Tuesday, July 7, 2026
Monday, July 6, 2026
TYT reports on the Grand Ayatollah's funeral with a generous dose of ranting.
#Iran #Shia #Israel
12 million people in the streets of Tehran. As TYT puts it, probably the largest funeral ever in the history of humanity.
What? The Iranian people don't like being bombed and foreigners bombing the country generated a Rally Around the flag effect? Imagine that.
RantWoman does not dispute the body counts and issues raised by Cenk about Israel but also finds it unsatisfying to completely ignore everything to do with global oil / energy markets.
Week 18 Shipping, the Strait of Hormuz, global energy trade
#StraitOfHormuz #Iran #China #Russia #India #JonesAct #Japan
Description text captures key summary points
The Declaration of Independence: 21st century reflections
#CadetBoneSpurs
Malcolm Nance goes off from a very historic vantage point.
Malcolm Nance declares independence from this traitorous regime
God is smiting President #StableGenius. The stone presidents are weeping and heavy fireworks haze clouds the nation's capital.
As the US stumbles into the 251st year since the signing of the declaration of independence, RantWoman offers the following half-formed reflections:
1. Whatever one thinks of the whole text and circumstances of the Declaration of Independence--and there is a lot to think--it matters to take at least one day a year to reflect on where the country has been, where it is, where it is going. We are not required to LIKE the reflections but it matters to do them.
2. RantWoman is a grownup and is perfectly capable of using a search engine to round up some videos of celebrations in the small communities of this country, the kind of celebration where the volunteer of the year rides in a convertible ahead of the portable toilet company and the elementary schoolkids pedaling their kid bikes along the route, where there is a high school marching band and assorted kind of homely floats. RantWoman definitely thinks this would be a valuable addition to notes of a fireworks setting the Brooklyn bridge on fire, a plane flying into Chicago complaining about fireworks interference, and arrests of 400 people in LA.
3. Sleep is resistance. RantWoman woke up too late to make it to the worship outside the federal building. RantWoman does not, unfortunately, foresee a shortage of reasons to need to stand in silent witness and is glad to hear glowing reports of Saturday's event.
4. Friends generally are not down with the concept of divine smiting, but Mother Nature definitely does not approve of this year's celebration. It's summer. Thunderstorms happen and so do heat waves. But ping pong sized hail just in time for the President to visit Mt. Rushmore: that is just ...timing. L
ikewise the horrific heat dome and last-minute thunderstorm blessing the President's Fourth of July speech and fireworks. The nation is, perhaps, supposed to be grateful that the thunderstorm probably cooled things off enough to save #DementiaDon from cooking himself with his determination to give his speech no matter what.
After all is said and done, RantWoman is permitting herself a measure of snark: RantWoman's favorite social media swamp prominently features voices talking about how God spared the President and the whole weather thing is the result of "geoengineering" by antifa all suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome, TDS. That idea, to RantWoman, is giving the nonexistent antifa organization WAY too much credit. If anyone is "geoengineering" the perpetuation and increasing severity of summer weather patterns, could it POSSIBLY be the President's petroleum-guzzling cronies and bizarro efforts to undo all the measures people are taking to address #ClimateChange?
Just wondering.
Anyway, please "enjoy" the following videos and any videos YouTube may lead readers to besides the ones featured here.
The 1963 March on Washington where MLK gave his "I have a dream" speech did not have people falling out and fainting from the heat--despite the fact that people came in their good clothes. The sartorial standards in 1983 for the 20th anniversary were, um, looser. The planning was also a lot more realistic.
Saturday, July 4, 2026
Thursday, July 2, 2026
After the SemiQuincentennial Party Zoom Open House Sunday July 5, 5 pm-9pm.
AfterParty The SemiQuincentennial a day later.
The Short Version:
Happy 250th Birthday USA
It's the Party after the Party!
Please join RantWoman and friends for an After the party Zoom open house
Sunday July 5,
5 pm-9 pm Pacific.
Zoom info by request: please leave a comment.
Has it really been 50 years since the bicentennial?
(Will there be guests who were not alive in 1976? Please come.
Can we stare down our nation's current mess and possibly contemplate a few more centuries?
YES dang it.
The RantFamily observance of the bicentennial involved a lot of schlepping things around for a Billings Symphony concert in the park, a certain amount of helium balloon sales, and a thoroughly satisfying family picnic the next day.
