The United States is now facing the greatest threat to our free way of life in our history. Even the US Civil War was not the danger that is Donald Trump. In the Civil War, the South wanted to separate from the rest of the Union. Today, Trump does not want to separate from the US, he seeks to destroy the fundamental functions and purpose of the US. He seeks to destroy the Constitution, replacing the Judiciary and Legislative Branches with puppets of the Executive. Plainly stated, Trump seeks to establish himself as a dictator . . . and as of May 2025, he may succeed.
Mike Davis, the asshole who posted this is an American lawyer, conservative political strategist, and lobbyist. He was Chief Counsel for Nominations to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley and the founder and president of the Article III Project (A3P).
Israel’s defense minister has said his country is seeking Donald Trump’s support to approve plans to expel Palestinians from the Gaza Strip in what has widely been condemned as a war crime.
Israel Katz said there was “no real solution for Gaza in the end without this migration” during a conference hosted by the Israeli news site Ynet and the newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth. He said the Israeli government was “organised and prepared to get them out by sea, by air, by every way possible”.
Trump discussed a US takeover of the Gaza Strip in early 2025 that would have involved removing Palestinians from the territory, but has since pulled back from the idea. A 20-point peace plan the White House drew up last year did not call for Palestinians’ deportation, an act that would be widely seen as ethnic cleansing.
Katz, however, said on Wednesday that he believed US support could tip regional opinion in favour of the forced resettlement of Palestinians from Gaza. He said Trump’s approval was crucial to convince neighbouring countries to accept Palestinian refugees.
Meanwhile, national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir posted a video in which he mocked Palestinian women prisoners to their faces for complaining about inhumane prison conditions:
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has posted footage from a prison holding Palestinian women on social media, boasting that he is responsible for the harsh conditions imposed on them.
The video, posted on Ben-Gvir’s X account on Sunday, shows him entering a section holding female prisoners and confronting them about their complaints regarding detention conditions.
One prisoner tells him: “This is our third day without showering. We are not receiving medical treatment, and our clothes are not clean.”
Ben-Gvir responds: “The good conditions in the prisons are over. This is the current situation, and I am directly responsible for everything. I am pleased with these conditions.”
In a post accompanying the video, the far-right minister wrote that the “whining” of prisoners over their conditions would not influence him, arguing that Israeli captives held in Gaza had not enjoyed adequate conditions.
“I’ll continue to lead a policy of the bare minimum of the minimum,” he said.
A couple of days earlier Ben-Gvir (again this is a cabinet minister) posted an AI video of Palestinians being sent by conveyer belt into an industrialized slaughterhouse. I’m not linking but it’s out there if you want to look at it (not recommended).
People who are knowledgeable about Israeli affairs say that Ben-Gvir and his supporters are trying to isolate Israel from the United States, because they believe this will give them the “free hand” they need to deal with the Palestinian question appropriately.
Meanwhile, Trump and his son-in-law Jared Kushner want most of the population removed from Gaza so they can move in. You see, Gaza has some beautiful beachfront property on the Mediterranean. Trump and Kushner want to build condos and luxury hotels on the beaches. They want enough people left in Gaza to work at the beachfront properties as cleaners, maintenance, hotel staff, and the like.
From The Stupidity Appendix:
Trump:
Threatened to annex Greenland by force, because he didn’t understand the Mercator projection makes it look nearly as big as the continent of Africa. https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/14/trump-greenland-obsession-map-threats/
Threatened to annex Canada and make it “our cherished 51st state” for the same reason. https://time.com/7297490/trump-plan-to-annex-canada-51st-state-mark-carney/
Claimed China was negotiating trade agreements with Canada because the Chinese wanted to eliminate the Stanley Cup. “The first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup.” https://www.newsweek.com/trump-china-eliminate-stanley-cup-canada-rant-11493556
Blamed Canada for smoke from wildfires that crossed over the US border because they didn’t rake their forest floors. https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5981743-trump-canada-wildfires-tariffs/ .
