She did no such thing. She offered assertions and challenged a narrative.

This puts her in the Lutnick trap ... even as she calls for hearings ... which will attract attention.

Want to believe that people in DC are betting on the collapse of the ceasefire?

It will be a brittle cease fire. Is there any other kind?

I'm concerned.

Trump declares Operation Golden Showers a success.

The Middle East is a mess.

Delusional Don the Dumb Diplomat's Iran Disaster.

Trump backs down again, losing credibility but gaining sanity.

Henry Adams would be saying, "I told you so," about American politics today.

Edwin M. Stanton looks better every day.

What a missmanaged war.

This is not Kristi Noem's fairy tale.

So much for unconditional surrender Trump.

The Trump Presidential Library will include an interactive exhibit entitled "Why we are in Iran?" where visitors enter a room they cannot exit without correctly answering the question. The prototype testing reports that not a single visitor has left the room.

This war is a textbook example of how not to manage a military conflict.

Well, Trump 45 is Trump 47's predecessor, so perhaps he was talking to himself

Incoherent.

Watching everyone mangle the historical context of "unconditional surrender" in blissful ignorance.

Everywhere dogs and puppies are breathing a sigh of relief.

Dumbest of the dumb.

We have to stop Trump supporters from trying to harm the president. This is so typical of the violent right.

Kash Patel was a lonely boy who just wanted to be liked. Kids around him were scared. Those eyes. I'm just annoyed that at times he pretends to be an Islanders fan.

I am convinced that Donald J. Trump has no real friends. Not that he deserves any, given how he treats people. A shrewd friend or adviser would help him get rid of at least the more egregious political liabilities around him. But speak truth to power? Guess not. Team of Sycophants.

This was very good and very thoughtful.

It's not weird at all. Melania's just helping an old buddy from the Epstein days. You would think that Bezos and the Trumps would know better. The truth is that they don't care.

Trump's beginning to learn that some of his puppies in office need to be house-trained. Going to war with the American people never works out well.

Meaning that the consequences are that it's okay for such federal agents to act like the Brown Shirts and Gestapo?

Today's essay question: Is the Trump turn in American foreign policy a repudiation of US foreign policy principles or their logical cumulative expression?

The Trump Doctrine: Extortion by a Bully.

So ... can you win a land war in Greenland? And if so, so what?

I used to think Andrew Johnson was our worst president. Used to.

It is surreal. Yet somehow I am not surprised. Neither are you.

We've gone from the bully pulpit to simply being a bully.

Wait until Speaker Mike Johnson says he has not seen the video of the ICE agent murdering a woman in Minneapolis, so he cannot comment.

For anyone interested in the American Civil War ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFlJ...

On January 6, 2021, Republicans accepted and defended what they opposed between 1861 and 1865. Never forget. The threat remains. If anything, it's worse.

I wonder how many pro-Trump neoConfederates who attack Lincoln's actions in the Fort Sumter crisis are celebrating Trump's actions today.

I would encourage the president to follow his own path on this matter, which is a clear demonstration of his superior performance on cognitive tests.

Erika Kirk teaches us all how to move on.

I have heard that you don't trade him.

Dust jackets can conceal what you are really reading.

Fame takes many forms. www.thepoke.com/2025/12/04/w...

Their followers believe what they say. The question is how many voters who supported Trump are open to empirical evidence and experience. So much lying.

If you think that the military history of the Civil War is simply a story of generals and battles, you haven't kept up with the literature. For decades. At best, it's ignorance. At worst, it's insulting. It's also sooooo yesterday.

Slob.