#recklessness — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #recklessness, aggregated by home.social.
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"It is not easy being a #veteran watching Pres. Donald Trump’s reckless misuse of the #military. As the Trump administration slashes Department of Veterans Affairs services and fires principled military leaders, we are seeing it commit the same mistakes and #incompetence that got us deployed in forever wars going back to Vietnam":
https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/memorial-day-trump-iran-war-viet-nam-22268759.php
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FRIAR LAWRENCE: These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which, as they kiss, consume.William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, sc. 6, l. 9ff (2.6.9-11) (1595)More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #romeoandjuliet #friarlawrence #allconsuming #ardor #burning #devotion #enthusiasm #fervor #intensity #passion #recklessness #violence #zeal
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FRIAR LAWRENCE: These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which, as they kiss, consume.William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, sc. 6, l. 9ff (2.6.9-11) (1595)More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #romeoandjuliet #friarlawrence #allconsuming #ardor #burning #devotion #enthusiasm #fervor #intensity #passion #recklessness #violence #zeal
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FRIAR LAWRENCE: These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which, as they kiss, consume.William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, sc. 6, l. 9ff (2.6.9-11) (1595)More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #romeoandjuliet #friarlawrence #allconsuming #ardor #burning #devotion #enthusiasm #fervor #intensity #passion #recklessness #violence #zeal
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FRIAR LAWRENCE: These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which, as they kiss, consume.William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, sc. 6, l. 9ff (2.6.9-11) (1595)More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #romeoandjuliet #friarlawrence #allconsuming #ardor #burning #devotion #enthusiasm #fervor #intensity #passion #recklessness #violence #zeal
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Is the Iran War the Greatest Strategic Defeat in American History?
There’s a new poll out today showing that “Trump’s war in Iran” — and it is his war, let’s make no mistake about that — “is as unpopular among Americans as the Iraq War during the year of peak violence in 2006 and the Vietnam War in the early 1970s.”
I am not much of a poll tracker. But the Washington Post story about this new polling caught my eye, not only because I’ve been watching Emile de Antonio’s excellent 1968 Vietnam War film In the Year of the Pig on the Criterion Channel, but also because I keep running into statements like this one, from Paul Krugman’s Substack (30 April 2026):
Trump’s ego is so fragile that he can never admit losing. He cannot bear to face up to the reality that he, more or less single-handedly, led America to the greatest strategic defeat in its history. So he desperately wants to extract concessions from Iran that would lend him a fig leaf and allow him to claim victory.
Krugman is right about Trump’s “fragile ego,” but surely he needs to be more measured when it comes to what counts as the greatest strategic defeat in American history. He’s not alone. Mitchell Plitnick dedicated a whole podcast to the idea in early April. And this isn’t just a slip of Krugman’s pen. A few paragraphs later, he doubles down: “America,” he writes, “will have suffered its worst strategic defeat in history as a result of a completely gratuitous misadventure to please Trump’s ego.”
The American war in Iran might count as the quickest strategic defeat in our history, and I’m not going to deny that it’s already having and will continue to have serious geopolitical consequences. (I found the HC Commodities podcast interview with Doomberg clarifying on this point). But I have a hard time seeing how this war should count as a greater or worse and more humiliating strategic defeat or a more costly blunder (strictly in terms of blood and treasure) than Vietnam.
At the end of his podcast, Plitnick hedges on this point:
It is about as great a strategic disaster as you can imagine. Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, I mean they all pale before how stupid this was, despite the fact that they went on for years and years and year, and cost more in terms of lives and more in terms of money, because they went on so long. And that should not be minimized and in no way am I trying to minimize that. But when we talk about a strategic loss, about a strategic disaster, this is the biggest one in US history, and it was all for nothing, all for nothing.
What I take from this is that the war in Iran should count as the biggest or the greatest strategic defeat in American history because it may turn out to be the stupidest strategic defeat in American history.
There is no getting around the stupidity and recklessness and pointlessness of it all.
But I still balk at this application of the superlative to Trump’s Iran disaster. Is Krugman really asking us to start from the founding and work our way forward, ranking strategic defeats*? No, he appears just to be riffing. He never bothers to argue the historical point, never even mentions Vietnam or other examples.
