The complete ineptitude of this administration is absolutely stunning. The truth seems to be the exact opposite of what our liar-in-chief says. Keep up the factual reporting Judd!
1. The Iranian government seems more believable than ours. Let that sink in.
2. The markets i.e. the wealth class are still under the belief that you can take Trump’s word on something which explains the market reaction yesterday.
3. Most importantly, Iran doesn’t have to win battles to win the war, they just have to not surrender. History has shown this to be true time and time again when a undermanned foe eventually wins an unexpected victory. It is how Afghanistan drove the Soviets out. Vietnam did it with the U.S. and it is how we won our Revolution.
And all of those quagmire's lasted close to or over ten years. Attrition is always a win for the weaker side. The wars you mentioned, with the exception of the American Revolution, are modern and recent wars. The historical list of wars by attrition is long and usually has to do with the stronger force losing because the supply line was too long to make up the loss incurred on the battle field and the hundreds or thousands of miles back to home base over mountains and seas. The stronger force wins in those instances only when they slaughter everyone. I believe that is what Hegseth has in mind. What is another Muslim life to him? He's on a mission from God.
I just posted about your #1 item before I read your piece. Yes, let that sink in. The Iranian government has more credibility than ours. And #2 is also stunning--that people actually believe each of his roller coaster of lies. And #3 is true and definitely worth pointing out although our administration, including Congress, operates history-free.
As for #2 - wishful thinking plays a role in speculation. The market reactions now are speculation, guessing. Interesting that the big players are so resistant to reality.
#3 - History-free is what got us in this mess. Along with not listening to experienced military advisors like Cain who he appointed. It’s how countries (& individuals) get themselves in trouble. Believing they are above the realities of life - worse if there is only hubris. Sometimes overreach is spurred by success after cautions - Venezuela!!.
I’m worried this could result in him punishing Latin America. I don’t understand why an operation called Total Extinction doesn’t get more coverage. I realize the target is cartels & Ecuador is playing ball with trump but I can’t imagine a lot of civilians won’t be ‘collateral damage.’ For one thing the military is running low on precision bombs & has turned to ‘dumb bombs’ in Iran.
Pg 6 of what is posted by the House Armed Services Committee mentions the previous bombing campaign while the US was bombing Iran. The joint effort with Ecuador & is a plan for “Latin American and the Caribbean”:
— On March 3, the DoW supported, at the request of Ecuador, bilateral kinetic actions against cartel targets along the Colombia-Ecuador border. The joint effort, named “Operation Total Extermination,” is the start of a military offensive by Ecuador against transnational criminal organizations with the support of the U.S., setting the pace for regional, deterrence-focused operations against cartel
infrastructure throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.
Oh and according to NYT the US bombed a dairy farm not a cartel.
“The U.S. Said It Helped Bomb a Drug Camp. It Was a Dairy Farm.
The Times visited a village where the United States and Ecuador said they destroyed an armed group’s training camp. Residents said it was actually a dairy farm.”
After burning the buildings Ecuador military returned, dropped explosives and filmed it as though it was a raid destroying a drug cartel “resting place.”
Maybe the object was to please the US and drive Colombians from that area in the jungle. Workers were beaten and tazed. They were told not to set foot in Ecuador or they would be killed. (Most of the farm’s livestock was killed.)
The fact that some conservatives are openly calling for the invocation of the 25th Amendment speaks volumes. A dumpster fire of a presidency if ever there were one.
I have my doubts. The idea that trump was going to be replaced by JD has floated around since the election in one form or another.
What the article doesn’t say is that if the Cabinet supports removing trump, they send notice to the Speaker & Senate President Pro Tem. JD assumes the powers of the president.
However, trump can send a notice to the 2 leaders saying there is no inability on his part to do his job. He regains his authority as president; Congress must convene within 48 hrs if they are not in session & then decide within 21 days whether the president should be removed.
Both Chambers must agree to remove him by 2/3 majority in each. The same folks who will not impeach him for his bad acts.
Yeah, I have no illusions that Trump would get removed, let alone impeached. I do find it compelling that conservatives would publicly call for his ouster, though.
