KMWoods
@kmwoods.bsky.social
Military historian and author. Also, a retired soldier, former defense analyst, and concerned citizen. "Tis the time's plague, when madmen lead the blind".
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Trump is reanimating his 2020 election lies now to pre-position an excuse for the 2026 midterms. He is 'boiling the frog' - the 2028 election is already at risk.
The 'big lie' is still a lie - every reporter should challenge him on this every single time.
Don't look away!
The 'big lie' is still a lie - every reporter should challenge him on this every single time.
Don't look away!
February 4, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Trump is reanimating his 2020 election lies now to pre-position an excuse for the 2026 midterms. He is 'boiling the frog' - the 2028 election is already at risk.
The 'big lie' is still a lie - every reporter should challenge him on this every single time.
Don't look away!
The 'big lie' is still a lie - every reporter should challenge him on this every single time.
Don't look away!
I served with, depended on, and benefitted from US allies & partners across my entire military and national security career. They trusted, contributed, bled, and died w/ us.
Trump's statements are ignorant, malicious, and cruel. This may prove to be the most costly week in US history.
Trump's statements are ignorant, malicious, and cruel. This may prove to be the most costly week in US history.
January 23, 2026 at 10:56 PM
I served with, depended on, and benefitted from US allies & partners across my entire military and national security career. They trusted, contributed, bled, and died w/ us.
Trump's statements are ignorant, malicious, and cruel. This may prove to be the most costly week in US history.
Trump's statements are ignorant, malicious, and cruel. This may prove to be the most costly week in US history.
We are at a dangerous tipping point - at home and abroad. Those arguing "it can't happen here" are not paying attention to either history or (IMHO) the arc and pace of current unprecedented events.
As a 1947 Congressional Study warned - "democracy is not to be had for the wishing..."
As a 1947 Congressional Study warned - "democracy is not to be had for the wishing..."
January 21, 2026 at 2:26 AM
We are at a dangerous tipping point - at home and abroad. Those arguing "it can't happen here" are not paying attention to either history or (IMHO) the arc and pace of current unprecedented events.
As a 1947 Congressional Study warned - "democracy is not to be had for the wishing..."
As a 1947 Congressional Study warned - "democracy is not to be had for the wishing..."
Yet another shameful Oval Office moment - or just another Thursday in Trumpland…
January 16, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Yet another shameful Oval Office moment - or just another Thursday in Trumpland…
Trump on the only thing that can limit his global power: ‘My own morality. My own mind. It's the only thing that can stop me.'
We are sliding - day by day - into an abyss of our own making. Trump will soon be gone but the damage is, if it can be remediated at all, generational. NO KINGS!
We are sliding - day by day - into an abyss of our own making. Trump will soon be gone but the damage is, if it can be remediated at all, generational. NO KINGS!
Analysis: What Donald Trump has learned about imposing global power | CNN Politics
It took Donald Trump five years behind the Oval Office desk to reach an epiphany that could rock the world.
cnn.it
January 9, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Trump on the only thing that can limit his global power: ‘My own morality. My own mind. It's the only thing that can stop me.'
We are sliding - day by day - into an abyss of our own making. Trump will soon be gone but the damage is, if it can be remediated at all, generational. NO KINGS!
We are sliding - day by day - into an abyss of our own making. Trump will soon be gone but the damage is, if it can be remediated at all, generational. NO KINGS!
Based on the facts, his duties as a U.S. Senator, and the 1st Amendment, Sen. Kelly did nothing wrong. He did, however, embarrass the SecDef and WH. This action threatens the free speech of all Americans - starting with those who receive a government pension or benefit.
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/05/p...
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/05/p...
Pentagon to cut Sen. Mark Kelly's military retirement pay over 'seditious' video: Hegseth
Sen. Mark Kelly and other members of Congress on the video reminded members of the U.S. military that they can refuse to follow illegal orders.
www.cnbc.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Based on the facts, his duties as a U.S. Senator, and the 1st Amendment, Sen. Kelly did nothing wrong. He did, however, embarrass the SecDef and WH. This action threatens the free speech of all Americans - starting with those who receive a government pension or benefit.
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/05/p...
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/05/p...
Decapitation is comparatively easy.
In 2003, a hasty, un-resourced Phase IV plan was coupled with really bad political assumptions - a decade plus of disaster followed.
Trump's 'plan' for post-Maduro Venezuela is "the people that are standing right behind me” and the big oil.
WTF are we doing?
In 2003, a hasty, un-resourced Phase IV plan was coupled with really bad political assumptions - a decade plus of disaster followed.
Trump's 'plan' for post-Maduro Venezuela is "the people that are standing right behind me” and the big oil.
WTF are we doing?
January 3, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Decapitation is comparatively easy.
In 2003, a hasty, un-resourced Phase IV plan was coupled with really bad political assumptions - a decade plus of disaster followed.
Trump's 'plan' for post-Maduro Venezuela is "the people that are standing right behind me” and the big oil.
