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Military Meet-Up?
So, Pete Hegseth has called a huge, in-person meeting of ALL flag officers for this coming Tuesday. Each will bring at least some of their staff, so thousands of personnel—the leaders of ALL aspects of the American military—will be in transit at once and then all located in a single geographical location. This has never…
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Kamala Harris Explains Not Answering “Not Black Enough” Accusation
In her first news interview since the 2024 presidential election, Kamala Harris explained why she didn’t punch back when Trump accused her of having “just decided to be Black” for the election. She said she wouldn’t “fall for that bait.” She contended that going down that path would have no end, and that he would…
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Update After the Charlie Kirk Trajedy
It’s been a while since I last wrote. There’s a lot to discuss, and with the killing of Charlie Kirk the imperative to write crashes down. (It is shameful that the killing of Minnesota state House speaker Melissa Hortman did not inspire the same bipartisan condemnation. Where were the Republicans then?) I would begin my…
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The GOP’s Long Push
It may be tempting to claim that Donald Trump has completely hijacked the Republican Party and turned it into a fascist, authoritarian party. After all, it used to be that the GOP was known as “the Party of National Security,” “the Law-and-Order Party,” and “the Party of Fiscal Responsibility.” Donald Trump has made a mockery…