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And the brain-dead GOP just fucking goes along with him. This is a devastating strategic assessment of how Trump, in just one year, has probably single-handedly fatally weakened the US economic and military empire. The closing paragraphs: Quite understandably, many Americans have focused on the damage Trump’s first months in office have done domestically, from opening pristine wilderness areas and offshore waters to oil and natural gas drilling to threatening access to medical care, skewing the progressive tax code to favor the rich, cancelling net neutrality, and voiding environmental protections of every sort. Most if not all of these regressive policies can, however, be repaired or reversed if the Democrats ever take control of Congress and the White House. Trump’s strikingly inept version of one-man diplomacy in the context of America’s ongoing global decline is an altogether different matter. World leadership lost is never readily recovered, particularly when rival powers are prep...

133 People Publicly Confronted The Doctor Who Sexually Abused Young Women... An “army of survivors,” many of them US Olympic gymnasts, each got a chance to address Dr. Larry Nassar over seven days, leading to dozens of powerful statements.

Ironically, the most honest thing the NSA has done since its founding might just be deleting the word "honesty" from its statement of core values, in January 12th's revisions to the earlier version that also once included "openness." The new version also abandons the goals of attaining "great trust" from the public -- the new version purges all mentions of "trust," "honor" and "openness."

It's long, but quite brilliant, with many important points. Most of the information isn't really new, but it's a great summary of how Israel has slaughtered Palestinians in Gaza in various military operations, how Israel controls public opinion and how Israel uses the US (and how the US supports Israel). I do feel like the younger generation in the US, even among Jews, has much less support for Israel than the older generation, on average. I also think Israel is really painting itself into a corner, where they are destroying a two-state solution, leaving a one-state solution where Jews are either a minority or the Palestinians are completely suppressed in an blatant apartheid system. AMY GOODMAN : Norman Finkelstein, you conclude your book by quoting Helen Hunt Jackson, a late 19th century American critic of our policy, of the U.S. policy towards Cherokee Indians, saying, “There will come a time when, to the student of American history, it will seem well-nigh incredibl...

God, I hope he's wrong about that, like he is about most things. Faced with the likelihood of a “blue tsunami” in the 2018 midterm elections, President Donald Trump is holding out hope that terrorists will attack the country, reported the Washington Post on Wednesday. “In private conversations,” said the Post, “Trump has told advisers that he doesn’t think the 2018 election has to be as bad as others are predicting. He has referenced the 2002 midterms, when George W. Bush and Republicans fared better after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, these people said.” Matthew Yglesias at Vox.com wrote, “(T)his is a frightening line of thought for an incumbent president and his team to be entertaining.” “(I)f the president and his top staff are not so concerned with democracy but purely political power, that’s a terrifying proposition,” said Yglesias. If Trump believes that a terror attack will be a boon to his political fortunes, asked Vox, “How hard is he really working to keep the country ...

Our new insane reality: HONOLULU, Hawaii ― For a half-hour on Saturday morning, individuals in Hawaii believed the state was under attack. The panic started shortly after 8 a.m. when residents, many who were just starting their days, received a striking alert on their cell phones. The same alerts were broadcast on TV and radio stations. “BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII,” the statewide emergency alert read. “SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.” More than 30 minutes later, the state issued a correction. Gov. David Ige claimed that a state employee had “pressed the wrong button” and sent the alert by accident. But in those minutes, the fear and panic were real. And: Retired Air Force Col. Morris Davis slammed Donald Trump on Saturday afternoon for spending his time golfing while the citizens of Hawaii were in a panic over a false missile strike alert. “For 38 minutes American citizens in Hawaii braced for a ballistic missile strike,” Davis wrote in a tweet, “and @r...

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/948355557022420992 North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un just stated that the “Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times.” Will someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him that I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my Button works!

A wonderful FU New Year's greeting to Dolt45. Penned by Aldous J. Farthington on Daily Kos: "Dear Fucking Lunatic, I read with interest your recent interview with The New York Times. I couldn’t get past the bit about your being the most popular visitor in the history of fucking China — a country that’s only 2,238 years old, give or take. Do you know how fucking insane you sound, you off-brand butt plug? That's like the geopolitical equivalent of “that stripper really likes me” — only 10,000 times crazier and less self aware. You are fucking exhausting. Every day is a natural experiment in determining how long 300 million people can resist coring out their own assholes with an ice auger. Every time I hear a snippet of your Queens-tinged banshee larynx farts, I want to crawl up my own ass with a Union Jack and claim my sigmoid colon for HRH Queen Elizabeth II. We are fucking tired. As bad as we all thought your presidency would be when Putin got you elected, it’s be...

Trump has gone after China for supposedly propping up the nuclear-armed and crazed North Korea regime, but it turns out Trump's puppet-masters Russia, are the ones actually sending oil to North Korea and keeping the regime going in the face of intense sanctions. This suggests that Russia is manipulating Trump and US politics and military actions via North Korea and their expanding nuclear arsenal. It's a manufactured crisis, to create fear and increase chaos in the US, aided by Russia's control over Trump. What a world.

...in no particular order: 1) Republicans passed a gigantic tax cut that strongly benefits the wealthy, despite the extremely wealthy Trump never releasing his tax returns. 2) Trump referring to a group of white supremacist marchers as containing "very fine people". 3) Trump’s massive delusions/lies about his election (that he would’ve won the popular vote without fraud), inaugural crowd (largest ever when it wasn’t), that he understands tax and healthcare policy better than anyone else (he doesn’t), that he has one of the all-time great memories (he doesn‘t), that he is making America more respected again (he isn’t), he’s signed more bills already than any other president (he hasn’t), and various and sundry items showing that he is mentally ill. 4) Normally pro-law enforcement Republicans (the party of law and order) repeatedly attacking the FBI and CIA. 5) Seeing the Republican base swallow Trump’s lies and nonsense, or at least tolerate it, and furthermore get upset...