In that tradition, time for a Zoom party!
Also, family circumstances got in the way of my customary holiday procrastination-themed Zoom open house so family time as needed.
Put on your best patriotic gear, irreverent or ironic T-Shirt or at least come dressed appropriately for Zoom.
Come meet characters from many parts of RantWoman's life
Bring a recipe or at least a vivid description of a favorite picnic food.
Bring something tat makes you laugh.
Bring a reason to be hopeful, outraged, or just perplexed.
Bring a story of a memorable Fourth of July.
Come as you are for as long as you like.
There will also be a couple breakout rooms if people find something they want to chat about in a smaller group.
Readers who would like to attend and have not received an email invite, please leave a comment and Zoom info will arrive.
Wednesday, July 1, 2026
Worship with Quakers on July 4
Love As Action July 4 2026
Announcement:
Please join a group of Quakers on Saturday, July 4, 2026 in one-hour of silent worship at the Federal Office Building at the corner of 2nd Avenue and Madison Street, Seattle Washington at 11 am to bear witness to the disruption and dehumanization that authoritarian actions are inflicting in our communities. This shared witness reflects core Quaker principles: peace, equality, integrity, and community and it is a visible commitment to justice and compassion. By standing together in quiet waiting worship, we affirm that every person has worth, that fear and violence must give way to love and fairness, and that our communities thrive when all are welcomed. Our hope is that our presence will give heart to all who see us - including through media and online - and remind everyone of our moral obligations to one another. This event is sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee and the Peace and Social Concerns Committees of North Pacific Yearly Meeting and University Friends Meeting.We will join together in one hour of silent witness and invite all to bring water, weather appropriate clothes, a portable chair (if needed) and anything else you need to be safe and comfortable. Bring signs showing the signs of authoritarianism you see in your community and messages of love and support for communities that are suffering.Please let us know that you are coming by registering at: https://www.mobilize.us/afscfriendsengagement/event/ 969643/ If you have any questions feel free to reach out to your local organizer Jonathan Betz-Zall jbetzzall@gmail.com or LoveasAction@afsc.org. Find updates at https://afsc.org/love-action
Birthright citizenship???
#14Amendment #BirthrightCitizenship
RantWoman reminds readers of Justice Sotomayor's admonition "Read the opinions"
RantWoman has not yet listened to every second of all the videos linked here but has a couple observations:
--Numbers matter. Whether one interprets this ruling as 5-4 on the Constitutional question or 6-3 about an executive order, the court split is important to note.
--Justice Jackson's historical background in her concurrence seems important.
Justice KBJ STRONG historical narrative expanding on history.
Speaker Johnson GROANS on mic when he hears the decision
Multiple threads including Birthright citizenship
Reference to GROSS proposals about barring visas to pregnant women.
Monday, June 29, 2026
Now General McCraven weighs in about Pentagon personnel purges.
It's always bad policy to start a war.
It's even worse policy to start a war after firing all the most competent, experienced, strategically oriented military officers.
Putin SHOULD have learned that from Stalin.
Whether one approves of a given war or not, it is infuriating and monstrously unfair to the people being sent to war for the Secretary of #WarCrimes and President #StableGenius to be careening full-speed down the same path.
Sunday, June 28, 2026
Demographics of Seafarers: the people who ship the world's freight
#Seafarers
A report issued every 5 years about who staffs global shipping and need for different categories of workers.
Sal's Recommendation about the US: there is a federal merchant marine academy. Some states have their own academies. There are other academies that produce people who may or may not get relevant licenses. Sal recommends taking a more holistic look at the pipeline. Sal also outlines a bunch of reasons that recruiting young people may be a hard sell.
Saturday, June 27, 2026
Secretary Mullin gets grilled about deaths in ICE custody.
questions about deaths in custody, medical care
Question about politicization of disaster declaration decisions
Friday, June 26, 2026
Seafarer Day and seafarers still trapped: diplomacy, deterrence, defusing?
#Iran #Oman #PersianGulf #InternationalMaritimeOrganization
President #StableGenius keeps claiming the #StraitOfHormuz is open. It clearly is not. RantWoman sees no reason that more missiles will help.
This video provides lots of details that may not make it into other reporting.
The commercial ship that was hit by Iran was not following the procedure set up by the International Maritime Organization.
