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In moments of global tension, the character of a nation’s leader is not merely observed—it is tested. And when that leader demonstrates an alarming willingness to flirt with destruction, to embrace vengeance over reason, and to treat war as spectacle rather than solemn duty, the question must be asked: Is this leadership—or madness?
For whatever reason, our president has been sucked deeply into just the variety of foreign entanglement that he campaigned against. While he and his absurdly gung-ho “Secretary of War” assert that they are not bent on nation-building like their supposedly hapless and woke predecessors, they sure seem to be trying to build an Iranian state with whom we can “peacefully” coexist—by killing as many potential Iranian leaders as they can.
Donald Trump thinks a 15-point plan will end the war with Iran. Seems like a hope and a prayer. Predictably, Iran rejected it out of hand and has put forward its own plan, which the US will surely reject. Negotiations are not taking place despite Trump’s claims otherwise. All that is happening is that intermediaries are moving back and forth on what looks like mission impossible. The war goes on—Israel and the US continue to strike Iran, Iran continues to retaliate, few ships pass through the Strait of Hormuz, and the US and world economies take increasingly big hits.
If the organizers succeeded in achieving their goals, No Kings 3 may well have turned out to be the largest protest in American history, amplifying resistance against an authoritarian Trump regime.
Many of us are dealing with a lot these days. The world around us feels uncertain, and we get angry, worried, or fearful. Often, we fall back on bad conflict management patterns. We displace our anger, taking it out on the wrong people. We get passive-aggressive, only indirectly expressing our frustration or resentment rather than tackling issues head on: we go silent, get snarky, or agree to do something and then do it poorly.
For more than a decade, troubling claims about César Chávez’s sexual abuse were already documented. Miriam Pawel’s 2014 biography, The Crusades of César Chávez, explored both his extraordinary achievements and the darker corners of his personal conduct, including allegations of coercion and sexual abuse. Yet the story remained largely unspoken, held back by reverence, hero worship, and structures that protected power. When a New York Times investigation resurfaced these allegations, for me, sorrow came first — for the women whose lives were scarred, for the movement that carried hope across fields and classrooms, and for the part of me that needed Chávez to be a saint.
Bobby, I felt compelled to write you because what I witnessed in him stirred something deeper than admiration—it stirred hope. When Major AIRD arrived at Martin Correctional Facility, he carried a title that demanded authority and respect: Major, overseer of security. But those who have observed his tenure quickly realized he brought more than rank—he brought vision.
America’s “holy Grail” of exceptionalism is shattered by the shielding of the Epstein files and the diversionary war with Iran. Over a thousand young girls were sexually abused while the perpetrators remain free. Still, the untimely diversionary war with Iran injures and kills thousands to change the headline as though it’s merely a video game.
Evil is in his DNA, Dangerous Nonsensical Ambition