Eric M

One excellent paragraph from David Samuels' .@tabletmag opus:

Moved and seconded. What say ye, .@RepThomasMassie ?

JOHN MEARSHEIMER: “The United States has lost this war. It can't figure out how to solve this war. And it's going to have enormously negative consequences for all of you. You should understand that. We are in deep trouble in Iran..”

The President’s Big Beautiful Bill, the Iran War, and Republican spending bills will create a $2 trillion budget DEFICIT in 2026. Financing just the new debt costs more than all federal road & bridge projects, and we will be making those new interest payments each year, forever.

Iran has to turn over the nuclear material “immediately,” or what? You’re going to go back to war? You’re going to throw a tantrum? You’re going to fire off another strongly worded TruthSocial post? Please tell me, Mr. President, you realize, that bc you make so many radically different statements, yo-yoing back-and-forth, even in the course of a single day, along with frequent threats — which you rarely make good on — that ur statements have nearly lost all meaning. Iran doesn’t pay attention to your threats, Russia doesn’t pay attention to your threats, Israel doesn’t pay attention to your threats. You continue to diminish the office of the presidency, and your own personal brand by such amateurish actions.

The most irritating moment from this clip isn't the "monster" thing, it's when Mearsheimer observes there's no evidence Iran had foreknowledge of October 7, and Nuland and Pompeo condescendingly scoff and sneer without actually producing the evidence.

If any of my students wrote a paper with the argument that country X, or leader Y is a monster, I would not just flunk them, I would write a comment at the end of the paper that would traumatize them for the rest of their lives. This level of sophomoric nonsense is unbearable, especially when you remember the very high positions these cretins have held in teh US government. And one more thing. The ugliness of Nuland's "oh my goodness" response deserves a particular attention. I think she should be viciously ridiculed for it not because she is ignorant and biased, but because she feels entitled and powerful in her ignorance and bias.

@aaronjmate She's just delightful, that Queen of the Swamp Monsters: youtube.com/watch?v=c-P_sn…

Pompeo and Nuland agree on everything when it comes to their life’s work of foreign policy. So why are they in different political parties?

Massie has sponsored over 100 bills. Such as Interstate Milk Freedom Act — would legalize interstate sales of raw milk. * Milk Freedom Act — related to raw milk regulations. * Surveillance Accountability Act — aimed at limiting government surveillance powers. * No Immunity for Glyphosate Act — removes certain liability protections tied to glyphosate products. * No Funds for Foreign Abortions Act — blocks federal funding for abortions overseas. * Interstate Commerce Freedom bills — multiple bills reducing federal restrictions on interstate trade and agriculture. * One Subject at a Time Act — requires congressional bills to address only one subject. * Read the Bills Act — requires bills to clearly show changes to existing law. * To Terminate the Department of Education (H.R. 899) — abolishes the federal Department of Education. * Abolish the ATF Act (co-sponsored) — would eliminate the ATF. * War Powers resolutions — including efforts to block unauthorized military action in Iran and Yemen. * Smith-Mundt Restoration bill — would restrict domestic distribution of U.S. government propaganda materials. * Balanced Budget Amendment proposals — constitutional amendments requiring balanced federal budgets. * Bills repealing authorizations for war in Iraq and elsewhere. * Bills protecting firearm rights for 18–20 year olds. * Ukraine Fatigue Resolution — called for ending U.S. military and financial aid to Ukraine. Just to name a few. Which one of these do you disagree with?

@MAHA_Action "literally"

RFK Jr. reveals FDA officials admitted they literally do not know how many chemicals are in the American food supply. “When I came in, I asked FDA, ‘How many chemicals are in our food?’” “They said, ‘We don’t know.’” “‘We don’t have a list of them.’” “It’s somewhere between 4,000 and 12,000.” “In Europe, they only have 400 chemicals in their food.” “The 9,600 extra ones that we have are all illegal there.”

@iluminatibot Do we have names and a date for this exchange?

State Department spokesperson's soul leaves his body when asked how Israel's 200 secret nuclear weapons don't breach U.S. aid law

President Trump is not well and should either resign or be legally removed from office - before it’s too late. On Saturday he claimed “an agreement had been largely negotiated” bt Iran and the U.S. to end the war and reopen the Straits. Then earlier today he says “*if*” he makes a deal, then implies it won’t include unfreezing Iranian cash - a stated requirement of Iran - and finally just an hr ago, posts the below image, without explanation, of a bomb dropping, likely meaning Iran (who else would he b suggesting we bomb?). These radical shifts, unsubstantiated claims of negotiated deals that haven’t been agreed to, then admitting there may be no deal, and finally implying he’s readying to return to war. How could ANY country trust this man to negotiate *anything*? Answer: they can’t and Iran won’t. That is a danger to America. President Trump has already taken us to war w Iran on outright fraudulent claims (“imminent threat” of a non-existent nuclear weapon). He had a diplomatic off ramp on a golden platter on 26 February that SHOULD have obviated the need for war, but he chose to attack anyway - leading directly to the unnecessary deaths of 13 Americans and the wounding of 400 more. Now he is proving he’s incapable or unwilling to take a diplomatic off ramp AGAIN. If he does not take the “walk away” option and does stumble us back to war, he should resign immediately. If he is unwilling, the cabinet officials should invoke the 25th amendment, and failing that, the House should do its job and impeach President Trump and the Senate should vote to remove him from office. If none act, and if the president takes us back to war illegally, we will suffer severe harm - and every member of the cabinet and Congress will b equally guilty for their failure to act to keep Americans safe.

