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Lazy Caturday Reads: Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Happy Valentines Day!!
This morning, Steven Beschloss posted the following discussion question for his readers at his Substack America America:
I had in mind to write about villainy. Its a fact of our public life that the Trump regime is thick with this dark force and overloaded with people who revel in it. The villains come easily to mind: Pam Bondi, Kristi Noem, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Pete Hegseth, Russel Vought, Greg Bovino (to name a few) and of course their ringleader, Donald Trump. They have motivated countless others to join their hateful cause to reject the Constitution and demolish democracy in America.
But on this dayValentines DayI want to turn this over and look at the flip side. Because behind this discussion of villains and villainy is my belief that their dark force can be defeated with the force of light and love. I dont mean the biblical advice to love your enemies, although that may be a mindset that others more merciful than I can conjure.
Im thinking more about the guidance found in the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. on the topic of love. Let me share four shining examples:
- Love is the greatest force in the universe. It is the heartbeat of the moral cosmos.
- Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that.
- I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.
- I know that love is ultimately the only answer to mankinds problems.
There are days that these insightsthese deeply held convictionsmay seem inadequate to confront the horrors we witness committed by men and women who have lost their moral compass, assuming that they once possessed one. But Id like to suggest that the more powerful our revulsion toward the regimes acts of villainy, the more we are influenced by the inverse.
I returned to yesterdays essay, , to test this notion. If you read it and thought that I am horrified by her villainous behavior this week, you would be right. But lets look at the basis for my horror in three sentences from the first several paragraphs: Its hard to imagine someone more overtly hostile to justice and more utterly incapable of basic human compassionThis person is responsible for serving the peopleBut when asked for the most basic show of humanity, she couldnt bring herself to do it. Behind the obvious criticism of her hateful action is love: For justice, for basic human compassion, for serving the people, for humanity.
My point is that in our articulation of the horrors, we can find the light that can inspire us to stay in the fight and overcome this dark chapter. Love is the greatest force in the universe. It is the heartbeat of the moral cosmos, King wrote. In other words, love is more powerful than hate and, as King also insisted, the only answer to mankinds problems.
Bad Bunny sent a similar message with his Super Bowl performance. Is it true Can love conquer hate Food for thought on Valentines Day.
Now for the news, which is again filled with hate and fear.
Trump appears to be planning some sort of attack on Iran.
Reuthers: .
The U.S. military is preparing for the possibility of sustained, weeks-long operations against Iran if President Donald Trump orders an attack, two U.S. officials told Reuters, in what could become a far more serious conflict than previously seen between the countries.
The disclosure by the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the planning, raises the stakes for the diplomacy underway between the United States and Iran.
U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner , with representatives from Oman acting as mediators. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio cautioned on Saturday that while Trumps preference was to reach a deal with Tehran, thats very hard to do.
Meanwhile, Trump has amassed military forces in the region, raising fears of new military action. U.S. officials said on Friday the Pentagon was to the Middle East, adding thousands more troops along with fighter aircraft, guided-missile destroyers and other firepower capable of waging attacks and defending against them.
Trump, on Friday at a base in North Carolina, openly floated the possibility of regime change in Iran, saying it seems like that would be the best thing that could happen. He declined to share who he wanted to take over Iran, but said there are people.
For 47 years, theyve been talking and talking and talking, Trump said.
Trump has long voiced skepticism about sending ground troops into Iran, saying last year and the kinds of U.S. firepower arrayed in the Middle East so far suggest options for strikes primarily by air and naval forces.
The New York Times: .
President Trump said on Friday that regime change in Iran would be the best thing that could happen, as he continued to threaten military action against the country.
For 47 years, theyve been talking and talking and talking, he told reporters after visiting troops at Fort Bragg. In the meantime, weve lost a lot of lives while they talk.
In recent weeks, Mr. Trump has called for new leadership in Iran, and The New York Times that he was mulling whether regime change would be a viable military option.
But his latest comments are, perhaps, Mr. Trumps most overt endorsement of regime change, even as U.S. officials concede that ousting would be much more complex than the operation that captured , then the leader of Venezuela.
Still, officials have said that Mr. Trump had not made a final decision and was considering a range of military options.
The Trump administration has been steadily in the Middle East as Mr. Trump considers whether to strike the country again. Mr. Trump threatened last month to attack Iran if its government did not agree to a deal to curb its nuclear program.
But senior U.S. officials remain skeptical that the Iranians will agree to a deal that satisfies Mr. Trump, who has shown a growing impatience with the negotiations. This month, Omani officials mediated that included Steve Witkoff,
A bit more on possible attack plans:
Mr. Trump has been weighing a range of military actions, including targeting Irans nuclear program and its ability to launch ballistic missiles. He is also considering sending American commandos to go after Iranian military targets, among other moves, the officials said.
To prepare, the Pentagon has been building up an armada, as Mr. Trump calls it, in the region. It includes the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group, eight guided missile destroyers that can shoot down Iranian ballistic missiles, land-based ballistic missile defense systems and submarines that can launch Tomahawk cruise missiles at targets in Iran.
