Michael Gauger

The man with the nuclear codes starting wars based on feelings

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Zero in on Stephen Miller as a supervillain Democrats should make Trump’s unlikable adviser the face of the GOP

Stephen Miller is a toxic substance – a 21st century American version of a Nazi.
Democrats need to make him an issue in the midterms.
My latest.

Avis Waterman: The Woman who Covered the First World War on the Italian Front for "The Times" - Stephanie Seul % % During the First World War, a woman defied the odds and became a foreign and war correspondent for The Times of London, one of the oldest and most prestigious newspapers in the world. %

For the #InternationalWomensDay, I wrote this blogpost commemorating Avis Waterman, the forgotten war correspondent of The Times, who covered the First World War on the Italian front. I have been researching her story during the last 2 years in various archives.
stephanieseul.com/2026/03/avis...

We are do screwed

Trump Made Massive “Tactical Error” on Iran During Ukraine Talks One U.S. official described it as the biggest mistake Donald Trump made in the lead-up to the war.

The U.S. could have had the schematics for Iran’s Shahed drones, but the Trump administration said no.

One U.S. official described it as the biggest mistake Donald Trump made in the lead-up to the war. trib.al/hSzLlme

White House tells House GOP to avoid mass deportation talk ahead of midterms White House tells GOP House members to avoid talk of “mass deportations” ahead of the midterms, backing away from public discussion of a key campaign pledge.

White House and top House Republican officials have told GOP members to avoid discussing “mass deportations” ahead of the midterm elections, as Republican prospects appear dim ahead of the November voting.

This is how our government has been corrupted:

1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat

We must get big money out of politics. It’s the root of all evil in Washington.

Thune schedules doomed SAVE America Act vote, dashing MAGA hopes for filibuster fight “I can guarantee the debate, I can guarantee the vote, I just can’t guarantee an outcome," Thune said.

NEW: Despite knowing it’s unlikely to pass, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is reportedly looking to bring the suppressive SAVE America Act to the Senate floor for a vote next week — all in hopes that Trump and his allies will stop pushing for the bill.

WHOOMP THERE IT IS

Speaker of the House is number one on the list of people whose job it is to prevent the president from conducting an illegal war, but this is Mike Johnson, so: lol

It's so bad that we've reached a point where members of Congress casually discuss stripping citizenship from and deporting people because they don't like their views.

Marco Rubio’s Florida Bestie Is an Accused ‘Foreign Agent’ Set to Go on Trial— With Rubio On the Witness List David Rivera and Rubio bought a house in Tallahassee when they were coming up together in Florida politics. But he’s been a headache for the secretary of state ever since, and now he could be one for ...

Marco Rubio's BFF is an accused foreign agent and money launderer. His trial is about to start — and Rubio is on the witness list.

My @vanityfair.com story on the legal bomb that's poised to go off in Trumpland.

www.vanityfair.com/news/story/m...

Opinion | It’s Trump’s War. We’re Stuck With the Bill.

President Trump’s “military habit will very likely be paid for by borrowing money, adding to the nearly $39 trillion national debt. Which means that whatever the other results of his military adventures, Americans will be paying for them for years to come.”

What to know about the Alabama man granted clemency two days before his execution Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of a 75-year-old man who was set to be executed this week even though he was not in the building when the victim was killed during a 1991 robbery

What to know about the Alabama man granted clemency two days before his execution Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of a 75-year-old man who was set to be executed this week even though he was not in the building when the victim was killed during a 1991 robbery ...

Something horrifying is happening in America: Because he was filming ICE Nazis, whuch is protected under the constitution, an American citizen in St. Paul, Minnesota was brutalized to the point of becoming unresponsive. What happened in Nazi Germany is happening in America. 😳👇

The direct consequences of this breach are too staggering to fathom.

The core revelation here is that Trump has lost the public *on the mass deportations themselves* and not just on ICE's brutal tactics. We have been arguing this for months but media has simply refused to acknowledge it. Now so obvious that it can't be avoided

This is the same level of stupidity and ignorance that is currently judging exhibits at the Smithsonian and National Park Service.

$7 million PER MONTH on lobster tail and $15 million per month on ribeye is a small price to pay for the war fighting precision and brilliance of Hegseth’s Pentagon! Why waste that money on healthcare, medical research, arts funding, SNAP benefits, or education?

If Iran does anything that stops the flow of Oil within the Strait of Hormuz, they will be hit by the United States of America TWENTY TIMES HARDER than they have been hit thus far. Additionally, we will take out easily destroyable targets that will make it virtually impossible for Iran to ever be built back, as a Nation, again — Death, Fire, and Fury will reign upon them — But I hope, and pray, that it does not happen! This is a gift from the United States of America to China, and all of those Nations that heavily use the Hormuz Strait. Hopefully, it is a gesture that will be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Trump is completely flailing. He didn't anticipate the economic blowback and now he's trying to undo the past 10 days and contain the damage.

On the first day of this war, the US bombed a school with almost the same exact death toll as when Timothy McVeigh bombed the daycare center of the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City. And our leaders wonder why Iran doesn't surrender immediately.

This experiment of putting the worst people in charge of government should be over.

The war that is not a war that is just getting started and might last until September is pretty much done and we’re also going to seize a strait we don’t control and maybe kill more leaders if we don’t like them

Federal Judges Are Slowly Realizing They Can Treat Trump Like Anyone Else Federal judges have been reluctant to hold the Trump administration in contempt for violating court orders. Now, they are getting impatient.

There are signs that at least some federal judges are getting tired of the Trump administration simply ignoring court orders

Why We Never Got a “Murrow Moment” With Trump The days are long gone when a single journalist could fatally wound an American demagogue. But that’s not what actually happened with Murrow’s famous broadcast on Senator Joe McCarthy.

72 years ago tonight, Edward R. Murrow made his famous broadcast on Sen. Joe McCarthy.

As I wrote for @newrepublic.com a couple years ago, we should remember Murrow not for taking down McCarthy (which is a myth), but as one of the great advocates for democracy: newrepublic.com/article/1795... 🗃️

We destroyed their bases- remember

Your regular reminder that normal, mainstream, pro-democracy political parties do not make restricting suffrage the central pillar of their policy platform

A graph of gas prices climbing precipitously starting in 2003

Apropos of nothing, when we invaded Iraq gas prices rose precipitously, and they never came back down to prewar levels, ever.

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Walter "Ted" Carter's abrupt departure from his role as Ohio State president has been linked to an "inappropriate relationship" with a Columbus podcaster. https://nbc4i.co/40Tghvp?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_