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The Engine of the Right Is White Christian Nationalism White Christians have to step up to stop it

The engine of my former political party is white Christian Nationalism. It’s utterly un-American & utterly un-Christian. But it’s real. And it’s here. And it must be reckoned with. Today’s piece.👇 open.substack.com/pub/socialco...

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War weighed heavily on both Eisenhower and Lincoln. “That cannot be said of everyone in power, and lately it seems like it can be said of hardly anyone in power.”

@peter-wehner.bsky.social @theatlantic.com
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Long-delayed Jan. 6 plaque honoring police quietly erected overnight at Capitol The memorial honoring officers who defended the Capitol was required by law to be installed by March 2023.

Long-delayed Jan. 6 plaque honoring police quietly erected overnight at Capitol

As Lindsey Graham tried to sell Donald Trump on bombing Iran, he liked to play a little word-association game with the president. “I say Franklin Roosevelt, what do you say?” the Republican senator from South Carolina asked. The correct answer: “You have nothing to fear but fear itself.” As he ticked through memorable presidential phrases, Graham asked Trump what his phrase would be. Trump said he didn’t know, Graham recalled. “Keep protesting, help is on the way,” Graham suggested, referring to Trump’s social-media post in January urging Iranians to confront their government. Few people lobbied Trump to undertake the riskiest gambit of his presidency as effectively as the hawkish and persistent Graham, who over a decade has held a sometimes close, sometimes tumultuous relationship with Trump. Some Democrats and even Republicans point the finger at Graham, who they think goaded Trump into a Middle East conflict with little plan for how the situation will play out long term.

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this is a crazy anecdote/lede that highlights Graham's mediocrity and vanity

for all his flaws, Trump is a phrase maker par excellence

yet Graham imagines himself as Prof. Henry Higgins tutoring Eliza Doolittle in how to speak

it's worth noting that as I read this... whatever it is... friends in qatar and dubai are literally reporting explosions so

350,000 peoples’ lives hang in the balance. A majority entered the U.S. legally and have never been in violation of any immigration law. They’ve had to go through multiple background checks. And yet they’re hanging on by a thread, even though the situation in Haiti hasn’t gotten any better.

the duration of the conflict is one thing, 'keeping the Strait of Hormuz closed' is another, because while there are ton of actors involved almost all of them have a vested interest in reopening passage. Even the Houthis have ties to China, where about a third of that oil goes in normal times.

I keep thinking about this weird thing where the DOJ is investigating Jerome Powell for allegedly lying to the Senate about renovations (even though no senators have accused him of lying), while Kristi Noem told the Senate Trump approved her $220M ad campaign and Trump himself said that wasn't true.

United States Onurt of Appeals FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT No. 26-5050 September Term, 2025 1:25-cv-02471-ACR Filed On: March 6, 2026 Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot, et al., Appellees V. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of America, et al., Appellants BEFORE: Walker, Pan, and Garcia, Circuit Judges ORDER Upon consideration of the emergency motion for a stay pending appeal, the opposition thereto, the reply, the amicus briefs, and the Rule 28(i) letters, it is ORDERED that the motion for a stay be denied.

BREAKING: DC Circuit, on a 2-1 vote, keeps in place a lower court order blocking DHS Sec. Noem’s effort to end Haiti temporary protected status designation.

Judges Pan and Garcia deny DOJ’s request to stay the district court order. Judge Walker would have granted it.

Haiti TPS is safe for now.

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.

Bodycam video contradicts ICE claims in fatal shooting of U.S. citizen Ruben Ray Martinez in Texas Video of last year's fatal shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez obtained by CBS News appears to contradict claims that Martinez was shot by an ICE agent because he "accelerated" and "intentionally ran over"...

DHS claimed "an ICE agent had fired 'defensive shots' into Martinez's vehicle after Martinez 'intentionally ran over' another agent."

But body cam video now "shows that Martinez's vehicle, a blue Ford Fusion, was stationary or going at a very low rate of speed when he was fatally shot."

Since the Dow is at 47,500 are we allowed to talk about Epstein now?

