@ChrisCillizza In Trump’s defense, he showed that someone in a persistent vegetative state could nevertheless address the nation.
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Jon Perr
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@Perrspectives
Bringing light to the darkness of American politics.
Portland, OR Katılım Nisan 2009
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I was thinking the SAME thing.
This is just the last week of Truth Social Posts strung into a “speech”
Andrew Egger@EggerDC
Amazing to hear a primetime war address that is basically stitched together from Truth Social posts. Today is the day Donald Trump truly became president.
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This Trump Truth Social post about an agreement with NATO to send naval forces to open the Strait of Hormuz had to be an #AprilFoolsDay joke because it actually made too much sense.
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The Gospel According To The 2028 Primaries
JD Vance@JDVance
I’ve been writing this book for a long time, and I’m honored to finally be able to share the full story with you all. Communion is about my personal journey and how I found my way back to faith. It will be available in June, but you can pre-order today: a.co/d/0cTpceI7
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@jaketapper Trump is admitting that he has lost his war against #Iran. He was clear about his war aims:
❌1. Liberate the Iranian people
❌2. Topple the regime in Tehran
❌3. Permanently prevent Iran from building nuclear weapons
Bonus defeat: Strait remains closed.
perrspectives.com/by-his-own-def…
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Speaking to reporters in Oval Office, President Trump suggests US will be done with the war in Iran in 2-3 weeks, that freeing the Strait of Hormuz from Iranian control will not be necessary before the war ends. Says new regime is “much more accessible.”
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@DBrodyReports It is wrong. Israel (along with France and the UK) launched the Suez War in 1956. And Israel struck first in the Six-Day War of 1967, a conflict the CIA predicted it would win within 7 to 14 days.
cia.gov/resources/csi/…
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Only the Mainstream Media Could Miss the Iran War's Success
redstate.com/andrewmalcolm/…
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@JustinWolfers Sadly, to borrow from Donald Rumsfeld, you go to war with the SecDef you have, not the one you might want or wish for at a later time.
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In what world is it okay for the Defense Secretary to make multi-million dollar investments in defense companies:
a) Ever;
b) Just before launching a war.
FT has the scoop: ft.com/content/744ea8…
In a functional democracy, he would offer his resignation tonight.
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@oonahathaway @virginiajeffr The U.S. expressed regret and paid compensation during the 1999 Kosovo campaign, after the controversial 2001 collision between an American surveillance plane and a Chinese fighter jet, and throughout the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Not this time:
perrspectives.com/no-u-s-apology…
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The U.S. hit another school, together with a sports hall, killing and injuring many civilians. Even if it was a "mistake," it could still be a war crime if the strike was taken recklessly.
Read more in "'Mistakes' in War" (link in reply).
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@ChrisMurphyCT Trump has been very clear about his three objectives for his war on #Iran. He is failing to achieve any of them:
❌ 1. Liberate the Iranian people
❌ 2. Topple the regime
❌ 3. Permanently prevent Iran from building nuclear weapons
perrspectives.com/by-his-own-def…
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Here's the problem. These are all "tactical" objectives. They are not strategy. Because there IS NO strategy.
1/ Let me take these "objectives" 1-4 to explain - based upon what I've learned in briefings - why we are badly and embarrassingly losing this war.
Department of State@StateDept
SECRETARY RUBIO: Here are the clear objectives of the operation. You should write them down: 1. The destruction of Iran’s air force 2. The destruction of their navy 3. The severe diminishing of their missile launching capability 4. The destruction of their factories 🎯
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@mattduss Occam's Razor would suggest the simplest explanation for the current posture of most Democrats is this:
Trump's war against Iran isn't in the national interest and, given our much higher priority security challenges (China, Russia), in fact constitutes a world-historic mistake.
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We don’t get a lot of good news these days, but this article made me really happy.
Still much work to be done to elect a genuinely antiwar president who can really break the hawkish Democratic foreign policy cartel, and to build a bench of antiwar policy workers to replace it.
Yair Rosenberg@Yair_Rosenberg
In 2002, most ambitious Democratic politicians supported a Middle Eastern war. In 2026, most oppose it. I wrote about the slow, then sudden, death of the hawkish Democrat, and the many reasons behind the party's anti-war turn. Link below.
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@MikeDrucker @brianbeutler Next Vance will warn that Iranian sleeper cells in the U.S. will fart sarin gas.
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This gets funnier every time I read it. There are so many layers to how stupid and obviously a lie it is. Every part, dumber than the last. It’s like a child describing a scary dream they had. Anyway, 40% of the country will immediately believe it.
Spencer Hakimian@SpencerHakimian
🚨BREAKING: JD VANCE SAYS IRAN WAS ABOUT TO USE NUCLEAR SUICIDE VESTS IN SUPERMARKETS
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What a midterm message: "You make enough money, it doesn't matter to you right?"
Aaron Rupar@atrupar
Trump: "We love the American farmer. I just gave you $12 billion. I don't know if you know that or not. You make enough money, it doesn't matter to you, right?"
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@AuronMacintyre @ggreenwald The correct Jeopardy Question™️ is:
“What is a world-historical mistake?”
I’ll take “Trump Tragedies” for $400, Ken.
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We can’t leave the war in Iran because they now control shipping in the strait
A situation manufactured by our involvement in the war itself
This is why you never give an inch to the neocons, this situation was manufactured on purpose to trap us in a war and it’s working
AF Post@AFpost
Ben Shapiro says the US should prepare for an enduring conflict with Iran, where American boys die to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which was already open prior to the US fighting a war for Israel against Iran. Follow: @AFpost
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@BulwarkOnline Did Vance mention the Iranian sleeper cells that fart sarin gas?
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Vance suggests Iran could have used nuclear suicide vests: “You talk about people who walk into a crowded supermarket and have a vest on, and they blow up the vest and a couple of people get killed, and that's a terrible tragedy. What happens when what's on the vest is not something that can kill a couple of people, but can kill many, many tens of thousands of people?”
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@bdomenech @jimmykimmel DHS has 260,000 employees and an annual budget of $178 billion. Markwayne Mullin has no experience managing an organization on that scale and no expertise on nat'l security, immigration or terrorism.
Perhaps you have fond memories of "Joe the Plumber."
web.archive.org/web/2008102211…
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When Markwayne Mullin was 20 his dad's health took a turn. He dropped out of college to run the family business. He built it from 6 people into a multimillion dollar HVAC company with 150+ employees.
He's a pillar of his community, and @jimmykimmel can't even tell a funny joke.
CJ Pearson@Cjpearson
Jimmy Kimmel: "Before he was elected to the Senate, Markwayne Mullin was plumber. That's right. We have a plumber protecting us from terrorism now." The elitism of Hollywood summarized in one moment. 👇
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@JustinWolfers 20 years of American war games and analyses warned the U.S. about the economic impact of a conflict with Iran, too:
perrspectives.com/trump-ignored-…
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"It does feel like policy is being made on the fly."
Markets hate many things. Top of the list: improvisation with global consequences.
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Jaw-dropping DOJ admissions to court
DOJ admits repeatedly made "material mistaken" representations to judge. ICE never had authority (under 2025 Guidance) to conduct arrests at immigration courthouses!
DOJ admits court "relied on...prior misrepresentations"
DOJ blames ICE
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The conflict in Iran began with Operation Midnight Hammer. Secretary Hegseth says it will end with Operation 10am Hammered.
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