North Vietnam in 1965 did not have anything close to the current military capabilities of Iran. But they continued to fight for another decade until we finally had enough. They were fighting for their country, we were not. Just as we are not now.

Even for a regime with more scandals than you can count, this ranks near the top as one of the most egregious and criminal abuses of presidential power in history.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2mo ago

So many sneering elitist journalists with snarky posts over the past months that the Reflecting Pool story was trivial. It was so trivial that the DC US Attny presented false evidence to a grand jury to indict an innocent man to please the President while they both lied about it.

Would assume everyone knows it by now, but just in case "First the traitors, then the invaders" is an explicit reference to The Turner Diaries, where a white supremacist revolution overruns "The System" and kills all their enemy during the evocatively named "Day of the Rope".

The Turner Diaries - Wikipedia

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 3mo ago

X owner Elon Musk indicates he would prioritise political violence (assassination of pro-migration politicians is the common sense meaning) over violence against "invaders" (refugees, asylum seekers, maybe ethnic minorities generally) while endorsing call for violence (killing) against both groups

Yoooooo lol holy shit how did this get made bruh

HATE Mulgrew@josie.zone · 3mo ago

Fucking hell, Dara, what a horrible, horrible title for your shitty Zionist book

A core belief these people share is that children are property and don’t deserve basic rights or protections

ProPublica@propublica.org · 3mo ago

Regulators have linked Mark McAfee’s raw dairy farm to more than a dozen recalls and outbreaks that left hundreds of people ill. “I’ve put a couple kids in the hospital,” McAfee said. “But here’s the thing: I’m a pioneer.”

Happy 6th anniversary, this week. 🎂

The claim that "Israel wants to kill its way out of every problem" is the sort of thing that tends to draw a DOJ investigation and the blocking of federal funds when made by campus actors.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 4mo ago

Vance blasts Israel’s response to Iran deal: “You're a country of nine million people. You can't just kill your way out of solving every single national security problem that you have.”

The administration’s rapid response account is… mad at the Weather Channel. For reporting the weather.

*and another thing* let’s assume this is correct, everyone just decides “fuck LA, i am moving to fargo, they have a major airport now”, and fargo somehow builds it out — do they think, in this farcical scenario, those states stay blood red?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5mo ago

Faulkner: "Sanctuary cities include Boston, Chicago, Denver, LA, NY, Philadelphia, SF. All of those airports handle 1,100 int'l flights per day. They're not just gonna not fly. They're gonna go to red states and cities. A boon for red states. People will just really hate living in blue states."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has ordered the IDF to seize 70% of the Gaza Strip, far beyond the terms of the current ceasefire deal. An audience member shouted that Israel should take “100 percent” of Gaza, Netanyahu responded: “We’re going in order,” not ruling it out.

Fascinating how the Trump Administration always gets its inspiration from the Nazis...

Jeffrey Epstein's best friend: “I was particularly impressed by those children, they were happy... they were beautiful.”

Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Disgusting moment when China forced school children to hop “gleefully” in front of Jeffrey Epstein’s best friend.

Special edition for loyal patriots

Tell me again that shit wasn’t staged.

My conclusions were made seconds after I saw a headline but it's good to know the facts.

Note that there's been no threat to sue over this statement. I know I would be suing for tens of millions if I was innocent.

Phang: In one of those “you only believe it if you read it” moments, Politico says there are Republicans on Oversight who support the idea of convicted felon Trump giving a pardon to Ghislaine Maxwell. The fact that that is even being considered by House Oversight Republicans should disgust you.

it sure is interesting how everyone agrees it's wrong to hold all jews responsible for israel but suddenly are willing to demand every individual muslim in america specifically and repeatedly condemn hamas every time they say anything in public.

The American gestapo abducted an 85 year-old widow. Was she one of the worst of the worst? No, her step-son, a retired Alabama state trooper, got ICE to put her in a detention center to deport her because he wanted all of his father's inheritance. Sounds like the son is the worst of the worst.

The only president stupid enough to do it.

I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect.

Money will be made by Iran, since your deal just allowed them to charge $2 million per ship to pass through—a fee that never existed prior to the war.

There's pretty convincing evidence that this dude raped children. There's no bottom to the infinite moral perforation in his soul. We're not actually feigning surprise, right?

This man is still serving in Congress with the support of Mike Johnson.

A decade ago, if you asked me if a person who was repeatedly kicked, punched, assaulted, and violated by the same dude, who insists every instance of violence was a total accident, would be able to recognize that the violence was in fact intentional, I would have said yes. How naive I was.

Global events are *screaming at the top of their lungs* that it's a terrible idea for your country to be addicted to fossil fuels. The lesson could not be more blunt & obvious. But of course incumbent interests have a lock on the information sphere, so only a little squeak is actually getting thru.

Israeli National Security Minister, and war criminal, Ben Gvir, outside the Knesset chamber, celebrates with champagne and smiles the passing of the death penalty law for Palestinian detainees, the majority innocent civilians, declares happily: “Soon we will count them one by one.”

If Israel (1) Hopes to trigger an uprising in Iran (2) Knows such an uprising will result in a mass slaughter then Israel is hoping for a mass slaughter