John Fitisoff 🇺🇦

Ukraine, Georgia, Romania, Moldava -- there are way too many attacks on Western governments to be a coincidence. We're in the early stages of the same thing happening here. Remember what Trump said about never having to vote again.

My reaction.

And Gabbard resigned today...

A version of Russia's state-promoted Max messenger contained a neural network capable of identifying speakers by voice, detecting keywords, and transcribing calls in real time — with recordings stored unencrypted. meduza.io/en/feature/202…

Iran and Oman in talks over Strait of Hormuz ship payment system. The discussions suggest that the U.S. and Iran may not be close to reaching a deal to end a war that has badly damaged the global economy. w/ @el72champs @viviannereim @ErikaSolomon nytimes.com/2026/05/21/wor…

@SecWar I didn't enable audio but am assuming heavy use of a slide whistle?

Thanks to President Trump’s historic $1.5 trillion investment in our military, AMERICA IS REBUILDING THE ARSENAL OF FREEDOM — and doing so responsibly.

@AndrewDesiderio How about no slush fund. How about that specific idea.

News — Nearly 2-hour meeting with Acting AG Todd Blanche and Senate Republicans was incredibly hostile, per multiple attendees. As many as 25 GOP senators spoke (this is very rare for these meetings), all in opposition to weaponization fund. R’s pitched specific ideas such as dictating how the 5 commissioners are chosen & not allowing people convicted of violence against cops to be eligible for a payout.

During our first official meeting of DNC officers, I brought up Gaza and was told by most of the other officers that we should talk about it and include it in our autopsy. Fascinating it’s not mentioned a single damn time

Holding up so far. Still would be happy to be wrong on this one.

Lifelong Libertarian activist Ayn Rand enrolls in Social Security and Medicare, as she has gotten lung cancer after years of heavy smoking.

It’s hard to overstate how implausible this plan was. The idea that an air campaign could somehow pave the way for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a figure deeply despised by Khamenei and long marginalized by the regime, to return to power in Iran was detached from political reality from the start. Ahmadinejad never had meaningful backing from the Revolutionary Guards, and there was never a credible path for him to seize control of the state. As more details emerge about the Iran campaign, the clearer it becomes how recklessly underprepared it was and how profoundly its architects misunderstood Iran’s political and military system. This was not merely a failed operation; it was a fiasco rooted in a strategy that bore little resemblance to the realities on the ground. The Ahmadinejad episode is simply another nail in the coffin of the fantasy that outside military pressure could engineer regime change in Iran. I don’t know what other details about these plans are still waiting to emerge, but the pattern is already unmistakable: the Kurds, Ahmadinejad, faith in air power, fantasies of eliminating Ali Khamenei — every element pointed toward the same inevitable conclusion. The failure was visible from the start. The people who designed this operation may have had power, resources, and confidence, but they lacked the one thing that mattered most: any real understanding of Iran. I don’t know what other details about these plans are still waiting to emerge, but the pattern is already unmistakable: the Kurds, Ahmadinejad, faith in air power, fantasies of eliminating Ali Khamenei and change the regime, every element pointed toward the same inevitable conclusion. The failure was visible from the start. The people who designed this operation may have had power, resources, and confidence, but they lacked the one thing that mattered most: any real understanding of Iran. #IranWar‌

Most important quote about politics in the last 15 years

$MBRX showing a little life today (volume only slightly higher though so am not sure if it's safe to infer anything from it.) Binary event sometime next month for Annamycin and the company will need to do a raise right after that to keep the doors open.

The IRS is "forever barred" from pursuing investigations into Trump's taxes or the taxes of those "related or affiliated" with Trump. politico.com/news/2026/05/1…

Per Slok, 87% of VC funding is directed at AI, 49% of investment grade bond issuance is AI, and 38% of high yield bond issuance is linked to AI. During the internet boom, in 1999, less than 40% of VC funding was linked to internet companies. Broadening to the wider tech-media-telecom (TMT) bubble, in 1999, VC funding for TMT hit 80% of all funding. TMT bonds were 40-50% of the high yield bond issuance in 2000 and 25-30% of total investment grade bond issuance. Over $100B investment grade debt issued in 1999-2000 became junk by 2002. High yield debt at 38% today vs 40%-50% back then belies the idea that today’s AI debt issuance is cleaner, backed by more profitable companies today.

This is a really big deal. Every state needs to do this.

Study of AI videos finds 70% of high-paying roles are depicted as men & 60% of low-paying roles as women. As AI becomes more embedded in everyday tools, its influence on perception will only grow unless actively corrected. visualcapitalist.com/cp/male-doctor…

In Kyiv for @thetimes, I spoke to a Russian drone operator who walked six miles through a battlefield to defect to Ukraine. Not just any soldier — a member of Russia’s elite Rubicon drone unit. For weeks, he had been secretly talking to Ukrainian intelligence. 🧵 1/

Please help if you can. Even a little bit can help.

Fetterman is 56 years old.

@reshetz Just wait until he finds out about the fried potatoes.