Has a long-standing obsession with the idea that raking forest floors is the key to avoiding forest fires. https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2020/08/20/trump-blames-california-for-wildfires-tells-state-you-gotta-clean-your-floors-1311059
Ordered the Department of Interior to re-name Lake Ontario “Lake America,” as retaliation for Canada retaliating against his tariffs. This was in the wake of re-naming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. “We have a gulf, a lake . . .now all we need is an ocean. Maybe we’ll have to change the name of the Atlantic and the Pacific.” https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-orders-lake-ontario-renamed-lake-america-canada-trade-war-rcna594750
Floated the idea of changing the name of the Strait of Hormuz to the Trump Strait. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/02/trump-hormuz-strait-ontario-iran.html
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New: Former US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll reportedly met with Trump to inform him that the Iran war was making it impossible to achieve foreign-policy goals, Trump talked exclusively about his ballroom in response, causing Driscoll to resign believing the admin was “doomed.”
Trump says Americans have too many holidays and that people need to work more days to boost his failing economy https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/20/economy/trump-too-many-holidays-economy
Total Days Trump Golfed in This Term: Approximately 131–132 days out of roughly 590 days in office.
Roughly 22% of his second term spent on the golf course (about one out of every 4.5 days).
Taxpayer costs for these golf outings to have reached approximately $175 million.
During his first presidency, Trump totaled around 293 recorded golf days.— 131 Days Golfed Since Jan 2025
Sep 2, 2026 — On average, President Trump has golfed about one day in every 4.5 since taking office — 131 golf days across 590 days in office
Did Trump Golf Today?According to Roll Call Factbase, Donald Trump has golfed on 125 days out of 583 days since returning to office.
During his first presidency, Trump totaled around 293 recorded golf days.
According to oversight groups like Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Trump has visited his own resorts and golf clubs on more than a third of the days since re-entering office.
https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/trump-has-visited-his-properties-on-37-of-his-days-in-office/
A recent classified assessment advised that prolonged large-scale operations in the Middle East risk weakening U.S. capabilities elsewhere.
As President Donald Trump has pressured Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and accept several U.S. provisions for ending the stalemated conflict, he has been adamant that all options remain available to him — including further military action. Consequently, U.S. Central Command, the headquarters responsible for prosecuting the Iran war, has kept a force of more than 50,000 troops on alert for months in case the president orders additional attacks.
Leaders of the U.S. European Command, the U.S. Pacific Command and the U.S. Southern Command, along with the Navy’s top admiral, responded with what is characterized in the SDOB as a “non-concur,” those familiar with the assessment said — meaning they disagree with the secretary’s order to extend their forces but will execute it nevertheless.
The geographic combatant commands overseeing U.S. operations in Europe, Asia and Latin America have had their ships, aircraft and other equipment pulled away to support the Iran conflict. This has limited their ability to conduct missions and ensure proper training, those familiar with the assessment said. The Navy, in particular, has had to stretch its capacity to keep up with wartime demands.
Overall, the tenor from the military leadership is that the ongoing Iran operation, having reached the six-month mark, has been “too much for too long,” said one person familiar with the assessment.
The military’s warning to Hegseth, which has not been previously reported, offers new insight into the administration’s dilemma as Trump seeks to end the conflict on terms favorable to the United States while Iran, cognizant of the war’s unpopularity with most Americans and its mounting toll on the U.S. arsenal, refuses to capitulate.
“Decisions regarding the scope and duration of specific force commitments to any Combatant Command are made based on the current threat assessment, strategic priorities established by the President, and the advice of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Combatant Commanders,” Sean Parnell, a spokesman for Hegseth, said in a statement to The Post.
The Pentagon “does not discuss internal operational processes,” including the Secretary of Defense Orders Book, “or specific concurrences, non-concurrences, or risk assessments provided by the Services or Combatant Commands during force allocation deliberations,” he added.
The orders book is one avenue for senior military leaders to surface resource concerns and provide Hegseth with assessments on how gaining or losing assets will impact their objectives.
It’s common for commanders to discuss risk, said the one person familiar with the recent assessment. But the outlook now is “more dire” overall, this person explained, adding that certain generals and admirals were more expansive and frank than is usual in telling Hegseth they disagreed with orders to keep providing equipment and personnel when the operation’s trajectory remains uncertain.
The top military officials at European Command and Southern Command each cautioned Hegseth that lending their ships and surveillance aircraft to Central Command has degraded their ability to fulfill homeland-defense obligations, said those familiar with the assessment.
Adm. Samuel Paparo, the chief of Pacific Command, disagreed with the level of support he was ordered to continually provide, including an aircraft carrier strike group and naval destroyers, those familiar with the assessment said.
