Chris

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[Robert E Kelly @Robert_E_Kelly]

Making up communication with an ex-president to falsely affirm your war decisions would be damning for any other president.

This wd be proof of Biden’s senility or Harris’ unfitness. It would be on Fox for a month & hit the cover of the NYT

Yet somehow Trump gets another pass…

[Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen]

Not a single Republican calling for Benghazi-style hearings. No rightwing media outrage. Republicans dined off of 4 dead Americans in Benghazi for a decade, and yet 3 dead Americans at the hands of a Republican president who promised no new wars doesn't get an ounce of pushback. Fuck these fake outrage ghouls.

[Gregg Carlstrom @glcarlstrom]

Trump is basically calling up every journalist in his phone to workshop different timelines and goals for his war. In the past two days:

@washingtonpost: the aim is "freedom for the people" of Iran

@axios: maybe we can "end it in two or three days" with a deal

@nytimes: might be "four to five weeks", I have "three very good choices" who might take control in Iran

@abc: actually, nevermind, we killed those choices

He doesn't sound convinced by any of it. He's throwing spaghetti at the wall. Ultimately I suspect he just wants to say he "solved" a problem that has vexed every American president since Jimmy Carter.

But there's no clear idea what that looks like and no plan for how to get there. And there are plenty of possible scenarios in which Trump declares victory and leaves the region with an absolute mess

[Dow @mark_dow]

Timeline:

2014: Trump says Obama will invade Iran because he's not a good enough negotiator to get a deal with them

2015: Obama, with the backing of the EU, China, Russia and others, gets a deal with them

2018: Trump cancels deal bc it was Obama's and says he can negotiate a better one.

2018-2020: Trump can't negotiate one. Arms control experts and Trump officials start to grumble that scrapping Obama's deal was probably a bad idea.

2025: Trump still can't negotiate a new deal

2025: Israel launches an attack on Iran. Drags Trump in. Trump claims Iran's nuclear capacity was wiped out

2025-2026: Trump still can't negotiate a deal

2026: Trump launches a regime change war on Iran, at Israel's goading

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

This Trump post is frankly unreal in its cynicism and gaslighting:

He posted this because a US nuclear submarine - whose very presence near Greenland is already deeply provocative given the context - was just rescued by Danish military forces after one of its sailors fell ill. Denmark graciously rescued the sailor and evacuated him to treat him in a hospital in Greenland (fact: https://t.co/xK2gu2mfLR).

Instead of saying thank you and being grateful like a normal person would, Trump posts this 👇

The cherry on the cake is that there's no "great hospital boat" coming to Greenland because both U.S. hospital ships - the USNS Mercy and the USNS Comfort - are currently incapacitated, undergoing maintenance (https://t.co/P769aPFat1). So "It's on the way!!!" is simply a bold face lie.

The cynicism is truly beyond parody.

[Jake Sherman @JakeSherman]

MARK WARNER, top dem on senate intel, with a scathing statement

[Evan Austin @evanaustin_]

Officially in the transfer portal with 3 years of eligibility remaining. My number is 240-446-3811 @OHSBearsFB @FTRreport

[Greg Swatek @greg_swatek]

Oakdale High graduate Dom Nichols has made a very favorable impression since arriving at Michigan in December of 2023. He's doing everything he can while he waits for his time to shine as an edge rusher.

On Saturday, he played close to home at Maryland @FrederickSports @frednewspost @FCPSAthletics @UMichFootball @OHSBearsFB @OakdaleAthletic
https://t.co/iOOGUuADsa

[David French @DavidAFrench]

This is utterly shameful. This is Vladimir Putin's best outcome. The U.S. is placing pressure on a free nation fighting for its life while giving aid and comfort to an authoritarian thug.

[Mattie Timmer @MattieTimmer]

The ongoing tradition of female nominees for President choosing a guy named Tim as their running mate remains unbroken.

[Andy Kim @AndyKimNJ]

It’s not just that our divisions have grown so wide in our country, but our willingness to allow contempt to accompany us. It’s not just a disrespect that we see towards one another, it’s a deeper disregard and a disgust of one another.  6/10

[Ed Zitron @edzitron]

I think we really are underselling how cooked Facebook is. This is a 17,000 member group called "Facebook complaints center" made up of people that post like they recently got a concussion

[ESPN @espn]

44 years ago today, USA men’s hockey upset the four-time defending gold medalist Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter Olympics 🇺🇸🏒

[John Harwood @JohnJHarwood]

the fact that Taylor Swift could become a right-wing grievance object for being a top female entertainer dating a great football player who endorses life-saving vaccinations shows how grotesquely warped
some people's brains have become

[Tom Malinowski @Malinowski]

Wow. McConnell seems to be saying that because Trump "wants to run on immigration," Congress can't try to solve immigration now.

Meanwhile, we must let Russia win a war and watch Ukrainians die, because "the politics have changed."

[Oakdale Football @OHSBearsFB]

The Bears are all over the FNP All Area Team! Congrats to all of our amazing players! Well deserved! ⁦@OakdaleStudents⁩

2023 News-Post All-County Football | High School Sports | https://t.co/6LL5p8Up2X https://t.co/3CgdS5bMqa

[themamba @aka_themamba]

This guy. Evan Austin. Future 49er in Charlotte. Austin capped off his Bears career accounting for an all-time title game-best 464 yds and five tds in the title game. Austin finished his career as Oakdale’s all-time leading rusher and passer.

Last night;
R 25–185-1
P 16-21-279-4

[themamba @aka_themamba]

ICYMI: Oakdale senior Hunter Thompson set an MPSSAA title game record with 269 receiving yards last night in the Bears 42-35 win over Linganore. The Ohio commit also caught a title game-best 15 passes (on 16 targets) and a title game-best four touchdowns in the victory.

[Alex Flum @AlexFlumTV]

OAKDALE WINS BATTLE OF FREDCO STATE TITLE GAME: Bears take down the Lancers 42-35, for their second state title in program history.

Here is a snippet of tonight's coverage.

@OHSBearsFB @FCPSAthletics @FCPSMaryland @DCNewsNow #DCNNGameNight

[Oakdale Football @OHSBearsFB]

We are …. STATE CHAMPS!!!