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It worked. Trump has changed the subject: ‘ Breaking news: U.S. says it struck 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels near oil route’ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03/10/world/iran-war-trump-us-israel?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20260310&instance_id=172307&nl=breaking-news&reg I do not mean to imply that news of Trump’s disastrous Iran Adventure is not newsworthy. I ask here, that we do not forget what the conversation was before Iran -   *New York Times 2/3/26* ‘’You need to pay attention to the guns ICE agents are pointing at all of us. You also need to pay attention to everything happening around the guns. Just before Jonathan Ross, an ICE agent, pulled the gun that he discharged into Good’s S.U.V., he was shooting video of the incident on his cellphone. The gun and the phone are both weapons — one a tool for violence and the other a tool of control.’’ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/opinion/ice-surveillance-protesters.html?campaign_id=39&emc...

  Without any independent verification, with No U.S. Intelligence support, Trump relies totally on something Russian Pres. ‘Putin told’ him about a Ukrainian attack on Putin’s home. Trump, in his typical 3 rd Grade vernacular, (with my apologies to 3 rd Graders), said a reported attack, reported of course by Putin alone, ‘Made him mad’, and was ‘wrong’.          Brilliant oratory there Mr. President. Jackass.          This nonsense followed extensive conversation with      Ukrainian President Zelensky. Conversation that occurred only after Trump spoke with his Russian Partner, Putin. Trump used many words, simple words to be sure, to get Pres. Zelensky to agree a bunch of Conditions in order to claim successful, ‘Productive’ Negotiation. These Conditions though, are not anything Russia will agree to, when all is said and done. For example: Pres. Zelensky agrees to Ukraini...

  Pardon my absence, financial, domestic issues...* Trump’s ‘War’ The United States Military Code of Justice specifically prohibits firing on Shipwrecked Survivors – The most notorious case was the Peleus incident of March 1944, which became a landmark prosecution for war crimes at sea. After the German U-boat U-852 sank the Greek freighter Peleus in the South Atlantic, Commander Heinz-Wilhelm Eck ordered his crew to systematically machine-gun survivors on life rafts and in the water for several hours . https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/1997/february/peleus-war-crimes-trial The  Peleus  was bound from Freetown to the River Plate...  'Nobody on the tramp saw the surfaced U-boat chasing them; consequently, by 19:20hrs. the  U-852  was only 600 yards away when Eck fired two torpedoes, both of which hit the target on the starboard side and caused devastating damage. The ship sank in less than three minutes, with no time to launch the lif...

  7/1/25 ‘Day of Infamy’   The GOP Controlled Senate today approved H.R.1, formerly known as Trump’s ‘Big beautiful.... ’ . In a 50-50 Senate vote, with VP Vance casting the deciding vote, on e of the more dreadful Bills ever passed, moves back to th e House of Representatives for a final appalling, dreadful vote .   Democrat Sen . Chuck Schumer , (NY), in at least a small victory, was able to Move that the label ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ be dropped as ‘inappropriate’ for Senate Legislation.   By passing the Bill, Senate Republicans once again show to anyone paying attention, just how despicable and untrustworthy they really are. Truly Appalling .   As Reported, the measure strips Billions of dollars from the Social Safety Net in Medicaid and SNAP (Food Stamps) for the poor in This Great Nation. The ’Savings’ then, from providing Healthcare to the Nation's Elderly Ill, and M alnourished Children, go on to fund Tax cuts for the Wealthiest Individuals and C o...

  The Pres. Trump/GOP ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ has run into a Big Beautiful stumble and stall upo n reaching the U.S. Senate. First, several key Republican Senators, including Leader s Thom. Tillis and Josh Riley, have voiced reservation with the bill, concerned about how the legislation would negatively affect Rural, Republican MAGA voter s wh o also happen to be Medicaid Recipients.   Then, again concerning Medicaid Cuts, the Senate Parliamentarian, stated that the Cuts do not meet the criteria of a Reconciliation ( Budget, Funding), Bill. She stripped significant proposed Medicaid Cuts from the Bill, sending the revised version to the Senate for consideration.   Pres. Trump, meanwhile, in a White House  Press event to build support for the Legislatio n, called any opponents    ‘ Grandstanders ’ , saying ‘they’ did not ‘want to make this Country great again ’. Saying also that ‘We will get past them ’.   Trump continued to insis...

  President Trump Declares War... Kinda ’.   In Ordering U.S. Military Forces to conduct Combat Operat ions against Iran, Pres. Trump has taken The United States int o War.   While there was No actual Decleration of War, the act itself is an Act of War. And while there was No actual Consent from the U.S. Congress, Pr es. Trump pretty much let anyone paying attention, including both Congress and Iran, know that This was Coming.   While there was no formal notification of the Combat Mission , until the Mission was Complete, he certainly le t on that a Combat Mission was imm inent. W e are all fortunate and grateful that the Mission appears to have been a huge success , even though the process of moving to, and carrying out, the Mission was, in typical Trump fashion, highly flawed.   First, there was no attempt by the Trump Administration to garner support of any allies we may have left. This includes of course , Canada and England, but also other Allies from ...