WTF are we doing?
In 2003, a hasty, un-resourced Phase IV plan was coupled with really bad political assumptions - a decade plus of disaster followed.
Trump's 'plan' for post-Maduro Venezuela is "the people that are standing right behind me” and the big oil.
WTF are we doing?
“…we will never respect you. Quite the opposite—for all of your depredations and twice on Sunday for attempting to hijack someone else’s honor.”
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www.thebulwark.com/p/somebody-n...
Somebody Needs to Tell Trump Everybody Is Laughing at Him
His worst fear has already come true.
www.thebulwark.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:08 PM
“…we will never respect you. Quite the opposite—for all of your depredations and twice on Sunday for attempting to hijack someone else’s honor.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/somebody-n...
www.thebulwark.com/p/somebody-n...
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Reporter: We have 3 videos, 2 breathalyzers, 4 bartenders, and a minivan full of nuns attesting to how the driver was drunk and reckless when he hit the school bus.
Weiss; What did the driver say.
Reporter: He and his lawyer won’t talk. We asked them 5 times.
Weiss: I’m killing your story.
Weiss; What did the driver say.
Reporter: He and his lawyer won’t talk. We asked them 5 times.
Weiss: I’m killing your story.
December 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Reporter: We have 3 videos, 2 breathalyzers, 4 bartenders, and a minivan full of nuns attesting to how the driver was drunk and reckless when he hit the school bus.
Weiss; What did the driver say.
Reporter: He and his lawyer won’t talk. We asked them 5 times.
Weiss: I’m killing your story.
Weiss; What did the driver say.
Reporter: He and his lawyer won’t talk. We asked them 5 times.
Weiss: I’m killing your story.
Illegally killing small-time suspects at sea while at the same time pardoning their - convicted - industrial scale drug smuggling bosses is morally bankrupt…but a perfect metaphor for Trumpism.
December 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Illegally killing small-time suspects at sea while at the same time pardoning their - convicted - industrial scale drug smuggling bosses is morally bankrupt…but a perfect metaphor for Trumpism.
To all the MAGA “but what illegal orders…” out there:
A warning is only really useful before the fact AND Trump has a long history of tweets & ‘truths’ about his love of actual illegal orders.
We are only one Trump tantrum away…
The Dem reminder is both prudent and a sign of the danger we are in.
A warning is only really useful before the fact AND Trump has a long history of tweets & ‘truths’ about his love of actual illegal orders.
We are only one Trump tantrum away…
The Dem reminder is both prudent and a sign of the danger we are in.
November 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
To all the MAGA “but what illegal orders…” out there:
A warning is only really useful before the fact AND Trump has a long history of tweets & ‘truths’ about his love of actual illegal orders.
We are only one Trump tantrum away…
The Dem reminder is both prudent and a sign of the danger we are in.
A warning is only really useful before the fact AND Trump has a long history of tweets & ‘truths’ about his love of actual illegal orders.
We are only one Trump tantrum away…
The Dem reminder is both prudent and a sign of the danger we are in.
Trump's panicked call to have his hopelessly corrupt DoJ investigate everyone (except himself of course) for connections to Epstein is a last ditch effort to keep additional records out of the public domain - thats it, it is that simple.
November 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Trump's panicked call to have his hopelessly corrupt DoJ investigate everyone (except himself of course) for connections to Epstein is a last ditch effort to keep additional records out of the public domain - thats it, it is that simple.
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Over 7,000 Virginians joined me and President @barackobama.bsky.social in Norfolk yesterday to rally for the future of our Commonwealth.
This Tuesday, let's send a clear message: Virginians are ready for leadership who will put them first.
This Tuesday, let's send a clear message: Virginians are ready for leadership who will put them first.
November 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Over 7,000 Virginians joined me and President @barackobama.bsky.social in Norfolk yesterday to rally for the future of our Commonwealth.
This Tuesday, let's send a clear message: Virginians are ready for leadership who will put them first.
This Tuesday, let's send a clear message: Virginians are ready for leadership who will put them first.
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Chris Murphy is one of the only Dems who gets that there is no budget “deal” to make. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/there-is-n...
October 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Chris Murphy is one of the only Dems who gets that there is no budget “deal” to make. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/there-is-n...
The Trump administration and MAGA legislators are trying to scare you into not attending the 'No Kings' protest - do not be intimidated! Show up, be loud, and be peaceful (Your country will thank you later). We are not terrorists, we are not being paid, but we are pissed, and we are citizens.
October 16, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The Trump administration and MAGA legislators are trying to scare you into not attending the 'No Kings' protest - do not be intimidated! Show up, be loud, and be peaceful (Your country will thank you later). We are not terrorists, we are not being paid, but we are pissed, and we are citizens.
On 18 October - find a local 'No Kings' protest and raise your voice. Do not sit on the sidelines numbed by the transparent lies, obscene theatrics, and grinding absurdity of the Trump administration.
