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@AjApplegoose @ChrisCuomo Hunter sold maybe at most $3m of paintings. You’re a fucking idiot if you think this scale is even remotely comparable. And this is why we are largely fucked. People like you happen to maybe also live here and there’s no hope.

@ChrisCuomo Why were you ok woth Hunter selling art? Not really any different..

Maga...why is this ok?

@carbcoma @AnnCoulter whole different topic, but it your point is you are against printing money, I agree.

@FlHeart @AnnCoulter ok hopefully we can claw back the money the fed printed for asset holders

We are so third world. The less well-off will now be forced to go to fake foreign "doctors" -- because of Democrats and ... GUESS WHICH REPUBLICANS? Correct: Mike Lawler, "Republican" of New York and Maria Elvira Salazar, "Republican" of Florida.

@carbcoma @AnnCoulter Then don’t complain when HC costs go up.

@FlHeart @AnnCoulter no i'm good, we can increase pay for american workers

@VetDad25 @mikenelson586 generally agree, but the lack of respect and deference T shows NATO/its leaders reflects on his view of their populations. and if I’m a voter in [pick a country], I’m not going to want to help a country that hasn’t even convinced its own people that what is happening is good.

I don’t understand his perspective on this. NATO nations are under NO obligation to help us here. Yes, it is showing us something about those relationships. No, it shouldn’t come as a surprise. And yes, it’s largely caused by our own behavior. BUT - I do think Allies should facilitate access, basing, and overflight.

I feel you're missing key points including A) the difference between a hypothetical war to defend NATO territory B) whether allies are obligated to join non NATO conflicts in which they were not consulted and for which we haven't even articulated a clear endstate C) the fact that threatening to invade allies might make them less cooperative in the future But besides that, you nailed it

@Legal_Fil @Dystop1anFvtvre @ThomBrady5 I think the growing consensus is their mosaic defense doctrine is working better than expected and if we destroyed them so thoroughly, the remaining 5% of their capability are pretty effective at (for example) choking off 15-20% of the worlds energy needs and half of fertilizer.

@Dystop1anFvtvre @ThomBrady5 In fact, they did not. People were expecting far more disruptive strikes, especially on Israel and oil facilities in the Gulf. Instead, there were a handful of successful drone strikes. Not nothing, but much less than any war game assumed.

I'm fascinated by the emerging consensus that having your navy and air force destroyed, your leadership killed off, and having lost complete control of your air space is actually evidence that one is winning. Crazy that we are only now discovering this new military strategy.

@johnkonrad @erhard97172 @Nervana_1 others have said it, but neither of them invoked article 5. and if it was really a thing, turkey would have no problem just bombing iran itself to tell them to stop it. lastly, denmark is not an extension of the DoD and is not required to take orders from the US.

@erhard97172 @Nervana_1 Turkey and British territory on Cyprus hasn’t been hit by Iran?

Who else remembers half of Europe laughing at Trump when he said America needs to own Greenland because we can’t trust Denmark to fully cooperate in a war?

@AAGDhillon She wasn’t under oath so they don’t believe her. It’s a fair critique.

You stormed out of the hearing before asking any questions. Do you actually want answers?

@thejackhopkins Heh hey, but he said he smelled war!

Markwayne Mullin: Let’s slow this down for a second...because this is where people get misled by tone...instead of structure. Markwayne Mullin wants you to picture something cinematic. A “top-secret mission.” The kind of phrase that immediately fills in the blanks in your mind...classified briefings...covert travel...high-stakes operations. But...here’s the problem: the actual structure of Congress doesn’t support that story. In 2016, Mullin wasn’t operating in the world where those kinds of missions originate. He was on Energy and Commerce...a committee focused on healthcare, energy policy, telecom, and consumer protection. Not war. Not intelligence. Not covert operations. That lane belongs to the Armed Services and Intelligence. That’s where classified operational oversight lives. So...right out of the gate...the framing doesn’t match the architecture. Now layer in the second problem: the agencies that would have fingerprints on anything resembling a real “mission”...FBI, State, Defense...reportedly couldn’t find records backing his claim. That’s not a minor gap. That’s the entire foundation missing. Because real classified activity leaves traces across systems...even if the details are restricted. Then...it gets worse. When pressed, Mullin reportedly acknowledged he had no formal role with State or Defense. So now you’re being asked to believe in a high-level “top-secret mission” that: *Didn’t run through the committees that handle those matters *Didn’t involve the agencies that execute them *And doesn’t show up in the places it logically should At that point...you’re no longer evaluating a claim. You’re evaluating a story. And when senators walked out of the classified briefing...the one place this should have snapped into focus...they didn’t come out saying, “That checks out.” They came out describing it as “weird,” with indications it may have been closer to a whistleblower or NDA situation than anything resembling a "covert mission." That’s the tell. Because when something is real...the classified version usually strengthens it. Here, it appears to have shrunk it. So...the clean read is this: the most charitable explanation is that Mullin was involved in some confidential congressional matter and is inflating it. The less charitable...and more consistent with the gaps...is that he’s dressing up something routine or ambiguous in the language of covert operations in a weak and sad attempt to manufacture credibility. Either way, “Energy and Commerce top-secret mission” doesn’t hold up under even basic scrutiny. And...that’s before you even get to the oldest rule in the book: When someone leans on “I can’t tell you...it’s classified” to avoid specifics… they’re usually not protecting secrets. They’re protecting the story.

