23+ hour, 13+ min ago   (224+ words) So, at the RNC midterm “convention” last week, Trump did the following: Trump: "Please right your right hand. I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States. That loves us so much he can't even breath....

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (626+ words) Another GOP staffer does a Nazi oopsie. Let’s start with the proximate inspiration for this post, as reported by The Hill: Husted ousts his political director over posts with Nazi imagery. Here’s what the campaign had to say. Let me…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (670+ words) Putin is increasingly targeting critical infrastructure and risking war with the West. Reuters (“NATO allies foil Russian subsea cable sabotage plot“): Deep in Arctic waters near the remote Svalbard archipelago this spring, NATO allies caught Russian subs training to unleash…...

4+ day, 31+ min ago   (801+ words) Good thing the war will be over right after the mid-terms! I mean, who could have predicted that a protracted conflict in the Middle East would affect oil prices? And yet, CNBC reports: Brent crude oil tops $101 to close at…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (822+ words) Jerusalem is increasingly isolated, with Washington as its main defender. BBC (“UK announces sanctions on West Bank settlements prompting furious Israeli response“): The UK has announced sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, accusing Israel’s government of…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (661+ words) Size matters, it would seem. I noticed this headline at The Hill yesterday: The US only country to oppose a UN resolution correcting Africa’s size on world maps. Since I like maps, I knew that this was probably about which…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (535+ words) Because America is better than Mexico. Obviously. So, the President sent this gem out on his privately owned, for-profit social media platform last evening: It was accompanied by this clever video snippet: And this map appeared on the official White…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (1708+ words) European leaders are grappling with the implications for rising populism and nativism across the continent. The Guardian (“Europe facing ‘grave moment’ as far-right AfD wins German poll and pledges to work with Elon Musk“): Mainstream politicians around Europe have expressed…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (350+ words) Trump’s foreign and national defense choices are making the world less safe. I have been thinking about the potential cumulative effects of Trump’s various diplomatic and defense policy choices of late. I do not like what the list of ingredients…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (220+ words) They shoot two, we shoot three, and around and around we go. WaPo (“U.S. says it hit 3 Iranian oil tankers, including one near Kharg Island“): The U.S. military said Saturday it hit three Iranian oil tankers, including one near…...