As far as starting a war without authorization from Congress.... congress hasn't declared war on anyone since December 8th 1941 (as Rosevelt said "december 7th 1941, a day that will live in infamy". Trump isn't doing anything different from what every pres since then has done.

Complains (correctly) that SM posts by the Marmalade Shartcannon shouldn't be treated as news; proceeds to do so anyway. Twice.

it’s:
“duh Puget Sound”

We tend to forget that Obama deported more than 5 million during his two terms. At the rate Trump is going (139,000 in his first 6 months in office) he won't even come close.

it’s what it’s

Israel got what it wanted from Trump and now it's back to business as usual.

@4 There's a pretty big difference between formal court orders to remove people from the country and masked people rounding brown people up and throwing them in vans never to be heard from again. Nobody is talking about or cares about Trumps formal deportations.

Senator Cantwell…forgot about her.

A pretty stunning indictment of how much Biden allowed Israel to run our foreign policy, that Trump has stood up to Israel lightly but considerably more.

Maria Cantwell voted to invade Iraq. Fuck her forever.

I don't support the strikes on Iran but it is wrong to say the President does not have the authority to launch them. He simply must notify Congress within 48 hours and cannot continue attacks beyond 60 days without congressional approval.

Trump is the most transparent President in our nation's history. He gives press conferences at the drop of his hat. To suggest he's hiding behind his phone is ridiculous.

They make scream boxes and pillows now for TDS? Drugs weren't enough to quiet your delusions huh?

Thank you ICE for locking up 56,397 illegal immigrants. Every single one of them has a criminal history - crossing the border illegally at a minimum. If they were working in the US without authorization then they have committed a second crime. If you are here illegally it's past time to pack your shit and go. Maybe you'll enjoy Sudan! 😀

Governor DeSantis is one of the nation's great patriots and the single greatest Governor. Alligator Alcatraz is a great idea.

Sorry the Duwamish Festival was canceled. Citizens (including Black and Brown ones) have nothing to fear from ICE. But sure, if illegal immigrants were planning to attend, it would be fair play to make arrests.

Oh wow, trump sent a tweet in all caps and signed his full name so you know he means business. Finally someone with enough balls to put netanyahu in his place.

@12 Even saying "I'm disappointed with Israel" is more than Biden's policy ever was (total support and unlimited weapons and money with no preconditions).

@3, For now. Look for a social media post soon changing the name to American Sound.

I hope not, but its the kind pablum that has become the norm from DJT.

Goodness. Today's and yesterday's Slog AM were back to back until some previous posts were time machined forward.

13 he has given netanyahu everything he wanted including a potential war with iran complete with regime change but sure, he also sent a sternly worded tweet

@9, @13: I must’ve missed the part where Biden had the US military participating with the IDF in Gaza. Could you remind me, please?

@17 Biden would probably have had boots on the ground by now—Trump, if nothing else, has been able to at least imply Israel can do wrong, which Biden was never capable of.

@9, 13 -- not surprising to see Trump supporters constantly lying.

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@37 I would start right off the bat with Project 2025, another thing the news would like to scare you with, and perhaps you'll be reassured by the knowledge that Trump had literally nothing to do with its drafting and called the ideas within "ridiculous" (one of the few people who can really take on his own party, ironically!), and I think you'll find this general pattern follows most of these kinds of news stories. Try and apply a more critical eye during his likely second term.

nekrasova on July 8, 2024 at 4:29 PM Report this"

@19 I'm not a Trump supporter, and I was completely correct on that post? You'd probably be better off just sticking with the topics at hand instead of plumbing the depths of my comment history for heresy/things you disagree with.

Also, thanks for reminding me I successfully predicted the second term that far back! Slog commenters sure would do well to heed my every word...

@18: I asked you nothing about what Biden probably would have done, in the fantasy world where he ran for re-election and succeeded. I asked you what he did. You did not answer. Here, let’s try it again, so you can fail even harder this time:

@13, you described Biden’s Israel policy as, “…total support and unlimited weapons and money with no preconditions.” Pretending purely for the sake of argument that was true, how has Trump’s Israel policy deviated from that in the slightest?

@22 I'm certainly not thrilled at Israel's still current level of influence, but what you don't seem to be grasping is that the (admittedly light) level of criticism Trump has expressed represents a significant deviation from Biden's policy of never doing such.

@23 I'm not sure what you think a lie is, but the definition certainly isn't "completely factual statements that you don't like", which I'm pretty sure is all I made in @9, @13, and ancient @38.

you’re not even a good liar but if trump has taught his followers anything it’s that you don’t have to be

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/23/trump-executive-orders-list-project-2025-policies

https://www.project2025.observer/

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/trump-project-2025-first-100-days/

@25 I'll help you understand what a lie is and isn't:

-When I politely inform you I'm not a Trump supporter, and you continue to call me one, this is a lie (you are lying.

-When I provide a factual statement, such as "Trump disliked Project 2025", as evidenced by him in general not enacting its recommendations, despite a couple obvious overlapping decisions with the conservative agenda, when he's already made it clear he can do basically whatever he wants and nobody can do anything about it, this is me helpfully providing you with a factual statement (the truth).

Now if you'd just humbly come to me, hat in hand, and said "Nekrasova, I didn't really comprehend what you were saying there, please help me understand", then I could have explained it to you, and instead of making false statements, lying, etc, you could have emulated my record of sticking to factual statements and really good predictions.

Sorry but if you actually believe trump when he says anything, such as “i don’t support this conservative think tank document that outlines key objectives for my second term”, especially after knowing he has already partially fulfilled these objectives in just under 6 months, you’re not very bright, and if you think people believe you when you say you’re not a trump supporter while actively saying things in support of trump you must think everyone else is as dumb as you.

