Iran has now gobbled up nearly all U.S. ATACMS and PrSM ballistic missiles, plus half of Tomahawk cruise missiles and a very considerable share of the THAAD and Patriot interceptors, sources tell @reuters.com’s Erin Banco, Jonathan Landay, and Michael Stone. www.reuters.com/world/us-has...

EXCLUSIVE: US has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say

The U.S. Army has used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its five-month war with Iran, according to three people familiar with the data, raising concerns about the...

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“Weizman shows how Israel’s invasion of Gaza included an intentional, systematic plan of destroying the conditions for Palestinian life and rebuilding the land into something available for Israeli resettlement.” I review Eyal Weizman’s new book @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2026/08/04/g...

The Architecture of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza

A new book describes the destruction of Palestinian life street by street.

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"There’s nothing we could do to rein in the president."

Cowardly Republican Senator Admits Being Stampeded by Trump

One of two GOP lawmakers who capitulated and voted for Todd Blanche’s nomination was steamrolled by the president.

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Georgetown professor who never heard of the Louisiana Purchase and Manifest Destiny pontificating on US foreign policy. This is what you're paying 100k a year for children.

Albert Pinto@70sbachchan.bsky.social · 23h ago

interesting historical framing of China's techno-industrial strategy. 18thC: Britain did Steam Engine, Russia did imperial land grabs 19thC-20thC: US did 2nd industrial revolution, Europe did imperial land grabs. 21stC: China does industrial revolution, US does imperial adventures....

A man from El Salvador has died while in ICE custody at a New Jersey detention facility that has faced protests over living conditions and medical care, federal officials say. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Man from El Salvador dies in immigration jail in New Jersey, ICE says

Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, 41, had been held at Delaney Hall in Newark after being arrested June 18, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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EXCLUSIVE: US has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say reut.rs/4gc28C0

EXCLUSIVE: US has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say

The U.S. Army has used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its five-month war with Iran, according to three people familiar with the data, raising concerns about the military's ​readiness for future conflicts.

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The intersection of incompetence and budget cuts. Disgraceful. futurism.com/science-ener...

It Appears That the US Military Accidentally Killed Everybody on Board a Civilian Medevac Flight in New Mexico

A days-long electronic warfare drill was one of the causes behind the loss of a four-passenger medevac flight.

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I can’t find any documentation of these devices being combat tested… a no-bid contract for unproven anti-drone EW gear by a Thiel-backed business 😒

The Defence Blog@defence-blog.com · yesterday

A vehicle built to survive an amphibious assault has no defense against a cheap drone. The U.S. Marine Corps is moving to fix that. defence-blog.com/us-marines-m...

"We would much rather be kapos."

Megan Zahneis@mzahneis.bsky.social · 2d ago

The presidents of WashU, Arizona State, Kansas, and Johns Hopkins, in concert with the Association of American Universities, helped draft a new version of last year's White House compact. “We’d much rather be a partner than play the guessing game as we have been,” Kansas' president told Bloomberg.

One more point for the pro-suicide side of the ledger

Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢@regimecpa.bsky.social · 2d ago

MAHA morons being too electorally important to dismiss out of hand is actually existing glonzo and you’re going to get to enjoy it more and more as social media eats up information distribution systems

it's good and necessary to court the idiot vote (as long as you don't do most of the shit they want)

yeah, i believe that Kennedy throwing in for Trump and dragging all the woo morons with him was among the deciding factors in Trump’s win the MAHA people aren’t *all* evil, but they’re all quite stupid and impressionable and can be effectively appealed to; they’re not loyal Republican voters, IMO

my crank opinion is that the economics blogworld at george mason around tyler cowen is the most destructive ideological shop in the country in terms of depth of reach and corrosive effect over time. some of its hyperrightwing children are of course more demonic and evil, but the fount? always GMU

I think what's at the heart of this is that AOC knows that RFK Jr swung the 2024 election and though we obviously are not going to play nice with that fucker he has a lot of fans, some disillusioned, some not.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 2d ago

There is pervasive corruption across our healthcare and agricultural systems that defy party lines. I meet with MAHA activists because a lot of their concerns are bipartisan issues that major corporations paint as partisan. The fight isn't left and right, it's top and bottom.