On Day of the Seafarer, remember the 1.5 million seafarers who help move billions of tons of cargo every year.
"The US is trying to preserve freedom of navigation and diplomacy."
"The US entered into a clear and unambiguous agreement and is violating it."
"The US again attacked Iran in the middle of negotiation."
Note work by France to help restore Lebanese sovereignty
Cyberattack against Iranian banking infrastructure. Israeli hacker group suspected
Lawrence O'donell on Senators telling the President they are losing a war.
#Iran #WarPowersResolution #Senate #Decorum
RantWoman admires the respectful recounting here of historical decorum and peace achievements.
When it comes to a senile delusional national and global embarrassment of a president and a little "excursion," though RantWoman's mind is a little less on decorum and quite a bit more on #25thAmendment and genteel retirement to a lifetime full of as many naps as someone needs and as much golf as he can manage. Clearly a certain #StableGenius has already done more than enough for the world and he deserves to give himself a break, NOT the giant tax break he is trying to wangle for his family, but....
RantWoman digresses. Play the video again for thoughts of dignity and decorum and real peacemaking.
Thursday, June 25, 2026
Iran, um, er, struck a boat in the supposedly open Strait of Hormuz
#Iran #StraitOfHormuz #UNHumanitarianMission.
This one gets its own post. Reality is definitely other than as President #StableGenius presents it.
Russia, Crimea, Ukraine, fuel
#Ukraine #Russia #Crimea
Lately events in Iran and the Middle East have overshadowed the war in Ukraine in US headlines.
Having real estate goons Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner out of the picture, not trying to push Ukraine into idiotic territorial concessions is, in RantWoman's view, unquestionably a very GOOD thing.
Also Ukraine keeps scoring military gains, attacking Russian oil refineries and fuel depots. Russia's economy is trembling. International sanctions force Russia to sell oil to China at a steep discount. Putin is facing another, increasingly unpopular mobilization. It would be awesome if there were some honest mediators in the picture.
Now to some details RantWoman is behind posting about.
Anyone remember Florence Nightingale and the Crimean War of the 1850's? Sorry, RantWoman does not actually remember a whole lot except the point that Russia has had a troubled relationship with attempts at empire for a LONG time before Putin seized it from post-Soviet Ukraine in 2014.
Now in 2026, Ukraine is on the verge of driving Russia out of Crimea with blatant proclamations that Russia should leave and sooner rather than later while the Kerch bridge Putin built after the 2014 invasion is still standing.
Let's start with Belle.
lesson for the US: modern renewable energy investment helps lessen pain associated with price fluctuation on the global energy market.
Third anniversary of Prigozhin coup attempt.
Zelensky tells Lukashenko to turn off Russian relay stations inside Belarus.
#Belarus #Ukraine #Russia #Remilitarization
Belarus? Who? What now? Definitely important commentary about an unpopular dictator and shifting realities with respect to Ukraine and Russia.
The people of Belarus do not like either Lukashenko or the war in Ukraine. Putin trying hard to draw Belarus into the war with Ukraine
If Putin is in trouble, Lukashenko cannot count on Russian support to stay in power.
Is Belarus reaching out to the US?
Poland and Ukraine also revisiting WWII history
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Ana Kasparian interviews Douglas MacGregor
#Iran #Israel
RantWoman has a complicated reaction to Douglas Macgregor. RantWoman often wishes that military figures would feel freer to share their insights in ways that might make more difference, help shift consensus, for example about what the US does or does not need to fund.
SO RantWoman posts this without further comment.
Standing against "If we bomb long enough we win."
Grok + overriding / ignoring environmental regulations = bombing an Iranian girls' school???
#GROK #Iran #AI #MSpol #TNpol
Ai ai ai. The events described here are just GROSS on so many levels.
Let's see: the US government admits in a court filing in the NAACP case against a Musk data center in MS that the grok.gov ai model is absolutely necessary for national security including the drone swarm that, among other things, bombed the girls' school??
RantWoman is inclined to double check the court filing and other sources before absolutely pinning the bombing on AI alone, but the suggestion sounds really plausible.
And OF COURSE the people of MS are entitled to a clean environment.
So please help RantWoman out: HOW exactly is untrammeled dumping of pollutants in racially biased patterns #AmericaFirst?
In related news
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Will we EVER know who is responsible for the DOUBLE TAP on the girls' school?
