New Yorker in DC

Someone trying to figure out how we ended up in the worst possible timeline. Affectionally referred to as "that guy."

[reason @reason]

The sweet deal that resolved the president's fatally flawed lawsuit against the IRS was business as usual at the DOJ, his attorneys told a federal judge.

Read more: https://t.co/T9juMvtkoJ

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

YOUVE GOTTA BE JOKING

[EU says Elon should not lie abt my blue check @emptywheel]

Another fraud crime that Donald Trump pardoned, including George Santos.

The Trump-Vance Administration is pardoning fraudster after fraudster every chance Trump takes a break from his own unprecedented fraud.

[Decoding Fox News @DecodingFoxNews]

Last week the children's performer known as Miss Rachel was depicted as a radical activist with antisemitic and anti-Western views who was hellbent on indoctrinating children. Miss Rachel has sung and advocated for children in ICE detention centers.

[Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss]

Money upfront, in other words. The thing they said wouldn’t happen.

[The New Republic @newrepublic]

Trump Erupts in Fury at Jamie Raskin—and Lets Slip Revealing Self-Own https://t.co/pHEp6Td92n

[Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom]

"We appreciate the relationship we've had over a short period of time with Iran."
Well, that's great.

[Josh Rogin @joshrogin]

Trump just wants out of the Iran mess he created. He’s going to call it a victory no matter what the details are, so of course he got rolled by the Iranians into a bad deal. So Vance is right. But Vance, not Trump, will be the one who has to run on this disaster.

[Decoding Fox News @DecodingFoxNews]

This is allegedly the leaked 14-point agreement between Iran and the U.S. There is no mention of Israel. Iran gets $300 billion in an investment fund and the agreement on nukes seems incredibly weak. https://t.co/BK7TX2cRdx

[The New Republic @newrepublic]

Senate GOP Moves to Blow Taxpayers Dollars on Pointless DOD Move https://t.co/EVBw1k8vDC

[EU says Elon should not lie abt my blue check @emptywheel]

Reminder that @scottbradypa was hired after helping to frame Hunter and Joe Biden in 2020.

He's not a neutral investigator. He is a partisan hit man, and the notion that ANYONE in that network cares about fraud is ... well, fraudulent.

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

Truest cartoon to date

[Gregory Brew @gbrew24]

Per Kpler, four laden Iranian oil tankers are currently exiting the Sea of Oman, three have already crossed the blockade line and a fourth is about to do so, all with their AIS transponders on and broadcasting.

Blockade looks done.

[Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree]

Reminds me of the line from the Holy Grail: "Please! This is supposed to be a happy occasion. Let's not bicker and argue about who killed who"

[Pedro L. Gonzalez @emeriticus]

There are people trying to reframe criticism of this whole thing as coming from a position of odious neoconservatism, being hawkish, etc. That's just totally false, though. The real issue is that this war unnecessary. So many civilian lives, including so many children, were lost. Americans died for no good reason. And we up basically back where we started but worse and humiliated. Vance never opposed any of this, by the way. The people trying to frame him as leading opposition against the "neocons" are just partisan shills trying to boost him for 2028. Vance was an enabler every step of the way. The disaster of so much wasted life for no real purpose is on his hands as much as anyone else in this administration.

[Josh Rogin @joshrogin]

This seems counterproductive to remove India from Indo-Pacific Command. Why? Because Modi didn’t give Trump undeserved credit for ending the Kashmir war? Because Pakistan is Trump’s new crush? Tanking the U.S.-India relationship is strategically stupid.

[Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome]

My new @opinion column looks at Whirlpool - a US tariff champion since at least 2011 and one of US protectionists' favorite companies.

Spoiler: It's not doing so hot - due in large part to the very tariffs it's doggedly supported.

Lessons abound.

https://t.co/SUddS7tl7E (🎁)

[International Cyber Digest @IntCyberDigest]

The full list was leaked in a .js-file hosted on their website.

[International Cyber Digest @IntCyberDigest]

The most famous names

[International Cyber Digest @IntCyberDigest]

Former officials