Pete Hanson

6th grade teacher, NBCT, Club Northwest runner. Arsenal, UConn, Red Sox, SSFC; dad & husband. Always Super Goal Pace!

[Daniel DePetris @DanDePetris]

I think it’s important for everybody to remember that, if a deal with Iran is consummated, the Trump administration will essentially be getting the same things it would have gotten if it didn’t go to war in the first place. And absurdly enough, one of the items—a re-opening of the Strait of Hormuz—only became a problem after the war started. This is a classic case of digging your own hole and then congratulating yourself for climbing out of it.

When the history of this conflict is written, I hope the historians and analysts amongst us show just how unnecessary it was on the merits.

The war’s reasoning was flawed and convoluted.

The goals were murky.

The American people never supported it (based on those metrics, the Iran War was even more unpopular than the Vietnam War and the Iraq War).

And Congress never authorized it.

Travesty.

[ESPN FC @ESPNFC]

Arsenal legend Ian Wright celebrating their Premier League title with fans in the streets of London 😭🔥

[Patrick De Haan @GasBuddyGuy]

Americans have collectively spent ~$28 billion more on gasoline since March 1. Even assuming a full suspension of the 18.4c/gal federal gas tax, motorists would need that tax holiday to last about 406 days- more than 13 months- just to offset those added costs

[David Weigel @daveweigel]

Sit back, take an edible, and think about how "Obama needs $1 billion for a ballroom" would get covered in 2011.

[Daniel Dale @ddale8]

Pete Hegseth falsely testified to both the House and the Senate last week that troops were deployed to voting places in 15 states under Joe Biden in 2024.

Not only were all National Guard activations for the 2024 election ordered by individual states rather than Biden, all 11 states that responded to my inquiries told me that *zero troops* were sent to voting places.

The Pentagon declined to comment. Fact check: https://t.co/bwMFV9hPEV

[Jon Favreau @jonfavs]

I don’t know, you strike me as someone smart enough to know that a good test as to whether someone is sympathetic to Nazis is if they’ve ever said a single word in their entire life that could be construed as sympathetic to Nazis.

But I guess the story you’d have us believe is this: a group of American marines, who risked their lives for this country, decided to get skull and crossbones tattoos together in their 20s that they all knew were Nazi symbols. Then they all kept their actual Nazi sympathies hidden for the next decade, a time when Platner frequently took his shirt off in front of his Jewish family, who I suppose either didn’t care about his Nazi sympathies or didn’t recognize the symbol you claim is extremely obvious. And then Platner, who was clearly not shy about expressing all kinds of views on Reddit, especially all the offensive shit he now regrets, somehow managed to keep his Nazi sympathies hidden from the world, as did his Nazi-sympathizing Marine friends who got the same tattoo.

Yes, this makes sense. You cracked it for sure. Bravo. Congrats on being smarter than all those rubes in Maine who’ve fallen for the secret Nazi’s cover story.

[Wu Tang is for the Children @WUTangKids]

It is absolutely insane that according to @LindseyGrahamSC the taxpayers are now on the hook to pay $400M for Trump’s ballroom because Trump lied that it will be funded by private donations and his own money

[Arsenal Women @ArsenalWFC]

Taking an advantage to Lyon next week 👊

Catch up on the highlights from today’s game 📺

Watch the UWCL on Disney+ 📲

[Alex Cole @acnewsitics]

Republicans control 3 branches of government, if they thought voter fraud was really happening they would’ve had multiple hearings and investigations.

Guess how many they’ve had? ZERO!

[Buckets Basketball @BucketsBball_]

This is why we coach.

[David Epstein @DavidEpstein]

The biggest mistake in creativity is waiting for a good idea.

The research shows your best ideas tend to come later.

So lower the bar and keep going.

Bad ideas aren’t failure. They’re clearing the path.

[Pete Hanson @hansonpt]

@TimHutchings1 Wannabe authoritarians catering to them. Whether they believe it is another thing. But Vance, and others: they suck.

[Qasim Rashid, Esq. @QasimRashid]

Iran Deal By Obama:
•Strait of Hormuz open for free
•Iran limits Uranium enrichment
•Iran agrees to make no nuclear weapons
•Iran allows Int'l inspectors to ensure compliance
•Inspectors confirm Iran's full compliance

Iran Ceasefire By Trump:
•Strait of Hormuz closed, only open for $2M Per Ship
•Iran makes no guarantee of limit on uranium enrichment
•Iran makes no guarantee of no nuclear weapons
•Iran makes no guarantee to allow Int'l inspectors

MAGA: Trump Playing 5D Chess! Art Of The Deal!!

[Brian Kervick @bkervick]

UConn ends the season 34-6, 4 of the losses with James Breeding on the whistle.

[Christopher Smith @huskiesalltime1]

36 years ago Christian hit the buzzer shot against us to stop UConn from going to the final 4. I never forgot it! This is redemption....now they will never forget this day!

[Tommy Vietor @TVietor08]

Trump sent a fundraising email featuring a dead soldier's casket...who was killed in a reckless war that Trump himself started. This is the most disgraceful thing I have ever seen.

[Ben Rhodes @brhodes]

This is one of the most predictable things that Iran would do in the event of a regime change war. Beyond incompetence - willful ignorance.

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

Ok this is legit funny

[Pete Hanson @hansonpt]

This is why I love @NoEscalators … always on point.

[No Escalators @NoEscalators]

🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯

[Pete Hanson @hansonpt]

Fuck this shit. This is vile. Fuck all.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Trump: The Somali pirates who ransacked Minnesota remind us that there are large parts of the world where bribery, corruption, and lawlessness are the norm, not the exception. Importing these cultures through unrestricted immigration and open borders brings those problems right here to the USA.