Raising the Flag Follow my work and writing on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com

Trump spent three hours at hospital today doing ‘tests’. It should only have been 20 minutes, but the first test was really hard.

In remembrance of those who gave "the last full measure of devotion."

“The despicable effort by Trump’s ‘Justice’ Dept—to deny Stewart Rhodes’ traitorous criminality and free him from the contempt and condemnation that he deserves—is one more reminder that the attack on our nation on Jan. 6, 2021 is a war that has not ended.” www.americaamerica.news/p/the-ongoin...

Reminder that Trump cut your health care, food assistance, and emergency preparedness programs because they cost Americans "too much." So where does the $1 billion White House ballroom fall?

Here’s a thought — Maybe these people don’t deserve to be handsomely rewarded? (From NPR)

what a class act. doesn't cost anything to be nice.

no one wants to pay domestic terrorists a red cent.

there is no way the US can project power in the middle east or maintain our NATO alliance commitments without US bases in Europe.

“.. What we are talking about is nothing short of the sitting president of the United States looting from the Treasury for his own gain,” she said. @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/5733...

WATCH — @neguse.house.gov: “You can see why I would be very skeptical of a resolution that says ‘the Trump Admin’s focus on restoring law and order’ when his very first action in office was to pardon violent felons.”

“This is a war grave with the same legal status as Arlington National Cemetery. Snorkeling around the entombed remains of the USS Arizona is as disrespectful as playing kickball on top of the graves at Arlington.”

“.. The idea of a high-ranking government official receiving an escort from the SEALs for a recreational swim near the tomb is ‘horrifying,’ said William M. McBride, a Navy veteran and professor emeritus of history at the U.S. Naval Academy ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/u...

Hey Polis: @colorado.gov Peters was convicted beyond a reasonable doubt by a jury of her peers. have you lost your mind? your judgment is questionable.

No, Tina Peters should not have had her sentence commuted. She broke Colorado laws and was convicted by a jury of her peers. Here’s my statement:

Holy shit y’all this is not a drill, David Letterman and Stephen Colbert are dropping stuff off the rooftop of a building near the Ed Sullivan Theater!

From the Financial Times: "The Treasury department issued $25bn of new 30-year bonds on Wednesday, with the high yield at auction reaching 5.046 per cent." #economy #markets #debt #bonds #ust @financialtimes.com

Perfect campaign ad for the upcoming Midterms. 👌

this is exactly what they taught me @ USMA 50+ yrs ago. and as a Company Commander, I was required to give the UCMJ class to my soldiers. "Refuse to follow illegal orders" was in the lesson plan. Every soldier knows that.

Donald Trump has claimed “great progress” towards an agreement to end the war. That is almost certainly an exaggeration. At best America and Iran seem to be closing in on a rough framework for further talks

EXCLUSIVE: My latest story for @theatlantic.com : www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

A TV adaptation of William Golding's 1954 novel follows schoolboys who survive a plane crash and must fend for themselves on a deserted island. It was co-written by Adolescence creator Jack Thorne. n.pr/42NVlae

Hello from Minneapolis.

"When I hear calls to “change the culture” of one of the most disciplined and effective organizations in the world, I don’t see a plan. I see an excuse. Strong culture wins wars. Excuses do not."

Took a video of this cool shell formation on my beach walk. If all of you repost it as many times as you can maybe some journalists will see it and do something about it

VoteVets is doubling down on @rebeccabennettforcongress.com in her primary race by launching another $200,000 ad buy today. This November, we're going to flip NJ-07 blue, but only if Rebecca Bennett is the Democrat on the ballot.

Trump Shuttle operated from 1989 to 1992 before defaulting on loans & being taken over by creditors after going through bankruptcy. Not a good idea asking trump help for airlines ... or casino, or plaza hotel, or ,,,🤦‍♂️

Nixon: "I am not a crook." Nixon was a crook. Trump: "I am not a rapist." Trump is ....

new "i am not a crook!" just dropped

Bravo to there person who has put these flyers all over Capitol Hill and even thought to put them in waterproof sleeves.

only an idiot would believe pirro, DoJ, or trump really dropped the probe.

"The chances that Dua Lipa would help raise funds for a vehicle for our unit weren’t high... but they were never zero!" British singer Dua Lipa helped the Ukrainian First Separate Medical Battalion acquire a pickup truck.The vehicle will be used for evacuations&operational tasks in the combat zone

Vaccines are very American! Against Vaccines is Un-American! George Washington wrote this letter to Lt. Colonel David Grier on March 12, 1777. In it, Washington instructs Grier to send new soldiers to Philadelphia so they could be inoculated for smallpox. www.mountvernon.org/education/pr...

Cover drop and I'm in love press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

President Trump's latest voting executive order is another attempt to take over elections — power he doesn’t have. But it turns out, there are effective countermoves blunting this and other efforts to undermine elections.

I am not a believer (too many science classes). But this is blasphemous. Trump is vulgar scum.

Congratulation Hungary! you've give those of us who still believe in liberal democracies hope. thank you

the JCPOA (the Iran nuclear deal) took approximately 20 months to negotiate to agreement - in peacetime. only trump idiots would expect to complete negotiations with Iran in 20 hrs - during a war.

Breaking news: With more than 70% of the votes counted, Péter Magyar’s Tisza party is projected to win a two-thirds majority in Hungary's election ft.trib.al/a7M8jyZ

Hungary’s prime minister is more important to Donald Trump than all of his voters put together, than all Americans, than America itself, and it’s not even close. I wrote an essay yesterday to explain why: snyder.substack.com/p/the-hungar...

Why hasn’t Melania ever met with the Epstein survivors? Why hasn’t she advocated for them before? She’s never so much as mentioned them has she? Why this? Why now?

have her say it under oath before the house epstein committee.

If the ceasefire holds, the most likely outcome is a wounded Iranian regime clinging to power and seeking maximal goals in talks. It has no navy or air force; it has lost and used up many of its missiles and drones. Its economy has been set back years

Trump lost this war in every possible sense — morally, legally, politically, economically, reputationally, and strategically.

Exactly how badly this will hurt Republicans in the midterms is hard to gauge. But the incumbent party almost always loses seats in midterm elections, and the scale of losses tends to correlate with the president’s approval rating

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trump's comments about the downed and now recovered F-15 US pilot in Iran don't square with what he has often called other downed US pilots (eg, McCain). Or others who serve.

For first time ever, Army chief of chaplains fired — by Hegseth baptistnews.com/article/for-...