Jarrod Weiss

Buckeye transplant in the Green Mountain State. Political wild card. Tweets my own.

[Jarrod Weiss @GreatWeissOne]

Oh, at least I can stop worrying about the cost of living because I know how big the reflecting pool is to other buildings.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Trump: I just had this done. *holds up chart comparing reflecting pool to buildings*

[chiky handler @chiky_handlr]

Pete Buttigieg gets asked how a left-leaning person in a deep red county can convince their neighbors that they love America just as much as they do.

His answer: 💯

[Jarrod Weiss @GreatWeissOne]

Can we stop call the assailant in last night’s attempted attack at the WHCA Dinner a “teacher”? He was a tutor with a private company that HS students hire to work with them on SAT/ACT prep.

He’s not a classroom teacher at a school.

A private tutor. That’s what he is.

[Eleven Warriors @11W]

Ryan Day, seated next to Nick Saban, on Caleb Downs: “When Caleb came to Ohio State... he was a mess. I don’t know what they were doing at Alabama.”

🤣

[Jarrod Weiss @GreatWeissOne]

Pete with the smackdown.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Joe Kernen comes close to having a coronary on air as Pete Buttigieg dogwalks him all over the Squawk Box studio about Trump's economic mismanagement and inflation

[Ohio State Hoops @OhioStateHoops]

THIS IS MARCH.

#GoBucks | #FightToTheEnd

[Jarrod Weiss @GreatWeissOne]

Hope this is a bad take.

I’m afraid it’s not…

[Philip Pilkington @philippilk]

There it is: oil shipments from the Middle East are halted. Fill up your car - and maybe a few trash cans - because gasoline shortages are coming. Then inflation. Then high interest rates. Then a financial crisis. Then… a depression? 🛢️📈📈📈

[Richard N. Haass @RichardHaass]

13 reasons i am worried about what we have set in motion in Iran. as a rule, successful regime change is easier to call for than carry out, as iraq, afghanistan, & Libya all teach. https://t.co/6I3ixlJiqv

[David French @DavidAFrench]

A few thoughts:

1) This attack should not have happened without Congressional authorization. This is no mere technicality -- it's the framer's foundational design for how the republic should wage war.

2) Khamenei's death is a great victory, but we've all been on this rollercoaster before. The U.S. and Israelis have taken out lots of leaders and rulers in these long wars.

3) I very very very much want the regime to fall, and I desperately want democracy to take root, but remember, we're ultimately relying in large part on civilian protesters (hopefully with the support of dissenting regime elements) to actually topple the regime.

4) If we rely on protesters (who possess magnificent courage), I'm worried we might see something like what happened to Iraqis who rose up against a defeated Saddam in 1991. It was a bloody massacre. That's a nightmare scenario.

5) Our forces have performed magnificently, and I'm hoping and praying that the Iranian response remains inept and ineffective. But it's dangerous to simply presume that it will.

6) If we take losses (or if we suffer economic disruption) that's when we'll see one of the consequences of failing to go to Congress. We're a divided country. Trump is a mercurial man.

7) Trump's temperament and character are one reason why it's silly to say, "If I'd support this under any other president, I should support this under Trump." He's not like any other president. Bad and dishonest leaders make me less confident in their plans.

8) If, however, the Iranian people can rally, if our attacks can prevent the regime from massacring civilians, then it will be a massive accomplishment and a great day for the U.S., Israel, and the world.

[Barak Ravid @BarakRavid]

🚨ISRAEL SAYS IRAN SUPREME LEADER KHAMENEI IS DEAD. My report on @axios
https://t.co/4EHaMUdpVt

[Jarrod Weiss @GreatWeissOne]

US involved in “preemptive” strikes by Israel against Iran.

Is this the start of prolonged war in the Middle East?

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: Explosions heard in Tehran as Israel's defense minister confirms Israel has attacked Iran. https://t.co/qvw0AsN9Wz

[Maine @TheMaineWonk]

Millennials living through:

- 2 economic recessions
- 9/11
- Iraq & Afghanistan
- a global pandemic
- 8 stock market crashes
- jobs replaced by AI
- Host of The Apprentice possibly starting WW3

We’re tired boss.

[Jarrod Weiss @GreatWeissOne]

I don’t know if this cabal lives in the Midwest, but this is the most midwestern thing I’ve seen in a long time.

I’d like to get Pauline’s reaction. Has Brian been interviewed? Barbara should be relieved of her duties at the leader of the church kitchen.

[chris evans @notcapnamerica]

There’s a multipart series unfolding on TikTok of a group of seniors upset their friend Barbara has been cheating at Mah Jong. I’ve been riveted

[Jarrod Weiss @GreatWeissOne]

Don’t forgot our insignificance in this universe. Humble ourselves in the understanding that while we might stress about our daily lives, in the end we are existing on a simple speck of dust.