October 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
On 18 October - find a local 'No Kings' protest and raise your voice. Do not sit on the sidelines numbed by the transparent lies, obscene theatrics, and grinding absurdity of the Trump administration.
Please read NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7. The most Orwellian and anti-American document ever released by any WH. It is transparenty designed to intimidate and suppress political dissent not deal with actual political violence. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence
NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
www.whitehouse.gov
October 8, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Please read NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7. The most Orwellian and anti-American document ever released by any WH. It is transparenty designed to intimidate and suppress political dissent not deal with actual political violence. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Is there no point in this Bedlam masquerading as a government that elected Republicans will wake up? We are way past "have you no sense of decency" -- we are at the "have you no sense."
We will ensure that "...your dishonor will remain." (Liz Cheney)
We will ensure that "...your dishonor will remain." (Liz Cheney)
September 29, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Is there no point in this Bedlam masquerading as a government that elected Republicans will wake up? We are way past "have you no sense of decency" -- we are at the "have you no sense."
We will ensure that "...your dishonor will remain." (Liz Cheney)
We will ensure that "...your dishonor will remain." (Liz Cheney)
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ROK Again showing us how Democracies behave.
The Ministry of Defense will award commendations to soldiers who did not carry out illegal or unjust orders during the December 3 Emergency Martial Law designating them as "individuals who protected constitutional values."
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
The Ministry of Defense will award commendations to soldiers who did not carry out illegal or unjust orders during the December 3 Emergency Martial Law designating them as "individuals who protected constitutional values."
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders
National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders Honored for rejecting illegal orders during martial law, Marine death probe
www.chosun.com
September 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
ROK Again showing us how Democracies behave.
The Ministry of Defense will award commendations to soldiers who did not carry out illegal or unjust orders during the December 3 Emergency Martial Law designating them as "individuals who protected constitutional values."
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
The Ministry of Defense will award commendations to soldiers who did not carry out illegal or unjust orders during the December 3 Emergency Martial Law designating them as "individuals who protected constitutional values."
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
Telling: His movement is screaming "civil war" - dear leader is playing doll house.
Q: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up?
TRUMP: I think very good...They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House...it's gonna be a beauty...
Q: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up?
TRUMP: I think very good...They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House...it's gonna be a beauty...
September 13, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Telling: His movement is screaming "civil war" - dear leader is playing doll house.
Q: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up?
TRUMP: I think very good...They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House...it's gonna be a beauty...
Q: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up?
TRUMP: I think very good...They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House...it's gonna be a beauty...
We are in a 'boil-the-frog' constitutional and moral crisis in this country. Another presidential permission slip for the much, much greater abuse to come was put in place by Monday's Supreme Court decision to allow “racially profiling." It never ends at the 'other' - and it never ends well. Shame!
September 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
We are in a 'boil-the-frog' constitutional and moral crisis in this country. Another presidential permission slip for the much, much greater abuse to come was put in place by Monday's Supreme Court decision to allow “racially profiling." It never ends at the 'other' - and it never ends well. Shame!
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Trump's destruction of the informal customs that sustain a liberal democracy, not to mention his disregard for formal constitutional restraints, sets him apart from his predecessors. As long as our republic exists, Trump's name should live in infamy.
September 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Trump's destruction of the informal customs that sustain a liberal democracy, not to mention his disregard for formal constitutional restraints, sets him apart from his predecessors. As long as our republic exists, Trump's name should live in infamy.
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Lincoln Heritage Museum responds to Trump. More of this, please. 🗃️
August 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Lincoln Heritage Museum responds to Trump. More of this, please. 🗃️
I will never understand how my fellow veterans can continue to support this man - this is yet another low in a long line of truly shameful statements...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/w...
And still -- his un-American policies are much, much worse.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/w...
And still -- his un-American policies are much, much worse.
Trump Calls Netanyahu a ‘War Hero’ and Adds: ‘I Guess I Am, Too’
www.nytimes.com
August 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I will never understand how my fellow veterans can continue to support this man - this is yet another low in a long line of truly shameful statements...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/w...
And still -- his un-American policies are much, much worse.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/w...
And still -- his un-American policies are much, much worse.
Happy Canada Day to our friends and allies up north. Our relationship will survive the current occupant of the White House - as Barack Obama once said, "The world needs more Canada." 🇨🇦
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The Devil’s Brigade: The First Special Service Force
The First Special Service Force, a Joint U.S.-Canadian Fighting Unit: The insignia of the First Special Service Force, composed of US and Canadian soldiers in training at Ft. William Henry Harrison…
unwritten-record.blogs.archives.gov
July 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Happy Canada Day to our friends and allies up north. Our relationship will survive the current occupant of the White House - as Barack Obama once said, "The world needs more Canada." 🇨🇦
unwritten-record.blogs.archives.gov/2024/05/29/t...
unwritten-record.blogs.archives.gov/2024/05/29/t...