They obviously care more about killing witnesses (anyone extorted to participate) than actually stopping drugs. If they wanted to stop more drugs, they would let the survivors call in more narco boats (assuming they had a functioning communication system after getting blown up) then go have the Coast Guard intercept and confiscate.
Thank you once again, Miles, for connecting all the dots with such clarity, accuracy and insight.
The very idea that Hegseth would leave the room for any reason without giving an order before the second strike on September 2nd, or that Trump could somehow be 'completely unaware' of these events in real time, is as unlikely as it is preposterous.
It calls up once again, the spectre of an earlier Trump, safely barricaded in the situation room at the White House after personally inciting a riot of his followers on January 6th, then watching on television as its deadly chaos unfolded, and most damningly, by deliberately delaying ~ for three hours~ the arrival of the National Guard.
For all of which we owe the Capitol Police a debt that cannot be repaid.
I am game for the next No Kings/No Dictators rally. The only king I can think of who tries to rule in a heavy handed, authoritarian fashion like the kings of old is King Vajiralongkorn of Thailand. He is an aging playboy who has a Queen, an official concubine who wanted to be a queen, and a harem of women available to him. When he became king, he took control of the royal property bureau, and shows a propensity to rule through military proxy leaders and throw his critics in jail.
Modern European monarchs don’t have this power. They are regarded as the representatives and heads of state for their nations, and they have to follow constitutional and customary limits on their power. They do not have the absolutist powers of their ancestors.
The Kim family has established what is effectively the world’s only Communist monarchy, starting with Kim Il Sung imposing his Stalinesque rule over North Korea. Kim Il Sung’s son and grandson have ruled North Korea ever since. They still rule over a totalitarian state in which most North Koreans live in extreme poverty. Most of whatever the nation produces goes to members of the Kim family and to the military and nuclear weapons programs.
American colonists regarded George III as public enemy number one prior to the Revolutionary War, but George III as a constitutional monarch followed the obligations he believed he had to sign the unpopular taxes imposed upon American colonists without parliamentary representation. The colonists were furious at being taxed to pay for the costs for Britain’s imperial wars in other parts of the world when they themselves had no representation in Parliament. George III deserves blame along with those members of Parliament who introduced and enacted the legislation sent to George III for signing and royal assent.
In the Declaration of Independence, there is also a rather general ignoble passage which expressed the American colonists’ anger at the British government’s prohibition on migrating westward into Native American lands. George Washington fought as an officer in the French and Indian War in the late 1750s and early 1760s. The French and Indian War was actually a part of the Seven Years War fought in Europe at that time, and there were a variety of European nations involved in the conflict. The chief antagonists were Great Britain and Prussia against France and Austria. One part of the was even fought in Karnataka in Southern India.
After the French and Indian War ended, Britain forbade American colonists from moving westward into Native American lands. They did this to prevent further wars from breaking out. The American colonists saw no reason for forbidding them into moving into Mative American territory, and they eventually did so.
Thank you, Miles, for all the work you put into your very clear and detailed explanation of the strikes on the alleged drug boats. (yes, alleged :-) The lawlessness of the trump regime is overwhelming and sickening. It helps a lot to know that we have compatriots in Defiance.
I am sick of Republicans smugly labeling these targeted boats “narco-terrorists” and “cartels.” If they’re involved in drug smuggling at all, they’re low-level couriers. That type of open boat can’t go more than a few hundred miles; the Venezuelan coast is about 2,000 miles from the US. And claiming that by killing them Hegseth et al are heroes saving millions of American lives from drug deaths is crap. Most drugs (90%) come into the US by land through official points of entry, and mostly from Mexico and China. Virtually no fentanyl comes from Venezuela, and most cocaine comes from Colombia and Bolivia. Watching the boat explosions from above, Hegseth is like a 9-year-old playing video games in his basement.
All of this is correct. Trump has a total delusion that fentanyl is coming from Venezuela, and he also thinks the United States is entitled to grab Venezuela’s oil supplies for its own use, which was one of the actual motivations for the Iraq War.
