Ron Carlstrom

You ask any non-Shiite Lebanese citizen (most likely Christian) - they'll tell you they despise Hezbollah and want them out of the country. The Muslims have ruined their homeland. Outbred and outnumbered them - so they've moved north and tried to stay neutral. What's more palatable - contained violence in Beirut or displaced Shiites moving into Christian neighborhoods? It's a toss up at the moment.

Between 85% and 93% of Lebanese Shiites express a positive view of or support Hezbollah, according to polls conducted in 2024. While support has occasionally fluctuated slightly below this range, Hezbollah commands overwhelming, near-consensus backing within its own sect, making it the dominant political and military force for Lebanese Shias.

Israel is explicitly warning Christian and Druze residents in southern Lebanon not to hide Muslim residents among them as their forces advance. Not a peep from Sheryl Sandberg.

@DAGToddBlanche @PressSec Translation: Bondi was doomed from the day she brought out the binder. Now I'm tasked with trying to hide the names and details of the Epstein files. Fuck my life....

Pam Bondi led this Department with strength and conviction and I’m grateful for her leadership and friendship. Thank you to President Trump for the trust and the opportunity to serve as Acting Attorney General. We will continue backing the blue, enforcing the law, and doing everything in our power to keep America safe.

@LibyaLiberty @juliettekayyem

Jewish troops will be looking for Muslims hidden in the attics of Christians. Let that sink in.

@pdoocy Bye bye Bondi. She was the worst... Talk about ruining a good gig as the Florida AG just to be able to say you're part of the Trump administration.

Big scoop from a short call with President Trump

@FT It doesn't help that their logo looks like a penis. Are investors getting the the "shaft"?

Breaking news: Private credit investment firm Blue Owl Capital has been struck with a mammoth increase in redemption requests in the first quarter, with investors seeking to withdraw roughly $5.4bn from two of its flagship funds ft.trib.al/3vpwzoR

@CNN Going to the moon is so 1960's.

The four astronauts aboard the Artemis II have embarked on a lunar venture that could mark the first time astronauts return to the vicinity of the moon in more than 50 years. The crew shared a message ahead of the historic flight. Follow live updates: cnn.it/4dk5wtG

@ClayTravis Pretty sure everyone agrees with that, but it's on congress to change the law - not a President. Don't hold your breath.

An American citizen’s baby can’t become a Chinese citizen by being born on the soil of China. Can anyone explain why a Chinese citizen’s baby should be able to become an American citizen by being born on the soil here? It’s absolute insanity.

@JeffreyToobin You have the t-shirt, but are the pants 👖 on? 🤣

Always risky to predict Supreme Court decisions based on oral argument (I have the t-shirt), but the birthright citizenship argument is going poorly for the Trump Administration.

@SwipeWright @grok has their been court cases where the defendant has been found guilty even though the bullet couldn't been definitely linked to the gun because of fragmentation?

All the large accounts that present themselves as truth-seeking journalists or commentators, then quote posts like this and act utterly baffled—“What the hell!?” “WTF!?” “What’s going on here???”—are frauds. It took me less than a minute to see what the court documents actually said and understand what they meant. They do not show that the bullet was not fired from the gun. They show only that the bullet was too fragmented to confidently link it to ANY gun. This is not uncommon, and DOES NOT mean the bullet didn’t come from Robinson’s gun. Of course the defense attorneys are going to spin this as evidence that Robinson is innocent. That is what defense attorneys do. They scrape together every possible fragment of doubt and present it as if it were fully exculpatory. It’s not. Defense lawyers are paid to downplay or ignore evidence pointing to guilt, exploit people’s cognitive biases, and make fallacious arguments sound persuasive. This information about the bullet doesn’t erode the case for Robinson’s guilt in any way. It is totally neutral on that front. And it in no way invalidate the mountain of positive and mutually corroborating lines of evidence we do have for Robinson’s guilt. You should expect more from the commentators you follow, and hold them accountable by refusing to give them your attention in the future. If they could not be bothered to spend even one minute checking the facts before spreading confusion to you and millions of others on X, they do not deserve your attention. They are nothing more than grifting engagement farmers.

@juliettekayyem How many commercial airplanes are flying that close to a residential home? Also, it's broad daylight and the helicopters are all equipped with transponders.

I know folks focused on the KidRock issue or military discipline, but as a frequent flyer I think giving license to let military pilots free lance in airspace shared with commercial airlines seems unsafe.

@samueloakford @juliettekayyem This headline screamed paywall. Survey says...... yup. Paywall. Sad

A broker for Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, attempted to make a big investment in major defence companies in the weeks leading up to the US-Israeli attack on Iran, according to three people familiar with the matter. ft.com/content/744ea8…

@SenSchumer @SenateGOP God forbid something bad happens to the homeland while you two assholes are fighting like little kids. This is a national security issue. Full stop.

9 times. That’s how many times the @SenateGOP has BLOCKED our attempts to fully fund TSA.

Search for 8 year old Callahan Pierce in Marshfield tonight includes Marshfield first responders, METROLEC search and rescue teams and State Police using drones and infrared technology and ATV’s…the concern is it’s cold and there are ponds and bogs in the woods #7News

I rebooked a flight with @JetBlue after my flight was cancelled and it was $410 more. Same exact flight back. But because I rebooked on a "new" reservation they won't refund the difference in cost. True blue since early 2000s. How is this possible?

Is this guy here on some sort of sports visa through Mount St. Charles? If so, shouldn't this charge be a deportable offense? Especially since it's a FELONY... I feel like this should be a bigger story than it is.

@juliettekayyem Juliette. We get it. You have TDS. Have you ever tweeted in support of anything Trump has done, or is it just all anti-conservative left wing propaganda? CNN must be paying pretty good appearance fees, otherwise I'm not sure how you still get booked.

How is deployment to public airports for presumably non immigration purposes an “operational security” issue. We will see them. Airlines, local and state elected and law enforcement, airports and their governing bodies, all should be briefed.

BREAKING: DHS confirms that the suspect in custody for murdering Loyola University student Sheridan Gorman in Chicago is a Venezuelan illegal alien who was caught & released at the border by the Biden administration in May 2023. DHS says he was also released from local custody after a shoplifting arrest in the sanctuary city of Chicago on June 19, 2023. DHS identifies the suspect as Venezuelan national Jose Medina-Medina. Medina-Medina is accused of approaching Gorman while she was walking in a park with friends early Thursday morning. DHS says Medina-Medina came up to her while wearing a mask and armed with a gun. As she attempted to flee, he fired his gun and shot her. Gorman was shot and pronounced dead at the scene. DHS statement: “Sheridan Gorman had her whole life ahead of her before this cold-blooded killer decided to end her life. She was failed by open border policies and sanctuary politicians who RELEASED this illegal alien TWICE before he went on to commit this heinous murder,” said Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis. “We are calling on Governor Pritzker and Chicago’s sanctuary politicians to commit to not releasing this criminal illegal alien from jail back into American neighborhoods.”

@damiEnbowman @mmosuvi36 @GerryCallahan Because liberal left-wing District attorneys are everywhere in Massachusetts. This will all come down to the body-cam and any ring cameras that captured the incident. It still baffles me that they aren't releasing the video.

@mmosuvi36 @rcarlstrom @GerryCallahan serious question: why would a prosecutor bring charges against anyone if the evidence exonerates the defendant? and then add in the defendant is a police officer.

The Boston patrolmen’s union called the prosecution “outrageous.” The same union that endorsed Mayor Wu last year. Shame on them.