“what happened Saturday is ultimately a significant boost for what I call the Inclusion Network in the Middle East (more open, connected countries like Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Israel and the NATO allies)” ⁦ nytimes.com/2024/04/14/opi…

“A senior administration (official) called it a “spectacular defeat” of an “unprecedented” Iranian attack”
and
“Slow things down, think through things, Biden admonished the Israeli leader.” washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

Israel’s multi-tiered defense layers are impressive: Arrow 3 and Iron Dome.
Coming soon, Iron Beam laser-fired defense. nytimes.com/2024/04/14/wor…

This is one of the #Iranian missiles that were intercepted by the #Israel defence system (Arrow 3 System) of the Israel Defense Forces.

How would you like 1000 of these aimed and fired at your small country?

What would be your response?

“The danger Trump poses to American democracy is — or should be — obvious. It may be less obvious, however, to people who, because of their wealth, seem to think they know better and can surround themselves with confidants who assure them that they do know better.”

“Biden is aging. Trump is dementing.”
Dr. John Gartner, was professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Medical for 28 years and, along with 36 other psychiatrists and mental health professionals, was a contributor to the 2017 book, “The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump.”

“He needs to explain that ….unlike Mr. Trump — who used those grievances to fuel tribal politics while doling out corporate tax cuts and other giveaways to wealthy friends and donors — he is actually doing something about it.”

“There’s no way I’ll vote for Trump, but every day that Trump does something crazy, the door to voting for Biden opens a little bit more, and that’s where I’m at.”

— Former Trump Defense Secretary Mark Esper politicalwire.com/2024/03/30/quo…

No surprise Trump doesn’t want you to see the J6 Committee evidence. Here’s the GPO website with transcripts, documents, exhibits & our meticulously sourced 800+ page final report. Also links to our hearings. Might be a good time to watch those again. govinfo.gov/collection/jan…

1/3. This past Friday, 22 March, a horrifying terrorist attack took place in Crocus City Hall in Moscow. Islamic State plausibly claimed responsibility. Then Russian propaganda began to spin the story in the direction preferred by the Kremlin.
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Former Trump WH lawyer Ty Cobb rips into Judge Aileen Cannon for her handling of the classified document case:

“It's really remarkable some of the things she’s done…Just fundamentally unhinged.”

“Two German soldiers hauled Max away. He did not see his father again. Before they parted, Joseph said to Max, “If you survive, you live for us.”” nytimes.com/2024/03/20/fas…

“Empathy, like remorse, never came naturally to me.”
A brave, personal account of sociopathy and her therapy.
She writes that millions suffer from this personality type.
I couldn’t help but think of a certain former president. wsj.com/health/wellnes…

“Israel has a prime minister who apparently would rather see Gaza devolve into Somalia, ruled by warlords” ⁦Thomas L. Friedman⁩ nytimes.com/2024/03/12/opi…

“Her breathy, overwrought delivery would have embarrassed any self-respecting high school drama club.”

“Hur’s inflammatory characterization served to obscure the important — and, in my analysis, fully justified and well-documented — bottom-line conclusion that there was no basis for prosecuting Biden.”
Also, Reagan kept “notebooks with similar information.”

“connection between words (“fight like hell”) and deeds (the armed invasion of the Capitol) must be both strong and weak, … “no joke” to be understood by the faithful yet sufficiently “only a joke” to be deniable to the infidels…comic mode…creates plausible deniability”

“few remaining leaders in the Republican Party who seem willing to stand up for an alternative vision of the party’s future. Those who continue to openly oppose him…have left office. Some have said they feared speaking out because they faced threats of violence and retribution.”