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Latest Commentary: Hegseth Gives Illegal Order, Commits War Crime -- Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (who is known also as Secretary of War Kegsbreath) has bragged about bombing an alleged boat running drugs from South America. He has done this many times in the last several weeks, but this one is especially troubling. While all of the strikes are probably illegal under US and international law, this one certainly was. After the first strike, two survivors were clinging to the wreckage. The order was to leave no one alive, so a second strike happened. That is an attack on non-combatants, by all standards a war crime. That presumes the US really is at war with the drug cartels (a dubious claim). Otherwise, this is simply murder. Mr. Hegseth needs to be impeached and removed. [2 December] Afghan Refugee Shoots National Guardsmen, One Dead -- Thanksgiving should be a time of peace, but two members of the West Virginia National Guard stationed in Washington, DC, were shot yesterday. One has died. The suspect is alive and in custody. He is an Afghan national who entered the US in 2021 and who received political asylum earlier this year. He had worked with US intelligence during the US war there, and he was considered to be at risk if he had stayed. The president is already using this attack as an excuse to rachet up the pressure on immigrants and those seeking to come to the US. [28 November] Trump Peace Deal for Ukraine is a Mess -- Donald Trump is convinced that a Nobel Peace Prize awaits him if he can just end the war between Ukraine and Russia. Having claimed to have halted eight wars (the actual score is 0 because Gaza merely has a ceasefire, not peace), he feels this one will seal his place in history as a great man. It will not. At least, it will not if the continued incompetence from the White House does not cease. The world is on its second set of negotiating points in a week, and it seems that any deal that is made now will fail to get the support of Vladimir Putin. Even a competent administration might fail here, but this incompetent one is certain to do so.. [27 November] Judge Tosses Comey, James Cases -- The Trump administration has many interesting characteristics that distinguish it from its predecessors. However, the main trait is incompetence. The ineptitude of the administration sest new records. As evidence, one only need to look at the decision in the Eastern District of Virginia to throw out the cases filed against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney-General because the prosecutor who signed their indictments was not properly appointed. There might have been other reasons to toss the indictments out, but this is such a stunningly fundamental error that it deserves deeper analysis. [25 November] Marjorie Taylor Greene Resigning from Congress -- A couple of weeks ago, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) was one of the leading lights of the MAGA movement. Then, she signed onto the discharge petition that forced the House to vote on releasing the Epstein Files. Ms. Greene appears to have taken the promise to release those as a real promise that had to be kept. The White House never meant for that to take place. Demanding their release was simply a campaign move to win over some fringe conspiracy-theorist votes. When the vote happened, Mr. Trump turn on her, and soon, the threats came rolling in. She has announced she will leave the House in January. [24 November] © Copyright 2025 by The Kensington Review, Jeff Myhre, PhD, Editor. No part of this publication may be reproduced without written consent. Produced using Ubuntu Linux.
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