When you quote Trump’s idiotic Truth Social posts, please include the typos/grammatical errors with a (sic) so readers know just how unprofessional he is. In the tweet here he said “please”, not “pleased”, and he said “witch”, not “which”, witch I find hilarious.
Once upon a time in fifth grade there was a little boy who bullied like a fourth grader, talked like a third grader, had the impulse control of a second grader and the hands of a first grader. One day he couldn’t get his way so he threw a temper tantrum. “If I don’t get my way, I’ll turn over this milk jug,” he cried, stomping his little first grader foot that had bunions so magically bad, his rich mother insisted he did not have to attend gym class with the other “fifth grade losers”. It was March, and his ever patient and sweet teacher Ms. America Liberty shook her head at her most trying student. In seven months he had learned absolutely nothing. “But if you turn over this milk jug, we will have nothing with which to enjoy our Graham crackers,” she reasoned with her favorite little terrorist. She knew he liked his Graham crackers. “OK,” he harrumphed as he plopped down in his chair. “But I’m not going to gym.” THE END
Since Trump can't end the war he started he has chosen a different path - the path of pure corrupt profit for himself and his billionaire buddies via market manipulation. His bullshit pronouncements drive the oil and stock markets up and down on a daily basis and you can be sure that he and his pals always get a heads up to buy and sell and the most profitable time.
Yes, Peter. Spot on. And now it all goes into crypto, so wtf knows whatever becomes of it. And, let's not lose sight of the 500 million he's "holding on to" in some off-shore account from selling that Venezuelean tanker full of oil back in January.
“He’s winding down the war and looking for an off-ramp but will blow up all their power plants unless they open the Strait which we don’t need and will open itself anyway which is why he might send ground troops to the country he already blew off the map.”
What I find most embarrassing is that everyone in the world can see what an idiotic president we have. I'm also irked by so many countries trying to coddle this guy. As for Iran, it's a Russian ally so anything that benefits Iran is going to make Putin happier.
I have a relative overseas who voted for against DEI, immigrants and Trans people. That means he voted for this!
He isn't the only one either. There are a BUNCH of U.S. expats voting for this shite from where they live in Europe and (this is key) they won't ever have to deal with the consequences of THEIR vote affecting US here.
Adam, there are less than 10 million US ex-pats, worldwide. Even if ALL of them vote the way you suggest, They votes are counted in districts all over the country. It's not like they vote as a block. So, even if the assertion you make were true (and I doubt you can support it with evidence) ex-pats voting in a certain way would not unduly influence the outcome of an election. Just stop.
The people I refer to who live elsewhere, not in the US, are able to legally vote in the US but THEY don't have to deal with the outcomes of what THEY voted for. WE have to. ICE for instance is a good example of that. Am I getting through to you?
I said nothing about "ex-pats voting in a certain way unduly affecting the outcome of an election." That appears to be bias from you JenneJ.
Until this latest debacle, I think it was forgotten by many - and definitely ignored by the media - of just how incompetent the regime is. The incompetence has been in full display since day one. The current media landscape has barely touched on that, and unsurprisingly, the Dems barely have either. Now its so glaringly obvious, and so much more expensive - to lives, the economy, and the very structure of democracy.
Again, we saw this incompetence during regime 1, especially with the response to Covid. Last time there wete still barely enough people who at least tried to do the right thing, who had some degree of morals and human decency.
Incompetence isn't from idiocy, though one can make that case for the head of the Defense Department (come on, media, legally its still called that), despite his elitist Ivy league education. No, this incompetence is fueled by selfishness, indecency, and white nationalism. One election isnt going to fix the damage done, but it will hopefully be a start.
"No, this incompetence is fueled by selfishness, indecency, and white nationalism. One election isnt going to fix the damage done, but it will hopefully be a start."
Precisely. America has a problem with moral turpitude and institutional rot.
Not to go down a conspiracy rabbit hole but that and virtually all their idiocy also drives a passive eugenics/Darwinism, and not just in the U.S. Think about it: they have openly said - during Covid and since - that people will just have to die - and if that's their own voters, fine.
If the 34 times convicted felon is talking, he is lying. It's utterly amazing, to think, that he can follow his train of thoughts. I'm pretty sure it's derailed into the lies he tells.
