Can Trump oppose Russia? Rep. Adam Shiff, one of the Gang of Eight in the House, told Rachael Maddow this evening that Congress had just been informed by the Trump administration that they’d launched around 70 Tomahawk missiles against Syria. Only Congress can authorize an act of war, but they were informed about the missile launch after the fact. For now, Congress and the press...
The US attacks Syria without an Act of War. The press is falling all over themselves to say that Trump is doing what Obama didn’t, the last time President Bashar Al-Assad used poison gas: start a war. And almost everyone is quoting the White House to call this response “proportional.” Obama, in 2013, drew what he called a red line on the use of poison...
The US has just launched Tomahawk missiles against Syria, an act of war. Presumably this is in response to President Bashar Al-Assad’s using Sarin gas against Syrian civilians. This is an act of war.
You can easily recycle this post later to save electrons! So Trump got embarrassed at yet another disaster under his watch. He reacted in his usual way, took a deep breath, and blew out another loogie of an accusation in the hope we’ll be so disgusted it’ll give him time to slink away. His latest pile of goo didn’t stand and salute, and people were...
Rachael Maddow turned me on to this. If you go to the National Security Council website — https://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc — you get this page: National Security Council Check back soon for more information. Honest to god. The premier agency responsible for American security is not currently in business. Maybe later.
Because a 36-year-old real estate jerk is better than the nominated and approved Secretary of State. For all I know, Kushner might be better than the Exxon ex-CEO. Tillerson doesn’t seem happy to be a diplomat. Can you do your entire job in a sulk? Secretary of State Tillerson has already made it clear he didn’t really care about human rights. On March 30th, in...
The difference between real and faux. This morning, the New York Times had an Op-Ed from retired General Stanley McChrystal, the former head of the Joint Special Operations Command. His article is to Save PBS. It Makes Us Safer. As a longtime military man, he argues that it’s a tiny investment that pays huge dividends to all of us. He says that any argument like...
Thinking quiet, sunlight thoughts. Guadalupe River Sorry I’ve been quiet for a few days. I mean, I’ve started writing a ton of stuff. I’ve typed out thousands of words. The problem started each time I tried to close the loop and wrap things up. Instead of my arguments narrowing to the small answer I wanted, the articles just expanded into the broader cultural issues that...
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