FWIW I did not anticipate Iran would use its own missiles, from within its own territory, against Israel directly. A major milestone and a sign of how much pressure Khamenei now feels to respond to Israeli attacks against IRGC positions (pressure, notably, from the IRGC itself).

The subtext here is that Biden is pushing for a diplomatic response and noting (accurately) that Iranian damage on Israel was minimal. In other words, pushing for an off-ramp away from escalation. Not clear that Netanyahu will take that off-ramp.

Oh hell

If you believe this may be true then *why in the ever-loving fuck are you still arming them*

Mood in Iran--so far as it can be determined--is tense. There are staged demonstrations and IRGC noise emphasizing how destructive the attack has been (plus videos showing launches over Al-Aqsa that are being widely shared).

But normal people are anxious about what comes after.

WTF is Bolton doing on CNN

Is it possible to get a mainstream media that is not always so horny for war

Hey CNN please go straight to hell

I guess this photo was taken after they'd all gotten out of their hot dog costumes.

What we know:

200+ drones and missiles launched against Israel.

Drones were *definitely* launched directly from #Iran to Israel.

Unconfirmed (as yet) if we are seeing direct missile strikes from Iran into Israel, but that's what it looks like.

Mainstream Dems have been toying with putting real pressure on Netanyahu. That melts away in the face of escalation towards war with Iran. Seems like a great incentive for Netanyahu to keep doing that

If you’re not stopping Netanyahu from escalating to regional war you’re not committed to anyone’s security

Thru its unconditional support for Israel the US has become a source of regional insecurity and instability

Basically everyone is hoping that the Iranian government acts with more rationality and restraint than the Israeli government, is where we’re at right now.

I knew the climate fight would be hard, but I did not expect it to be this dumb.

Policing in the New Era

Wuhan's Public Security Bureau drops 'Fraudsters, Fraudsters, I'm Dissing You'

It's a remix of the mega-viral diss track 《谢天谢帝》by overnight sensation 诺米么Lodmemo aimed at the famous Chengdu rapper 谢帝 (Xie Di).

It's a sign of the dangerous path we're on that Xinhua is engaging in this kind of thinking, while a mirror image of this is mainstream in the US as well