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Bloodbath
My friend Terrence Goggin, who writes the excellent Substack newsletter “West Point History Professor” — and yes, he did teach me history at the Academy…
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Greed is the only thing keeping Trump from dropping a nuke on Iran
Trump has been flirting with the idea of using nuclear weapons since he ran for office in 2016.
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I had a root canal today. Having my head drilled felt like every other day of Trump’s 14 months in office.
CNN was on the office TV when I sat down in the chair.
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Dogpaddling through tonight's load of shit
I was going to write something about this Loser Nobody Ever Heard Of Joe Kent, who resigned from a Job Nobody Knew He Had at the National…
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The many, many wars fought by the empire that became Iran
Donald Trump is not the first ruler who thought he could push around Iran, which used to be known as Persia, and before that was an area of the world…
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My night off with Gracie
Gracie, another of our strays rescued from an icy winter by Tracy, came equipped with five unexpected extra guests born three years ago in our sun room…
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You know who’s fighting a war for regime change? Iran, and they’re winning. It’s Trump’s regime that’s threatened.
Iran has Donald Trump right where they want him: Trapped in the Strait of Hormuz like an oil tanker wearing a suit and red tie and a pair of…
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Iran’s war of pinpricks that bleed gallons
The wars carried out by the United States against Iraq and Afghanistan are not perfectly analogous to Trump’s war on Iran, but they are close enough.
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Little Cat update
She has moved from behind the monitor to the padded perch attached to my desk.
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Inside the pure babble of the Trump twilight zone
Someone wrote on Facebook – I don’t know who, I’ve lost the post – describing Donald Trump as he walked away from the press conference at his Doral golf…
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Memory hole, meet Iran war.
Donald Trump, speaking at a press conference at his golf club in Doral, Florida, because of course that is where you announce big decisions, today said…
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With a madman in charge
Where do you start?
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