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What an honor to receive @hrc.org’s 2026 Ally for Equality award at HRC South Florida’s annual dinner.
Silence is not civility. Silence is complicity. As an ally, we must be louder because progress has never come from silence.
These times demand the courage to stand up & fight back for equality.
Prices just keep getting worse.
Costco gas prices back up to $4/gallon.
Just say the 14 words, Elon
There's not but Trump is TERRIFIED of becoming Jimmy Carter.
He raised Carter 3X in his NYT interview.
NEVER use Jimmy Carter’s name in the same sentence as this evil, sadistic man. There is NO comparison to be made no matter what external political factors are in play.
Both the antisemites and the Q-adjacent are already soft supporters.
The problem is unleashing a bunch of heavily armed unabashed Nazi sympathizers on their anger is a risk unto itself.
As a caveat, in 2 weeks Trump could just as well declare victory after the IRGC gets just enough to claim its own win so that prices go down enough for the core base of MAGA supporters to claim he was right all along
There is not going to be a sudden "aha" moment that makes 35% MAGA America go away
How to Capture the Mad King's Attention
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Thank goodness for the public defenders.
Great account of perjury snd half-truths leading to a fabricated crime, and stellar work by the DC Public Defender.
It's like the Chair of the Intelligence Committee blew his scripted line. 😜
huh, makes the whole 25 year period when the Shah was our top ally kind of awkward
Also, the US has other, proven means to deal with "acquiring" HEU than to resort to @iaeaorg.bsky.social specialists->
And Grossi has been very emphatic about the courage of the all volunteer inspection team that has rotated at ZNPP.
They do not have the training to perform much beyond the ZNPP mission, which is already an extreme proposition for these brave and capable inspectors. They aren’t infiltrators.
We seem to be very intent on replicating a lot of mistakes, yes.
The Iraq Survey Group was a monumental waste of time and money. The hubris that only US agents could disarm a sovereign nation. Does the USG really want to replicate it?
Which is why I continue to think if we go it, they blow it all up instead of trying to ship it out.
Jeffrey and you are right. IAEA employees/staff not going to embed with JSOC. US lab personnel might but even then . . .
Good!
David E. Sanger What — what did that feel like? You were down at Mar-a-Lago? President Trump It’s like watching a movie, except you’re — it’s a little bit, you know — look, you don’t know if — Katie Rogers Are you worried when this is happening, while you’re watching? Or what is going through your mind? President Trump Yeah, I’m worried that it ends up being Jimmy Carter disaster that destroyed his entire administration.
In Trump's NYT interview, he brought up Eagle Claw three times. He's quite paranoid about becoming Jimmy Carter in that sense.
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Thanks! Yes, they seem to be viewing this as an action movie.
Operation Eagle Claw, to release the embassy hostages in 1979, is another cautionary tale.
We've done some remarkable things in recovering dangerous materials, but not in the middle of a war.
Your last sentence is spot on. These folks — and especially their supporters who play video games — have seen Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt make this look doable, even easy. If they’re going to base policy decisions on movies, they really need to watch Black Hawk Down.
"Dilute it on site," lol.
Jeffrey, have you seen my post? Basically, it's not entirely terrible to leave the material where it is until things calm down, and trying to do any of this stuff in the middle of a war isn't going to go well.
There is basically zero chance the @iaeaorg goes commando, as it were. (10x the IAEA-UNCSOM tension in post-1991 Iraq. Disaster.) More likely is an Iraq Survey Group-like arrangement, which maybe includes some friendly former IAEA inspectors and consultants. @nicolegrajewski.bsky.social
EU says Elon should not lie abt my blue check @emptywheel · 29m Enrique Tarrio, adjudicated terrorist and seditionist whom Trump pardoned, responds to my tweet by claiming he doesn't read my shit. 🤪 Quote Enrique Tarrio @NobleOne · 2h Replying to @emptywheel Reminder: No one reads your shit. Enrique Tarrio @NobleOne · 28m You literally mentioned me… And got ratioed. Sit down ho’ EU says Elon should not lie abt my blue check @emptywheel You, still reading my stuff. Hilarious. 8:07 PM · Mar 8, 2026 · 16 Views
Incidentally, Tarrio doesn't like when people talk about his conviction as a seditionist terrorist.
Also, by "ratioed" he meant about 10 of his boyfriends calling me the r-word like cavemen.
The service member, who was not publicly identified while the military notifies relatives, was seriously injured on March 1 when Iran struck a Saudi military base where American troops were stationed, U.S. Central Command said in a statement. The service member died on Saturday night from those injuries while military health officials were preparing a transfer for more advanced medical care at a U.S. military hospital in Germany, officials said.
They never managed to get this person to Ramstein. Uh. Why not?
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