As Trump spends more and more time on foreign policy and his own aggrandizement, while avoiding pressing domestic issues, it’s hard to believe that he ran on an America First platform. It’s more like Trump First. He’s obsessed now with America owning Greenland and doesn’t want to compromise and have complete access while leaving governing to the Greenlanders and Danes. The … [Read more...] about Is Trump a Cry Baby, or Just Doing Putin’s Bidding?
The president is unfit for office
President Donald Trump posted two images to Truth Social Monday night that demonstrate just how unfit he is for office ... and how obsequious staff must be to carry out his whims. One, a photo of a meeting with a map showing Greenland, Canada and Venezuela as part of the United States. The second, an illustration showing him planting an American flag on the island of … [Read more...] about The president is unfit for office
WE HAVE A DREAM
Trump’s Greenland ambitions could wreck 20th-century alliances that helped build the modern world order
French Gen. Jean de Rochambeau and American Gen. George Washington giving final orders in late 1781 for the battle at Yorktown, where British defeat ended the War of Independence. Pierce Archive LLC/Buyenlarge via Getty Images Donald Heflin, Tufts University Make Denmark angry. Make Norway angry. Make NATO’s leaders angry. President … [Read more...] about Trump’s Greenland ambitions could wreck 20th-century alliances that helped build the modern world order
QUOTE OF THE DAY: ON TRUMP’S TWIGHT ZONEISH LETTER TO NORWAY PM
Our Quote of the Day comes from "Never Trump" former Republican member of Congress and political commentator Adam Kinzinger on Donald Trump's text to Norway's Prime Minister linking his losing the Nobel Prize to his demand that Greenland needs to become part of the United States. Or else. Trump has been fixated on the Nobel Peace Prize for years. In this message, he … [Read more...] about QUOTE OF THE DAY: ON TRUMP’S TWIGHT ZONEISH LETTER TO NORWAY PM
POWER GRAB
Trump pens mad king missive to Norwegian PM, saying he has ‘no obligation’ to think of peace
Sometime on Sunday, President Donald Trump sent a text to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Støre on the subject of Greenland: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for … [Read more...] about Trump pens mad king missive to Norwegian PM, saying he has ‘no obligation’ to think of peace
Iran’s famine of the wise
by Nik Kowsar n private conversations, U.S. officials often sound less confident than their public rhetoric suggests. Americans can pressure Tehran, but they can’t manufacture a legitimate Iranian leadership — and they know it. The danger is not only that the Islamic Republic may stumble into a crisis, but that a vacuum could be filled by the loudest brand, rather than … [Read more...] about Iran’s famine of the wise
Gracious Offers and Respectful Declines: Some Fact, Some Fiction
(Note: The reader should be readily able to distinguish fact from fiction) The Purple Heart is the oldest U.S. military decoration. It is presented to service members who have been wounded or killed as a result of enemy action. It must be earned, as almost two million brave military men and women have done since the Revolutionary War, quite often at the sacrifice of one’s … [Read more...] about Gracious Offers and Respectful Declines: Some Fact, Some Fiction
SOCIAL MEDIA HAS FIELD DAY RIDICULING TRUMP ACCEPTING NOBEL PRIZE FROM MACHADO (UPDATED)
Tantrums do work. Donald Trump made it clear this year that he passionately wanted the Nobel Peace Prize but he didn't get it. And so Reuters notes: "Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gave her Nobel Peace Prize medal to U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday during a White House meeting, in a bid to influence his efforts to shape her country's political … [Read more...] about SOCIAL MEDIA HAS FIELD DAY RIDICULING TRUMP ACCEPTING NOBEL PRIZE FROM MACHADO (UPDATED)
TRUMP’S MORALITY
Spoiler alert! Donald Trump doesn't have morals he man who has five children with three different women, has cheated on all three of his wives, who bangs playmates and porn stars, has cheated on his taxes, has 34 felonies for cheating on his business records, who has bragged that he likes to “grab them by the pussy,” who has sexually assaulted at least 25 women, ran a fake … [Read more...] about TRUMP’S MORALITY
GIVE TMV A GIFT FOR THE NEW YEAR (DONATE)
HAPPY NEW YEAR -- and please help make 2026 a great new year for The Moderate Voice. (DONATIONS RECEIVED ON THIS APPEAL: $50). TMV was started in January 2003 on BlogSpot and quickly evolved into a group blog that was on several platforms before settling on Word Press. MANY blogs have died over the years due to social media, in particular Facebook and Twitter. We' are still … [Read more...] about GIVE TMV A GIFT FOR THE NEW YEAR (DONATE)
12 ways the Trump administration dismantled civil rights law and the foundations of inclusive democracy in its first year
The second Trump administration has weakened federal civil rights law and is shredding the foundations of America’s racially inclusive democracy. imagedepotpro, iStock/Getty Images Plus Spencer Overton, George Washington University One year after Donald Trump’s second inauguration, a pattern emerges. Across dozens of executive orders, agency … [Read more...] about 12 ways the Trump administration dismantled civil rights law and the foundations of inclusive democracy in its first year
FREE IRAN
Donald Trump cares more about protesters in Iran than he cares about protesters in America I woke up shortly before 6 AM. I checked my blood pressure, took my meds, placed an order for a prescription in my pharmacy’s automatic phone system, checked my glucose (116), for which I only had to poke my finger three times this morning, and then I turned on my TV as the coffee was … [Read more...] about FREE IRAN
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing by Nicole Foy and McKenzie Funk Immigration agents have put civilians’ lives at risk using more than their guns. An agent in Houston put a teenage citizen into a chokehold, wrapping his arm around the boy’s neck, choking him so hard that his neck had red welts … [Read more...] about We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Hegseth disguised military plane, making it appear civilian, before first boat strike
The war crime hits, they keep on coming. Despite President Donald Trump's assertion that he is limited only by his own "morality" when dealing with international relations, disguising your military assets is a war crime. Perfidy. Hegseth sent a disguised military plane into the Caribbean to blow the first small boat of "narco terrorists" out of the water. (Remember, it … [Read more...] about Hegseth disguised military plane, making it appear civilian, before first boat strike
A mass exodus from the totalitarian playhouse on the Potomac
As I tally the growing list of artists who have scraped Donald Trump off their shoes by exiting the MAGA Kennedy Center – the latest refugees are Nashville banjoist Bela Fleck and the entire Washington National Opera – I can’t help but recall so many entertainers took the opposite tack when the Nazis goose-stepped into Paris early in World War II. It may seem obvious to us … [Read more...] about A mass exodus from the totalitarian playhouse on the Potomac
DOJ criminal probe highlights risk of Fed losing independence — a central bank scholar explains what’s at stake
U.S. President Donald Trump with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on July 24, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images) Cristina Bodea, Michigan State University The Department of Justice’s decision to open a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell has reignited concern over the independence of the … [Read more...] about DOJ criminal probe highlights risk of Fed losing independence — a central bank scholar explains what’s at stake
TRUMP AND NORMS
Trump’s Venezuela Mistakes
The extraction of President Maduro and his wife flawlessly from Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, by the U.S. military is receiving plaudits from many Americans. On the other hand, many other Americans were against this foreign adventure by Trump in the first place, when there are domestic problems that are urgent and he needs to address. He ran for president on an America … [Read more...] about Trump’s Venezuela Mistakes