An absolute cluster - fuck waiting to happen.

Cwnidog@cwnidog.eurosky.social · 2d ago

“The measure doesn't specify who would perform the exams, who would pay for them, or how schools would carry them out…” And I trust it will crash & burn.

A grand Christian tradition. See: St. Teresa of Avila.

Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d ago

Apparently, on Christian album covers in the ’60s, the only thing worse than the hair was the obliviousness to the lewd double entendres.

We are so fucked.

Corey Rayburn Yung@coreyryung.bsky.social · 2d ago

Trump started a war with absolutely no plan

4) AI risk-predictor “SAFER” has been disproportionately putting Black prisoners in max security The ministry had flagged that systemic discrimination could shape the AI’s results, & now a class action suit alleges it has caused unequal outcomes that violate the Charter bsky.app/profile/brea...

The Breach@breachmedia.ca · 2w ago

Thanks to an AI program, Black prisoners in Ontario jails are being put in maximum security. @desmondcole.bsky.social reveals how the province is using an automated program that critics say is racially biased. youtu.be/s1HaG1p9p9g

☠️ More Than Two Dozen People ☠️ Linked to Jeffrey Epstein Have Died Under Mysterious Circumstances (2025) www.yahoo.com/news/article...

More Than Two Dozen People Linked to Jeffrey Epstein Have Died Under Mysterious Circumstances

Jeffrey Epstein’s mysterious death occurred six years ago this month — but the National Enquirer has discovered 22 people in the sketchy billionaire’s orbit have also died under murky circumstances, f...

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People were reportedly lured into participating through social media, while the breach was amplified as a "migrant invasion" online by US, Israeli and Russian disinformation and disruption networks, and compromised media networks and politicians on right wing legacy media.

Two top Republicans, both originally pro-Trump, confirm the US attacked Spain using Morocco as a proxy. US paid Morocco at least $40M two weeks before the Ceuta breach.

YAC News@yacnews.bsky.social · 4d ago

US House committee declares Ceuta and Melilla as 'Moroccan territory' www.yacnews.com/us-house-com...

“Bowe suffered injuries to her face, head, right knee, right arm and right hand. An MRI identified a kneecap fracture and torn meniscus…” www.newsweek.com/nurse-allege...

US nurse alleges ICE agents broke her kneecap in $500,000 legal claim

Norma Bowe, a nurse and professor, has filed a $500,000 claim against the government, saying ICE agents threw her to the ground.

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"Haaretz reported that the Israeli government objected to the terms of the second phase of the ceasefire agreement in the #Gaza Strip.The objections focused on the role of Qatar & Turkey in the agreement’s verification mechanism and restrictions on the movement of the Israeli army inside Gaza"(QNN)

Every day another sacrilege from this evil old closeted bitch

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d ago

WTF

#SpokaneWA fire.airnow.gov?fire=old-tra...

Interesting take about uses for data centers. Not benign.

The New York Times reports the U.S. dropped a 2,000-pound bomb on a family home in Iran, killing a husband, wife, and their 2-year-old son. The paper found no indication of a nearby military target.

Evidence Indicates U.S. Dropped Bomb on Residential Area in Iran, Killing 3 Civilians (Gift Article)

The weapon, one of the largest in the U.S.’s arsenal, struck a house in a heavily populated area, according to a Times analysis.

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The project has failed, but a core tenant of Trumpism is that failure can't hurt you if you don't acknowledge it. Much like the 2020 election, there's probably a long, fraught journey between the climactic failure and the final violent acceptance that it happened.

We are not yet at the midterms, where Trump will lose most remaining grounding tethers of even occasionally trying to suck up to Congress for legislation he wants. Things are going to get worse before they get so much worse.

The fun thing about "Late-Stage Trumpism" is that much like its compatriot "Late-Stage Capitalism", it embeds a wildly optimistic claim we are entering the endgame when we are in fact still solidly stuck in the midgame.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 6d ago

In Late-Stage Trumpism, everything is sinking into cheap, petty malice: *Bill Pulte boasting of nonexistent "deep state" firings *Trump denying aid to blue states *Raging over Reflecting Pool fiasco *Prosecutions of foes imploding *He took over 250th and nobody came newrepublic.com/article/2137...