Maduro runs a thuggish, corrupt government, Venezuela’s previously high standard of living has collapsed, the nation has a high crime rate, there are food shortages, and Maduro’s government frequently jails its critics or prevents them through judicial decisions for running from office. With all these problems, however, it this is something only Venezuela’s citizens can change. We can provide moral support and humanitarian aid, but military intervention is out of the question. We have a history of military intervention and overthrow of governments in Latin America which has led to mass death and destruction of democratic governments. It has led to civil wars and in the case of Cuba, it led to a failed state allied with the Soviet Union which utterly failed to deliver on its promises to its citizens.
Trump has no delusions that any drugs are coming from Venezuela. You and I know that he knows (or doesn’t care to know) that if he proclaims this lie as a fact then his followers will treat it like gospel. I bet Trump couldn’t even find Venezuela on a map.
I certainly think it’s possible he’s lying to his MAGA groupies about Venezuela as a source of drugs, and definitely agree he wouldn’t be able to find Venezuela on a map. I have my doubts about whether he could even find the continental United States on a map. I think Trump lusts after obtaining Venezuela’s oil, and that he thinks he’s entitled to invade Venezuela, overthrow Maduro, and grab Venezuela’s oil.
Unfortunately, Donald Trump will pardon all concerned on his way out the door, and once again, culpability will go up in smoke. That's what bothers me the most: that no one will ever be held legally responsible.
I knew this situation was bad... but your timeline shows that it is absolutely eye popping! Thank you, Miles, for your great reporting today and every day.
Thank you for laying out all the high drama that these men create. One wonders what drugs they're on? The "fog of war" is in their minds. They are not going to change things for us. They are empty. No solutions will come from them.
This government's actions and explanations minimize the intelligence of us, the American people, and the cartels too. Why would the cartels, or Tren de Aragua, keep putting out their "drug boats" after they saw the first 2 blown up by the "Secretary of War"? Why does this government expect the American people to believe them when their anti-democratic and anti-American incompetence, actions and lies have been clear to us for several months now? The damage this adminstration has done and continues to do to our country is unconsciounable!
I find that I have to stay connected to myself, my thinking, my feelings or I could become a hostage to their secrets, sickness, and bs. I have to find the light within myself and my community.
Kegseth has never been anything but an incompetent liar. Trump chose Kegseth to serve as secretary of defense for exactly these reasons, and also because Kegseth is an abject toady who would do anything for Trump.
ALOHA... On the COCONUT WIRELESS..........................FULL OF S**t... One after the other .. they have no shame...Lying sack of S**T.... . It starts at the top.. ..Little orange face cry baby, lolo, taco, pedo pig. ... Still can't get why people voted him into office again. Knowing what the F**k he is and did.... ?????
Thanks for laying out the timeline of responses. The problem with lies is that they must be solid and not change with the circumstances or persons telling them.
They obviously care more about killing witnesses (anyone extorted to participate) than actually stopping drugs. If they wanted to stop more drugs, they would let the survivors call in more narco boats (assuming they had a functioning communication system after getting blown up) then go have the Coast Guard intercept and confiscate.
Exactly, and while letting his cocaine dealers off with pardons this has nothing to do with drugs.
Yeah… I don’t understand how ignorant people have to be to buy the hypocrisy.
We are obviously paying Senators too much… half of them are selling their souls when they try and defend the psychopath
The news of the Hegsgate coverup is about to collide with the release of the Epstein files. Hope that works out for you, Tom Cotton.
When Cotton expressed his opinion, he seemed to be unaware the boat in the video had already been blown in half.
Thank you once again, Miles, for connecting all the dots with such clarity, accuracy and insight.
The very idea that Hegseth would leave the room for any reason without giving an order before the second strike on September 2nd, or that Trump could somehow be 'completely unaware' of these events in real time, is as unlikely as it is preposterous.
It calls up once again, the spectre of an earlier Trump, safely barricaded in the situation room at the White House after personally inciting a riot of his followers on January 6th, then watching on television as its deadly chaos unfolded, and most damningly, by deliberately delaying ~ for three hours~ the arrival of the National Guard.
For all of which we owe the Capitol Police a debt that cannot be repaid.
It is clear the Administration is off the rails legally on using the US Navy and naming a "fake: war.
