Chad Williams

Planner, Futurist, Liberal. Thoughts and opinions expressed here are my own.

@ cmwill at Post. @ cmwill99 at Counter Social. @ cmwill@

[Dr. Jeffrey Lewis @ArmsControlWonk]

This is literally just the JCPOA. They literally have an MOU to negotiate the same deal Trump ripped up.

[S.V. Dáte @svdate]

NEW — Trump can con his followers with his boast of a “deal” with Iran.

He doesn’t seem to be conning the rest of the world.

https://t.co/dczIrx30Zk

[Ivo Daalder @IvoHDaalder]

Don’t be fooled by Trump or his supporters. The Iran War will be remembered as the worst strategic disaster since the Vietnam War—if not the end of World War II. That much was clear weeks ago. https://t.co/GyUUGFzrQ9

[Jason Brodsky @JasonMBrodsky]

CIA Director John Ratcliffe told President Trump that intelligence gathered by U.S. intelligence agencies raised serious doubts about Iran's willingness to make the nuclear concessions the U.S. is seeking in any final deal. https://t.co/EV2Ur8vm0q

[Norman Ornstein @NormOrnstein]

Bibi put all of his eggs in the Trump basket. This is what he gets.

[Emoluments Clause @Emolclause]

#BREAKING: CO AG Griswold: “We are trying to interpret an executive order and rule making but at the end of the day, DHS would send states a list 60 days ahead of the election. We would then have to send the postal service a list 30 days ahead of the election, and to tell you the truth…it feels like a trap. So what happens if an eligible voter is not on DHS’ list? They are telling us that DOJ is going to come after us if we send that ballot out. It’s attempted interference, it’s attempted voter suppression, it’s no good. I don’t know exactly what they are doing, that is what I believe they are doing, but I do know it’s unlawful, it’s unconstitutional and we’re going to fight like hell to push back. The state of Colorado and other states are already in litigation and we are going to push back on the rule making that the postal service just commenced, published this week also.” 🤦‍♀️

[Jeremy Diamond @JDiamond1]

While reporting from Halhul today in the occupied West Bank, Israeli settlers severely damaged our vehicle and those of several Palestinians, smashing windows & puncturing tires. Thankfully, no one was in the vehicles.
We won't be deterred from continuing to report on this story.

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

To understand the scale of today’s Russian crime against humanity’s historical heritage: it is the equivalent of bombing St. Peter’s Basilica in a war of conquest against Italy, or Notre-Dame de Paris against France, Westminster Abbey against Britain, or Aachen Cathedral.

[Dr. Jeffrey Lewis @ArmsControlWonk]

I say this with no partisan rancor at all: these guys just have no idea what the fuck they are doing.

[Ben Rhodes @brhodes]

I've always wanted a journalist to ask Trump this question: "what were the terms of the JCPOA"? Huge indictment of journalism in the U.S. that no one has done that and his criticisms of the Iran Deal were treated as genuine positions.

[Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom]

The war

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

Trump surrendered to Iran, and now you're going to pay to rebuild them.

Had enough yet?

[Jeff Timmer @jefftimmer]

Marco Rubio was a busy li’l beaver this weekend. Helping surrender to Iran, attending the UFC dumbfuckery at the White Trash House, and leaking stories about Vance.

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

At this point, Trump has been played by pretty much every country in the Middle East, from Israel and Saudi to the UAE and Qatar, and now by Iran itself. He’s like a Baby Huey in a world of grownups. He makes Jimmy Carter look like a canny master of geopolitical maneuvering.

[Chad Williams @cmwill99]

@nick_field90 Rubio isn't as stupid as Vance.

[Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom]

"But it might work for us"

[Tommy Vietor @TVietor08]

You've got to be kidding me with this shit...You could've built a relationship with Iranian government officials by TALKING WITH THEM and not bombing the shit out of their country! They fucking hate you! This has to be Steve Witkoff. No one else sounds this dumb so consistently.

[LoLNothingMatters @DastDn]

Vance is marathoning the cable show circuit trying to upsell this turd. Just absolutely shackling himself to the Iran deal, stamping his ownership all over it.

I need to re-adjust my estimate of his political acumen ever farther down.

(Rubio is nowhere to be seen)

[Saint Javelin @saintjavelin]

When Notre-Dame burned in 2019, the world stopped.

Today, Russia damages Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, a monastery nearly 1,000 years old and older than Notre-Dame itself.

A thousand years of history deserves the same attention, the same sympathy, and the same protection.

[S.V. Dáte @svdate]

NEWS THAT WILL ENRAGE PUTIN (AND MAYBE TRUMP) EVEN MORE:

Ursula von der Leyen at the G7 announces that Ukraine is starting the process of joining the EU.