Adm. Daryl Caudle, the chief of Naval Operations, provided Hegseth with the dimmest picture, saying in the SDOB that the Navy cannot sustain its current level of support for the Iran conflict because there is no anticipated end date, those familiar with the assessment said.
Caudle conveyed to Hegseth that barely one-fourth of the Navy’s destroyer fleet is ready to deploy, a sharp decline from prewar levels, said those familiar with the assessment.
More broadly, the document says that the impact on ship maintenance, if demands imposed by the Iran operation continue unchanged, jeopardizes the fleet’s availability should other conflicts arise, people familiar with the assessment said.
A spokesperson for Caudle did not respond to a request for comment.
At a recent event in Norfolk, he talked about the deployment extensions, calling them “very challenging for our sailors.”
“I typically am not a big fan of extensions, and I push back hard on that, but the enemy gets a vote,” Caudle said, according to a transcript of his remarks provided by the Navy.
Although Army and Air Force leadership concurred with Hegseth’s current path for the Iran conflict, they conceded the challenges it has imposed, said those familiar with the assessment.
Elements of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, which in March mobilized 2,000 soldiers in response to the Iran war, will see their deployment extended to a year, Maj. Gen. Brandon R. Tegtmeier, the division commander, said in a letter dated Sunday.
The letter to the division community, reviewed by The Post, acknowledges the difficulty of the unknowns throughout the mobilization and that leaders “understand that a longer tour weighs heavily on every household, including our own.”
Those troops would be central to any ground invasion of Iran.
Deployments for units operating the Army’s Patriot air defense systems, which shoot down missiles and drones targeting U.S. bases, also are expected to be extended, said those familiar with the assessment.
A spokesperson for the Army did not respond to a request for comment.
The depletion of Patriot interceptors — as a result of the Iran war and previous donations to Ukraine — has limited the Trump administration’s ability to reescalate the war, as Tehran retains the ability to successfully target U.S. facilities throughout the Middle East.
The Trump administration has maintained that reports of munitions shortages are inaccurate.
Many of the Air Force units sent to the Middle East to conduct bombing runs and other around-the-clock operations also are slated to stay in the region into 2027, those familiar with the assessment said.
The Air Force declined to comment, citing the classification of the orders book.
A spokesman for Central Command declined to comment and referred questions to Hegseth’s office.
The recent “non-concurs” from some uniformed leaders mark the latest warning from military leaders about the war.
More recently, Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, the head of European Command, privately warned the Pentagon that he lacked adequate naval forces to shield Israel and the U.S. homeland from missile attacks, as The Post reported this month.
In the Pacific, key U.S. allies have raised alarm that the Pentagon’s depletion of missiles and air defense interceptors leave them vulnerable to China. The Navy’s only dedicated aircraft carrier in the Pacific, a linchpin of the military’s plan to deter Beijing, was sent to the Middle East to relieve another carrier that has been deployed for more than 300 days.
Republicans this year quietly cut millions of dollars of funding for the late and beloved Dolly Parton’s children’s book charity, according to multiple reports.
Imagination Library, the nonprofit founded by Parton that sends free books to children across the world, faces an uncertain future in Indiana and Missouri as Republican lawmakers limit public funding, Newsweek reported Wednesday.
State funding for the program was removed from Indiana’s budget last year at a time when more than 125,000 local children were enrolled, according to Newsweek.
Missouri froze enrollment in the Imagination Library on July 1 after the program was subjected to a major budget cut, a local news outlet reported.
Meanwhile, John Pavlovitz nails it.
Hegseth is a Christian nationalist who understands the culture wars as a religious crusade, modeled on the Crusades at the turn of the first millennium and described in his manifesto, “American Crusade” (2020).
Hegseth belongs to a virulently un-American, explicitly anti-Christian, and militantly anti-Catholic sect which he promotes in the chapel at the Pentagon.
His own military career stalled at the rank of major, and now, cosplaying as “Secretary of War,” he is taking revenge on women and men who are better, smarter, and braver than he.
He’s a very dangerous man, driven by insecurity, trapped in addiction, desperately trying to conceal intellectual and moral weaknesses that disqualify him for the position he holds or for any responsible position in government.
And so he thumps his chest, pounds his podium, and worries about his testosterone.