We NEEED a three day, sustained masses protest in the streets of America, protesting this, the US Supreme Court and the Death Star Republican agenda.
I am game for the next No Kings/No Dictators rally. The only king I can think of who tries to rule in a heavy handed, authoritarian fashion like the kings of old is King Vajiralongkorn of Thailand. He is an aging playboy who has a Queen, an official concubine who wanted to be a queen, and a harem of women available to him. When he became king, he took control of the royal property bureau, and shows a propensity to rule through military proxy leaders and throw his critics in jail.
Modern European monarchs don’t have this power. They are regarded as the representatives and heads of state for their nations, and they have to follow constitutional and customary limits on their power. They do not have the absolutist powers of their ancestors.
The Kim family has established what is effectively the world’s only Communist monarchy, starting with Kim Il Sung imposing his Stalinesque rule over North Korea. Kim Il Sung’s son and grandson have ruled North Korea ever since. They still rule over a totalitarian state in which most North Koreans live in extreme poverty. Most of whatever the nation produces goes to members of the Kim family and to the military and nuclear weapons programs.
American colonists regarded George III as public enemy number one prior to the Revolutionary War, but George III as a constitutional monarch followed the obligations he believed he had to sign the unpopular taxes imposed upon American colonists without parliamentary representation. The colonists were furious at being taxed to pay for the costs for Britain’s imperial wars in other parts of the world when they themselves had no representation in Parliament. George III deserves blame along with those members of Parliament who introduced and enacted the legislation sent to George III for signing and royal assent.
In the Declaration of Independence, there is also a rather general ignoble passage which expressed the American colonists’ anger at the British government’s prohibition on migrating westward into Native American lands. George Washington fought as an officer in the French and Indian War in the late 1750s and early 1760s. The French and Indian War was actually a part of the Seven Years War fought in Europe at that time, and there were a variety of European nations involved in the conflict. The chief antagonists were Great Britain and Prussia against France and Austria. One part of the was even fought in Karnataka in Southern India.
After the French and Indian War ended, Britain forbade American colonists from moving westward into Native American lands. They did this to prevent further wars from breaking out. The American colonists saw no reason for forbidding them into moving into Mative American territory, and they eventually did so.
Appreciate your switching gears this morning to lay out the timeline and your much valued insight.
Thank you, Miles, for all the work you put into your very clear and detailed explanation of the strikes on the alleged drug boats. (yes, alleged :-) The lawlessness of the trump regime is overwhelming and sickening. It helps a lot to know that we have compatriots in Defiance.
I am sick of Republicans smugly labeling these targeted boats “narco-terrorists” and “cartels.” If they’re involved in drug smuggling at all, they’re low-level couriers. That type of open boat can’t go more than a few hundred miles; the Venezuelan coast is about 2,000 miles from the US. And claiming that by killing them Hegseth et al are heroes saving millions of American lives from drug deaths is crap. Most drugs (90%) come into the US by land through official points of entry, and mostly from Mexico and China. Virtually no fentanyl comes from Venezuela, and most cocaine comes from Colombia and Bolivia. Watching the boat explosions from above, Hegseth is like a 9-year-old playing video games in his basement.
He thinks he's still playing Call of Duty in his tent.
All of this is correct. Trump has a total delusion that fentanyl is coming from Venezuela, and he also thinks the United States is entitled to grab Venezuela’s oil supplies for its own use, which was one of the actual motivations for the Iraq War.
Maduro runs a thuggish, corrupt government, Venezuela’s previously high standard of living has collapsed, the nation has a high crime rate, there are food shortages, and Maduro’s government frequently jails its critics or prevents them through judicial decisions for running from office. With all these problems, however, it this is something only Venezuela’s citizens can change. We can provide moral support and humanitarian aid, but military intervention is out of the question. We have a history of military intervention and overthrow of governments in Latin America which has led to mass death and destruction of democratic governments. It has led to civil wars and in the case of Cuba, it led to a failed state allied with the Soviet Union which utterly failed to deliver on its promises to its citizens.