Superlatives may make good clickbait, but they can also be very slippery: in just the two examples I’ve cited here, greatest can mean quickest or it can mean stupidest or maybe it can even mean most consequential. That’s unclear. Superlatives tend to muddle thinking about history, where clarity counts.
Talking about Iran as the greatest or the biggest strategic defeat in American history may score some political points, or drive some online traffic. But in this case hyperbole carries a cost. It distorts both past and present, and it can dampen political will (signaling that there is no recovering from this greatest of all defeats) or exacerbate the historical amnesia from which too many Americans already seem to suffer.
And it’s still early days, too early to judge. Trump’s war in Iran is only two months old, and the American public already appears to be decisively against it. It wasn’t until after the Tet Offensive in 1968, a full four years after the Gulf of Tonkin debacle, that public disapproval of the Vietnam War began to reach these levels, as this chart (made from the same Gallup data used by the Washington Post) shows:
That comparison all by itself is a pretty damning indictment of Trump’s war. And maybe that means a good number of Americans — not all of us, but some of us — have learned a little something from history after all.
N.B. 2 May 2026: In a conversation with Greg Sargent on The Daily Blast podcast (and published on Krugman’s Substack blog today), Krugman backs away from the superlative:
The celebration of a guy who is an absolute disaster at presidenting—he has led, more or less single-handedly, on his own decisions, his own faith, his own judgment, he has led America into one of our worst strategic defeats in our history. He took on this relatively small military power in Iran, figuring that he could destroy the regime and install his people in a few days, and he lost the war.
*PS 10 May 2026: Robert Kagan comes close to doing just that in the opening paragraphs of his new piece in The Atlantic. Though he never reaches for the hyperbole, he argues that the defeat in Iran is in a class all by itself and of tremendous historical import, a signal event in the unraveling of the American-led postwar order.
#defeat #EmileDeAntonio #greatestStrategicDefeat #hyperbole #InTheYearOfThePig #limits #Peace #power #recklessness #superlatives #warDefeat in the present confrontation with Iran will be of an entirely different character [than in every other American war Kagan lists]. It can neither be repaired nor ignored. There will be no return to the status quo ante, no ultimate American triumph that will undo or overcome the harm done….the conflict has revealed an America that is unreliable and incapable of finishing what it started. That is going to set off a chain reaction around the world as friends and foes adjust to America’s failure.
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"Trump has been the most high-profile purveyor of violent language toward his political opponents since he stepped onto the national stage as a political contender in 2015":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/opinion/trump-assassination-attempts-political-violence.html
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"Pete Hegseth quoted a fake Bible verse from Pulp Fiction during a Pentagon sermon." James Surowiecki wrote: "Pete Hegseth quoting a Quentin Tarantino hit man while believing (or pretending to believe) he was quoting the Bible is the most Pete Hegseth thing ever."
#incompetence #recklessness #politics #IranWar -
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said: "A note to the American #media. I just can't help but notice the endless stream of garbage, the relentlessly negative coverage you cannot resist peddling despite the historic and important success of this effort and the success of our troops."
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"For Israel, War Is the Only Answer":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/opinion/international-world/israel-war-strategy.html
"War is increasingly the Israel’s go-to response to geopolitical challenges — not just the strategy but the norm."
#HumanRights versus #Israel #recklessness #destructiveness -
On Sunday, '60 Minutes' interviewed three Catholic Cardinals who were appropriately critical of the wars and behavior of Donald Trump.
One Cardinal said: "We are seeing the possibility of war after war after war" started by Donald Trump.
Trump ordered military attacks against Iran, then Venezuela, now Iran again, and in the near future maybe against Greenland and Cuba.
#Trump is in a #WorldWarAgainstTheWorld. #politics #military.
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"Trump’s irresponsibility has left the United States on the cusp of a humiliating strategic defeat ... Four Ways Trump’s War Is Weakening America":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/opinion/trump-iran-war-incompetence-america.html
#IranWar #incompetence #recklessness #OperationEpicFailure #politics copy: @renewedresistance -
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries fairly said about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth: "He was a FOX News host, and now he is the Secretary of Defense? No wonder things are turning out so horrifically."