And on Thursday, the crew of a second aircraft carrier, , was told it would leave the Caribbean, where the ship joined the U.S. operation last month to seize Mr. Maduro, and as part of Mr. Trumps pressure campaign.
Yesterday, Trump posted on Truth Social, perhaps as a foreshadowing of his plans for Iran.
The Caribbean boat strikes are back.
NBC News:
The U.S. Southern Command said it struck a vessel allegedly transporting drugs in the Caribbean on Friday, killing three people.
Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations, Southern Command , adding that intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations.
Three narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed, the post said.
The U.S. has not provided evidence supporting its allegations about the boat, passengers, cargo or the number of people killed.
This latest strike comes after the U.S. on Mondayalso alleged to be transporting drugs in the eastern Pacific, killing two people and leaving one survivor.
A few days ago, there was a disturbing incident in Texas in which DHS used a powerful laser weapon with out notifying other parts of the government. It caused the FAA to close the air space over El Paso, Texas for a time. I have been curious about how this happened.
The New York Times, Feb. 11:
The abrupt closure of El Pasos airspace late Tuesday was precipitated when Customs and Border Protection officials deployed an anti-drone laser on loan from the Department of Defense without giving aviation officials enough time to assess the risks to commercial aircraft, according to multiple people briefed on the situation.
The episode led the Federal Aviation Administration to abruptly declare that the nearby airspace would be shut down for 10 days, an extraordinary pause that was quickly lifted Wednesday morning at the direction of the White House.
Top administration officials quickly claimed that the closure was in response to a sudden incursion of drones from Mexican drug cartels that required a military response, with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy declaring in a social media post that the threat has been neutralized.
But that assertion was undercut by multiple people familiar with the situation, who said that the F.A.A.s extreme move came after immigration officials earlier this week used an anti-drone laser shared by the Pentagon without coordination with the F.A.A. The people spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
C.B.P. officials thought they were firing on a cartel drone, the people said, but it turned out to be a party balloon. Defense Department officials were present during the incident, one person said.
The military has been developing high-energy laser technology to intercept and destroy drones, which the Trump administration has said are being used by Mexican cartels to into the United States.
The airspace closure provoked a significant backlash from local officials and sharp questions by lawmakers on Capitol Hill, including some Republicans, who expressed skepticism about the administrations version of the events.
This country is being run by morons.
NBC News:
The sudden closure of El Pasos airspace Wednesday came sometime after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials used an anti-drone laser that was provided by the military to shoot down objects that were later identified as party balloons, four people familiar with the matter said.
The testing of U.S. military-owned laser technology was taking place in the proximity of the airport. The FAA responded by issuing a temporary flight restriction notice, which was to shut down the airspace for 10 days. It prevented flights, including helicopters used for medical transport, below 18,000 feet. The airport is a major hub for the region, with more than 50 flights scheduled every day.
The airspace was reopened several hours later Wednesday morning. The decision prompted confusion and finger-pointing inside the Trump administration over who was to blame.
One of the people familiar with the testing said the Defense Department has a working relationship with Homeland Security, where CBP is headquartered, that allows its personnel to use certain military equipment for its objectives, testing, evaluation and use along the southern border.
Recently, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth authorized the use of the weapon for CBP, the people said. Spokespeople for CBP referred questions to the White House, which did not elaborate beyond initial statements.
It figures Hegseth would be involved in this mess.
From military expert Mark Hertling at The Bulwark: .
AFTER PROLONGED CONFUSION, we may have some clarity on what caused the emergency restriction on the airspace around El Paso International Airport: Someone used a sophisticated anti-air laser against what they thought was a drone launched from Mexico, but turned out to be a . Understandably, the first suspects were the Army units at Fort Bliss, which abuts El Paso and the airport. But it wasnt the Army that fired the weapon.
According to the New York Times, Customs and Border Protection personnel an experimental anti-drone laser on loan from the Department of Defense at what they thought was a cartel dronewithout sufficient coordination with the Federal Aviation Administration. That prompted the FAA to shut down the airspace around the airport up to 18,000 feet in an extraordinary emergency move.
But focusing on the harmlessness of the target obscures the deeper issue: Why was this weapon employed without the discipline that governs every legitimate use of force in the military
Fort Bliss sits on the edge of El Paso. While its a large post, and it has a very isolated desert training area, it borders a large city with hospitals, businesses, highways, civilian neighborhoods, and a relatively large international airport.
The post is home to the 1st Armored Division, an organization I once commanded. Like every major installation in the Army, Fort Bliss operates under detailed standing operating procedures governing weapons employmentwhether on a live-fire range, during air-defense exercises, or in any activity that could affect surrounding airspace or population centers.
Those procedures are not bureaucratic red tape. They are necessary safety barriers. They exist precisely because military commanders understand various immutable facts: weapons are dangerous, coordination for any training event is critical, citizens live nearby, and mistakes do not stay contained.
Its therefore unsurprisingthough deeply concerningthat reports indicate the Fort Bliss commander and the command and staff of Northern Command were as alarmed as the FAA by the balloon shoot-down. Thats because they know any uncoordinated weapons use is not merely unsafe it is unacceptable.
Please go read the rest at The Bulwark, if youre interested. Personally, I find this incident deeply disturbing. There are simply too many incompetenteven stupidpeople running our government. Eventually there is going to be a serious disaster.
More disturbing Trump Administration/DHS newsthis time involving the Social Security Administration:
Wired:
have been told to share information about in-person appointments with agents of , WIRED has learned.
If ICE comes in and asks if someone has an upcoming appointment, we will let them know the date and time, an employee with direct knowledge of the directive says. They spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation.
While the majority of appointments with SSA take place over the phone, some appointments still happen in person. This applies to people who are deaf or hard of hearing and need a sign language interpreter, or if someone needs to change their direct deposit information. Noncitizens are also required to appear in person to review continued eligibility of benefits.
Social Security numbers are issued to US citizens but also to foreign students and people legally allowed to live and work in the country. In some cases, when a child or dependent is a citizen and the family member responsible for them is not, that person might need to accompany the child or dependent to an office visit.
The order to share information, which was recently communicated verbally to workers at certain SSA offices, marks a new era of collaboration between SSA and the Department of Homeland Security, ICEs parent agency.
The SSA has been sharing data with ICE for much of President Donald Trumps second term. In April, that the Trump administration had been pooling sensitive data from across the government, including from the the SSA, DHS, and the Internal Revenue Service. By November, that the SSA had made the arrangements official and had updated a public notice that said the agency was sharing citizenship and immigration information with DHS. It was shockingly clear that there was interest in getting access to immigration data by the Trump administration, a former SSA official tells WIRED. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity due to concerns of retaliation.
This is from the Professional Development Academy:
The Social Security Administration has instructed employees newly assigned to answering phones to tell callers expressing suicidal thoughts that suicide is one option, raising concerns from employees and experts in the field who called the approach unorthodox.
SSA recently began shifting new swaths of its workforce to phone answering duty, including those who normally receive and process retirement and disability claims, manage the agencys technology and work in the agencys finances unit. Those employees received brief, three-hour training before they began answering calls.
As part of that training, they were warned some callers may express suicidal ideation and presented with examples using a theoretical employee named Fiona.
Its important for Fiona to keep the caller engaged and to remind her that suicide is only one option, the animated trainer told employees in the video, a copy of which was obtained by Government Executive, and that there is no urgency to make any decisions.
Employees at the training, which occurred on Jan. 26 for benefits authorizers and post-entitlement technical experts, were taken aback by the comment and asked their supervisors for clarity. One employee at the training said there was disbelief that it was just said among those in the room.
Caitlin Thompson, a clinical psychologist who spent eight years at the Veterans Affairs Department as a clinical care coordinator on the Veterans Crisis Line and later as the departments national director of suicide prevention, said SSAs approach did not follow commonly accepted best practices.
Its not a normal thing to say, Thompson said. No. Thats not the thing you say to somebody who might be suicidal.
Instead, SSA would be better suited telling employees to ask callers if they feel safe in the immediate term and if they say no, to tell the caller that they will work with their supervisor to get them in touch with a crisis line.
Read more at the link.
Ill end with this update on Trumps ballroom obsession.
The Washington Post (gift link):
New renderings shared Friday offer the clearest look yet at President Donald Trumps proposed White House ballroom addition a project advancing even as it is and on Capitol Hill.
Shalom Baranes Associates, the firm handling the project, shared the with the National Capital Planning Commission, a committee charged by Congress with overseeing major federal construction projects in the region. The renderings include various angles of the ballroom building, an approximately 90,000-square-foot addition that would also include offices for White House staff. The White House has dubbed the project its East Wing Modernization.
The images reveal at least one significant change from earlier designs: the removal of a large triangular pediment above the ballrooms southern portico. Rodney Cook Jr. a Trump appointee who chairs the Commission of Fine Arts, another federal panel reviewing the project had warned in January that the pediment was immense and pressed the architects about whether it could be reduced.
Despite the revisions, the proposed addition would remain the same height as the White House at its highest point and a major concern for outside architects and historical preservationists. Critics have warned the project could overshadow the iconic main mansion and alter long-protected sightliness around the complex. The new renderings indicate the building could block views of the White House residence from certain viewpoints, such as locations on 15th Street NW, according to the designs shared Friday.
, an architect who was appointed to the Commission of Fine Arts by former president Joe Biden and removed by Trump last year, said the renderings show a poorly proportioned pseudo-neoclassical structure that is completely out of scale with the White House. He also said that the images shown in the renderings did not comply with developed by the National Park Service for construction projects at the White House and its neighboring park, which call for new additions to be compatible with the historic structure.
The design team clearly ignored these guidelines, and should be asked to revise and resubmit plans that follow the guidelines, Becker said.
You can use the gift link to read more and see the renderings.
Thats it for me today. What are your thoughts on all this What else is on your mind
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