Is there no point in this Bedlam masquerading as a government that elected Republicans will wake up? We are way past "have you no sense of decency" -- we are at the "have you no sense." We will ensure that "...your dishonor will remain." (Liz Cheney)

ROK Again showing us how Democracies behave. The Ministry of Defense will award commendations to soldiers who did not carry out illegal or unjust orders during the December 3 Emergency Martial Law designating them as "individuals who protected constitutional values." www.chosun.com/english/nati...

Telling: His movement is screaming "civil war" - dear leader is playing doll house. Q: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up? TRUMP: I think very good...They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House...it's gonna be a beauty...

We are in a 'boil-the-frog' constitutional and moral crisis in this country. Another presidential permission slip for the much, much greater abuse to come was put in place by Monday's Supreme Court decision to allow “racially profiling." It never ends at the 'other' - and it never ends well. Shame!

Trump's destruction of the informal customs that sustain a liberal democracy, not to mention his disregard for formal constitutional restraints, sets him apart from his predecessors. As long as our republic exists, Trump's name should live in infamy.

I will never understand how my fellow veterans can continue to support this man - this is yet another low in a long line of truly shameful statements... www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/w... And still -- his un-American policies are much, much worse.

Happy Canada Day to our friends and allies up north. Our relationship will survive the current occupant of the White House - as Barack Obama once said, "The world needs more Canada." 🇨🇦 unwritten-record.blogs.archives.gov/2024/05/29/t...

POTUS and SecDef statements on Iran strike BDA @ the NATO press conference are beyond parody. Their belligerent stupidity is a national humiliation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=73KM...

Happy 250th birthday to the US Army! It is a sad spectacle to see our Army, founded to defeat a king, being used by a wannabe tyrant as a political prop. We the people need to fix this..

Tacky imitation gold decor and military parades - authoritarian playbook…a commander-in-chief uniform cannot be far behind). “We have the greatest missiles in the world…the greatest submarines…the greatest army tanks…the greatest weapons in the world. And we’re going to celebrate it.”

Quote of the day... "Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded..." (The Economist)

Why the Signal debacle is more significant than it appears - 1. It was not the first time this app was used at this level. (What else has been compromised?) 2. Putting ease & avoidance of accountability over security (combined with arrogance) = disaster. 3. A goldmine for threat deception planners.

Goethe’s ‘There is nothing more fearful than ignorance in action’ is a depressing but apt description of our times…

In #AHAPerspectives, Allison S. Finkelstein describes her work at Arlington National Cemetery: “Whether I’m speaking to tourists or dignitaries, writing a blog post or a book, I have opportunities each day to use my historical skills for the benefit of our nation.” 🗃️

"...we have used our wealth, our literacy, our technology, and our progress to create the thicket of unreality...What ails us most is not what we have done with America but what we have substituted for America." (Boorstin, 1961)