We heard the same BS re Iraq invasion. Like the Iraq disaster, it will certainly "reshape the Middle East" but not for the better. It will probably drive the Iranians to finally build the bomb & add to a new generation of probably more extreme and radical guerillas/terrorists created by Gaza/WB.

Austerity vs Investment...

what is the deal with McGurk and Hochstein, you might ask? well, McGurk worked for L. Paul Bremer during the Iraq occupation and was a big surge advocate. Hochstein is literally a former IDF guywhat is the deal with McGurk and Hochstein, you might ask? well, McGurk worked for L. Paul Bremer during the Iraq occupation and was a big surge advocate. Hochstein is literally a former IDF guy

same dynamic here. USAID--run by *Samantha Power*--and State's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration both officially concluded that Israel was blocking aid shipments to Gaza. but Blinken ignored them and lied to Congress so weapon shipments could continue www.propublica.org/article/gaza...

Israel Deliberately Blocked Humanitarian Aid to Gaza, Two Government Bodies Concluded. Antony Blinken Rejected Them.

Blinken told Congress, “We do not currently assess that the Israeli government is prohibiting or otherwise restricting” aid, even though the U.S. Agency for International Development and others had de...

if Harris wins I (forlornly) hope she black bags Amos Hochstein and Brett McGurk and sends them to the Hague. what a nightmare www.politico.com/news/2024/09...

US officials quietly backed Israel’s military push against Hezbollah

The officials urged caution and stressed the need for diplomacy. But the timing was right for such a military shift, they concluded.

Sorry, but I'm skeptical that a strike that began nine hours ago is why some store is now *completely* out of toilet paper. But, then, this is a member of congress, so certainly she would ensure she's sharing accurate information?

These kinds of “everybody does it” arguments are so corrosive to public trust in government

We have a word for this news event. It’s an invasion. (But good on the east coast papers for covering it at all, I guess)

“Its proprietary software would streamline the process” for electrification conversion - who falls for this rather obvious BS. Don’t believe the Wall Street guys pushing this investment really do.

Trump’s suggestion of extrajudicial violence is a reminder that he doesn’t care about constraints on power, just deploying it against those he doesn’t like. It’s also reminds us that he’s popular with cops. Gift link: wapo.st/3N8hubw

Column | Trump’s promise to exact revenge won’t be hindered by mere laws

The former president presents criminal justice as being too soft against his enemies — and too mean to him.