jdswan.bsky.social @jdswan.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Glad the guy who pays attention to his great ballrooms drapes spent more time picking an awesome name for the war than how to keep the straights of Hormuz open 000
jdswan.bsky.social @jdswan.bsky.social · 11/03/2026I don’t think it’s fraud, Trump has made a cabinet in his image. This is the equivalent of admiring the ballroom drapes during a raging war. Hegeseth thinks it cool they give soldiers luxury food right before sending them to war, and made sure this detail was accounted for but not the straights 001
jdswan.bsky.social @jdswan.bsky.social · 11/03/2026There is now something deeply unsettling about the people who show up to these to cheer on his fantastical lies 050
jdswan.bsky.social @jdswan.bsky.social · 11/03/20262 weeks is the Trump equivalent of free beer tomorrow 020
jdswan.bsky.social @jdswan.bsky.social · 08/03/2026This would imply there is some great financial benefit to getting elected, what an odd thing to say 000
jdswan.bsky.social @jdswan.bsky.social · 05/03/2026If Iran can keep the straights closed 3 more weeks I wouldn’t want to be an ultra wealth person sitting on a powder keg of starving vassals, I think we’re going to see a ton of gulf streams heading to Paris and Moscow soon 000
jdswan.bsky.social @jdswan.bsky.social · 05/03/2026The choke point isn’t the oil going out of the straights, it’s the food and supplies coming in. The gulf states are essentially islands with not major overland supply routes, 80-90% of their foot comes through the straights. Look how fast Yeman descended into famine after blockade 100
jdswan.bsky.social @jdswan.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Because they are freaking out, we are now trying to hastily put together a ground force. Where are we going to invade from, under fire and with no surprise? It’s a race against the clock now, can Iran bring the gulf states to their knees before we can stop them and we’re way behind the 8 ball 000
jdswan.bsky.social @jdswan.bsky.social · 05/03/2026@kairyssdal.bsky.social it’s going to get worse. Everyone is focused on the oil not going out of the straights but the gulf states import 80-90% of their food through the straights. Iran’s plan is to starve THEM into regime change. It didn’t take long for the Yeman blockade to cause famine 100
jdswan.bsky.social @jdswan.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Everyone is focused on the oil going through the straights (or not going) but the gulf states import 80% or more of their food by Sea. Iran’s plan is to starve the gulf states into regime change and now we are trying to put together a hasty ground invasion under fire without surprise to prevent it 110
jdswan.bsky.social @jdswan.bsky.social · 05/03/2026They millionaire will probably still be able to fly in their Waygu steaks while the thralls starve. It doesn’t take long, look what happened in Yeman. In a month I think we’ll see more regime change in the gulf states than in Iran 000
jdswan.bsky.social @jdswan.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Let them pile in, UAE will be on fire in a month because no food is getting in 110
jdswan.bsky.social @jdswan.bsky.social · 05/03/2026The IS is desperate to get a land route to to Iran and its increasingly looking like we will try through Azerbaijan, madness 000
jdswan.bsky.social @jdswan.bsky.social · 05/03/2026I’m partial to the Parable of the Old Man and the Young 000
jdswan.bsky.social @jdswan.bsky.social · 05/03/2026It’s pretty clear this is Iran’s strategy and it’s a product of no ground threat. The first things they hit were THAAD, early warning systems, bases, desalination. This is why the gulf states are freaking out 000
jdswan.bsky.social @jdswan.bsky.social · 05/03/2026@joshtpm.bsky.social I think everyone is missing the big issues, all these gulf states are essentially island with little link to the world other than ports, they will be starving in a month and it very likely we see regime change there before Iran. Same as happens to Yeman 100
jdswan.bsky.social @jdswan.bsky.social · 04/03/2026They are going to take millions of dollars of weapons and occupy a 10km strip of Northern Iran and then fight each other and Turkey 030
jdswan.bsky.social @jdswan.bsky.social · 04/03/2026I think it’s going to remake the Middle East but not in the way he thinks once the gulf states start staving if the straights are closed more than a month 000
jdswan.bsky.social @jdswan.bsky.social · 04/03/2026I figured we would get to the spot where any troops killed will have failed Trump 010
jdswan.bsky.social @jdswan.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Syria just pushed them out of territory a couple of weeks ago and the Kurds released 15,000 ISIS captives, no way in hell they are going to decamp to be Israeli proxy forces 030
jdswan.bsky.social @jdswan.bsky.social · 03/03/2026I think this is the same reason the Supreme Court has tip toed around some issues, Robert’s is more worried about Trump saying “fuck you enforce it” than faith to the constitution 010
jdswan.bsky.social @jdswan.bsky.social · 03/03/2026I think we’ll see regime change in some of the gulf states before we do in Iran 000
jdswan.bsky.social @jdswan.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Maybe because Trump only wants to talk about the new sumptuous ballroom? 010
jdswan.bsky.social @jdswan.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Don’t worry Kurds, I know Syria is currently pushing you out of territory but you can leave your home defenseless to act as a ground force to take over a country of 90m is a hell of a pitch 080