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Trump "spent the first year of his presidency doing everything he could to degrade America’s relationship with its European allies in particular, undermine the NATO alliance, threaten territorial acquisition against a NATO member, just all kinds of destructive things. And so you shouldn’t be surprised that when you bully people and then you come to them hat in hand for help, they say: No thanks. Not going to do it":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/opinion/trump-iran-save-act-reckless.html
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“I think Trump’s Pearl Harbor comment was stupid,
but to me the war he started is a much bigger problem”:
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/22/surprise-embarrassment-unease-japan-pearl-harbor-00839369
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"The war in Iran continues with no clear end in sight. Pres. Trump declared, 'We won,' but has also indicated the U.S. could be in the fight for a while. How long exactly this conflict will last is anybody's guess, but there has been no rally-'round-the-flag effect for the president with this war, and the longer it goes on, the worse it could be for the president politically":
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/19/nx-s1-5751262/war-polling-trump-presidents-iran
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"The war in Iran continues with no clear end in sight. Pres. Trump declared, 'We won,' but has also indicated the U.S. could be in the fight for a while. How long exactly this conflict will last is anybody's guess, but there has been no rally-'round-the-flag effect for the president with this war, and the longer it goes on, the worse it could be for the president politically":
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/19/nx-s1-5751262/war-polling-trump-presidents-iran
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"The war in Iran continues with no clear end in sight. Pres. Trump declared, 'We won,' but has also indicated the U.S. could be in the fight for a while. How long exactly this conflict will last is anybody's guess, but there has been no rally-'round-the-flag effect for the president with this war, and the longer it goes on, the worse it could be for the president politically":
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/19/nx-s1-5751262/war-polling-trump-presidents-iran
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"The war in Iran continues with no clear end in sight. Pres. Trump declared, 'We won,' but has also indicated the U.S. could be in the fight for a while. How long exactly this conflict will last is anybody's guess, but there has been no rally-'round-the-flag effect for the president with this war, and the longer it goes on, the worse it could be for the president politically":
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/19/nx-s1-5751262/war-polling-trump-presidents-iran
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"In the two weeks since the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran, Pres. Donald Trump increasingly has grown more agitated with news coverage and has failed to find a way to explain why he started the war — or how he will end it — that resonates with a public concerned by American deaths in the conflict, surging oil prices, and dropping financial markets. His overall poll numbers are declining":
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/ap-analysis-two-weeks-into-war-with-iran-trump-has-been-knocked-back-on-his-political-heels
copy: @renewedresistance #IranWar #recklessness #incompetence -
Donald Trump: "We have a lot of ammunition, but it was taken down by giving so much to Ukraine."
There was no reason for Trump to rush into an unnecessary war against Iran. Before starting this excursion or war, he should have checked American readiness for war, including if a shortage of ammunition could be a problem.
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There are greater forces and means for attacking than for defending the State. The reason is, that reckless and abandoned men need only a nod to set them moving, and their own natural disposition incites them against the State; while honest folk somehow or other show less activity, neglect the beginnings of movements, and are aroused to action at the last moment only by simple necessity; so that sometimes, owing to their hesitation and indolence, while they wish still to enjoy peace even with the loss of dignity, through their own fault they lose both.
[Maioribus praesidiis et copiis oppugnatur res publica quam defenditur, propterea quod audaces homines et perditi nutu impelluntur et ipsi etiam sponte sua contra rem publicam incitantur, boni nescio quo modo tardiores sunt et principiis rerum neglectis ad extremum ipsa denique necessitate excitantur, ita ut non numquam cunctatione ac tarditate, dum otium volunt etiam sine dignitate retinere, ipsi utrumque amittant.]Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Pro Sestio [For Publius Sestius], ch. 47 / sec. 100 (56-02 BC) [tr. Gardner (Loeb) (1958)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #prosestio #citizenry #Constitution #democracy #humannature #incitement #insurrection #participation #procrastination #recklessness #republic #sedition #state #troublemakers
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There are greater forces and means for attacking than for defending the State. The reason is, that reckless and abandoned men need only a nod to set them moving, and their own natural disposition incites them against the State; while honest folk somehow or other show less activity, neglect the beginnings of movements, and are aroused to action at the last moment only by simple necessity; so that sometimes, owing to their hesitation and indolence, while they wish still to enjoy peace even with the loss of dignity, through their own fault they lose both.
