Donald Trump has been out there stumping for Republican candidates, saying he supports "common sense." Has he been showing any common sense these days himself? He likes to do a little dance on the diplomatic stage, then halts speaking in mid-sentence, forgetting just how to finish the thought. This is now the leadership of the free world? Is this what American power is all about? When can we get rid of these ridiculous folks? Are American voters so uninformed, so obtuse, so insensitive, that they would still support what Trump and Company are actually saying, doing, and even ignoring right now? Kamala and also Hillary are so much smarter, so much more thoughtful, so much more farseeing, sensitive, and kind. You and I could even do better ourselves than all these ridiculous clowns, than these total blockheads, these absolute buffoons. We're getting pretty tired of all their antics. Nor am I the only voter actually feeling this way.
Frustrated with Trump, voters overwhelmingly want change in Washington, an AP-NORC poll finds
Ignoring growing domestic antiwar sentiment now almost reaching a crescendo, Trump has vowed to use the "mother of all bombs" on Iran. What has Iran actually done to provoke such a threatening response? Iran apparently has done nothing at all; the American unprovoked attack on Iran was just done as a favor to Netanyahu to help him avoid a corruption trial. So his trial was postponed. Now how do we get out of the war with Iran and how does the world a still survive until Donald Trump is no longer our president? He is just completely unpredictable and can still do a lot of damage during the next year or so. We can only hope some of his staff will be able to hold him in check until his term finally ends.
Archbishop of the U.S. military says Catholic soldiers should not serve on firing squad
The US military should not even have a firing squad to begin with nor be ordering capital punishment at all. Instead, let's follow the example of Norway now with their humane treatment of their own mass murderer, a man still incarcerated and being kept completely isolated, but who has not been executed, despite having murdered 77 people while still expressing no remorse whatsoever. Our government needs to treat offenders humanely just to set an example for the American people and even for the rest of the world, rather than glorifying violence, even against those being subjected to well-deserved punishment.
The public firing squad idea now actually was proposed by Pete Hegseth, the guy incongruously appointed War Secretary, chosen quite in error by President Trump, despite having had only National Guard experience and after committing war crimes himself by killing unarmed and surrendering Caribbean boaters out in international waters. Hegseth is an actual war criminal with very scanty military credentials. He should not be representing the American people now in such serious matters.
A Defense Department official told the BBC that the execution of Nidal Hasan, who fatally shot 13 unarmed US soldiers at the Fort Hood military base in 2009, would be livestreamed, the first public execution in the US in almost a century. The decision to livestream it is "unprecedented in the modern era" and relies "on uncertain legal terrain", said John Mills, a lawyer who works with inmates sentenced to death. In past eras, crowds used to gather around the guillotine, the hangman's noose, or the firing squad to witness and cheer on public executions. In modern times, even the whole world can now watch the spectacle. A lethal injection is not as dramatic nor is it always definitive, so the firing quad offers a much more compelling public event. (A lethal injection is often familiar to many of us after being used to euthanize a failing but much beloved pet.)
"People need to understand that there's serious consequences for these types of things," Hegseth has declared.
Hegseth had once created an image of a children's book character named Franklin the Turtle shooting at boaters, something that Hegseth had actually authorized in real life, even though the boaters he targeted were surrendering with their arms being held high in the air. Thus Hegseth himself has committed a blatant war crime for which he should still be prosecuted, then locked up for quite a long time, so he can no longer keep doing mortal damage. The guy is a real menace to other human beings.
Furthermore, the so-called war czar Pete Hegseth has also been focused on measuring testosterone levels in US troops, including in women, but, pray tell, just why? What is the point? He has never explained. Both men and women naturally produce both testosterone and estrogen in varying amounts, with testosterone more abundant in men and estrogen more abundant in women. That is not surprising. but what does it mean?
As for the botched execution of Christa Pike, not even the governor of Tennessee, seems to know what to do next. Try again to kill Christa or is that double jeopardy?
Now that Christa has survived at least supposedly lethal injections, should a hospital now try to save her or just let her die?
At least 3 dead in Oregon elementary school shooting, sources say; suspect also dead
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The NRA's so-called "right to bear arms" has claimed some more victims, making it high time to jettison that so-called "right" that does not afflict other modern nations. It would be worth instituting another gun buy-back and dropping all the firearms into the ocean once again, then launching a Constitutional Amendment to redefine or modify the "right to bear arms," something which no longer has a place in modern society. Let's follow the example of other contemporary nations in placing more restrictions on private gun ownership, restricting gun manufacture and sales and allowing firearms only in the hands of the military or law enforcement, along with proper controls. Hunting of wild animals should also be restricted, as those animals still need to live, as they are becoming endangered. ============================================================
The same dollars are being paid now, but they don't go as far any more.
The Iran war is costing American households $2,000 each, Moody’s estimates
The very unpopular Iran war, that a very befuddled and suggestible Donald Trump had deliberately launched as a favor for his good pal Netanyahu, is now proving very hard to actually exit. Trump simply hasn't been able to end that war so far. The war is still costing our country dearly in terms of money, lives, and reputation, while also causing major disruptions in the whole region. engulfing not only Iran, but the entire middle east. And is Israel any safer as a result? Probably Israel is now in even greater peril, but Netanyahu still remains in office as prime minister and is not yet in prison for corruption, despite lacking citizen support. Keeping him in office was a major goal of the war that he and Trump had started together, so the war has now achieved that objective, but at a terrible cost.
Ignoring growing domestic antiwar sentiment now almost reaching a crescendo, Trump has vowed to use the "mother of all bombs" on Iran. What has Iran actually done to provoke such a threatening response? Iran apparently has done nothing at all; the American unprovoked attack on Iran was just done as a favor to Netanyahu to help him avoid a corruption trial. So his trial was postponed. Now how do we get out of the war with Iran and how does the world a still survive until Donald Trump is no longer our president? He is just completely unpredictable and can still do a lot of damage during the next year or so. We can only hope some of his staff will be able to hold him in check until his term finally ends. 
