The problem is that as we're seeing with the Strait of Hormuz, "the USA forfeits its global ambitions" does not lead to a new age of peace and sunshine, but to global recession and instability. The Strait of Hormuz is not the only load-bearing instance of US power backstopping modern economies.

@tupolev22m.bsky.social · 41m ago

I think the traditional answer is actually "forfeit your global ambitions because you can't afford them and voters won't make the sacrifices necessary to restore them," unfortunately

LMAO

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 2h ago

Reuters: Iran wants fees of 5%-7% of the price of cargo from ships using the strait; Oman wants 3%. "Making fees voluntary, at least nominally, could be a way out of the impasse, although an implied threat of Iranian attacks could mean shippers would be ​unlikely to risk transit without paying."

But this is what happened a month ago, and the hawks in the GOP went ballistic on him so he launched new attacks. We're just in that part of the cycle again.

Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · 2h ago

as noted yesterday, Trump has now come around to treating an Iranian toll system covering the Strait of Hormuz as a given. Hard to overstate the level of strategic failure. US started the war purely as a war of choice and ends up dramatically empowering Iran and given the Iranian govt big wins.

Wisconsin continues to ASTOUND me (Those 🟢 areas are universally irredeemable btw)

west virginia stolen valor

Listen, buddy, I went to grad school there for eight years. We're getting our diabetes under control.

Every time Musks wants to deflect from the fact that his company's share price bears no resemblance to the underlying fundamentals he does this, and with every new iteration, his *vision* becomes more fantastical and less plausible. It speaks to something deeper in tech investment.

❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆@sababausa.bsky.social · 2h ago

If you want a sense of how deranged the media is about Musk, Fareed Zakaria described Musk's promise as an "ambitious goal" and brought in astrophysicist Janna Levin for an interview, and she opened with "it's going to be extremely challenging, yet I think it's achievable" youtu.be/-FCEEFaKyK4?...

They’re all going to come crawling back lol

Stan Oklobdzija@stano.bsky.social · 55m ago

For federal elections, splitting the GOP into two competing crank Nazi movements would be great for Democrats. At the state/local level, however, we'd be condemning large portions of the South and Midwest to governance by Crossfit George Wallace's.

It's funny to see Wisconsinites defend their state like it isn't the alcoholism, diabetes and depression capital of the United States.

Just don't look up what 'Kheybershekan' means in Islamic military history. 😰

I PLAN TO RETIRE TO MY OWN PRIVATE ISLAND NEXT YEAR

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 4h ago

SPACEX PLANS MOON FACTORIES POWERED BY HUMANOID ROBOTS

I PLAN 50 ACRES OF GARDENS POWERED BY PEOPLE HIRED THROUGH A GENEROUS GRANT SOMEONE GAVE ME FOR NO REASON.

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 4h ago

SPACEX PLANS MOON FACTORIES POWERED BY HUMANOID ROBOTS

Ah, well

Hoosier Homer is reading Crucible of War by Fred Anderson@hoosierhomer.bsky.social · 1h ago

strange we built an entire military establishment on half year rotations and significant dwell time and now that we aren't doing that things are falling apart

I know it sucks, but Dems have got to be prepared to inherit a munitions-and-readiness hole that is going to be expensive to fill, but which will need to be filled. Hardly the only such hole, but it will be a big one.

Secretary of Defense Rock@sodrock.bsky.social · 1h ago

Who knew ridiculously long deployments and demanding op tempos run a ship and crew into the ground!

Klobuchar is going to put up Saddam numbers in November.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 1h ago

Every single Republican candidate for governor of Minnesota (including Mike Lindell!) makes clear that if Trump tried another Operation Metro Surge in the Twin Cities, they would support his efforts to brutalize residents

The Jake Tapper Treatment. "Ossoff's Humiliating Surrender to Iran and the Abandonment of Iranian Freedom Fighters"

David Kissling@xtdave.bsky.social · 1h ago

They’re going to have to give Iran what they want, then deal with a press that views it as 10 times worse than the Afghanistan withdrawal

Yeah see this is my big worry. This is a landmine.

David Kissling@xtdave.bsky.social · 1h ago

They’re going to have to give Iran what they want, then deal with a press that views it as 10 times worse than the Afghanistan withdrawal

lol. lmao, even.

It's not that I am an influencer, I am "the" Influencer.

This is basically the implicit argument to trump made about January 6. I haven't been punished for it so it can't have been that bad

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4h ago

Rep. Max Miller on Newsmax: "If any of these things were true, I would be in prison"

DQ curds beat Culver’s

Honestly, at this point, Democrats should be thrilled with this -- Miller has set himself on fire and if the GOP wants to hold him close, so be it.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 5h ago

Mike Johnson tells Politico that he's standing behind Republican Max Miller — despite the "serious" domestic abuse allegations against him.

Seems like they have saved their good stuff? H/t @pashaspider.bsky.social

Missouri elections be like: Hitler (R) 79% - Christ (D) 21% And then the ballot initiative: Amend the Missouri constitution to require the state to own the means of production and work towards full communism? Yes 92% - No 8%

what was she cooking

CONTEXT RELAPSE@letmesearch.bsky.social · 4h ago

YOU TAKE THAT BACK. We properly rate In-N-Out as B+ - California

The Culver's take is like how In n Out and Whataburger are both completely overrated by their respective states.

they hated her for telling the truth

Shoe@shoe.bsky.social · 13h ago

What is u doing