"While the US military says it has turned around over 20 vessels and ‘completely halted’ Iranian trade, Lloyd’s List Intelligence shows a steady flow of shadow fleet traffic in and out of the Middle East Gulf."
That was quite the Knicks-Hawks ending.
Excited that InfoWars has switched sides in the infowars
Did I join the pile-on after that WSJ story about Trump At War? Was I as good as @dandrezner.bsky.social on it? Did I carve out space to discuss Susie Wiles, Ace Administrator? Yes, No (he got there first), Damn Right I Did. Plus all the links! goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/how-trump-...
A clip from The New York Times reads: "But only the entities that officially paid the tariffs are eligible to recover that money. That means that the fuller universe of people affected by Mr. Trump’s policies — including millions of Americans who paid higher prices for the products they bought — are not able to apply for direct relief. The extent to which consumers realize any gain hinges on whether businesses share the proceeds, something that few have publicly committed to do. Some have started to band together in class-action lawsuits in the hopes of receiving a payout."
The average American family paid $1,700 in tariffs last year, according to the bipartisan Congressional Joint Economic Committee. Few will ever see any of that money back. The refunds will go to companies, if doled out at all. What a joke.
Of all the bad news to be thrown at Trump this term, being compared to the 2026 New York Mets has got to be the worst. youtu.be/eadqI7iVoew?...
Trump, who said in the 2024 campaign that Kamala Harris would start World War 3, compares his war against Iran to World War II
He is stretching the timeline on the Vietnam war beyond direct U.S. military involvement so it hilariously sounds like he’s saying: cmon the communist Vietnamese kept it together for decades to win, why can’t u
Thoughts and prayers.
The WSJ piece and the @dandrezner.bsky.social piece on Trump’s foreign policy “process” are very much worth reading. My read is that a White House can run with an inattentive president. The problem is a president like Trump who is selectively attentive.
The number of bosses pitching AI as doomsday tech is not small.
There’s a lot that is horrible and stupid about the war with Iran but if Donald Trump’s misbegotten military adventurism accelerates the green transition it will be deeply, deeply funny.
The European Commission will encourage remote working and public transport subsidies to cut fossil fuel use, as countries grapple with the energy price shock from the war in the Middle East.
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JD Vance talks about theology with the confidence that Silicon Valley types make macro-economic forecasts
From “The Simpsons” house genius John Swartzwelder, interviewed in The New Yorker by Mike Sacks
This is a remarkable and important step.
Ukraine, a country under full scale invasion for 4+ years, is signing deals to co-develop/produce weapons with other countries.
Saudi, UAE and Qatar are not only confident of but also banking on Ukraine being a functional nation state over the next decade.
The thing is, Trump is not a madman. He’s just ignorant, impulsive, and easily distracted and manipulated.
What you have to understand is that the United States started a war, almost immediately lost it, then began the laborious process of negotiating against itself, and is now settling into the secondary denial phase …
From concept of a health plan (no plan) to concept of a deal with Iran (no deal)…
2 days ago.
I’m not sure the Iranians will want to negotiate if it’s just Witkoff & Kushner on the other side of the table.
Re-upping this in light of the Boston Celtics’ first playoff win in 2026. open.substack.com/pub/danieldr...
The chance of such a lawsuit even getting to discovery is slim, especially given his lawyer's competence in similar cases.
My generous description of this would be “all over the friggin’ map.” twitter-thread.com/t/2045574398...
Undeniable evidence of his unwavering faith.
The absurdity of this framing cracked me up.
