Just someone blast John Fetterman into the fucking moon:
The 53-to-47 vote against taking up the measure was almost completely along party lines, reflecting a deep partisan divide on the Iran war as the Senate delivered the first clear test of congressional resolve since the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes, Operation Epic Fury, began across Iran four days ago.
Senators Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia, and Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky, tried to force action on the measure. They invoked a provision of the 1973 War Powers Act, which requires that resolutions to terminate offensive hostilities be considered under expedited procedures.
Mr. Paul was the only Republican leading the effort, and no other G.O.P. senators joined him in support of the measure.
Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was the only Democrat to break with his party and vote against the resolution, in keeping with his vocal stance in support of Israel and reluctance to place limits on the president’s authority to act in its defense.
Is he being blackmailed over his wife’s legal status or something or did the stroke really just fuck him in the head like this? I am curious what kind of information environment he is in right now and who has his ear.
Speaking of dickhead Democrats, I have no idea what the fuck this guy Greg Landsman is smoking in regards to Iran, but he was foolish enough to be interviewed by Isaac Chotiner. He’s an absolute idiot.
These monkeys keep trying to fuck this football, with the expected results:
The Justice Department, after calls by President Trump to investigate former President Joseph R. Biden Jr., scrutinized whether Mr. Biden and his aides broke the law in using the autopen to sign presidential documents, but was ultimately unable to move forward with making a case, according to three people briefed on the matter.
The department’s failure to build a criminal case against Mr. Biden and his aides is the latest example of its increasing inability to follow through on Mr. Trump’s demands and bring indictments against those he wants to be criminally targeted. Some of those cases were rejected by grand juries, some were rejected by judges and some, like the autopen case, were abandoned by prosecutors.
But the fact that prosecutors even pursued the matter to begin with reflects the degree to which Mr. Trump has sought to use the levers of government to undermine Mr. Biden’s presidency by seizing on an unsubstantiated theory: that the pardons Mr. Biden issued in his final months in office were invalid because he did not have the mental capacity to consent to them.
Everything about these guys is the biggest, dumbest, waste of time and energy it’s just so irritating that more information about the world is available than at any time in history and we are the dumbest motherfuckers on the planet.
As to the disaster in the middle east, it appears that Hegseth is about to go full Bombs Away LeMay:
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and America’s top general on Wednesday morning previewed a major bombing campaign on Iran now that the U.S. and Israel have asserted greater control over the country’s airspace.
“More and larger waves are coming. We are just getting started. We are accelerating, not decelerating. Iran’s capabilities are evaporating by the hour, while American strength grows fiercer, smarter and utterly dominant,” Hegseth said during a press conference.
“More bombers, fighters are arriving just today. And now with complete control of the skies, we will be using 500-pound, 1000-pound and 2000-pound GPS-and-laser-guided precision gravity bombs, which we have a nearly unlimited stockpile,” he added.
Hegseth noted that the U.S. had largely been using standoff munitions — such as cruise missiles and short-range ballistic missiles fired from ships or ground positions — in the campaign so far.
They are going to be firebombing Tehran before this is over. In other news, Hegseth and FAS spokeswoman of the year Karoline Leavitt, have determined that the media naming the names of dead soldiers is being done to hurt Donald Trump:
At a briefing Wednesday, CNN’s chief White House correspondent asked Leavitt about a comment Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made at an earlier Pentagon press conference, where he complained that the “fake news” was reporting on the deaths of the fallen service members to make President Donald Trump “look bad.”
Collins and Leavitt entered into a heated back-and-forth at the briefing after the reporter asked about Hegseth’s remarks and news that Trump intends to attend the dignified transfer of the remains of the six soldiers, who were killed Sunday in the attack on a command center in Kuwait.
“Is it the position of this administration that the press should not prominently cover the deaths of U.S. service members?” Collins asked Leavitt.
“No,” Leavitt answered. “It’s the position of this administration that the press in this room and the press across the country should accurately report on the success of Operation Epic Fury and the damage it is doing to the rogue Iranian regime that has threatened the lives of every single American in this room.”
In other news, gas is now a dollar more expensive than it was on election day, and this is kind of a big deal- Qatar has stopped LNG production and shipping, and they supply 20% of the worlds LNG. On top of that, the President today came up with some hare-brained idea to get people to keep shipping:
As concerns over the global oil supply intensify, President Trump has pledged that a little-known U.S. government agency will step in to insure ships sailing through the Persian Gulf, a move he said will maintain the “free flow of energy” as the Iran war continues.
The Trump administration has tapped the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, or DFC, for the job, with the president noting on Truth Social that the agency will provide political risk insurance to “all shipping lines.” Mr. Trump also said the U.S. Navy would escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, a key artery for global oil shipments, if necessary.
The decision comes as other global insurers have backed away from underwriting maritime trade activity in the Gulf amid concerns that vessels could become collateral damage in the Iran war. Insurers such as NorthStandard, the London P&I Club, and the American Club have issued notices in recent days that they are suspending insurance for ships traveling through Iranian waters and the Gulf due to escalating risks from the war.
I fear unless this is nipped in the bud, this will become the biggest heist in human history- Trump will make us liable for trillions. Please tell me I am wrong. Don’t have a ship you want, insure it to the tits and send it to Hormuz.
All of this means that things could get very very inflationary and bleak very very soon.
Thinking about that really bummed me out. I am going to go sit outside.
Big congrats to all the new primary winners. Look forward to supporting you.
