Adam Roberts

[Bulwark Clips @BulwarkClips]

Q: "When do you believe this war should end?"

Nancy Lacore: "This war should have never started. According to the administration we obliterated their nuclear capability in the summer of 2024. Yet we got into this war for no reasons…It's so shortsighted of this administration, particularly our Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who is the most unqualified secretary we've ever had, to get us into this war when there was no clear objective and no clear exit strategy. This should have never happened."

[Stephen Hayes @stephenfhayes]

I'm not sure I've read a story over the past decade that better captures the grifter culture of TrumpWorld better than this one. Detail after amazing detail. Jaw-dropping, and yet none of it is really surprising.

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

It’s interesting to give a speech about the virtues of nationalism in a foreign country that you specifically selected in order to appeal to the transnational concept of “the west” — a concept that is much better than the concept of nationalism!

[Brett Usher @UsherNBA]

c'mon man

[Adam Roberts @Icculus3]

@EddieRoyalWR can they review that?

[Adam Roberts @Icculus3]

@realsnacktime @janecoaston also even if it did prove anything, that would be a normal Tuesday for Trump (and his enablers)

[Katie Rogers @katierogers]

“Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” The judge asked.

“I don’t know,” Angel, 13, replied before bursting into tears. He stared ahead stoically and continued to cry, eventually saying: “I have no one. I have nothing.”

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Today alone, and in Kyiv alone, Russian jet-powered drones “vanquished” two kindergartens and two schools, an ordinary residential building, an auto repair shop, several warehouses, and communications facilities. Anywhere in the world, this choice of targets would be called by one word – terrorism. Russia has no military objective whatsoever in doing this – it is purely an attempt to break people and inflict as much harm as possible on our society. Tragically, there are people killed… My condolences to their families and loved ones. Dozens of people were injured. Overall, since yesterday, the Russians have used 277 attack drones of various types, 155 of them jet-powered. Among the damaged sites is also a building used as the residence of the Saudi Arabian Ambassador. In the Dnipro region, a sports school is among the damaged facilities. In the Sumy region, the building of a regional children’s home was damaged.

If Russia were truly preparing for any real steps toward de-escalation – as it claims, particularly to American negotiators – this wave of “shahed” terror would not be happening. And we need to take a sober view of the situation. Russia knows how to send the kind of encouraging diplomatic signals that the world simply wants to hear… It knows how to send such signals in order to delay tough steps by the world in response to the war.

In America, the important Lindsey Graham sanctions and tariffs law has already reached the implementation stage. It is a law that can change a lot for the better if fully implemented. This law needs to be implemented – and everyone in the world can see that there is EVERY REASON to apply it and A CLEAR PURPOSE for doing so. We are counting on effective decisions from the world and stronger pressure from our partners, so that Russia sees that manipulating diplomatic signals will not allow it to keep winning more and more time for war and terror. It is important that our other partners in the G7 and G20 also take a principled stance.

New sanctions packages are being prepared – specifically targeting financial networks, supply chains for components and equipment used in the production of Russian weapons, and specific companies and individuals primarily involved in the production of Russian ballistic missiles. The new sanctions must take effect as early as October to provide a stronger foundation for changing the situation and pushing Russia toward real diplomacy. Thank you to everyone who helps Ukraine! Thank you to everyone working 24/7 to provide greater protection for Ukrainians and our state!

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

“Paid for by the U.S. Government”

A taxpayer-funded propaganda TV spot.

This is the most shameless administration of our lifetime.

[Tim Urban @waitbutwhy]

Gripping

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Breaking news: The Pentagon’s public tally of troops wounded during the Iran war was quietly increased by 37 without explanation from the Defense Department.

That includes 29 Navy sailors and eight Marines, according to the Pentagon’s database. https://t.co/rCT2EsFn79

[T-Bob Hebert @TBob53]

Bruh this is a Louisiana ass Louisiana accent

[Phan2112 @Horror_Phan]

If a white guy ever invites you to a jam band show just know thats a huge sign of respect in our culture

[Maine @TheMaineWonk]

Since Trump Took Office:

Gas +39%
Diesel +69%
Utilities +15%
Jet fuel +100%
Health care +13%
Ground beef +25%

Elon Wealth: +122%
Wall Street Profits +22%
CEO Pay: +14%
Real Wages: +.5%

Trump Wealth: Doubled.
Trump Cabinet: 8 members worth $100M+

Do you fucking get it yet?

[Shane Goldmacher @ShaneGoldmacher]

NEW: Trump calls his $400 million super PAC “my money that I control.”

Yet federal officeholders are legally barred from directing soft-money groups. A new FEC complaint accuses Trump of violating law.

W/ @maggieNYT:
https://t.co/2YhgTkHxJi

[Alec Stapp @AlecStapp]

More AI slop published in the WSJ.

This time it's a piece trying to argue that we shouldn't worry too much about the Hugging Face hack... while omitting all the most concerning details about the case:

- doesn't mention that the reason the agents hacked Hugging Face in the first place was to manipulate the scoring system in their own eval

- doesn't mention that some agents sacrificed themselves to benefit other agents in the swarm

- doesn't mention that agents engaged in tool-spoofing and attempted to alter their own logs once they'd been "poisoned" (their own term!)

- doesn't mention that some of the agents explicitly knew what they were doing was out of scope and unethical, yet none of them alerted a human

I also wouldn't be that worried if I had never learned any of those details, but that's exactly why it's important to take a comprehensive look at what happened.

Embarrassing for the WSJ to publish such misleading AI slop.

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

It’s so funny how Trump always tells on himself.

[Will Doran @will_doran]

Breaking: NC Court of Appeals upholds the state legislature's power grab of the state Board of Elections, shifting control from Gov. Josh Stein to Auditor Dave Boliek

2-1 ruling on party lines. The majority said since the legislature didn't give itself the power, it's OK. #ncpol

[Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper]

Bloomberg News: “President Donald Trump has traded more securities than every member of Congress combined since he returned to office — even as he seeks to pass a stock-purchasing ban for lawmakers that would exclude him from any restrictions.” https://t.co/JrceBFwQDv

[Tim Miller @Timodc]

"The convention hammered home the two central truths of GOP's plight: Trump is a senile old villain whose necrotizing brain is leaking out of his ears, and Republicans’ electoral chances now rest entirely on convincing ppl otherwise." - @EggerDC

https://t.co/C4e0tPld68