Daniel Larison
@daniellarison.bsky.social
Writer at Eunomia, Responsible Statecraft, and Antiwar daniellarison.substack.com
"The president keeps returning to his blood-curdling threats and more bombing because he genuinely has no other ideas for how to deal with them." daniellarison.substack.com/p/trump-and-...
Trump and the 'Baffling' Iranians
Trump assumes that everyone can be strongarmed into submission, and when he encounters people who respond to coercion with resistance he is completely at a loss.
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"Our government simply isn’t very good at setting limits on backing for clients." daniellarison.substack.com/p/the-us-sho...
The U.S. Should Stop Fueling Clients' Wars
Our government simply isn’t very good at setting limits on backing for clients.
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Hey, you ever heard me (constantly) going on about Babylon 5? It's starting to air, in its entirety, on YouTube.
Midnight on the Firing Line | S1 E1 | Babylon 5
YouTube video by Babylon 5
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Nome@nome.bsky.social · last yr.Broke: Star Trek says humans will abandon all religion in the future. Woke: Dune says religion will continue to be both a source of strength and a tool of control for oppressed peoples. Bespoke: Babylon 5 says we'll get MORE religions, and Jews will have to sort out what alien foods are kosher.
"Earlier on Tuesday, Palestinians gathered for a mass funeral of more than 100 bodies finally recovered from a deadly Israeli strike in Gaza in 2023." "Over the weekend, first responders dug through the destroyed buildings and recovered remains of 112 victims, including 40 children"
The Associated Press@apnews.com · yesterdayIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will not withdraw from Gaza until Hamas has been completely disarmed.
“I would emphasize that the government has no right to take anyone’s life because of alleged ties to drug trafficking. It bears repeating that everyone killed in these boat strikes is a murder victim.” daniellarison.substack.com/p/a-murder-s...
A Murder Spree Without End
It bears repeating that everyone killed in these boat strikes is a murder victim.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · yesterdayAnd even if they were, it would still be extrajudicial murder and a war crime. www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/p...
And even if they were, it would still be extrajudicial murder and a war crime. www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/p...
‘They are murder victims’: Senator suggests US strikes have killed people who weren’t involved in drug trafficking | CNN Politics
The US military’s strikes on alleged drug boats have likely illegally killed “individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking,” Sen. Tim Kaine told the White House on Monday, following “a careful...
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Direct connection between reporting on US plans for military strikes in Latin American countries & Rubio’s attack on the ICC: - Many countries in the region are ICC States Parties - The ICC has jurisdiction over war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide perpetrated on State Party territory
Not sure what the point of this interview was, but here is Robert Kagan proudly telling everyone that he has learned nothing in the last 25 years: responsiblestatecraft.org/robert-kagan...
Robert Kagan: Sometimes US intervention is worth blowback
In a wide-ranging interview with RS, the hawkish historian talks primacy, neoconservatives, and why he opposes the war in Iran
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The Pentagon is using a new method of tallying the number of U.S. soldiers killed and wounded in the Iran war that a U.S. government official said was “designed to obscure the count.” theintercept.com/2026/08/04/u...
The Pentagon Found a New Way to Undercount U.S. Casualties in Iran
U.S. troops killed or wounded since July 7 are now counted separately from casualties during the first months of the Iran war.
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35,000,000 dollars will have been set on fire by end of today
This refers to the executive branch position that prior congressional authorization is only required for hostilities amounting to "war" in the "constitutional sense" due to nature, scope, & duration. Neither Congress nor courts have endorsed this view. And Congress rejected it in the 1973 WPR.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoSen. Rand Paul: "I've had the debate with this administration ... they told me this isn't a war. I said, why isn't it a war? They said, 'Well, a constitutional war has to have significant casualties' ... initiation or declaration of war is *before* the casualties."
“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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"It bears repeating that everyone killed in these boat strikes is a murder victim." daniellarison.substack.com/p/a-murder-s...
A Murder Spree Without End
It bears repeating that everyone killed in these boat strikes is a murder victim.
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My episode with Sahrawi activist Mohamedsalem Werad, on Africa's last colony and American complicity in Moroccan occupation, is out now open.spotify.com/episode/4GcG...
