Tomorrow the coterie of racists and imbeciles who remain loyal to the racist imbecile occupant of the Oval Office will have another chance to chip away at the framework in the Constitution put in place to end, and address the ravages, of slavery. Citizenship is at issue. 1/11

In trump v Barbara, the Roberts Court [FN1] will hear argument: whether children born on U.S. soil are citizens by birthright and under the clear wording of the 14th Amendment [FN2] A lot of history was set forth…

NoKings 3.0 w/a “Revolutionary-era call against” trump as would-be king “had the broadest geographic reach of any single-day protest” in the U.S. in more than a half-century. [FN1] “The flagship rally” at Minnesota’s State Capitol drew > 200k. [FN2] Total numbers 1/11

“might turn out to be the largest combined single-day protest in U.S. history.” [FN3] Protesters exercised rights protected by the 1st Amendment. [FN4] Political speech is afforded the greatest protections. [FN5]…

Last summer, NoKings 1.0, nationwide, drew millions of protesters, [FN1] opposed to efforts by trump, et al, to impose a dictatorship. Last fall, NoKings 2.0 drew greater numbers. On 3/28, at over 3,100 places here & worldwide, more people will turn out for NoKings 3.0. [FN2] 1/10

Iran body counts, numbered corpses from bungling of COVID, those who died in the “action” in Venezuela, and random snuffs of people in fishing boats off the South American coast add up. [FN3] The…

1) The attacks on Iran & Venezuela violate the Constitution. The Constitution does not authorize a president to attack other countries. Congress has the power to declare war. [FN1] [FN2] The purpose of a military is not trumpian conquest. [FN3] 1/16

2) The attacks on Iran & Venezuela violate international law. The U.N. Charter prohibits the use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any country. [FN4] The USA is a signatory to the UN Charter.…

Eleven nuclear-powered, $17 billion dollar [FN1] targets [FN2], sailing under U.S. colors, await target practice. [FN3] About 4,500 personnel are onboard each of those vessel. In Ukraine, use of drones has exposed the weakness of big, expensive machines. We should know. 1/13

“Charlie Wilson’s War” [FN4] depicts “Operation Cyclone, a program to organize and support the Afghan mujahideen” against the Soviet Union. We trained people to use relatively cheap surface-to-air missiles to…

This is Friday. trump makes major announcements on Fridays, when a lot of Washington is home or away. The attack on Iran is the most recent example. The Constitution gave to Congress the power to declare war. [FN1] Congress has not declared war against Iran. 1/10

trump unilaterally ordered air attacks. No one has given a clear reason why the attack on Iran was necessary. It couldn’t be that Iran is close to having nukes. On 6/21/25, trump said the U.S. had “completely and totally…

“An American submarine sunk an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters,” U.S. Sec’y of Defense Hegseth stated at a news briefing, adding, “Instead, it was sunk by a torpedo.” [FN1] That’s not the full story. In a post on X, Kanwal Sibal, 1/8

India’s foreign secretary from 2002 to 2003, wrote that the attack was “carried out during a training exercise organized by the government of India and that the US Navy had been invited [to] but with drew just hours before…

Anyone can watch a Pete “Who’s the Bastard Who Stole the Cork from My Lunch” Hegseth Bizarre Media Conference, if you follow these tips:

A) Binge-watch “The Twilight Zone” and intersperse parts of said Media Conference between episodes; or, 1/7

7) Buy a liter of [*****] [FN1], each time Hegseth insults the media, do a shot; or,

IV) Buy a liter of [****] [FN2] & a jar of jalapeno bean dip, turn Hegseth’s volume off and, each time he looks down at the podium, do a shot of…

We all should be as scared as Woody Allen in “Annie Hall” [FN1] in a car driven by a man who just had confided to Allen’s character suicidal impulses. [FN2] U.S. commanders told personnel that U.S. attacks on Iran were “part of God’s plan.” [FN3] 1/13

We should be angry. One sub-set of one religion has key positions of control over our military. The U.S. was not created as a Christian nation. [FN4] Separation of church & State has been part of our system since before the Bill of…

In a flashback to the day the Germans marched into Paris in “Casablanca,” we see the chaos at the train station as people are desperate to flee before der Reich. [FN1] Perhaps a million U.S. citizens are stranded in the Middle East following the U.S. attacks on Iran. [FN2] 1/13

Yesterday afternoon, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, as noted by the Tennessee Holler, “pleaded with news orgs to put the help Line number out for Americans stuck in the Middle East… but per ABC News when you…

We haven’t declared war on Iran, [FN1] & were engaged in talks to resolve differences [FN2] but attacked Iran as “part of God’s plan” & trump was “anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth.” [FN3] This is scary. 1/15

People who believe Earth’s destruction in a final bloody battle as “God’s” will should NOT be allowed to touch nuclear launch codes; “lawful discrimination [] against a member of a protected class [] is…

Bits and pieces of posts and conversations from the past few days & the past few months, not in any particular order, and responses/reflections:

Bit/piece: Gotta admit, at least they got a brutal dictator out of office in Iran. 1/9

Reply: There is no exception in either the Constitution or the War Powers Act for “brutal dictators.” There are 195 countries in the World. [FN1] Of these, 32 can be described as “hard” authoritarian regimes. [FN2] (E.g., Syria, Sudan, Saudi…

Doors shut soon. Military power is wielded by a man who dodged his own military service and called those who did served “suckers and losers.” One can hardly blame him. His daddy did not serve in the military. His grand-daddy came here to dodge service in Prussia. 1/8

Congress was not asked for a formal declaration of war, as required by the Constitution . Art. I, sec 8. The War Powers Act is the law, adopted in 1973, is meant to check a President who might use the military in ways…