TODAY Army Secretary Resigns in Dispute
RESIGNED TO IT: After clashing with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth over the firings of senior military leaders in line for promotion, Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll, the service’s top civilian leader, resigned yesterday.
YESTERDAY More Than 5,000 Dead and Missing
WASHED AWAY: Unable to identify many of the remains, Nepal has begun mass burials of the dead from last week’s flood. There is little hope of finding all the bodies in the flood rubble and some of the remains cannot be identified. The number of those written off as dead is
The NY Times has described the military as “rudderless” in the midst of war with Iran because of Hegseth’s elimination of senior combat-experienced leaders. The Army, for instance, has not had a chief of staff since April when Gen. Randy George was fired.
Driscoll met personally with President Trump to hand in his resignation and discuss the military situation. Trump is described as having been surprised when Driscoll told him about the situation in the Pentagon.
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Trump Takes Venezuelan Oil
Saturday, August 29, 2026
BLACK GOLD: The Trump administration reached a deal to take control of 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil reserves, almost as much as all the proven reserves in the US, the world’s biggest oil producer. President Trump crowed on his social …
Read moreHundreds Dead, 1400 Missing
Friday, August 28, 2026
AFTER THE FLOOD: Several hundred people are dead and as many as 1400 missing after that massive flash flood that swept through rivers bordering China and Tibet. In Nepal, about 900 people including 500 foreign visitors … Americans among them … …
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Thursday, August 27, 2026
CATASTOPHIC: An enormous fragment that broke off a glacier yesterday and fell into a river between Nepal and Tibet is being blamed for the flash flood that appears to have killed hundreds of people, including Americans, and left hundreds more missing. …
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It's Been Said
"Christians, get out and vote, just this time. You won't have to do it anymore. Four more years, you know what, it will be fixed, it will be fine, you won't have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians. I love you Christians. I'm a Christian. I love you, get out, you gotta get out and vote. In four years, you don't have to vote again, we'll have it fixed so good you're not going to have to vote."
- Donald Trump courting the vote of the Christian right