Trump has privately shown serious interest in U.S. ground troops in Iran The president’s private comments have not focused on a large-scale ground invasion of Iran, but rather on the idea of a small contingent of U.S. troops that would be used for specific strategic purpos...

The American public is firmly against this conflict. Nobody wants another forever war.

Republicans must understand we won’t accept their rubber stamping endless wars, and any Democrats who are falling short need to understand we will hold them accountable: act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran...

Screenshot of a post on the other site by the Wall Street Apes account and its attached video clip from Lindell TV, which shows someone from Lindell TV, in a hallway in a congressional building, in a walk-and-talk with Rep Nancy Mace (R-SC). The post says - WOW 🚨 The Republican Party is protecting Ilhan Omar from accountability. Then quoting Rep Nancy Mace saying, “I tried to subpoena her immigration records, her brother husband's immigration records, and IT WAS REPUBLICANS that killed my motion” [end quote] It’s a Uniparty. One Big Club. Link to that clip: https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/2029691279555305592

Great thing abt Lindell TV for MAGA mbrs: To make a sycophantic walk-and-talk, they don't have to pay a staffer to pretend to be a reporter; they can use someone Lindell is paying to pretend to be a reporter.

"Can we trust the Ethics Cmte to actually be ethical and do the right thing?"

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I read your stuff to the end. Not always in one go, but there is good content in your articles from beginning to end. I share a lot of links to your writings in my other social media circles.

A few things I've learnt from writing >4,000 word pieces:

- They tend to be more popular than my short pieces!
- They're more definitive - like reference material, not a hot take.
- Not everyone will reach the end, and that's okay.
- Write so that the people who do find it incredibly satisfying.

Will Trump's war with Iran end with a TACO?*

(* – arbitrarily saying /"We got everything we wanted, war's over, we won."/)

He seems pretty sensitive whenever someone confronts him with evidence that Putin might not be our friend. Even when Fox brings it up.

Indonesia suspends its participation in Board of Peace

“Indonesian FM Sugiono said the decision to suspend participation was taken because of the latest military escalation in the region, which has directly affected the foreign policy priorities of countries involved in the initiative”

Screenshots of HR 503 and HR 6091. Screen-readable bill texts can be found at the links in the post.

Bills in this Congress to amend 42 USC 1983:
HR 503/S 122, to codify qualified immunity for officials with law enforcement or incarceration authority www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
HR 6091/S 3187, to apply 1983 to federal officials www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

#HRules #SRules #Bivens

This is an actual Pentagon press release. “An Army believed to be casualty…the believed to be death”

Rep. Nancy Mace: "I believe Pam Bondi has been less than truthful with the American people and Congress on the Epstein files. I want to know where the files are that were on her desk, because they're not in the hands of Congress ... I want to know why this is continuing to be covered up."

Eyeing Voting Rights, Liberals Aim to Secure Wisconsin’s Supreme Court through 2030 - Bolts After flipping the court in 2023, Wisconsin liberals now hope to expand their majority on a body that could be a critical backstop for voting rights during the next presidential election.

NEW: Believe it or not, it’s that time of year: the Wisconsin Supreme Court election is next month.

Liberals have a huge opportunity: if they win, they can lock down the majority of this court thru 2030.

That means they’d have it in the next presidential race, a big democracy guardrail.

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Tesla sued after Austin shooting suspect allegedly assaulted co-worker A 65-year-old woman says the automaker ignored warning signs before Ndiaga Diagne, the suspect in Sunday’s mass shooting, assaulted her. She sued Thursday.

the Austin mass shooter was a Tesla employee who assaulted a coworker during a company-allowed prayer break late last year

the company refused to give the victim her assailant's name so she could press charges, and he went on to become a mass shooter

www.statesman.com/business/art...

Massie on Newsmax: "We're not getting the answers we need from Pam Bondi. I just spent 3 hours at the DOJ this week looking at the unredacted files. And I'm finding evidence of files they haven't released yet." (Note that the Newsmax anchor agrees with him!)

“War-a-Lago”

By Barry Blitt @newyorker.com

Pete Hegseth’s Troubled Soul The defense secretary appears unable to approach matters of of life and death with even the slightest bit of reverence or humility.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...