I'm sorry, I can't get over this. The most powerful person on earth is using the full force of government to jail a 67-year-old over an error his *own administration* oversaw. It is the epitome of government "weaponization." Mind-blowing hypocrisy. It's unconscionable.
@JakeSherman Jake: Even if the authorization lapses, FISA Section 702 surveillance will continue in full until March 2027. Congressional inaction will not change this. See here: https://t.co/pzY9j821Zd
Trump campaigned (thrice) against prolonged U.S. conflicts in the Middle East. He campaigned in 2024 as “the Peace President.” Now, he thinks he’s immune from the same mistakes of the past.
“Iran Is the Potential Quagmire That Trump Thinks He Can Avoid”
https://t.co/QR2wC2O2Q8
Reminder, fascists often look like clowns in the early stages of their political rise.
Don’t laugh things like this off—take the rise of explicit fascist antisemitism on the right seriously.
“The United States in 2026 is not Germany in 1933 or Italy in 1926. But institutional collapse does not require identical conditions.” — .@pye on the state of America’s governing institutions:
https://t.co/XO1Vcj2Thj