That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers.

Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they? Hello?

Just a reminder that you can intensely dislike the Iranian regime and still think all this is a fucking gross combination of illegal and insane.

President Trump’s decision to launch direct military action against Iran without Congressional approval is a violation of the Constitution, which grants the power to declare war explicitly to the Congress. 🧵(1/3)

There are going to be a lot of euphemisms and double talk in the days to come. So give the Times credit for telling it straight:

"The United States has entered Israel’s war against Iran."

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

Just to be crystal clear: bombing Iran is completely illegal.

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Good riddance — but Musk isn’t off the hook for his chaos and corruption.

We must hold him accountable.

Umberto Eco’s take on ur-fascism is debatable—but it’s unsettling how many signs now appear in plain sight, in one of the world’s most powerful countries. Wrapped in nostalgia, fear, and silenced dissent.

Eco warned: even one sign can be enough. Full list below. 👇

The only thing being liberated today is money from the bank accounts of hard-working Americans.

Signal, a popular messaging app, came into the spotlight this week after reports that several senior Trump administration officials had used the tool to conduct war planning — inadvertently including a journalist in the message group. Here's what to know about the app, and what it's used for.

That Biden should have to issue preemptive pardons for men and women who defended the Constitution is a sad comment on Trump's vengeful nature.

"‘People think they’ll smell but they don’t’: building #homes from mushroom waste and weeds
#Namibia has a severe housing shortage, with woody encroacher bush reducing the amount of #land available for building." #housing

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In Namibia, "the bush" is a curse. 
 
That impenetrable thicket of thorny shrubs covers thousands of km2. Gaze in any direction, and you will see the bush marching off, all-conquering.

For an agroforester, Namibia is a shock: fewer trees is what's called for.

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