Heather Cox Richardson's letter for 12th January:

On January 5, Hegseth issued a formal censure of Kelly, saying Kelly’s call for military personnel to refuse unlawful orders “undermines the chain of command,” “counsels disobedience,” “creates confusion about duty,” “brings discredit upon the armed forces,” and “is conduct unbecoming an officer.”

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the New York Times reported that when the U.S. military attacked a small boat apparently coming from Venezuela on September 2, 2025, the first such attack of what now number at least 35, it used a secret aircraft that had been disguised to look like a civilian plane... The journalists report that disguising a military aircraft to look like a civilian plane is a war crime called “perfidy.”

It's easy to be cynical and say this is just the US government just being brazen about what they have always done, but I think it's more than that. While being dodgy about politics and regime change in other countries has always been the US' perfect display of hypocrisy, they're now deliberately destroying any sense of honour or morality amongst other groups (sort of like the whole 'good chaps' theory in the UK).

Maybe at some point soon, they will say fascism is good and everyone should do it. I don't know if Winston Smith could outdo them.

Now, are the commenters bots or simply so stupid they believe what others say even when the evidence is contradictory?

Surely, accidentally-on-purpose triggering a world war (hypothetically speaking) makes him a total shoo-in for the Nobel Peace Prize?

Trump says Venezuela will be 'turning over' up to 50 million barrels of oil to US

"This Oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President of the United States of America, to ensure it is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States!"

Venezuela, you will become rich! But first, buy me some gift cards.

I am assuming the person who said a group of thieves needed their hands removed (after stealing an elderly lady's purse in a distraction theft) is the same person who worries about sharia law coming to the UK.