Oh no! Not the defense industry!

Fourth Reich Archaeology

We had a climate policy?

OK so you disagree with my politics? But that doesn’t change a sucky comic

The artist should quit after that one

Completely uninspired art with bland punchlines

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This comic is so fucking unfunny

Cheers for the tip!

I do recall reading an interview with the founder years ago and thinking he seemed kinda douchey

Aw, gross… I’m not that surprised. I like their product though… Better value than Google, which is also authoritarian 🤷🏻‍♀️

I haven’t heard… What’s going on with Proton?

Exactly this. The headline is doing a lot of work covering what’s actually going on

OK and…?

I was kinda being sarcastic! But I do appreciate the explanation of their importance

Ah! Thanks!

TIL

Is that the Vance faction?

I’m genuinely asking:

Why does Thiel/techbros want closer ties with Russia and to seemingly break the postwar imperial status quo?

Is there any Republican faction that wants to maintain it? I’m guessing maybe old hands like McConnell?

This seems to be the first big Flashpoint for the neoliberals to actually stand up and push back, via corporate media.

No, not web portals!

Yours is the only credible explanation I’ve seen so far

Here’s something I thought of while watching: Who’s backing up Zelenskiy and giving him the courage to walk away like he did?

Somewhat related: Years ago I read a blog post about “who’s really in charge”. Basically it’s the MIC. At what point does the MIC flex and assert its interests in continuing the conflict in Ukraine?

Trump’s hands were quickly tied in 2017, just as Obama found himself in 2009, by the bureaucracy, congressional gridlock, and the demands of the donor class. It’s the overarching theme of a Chapo miniseries, Hell of Presidents: US executives have little ability to make sweeping changes even when they have a mandate.

So now he’s there and trying to beat them all by firing everyone. Trump’s only personal goals seem to be ending Ukraine conflict and pretending to be tough on immigration. He hires loyalist sycophants and lets them pursue their own agendas (Christianists, Nazis, RFK medical quackery, etc) because they agree to stay out of his way on his pet issues.

The lawless takeover by Musk has kept me awake at night. These people are just doing whatever they want and daring anybody to stop them.

What I saw in this bizarre piece of diplomacy theatre was a huge crack in the facade. Nobody conducts serious diplomacy this way. This is desperation by Trump to gain some leverage through public opinion and put Zelenskiy on the spot. Trump’s desired course of action with Ukraine threatens the legitimacy and mission of the postwar empire (regardless of what you or I think about US imperialism and NATO) and a lot of folks are deeply invested in that arrangement

This is all just ideas floating around in my head that seem somehow related. I’m sure someone else can make sense of it, or tell me why I’m way off base

Bingo!

That won’t do anything. You need officers to openly revolt

Also, it’s the one part of the US government that I want to see get fucked by these guys because it’s where all the actual waste happens