Judd is the only one putting the whole picture together for anyone to see and understand. Our other media’s reporting is a pathetic white wash. How can any US citizen know the extent of the lies this administration continues to spread. Pass this On… America Wake Up!
Yes...I just made this point. They create the distraction so you won't notice the theft. Don't forget Trump is still "holding on to" the 500 million he got for the Venezuelean tanker of oil.
Totallyt agree. Remember this: "During a 2016 presidential debate, Donald Trump stated that not paying federal income taxes made him "smart," arguing he was legally minimizing tax liability and that government spending is inefficient, notes CNBC and The Washington Post. This remark was a response to Hillary Clinton's criticism regarding his tax returns"
The complete ineptitude of this administration is absolutely stunning. The truth seems to be the exact opposite of what our liar-in-chief says. Keep up the factual reporting Judd!
A few thoughts here.
1. The Iranian government seems more believable than ours. Let that sink in.
2. The markets i.e. the wealth class are still under the belief that you can take Trump’s word on something which explains the market reaction yesterday.
3. Most importantly, Iran doesn’t have to win battles to win the war, they just have to not surrender. History has shown this to be true time and time again when a undermanned foe eventually wins an unexpected victory. It is how Afghanistan drove the Soviets out. Vietnam did it with the U.S. and it is how we won our Revolution.
And all of those quagmire's lasted close to or over ten years. Attrition is always a win for the weaker side. The wars you mentioned, with the exception of the American Revolution, are modern and recent wars. The historical list of wars by attrition is long and usually has to do with the stronger force losing because the supply line was too long to make up the loss incurred on the battle field and the hundreds or thousands of miles back to home base over mountains and seas. The stronger force wins in those instances only when they slaughter everyone. I believe that is what Hegseth has in mind. What is another Muslim life to him? He's on a mission from God.
I just posted about your #1 item before I read your piece. Yes, let that sink in. The Iranian government has more credibility than ours. And #2 is also stunning--that people actually believe each of his roller coaster of lies. And #3 is true and definitely worth pointing out although our administration, including Congress, operates history-free.
As for #2 - wishful thinking plays a role in speculation. The market reactions now are speculation, guessing. Interesting that the big players are so resistant to reality.
#3 - History-free is what got us in this mess. Along with not listening to experienced military advisors like Cain who he appointed. It’s how countries (& individuals) get themselves in trouble. Believing they are above the realities of life - worse if there is only hubris. Sometimes overreach is spurred by success after cautions - Venezuela!!.
I’m worried this could result in him punishing Latin America. I don’t understand why an operation called Total Extinction doesn’t get more coverage. I realize the target is cartels & Ecuador is playing ball with trump but I can’t imagine a lot of civilians won’t be ‘collateral damage.’ For one thing the military is running low on precision bombs & has turned to ‘dumb bombs’ in Iran.
Pg 6 of what is posted by the House Armed Services Committee mentions the previous bombing campaign while the US was bombing Iran. The joint effort with Ecuador & is a plan for “Latin American and the Caribbean”:
— On March 3, the DoW supported, at the request of Ecuador, bilateral kinetic actions against cartel targets along the Colombia-Ecuador border. The joint effort, named “Operation Total Extermination,” is the start of a military offensive by Ecuador against transnational criminal organizations with the support of the U.S., setting the pace for regional, deterrence-focused operations against cartel
infrastructure throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.
As these conferences and Ecuador’s leadership in land-based strikes against cartels demonstrate, our partners across Latin America are inspired by the bold and decisive action by President … — https://armedservices.house.gov/uploadedfiles/ptdo_asw_hdasa_writen_posture_statement.pdf
Oh and according to NYT the US bombed a dairy farm not a cartel.
“The U.S. Said It Helped Bomb a Drug Camp. It Was a Dairy Farm.
The Times visited a village where the United States and Ecuador said they destroyed an armed group’s training camp. Residents said it was actually a dairy farm.”
After burning the buildings Ecuador military returned, dropped explosives and filmed it as though it was a raid destroying a drug cartel “resting place.”
Maybe the object was to please the US and drive Colombians from that area in the jungle. Workers were beaten and tazed. They were told not to set foot in Ecuador or they would be killed. (Most of the farm’s livestock was killed.)