#Iran #Israel #RulesOfEngagement #WarriorCulture #WarCrime
And then there is yoga
More Maritime matters than the Strait of Hormuz
#NTSB #Russia #Ukraine #DarkFleet #LNG #Vladivostok #Venezuela #CarbonFree #GreenCorridor #ShippingRates
Top 5 maritime stories of the week
Worth the listen for lots of background
Stand your ground in Southern Lebanon
#IDF #Hezbollah #Lebanon
How DOES one react when a mass murderer meets his demise?
Peace? Working Groups? History
#Iran #Ukraine
RantWoman has been neglecting Ukraine's efforts to eject Russian invaders. #Ukraine has hit a bunch of stuff in and near Moscow. The Kerch bridge is not long for the world. Life is BAD in Russia. RantWoman will find some links.
In the meantime, some more #NatSec guy banter.
The talks in Switzerland have settled down into working groups.
Lebanon.
Starting about minute 32
After bashing Israeli capacity, President #StableGenius offers batsh*t suggestions about how to get the current Syria regime to address Lebanon.
Syria leader used to be a member of Al Qaeda BUT economics and Islam matter.
Comments about Trump Iran comments and Lindsay Graham.
"Help is on the way" the same way help was on the way when Iran was slaughtering protestors
#StraitofHormuz open to Iranian and Chinese vessel.
African American military service for #Juneteenth. Look for book or Netflix The 6888
Monday, June 22, 2026
Canada on Kristi Noem career moves?
#FirstNations #NativeIssues #HumanRights #RegulatoryIssues #Minig #IndigenousCommunities
#Iran #JCPOA #MoU #ObamaPresidentialCenter
RantWoman attempt at synopsis:
Brand new YouTube channel which means RantWoman still wants to know where this info comes from,
Buried among all the celebration and hope and respect for the US was a statement that echoes General Milley: the military serves the Constitution, not just any single leader.
For many months US forces have been deployed in the Middle East in a posture that might lead to further military action.
The June 2026 MoU could potentially change the mission entirely. Actually carrying out actions currently live in a space that is ambiguous, without the clear guidelines that previously existed.
The 60-day timeline is considerably more aggressive than the multi year process that yielded the MULTILATERAL #JCPOA.
Three key sets of questions:
verification, including technical details represented very poorly in RantWoman's view by the current negotiating team. Neither J D Vance, Marco Rubio, nor...are nuclear safety experts, voices critically needed if an agreement is reasonably going to be verifiable.
Israel has been left out of all phases of the negotiations so far.
The 60-day timeline.
Watch the whole video. Helpful for thinking past the breathless muddle of network news.
Sunday, June 21, 2026
Will taking away US aid to Israel make a difference, and better or worse?
#Iran #Israel #NuclearWeapons
"The US needs meaningfully to restrain Israel"
Does Israel want to drag the US back into conflict?
Open? "What the ship?"
#Iran #StraitOfHormuz #MemorandumofUnderstanding
RantWoman presents this update as is with little attempt to interpret confusion, shipping volumes or much of anything else.
See the summary in the description
Israel getting called to account. The MoU. Shifting perspectives
#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #UnitedNations
CW: sexual violence and crimes against children
RantWoman has not gone through all the videos and different themes reflected in these links. The link selection reflects what YouTube serves up.
RantWoman observation: VERY sexist shouting match about children affected by armed conflict.
multiple voices from region
"In what fantasy world is this war a success?"
"This MOU is the product of a misguided war."
TikTok as weapon of war
Saturday, June 20, 2026
Spit and Duct Tape, national pride, willingness to absorb pain without capitulating
#Iran #StraitOfHormuz #Oil #DiegoGarcia #ChagosIslands #Mauritius
RantWoman always finds Sen. Kennedy fascinating.
"No military means to open the Strait of Hormuz"
It's quite a feat to give the Iranian Regime the more high ground.
#Iran #comedy
Go look up Jonathan Pie
The Secretary of #WarCimes MAY have achieved bipartisan anger enough to limit DoD travel budget
#NDAA #WarCrimes #DoubleTap
Speaking of readiness and other basic concern for US troops
And in related alliance issues
Albania some more
#Albania #Ivanka #Jared
Way too much "Zionists own everything" rhetoric for RantWoman but the People of Albania are justifiably outraged.
Friday, June 19, 2026
The Obamas and ...!
