My new and long @townhallcom column on what I think @realDonaldTrump is doing in Iran. I’d do it differently, but he’s neither crazy nor about to give up.
Don’t Panic About Trump’s Iran Strategy Just Yet https://t.co/YdIMck6ICw
Hello Mr. Platner,
Ratio.
That's it. That's the whole rebuttal.
You are someone who, by the virtue of his Reddit posts, manages to be simultaneously a filthy-literal-Communist and anti-Semite. That in itself is an egregious sin, because literal, card-carrying Communists are fundamentally at odds with America's norms.
But if that weren't enough, you have voluminous Reddit posts defending the Nazi Totenkopf symbol. You clearly knew the tattoo you got and you defended it publicly. There's no either/or way about it.
Scum attracts scum. Which is why you can comfortably swim in both literal-Communist and literal-antisemitic far-right circles.
I am no fan of Sue Collins. But the fact you are running against her, that you have even the smallest chance of defeating her --
you, as someone who is a self-admitted Communist, someone who has Nazi sympathies -- not to mention all the horrific, personal-life stuff --
You are the worst candidate in history, right AND left. You are the authoritarian evil that every "democracy" group speaks about, yet they will hypocritically not say a word against because they believe that being anti-Trump is more important than allying with Communists or Nazis.
You are not "populist." On the contrary:
You are the perfected example of how liberal democracy has rotted so far that they'd rather stay silent about you, hoping you'll win against the most moderate Republican in the Senate, than to hand Trump the possibility of retaining the Senate.
I subscribed your substack to read your article.
Your article satisfies a primal need. You are uniquely talented at that. That is the highest compliment I can give. I wish I could give it in so many more words, but I am alexithymic and cannot.
You are exceptionally good at what you do. Thank you for writing it. <3
🚨 JUST IN: This Washington DC woman became AWESTRUCK upon realizing what President Trump did to the Columbus Circle fountain in DC
"This is CRAZY. I'm from this area. NEVER seen it like this! It's so blue, it is bouncing off the white marble. I've NEVER seen the marble this CLEAN before."
"Oh my gosh. It smells and looks gorgeous. It's so pretty. Breathtaking."
DILAPIDATION WAS A CHOICE!
MAGA chooses beauty 🇺🇸
After 3 months of internet outage
I connected from inside Iran
And I have only one message for the world
Don't believe the lies of the Western Ayatollah-loving medias
The Islamic Republic is not winning the war and has suffered a heavy defeat
Militarily, we witnessed the destruction of IRGC centers in cities every day
Economically, prices in Iran have exploded and we can no longer even afford to buy chicken and eggs
The regime has been controlling the streets with armed terrorists for more than three months in order not to fall
They cut off the internet for three months so that you wouldn't hear these words
Even if you hate Donald Trump
You have to accept that the decisive winner of this war is America
#IranWar
Part 2 is up.
The democracy ecosystem claims $33 billion a year and employs hundreds of thousands of people. There is no puppet master. They converge through constant conventions.... meeting, aligning on priorities, and deploying.
Now imagine MAGA with $33 billion and 200,000 full-time staff whose entire job is to meet, agree, knock on doors, train judiciary, instill journalists, recruit candidates, and get out the vote.
@JamesLucasIT Beautiful post and article. Thank you. You brought back the memory of standing in front of painting #6 for about 20 minutes, just taking it in and walking back and forth as the eyes followed.
Exactly.
Iran’s leverage is dying.
Even just a 10 year pause of enrichment allows a window to build pipelines around Hormuz.
The world now knows that it isn’t a reliable pathway.
And in that span of time, defensive tech like lasers and drones will make attacking the pipelines and other infrastructure impossible.
Get the HEU out and monitors in.
That will be the key to long term safety.