Trump and Hegseth are incapable of self-reflection so the rest of us will have to absorb the burden of embarrassment.
14.03.2026 23:33
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Trump and Hegseth are incapable of self-reflection so the rest of us will have to absorb the burden of embarrassment.
This isn't a matter of opinion, it's an objective factual error of the sort no editor should let pass uncorrected.
An important thread. But something is missing.
The refusal of Republicans to hold Trump accountable AND ALSO to exercise the least little responsibility on confirmations would have mitigated this risk.
Joni Ernst, Thom Tillis, Murkowski and Collins all KNEW Whiskey Pete would push war crimes.
Diplomatic staff at the American consulate in Erbil were also forced to shelter-in-place when the facility came under attack from Iran before they were ultimately flown out of the country by the British Royal Air Force due to constraints on the U.S. military, which would normally carry out such a mission, according to the officials.
Amid discussions on TODAY's call to evacuate, this story from Wednesday did not get enough attention.
abcnews.com/Internationa...
TACO Trump and his flying monkeys at the Justice Department pound their chests to seem tough, get a few headlines, and then quietly brush their faux outrage and illegal charges under the rug with a whimpering dismissal.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/u...
The alarming fact is that we’re not even close to the bottom with this madman.
Also paying taxes is a moral good.
Howard Zinn: “There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.”
“Every child deserves to live & learn in peace.” • Malala Yousafzai, 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
28 February 2026 Minab, Iran
#AmericanWarCrimes
16 March 2022 Mariupol, Ukraine
#RussianWarCrimes
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I don’t see a way out of this. Taking the Strait of Hormuz or seizing Kharg island will result in considerable loss of life. We can’t exactly apologize because we killed the Ayatollah. I doubt anyone besides Israel is gonna help us. This is a disaster.
Currently listening to this memoir and can confirm that it’s in fact horrifying—the crimes committed against Gisèle as well as the way the patriarchal system tried to grind her in its gears. Her strength is epic. Shame has to change sides.
Kelly Feuer, 12-years old, $1 million settlement paid in 1989, allegations of forced intercourse, Trump Tower, NY, NYC.
Charles Bacon, 11 years old, $3 million, allegations of oral and anal intercourse, 1994, Trump Tower, NY, NYC.
The thing I have taken away from your writing on the subject is that our canons and norms of freedom of expression and freedom of conscience do not go back to the founding, but were hard-won relatively recently, and it is for exactly this reason that we should defend them zealously.
so cool how he was warmly welcomed at a semafor event two weeks ago
Dems offered to fund just TSA and Republicans said no
“woke zamboni” is, objectively speaking, the coolest possible vehicle
They are incapable of rational thought and they cannot be reasoned with. When (as always) they have absolutely nothing they revert to their default position, I have TDS.
🔥 🇪🇸 SPAIN — MAR ESPINAR: “Go lick boots at Mar-A-Lago… which Iranian women are thanking Trump? The mothers of the 160 girls murdered at a school?”
Map of the ME showing the two straits
Yemen’s Houthis have announced they’ll be joining the war in support of Iran shortly. Analysts expect them to shut down another strait, Bab El-Mandeb, which will close the Suez Canal. The global economy hangs by a thread.
Hegseth’s trial is gonna be a doozy.
Any sensible person who paid even cursory attention to Donald Trump knew, even before "The Apprentice," that Donald Trump is a dishonest, stupid, unreliable man and only out for himself. If you are currently feeling "betrayed" by such a deeply flawed person, you are a gullible idiot.
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So Iran’s military is “100% destroyed,” yet somehow it’s able to keep attacking with drones, mines and missiles. 🤔
Pete Hegseth promised to make America's military more lethal, with more war crimes.
This is very on-brand for Pete Hegseth.
Yup.
Though I suspect there's also a more elaborate version, where the financial markets just can't take the required "premature" asset depreciation that would be required for the fossil fuel industry (broadly along the lines of, say, Carton and Malm's Overshoot book)
It wasn't a "Military Academy"—it was a reform school.
And that isn't an army uniform—it's a costume from a community theater production of "The Nutcracker."
Ben Avital, 39, was walking his two dogs in Eilat when an Iranian missile struck them. The vets are fighting to save his dog Gili’s life.
I’m low key astonished by the number of finance experts that didn’t anticipate problems with the Strait of Hormuz. Did they really trust Trump and Hegseth knew what they were doing? Did they take for granted all the usual experts that Trump fired? Didn’t most of us see this coming?
Anecdotally, MAGA in my sphere LOVE TRUMP, they manufacture a reason to rationalize this. When he violates whatever promise he made they simply ignore that and shift the goal posts, which are now on the moon.
From personal experience, Northeastern’s rapid expansion was an administrative trash fire. My kid had a dozen swiftly rotating advisors over his time there, none of whom could explain graduation requirements or fixing problems with anything. Great teachers, awful administration.