#ObamaAppreciationDay
First a few of the MANY videos about the upcoming opening of the Obama Presidential CENTER, not just library.
The Obamas get a 1st look at their official portrait at the new Obama Presidential Center
Surprise event held ahead of Obama Presidential Center's grand opening
Next
Adventures of RantWoman: Excellent High Quality--and DANGED TIRESOME--UFC trash talk.
But is there something to laugh about?
RantWoman goes here gingerly between sweaty bruiser MMA fighters and the lives of people always fighting erasure.
To hear haters tell it, there must be millions of transgender people about.
President #StableGenius thinks a kid can turn transgender in one day at school. To go one step further, he loves the poorly educated so skip school AND ...
#GrandpaSleepyhead even thinks the National Science Foundation is studying transgender instead of TRANSGENIC mice.
The internet has been proclaiming Michelle Obama a man for YEARS and yet she persists in remaining female.
If only all this magical thinking about transgender people ensured that people who actually are transgender found instant ease and comfort as fast as social media waves its magic wand. If only....
Thursday, June 18, 2026
Tackling the Iran Peace Deal
#Iran #StraitOfHormuz #NuclearWeapons
Yes, of COURSE RantWoman could have launched her commentary with SERIOUS pieces. Instead RantWoman will be going off on what seem to be the main talking points raised about the beginning, HOPEFULLY, of a path to peace.
Just let the comics at the realities.
Trump Faces GOP Fury Over Iran Deal; Fox News Blames JD Vance; Iran Gets $300 Billion: A Closer Look
Trump’s Iran Memorandum of Understanding Released, Declares War Is Over and Strait of Hormuz to Open
"this is a bad deal for the Iranian people" because the government is emboldened and has billions more to spend on weapons.
And now from FRANCE24
As long as Israel continues bombing in Lebanon, Iran sees no reason to negotiate.
JD Vance tells Israel not to p*ss off the only superpower in the world who is an ally for Israel.
(RantWoman comment: Ummmm. Will Israel actually knock off the massive human rights violations or will they just get madder and crazier and go it alone?)
#AbolishICE and STAY OUT OF JAIL.
#Protest #ICE #Injury
Hoopes Sentenced to More Than Two Years in Prison for Assaulting an ICE Agent - Friends Journal
Article contains clear acceptance of responsibility as well as statements from the government and the judge.
Previously
Hoopes Pleads Guilty to Assaulting an ICE Agent, Faces Up to 20-Year Sentence - Friends Journal
RantWoman's judgmental and possibly unhelpful comments:
DO NOT DO ANYTHING that might be construed as assault at a protest!
Anyone not confident that they can stay centered in a given situation should definitely consider sitting out a protest. There are MANY ways to stand for justice. Know yourself. Know the situation. Know the people you are with. Avoid actions that you might be embarrassed about later.
Even though information suggests the officer's injury was comparatively minor, RantWoman is SEVERELY humor-impaired about any and all injuries around someone's eyes or face.
And at the same time, plenty of undertrained #ICE agents perpetrating the current barbarities, in RantWoman's eyes, also bloody well deserve prison sentences for the many assaults and injuries that come with their nearly lawless operational rules.
#AbolishICE
End the barbaric mass deportation efforts and get our collective legislative and national acts together to do serious immigration reform.
The Strait?
#StraitofHormuz #Iran
The gist:
Travel is still risky enough that insurance rates remain high.
There are likely to be continued charges to pass through.
Insurance rates are likely to remain high; alternative routes last longer and cost more so no relief on prices anytime soon.
Monday, June 15, 2026
Sunday, June 14, 2026
Sal weighs in about US attacks on vessels near the #StraitOfHormuz
#Iran #GulfOfOman #StraitOfHormuz
Read the summary YouTube provided
Why is the US doing these strikes?"
If your are going to decide something is valuable, then dot i's and cross t's
"This is not a great environment to be in if you are a merchant mariner."
Why is oil not $100 / barrel. X post discussing Chine using theirs reserve
Happy Birthday Mr. President
#Iran
RantWoman was just going to leave it at that and offer the President a SLIGHT reprive from all the divisive and objectively true content others are spewing on the occasion of the Presidents' birthday, but then the following landed in RantWoman's media streams.
PS. Mr. President, you're all grown up now. Please try to hold it together if the weather , the gnats, the mosquitos, the pigeons... get in the way of the UFC fight you have scheduled on the White House south lawn.
