New York Times reporters and authors of the new book “Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump,” Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, sit down with Jon Stewart to discuss the surprising revelations they uncovered about the Trump administration, like the president being absent from the room when his own team discussed the Epstein files, as well as the motivation behind controversial moves like the tariff policy rollout and the Iran war. They also speak to how Trump controls the terms when reporters reach him on his cell phone and compare his first term to his second, which they describe as a story of hubris, built on gut feelings and belief from his cabinet that he is someone of destiny – because who else can survive four indictments and two assassination attempts to win the presidency a second time?
Category: Military
Israel continues to commit genocide by targeting children in Gaza, UN inquiry finds
To me and hopefully to everyone this is horrific. But something I have been highlighting here that Israeli is a rouge terrorist government drying to genocide the Palestinian people. It is horrific that a people who experienced such actions would inflict them on others. But this show what can happen when right-wing movements turn into religious domination of the government. The Israel government is now filled with extreme Jewish religious extremists who feel their holy book grants them all the territory around then that is the sovereign territory of other countries. They feel their god gave it to them thousands of years ago so they have the right to take it. Regardless of laws or norms between countries. They want it so it should be theirs. Just like Putin in Ukraine. Israel talked our demented leader into going into war against their enemy which had no benefit for us but we took all the cost and risks. The military equipment and weapons used in the genocide of the Palestinians was paid for by the US taxpayer. Some quotes below. Hugs
The UN commission said in its report, released on Tuesday, that Palestinian children were deliberately targeted and killed during the war, including after a ceasefire came into effect in October 2025.
“The evidence shows that Palestinian children have been deliberately targeted and killed by the Israeli security forces,” said Srinivasan Muralidhar, the commission’s chair, in a statement accompanying the report.
“This indicates that such attacks, which killed children in such high numbers, were intentional,” it said. It added that it believed children were targeted collectively because the Israeli security forces considered the civilian population as a whole to be associated with Hamas and other armed groups.
Muralidhar said that by targeting children, Israel was undermining the capacity of the Palestinian people to exist and to determine their future.
The inquiry also found that attacks on healthcare and reproductive facilities affected newborns’ survival and the reported increase in miscarriages, and that nearly all children in Gaza were reported to be in need of psychological support.
It said Palestinian children, especially boys, were subjected to systemic mistreatment in detention, including forced stripping, beatings and food deprivation.
Independent report says by aiming at children Israel is undermining capacity of Palestinian people to exist
A man plays with a baby as Palestinian children look on amid the rubble in Khan Younis, Gaza, in March.
Photograph: Anadolu/Getty ImagesWomen mourn a baby killed in an Israeli strike on Khan Younis last year.
Photograph: Anadolu/Getty ImagesChildren jostle for food at an aid point in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza on Monday.
Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
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I love watching Digby. I find she has incredible insite into the world of politics and the feelings of the country. Plus she knows her history. Hugs
World Leaders Completely IGNORE JD Vance As Iran Walks Out
Sam, Emma and the crew talk about how the world leaders have down graded the importance of the US and our threats against Iran. Now tRump has realized Iran could make a fortune out of charging for passage of the Strait of Hormuz so he has decided he wants that grift for himself. Hugs
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This Has The Entire Establishment Terrified…
Three things I love in one video. I really enjoy The Majority Report, I love why they have Digby on, and I am very supportive of Platner’s progressive anti establishment corporate democrats policies. As Digby says the party is much more left today that it used to be since the 90s and the center is much more right than it was. She says we have to push back hard against the push to the right that the establishment cooperate democrat’s leadership has made. Hugs
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A spoken poem by friend of Playtime Bee Halton, The Bee Writes.
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Let’s talk about DOD trashing the Constitution and Latter-day Saints….
As I have written about before this is simply a move by Christian nationalists in the military and government to force everyone to conform to their religious beliefs and desires. This is again to return to the 1950s when it was normal for Christianity to seem like the dominant religion of the majority of people in the country. The reasons stated make so sense for the purpose claimed as Belle points out. This is a minority fundamentalist / evangelical believers trying to force their rule and beliefs onto the majority. Hugs
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Scottie's Playtime 