Dan Kohanski
@dankohanski.bsky.social
Long-time computer programmer, also a retired Foreign Service Officer. Most recently the author of A God of Our Invention: How Religion Shaped the Western World (Apocryphile Press, 2023); Kirkus Reviews says "Get it!"
People are asking what is now to stop Xi from invading Taiwan, or Russia for occupying the Baltics, now that Trump has set the precedent by kidnapping Maduro.
My question is, what is to stop a consortium of countries from arresting Trump for destroying international law - and also for corruption?
My question is, what is to stop a consortium of countries from arresting Trump for destroying international law - and also for corruption?
January 3, 2026 at 8:34 PM
People are asking what is now to stop Xi from invading Taiwan, or Russia for occupying the Baltics, now that Trump has set the precedent by kidnapping Maduro.
My question is, what is to stop a consortium of countries from arresting Trump for destroying international law - and also for corruption?
My question is, what is to stop a consortium of countries from arresting Trump for destroying international law - and also for corruption?
That one person, on his own, can drag us into war reminds me of World War I, where the rulers of Germany, Austria, and Russia were solely responsible for the decision to go to war. Britain and France OTOH had to get political approval.
We should bear in mind that all three rulers lost the war.
We should bear in mind that all three rulers lost the war.
January 3, 2026 at 8:28 PM
That one person, on his own, can drag us into war reminds me of World War I, where the rulers of Germany, Austria, and Russia were solely responsible for the decision to go to war. Britain and France OTOH had to get political approval.
We should bear in mind that all three rulers lost the war.
We should bear in mind that all three rulers lost the war.
You keep it a ballroom. Don't you realize he's making room for a THRONE room?
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
White House expands East Wing demolition as critics decry Trump overreach
More of the structure was torn down Tuesday to make way for President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom, despite complaints about the project’s lack of transparency,
www.washingtonpost.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:48 AM
You keep it a ballroom. Don't you realize he's making room for a THRONE room?
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
How to Succeed at Secession Without Really Trying
We are a divided nation, the product of decades of the “divide-and-conquer” strategy employed by the GOP, the religious right, the oligarchs, and seized upon by Trump, all in the service of accumulati...
www.dailykos.com
September 3, 2025 at 12:47 AM
