Delimench

Former owner of New York's world famous Stage Delicatessen. Now photographing and commenting on the world around us.

[Covie @covie_93]

Measles cases are the highest they have ever been in decades and lettuce is giving people explosive diarrhea so Republicans are questioning Dr. Fauci about COVID.

[Jamie Bonkiewicz @JamieBonkiewicz]

They arrested a veteran for holding a sign on the steps of the Capitol, but pardoned insurrectionists who assaulted police officers and smeared shit on the walls of the Capitol.

[Covie @covie_93]

trump's DOJ has now indicted more people for touching water than for touching kids on Epstein island.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Notice anything?

[Delimench @stagedeli]

@sentdefender Really putting in those long hours in those intense negotiations. Why not take a few days off to gather your energy.

[Annie @AnnieForTruth]

💯💯💯

[Spencer Hakimian @SpencerHakimian]

8D Chess

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

The difference between this and the deal Trump tore up is that Iran now gets more money, fewer restrictions, less oversight, and more regional autonomy.

[Andrew Weinstein @Weinsteinlaw]

It’s remarkable watching the people who spent a decade attacking the Obama Iran Deal now twist themselves into knots to defend Trump’s complete surrender.

[Annie @AnnieForTruth]

There you go! 🤣

[Delimench @stagedeli]

@NewYorker Anyone know if the hospital ship has arrived yet?

[John Harwood @JohnJHarwood]

-war will tame Iran
-mass deportations will help native-born Americans
-blowing up boats will stop
drugs
-foreign countries will pay the tariffs
-tax cuts will pay for themselves
-cutting fraud will balance the budget

it's all wrong, as Trump 2.0 shows

https://t.co/kbUJhjB6Ao

[Orlando Guerreiro 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩 @orlandoguerreir]

Trump ataca Lewis Hamilton — e recebe uma resposta contundente…. Donald Trump chamou Lewis Hamilton de “um insulto ao esporte” porque o heptacampeão é “extremamente progressista” e acredita que não devemos discriminar com base no gênero…. Infelizmente ele escolheu a pessoa errada…. Em um local histórico, Lewis Hamilton não apenas respondeu com veemência — ele fez um discurso moral…. “O presidente dos Estados Unidos acabou de dizer que eu insultei o espírito da competição”, começou Lewis Hamilton…. “Querem saber o que insulta a humanidade? Tirar o acesso à saúde dos doentes enquanto se cortam impostos para bilionários.”…. “Sabem o que insulta a humanidade?”, continuou ele…. “Deportar estrangeiros e separar bebês de suas mães.”….
“Sabe o que insulta a humanidade? Bombardear crianças inocentes em idade escolar no Irã e enviar nossos bravos homens e mulheres para morrer em mais uma guerra sem fim… Acobertar os arquivos de Epstein e depois se recusar a processar uma única pessoa envolvida.”…. Lewis Hamilton — que foi atacado por Trump por apoiar pessoas transgênero e afirmar que “todas as crianças são uma dádiva para este mundo” — mudou completamente o discurso…. Em vez de recuar, ele fundamentou sua mensagem nos próprios valores que Trump tentou usar como arma…. “Eu não sou uma pessoa perfeita”, disse ele…. “Mas me esforço todos os dias para usar minha plataforma em prol daqueles que não a têm.”…. “Somos ensinados a amar o nosso próximo como a nós mesmos… Conseguimos imaginar a guerra em um mundo perfeito? Conseguimos imaginar o preconceito em um mundo perfeito? Conseguimos imaginar a pobreza em um mundo perfeito? Então por que toleramos essas coisas na Terra?”

[⚘️Carina @Carina_Amyth]

@Acyn Omg. I just can't...

[Dan Shapiro @DanielBShapiro]

Until the text of the US-Iran deal is signed and released, there is going to be a lot of spin on both sides. But here is my initial take.

This war was a mistake, and it needs to end. The President thought that the Iranian regime would collapse quickly, but it did not. In fact, it has been strengthened strategically by its survival against a heavy US-Israeli assault and carrying out some effective counterstrikes. Many countries in the region are now courting Iran and looking to deescalate and rebuild ties. A sign of which way the wind is blowing.

Getting the Strait of Hormuz open is the most important outcome of this MOU. Of course, the Strait was open before the war. Now we are paying to reopen it with sanctions relief. Iran has taken a theoretical point of leverage and turned it into a very real and powerful one, imposing costs across the global economy and rattling President Trump.

As for the nuclear issues, there really is no agreement, other than to negotiate over the HEU stockpile and an enrichment moratorium. Iran knows how to drag out those negotiations, and try to pocket concessions along the way. It is possible that no deal will every be reached, and very likely that if one is reached, it will be worse than what we could have achieved through diplomacy before the war.

Iran is not likely to take seriously that the US would return to war, certainly before the US midterms. So that means we will be conducting diplomacy without a credible threat of force.

If any agreement ultimately reached actually safely puts Iran's nuclear ambitions out of reach, I'll acknowledge it. It's just too early to make that judgment.

Trump is mainly focused on comparing his deal favorably to the JCPOA. But we are a long way from being able to make that comparison, and it may end up no better, or weaker than that deal.

But in some ways, Trump's deal and the JCPOA are already similar. Nothing on ballistic missiles, nothing on proxies, nothing on weakening the regime or helping the Iranian people. And plenty of sanctions relief that will strengthen the regime, and be poured into the missile program and proxy network. Honest critics of the JCPOA will not twist themselves into pretzels to defend Trump's approach.

Israelis are deeply disappointed in this outcome, but they should not be surprised. After some initial overlap of Trump's and Netanyahu's interests, there was a strong divergence. The United States needed this war to end. Netanyahu wanted to continue.

Trump's claim to include Lebanon in the ceasefire and his harsh shutting down Israeli attacks on Hezbollah is also a win for Iran. After the JCPOA was signed, Obama and Netanyahu worked together to strengthen Israel's campaign of strikes in Syria to intercept Iranian weapons shipments to Hezbollah in Lebanon.

So let's hope we see the removal of Iran's enriched uranium and a long-term suspension of enrichment, with full verification. But to achieve those goals, Trump's team is going to need to engage in far more sophisticated diplomacy, backed by qualified experts, than they have to date. If it is a phase one splash with no follow-up on implementation of later phases, like in Gaza, we will be much worse off after, and because of, this war.

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

Please don’t send this to @realdonaldtrump or his family members. It would be wrong to remind everyone he was a 5-time draft dodger and a coward.

[FireFighterDev @fire_starter457]

The owner of UFC is a staunch Trump supporter.

Trump owns stock in UFC's parent company.

UFC is paying their fighters in Trump crypto.

Trump is providing free advertising.

American taxpayers are paying 7 federal agencies to support the fight.

What part of this whole thing isn't corrupt?

[Delimench @stagedeli]

@nick_clevelands @MollyJongFast You mean the guy that was arrested in his underwear a few years back?!

[Ale @aliasvaughn]

🚨The WH held secret meetings in coordination with FBI and DOJ, that included everyone from Vance down to the Chief of Staff and KKKaroline Leavitt to protect Trump from the Epstein files. The criminal cover up is exposed. They must all be removed and prosecuted by law.

[Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews]

As Trump screamed "Comey was a dirty cop" during "Meet the Press" questions about Trump's Jan 6 lies....

We should note:

1) Comey wasn't employed by FBI on Jan 6, 2021
2) The FBI worked for Donald Trump on Jan 6, 2021
3) Trump launched the Jan 6 prosecutions on Jan 7, 2021