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Even apparent war crimes won’t stop the GOP from defending Hegseth
Congressional Cowards is a weekly series highlighting the worst Donald Trump defenders on Capitol Hill, who refuse to criticize him—no matter how disgraceful or lawless his actions. Republicans ...
Emily Singer 12/09/2025 0
Cartoon: Pete's boats
A cartoon by Tim Campbell. Related |� Hegseth blames scapegoat for apparent war crimes he bragged ...
Tim Campbell 12/09/2025 1
Cartoon: No survivors
A cartoon by Jack Ohman. Related |� Hegseth blames scapegoat for apparent war crimes he bragged ...
Jack Ohman 12/06/2025 6
The “Art-of-the-Deal” Foreign Policy: Trump's Extraction-First Strategy
A Strategy for the Bosses The newly released 2025 National Security Strategy (NS), far from being a sober blueprint for safeguarding American interests, reads like a corporate memo: “What can the world deliver us, and how much can we take?” Under the...
Shawn510 12/06/2025 14
Ukraine Invasion Day 1,386: The White House has become Russia House annex again
Russian forces conducted a series of drone strikes against Ukraine overnight on December 4 to 5. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched 137 Shahed-type, Gerbera-type, and other strike drones, of which about 90 were Shaheds, from...
annieli 12/06/2025 37
Cartoon: I'm with stupid
A cartoon by Jack Ohman. Related |� Hegseth blames scapegoat for apparent war crimes he bragged ...
Jack Ohman 12/05/2025 16
How bad is the video of strike two? Will the 2026 election be GOP's strike three
Video footage showing a U.S. military strike on alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea shows two people attempting to flip their capsized vessel when they were attacked again, multiple lawmakers said Thursday after meeting with the Navy admiral...
annieli 12/05/2025 50
Ukraine Invasion Day 1,385: Putin’s original war aims continue, despite the Alaska misadventure
Russian forces conducted a series of missile and drone strikes against Ukraine on the night of December 3 to 4. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched two Iskander-M ballistic missiles from Rostov Oblast and occupied Crimea and...
annieli 12/04/2025 26
You’ll want to hear Mark Kelly’s latest take on Pete Hegseth
Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona isn’t done wiping the floor with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. During a Center for American Progress event in Washington Thursday, Kelly was asked how he ...
Walter Einenkel 12/04/2025 84
Cartoon: Going after drug traffickers
A cartoon by Pedro Molina. Related |� Nothing says 'tough on drugs' like Trump pardoning a ...
Pedro Molina 12/04/2025 14
Legal in Nazi Germany: Did JAG Officers Determine They Were in the Fight & Were Valid Targets?
The Nazi regime instituted numerous laws that legalized horrific and immoral acts, which are now globally recognized as fundamental violations of human rights, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Here are some examples of things that were legal in...
ArizonaLiberal 12/04/2025 11
Ukraine Invasion Day 1,384: combat continues, RU remains maximalist, US negotiators say "how high?"
US plans to return Russia’s frozen assets once a peace agreement is signed, — Politico. The US has informed EU sanctions chief David O'Sullivan of its decision to return frozen Russian assets to Russia after a peace plan is finalized. ︀︀ ︀︀Trump's...
annieli 12/03/2025 33
Ain’t no war, but Pete Hegseth appears to be a war criminal, says George Will
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement,” Will wrote in his op-ed, which was highly critical of President Donald Trump’s foreign ...
bison 12/03/2025 45
Bone Spurs on the ground, hitting Venezuelan drug cartels and hoping for spillage onto US soil
Less blowback than attacking Mexican cartels, but will it spill into regime change for Maduro. New US strikes will offset the September boat killing snafus, because the Trump administration is all about incompetent misdirection. Unfortunately, actual...
annieli 12/03/2025 10
Hegseth fade - Phase 1: Sink the boat. Phase 2: Eliminate the threat. Phase 3: Profit (or prison)
While Hegseth should also be on trial for this, Admiral Bradley could have refused that order if he believed it to be illegal. The White House swore Pete Hegseth knew nothing about the Caribbean strikes. Then a video surfaces of him bragging he watched...
annieli 12/03/2025 11
Lindsey Graham demands the Pope get on the right side of... Venezuelan boat people?
