Multiple news outlets are reporting a US attack on an Iranian #desalination plant.
If verified, this violates international law protecting #water systems during wars, and it sets a dangerous precedent, given intense dependence of Gulf countries on desalination.
timesofoman.com/article/1691...
Time for a breath or two, maybe even a belly laugh.
If you're feeling lazy, affix a salt shaker and a battery, one to each wrist. You're "assault and battery." Some friends once did this as a pair. They taped a dime to each chest. When asked what they were they would both take a step in the same direction. "Paradigm shift."
I planned to share my report on the body cam footage early next week when I learned that a DC news station had obtained some of the footage as a result of my lawsuit and they were going to scoop me. After working on this for a year, I couldn't let that happen. Published 2 mins before they aired :)
LOL -- I've walked that stretch of trail, and I can only chuckle and shake my head.
Hegseth needs to stand trial after this as a war criminal. Between this attack and the girls' school, there's no ambiguity. He is responsible for mass murder and must be held accountable.
I lack the words to capture it, but ... it's just endlessly remarkable to me that so many people in our society have chosen trans kis -- TRANS KIDS, the smallest, least significant, most vulnerable demographic slice you could possibly pick -- as a repository for all their fears & insecurities.
there's a thing I like to call "load-bearing assumptions", that you don't notice until they're suddenly gone (e.g the air you breath has oxygen in it).
the post-ww2 order is a load-bearing assumption for basically the entirety of american life. trump took a sledgehammer to it in the last 90 days.
The US and Israel have bombed at least 13 hospitals and health facilities in Iran and one in Lebanon.
Democrats may not be able to prevent Mullin's confirmation, but they can certainly turn his track record of offense and stupidity into two days of televised humiliation so spectacular that he is wounded in Trump's eyes from day 1. That is the job.
Time to redouble our efforts then...
The Trump Administration can’t even impose its will on Minneapolis when the full force of the federal government was focused on it, but surely they will be able to pacify and remake Iran, a nation of 90 million people halfway around the world.
ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.
They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.
What does this imply for those of us who are not Christian, and who labor under the assumption that we're protected by the First Amendment?
Thousands of targets, 10% inaccuracy, 20 seconds of human oversight per decision (is target male?).
But even if any of these had been human decisions, targeting military in their homes because it’s easier? This is war crime automation.
$1B per day is about $42 million per hour. About 30 min worth of that spending can fund my lab for my ENTIRE career (~20 3-year NSFs or ~10 5-year R01s). Please wrap your head around that.
He's so good at this that Noem's lips deflated.
anti-trans Dems ate shit last night
this should be the end of the Gavin Newsom 2028 discussion. the party has spoken, full stop
I love all her deadpan vocal affects.
Thoughts & prayers to the EPA :(
The Secretary of War Crimes should have to blow into a breathalyzer to unlock his office door every morning.
guys I am starting to suspect that not everyone currently in a position of power in this country is *entirely* qualified for their job
This just crossed my feed: bsky.app/profile/omfi...
A US submarine sinking a lonely, dinky Iranian surface ship an ocean away from the theater of the main conflict—and 9000
miles from North America—makes it pretty clear the US is fighting a general war, without the declaration required by the Constitution. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
1. In yesterday's primary elections, anti-transgender Democrats found out the hard way why you don't throw transgender people under the bus.
Two anti-trans dems lost their primaries, including one that cast the deciding veto override vote, in blowouts.
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Mostly quantity focused; I feel like I've seen another. Looking....
Have you seen this Great Lakes focused report? greatlakes.org/wp-content/u...
So, in launching a huge bombing campaign on Iran they apparently didn't plan for:
- Who takes over;
- Interceptor shortages from sustained drone retaliation;
- How to defend US bases in the region;
- Threats to ships in the Strait of Hormuz; and
- How to evacuate Americans with airspace closed.
77% of Democratic voters support abolishing ICE.
Any Democrat running for office who doesn’t call for abolishing ICE is wildly outside the mainstream.