[Maioribus praesidiis et copiis oppugnatur res publica quam defenditur, propterea quod audaces homines et perditi nutu impelluntur et ipsi etiam sponte sua contra rem publicam incitantur, boni nescio quo modo tardiores sunt et principiis rerum neglectis ad extremum ipsa denique necessitate excitantur, ita ut non numquam cunctatione ac tarditate, dum otium volunt etiam sine dignitate retinere, ipsi utrumque amittant.]Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Pro Sestio [For Publius Sestius], ch. 47 / sec. 100 (56-02 BC) [tr. Gardner (Loeb) (1958)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #prosestio #citizenry #Constitution #democracy #humannature #incitement #insurrection #participation #procrastination #recklessness #republic #sedition #state #troublemakers
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There are greater forces and means for attacking than for defending the State. The reason is, that reckless and abandoned men need only a nod to set them moving, and their own natural disposition incites them against the State; while honest folk somehow or other show less activity, neglect the beginnings of movements, and are aroused to action at the last moment only by simple necessity; so that sometimes, owing to their hesitation and indolence, while they wish still to enjoy peace even with the loss of dignity, through their own fault they lose both.
[Maioribus praesidiis et copiis oppugnatur res publica quam defenditur, propterea quod audaces homines et perditi nutu impelluntur et ipsi etiam sponte sua contra rem publicam incitantur, boni nescio quo modo tardiores sunt et principiis rerum neglectis ad extremum ipsa denique necessitate excitantur, ita ut non numquam cunctatione ac tarditate, dum otium volunt etiam sine dignitate retinere, ipsi utrumque amittant.]Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Pro Sestio [For Publius Sestius], ch. 47 / sec. 100 (56-02 BC) [tr. Gardner (Loeb) (1958)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #prosestio #citizenry #Constitution #democracy #humannature #incitement #insurrection #participation #procrastination #recklessness #republic #sedition #state #troublemakers
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There are greater forces and means for attacking than for defending the State. The reason is, that reckless and abandoned men need only a nod to set them moving, and their own natural disposition incites them against the State; while honest folk somehow or other show less activity, neglect the beginnings of movements, and are aroused to action at the last moment only by simple necessity; so that sometimes, owing to their hesitation and indolence, while they wish still to enjoy peace even with the loss of dignity, through their own fault they lose both.
[Maioribus praesidiis et copiis oppugnatur res publica quam defenditur, propterea quod audaces homines et perditi nutu impelluntur et ipsi etiam sponte sua contra rem publicam incitantur, boni nescio quo modo tardiores sunt et principiis rerum neglectis ad extremum ipsa denique necessitate excitantur, ita ut non numquam cunctatione ac tarditate, dum otium volunt etiam sine dignitate retinere, ipsi utrumque amittant.]Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Pro Sestio [For Publius Sestius], ch. 47 / sec. 100 (56-02 BC) [tr. Gardner (Loeb) (1958)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #prosestio #citizenry #Constitution #democracy #humannature #incitement #insurrection #participation #procrastination #recklessness #republic #sedition #state #troublemakers
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There are greater forces and means for attacking than for defending the State. The reason is, that reckless and abandoned men need only a nod to set them moving, and their own natural disposition incites them against the State; while honest folk somehow or other show less activity, neglect the beginnings of movements, and are aroused to action at the last moment only by simple necessity; so that sometimes, owing to their hesitation and indolence, while they wish still to enjoy peace even with the loss of dignity, through their own fault they lose both.