@24: "...the (admittedly light) level of criticism Trump has expressed represents a significant deviation from Biden's policy of never doing such."

What you don't seem to grasp is that your claim is false, and will remain false, no matter how many times you repeat it:

"The Biden administration put constant pressure on Netanyahu to lessen the intensity of attacks that could hurt civilians, end the war in Gaza and de-escalate with Hezbollah in the north. When Iran and Israel got into their first ever direct exchanges of fire last year, the administration urged Israel not to strike Iran’s nuclear or energy sectors for fear of escalation. That pressure ultimately shaped Israel’s response."

(https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israel-races-to-reshape-the-middle-east-with-few-checks-7b0dbde4?mod=Searchresults_pos6&page=1)

By contrast, Trump has done nothing except support Israel's all-out war in Iran, even sending missiles and bombs into Iran in support. Not words, weapons.

"...you could have emulated my record of sticking to factual statements and really good predictions."

No, it is not in fact possible to do that, as you have made false statements here. As for your "really good predictions," you've given just one example, and it wasn't even a prediction, but a statement of probability. An actual prediction would, say, predict your failing even harder here with each successive attempt. (Have you read anything like that here lately?)

@28 an Israeli media investigation determined that Biden didn't actually put any pressure on Israel, according to Israeli officials:

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250429-biden-never-pressured-israel-for-ceasefire-as-israeli-officials-boast-of-exploiting-us-support/

Trump obviously sucks, but your guy did too

@28 and here's an example of him pretending to put pressure, Israel giving no fucks, and him predictably folding:

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/11/israel-ignores-biden-ultimatum-over-gaza-aid-but-u-s-will-continue-sending-weapons-regardless/

You continuing to insist Biden was better than Trump vis a vis Israel is honestly embarrassing

@28 and finally, contrary to the baseless assertions in WSJ, here's Netanyahu himself saying explicitly they did hit Iran's nuclear sites and he didn't care at all what Biden told him:

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/israel-netanyahu-biden-war-counsel

@31: Quoting Fox News against the Wall Street Journal, no one could make this stuff up!

Horseshoe Theory can never die, so long as you still live to post here.

Today's comments provide a really helpful field guide to the variety of concern trolls, from
"I didn't want Trump to win, but before the election I was just constantly expressing my CONCERN that he would win, and now I'm gloating, not because I wanted him to win, but because I predicted it so accurately"
to
"I'm not saying Trump deserved to win, just that Your Guy deserved to lose."

Take note. This pattern will repeat leading up to the next election. JUST KIDDING!! There's not going to be an election.

@32 it's cute you think WSJ isn't also a conservative rag. Anyway, how's this?

https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-says-bidens-counsel-throughout-the-war-was-repeatedly-off-mark/

If you argue with it you're automatically antisemitic

SLOG was so much more fun when we would just argue over the insane homeless drug abusers plaguing Seattle.

@Thirteen12
@29 et.al...
That might be true, but this is where we are at today. Where do we go forward from here?
I don't think bashing Biden moves us to where we want to be. There is nothing wrong with admitting mistakes, you just try to not repeat them.
Regardless, all this shit is on PumpkinHead now.

@34: Again, you can have Fox News as your 'source', I'll keep the WSJ. Glad to read you'll believe whatever Bibi tells you, as Horseshoe Theory wins again and again and again.

@35: The exact topic matters little, the play is always the same. The Stranger relentlessly pushes failed policies and candidates, we critical commenters explain why these have all failed, and the Stranger's dwindling number of sympathetic commenters attack us personally for it.

@36: Bitterly refusing to admit error is their only 'strength,' as they lurch from failure to failure to failure, never understanding why, but always perfectly confident their many failures simply must be someone else's fault.

@36 you are not wrong, I'm just trying to help people like tensorna and Bax see that Biden's Israel policy was in fact a mistake that the party needs to avoid repeating. If everyone was clear eyed and pragmatic about how the party has failed I wouldn't keep belaboring it. But thanks for the constructive criticism.

@37 "Glad to read you'll believe whatever Bibi tells you"

Just trying to accommodate your demand from not even four whole days ago: "Get back to us when you have an Israeli source. On the record."

https://www.thestranger.com/slog-am/2025/06/18/80106269/slog-am-supreme-court-upholds-tennessees-ban-on-trans-care-trump-is-goading-iran-on-social-media-but-astronomers-took-a-really-pretty-pict/comments/72

@37: the number dwindles because you and your fellow critical commentors post so many comments arguing back and forth with "sympathetics" over I/P minutiae that slog has become a slog.

@35 has it right.

@40, I didn't realize Progressives were so fragile.

@40: 'the number dwindles because you and your fellow critical commentors post so many comments arguing back and forth with "sympathetics" over I/P minutiae that slog has become a slog.'

Well, I'd like to believe the number dwindles because of the material the sympathetic commenters must defend. Two of the Stranger's top political writers got canned for lying, then one of the survivors planted a huge wet sloppy kiss on a group of terrorist-sympathizing repeat vandals at the UW. But if you want to credit us critical commenters for bringing the facts, I'll take that compliment.

@39: Oh, you actually noticed? That thread contains no evidence that you did. Well, four days is about how long your perception takes.

Yes, Bibi is a more reliable source than three (or two) anonymous Trump officials fluffing their boss, because who isn't? At the same time, Bibi is a less reliable source than the Wall Street Journal. Both of those things can be true at once. (I'd explain further, but you'd cited Fox News and two "from the River to the Sea" web sites as your sources against the Journal, so there's really no point in talking with you further about source reliability.)