Ana W 🌊

Brazilian Canadian living in TX. World-class lounger and worrier. Nerdy tennis and F1 fanatic. Luckiest wife ever. Lover of Constitutional Republics #Resist

[Sam Stein @samstein]

Sued by Patel and after news broke that the FBI is investigating her piece, she just drops this. Love it

[Ken Burns @KenBurns]

We are announcing today that The American Revolution will stream for free in its entirety on all PBS platforms from May 25th through July 12. Hope you have a chance to watch, ideally with friends and family, as you think about our 250th anniversary this July 4th. https://t.co/c8fc6Sldj5

[Simon Maechling @simonmaechling]

The collapse of trust in science is going to go down in history as one of the most sad, bizarre, and destructive social contagions of modern times.

We fed billions, cured diseases and powered nations - yet people ran toward conspiracies instead.

[The Atlantic Communications @TheAtlanticPR]

Statement from The Atlantic's editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg:

[Eric Moutsos @realericmoutsos]

Phenomenal few minutes by Will Hollingsworth with the truth on AI data centers coming to a city near you.

[Patrick Heizer @PatrickHeizer]

Every Democrat since Carter has decreased the federal deficit.

Every Republican since Eisenhower has increased the federal deficit.

[Katherine Clark @TeamKClark]

Trump in March: “This [ballroom is] no charge to the taxpayer whatsoever. This was all donations made by friends of mine… Not one penny of tax will be donated to this.”

[Mel @Villgecrazylady]

So apparently Jared Kushner made the decision to remove JD Vance from the negotiation team and replace him with this moron.

In early January the dude literally wrote an op-ed advocating for this stupid war and every single prediction he made about how things would go turned out 100% wrong.

THIS is the guy they are bringing in to “help” with the negotiations.

Unbelievable.

[Essential Mastery @EssentialMastry]

“Being hated by idiots is the price you pay for not being one of them.”

- Jean Cocteau

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: New polling shows Sherrod Brown leading his Republican opponent by 2 points in Ohio. This race could determine the Senate majority. Retweet to make sure every Ohioan knows to vote for Brown in November.

[Lara Friedman @LaraFriedmanDC]

The entire “speak-no-criticism-of-Israel” industry is erupting in OUTRAGE & demanding retribution for a history prof’s speech
at the U Mich graduation.

Listen to the whole (superb) speech to grasp what is happening here: a demand for a complete Israel-exception to free speech.

[Danny (Dennis) Citrinowicz ,داني سيترينوفيتش @citrinowicz]

The fundamental question we should be asking about U.S. policy toward Iran is simple: what is the actual objective?

If the goal is freedom of navigation, a U.S. president has the diplomatic tools to ensure the Strait of Hormuz remains open as long as he lifts the maritime blockade.

If the goal is to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, then there are well-established mechanisms sich as limits on enrichment, stockpile reduction, and intrusive inspections, that can significantly push Iran away from breakout capability.

But if the goal is broader, meaning ending Iran’s regional influence or eliminating its control over strategic chokepoints, then we are no longer talking about containment or deterrence. We are talking about regime change.

And that’s where the core problem lies.

The administration’s rhetoric often implies ambitions that resemble regime change, yet in practice it is neither willing nor able to pursue the kind of sustained, large-scale military and political effort that such a goal would require. As a result, policy falls into a strategic gray zone, meaning applying pressure without a clear end state.

Continuing to escalate under these conditions is unlikely to achieve meaningful results. Instead, it risks worsening global economic instability, especially through energy markets, without bringing the U.S. closer to a resolution.

At some point, a basic decision has to be made:

If the U.S. accepts that the current Iranian regime will remain in power, then it should pursue a realistic agreement based on existing frameworks, focused on nuclear constraints and regional de-escalation.

If the U.S. seeks fundamentally different outcomes, then it must acknowledge what that entails: a long, costly campaign, potentially involving boots on the ground and months (or years) of sustained conflict.

Trying to do both - demanding concessions that effectively amount to regime transformation while negotiating with that same regime, is inherently contradictory. It assumes Iran will capitulate under pressure, despite no clear indication that it sees itself as defeated.

As long as U.S. policy remains in this strategic limbo, it risks achieving neither objective, ending up with escalation, economic fallout, and no durable solution.

You can’t have it both ways...

#iran

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

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[Spencer Althouse @SpencerAlthouse]

Aziz Ansari just appeared as Kash Patel on SNL, and they went innnnn on him

"I'm a trailblazer. I'm the first Indian person to suck at their job. Everyone says Indian people are smart, hardworking, incredibly intelligent. I prove without a shadow of a doubt that we can be just as incapable and incompetent as the whites."

[Mike Nellis @MikeNellis]

It should probably be a bigger story that Donald Trump offered John Fetterman a significant “financial windfall” if he switches parties and becomes a Republican.

I know nobody bats an eye at the corruption oozing out of this White House anymore, but that’s fucking insane, and we shouldn’t ignore it.

[Ana W 🌊 @azwess]

@DropSiteNews No hesitation: do the outreach 💯

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

What???

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

In Uno that means you are losing.

[Anthony Scaramucci @Scaramucci]

We are ALL FAILING this country.

Donald Trump needs to be removed from office.

He should have been removed before the war started. He is mentally unwell.

Forget the Jesus pictures. Forget the Pope. We can go through hundreds of examples.

The sane washing — pretending this is normal — that's just the surface problem.

The real problem is that we have willing accomplices.

What we have in America right now is a complete failure of political elites to execute on the constitutional system that was built specifically for this moment.

We are all accomplices to this man's reckless behavior.

-Every senator who stays quiet.
-Every executive who writes the check.
-Every commentator who normalizes it.

He needs to be removed from office and he won't be.

[Knoxie @KnoxieLuv]

This guy just got arrested for human trafficking in Florida.