[Maioribus praesidiis et copiis oppugnatur res publica quam defenditur, propterea quod audaces homines et perditi nutu impelluntur et ipsi etiam sponte sua contra rem publicam incitantur, boni nescio quo modo tardiores sunt et principiis rerum neglectis ad extremum ipsa denique necessitate excitantur, ita ut non numquam cunctatione ac tarditate, dum otium volunt etiam sine dignitate retinere, ipsi utrumque amittant.]Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Pro Sestio [For Publius Sestius], ch. 47 / sec. 100 (56-02 BC) [tr. Gardner (Loeb) (1958)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #prosestio #citizenry #Constitution #democracy #humannature #incitement #insurrection #participation #procrastination #recklessness #republic #sedition #state #troublemakers
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@RonSupportsYou/116216168886863338
Why are billions of dollars being spent by the Trump Administration to kill people and to destroy property? Trump never gave a convincing reason, he keeps changing his answer. This war helps Putin by increasing the value of his oil, but #PutinsPuppet could not admit that he is throwing away so many lives just to please his Russian master.
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Reacting to the news that "Crude oil prices surpass $100 a barrel as the Iran war impedes production and shipping," Dan Pfeiffer wrote: "The obvious consequence of an idiotic war of choice waged by a tinpot dictator who spent more time designing a ballroom than planning the war he started."
#trump #recklessness #mismanagement #military copy: @renewedresistance -
In response to the murder in Minnesota of Renee Good by a gunman in #ICE, Jon Favreau wrote: "The government is covering up the killing of an American citizen by one of its agents."
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"Trump’s post-truth agenda beaten back as Americans refuse to accept ICE lies. Effort to manipulate killing of Alex Pretti collapsed after footage torpedoed ‘domestic terrorist’ claim – could this be a turning point?":
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/31/trump-facts-ice-lies-alex-pretti-killing
#TrumpLiedPeopleDied #ICE #recklessness #mismanagement #politics copy: @renewedresistance -
"The battle for American democracy is being fought in Minnesota":
https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/minneapolis-ice-trump-homan-noem-walz-21316383.php
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What kind of monsters does ICE hire? We heard about the murderer of Renee Good.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick added this news: "ICE agents ate lunch at a small local Mexican restaurant in Minnesota, enjoyed their meal, then came back later that night as the restaurant was closing down and arrested the people who had served them."
#recklessness #mismanagement #politics -
616thatguy wrote this about ICE: "So basically, every other day someone has died in their custody. That’s intentional. That doesn’t happen by accident. If someone where I work died, we’d be having meetings for days and we’d have new protocols in place by the end of the week."
#PublicSafety #ICE #recklessness. #politics -
"The federal government Friday agreed to pay $125,000 after a judge found a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent liable for civil assault for pointing a gun at a hotel maintenance man ... This case makes clear that we can obtain civil accountability for the unlawful actions of rogue federal agents":
https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/01/feds-pay-125k-after-border-patrol-agent-pointed-gun-at-portland-hotel-worker.html
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"Pres. Donald Trump’s second term is more aggressive, more unpredictable, and more willing to accept the risk of domestic and global backlash. The drug cartels have almost vanished as a pretext for all of this, with the clear focus now on oil excavation" from #Venezuela:
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/01/09/trump-foreign-policy-venezuela-roundtable-00714132
#Trump #greed #recklessness #ElectAFelonExpectMoreFelonies #politics copy: @renewedresistance -
"Pres. Donald Trump’s second term is more aggressive, more unpredictable, and more willing to accept the risk of domestic and global backlash. The drug cartels have almost vanished as a pretext for all of this, with the clear focus now on oil excavation" from #Venezuela:
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/01/09/trump-foreign-policy-venezuela-roundtable-00714132
#Trump #greed #recklessness #ElectAFelonExpectMoreFelonies #politics copy: @renewedresistance -
"Pres. Donald Trump’s second term is more aggressive, more unpredictable, and more willing to accept the risk of domestic and global backlash. The drug cartels have almost vanished as a pretext for all of this, with the clear focus now on oil excavation" from #Venezuela:
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/01/09/trump-foreign-policy-venezuela-roundtable-00714132
#Trump #greed #recklessness #ElectAFelonExpectMoreFelonies #politics copy: @renewedresistance -
"Pres. Donald Trump’s second term is more aggressive, more unpredictable, and more willing to accept the risk of domestic and global backlash. The drug cartels have almost vanished as a pretext for all of this, with the clear focus now on oil excavation" from #Venezuela:
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/01/09/trump-foreign-policy-venezuela-roundtable-00714132
#Trump #greed #recklessness #ElectAFelonExpectMoreFelonies #politics copy: @renewedresistance -
Barbara Comstock: "In any functioning Congress, Kristi Noem would be already scheduled for a hearing tomorrow if she hadn’t already been fired for her absolute incompetence with her runamuck agents terrorizing our neighborhoods."