Trump has no delusions that any drugs are coming from Venezuela. You and I know that he knows (or doesn’t care to know) that if he proclaims this lie as a fact then his followers will treat it like gospel. I bet Trump couldn’t even find Venezuela on a map.
I certainly think it’s possible he’s lying to his MAGA groupies about Venezuela as a source of drugs, and definitely agree he wouldn’t be able to find Venezuela on a map. I have my doubts about whether he could even find the continental United States on a map. I think Trump lusts after obtaining Venezuela’s oil, and that he thinks he’s entitled to invade Venezuela, overthrow Maduro, and grab Venezuela’s oil.
Unfortunately, Donald Trump will pardon all concerned on his way out the door, and once again, culpability will go up in smoke. That's what bothers me the most: that no one will ever be held legally responsible.
I knew this situation was bad... but your timeline shows that it is absolutely eye popping! Thank you, Miles, for your great reporting today and every day.
🌟 “The Long-Game Oil Parade” 🌟
Oh, the tales that get buried
and the truths never told,
When the powerful shuffle
for money and gold…
In the whispers of emails
from Epstein’s old stack,
Came a note about oil—
“Venezuela’s on track!”
A long-game a-brewing,
not a short little fling—
But a plot where the wealthy
pull strings on a string.
A congresswoman muttered,
with a grin side-to-side,
“You’d see a field day for oil
if their gov’t took a slide!”
(Rep. Maria Salazar—
her words out in the air—
made oil barons sparkle
with billionaire flair.)
And while corporate news
Barely blinked at the scheme,
Indy reporters dug deeper—
exposing the dream.
They showed how regime change
was painted as “grand,”
But behind the big curtain
stood oil in command.
Then came Trump’s loud sabers
on the shimmering sea—
Bombing fishermen’s boats
for the whole world to see.
Not for “danger,” or “freedom,”
or “saving the day,”
But to flex U.S. muscle
in an oil-rich bay.
Indy journalists shouted,
“Look close! Connect dots!
Watch the patterns and players
and who’s calling the shots!”
For when rich men go hunting
where black gold is found,
They’ll use whispers,
and warfare,
and Congress around.
But the people are watching—
Grandparents especially!
Who reshared every story
Indy media aired freshly.
They boosted the truth
through the fog and charade,
They brought light to the shadows
that the oil barons made.
So cheer for the press
that won’t bow to the throne,
That reveals hidden motives
big money won’t own.
With each share and each tap,
truth marches unafraid—
Thanks to you
and the mighty
Resharing Brigade. 💛🇺🇸✨
🦅 #ResharingBrigade | #GrandparentsForTruth | #IndependentMedia | #LightInTheDarkness 💙❤️
Brilliant!
Thank you for laying out all the high drama that these men create. One wonders what drugs they're on? The "fog of war" is in their minds. They are not going to change things for us. They are empty. No solutions will come from them.
This government's actions and explanations minimize the intelligence of us, the American people, and the cartels too. Why would the cartels, or Tren de Aragua, keep putting out their "drug boats" after they saw the first 2 blown up by the "Secretary of War"? Why does this government expect the American people to believe them when their anti-democratic and anti-American incompetence, actions and lies have been clear to us for several months now? The damage this adminstration has done and continues to do to our country is unconsciounable!
I find that I have to stay connected to myself, my thinking, my feelings or I could become a hostage to their secrets, sickness, and bs. I have to find the light within myself and my community.
He’s lying and incompetent. Hegseth that is.
Kegseth has never been anything but an incompetent liar. Trump chose Kegseth to serve as secretary of defense for exactly these reasons, and also because Kegseth is an abject toady who would do anything for Trump.
ALOHA... On the COCONUT WIRELESS..........................FULL OF S**t... One after the other .. they have no shame...Lying sack of S**T.... . It starts at the top.. ..Little orange face cry baby, lolo, taco, pedo pig. ... Still can't get why people voted him into office again. Knowing what the F**k he is and did.... ?????
My Lai. *their* lie.
That's how these people think. They change the story to fit their warped idea of civilization & democracy. Thanks Miles for your reporting.
Thanks for laying out the timeline of responses. The problem with lies is that they must be solid and not change with the circumstances or persons telling them.