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Thursday, September 10, 2026
Most Moral Army In The World
Don't think I have seen a single "oops my bad" from anyone in 3 years.
The interviewees detail the secret methods used by the Israeli military in Gaza, including AI-based systems built to identify large numbers of potential low-ranking Hamas targets, who were then bombed in their homes at night, in the knowledge attacks would also kill their families.
The Israeli military hacked into phones to identify the location of such targets, and covertly listened into conversations with their wives and children moments before they were all killed.
Years of people screaming at anyone who observed what was happening and quoted the words of top Israeli officials verbatim.
Sure Why Not
Dear Dems: you can choose "Trump never keeps these promises/never pays his bills" or you can go on TV and talk about the deficit. I know which one you should choose...
US citizens will receive $5,000 if Republicans win midterms, Trump claims in lengthy convention speech
Another option: outbid him.
Don't Let The Terrorists Win
On (almost) 9/11 day, I suppose it is appropriate for Trump to return to the rhetoric from that era: the enemy wants the Democrats to win!
A certain kind of DC insider - dems included - fondly remembers that bipartisan era, which is both ahistorical and a big fuck you to people who volunteered as they were collecting their checks.Trump: "I think the war is gonna end immediately after the election. Because they can't hold out any longer. They're desperate to try to affect the election."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 9 September 2026 at 20:36
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Top Democrats slapped Sunday at a remark by House Speaker Dennis Hastert that al Qaeda leaders want Sen. John Kerry to beat President Bush in November.
At a campaign rally Saturday in his Illinois district with Vice President Dick Cheney, Hastert said al Qaeda "would like to influence this election" with an attack similar to the train bombings in Madrid days before the Spanish national election in March.Just the first one I found.
I wonder what happened to Hastert.
Wednesday, September 09, 2026
Our Country's Gone Awry
Wondering when Canada decides to shut off all the juice (electricity, gas).
The White House responded Tuesday by announcing outright bans on some Canadian products rather than simply imposing higher tariffs. The restrictions on Canadian alcohol, dairy products and motorcycles take effect Sept. 29.
A sundowning narcissist will burn the entire world down before he dies, if he can, and Trump is the rare one who can. Someone should tell John Roberts how this might impact his investment portfolio.
OK I Apologize, Jake
Some less than perfect things in this segment, but fair enough.
Coming up next, President Trump's wild new 9/11 related claims. What he claims to remember 25 years later about some sort of big, strong guys who he is now saying rescued him from rubble.
Is It OK To Say This Now
The impact of Britain's Israel policies will be minimal, but there is value in their Foreign Secretary making the media rounds and saying things that journalists would have been fired for saying or even platforming for the past 3 years.
Sophy Ridge: "You talked about Jewish settler terrorists who are guilty of ethnic cleansing. Do you stand by that?" Ed Miliband: "Yes I do"
— Saul Staniforth (@saulstaniforth.bsky.social) 9 September 2026 at 08:28
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Tuesday, September 08, 2026
The Day Most Holy
Isn't Ari Fleischer - self-appointed keeper of the Book of 9/11 - supposed to condemn Trump for lying?
Joke, obviously, but once upon a time such fabrications would have been a major scandal to the trustees of the memory of 9/11, the DC press and their faves.
Of course the creators of America's Mayor, Rudy Giuliani, were always comfortable with their preferred fictions, so maybe things haven't changed much.
Maybe Tapper's next book will be about Donald Trump, hero of 9/11.
(Jake, if you address this appropriately, I will apologize)
Things That Did Not Happen
he was actually at his home in midtown but it's cool how trump sometimes replaces his memories with the set ups in gay pornography
— m (@keptsimple.bsky.social) 8 September 2026 at 18:03
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Good Resolutions
It is completely unclear just what the Trumpers would think is a good resolution. Maybe headline 2 1 is it?
You Fucked Up, You Trusted Us
I remember that the response of centrist idol, Christine Todd Whitman, to earlier disclosures of the dishonesty about post-9/11 air quality was, basically, of course the air quality was garbage, you stupid fucks.
In the harrowing months that followed the attacks on the World Trade Center, New Yorkers were repeatedly assured that the air around the fallen towers was safe to breathe.
But 10 months later, health officials were still finding evidence of asbestos as much as half a mile away, according to a sample of air quality records being released on Tuesday.
Donald The Dove
Sure it's the right result for catastrophically wrong reasons, but one cheer for Donald, the peace president, if he manages to shrink our global military presence.
In offices across the military and in the intelligence community, there have been recent quiet discussions about cutting the number of people and facilities typically stationed in the Middle East if the Trump administration succeeds in ending the Iran conflict, six sources say.If those cuts happen, it would mark another shift in how the US national security apparatus treats a region that successive presidents have sought to leave behind.
How hard have those successive presidents really tried to leave it behind...
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