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Sen. Alex Padilla: "A 37-year-old woman is dead because ICE and CBP think they can operate with no accountability and no regard for public safety.
These out-of-control operations put innocent lives at risk and tearing communities apart.
Our communities should not be terrorized by those sworn to uphold the law. The officer involved must be immediately suspended and this shooting fully investigated, and this dangerous enforcement surge must end."
#TrumpLiedPeopleDied #recklessness #politics -
"Back To Legal Basics On Venezuela. With various smokescreens billowing from the White House, let’s not lose sight of the fundamental illegality" by Jay Kuo:
https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/back-to-legal-basics-on-venezuela?r=1zr8b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true
#Trump #extremism #recklessness #criminality. copy: @renewedresistance #politics -
I enjoy watching #Survivor on #television. My favorite contestant won this season's competition.
Here are tough but fair comments that Survivor's host could say to the bloodthirsty Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said about the second strike in the Caribbean: "Of course we're not going to release a top secret, full unedited video of that to the general public."
Joyce Vance wrote: "Translation: We know what we did was wrong."
More than wrong: experts said it was either a war crime or murder. If our government killed them during a war, it is a war crime. If this was not part of a war, it is murder.
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Rep. Ted Lieu: "(Secretary of Defense Pete) Hegseth lied after leaking classified information on Signal. He also lied after the second boat strike. He is unfit to serve. Hegseth must resign."
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"Since Pres. Donald Trump’s administration launched high-intensity immigration sweeps this year, federal agents have routinely countered protestors using crowd control weapons — rubber bullets, flash-bang grenades, tear gas and pepper balls. They’ve fired on American citizens and noncitizens alike in ways that some experts say might be criminal": https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-border-patrol-less-lethal-weapons?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1764734410&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
#AbuseOfAuthority #recklessness #thuggishness #values copy: @renewedresistance #politics -
"Since Pres. Donald Trump’s administration launched high-intensity immigration sweeps this year, federal agents have routinely countered protestors using crowd control weapons — rubber bullets, flash-bang grenades, tear gas and pepper balls. They’ve fired on American citizens and noncitizens alike in ways that some experts say might be criminal": https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-border-patrol-less-lethal-weapons?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1764734410&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
#AbuseOfAuthority #recklessness #thuggishness #values copy: @renewedresistance #politics -
"Since Pres. Donald Trump’s administration launched high-intensity immigration sweeps this year, federal agents have routinely countered protestors using crowd control weapons — rubber bullets, flash-bang grenades, tear gas and pepper balls. They’ve fired on American citizens and noncitizens alike in ways that some experts say might be criminal": https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-border-patrol-less-lethal-weapons?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1764734410&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
#AbuseOfAuthority #recklessness #thuggishness #values copy: @renewedresistance #politics -
"Since Pres. Donald Trump’s administration launched high-intensity immigration sweeps this year, federal agents have routinely countered protestors using crowd control weapons — rubber bullets, flash-bang grenades, tear gas and pepper balls. They’ve fired on American citizens and noncitizens alike in ways that some experts say might be criminal": https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-border-patrol-less-lethal-weapons?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1764734410&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
#AbuseOfAuthority #recklessness #thuggishness #values copy: @renewedresistance #politics -
"A Novice Defense Secretary Lectures the Brass on What It Takes to Win. Senior officers, summoned from around the world, are entrusted to manage complex military operations. They got a lecture on fitness and grooming standards":
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/us/politics/hegseth-military-officers.html
#NationalSecurity #recklessness #inefficiency #politics -
A quotation from Adlai Stevenson
Though progress may be slow, it may be steady and sure. A wise man does not try to hurry history. Many wars have been avoided by patience and many have been precipitated by reckless haste.
Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965) American diplomat, statesman
Speech (1952-09-09), “World Policy,” Veterans Memorial Auditorium, San Francisco, CaliforniaMore info about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-adlai-ewin…
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