Reposted by @jdswan.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 03/03/2026They went to the boss. 29587061889
jdswan.bsky.social @jdswan.bsky.social · 02/03/2026We are in grave danger. We’ve never looked weaker to the world, this is a panic move. I seriously think we will see regime change in one of the gulf states before we see it in Iran. 010
jdswan.bsky.social @jdswan.bsky.social · 02/03/2026We’ve basically cut off all traditional allies to woo the gulf states so they will bribe Trump with trinkets And then started a regional war. Now we are abandoning them to their fate. I’m fine with it but at this point regime change is more likely in Qatar of Bahrain than Iran. 000
Reposted by @jdswan.bsky.socialTofuNYG 🏈🏳️🌈🗽🇺🇦 🚫👑🖕🧊 @groguspeak.bsky.social · 02/03/2026“When pressed on his plans for a transition of power, Mr. Trump said he hoped Iran’s elite military forces…would simply turn over their weapons to the Iranian populace.”media.tenor.coma close up of a man 's face with a serious expression on his face .ALT: a close up of a man 's face with a serious expression on his face . 95717
jdswan.bsky.social @jdswan.bsky.social · 01/03/2026I would also think the 8 foot gap of open air at the top of the curtains would also be a violation 🤷🏻♂️ 11422
Reposted by @jdswan.bsky.socialThe Onion @theonion.com · 28/02/2026This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’ttheonion.comThis War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’tGeorge W. Bush may think that a war against Iraq is the solution to our problems, but the reality is, it will only serve to create far more. 90103392824
Reposted by @jdswan.bsky.socialThe Sgt Joker @thesgtjoker.bsky.social · 28/02/2026The families of political leaders and business interests calling for war should be the first people to be sent to war. 916694
Reposted by @jdswan.bsky.socialderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 27/02/2026this is what they said it would be like under socialism 1049191514303
jdswan.bsky.social @jdswan.bsky.social · 27/02/2026I mean I get it, in some exceptional cases the rhythm section can be the main draw, but not everyone is Tito Puente or Ron Carter, if you want to do that start your own band. Does anyone remember the Ginger Baker Air Force? (Have to admit they did have a coupe of bangers though) 100
jdswan.bsky.social @jdswan.bsky.social · 27/02/2026When I was in a band the rhythm duo pissed me off to no end. Don’t going some meandering bass solo in the middle of a 3 min pop song, stay in the fucking pocket. No drummer, you can’t come out from behind your kit and rap on a song. Some tasks are unheralded but necessary, deal with it. 100
jdswan.bsky.social @jdswan.bsky.social · 27/02/2026All 12 people who still watch it will be pissed 000
jdswan.bsky.social @jdswan.bsky.social · 27/02/2026This kind of snark really pisses me off. No matter how many networks they take over I don’t think they will appreciably grow right wing sentiment in the country. In the end these networks will all cannibalize each other. It’s not like Newsmax has made things worse. 060
Reposted by @jdswan.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/02/2026This is an enraging, heartbreaking story. 21658180
Reposted by @jdswan.bsky.socialThe Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 26/02/2026www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comIlhan Omar guest arrested for standing at Trump’s State of the Union addressAliya Rahman, who was dragged out of her car in January by agents, arrested for ‘refusing to obey orders’ to sit down 32517
jdswan.bsky.social @jdswan.bsky.social · 25/02/2026He’s too much of a dipshit to realize the dancing frog has nothing to do with the party 000
jdswan.bsky.social @jdswan.bsky.social · 25/02/2026I have a feeling that the public will have the same view of Trump after this as they did Biden after the debate 000
jdswan.bsky.social @jdswan.bsky.social · 23/02/2026The fact so many of us, for even a brief minute, though it could be actually him shows how low we’ve fallen as a Country 000
jdswan.bsky.social @jdswan.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Just flew out of Puerto Vallarta Thursday afternoon and it’s wild to see what’s going on there 0150
Reposted by @jdswan.bsky.socialAndy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 21/02/2026This 53 year old man who lived in my neighborhood w/no criminal record & who had been in the US for 30 years, was detained and thrown into a cold cell for days, caught pneumonia and COVID there and deported. He finally died. I am so angry. www.kptv.com/2026/02/21/n...kptv.com‘No one deserves this’: Beaverton father dies after deportation to MexicoA Beaverton family is grieving after the father, who was detained and deported by ICE, has now died. 388130306557
jdswan.bsky.social @jdswan.bsky.social · 21/02/2026I legit thought this was Guillermo from What We Do In Shadows for a minute 000
Reposted by @jdswan.bsky.socialMax Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Strong argument for more limits on presidential authority! I predict Republicans will agree if/when we have a Democratic president again. 812427
Reposted by @jdswan.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/02/2026We are off the cliff, folks. 🇺🇸 www.propublica.org/article/ice-... 19045042362
jdswan.bsky.social @jdswan.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Agreed, but Pritzker doesn’t get the press Newsome does, probably because at his core Newsome is a slick PR guy above all else. 010