And no consequences for the administration....
I should say I’m editing the last part from “It appears” to “Maybe”. It’s my conclusion not NYT’s.
No consequences. I only saw the presentation by the Pentagon no transcript to see questions.
On a better note 😊 the Dem is projected by many news networks to beat the Republican in the Palm Beach (mar a lago) State House District and flip the seat. 🥳 It won’t tip the FL legislature blue but it is a message. https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5791579-live-results-florida-state-house-special-election/
The fact that some conservatives are openly calling for the invocation of the 25th Amendment speaks volumes. A dumpster fire of a presidency if ever there were one.
Love to know who they are---any names?
I know Scott McConnell of The American Conservative has. Without wading into (onto?) Twitter, I'm not sure if anyone else of note has made the call, but I imagine more will follow. https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-urged-invoke-25th-amendment-against-donald-trump-11719212
I have my doubts. The idea that trump was going to be replaced by JD has floated around since the election in one form or another.
What the article doesn’t say is that if the Cabinet supports removing trump, they send notice to the Speaker & Senate President Pro Tem. JD assumes the powers of the president.
However, trump can send a notice to the 2 leaders saying there is no inability on his part to do his job. He regains his authority as president; Congress must convene within 48 hrs if they are not in session & then decide within 21 days whether the president should be removed.
Both Chambers must agree to remove him by 2/3 majority in each. The same folks who will not impeach him for his bad acts.
Yeah, I have no illusions that Trump would get removed, let alone impeached. I do find it compelling that conservatives would publicly call for his ouster, though.
It is weird. I’m not sure what they expect their reward will be.
This is politicking at its best. They are obviously hoping the liberals will be distracted by that.
When you quote Trump’s idiotic Truth Social posts, please include the typos/grammatical errors with a (sic) so readers know just how unprofessional he is. In the tweet here he said “please”, not “pleased”, and he said “witch”, not “which”, witch I find hilarious.
Witch I doo doo to
Once upon a time in fifth grade there was a little boy who bullied like a fourth grader, talked like a third grader, had the impulse control of a second grader and the hands of a first grader. One day he couldn’t get his way so he threw a temper tantrum. “If I don’t get my way, I’ll turn over this milk jug,” he cried, stomping his little first grader foot that had bunions so magically bad, his rich mother insisted he did not have to attend gym class with the other “fifth grade losers”. It was March, and his ever patient and sweet teacher Ms. America Liberty shook her head at her most trying student. In seven months he had learned absolutely nothing. “But if you turn over this milk jug, we will have nothing with which to enjoy our Graham crackers,” she reasoned with her favorite little terrorist. She knew he liked his Graham crackers. “OK,” he harrumphed as he plopped down in his chair. “But I’m not going to gym.” THE END
Might be helpful if the leaders of the Democratic Party were capable of expressing as much outrage as their constituents feel.
First, they gotta get off of the AIPAC teat.
Since Trump can't end the war he started he has chosen a different path - the path of pure corrupt profit for himself and his billionaire buddies via market manipulation. His bullshit pronouncements drive the oil and stock markets up and down on a daily basis and you can be sure that he and his pals always get a heads up to buy and sell and the most profitable time.
Yes, Peter. Spot on. And now it all goes into crypto, so wtf knows whatever becomes of it. And, let's not lose sight of the 500 million he's "holding on to" in some off-shore account from selling that Venezuelean tanker full of oil back in January.
Grift, grift and and more grift.
Credit to Jon Favreau for this perfect summary:
“He’s winding down the war and looking for an off-ramp but will blow up all their power plants unless they open the Strait which we don’t need and will open itself anyway which is why he might send ground troops to the country he already blew off the map.”
That boy don't sound too sharp do he? If he already blew it, why's he still blowing... never mind.
What I find most embarrassing is that everyone in the world can see what an idiotic president we have. I'm also irked by so many countries trying to coddle this guy. As for Iran, it's a Russian ally so anything that benefits Iran is going to make Putin happier.
Suggested Edit: "What I find most embarrassing is that everyone ELSE but the magats in the world can see what an idiotic president we have."
Didn't think there were those types outside the U. S.!!!