Doubling down to divert attention from those ‘kill them all’ orders from 2 September, since no one seems to have been there during the ‘second strike’ off Venezuela. As a student of Trump’s rhetoric, this is by far the most overtly racist, dehumanizing...
annieli 12/02/2025 13
Ukraine Invasion Day 1,383: Trump's 'plan' sells out Ukraine, Europe, and American leadership.
Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected the US-Ukrainian peace proposal during his meeting with a US delegation in Moscow on December 2 and remains highly unlikely to accept any compromises short of his original war goals. Because Trump’s plans are...
annieli 12/02/2025 57
Cartoon: Fixed it
A cartoon by Clay Bennett. Related |� Watch Mark Kelly drop a few bombs of his own on pathetic Pete ...
Clay Bennett 12/02/2025 25
Hegseth claims he didn't see the "second strike" because of the 'Gaslight of War'
There was the usual cabinet meeting today, where the occasion was used as a press opportunity. In this instance, ‘narco-terrorist’ remains a misnomer, the 2 September mission’s Target Engagement Authority (TEA) was the SecDef, and both Trump and...
annieli 12/02/2025 70
Cartoon: Executing the law
A cartoon by Jack Ohman. Related |� ‘Don’t give up the ship’: Democrat stands up to Trump’s death ...
Jack Ohman 12/02/2025 6
Now, the Trump administration's policy is to let alleged drug-boat smugglers go scot-free
After September 2nd, the “kill everybody” policy for alleged drug smugglers who survived boat sinkings was changed. Now they rescue them and let them go free. The Biden policy was to bring them to the US, prosecute them, and jail them if there was...
tadamsmar 12/02/2025 7
Ukraine Invasion Day 1,382: darn 'moral clarity' - citizen Kushner involved in Moscow 'peace' talks?
Witkoff, Kushner and Rubio shaking down Ukraine for Trump money is not new. Trump has been trying to mess with Ukraine since Manafort was pitching the same "Peace Deal" in 2016. "3 times Trump has tried to bounce Ukraine into conceding to Russian...
annieli 12/01/2025 47
No One Should Be Shocked: Pete Hegseth Told Us Who He Was
Shocked? I’m as Shocked as Casablanca’s Captain Renault Why are we pretending to be shocked that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is now accused of issuing a spoken order to “leave no one alive” after a maritime strike in the Caribbean? He has been...
bison 12/01/2025 29
Pete Hegseth: Secretary of War Crimes
The Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has violated the law again. First, it was his dissemination of war plans to his social media friend group. Not satisfied with endangering American servicepeople by revealing their missions, he is now, allegedly, a...
ReasonaBill 12/01/2025 6
GOP senator calls Democrats ‘dangerous’ for obeying Constitution
GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri appeared on Fox News on Monday, where he claimed that Democrats’
Walter Einenkel 12/01/2025 95
Cartoon: Kill him
A cartoon by Clay Jones. Related |� Trump threatened him with death. Now the Pentagon will probe him.
Clay Jones 12/01/2025 21
A Leaky Ship Is a Sinking Ship: Nine Examples in the Badministration
No administration likes leaks, except for the leaks they send out on purpose, such as trial balloons in order to find out how popular an idea might be, or to smear a foe or to praise a friend. The ...
chloris creator 12/01/2025 57
Ukraine Invasion Day 1,381: everywhere and not a drop to drink
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that the US-proposed peace plan aims to ensure Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty, and economic development, during the US-Ukrainian talks in Hallandale Beach, Florida on November 30. Other Key Takeaways:...
annieli 12/01/2025 32
Scouting and the Military - Another Perspective
The story broke several days ago and NPR “U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces” wrote this in part: U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning for the military to sever all ties with Scouting...
josterberg 11/30/2025 22
Cartoon: Treason!
A cartoon by Drew Sheneman. Related |� Trump threatened him with death. Now the Pentagon will probe him.
Drew Sheneman 11/30/2025 22