Mark Newgent

Soccer Dad, politically homeless “Cabal of Opposers” So Spursy.

[Mark Newgent @MarkNewgent]

@AMinerDetail Not the entirety of the motor fuel tax is dedicated to CTB debt service. It’s a mix of fuel tax and vehicle fees. You could lower the fuel tax but then you’d have to make a decision about what else in your transportation portfolio is affected.

[Mark Newgent @MarkNewgent]

Safe Home Norman Podhoretz, yours was a life well lived. Thank you for @Commentary. @jpodhoretz may your father’s memory be a blessing.

[Mark Newgent @MarkNewgent]

They are free! ❤️🇮🇱

[Noah Rothman @NoahCRothman]

Document designed to frustrate revolutionaries and promote compromise and incrementalism works as designed. https://t.co/6aeAlA4rBj

[Mark Newgent @MarkNewgent]

If you fight illiberalism with illiberalism all you get is more illiberalism.

[Brianna Wu @BriannaWu]

I stayed in the progressive project too long when it was clearly veering towards insanity.

I will not repeat this mistake with anti-woke. Yes there were cultural things that need to be pushed back on, but this entire movement is rapidly being dominated by goals that are anti-free speech, anti-inclusion and anti-American.

It’s just wokeness in another direction.

[Mark Newgent @MarkNewgent]

Did that kid from Eddington write this?

[Jonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch]

Lolol

[Niall Ferguson @nfergus]

'Accusing Israel of genocide and recognising a non-existent state are the luxury beliefs of western foreign policy, elicited in response to misleading photographs on front pages and fake fatality statistics, and utterly divorced from strategic reality.' 2/8

[Mark Newgent @MarkNewgent]

As usual @AbeGreenwald puts a stake through the heart of the prevarication.

[Mark Newgent @MarkNewgent]

College basketball coach schools sitting US Senator on basic morality. Now make him run gassers.

[Bruce Pearl @coachbrucepearl]

As a leader in the Democratic Party YOU should be ashamed Sir. On Oct 7th Israel was attacked by Hamas from the Palestinian State of Gaza murdering over 50 Americans! The war crime was when you Dems appeased Iran and gave them pallets of cash to fund this terror and build Nukes!

[Jonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch]

America hasn’t been perfect. It’s made grave mistakes. But there is no country that has ever done more for improving the world. It breaks my heart how unappreciative Americans across the ideological spectrum are of that. Much of the left rejects we’ve ever been good for the world, much of the right wants to stop being good for the world. Shame on all of them.

[Mark Newgent @MarkNewgent]

Gratitude for what we have been bequeathed.

[Mark Newgent @MarkNewgent]

@JonahDispatch Thank the global popularity of football. ⚽️

[Mark Newgent @MarkNewgent]

I’ll say it again. I’m represented by a moral imbecile.

[Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen]

Trump said he would end wars. Tonight, he dragged us into one. His decision violates the Constitution, endangers American lives and risks unleashing dangerous forces we can’t control.

My full statement:

[Mark Newgent @MarkNewgent]

He didn’t send troops Einstein.

[Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib @RepRashida]

President Trump sending U.S. troops to bomb Iran without the consent of Congress is a blatant violation of our Constitution.

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

Israel's Prime Minister may think no one will notice what he's doing in Gaza while he bombs Iran.

People face starvation. 55,000 killed. Aid workers and doctors turned away at the border. Shooting at innocent people desperate for food.

The world sees you, Benjamin Netanyahu.

[Mark Newgent @MarkNewgent]

US does what Jayne wants, Iran crosses nuclear threshold, then what.

[Jayne Miller @jemillerbalt]

US attacks Iran which promises to retaliate..
Then what.

[Mark Newgent @MarkNewgent]

Was this co-written by Iran, Hamas, Russia and China?

[Douglas Macgregor @DougAMacgregor]

In the last 72 hours, Israel launched a preemptive strike against Iran when negotiations between Washington and Tehran were still ongoing.

Iran was caught off-guard. But Iran recovered more quickly from its Pearl Harbor moment than Israel expected.

In less than 18 hours after Israel’s surprise attack, Iran responded firing hundreds of ballistic missiles including hypersonic missiles into central Tel Aviv and across Israel.

Meanwhile, Israel's Iron Dome failed. Israeli intelligence failed. Now Netanyahu is pleading with Washington to intervene with American Military Power to rescue Israel from certain defeat; a defeat Netanyahu crafted with encouragement from Washington.

At the same time, Russia, China, Pakistan and most of the Muslim World are rallying to Iran’s defense.

Supplies, equipment and technical assistance are pouring into Iran.  

It’s time for a reality check:

Washington burned through $12 trillion in the Middle East since 2003. Result? 7,000 dead Americans. 50,000 wounded, open borders and 100,000 Americans dying yearly from Fentanyl poisoning.

Today, the United States is $37 trillion in debt, a sum that does not include so-called “agency debt.”   77 million Americans voted for President Trump because he promised to end the overseas conflicts and halt the march to WW3.

Trump’s mandate is unchanged: Secure America’s borders, ports and coastal waters. Deport illegal aliens, crush the criminals r-ping and murdering Americans. Restore the rule of law. But not one more drop of American blood for foreign wars.  

One Israeli strike on Kharg Island—where 90% of Iran's oil exports flow—or Bandar Abbas terminals, and Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz. That's 20% of global oil supply.

That means disrupted supply chains and runaway inflation. Gas hits $7/gallon overnight. Every working family crushed. Truckers can't deliver food. Economy crashes. For what? So Israel that started this insane war can drag Americans into a wider regional conflict with the potential for nuclear war?  

We have 40,000 troops in UAE, Qatar, across the Persian Gulf. They are sitting ducks. Iranian Shahed-136 Drones cost $20,000 each. American Patriot Missiles cost $4 million per interceptor.

Do the math. We will run through our inventory of missiles and go broke while Americans come home in boxes.  

The Middle East is on the brink. Here's what Washington must do to defuse conflict:  

1. Ask for an Emergency UN Security Council meeting. Ask for an Immediate ceasefire making it clear that Washington opposes the destruction of Iran, Israel and any other state in the Middle East.  

2. Demand that Israel stop the killing of Palestinians in Gaza and withdraw its forces from Gaza and the West Bank.

3. Suspend all military aid to Israel until Israel agrees to remove its troops from Gaza and permit humanitarian assistance to reach the people of Gaza.

4. Propose the commitment of Armed Forces from non-aligned nations to police Gaza and the West Bank. 5. Propose that the United States, Russia, China, India and Brazil convene a peace conference to arbitrate the dispute between Israel, Iran and Israel’s neighbors.  

I led American Soldiers under fire into action. I've seen plenty of flag-draped coffins. I don’t want to see any more. Washington’s warmongers had 22 years. They failed. They lied.

They profited while America bled. Time's up.  

America First means AMERICA FIRST. Not Israel first. Not Ukraine first. Not NATO first. AMERICA FIRST.

[Israel Defense Forces @IDF]

Iran posted this video to show the world how powerful they are.
We showed the world what happens when you mistake propaganda for strength.

The Iranian Chief of Staff and Commander of the IRGC featured in this Iranian propaganda video have been eliminated and the site has been struck.