When Diplomacy Sounds Like a Threat
Karoline Leavitt said the quiet part out loud: if negotiations go badly, death is on the table. That is not diplomacy. It is a warning.
National Security
Trump’s Strategic Blunder in Iran May Cost the World Dearly
We all know by now that Trump is not a serious or deep international strategist, and will not listen to the advice of real experts. He has a rather childish and naive view of global politics and armed conflict, and has been proven time and again to lack strategic insight, lumbered as he is by … Read more
Remember Jan6 Attack on Democracy with the Law Officers Who Were There
I think the best way to memorialize this 5th anniversary of the most shameful assault on our democracy since the Civil War is to view it through the eyes of the police officers who experienced it. NPR has given us that opportunity: https://www.npr.org/sections/the-picture-show/2026/01/05/g-s1-103118/jan6-trump-capitol-police-officers-bodycam-footage-video?jwsource=cl I encourage you to watch and to comment.
Forget Gold Medals. Trump’s After California.
In early August, Trump signed an executive order creating a White House Olympics task force. He put himself in charge and stacked it with allies like Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Vice President J.D. Vance. Donald Trump isn’t coming to California to hand out medals. He’s coming to stage a power grab. The 2028 … Read more
Obituary for TikTok US: 2017-2025
UPDATE: TikTok goes down. TikTok comes back up. All in less than 24 hours. Convenient how creating the problem lets you swoop in to save the day, isn’t it? We’re all being played. Gone Too Viral In a time when our lives were choreographed by algorithms, filled with lip-synced trends, and stitched together into a … Read more