KABU

Technical yet luddite. Hater of bad faith. Middle-aged man yelling at clouds. Previous: young man yelling at clouds.

[Edward Wong @ewong]

Mike Casey, a US diplomat working on Gaza and Iraq War veteran, has resigned. “The more informed you become on this issue, you can’t avoid realizing how bad it is." And: "We don’t have a policy on Palestine. We just do what the Israelis want us to do.” https://t.co/R4TUUPfHwc

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Chris Murphy: "I read the headlines about the Liz Cheney criminal referral & almost every single one of them in mainstream media played this straight as if it was a normal function of legislative power, instead of telling the truth, which is that this is made up out of thin air"

[KABU @ztimashi]

@jimsciutto The Assads ruled there for 50+ years. Except for that, yeah.

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

Let’s talk about Donald Trump and his new Attorney General pick Pam Bondi, because boy do we have a story to tell

[Andrew Miller @AndrwPMiller]

This is in effect the partial reverse of normalization. Instead of Israeli officials and citizens traveling and doing business in more countries, the Prime Minister and former Defense Minister will be unable to visit countries that have recognized Israel for decades.

[KABU @ztimashi]

@ZaidJilani More dangerous than rage-tweeting at DPRK?

[Tim Wise @timjacobwise]

When your Attorney General pick couldn't even pass an FBI background check to be a field agent, you know you've completely sacrificed merit. I don't ever want to hear another word about "unqualified" Black people getting a damned thing. Not ever.

[KABU @ztimashi]

@DavidPepper Jim Jordan speaks from experience

[KABU @ztimashi]

Love to start my term with a constitutional crisis.

[Matt Glassman @MattGlassman312]

But a second question---and I think this raises serious constitutional concerns about the appointment power---is whether the House and POTUS can conspire to force the Senate out of session for the purpose of recess appointments. That seems to go to a core function of the Senate.

[KABU @ztimashi]

@Nick_Pettigrew Or: Dawkins believes in God and his name is "Musk"

[KABU @ztimashi]

phew

[Noah Hurowitz @NoahHurowitz]

BREAKING: H.R. 9495 has FAILED to pass a vote in the House, with 256 voting yes and 145 voting no. It has failed to clear a 2/3 majority required to pass under suspension vote.

[KABU @ztimashi]

@DeanBaker13 Like the Manhattan Project, this will leave cities leveled? Is that what he's saying?

[KABU @ztimashi]

@NicholsUprising It was doomed to fail. Trumpkins have labeled Never Trumpers as RINOs since 2016 so why would any of them have cared about Cheney?

[KABU @ztimashi]

@Pestopublic Ha! Registered an account like 2 hours ago! Following!

[Noah Hurowitz @NoahHurowitz]

Donald Trump wants revenge. And he might get a major assist from Democrats in making that happen.

On Tuesday, Congress is poised to approve a powerful new tool that Trump could use to crush his political enemies

Scoop by me, via @theintercept https://t.co/MI8XuSwKXG

[Yousef Munayyer @YousefMunayyer]

In 2008, Obama understood what wave to ride: Opposing disastrous foreign engagement as its folly was magnified to American voters by economic crisis at home. Trump did something similar while Harris offered continuity in a change election.

[David Burbach (also @dburbach Bluesky) @dburbach]

This "recess appoint the whole government" strategy should be seen in light of a pre-election story of Trump considering the near-elimination of the executive-side background check / security clearance process for his nominees too.

https://t.co/f0QPzCakZm

[Monica Marks @MonicaLMarks]

Elise Stefanik will be Trump’s US Ambassador to the UN.

This is excellent news for Netanyahu. Stefanik bills herself as Israel’s best friend in Congress. She got university presidents fired for pro-🇵🇸 protests, wants UNRWA banned & wants to review US funding to the UN full stop.

[Naomi @MissGnomers]

Liberals smirked at the devastated people of Appalachia b/c they all vote wrong. Now they can’t wait to buy a condo in Gaza & call ICE on their neighbor’s relatives. Congratulations! You’re just straight up MAGA, now.

[KABU @ztimashi]

@AlessandroStru4 how's your supersymmetric unification going?