Via Sherrilyn Ifill:
When the man w poss worst judgment, & best poss personal security that ensures his safety is left to make decisions based on “instinct” that imperil the rest of us.
Ryan Goodman:
1 more reason only constit option was to get Congressional approval:
"In the days before Trump gave final order for the attack...#Iran sent private message to pres that it wd respond to such a move by unleashing terrorist attacks on U.S. soil carried out by sleeper cells"
[Me: Btw👇🏼]
The Director of the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships in the Department of Homeland Security, the government's main hub for terrorism prevention, a) is 22 years old, b) has been out of college one year, c) prior to being named director was most recently employed as a grocery store worker and a lawn boy, and d) has no apparent national security experience.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-dhs-thomas-fugate-cp3-terrorism-prevention
I’ve never been able to escape the sense that the people in power have been deliberately chosen in order to destroy any semblance of national security.
My rational mind tells me why this is true. The people who control the government the people who bought total control of the government with pocket chain want to destroy the United States. They want to subjugate and kill us. Why would they care?
I don’t think they thought it through.
@GhostOnTheHalfShell @GottaLaff @victorvonvortex That's the part that bothers me. Trump and his people are clearly playing "We're going to lose the least" instead of trying to win.
It's all predicated on the costs being pawned off on us even as they kill us all.
Dying alone in a bunker is the Grand Prize everybody's chasing? Really?
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/07/style/underground-bunkers-super-rich
Trump's fascist billionaire donors all own apocalypse bunkers, as they each vie for ways to personally profit from the "war on terror" by selling military tech to the folks that funded 9/11.
They are indifferent to the fates of anyone else in a world war.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/record-u-s-arms-sale-saudi
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/05/13/trump-tech-execs-riyadh/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/14/saudi_spending_spree/
The UAE, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia were ostensibly at peace just few days ago.
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-musk-pentagon/
@Npars01 I take comfort in knowing these guys aren't completely secure in their bunkers. I remember reading about a recent bunker conference or conclave where one of the billionaires were concerned about the guards guarding them taking dominion over them.
That will bring me no relief being outside the bunker while I lay in desolation in a ditch somewhere in the future, but the thought might bring a snicker or smile during a respite. @GottaLaff
Ideally, only after they’ve entered these facilities
@GhostOnTheHalfShell @Npars01 @GottaLaff I'm on the fence about this one because if they're inside, presumably they've set the bombs to drop outside and won't care.
If they're stuck outside with us, they may find incentive to make different decisions.
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