Americans, over the last 25 years. have been repeatedly attacked inside their own country by "terrorism." How many of those have come from Iranian or Shiite terrorists (as opposed to Sunni, Saudi, etc.)? Zero.

US-Geheimdienstchefin @TulsiGabbard rang um Transparenz in Sachen Epstein und Fauci. Und sie war die wichtigste Kämpferin für Frieden. Nach Trumps Angriff auf den Iran war ihr Rücktritt unvermeidlich. Ich feiere sie! Hintergrund: Gabbard war Afghanistan-Veteranin und für mich das glaubwürdigste Mitglied der gesamten US-Regierung. Sie warnte Trump mehrfach, sein wichtigstes Wahlversprechen zu brechen und die unselige Tradition der Massaker an ausländischen Zivilisten fortzusetzen. Mit der Ermordung von über 100 iranischen Grundschülerinnen hatte sich das erledigt. tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/… Auch @PamBondi, die mehr von den EpsteinFiles veröffentlichten wollte, und @KristiNoem, die Trumps restriktive Einwanderungspolitik umsetzte, sind aus dem Kabinett ausgeschieden. Es bleiben Pfeifen wie Lutnick oder Hegseth, während Trump seine besten Kräfte wohl durch neue Pfeifen ersetzen wird. Zu allem Überfluss ist @RobertKennedyJr umgefallen und gewährt Pharmakonzernen neue Haftungsbefreiungen zum Schaden der Bevölkerung.

@t_Zen_ @JeffFisch @RealScottRitter For those with a strong stomach, here's a brief and damning reportage from @ggreenwald on the extensive malfeasance of the Queen of the Swamp Monsters: youtube.com/watch?v=c-P_sn…

Sure Colonel. We will agree to disagree and leave it here for the denizens of X to decide. The lasting image of the Coup for me however, will be Victoria Nuland getting her own hands dirty in Maidan square on 12/11/2013 (3 months before the ousting of a democratically elected Ukrainian President) smiling warmly and handing out cookies to protestors. The image of a high-ranking U.S. official feeding protesters frames the Euromaidan not as a grassroots, popular movement; but instead visual proof of Washington's direct control over the ensuing events consequential to this current day.

Dear Russia, For over 4 years, your bombs killed innocent Ukrainian citizens. Not once did you offer to investigate, admit fault, attempt to curb your barbaric ways. The loss of your civilians, like Ukrainians, is tragic, but FFS, stop the grandstanding. Your chance to seek compassion ended long ago.

@simonmaechling Righty-o, Simon! "Stay in your lane", "You're not a doctor", "Don't do your own research"; ¡ Trust the Experts™ !

The most dangerous virus right now isn’t biological. It’s the belief that expertise itself is oppression. So when science tries to reduce suffering or prevent deaths, people call it tyranny. A society that treats public health as the enemy stops protecting itself from reality.

1. Public health institutions ≠ ‘science’ 2. Criticizing bureaucracies, mandates, censorship, conflicts of interest, or abuses of authority is not an attack on ‘science.’ 3. Attempting to use ‘science’ as moral cover for PH failures will not restore legitimacy. 4. Neither will blaming the public for noticing — and appropriately responding to — said failures.

Classless and needless take from a man who very directly and personally politicized intelligence during the fevered days of Trump 1.0. Even if you dislike Trump, this gentleman below accelerated the doom spiral and deserves no credibility here today.

@SenAdamSchiff You make everyone want to puke, you slimy putz.

My thoughts go out to Tulsi Gabbard and her family, as her husband battles this serious health problem. I hope and pray that he makes a speedy and full recovery. While the circumstances around her departure are deserving of our sympathy, let’s be clear: Tulsi Gabbard’s only positive contribution to our nation's national security is her resignation. She politicized intelligence. She dismantled critical agencies keeping Americans safe. She weaponized the IC to pursue baseless election fraud claims. And more. We must ensure that her tenure — marked by a devotion to the person of the president and not to the security of the country — represents a terrible exception at DNI and not the new normal.

@AaronKheriatyMD Dude! Did you undergo a ... transformation??😱 Okay, just joshin' -- while I never had a problem with your voice, hers does possess a certain "je ne sais quoi" that isn't at all displeasing...

The French overdub voice on this is much nicer than mine…