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It always is, and always has been, about stealing oil. There’s a reason Big Oil gave millions of dollars to Trump, and he doesn’t care how many people have to die to give them a return on their investment in him.

JD Vance doubles down on Trump’s new post threatening “a whole civilization will die tonight” and implies Trump might use nuclear weapons

JUST IN - Iran closes all diplomatic and indirect channels of communication with the U.S., suspending the exchange of messages, following Trump’s threat to kill Iran's "whole civilization." — Reuters

Trump's threats to destroy Iranian civilization are a gift to the regime. They will alienate even its fiercest opponents, who believe the Islamic Republic has spent decades erasing 2500 years of Iranian civilization. It's malpractice for the U.S. president to threaten the same.

@Logically_JC They’re getting rich and believe they will be pardoned—reputation be damned.

I’m surprised how many people still refuse to walk away.

Most important piece I’ve read on AI this year.

I have no idea how accurate either of these are, I just think this is a very funny before and after

To people under the age of 30: I realize you don’t believe us and this seems like a meme, but this was a real story.

To understand the deep institutional failure of legacy media in protecting democracy, please read this. Then share it. democracydocket.com/analysis/legac…

No president in modern history has used the office to enrich himself the way Donald Trump has. That's not a political opinion. It’s the conclusion of ethics watchdogs who have spent their careers watching this stuff. The crypto ventures. The foreign deals with the Saudis, the Qataris, the Emiratis. The $400 million Qatari jet. The $90 million in media settlements. The gold golf balls from the Japanese. This is the man who told you he was going to clean up Washington. For this President, the presidency isn’t about protecting our democracy or the public trust. It’s about turning the highest office in the land into a personal cash register, and he’s been doing it from day one.

The highest quality video of the moon was just released… this is so beautiful.

trump's proposed 2027 budget. defense up $440.9 billion. most everything else — health, housing, education, labor, agriculture — cut.

"You need to understand that Sam can never be trusted." "He is a sociopath. He would do anything." - Aaron Swartz on Altman, shortly before he took his own life

I wrote part of a chapter in a book (more than 10 years ago) on nuke strategy about why nuclear attacks on regional enemies like NK and Iran were a lot harder than anyone thinks. amazon.com/No-Use-Nationa…

This is quite something

Host: Donald Trump is now asking taxpayers to be on the hook for renovations to the executive residence to the tune of $377 million. That is according to the new White House budget request for next year. It marks a more than 800% increase from last year.

Caine wanted to keep it secret because you don't send hundreds of men to rescue a single downed pilot. Trump, being an impulsive, sundowning, moron, blurted it out because he thinks it makes him sound strong and manly to go play in the desert with hundreds of his toy soldiers.

"China has taken the unusual step of reserving swaths of offshore airspace without explanation for a period of 40 days, issuing alerts similar to those used to warn aviation authorities of Chinese military exercises, which typically last no more than a few days." The Iran war has effectively killed conventional U.S. deterrence in Asia so its just a question of how China wants to go about things at this point. wsj.com/world/china/ch…

Latest piece in @TheAtlantic . What we are seeing from the US strategically, diplomatically and militarily in the war against Iran is probably making it clear to China that the US lack the ability to effectively fight a war in the Western Pacific. US shortcomings are glaring. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/…

@AJamesMcCarthy Milo is King of The Tent $6.99 down, 0% mortgage, 0% PMI

IMPORTANT UPDATE Gregory is a homeowner