I have a relative overseas who voted for against DEI, immigrants and Trans people. That means he voted for this!
He isn't the only one either. There are a BUNCH of U.S. expats voting for this shite from where they live in Europe and (this is key) they won't ever have to deal with the consequences of THEIR vote affecting US here.
Adam, there are less than 10 million US ex-pats, worldwide. Even if ALL of them vote the way you suggest, They votes are counted in districts all over the country. It's not like they vote as a block. So, even if the assertion you make were true (and I doubt you can support it with evidence) ex-pats voting in a certain way would not unduly influence the outcome of an election. Just stop.
That isn't what I said and you know it.
The people I refer to who live elsewhere, not in the US, are able to legally vote in the US but THEY don't have to deal with the outcomes of what THEY voted for. WE have to. ICE for instance is a good example of that. Am I getting through to you?
I said nothing about "ex-pats voting in a certain way unduly affecting the outcome of an election." That appears to be bias from you JenneJ.
Take your own advice! Just stop.
I thought you were trying to make a different point, and I'm not actually sure what point you are trying to make.
Are you saying ex-pats shouldn't get a vote?
Hadn’t Iran agreed to not pursue a nuclear weapon prior to the war? A number of times?
Except they can’t anyway bc we destroyed the facilities? According to people who were either involved or observing the so-called negotiations (like UK security advisor) they offered several things that were very good. And then we attacked. It looks more and more like buying more time for the military to get in place is the reason he ‘negotiations’. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/17/uk-security-adviser-attended-us-iran-talks-and-judged-deal-was-within-reach
Until this latest debacle, I think it was forgotten by many - and definitely ignored by the media - of just how incompetent the regime is. The incompetence has been in full display since day one. The current media landscape has barely touched on that, and unsurprisingly, the Dems barely have either. Now its so glaringly obvious, and so much more expensive - to lives, the economy, and the very structure of democracy.
Again, we saw this incompetence during regime 1, especially with the response to Covid. Last time there wete still barely enough people who at least tried to do the right thing, who had some degree of morals and human decency.
Incompetence isn't from idiocy, though one can make that case for the head of the Defense Department (come on, media, legally its still called that), despite his elitist Ivy league education. No, this incompetence is fueled by selfishness, indecency, and white nationalism. One election isnt going to fix the damage done, but it will hopefully be a start.
"No, this incompetence is fueled by selfishness, indecency, and white nationalism. One election isnt going to fix the damage done, but it will hopefully be a start."
Precisely. America has a problem with moral turpitude and institutional rot.
The advice to drink bleach wasn't ineptitude, it was disrespect.
Not to go down a conspiracy rabbit hole but that and virtually all their idiocy also drives a passive eugenics/Darwinism, and not just in the U.S. Think about it: they have openly said - during Covid and since - that people will just have to die - and if that's their own voters, fine.
Grateful for your honest reporting.
If the 34 times convicted felon is talking, he is lying. It's utterly amazing, to think, that he can follow his train of thoughts. I'm pretty sure it's derailed into the lies he tells.
Judd is the only one putting the whole picture together for anyone to see and understand. Our other media’s reporting is a pathetic white wash. How can any US citizen know the extent of the lies this administration continues to spread. Pass this On… America Wake Up!
"Trump makes suspect claim of a diplomatic breakthrough with Iran"
See how Trump insiders are making a fortune from his bogus announcements about the Iran war by trading on Gas Futures.
https://thedemlabs.org/2026/03/23/investigation-epstein-class-insider-trading-gas-futures-iran-war/
Yes...I just made this point. They create the distraction so you won't notice the theft. Don't forget Trump is still "holding on to" the 500 million he got for the Venezuelean tanker of oil.
But of course they are. They think because of their uncontrollable avarice that they are 'smart.'
Totallyt agree. Remember this: "During a 2016 presidential debate, Donald Trump stated that not paying federal income taxes made him "smart," arguing he was legally minimizing tax liability and that government spending is inefficient, notes CNBC and The Washington Post. This remark was a response to Hillary Clinton's criticism regarding his tax returns"
He can't let us see his indebtedness to Putin. All things point to Putin.
If tRumps lips are moving, he's lying.