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Wednesday, March 18, 2026

As if wearing a campaign hat through a dignified transfer ceremony wasn't bad enough, Donald Trump is using an image from the ceremony to solicit funds. Trump sent an email through a fundraising PAC that shows Trump wearing the hat he sells as the coffin of a soldier who died in Trump's illegal war with Iran passes in front of him.


Monday, March 09, 2026

Rep. Kevin Kiley (CA-3) has quit the republican party and registered as the only independent in the US House. Kiley's district was recently redrawn. He is currently running running for the newly drawn CA-6 as an independent this November. His defection technically changes the partisan balance of the House to 217-GOP, 214-DEM, 1-I though from a practical standpoint it doesn't impact much since Kiley will continue to caucus with the GOP.


Sunday, March 08, 2026

Donald Trump wore a campaign baseball hat that sells for $40 on his website to the dignified transfer of six US military members who were killed in the war with Iran. read more


Friday, February 27, 2026

The Supreme Court ruled President Trump could not use the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to collect tariffs, leaving $175 billion paid under the scheme in dispute. read more


This is a minute and 27 second video where an officer questions former WWE CEO Vince McMahon' driving more than 100 miles per hour, striking another car and then not stopping promptly when the officer was trying to get him to stop. McMahon was cited for reckless driving and following too closely at the time. In October a judge ruled McMahon could enter a program, make a $1,000 charitable donation, agree to drive with a license and insurance and then the charges would be dismissed in one year. read more


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@#30 ... Trump admitting he started a war ... without having the slightest idea of what would go down after he attacked another country? ...Has Pres Trump made that admission?
If so, got a link?
thx.

#31 | Posted by LampLighter

When TH originally posted this his summary was very different and so was the content at the link.
This post was originally Trump publicly stating that no one thought Iran would strike neighboring countries.

Trump was asked twice on Monday about Iran retaliating against the US by striking targets in other middle east countries. Trump openly admitted that the White House was shocked by Iran's strikes.

In one instance he replied "They weren't supposed to go after all these other countries in the Middle East. Nobody expected that. We were shocked."
www.reuters.com

To the other instance he said "So they hit Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait," Trump said. "Nobody expected that. We were shocked."
www.aol.com

As I posted in #8, it is unthinkable that in a properly functioning White House that the President could not know how Iran would respond if attacked for two huge reasons. One is that Iran warned the world they would do this back in January. Two is that this is exactly what Iran did after the attack last June which resulted in Trump claiming that the us obliterated Iran's nuclear sites.

Since I made my #8 post several anonymous sources in US intelligence have told media outlets that Trump had been recently warned Iran could strike other nations and close the strait of Hormuz. John Bolton publicly stated that Trump was warned of those scenarios during his first term when Bolton served as National Security Advisor.
www.yahoo.com

The only conclusions I can draw from this is that Trump is incompetent that he doesn't pay attention during critical security briefings or his memory is so degraded that he can't recall key details of those briefings or he is lying, presumably because he'd rather shake the confidence of our allies and military that expect the President to be fully informed before going to war than admit to knowing what the consequences of his decision would like be.
All three conclusions are worthy reasons to invoke the 25th amendment or for Congress to take up impeachment since Trump has shown he is a danger to our country.

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