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I expect that Vance was relying on his effortless charisma & instant likeability to make up for his lack of experience...

On the one hand this is positive, but on the other hand 39% of those polled approve of an openly racist & autocratic administration which is useless at everything.

...this needs to be said over and over again because we are living in the stupidest time ever & people's brains are boiled. Trump not having the moral character to be President is a basic observation of reality.

There are two political parties in the US: one is largely evil & one is largely useless.

“'I’ve never experienced anything like this in my entire life,' the congresswoman said, fighting back tears.

"She described the way people were laying down inside as “like sardines.”

“'It is frightening in there,' she said. 'It is disgusting'..."

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Turns out there are downsides to putting a dimwitted, incompetent narcissist in charge of everything. Some of the smarter dog breeds would make better geopolitical strategists than Donald Trump.

I like this because it articulates the conservative concept of freedom in a nutshell. You have the freedom to do x, except you don't, because I don't want you to. bsky.app/profile/atru...

This is an account close to the Iranian leadership. We are now seeing the shape of why Iran agreed so enthusiastically to this "ceasefire".

They will control and toll the Strait for the first time. They keep their nuclear program. They keep their missiles.

What a disaster.

Pretty good indication that much of the legacy media don't really consider the Lebanese (or the Palestinians, or indeed the Iranians) to be fully human. The calculation must be that hundreds of these people amounts to less than a single American or Israeli life.

To save time here - no, Sam Altman absolutely cannot & should not be trusted.

"History will judge-" let me stop you right fucking there, history doesn't do fucking shit, I'm a historian, let's be clear here: elected officials need to do their fucking jobs, right now, before it happens, or future historians will judge THEM. Everyone knows and knew who Trump was.

Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.

Are you going to impeach the president today? No?

Then you do, in fact, support making a whole civilization die.

The only thing I'm learning from this press conference is that Donald Trump replies to every 'You have won the Nigerian lottery' email...

You'd think that, at some point, the President might actually know something, even if by accident.

Slightly pursing my lips as I applaud President Trump at the White House Correspondents Dinner so everyone knows I'm not really supporting him

I'm not a betting person but - if I were - I would bet a large amount of money that the Republicans will not reach for the 25th Amendment no matter what happens. Forget the 25th - Trump either dies or he lasts until 2028.

The USA collapsing in on itself because many of its most influential people are just starting to learn about reality.