KMWoods
@kmwoods.bsky.social
Military historian, author, teacher, retired US Army officer, former defense analyst, and concerned citizen. “Tis the time's plague, when madmen lead the blind". amazon.com/author/kmwoods_history
Strategic drift, an inability to rationalize strategy and resources, a Congress asleep at the Constitution, and a credulous public are the rot. Trump is the opportunistic pest. We are approaching the “gradually then all at once” moment & storms are coming. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-putini...
The Putinization of the American Military
When poseurs and yes-men run a war
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Conspiracy to defraud in plain sight. DoJ will rescind the recision at a later date and the so-called ‘IRS settlement’ amounts to a Presidential self-pardon. bsky.app/profile/meid...
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 3d ago🚨NEW: Todd Blanche’s new order rescinds the May 18 Anti-Weaponization Fund—but quietly leaves the May 19 IRS immunity settlement intact. Instead of rescinding it, the accompanying memo reaffirms DOJ’s interpretation, arguing the immunity applies only retroactively and only to the parties involved.1/
In 1905, one of NYC's most colorful and unscrupulous politicians (G.W. Plunkitt) differentiated between what he called "honest graft and dishonest graft." Seems another son of NYC (and more than a few members of Congress) has taken this age-old racket to new heights of ignominy. READ-THINK-VOTE
Every damn word. Great rebuttal in both substance and tone!
Sonja Drimmer@sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 2w ago“If we’re not careful we will end up with what the great writer Toni Morrison called ‘statist history.’ And it will creat what she called ‘sanctioned ignorance.’” A righteous defense of the craft and the profession of history. Watch it. youtube.com/watch?v=mbz2...
Full-on North Korea. POTUS spins warmed over lies about 2020 election to a room full of people that know he is lying (again) but cheer the Dear Leader nonetheless.
I see future State and Federal legislation along the lines of the 2021 'Naming Commission.' e.g.; "remove all names, symbols, displays, monuments, and paraphernalia that honor or commemorate Donald Trump or any person who served voluntarily with his corrupt administration from all assets..."
PBS News@pbsnews.org · 4w agoSigns for the Palm Beach International Airport have been removed, while new signage goes up. https://to.pbs.org/44W6hDI
Happy “liberal arts professor helps save the Union” day to all who celebrate
The T. Roosevelt administration fought Gilded Age govt and corporate corruption, instituted consumer protection laws, and created a merit-based civil service system...in these and so many more ways - the polar opposite of Donald the Grifter and his cabinet of vultures. bsky.app/profile/pbsn...
PBS News@pbsnews.org · last mo.The president has often praised, and even compared himself favorably, to Roosevelt, declaring in 2020 that he was, "The number one environmental president since Teddy Roosevelt." https://to.pbs.org/4oZJjF7
More news of Trump’s impeachable corruption and graft is glaring proof of a system-wide failure. This is not an Administration - it is a Wake of Vultures feeding on our Republic. In other news, have you heard about the 'threat' posed by a handful of DSA candidates?
Never underestimate the staying power of willful ignorance and bigotry.
Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · last mo.It is more than his governing philosophy - it is him. He is a fraud and a conman - always has been. As more and more of the cheap façade falls away we will see much worse than algae come to the surface…
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 2mo agoThe algae always comes back... meidasplus.com
Great collection. Honored to have contributed a chapter.
Stanford University Press@stanfordpress.bsky.social · 2mo agoBa‘thist Iraq Through Archives brings together leading scholars to take stock of what we have learned from over a decade of research using the Ba'thist archives, contributing to a new understanding of Iraq's history https://ow.ly/PPUX50Zc6nR
The national humiliations just keep coming. America's Nero now has his gladiator pit...he can even deliver the pollice verso from the comfort of the WH balcony. Shame...
We are a nation at serious risk. "Big Brother does not watch us, by his choice. We watch him by ours..." We are distracted by trivia; cultural life is perpetual entertainment, serious public conversation is a form of baby talk, and the public's business is a vaudeville act. (Neil Postman, 1985)
Sadly, Alabama is celebrating' Jefferson Davis' birthday for the 126th time (but never Juneteenth). Since the Davis political mold holds true for the current occupant of the White House, can another rebranding be in the offing - 'Trump-Davis' day? alabamareflector.com/2024/06/03/t...
State offices in Alabama are closed today in observance of Confederate president Jefferson Davis's birthday. I have some thoughts. #CivilWarMemory open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
Alabama Closes Its Offices For Jefferson Davis
In the year we celebrate 250 years of freedom, Alabama is still honoring the man who fought to end it.
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"Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence." Thomas Jefferson www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Sure looks like Xi is getting exactly what he wants. And what is Trump getting? Nothing, apparently. What brilliant negotiating.
An addendum to Trump's Anti-Weaponization Fund says the IRS is “FOREVER BARRED and PRECLUDED” from pursuing “examinations” of Trump, “related or affiliated individuals,” and related trusts and businesses. This is shockingly and unbelievably corrupt - even for Trump. No Kings!
When a federal agency tasked with protecting all Americans decides to mandate a specific religious worldview, it ceases to protect democracy and begins to threaten it.
“The truth shall make you free, but first it shall make you angry.” ― Robert Green Ingersoll
It's not complicated. It is still an ongoing war. - A blockade is a belligerent operation (i.e., an ongoing act of war) - a cease-fire ≠ a war termination - The Iranians get a vote "...they call it a war, I call it a military conflict,” Trump said. “But there’s a legal reason for that.” (3/28)
So…are the sellers of ‘8646’ shirts on Amazon, Etsy, and MAGA sites (and the buyers) being investigated? WTF!
Can't help but see the parallels between MAGA and the old South. I will give them credit for one innovation -- the Orwellian effort (see DoJ shenanigans and Jan 6 rewrite) to craft a new Lost-Cause myth before the movement is even on history's ash heap. bsky.app/profile/civi...
Kevin M. Levin@civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 3mo agoHappy Confederate Memorial Day, Florida. Here's the Part That You Are Conveniently Leaving Out. #CivilWarMemory open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
Rereading AMB John Limbert's monograph "Negotiating with the Islamic Republic of Iran" (USIP, 2009), and wondering if Trump's Three Stooges have any clue... #IranWar #NoKings #AlliesMatter #NotaGame www.usip.org/sites/defaul...