@ratlpolicy Very cool.

@FlHeart Here you go: governorsoffice.colorado.gov/governor/news/…

They just completed the continent's largest wildlife overpass about 30 minutes north of my house, spanning 6 lanes of highway. It's pretty damn cool to drive under. It took less than a year to build, costing only $15 million. California, eat your heart out.

@amuse @Geiger_Capital Are you saying they sidelined him from meetings when he was in an intelligence job, instead of outright firing him? They have fired tens of thousands (hundreds of?) people for literally nothing but they couldn’t fire him? Is this the argument you make?

@Geiger_Capital They evidently sidelined him from sensitive meetings and intel for months. He was being monitored by the FBI. He evidently figured out he was under investigation and resigned.

So… they knew Joe Kent was leaking classified information, and they let him remain in his position with the highest security clearance in the country? They are going after this guy for speaking out.

@HolmesJosh @ComfortablySmug You lose elections badly by being fucking retarded. It would have take MarkWayne or whatever the fuck his name is to say, in 20 seconds, “You should not have been attacked, and I apologize for anything I said that could be construed as saying the attack was ok.” But nope.

This is how you lose elections badly. feelings are never more important than the health and well being of the people they represent. I know Rand in his heart agrees. This is silly and dumb. Let’s open a bottle of Ky bourbon and hash this out. Cc: @ComfortablySmug

Ok thread - as much as I personally love @RandPaul, @KelleyAshbyPaul and their entire family, I’m dumbfounded by today’s hearing with @SenMullin. I know they don’t get along but nobody in America gives a fuck what they feel.

@BKMidwestMom @HolmesJosh @RandPaul @KelleyAshbyPaul @SenMullin He does not think it matters that Mullin is pointing to “duel protocols” from 200 years ago as how people settle differences.

@HolmesJosh @RandPaul @KelleyAshbyPaul @SenMullin You don’t think it’s relevant that Mullin is unhinged

@VecchTweets Markwayne could have just said “look, we have had our differences but there was no excuse for what that guy did and I apologize for anything I said that indicated I feel differently.”.

Many on the Right today disdain courtesy and manners. Only power matters. Here is an example where courtesy and manners would have enhanced their power and it was eschewed.

@goneers Short answer - Real ID was passed in 2005 w implementation by 2008. Many delays later, finally put into effect in 2025, 20 years later. Many ppl don’t have the docs to re-register quickly. If Real ID had been so easy, why would it have taken so long? ANY QUESTIONS?

Can someone explain to me the difference between requiring Americans to have a Real ID to get on a plane and asking them to show that same Real ID in order to vote? Why isn't it a hardship to get a copy of your marriage license or birth certificate in order to get a Real ID but it is in order to vote for the leader of the free world? Make it make sense, please!

@marcorandazza doesn’t matter, that isn’t how it works. unless you want someone (the US?) to police air space everywhere, we have to respect it. stop being a douche.

what would they do if we flew over them anyway?

@AAGDhillon no one believes you. I can’t believe we have to do this for three more years.

That’s me behind her. The Democrats on this committee behaved like petulant children and created drama and stormed out. So much for wanting the truth!

@uncledoomer like what? ivermectin cures it?

for the entire biden presidency, you would get banned from all social media for saying objectively true things about covid

@Daractenus @StaceyVaughn @TheSaurus831 Also remember how @LindseyGrahamSC said he spoke w DJT and he had NEVER heard him so angry about allies not helping w Hormuz. So is he angry about it because we need help and won’t get it? Or we don’t need it but he wanted them to do it anyway?

@StaceyVaughn @TheSaurus831 That too!

For the record, the president of the United States is now simultaneously claiming that he has won the war, is currently winning the war, needs help to win the war, and needs no help to win the war. All to destroy the nuclear program he claims to have already destroyed last year.