Brian Schatz

Happy 15th anniversary to one of the tweets of all time

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Key inflation measure jumps to highest level in nearly three years as Iran war spikes gas prices.

Politics is about addition not subtraction. 🤙

House cancels votes tonight Total chaos for House Republicans right now

I just keep going back to the amount of money spent on stuff like this, or on a war in Iran no one can coherently explain, by an administration that felt it was absolutely urgent we defund lifesaving medical care for infants in some of the rougher places in the world

The House GOP is in such bad legislative shape that Republicans have canceled all votes planned for today. DHS funding / Farm Bill / FISA still stuck without a clear path forward.

i can still live another 50 years if @Mike_Pence has the courage

@mdubowitz Mark - in Gaza the destruction was systematic. Israel's minister of defense said it publicly. There was no differentiation. Privaye contractors were paid according to thevnumber of buildings they flattened. Same is happening now in southern Lebanon

New @NBCNews poll: 33% of Americans approve of Trump’s handling of the Iran war. 67% disapprove. A majority “strongly disapprove.” nbcnews.com/politics/donal…

Since the start of the Iran war... Sulfur: +57% Jet Fuel: +52% Urea: +51% Diesel: +48% Gasoline: +36% Fertilizer: +35% Heating Oil: +32% WTI Crude Oil: +28% Brent Crude Oil: +26% European Natural Gas: +21% Coal: +12% Palm Oil: +10% Iron Ore: +8% Rice: +7% S&P 500: +4% $VIX: -12%

Think we need to be honest about what we are seeing here. The Iranian government is still the same theocratic dictatorship and the Iranian people are in desperate straits after the US promised them liberation. The Iranians still control the Strait of Hormuz, still maintain their right to collect tolls, still have their nuclear program, and have Trump promising to return them $20 billion in frozen assets. The markets also have concluded that this is the end, Trump has thrown in the towel. A massive strategic failure by the USA.

Nobody in the "credentialed class" ever thought any American President could get the Strait of Hormuz opened. Dozens tried, yet they all failed: until now. Trump somehow did it. I never thought I'd live to see the day when the Strait of Hormuz was OPEN to movement of oil.

Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth. #ApostolicJourney #Cameroon vatican.va/content/leo-xi…

Really surprising to me that the GOP is planning to go through all of the pain of the budget reconciliation process *without even trying* to do anything about the cost of living — by far the top concern of voters.

New pod: SUDDENLY, EVERY NEWS STORY IS A FIGHT ABOUT ENERGY -> The Iran War is about energy flows -> The AI buildout is an energy project -> The future of populism—i.e., AI, electricity prices, data center moratoria—is an energy debate w/ @NatBullard Plus: - why politicians are wrong about the drivers of rising electricity prices - is the US auto industry doomed? - implications of the end of energy-demand stagnation - if the renewables vibes are so bad, why is solar still soaring? open.spotify.com/episode/2IBmF6…

It's important to remember that a politician with the support of 1% of Americans is a tremendous failure but an influencer with an audience of 0.1% of Americans is a tremendous success, and those incentives can explain a lot of things.

Statement from Dem Committee leaders Coons, Shaheen, Schumer, Reed, Schatz on Trump's Iran threat: “We speak today with one voice and one purpose: to condemn President Trump's threat to extinguish an entire civilization ... It’s unconscionable to threaten the lives of so many people – grandparents, children, families – simply because they were born in Iran"

Chuck Schumer and Democratic ranking members of key committees issue a rare joint statement on Iran: "We speak today with one voice and one purpose: to condemn President Trump's threat to extinguish an entire civilization."

"A whole civilization will die tonight” are words no President of the United States had ever spoken until this morning. Donald Trump’s behavior is unhinged and making Americans less safe. After a 25-year career in the United States Navy, I have never met or served with anyone who so completely lacks the qualities of good leadership as Donald Trump does. If the President takes the actions he has threatened to take, countless Iranian civilians will die, it will massively escalate this war, and the United States will be seen as a country without a moral or ethical compass. That will make Americans less safe right now and risk the lives of thousands of service members. The consequences will have a lasting and damaging effect on our nation. Trump's mistakes have led us to this perilous moment, but the solution is not to escalate even further. This must stop.