Morocco’s US-Backed Occupation of Western Sahara
It Could Happen Here · Episode
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It’s true that Iran hawks were goading him into attacking, but only Trump was stupid enough to start the war. It was also obvious years in advance that Trump was on the side of hardliners when it came to Iran, so no one can say that it wasn’t foreseeable.
Chase Madar@madar.bsky.social · 2d agoCounterpoint: Trump and MAGA have always been a twitching mass of omnidirectional belligerence and Ahmari is covering his own ass by blaming his boy’s war on a tv host, a Washington Post columnist and the leader of a small country
Monitoring #wild cheetahs after their release is critical for gaining a better understanding of their movement and behavior, shedding light on how these solitary and secretive #cats move and interact, and helping to prevent potential conflicts before they occur.
Chewbaaka's Wild Cheetah Challenge • Cheetah Conservation Fund
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A family that would still be alive but for one man’s war on a whim. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/w...
Evidence Indicates U.S. Dropped Bomb on Residential Area in Iran, Killing 3 Civilians
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 lesson that the U.S. and Israel have taught Iran and the rest of the world is that any state with a nuclear program should not negotiate a nonproliferation agreement with the U.S." daniellarison.substack.com/p/the-us-tea...
The U.S. Teaches All the Wrong Lessons
The lesson that the U.S. and Israel have taught Iran and the rest of the world is that any state with a nuclear program should not negotiate a nonproliferation agreement with the U.S.
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A couple of months ago someone asked me “What do you think of the DJT administration’s policy on Africa?” To which I replied “what policy?” I stand by that answer. USG Africa map mislaabels every single country on a slide deck at a conference. www.reuters.com/world/africa...
US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference
A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at a global conference taking place in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attendees who took screen...
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"Trump’s war has reached truly abysmal levels in record time." daniellarison.substack.com/p/a-deeply-u...
A Deeply Unpopular War
Trump’s war has reached truly abysmal levels in record time.
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Trump's illegal war with Iran continues. A war launched on a whim. A war in violation of the US Constitution, the UN Charter, the War Powers Resolution, and the US Congress's recently reaffirmed will.
"The truth is that he was addicted to the use of U.S. military and economic power to inflict pain and death on other parts of the world, and he delighted in the wars he helped to start." daniellarison.substack.com/p/hawks-whit...
Hawks Whitewash Graham's Ghoulish Record
The truth is that he was addicted to the use of U.S. military and economic power to inflict pain and death on other parts of the world, and he delighted in the wars he helped to start.
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I don't know why one of our senators is so pro-genocide and in favor of aggressive warfare, but he is. Fetterman is truly one of the worst.
Zeteo@zeteo.com · last wk.John Fetterman: “I don't know why your network’s so pro-Hamas.” @premthakker.bsky.social: “I’m asking you about American public opinion, senator.” Watch Senator John Fetterman crash out on our political reporter and label our newsroom as ‘pro-Hamas.’
Americans believe Israel is committing genocide in Palestine by a +19 margin Total: 43-24 Black: 51-9 Hispanic 42-16 Harris voters: 72-7 Independents: 45-16 22% of Trump voters as well Only some two dozen Democrats & two ex/outgoing Republicans (MTG & Massie) call it genocide
"It is pure propaganda to claim that the war has not caused a global economic crisis." daniellarison.substack.com/p/five-month...
Five Months of Senseless War
The war has caused the worst Persian Gulf oil shock on record.
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"In a city full of bloodthirsty militarists, Graham distinguished himself as one of the worst." daniellarison.substack.com/p/lindsey-gr...
Lindsey Graham and Our Vile Pro-War Culture
In a city full of bloodthirsty militarists, Graham distinguished himself as one of the worst.
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Stephen Anderson@stephena.fwrdaxis.com · last wk.President Trump on the late Sen. Lindsey Graham while calling into Fox & Friends this morning: “He was a guy that liked war. I jokingly say, and there's nothing funny about it, but he's never seen a war that he didn't like."
So important to document the human costs of the Iran war and its ripple effects across the globe.
The Associated Press@apnews.com · last wk.People across seven countries share stories of spiking gas prices, goodbyes filled with fear, livelihoods pushed closer to the edge — and days that no longer looked the way they once did after the Iran war began.