Thank you for this excellent thread. The fact that diplomacy doesn’t provide much to look at means that most Americans, including many who are in positions where they should know better, where they are PAID to know better, don’t understand and appreciate what it can do for our country.
Trump has created a rift in the Europe/USA relations that will not be easily resolved. Even with democratic and pro-Europe US presidents to come. That’s not how strategy works! Strategy works by allowing for fair and reliable trade and security of the European continent.
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.
Cool, useful, project.
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In this Paralympic photo of the day, dancers perform during the opening ceremony at the 2026 Winter Paralympics. Via The Atlantic Photo:
The reason we have “stupid rules of engagement” is to make sure we don’t bomb elementary schools.
This is how the Trump admin thanks Ukraine for their agreement to help us with Shahed drone interceptors.
Reuters Exclusive
"U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school."
"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the Middle East."
Kristi Noem has done a stunning amount of damage and it’s good she’s gone.
But this doesn’t change the fact that we need a complete overhaul of DHS, impartial investigations into the killings of two American citizens, and information on children that were taken from Minnesota.
didn't see "instead of the US providing interceptors to Ukraine to shoot down Iranian drones, they're buying Ukrainian interceptors to shoot down Iranian drones themselves" coming
Himes: "Already you see the White House in an absolute panic over gas prices, coming up with wild ideas ... they understand that this terrible decision they have taken is going to end this presidency. We're gonna have a lame duck president for 3 years with 20 to 30% approval."
On behalf of Brian’s family, we want to express our deepest gratitude for the overwhelming outpouring of support, messages, and contributions over the last 24 hours. At this time, our priority is Brian’s wellbeing. We are taking a necessary step back from the public eye to allow him to focus fully on his recovery in private. While he looks forward to engaging with you all again very soon, his health and his family remain the current priorities. Thank you for your continued patience and for being such an incredible community. Please keep Brian and his family in your prayers. — Team McGinnis
And for the record, I’ve been running long before this, and yes even after breaking my arm standing up for what I believe in. It’s only made me more determined. Anger is real, and so is resolve. Take care.
A message from Brian McGinnis, the firefighter and Marine veteran who was forcibly removed and injured by officers during his anti-war protest at the Capitol
Blumenthal: "I have emerged from classified briefings deeply concerned and very fearful that we're on the precipice not only of an escalating conflict that in region, but also putting troops on the ground b/c that is almost inevitably the path the admin has chosen by its current tactical approach"
And yet so many Venezuelan-Americans, especially in South FL, vote Republican because they believed Trump was going to topple the Maduro regime. Like so many other groups, they’ve been scammed by the ultimate con man.
100 girls are dead because of generative AI
The part that people are reacting to is not the actual quote.
He said Canada may participate in defending allies - i.e. air defence of Turkiye or other treaty allies - and ruled out offensive participation.
He's not saying we're joining a bombing campaign.
We're bound by NATO to defend Turkiye.
AOC: This is about actual crimes happening in front of us. This is about shredding the Constitution and plunging us into war. This is about taking crypto money and money laundering… So if you’re asking me if I’d support impeachment, I do
Neguse: “Where's Safe America Media headquartered?”
Noem: “I don’t know.”
Neguse: “I don’t know either. We can't find it…You want the American people to believe that this is all above board, that a $143 million of taxpayer money just happened to go to this one company that doesn't have a headquart
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Imagine finding this. How excited would you be?!
PEPFAR, the program to stop hundreds of thousands of children and adults from dying of HIV/AIDS, was $6.5 billion a year.
Kelly: "You could pick a random group of people off the street tonight here in DC and they could probably do a better job than our government is doing right now. They don't have a goal, there's no strategic plan. And what this is likely to lead to is, again, a long war with a lot of dead Americans."
Trump sits down and immediately describes his strikes on Iran as "war"
What’s the difference between a coroner’s inquest and a public inquiry, and why are some pushing for both in the case of Tumbler Ridge?
I thought it might help to break down these two types of investigations, and the paths to finding answers that they could take:
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Wow, why are children under attack everywhere?
JUST IN: Jasmine Crockett concedes and urges Democrats to rally around James Talarico, who is now officially the party’s nominee for U.S. Senate in Texas.
Images posted to Alpha Athletika’s Telegram channel show its members posing for propaganda pictures in the gym, with huge flags unfurled and Nazi imagery on at least one member’s workout clothes.
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Hey everyone! You can upload all your financial and employment info to Elon’s AI. What could go wrong?
Hey, Dr. HRC... I was so inspired by your comments on cartooning and Tom Nast, I decided I'd try to do a really good one. Thanks for all you do.
Here's what worries me. The U.S. is less oil-dependent than our peers, and so Wall Street has responded far less to the war in Iran than financial markets abroad. When the country calling the shots feels only a small share of the pain, that's a dangerous asymmetry.
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