[Saganism @Saganismm]

On Valentine’s Day 36 years ago, at the request of Carl Sagan, NASA turned Voyager 1's camera back toward home for one last look.

From 3.7 billion miles away, it captured this: a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.

Here is how Carl Sagan beautifully described it:

“Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it, everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor, and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every 'superstar,' every 'supreme leader,' every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there — on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.

The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand. It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.”

[Iris Seraphina  @iris_seraphina]

So interesting!! 🤔 I definitely fit in more with the #Xennials 🙌🏼

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

This video should unsettle anyone who takes the United States seriously as a nation.

Because it exposes something dangerous: the trivialization of the world's most consequential office. It shows how carelessly the power, credibility, and accumulated moral authority of a superpower can be squandered for a few seconds of viral attention.

In any other major democracy, this behavior from a head of state would trigger a constitutional crisis. Paris would burn. Berlin would convene emergency sessions. In the Nordic countries, resignation would follow within hours. Across functioning democracies, the public, institutions, and political class would recognize this for what it is: an assault on the dignity of the state itself. Leaders are not free to perform as entertainers without consequence. National honor is not personal property, it's held in trust.

But the United States is not just another country with a provocateur in charge. It is the linchpin of global order. It maintains formal alliances and security guarantees with forty to fifty nations. It underwrites the financial architecture, trade systems, and diplomatic frameworks that billions of people depend on daily. When the American president speaks—or posts—it doesn't land as satire, meme, or personal whim. It reads as a signal about what the country is becoming.

American power has never relied solely on carrier strike groups or economic output. It has rested on something more fragile and more valuable: trust. The belief that beneath domestic turbulence lies institutional seriousness, predictability, and a baseline commitment to dignity. That belief is now disintegrating in real time.

Millions of American companies operate globally. They negotiate multibillion-dollar contracts in environments where reputation is currency. Boardrooms in Frankfurt, Singapore, and Dubai aren't debating whether a post was clever—they're asking whether the United States remains a reliable partner. Whether agreements signed today will be honored tomorrow. Whether American leadership has devolved from institutional to purely theatrical.

Consider tourism, which sustains millions of American jobs—airlines, hotels, restaurants, museums, entire regional economies. Soft power isn't an abstraction. It materializes in flight bookings, conference locations, study-abroad programs, and decades of accumulated goodwill. A quiet, decentralized boycott doesn't require government action—only a collective sense that a nation no longer respects itself.

Now picture this image being studied by foreign ministers, central bank governors, defense strategists, and sovereign wealth fund managers. Picture them asking a coldly rational question: How do we write binding thirty-year agreements with a country whose public face will be this, relentlessly, for years to come? How do we plan for the long term when the tone is impulsive, mocking, and unbound by the gravity of office?

This is where the real calculus begins. Trillions in foreign capital depend on confidence that America is stable, credible, and rule-governed. That confidence is now being traded for what, exactly? Applause from an online mob? A dopamine rush from manufactured outrage? Content designed to dominate the news cycle rather than serve the national interest?

Every serious nation eventually confronts this choice: burn long-term credibility for short-term spectacle, or safeguard the reputation previous generations bled to build. The United States spent eighty years constructing an image of reliability, restraint, and leadership under pressure. That image wasn't born from perfection—it came from a visible commitment to standards that transcended impulse.

This isn't a partisan issue. Europeans who value democratic norms recognize something ominously familiar here. Americans—Democrat and Republican alike—who believe in responsibility and restraint should see it too. Power attracts scrutiny. Leadership demands discipline. A superpower cannot behave like a reality TV contestant without paying a price.

The presidency is not a personal broadcast channel. It's a symbol carried on behalf of 330 million people and countless international partners who never voted but whose lives are shaped by American decisions anyway. Every post either reinforces or erodes the idea that America can be counted on when it matters most.

So the question is no longer whether this is offensive. The question is whether this is who America chooses to be: a nation that trades a century of hard-won reputation for viral moments. A country that replaces statecraft with content creation. A republic governed like a season of reality television.

History offers a harsh lesson here. Great powers don't fall because enemies mock them. They collapse when they begin mocking themselves—publicly, proudly, and without grasping the cost until it's far too late.

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[no context the west wing @LemonLymancom]

On his 90th birthday, let's appreciate Alan Alda's wonderful performance as Senator Vinick 👏

[Jarrod Weiss @GreatWeissOne]

All of them.

[Bruce Fenton @brucefenton]

Listen. You don’t interfere with the duties of armed officers of the government.
That’s just asking to be killed.

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

If there was ever a moment for libertarians and conservatives to step up and join the rest of us, we’re in it.

Americans have to unite and stop this descent from a freedom-loving nation into the kind of place where masked, militarized government agents are sent to politically noncompliant areas to roam the streets, terrorize civilians, and deploy violence with impunity.