Trump says Iran "apologized and capitulated" to its neighbors after being "beaten mercilessly." No longer "the bully" but "the DEFEATED OF THE MIDDLE EAST," he said, adding that total destruction of previously untargeted areas is now on the table.
Was the US behind the strike on Iran’s girls’ school?
www.channel4.com/news/was-the...
CBS obtained video of the DHS killing of an unarmed man in Texas that DHS concealed for nearly a year, which clearly contradicts claims that he violently rammed anyone. He is shot with his brake lights on, car not moving or barely moving. Another DHS crime.
Yes. And we have to talk about this now, because talking about it is the first step to making it seem like a callous crime rather than a surprising emergency.
Ukraine’s General Staff says American and Franco-British missiles have hit a Russian base in occupied Donetsk that was storing Iranian Shahed drones — like the ones the US and Gulf countries are struggling to combat in the Middle East and so have requested Kyiv’s assistance in taking down.
Soham murderer Ian Huntley dies after HMP Frankland prison attack www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
"A DOJ source told the Miami Herald that agents found her to be credible – and that they would not have interviewed her four times if they thought she was lying."
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
Trump gets mad when asked Russia and Iran working together to kill US troops because he wants to talk about college sports instead
The closest associate of Sergei Shoigu, Ruslan Tsalikov, has been detained and placed under house arrest. Is the former minister of defense Shoigu the next one?
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Trump: "A lot of our people were walking around without legs"
What a strange and wonderful life I’ve ended up with, in which I get to sit down and shoot the shit with the actual Armando Iannucci. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
![So it's his legacy?
I don't think he's really interested in legacy. He wants the accolades in real time because he won't be around to enjoy them when he is dead. Putin and Xi are somewhat different because they see themselves as the inheritors of great history - millennia-long [history] in the case of China. For Trump, it is just Trump. He completely trashes every other American leader - he doesn't have a good word for any of them.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yhbp52uzo4vsn5hlkbrfvxoq/bafkreie7344y3koedblfiuhb5dfsh5455gnb3o3ciayv76gt6jhz2y6fo4@jpeg)
So it's his legacy? I don't think he's really interested in legacy. He wants the accolades in real time because he won't be around to enjoy them when he is dead. Putin and Xi are somewhat different because they see themselves as the inheritors of great history - millennia-long [history] in the case of China. For Trump, it is just Trump. He completely trashes every other American leader - he doesn't have a good word for any of them.
This interview of Fiona Hill by @meganjgibson.bsky.social is excellent and full of insight and zingers such as this on whether Trump is driven by his legacy
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
NYT: "If the administration does in fact seek charges against Cuba’s leaders to facilitate a snatch-and-grab operation inside Cuba like that against Mr. Maduro, it would be an extraordinary use of the criminal justice system to advance the White House’s geopolitical agenda."
The Secretary of State's popped in because there's not much going on in his department
For some reason Condoleezza Rice is in Trump's "Saving College Sports" roundtable and she looks delighted about it
The US and Israel have bombed at least 13 hospitals and health facilities in Iran and one in Lebanon.
It’s Ukraine’s turn to ask if we even said “thank you”.
Kamala Harris: "I predicted a lot about what's happening right now. I'm not here to say 'I told you so,' but we did see it coming."
What was the name of that Star Trek movie where captain Kirk and all the old guys are hanging out with the next generation crew for One Last Ride
Tragedy and farce, at the same time.
Well, gas is expensive, and food is expensive, and we’re doing a war nobody wants, but at least there are no jobs
Just announced: Iceland has urgently moved up its referendum to join the European Union - to 29 August.
A reminder: 🇮🇸 is in many ways already a non-voting 🇪🇺 member because of the EEA. This would give them voting power to shape the laws they have to follow.
it's always nice to be reminded of how incredible a public speaker Barack Obama is. here's part of his eulogy of Jesse Jackson
Exclusive: Since the war began, Russia has passed Iran the locations of U.S. military assets, including warships and aircraft.
The assistance signals that the conflict now features one of America’s chief nuclear-armed competitors. https://wapo.st/47vAwD9
A one month chart of oil prices
Oil prices are going parabolic. This is insane.
This shows the sort of data that Proton Mail, which prides itself both on end-to-end encryption and that it's only governed by Swiss privacy law, can provide to third parties. In this case, the FBI. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Scoop by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/proton-mail-...
I’m a little confused because the economists on my timeline are like “oh yeah we’re facing a generational energy crisis because Trump is a madman who started a war he can’t control” while the politicians are like “it’s important to make clear we support the troops until it all blows over next week”
Finally, we're getting a sequel to Team America - World Police
They think, or at least pretend to think, that this doesn’t sound like obvious cope to everyone in the world
It’s an entire White House comms shop built on the premise of “my hot girlfriend lives in Canada” being believed by normal people
