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Amazing. NYT has more confirmation that Trump's decision to bomb Iran was motivated in large part by the way the Israeli strikes were "playing" on Fox News, which drove him to want credit for it

submitted 11 hours ago • 403 comments

Thread by @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social noting that the US & Israeli bombings may not have destroyed the 60% enriched uranium AND may have left Iran with an enrichment site -- with more incentive to rush to weaponization. So the bombings may simply accelerate Iran's acquisition of nuclear weapons.

submitted 19 hours ago • 7 comments

NYC friends: this poor dog was almost on his freedom ride out of the pound when his foster didn't show up on him. He's now in danger of being put down. Do you have space in your home and heart to adopt him? ❤️ Also, lots of animals at this NYC shelter who need a home. nycacc.app#/browse/225834

submitted 21 hours ago • 200 comments

Hugely valuable thread — by a top nukes expert.

submitted 21 hours ago • 1 comment

Read these paragraphs. Iran likely already scattered its near-weapons-grade uranium — it only takes about 10 cars. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...

submitted 21 hours ago • 4 comments

“The operation President Trump planned was bold, and it was brilliant.” -SecDef Pete Hegseth. www.nytimes.com/video/world/...

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Don't worry, they're going with their gut. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

There are a lot of possible scenarios, including this one. thebulletin.org/2025/06/the-...

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Timely poetry from Donald Rumsfeld. www.trashberg.com/p/the-rumsfe...

submitted 1 day ago • 12 comments

Voters should be set at ease by the endorsement from...Bill Clinton. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/n...

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jesus: Cuomo's money *just* from Super PACs is pretty close to equal to if you added up *all* the other Democratic primary candidate's money from *all* sources www.ft.com/content/1f76...

submitted 2 days ago • 14 comments

BTW, ICE has a long history of sweeping up citizens. The first Trump admin actually *deported* 70 likely citizens. www.propublica.org/article/more...

submitted 2 days ago • 10 comments

Oh. www.wsj.com/world/middle...

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Oh. www.wsj.com/world/middle...

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

“A horrible display of waste… rotting fruits and vegetables… store after store closed… if the ice raids continue be ready for even bigger sticker shock when you go grocery shopping…” 🍎 🥕

submitted 4 days ago • 496 comments

“Customs and Border Protection offers monthly data on the number of assaults on its officers. The year-to-date total is 20 percent lower than it was in 2024.”

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I've been very shocked to see little attention paid to @whitneyformayor.com's greasy, get-rich-quick-scheme ads have not gotten more attention from the media. The @nytimes.com treated him respectfully as a "hedge fund" manager. LOL.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Tips are *very* welcome. Are you in Big Law or a Trump-aligned firm? Struggling to recruit pro bono partners to sue the administration? Former or current DOJ/OCR? Leonard Leo? Get in my DMs!

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

"Salazar-Cuervo doesn’t have tattoos, his lawyers said in court filings, which is backed up by his jail booking sheet."

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

So many public officials have now been detained, it merits a Listicle. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Bill Ackman, DoorDash, Whitney Tilson & Mike Bloomberg with the fear mongering in NYC

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

As Trump now toys with bombing Iran’s Fordo fortress, it seems pretty important that U.S. officials say they have no idea it’ll work. From 10th paragraph of NYT: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

So U.S. officials think Israel’s bombing campaign has probably succeeded in…convincing Iran to get nukes. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...

submitted 5 days ago • 7 comments

Claiming he "assaulted law enforcement" is so obviously belied by the video, which shows no such thing.

submitted 6 days ago • 98 comments

NYC comptroller and mayoral candidate being taken down by ICE. Look at this photo. www.amny.com/news/brad-la...

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

even the NYPD isn't pretending subways are crime-ridden hellscapes! "Subway crime decreased to the second-lowest level in 27 years, with major crime dropping 18.1% (465 vs. 568) during the first quarter, and zero murders in the transit system for the first time in seven years."

submitted 7 days ago • 15 comments

"The Only Democracy in the Middle East" is arresting protesters for wearing "Stop The War" t-shirts. One officer said the slogan "is something that's illegal to have on a shirt." Gift link www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

submitted 7 days ago • 38 comments

NEW: A court-appointed federal monitor has found that an NYPD unit championed by Mayor Eric Adams has been unjustly stopping and searching New Yorkers, almost all of them Black and Hispanic men, echoing the findings of a recent ProPublica investigation. By @ericumansky.bsky.social‬

submitted 7 days ago • 57 comments

NYT editorial prefers Cuomo to Mamdani as lesser of two evils, prefers Lander or Tilson, but not to the point of endorsing either. Blasts de Blasio and Eric Adams. Feels like it comes from the same pen that endorsed two losing candidates at once for president in 2020. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/o...

submitted 7 days ago • 9 comments

NEW from me: A few months after I detailed how a secretive NYPD unit close to Eric Adams has been ridden w/ abuses…. a court-appointed monitor has found the same, like widespread, unreported unconstitutional stop & frisks. 97% targeted Black and Hispanic men www.propublica.org/article/nyc-...

submitted 7 days ago • 4 comments

"Source: National Association of Manufacturers."

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

You won’t find a State dept. statement about this or anything else on human rights in Saudi Arabia. The Trump admin has killed such reports www.npr.org/2025/04/18/n...

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

As ICE agents descend on farmworkers, it's worth knowing: Most have worked the fields for a dozen years or more. They earn $20k/year. And they're not allowed to unionize. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/u...

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

Do federal agencies often send birthday wishes to the president?

submitted 8 days ago • 7 comments

An expert’s checklist for signs a government is turning a military into its political pawn. Trump hits 6 outta 8. saideman.blogspot.com/2025/06/how-...

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments