A President at War With America

Trump takes the next step towards declaring martial law to prevent the midterm elections.

“We should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/us/politics/trump-hegseth-military-officers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.p08.Qbmx.d4ya4TBLhY_H&smid=url-share

If that latest outrage makes it difficult to relax, watch this.

One of those may not be enough, if you’re trying to get to sleep.

Is This Guy For Real?

This anti-Trump screed has been making the rounds and getting a lot of attention. It made my ancient, rusty “reporter’s warning bell” ring.

So, who is Oliver Kornetzke? He seemed to appear out of nowhere, with something intended to get people worked up. Which has me wondering, even after looking through his Substack and BlueSky pages, if he is actually an AI construction, compliments of Putin.

https://substack.com/@oliverkornetzke/note/c-126784206

https://bsky.app/profile/kornetzke.bsky.social

Yeah, it’s really come to this, where I am questioning the existence of someone who is using his/her/their “real” name online.

Follow-up:

Waiting for Oliver or Someone Like Him

Jimmy’s Kimmelmann Turn*

I’m pleased to be wrong about Jimmy Kimmel not returning to ABC-TV. He’ll be at his usual spot tomorrow night. If he’s going to make a change to his show, it should be bringing up the lights on his set. It’s as dark as the Batcave.

Did you like that AI Batman clip? Here’s another one.

On Facebook, the MAGA trolls were repeating Trump’s taunts about Kimmel’s network TV ratings, with reportedly about 1.5 million regular viewers. What they’re missing is that he has 20 million followers on YouTube.

* “An Immelmann turn was a maneuver used after an attack on another aircraft to reposition the attacking aircraft for another attack.”