@ressex
Retired 45-year journalist: Freep; DM Register; 8 states, 10 papers. 2016 Burl Osborne Editorial Leadership Award, American Society of News Editors for standing up for immigrants. Runner, bicyclist, proud Husker. Cubs, Tigers, Chiefs. Dislike evil idiots.
I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.
I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.
1/ Here's what I can share:
Trump has now conducted 42 boat strikes, killing nearly 160 people.
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
So are we going to drop that $98,000 piano on Iran?
The arrogance, callousness, tone-deafery is an insult to all Americans. Yet nothing -- dead schoolgirls, U.S. citizens slain in the street, brazen corruption -- breaks through to more than a third of us. Deplorable.
The richest Americans saw their net worth soar 120% from 2017 to 2025.
The top 1% now control $55.8 trillion in assets — more than the G.D.P. of the United States and China combined.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
‘Hey’ came before ‘hi,’ and ‘hi' came before ‘hello.’
‘Hi’ is most likely a variant of ‘hey.’
‘Hello’ is not related to either.
Goodbye.
The fact that Donald Trump is going to try to subvert the 2026 elections doesn't mean he will be successful. We have shown before that we can fight back in court and win. The key is that we must educate everyone about what is going to happen and what they can do as well to defend democracy.
And Biden was confused?
We could do EVs ...
Oh ...
Super shocking. Given that Russia helped our enemies during Vietnam, Korea, and both gulf wars, who could have guessed this would happen. www.cnn.com/2026/03/06/p...
Winning! So much winning!
If you are an oligarch.
Meanwhile in the Arctic, another example of how our alliances, built to preserve peace after WWII, are now foolishly frayed by a new cold war: the Western alliance versus Trump’s icy ignorance.
My latest for the Windsor Star.
How the midterms will be manipulated: Trump issues EO asserting federal power over elections, barring mail-in voting, ordering paper ballots, etc.
District judge issues stay, SCOTUS "temporary" order blocks the stay, election is stolen, case is moot, Constitution is just wallpaper for the regime.
Man, where is DOGE when you need it??
"Mr. Trump announced the change on social media, along with a new, and previously nonexistent, role for Ms. Noem: special envoy for the Shield of the Americas ..."
This is so true. Even some journalists.
Reminder that the US military budget is larger than the military spending of the next nine largest countries combined.
Over half goes to private defense contractors.
This is the military-industrial complex Eisenhower warned of — on steroids.
Yup. This is real.
Bari Weiss's The Free Press is really doing it.
Do not tell me about the liberal media.
The US said the first Americans have been killed in the war with Iran that’s spread to several countries in the Middle East, while threatening to upend energy markets.
A PSA from Thomas Massie:
Every stage of this process - his arrest, spending a year in jail, being dumped on the streets to die - would be deeply shameful in a society that actually valued human life.
Liberal media? Hahaha
"Affairs."
How much?
Here is my opening statement to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today.
But ... We the people paid the tariffs. Refunds won't go to us, but to importers. Lutnick's son's firm bought tariff refund rights at 20-30%. Wealth transfer, us to the rich. I guess I get why Lutnick's mom-in-law wouldn't be troubled if her Social Security check were late.
I want to be sure I understand.
We the people paid the tariffs. Refunds won't go to us, but to importers. Lutnick's son's firm bought tariff refund rights at 20-30%. Wealth transfer, us to the rich. I guess I get why Lutnick's mom-in-law wouldn't be troubled if her Social Security check were late.
It’s important to note that even though the importers jacked up prices on the American consumer, it’s the corporations that get these refunds. Not the consumers. So the rich, as always, will get richer while American consumers will have paid the price. END/
Affordability: "Total household debt increased by $191 billion to hit $18.8 trillion in the fourth quarter, according to the latest Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit. ... Credit card balances rose by $44 billion from the previous quarter and stood at $1.28 trillion.
Why has no headline writer referred to "The royal formerly known as Prince"?