Sincerely RantWoman and .... other people.
Friday, June 12, 2026
Posthumous Happy Anniversary RantParents
Oh, and RantWoman keeps forgetting the anniversary of the Loving decision.
“Tell the court I love my wife, and it is just unfair that I can’t live with her in Virginia.” - Richard Loving
— Fred T. Korematsu Institute (@korematsu) June 12, 2026
June 12 is #LovingDay, commemorating the SCOTUS decision that struck down state laws banning interracial marriage - Loving v. VA (1967). More: https://t.co/3LdOOHOsLT pic.twitter.com/cT6XeRnTeL
Oil is moving...
#Iran #StraitOfHormuz #blockade
This video is someone who actually knows something putting together information from other sources who actually know something.
The war that is not a war is not a war even though there are still several forms of military action.
The gist of the story: President #StableGenius is not exactly lying when he says ships are moving in the Persian Gulf. Ships are moving. about 10% as many as were moving before the Strait of Hormuz was closed in connection with certain military action.
This video pulls together information from several standard shipping industry sources.
RantWoman posts without further commentary.
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Lest we forget about "old" war crimes.
#Venezuela #FishingBoat #ColdBloodedMurder
As reported in The Intercept
CBC correspondent in Iran with an 8-day visa
#Iran
RantWoman is posting as is. An important perspective on many grounds.
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
The Bab al Mandab
#Houthis #Isreal #Yemen
Opening snark aside, more expansion of war
RantWoman posts intermittently from this creator because RantWoman finds it interesting. Readers who want to consume every episode should subscribe themselves
And speaking of the "ceasefire"
The #SecDef, er Secretary of #WarCrimes is having a terrible week.
RantWoman means to find a different vid. This one is full of "leopards eating faces" comments about Senator Mike Lee and disappointment that Sen. Tom Tillis still wants to keep his party winning. But afte minutes of commentary, this video does a decent job of explaining the military's proposed new coding of religions.
Spoiler alert: Bless the Mormons' hearts. the Department of DEFENSE job is to defend FREEDOM OF RELIGION for EVERYONE. More expansive commentary after we consider other great moments of the week
Oh Dear,.
1.The Secretary of #WarCrimes has been having just a banger of a week. A virulently xenophobic and disgusting white supremacist speech at a #DDay anniversary commemoration. A speech so vile that, apparently, he is persona non grata in Normandy and was disinvited to a different commemoration.
π¨Hegseth BANNED and KICKED OUT OF COUNTRY after STUNT!!
Retired Army Commander slams Hegseth’s D-Day speech
Speak General Hertling
Iran first and then the #SecDef
'I was embarrassed': John Kirby calls Hegseth's D-Day speech a 'slap in the face'
2. The #Secdef is trying to block promotions of some more highly decorated women and Black officers. Tiresome. Idiotic. Well spoken about by people who have way more military cred than RantWoman.
3. Best of all, he done gone and picked a fight with the Church of Jesus CHRIST of Latter day Saints over who is or is not a Christian. The task: reduce the number of 2-letter codes from 200 or so to about 30 with one catchall category called "other." The revised list explicitly added the word Christian to a bunch of different recognizable Christian denominations, INCLUDING QUAKERS, but not Mormons.
Aside from typing out the full name "Church of Jesus CHRIST of Latter Day Saints, RantWoman devoted a lot of social media time to witnessing about the fact that not all Quakers are Christians. RantWoman would just drop the word Christian entirely even though she can imagine yhowls of concern that Christians are being silenced. And the Mormons are still separated in the list from other Christians.
RantWoman is also jumping up and down about the point that the Secretary of DEFENSE job is to protect people of all faiths, not just virtue signalling and certainly not trying to resolve theological disputes by fiat.
As for social media, lots of people pointed out Sen. Lee's history of promoting certain kinds of discrimination. A few people mentioned that "next they'll be coming for the Catholics (because some evangelical Christians regard Catholics as idol worshippers.)" A few other commenters also get the point about religious liberty in general. A few. Still not the Secretary of #WarCrimes , crusades, and deer in the headlights twitches when certain questions get asked.
MAGA Senators Are Furious After Hegseth's Pentagon Said Their Religion Doesn't Count
The Christian Nationalist Loyalty Test Is Already Here | Unholy Ground
MORMONS ARE MAD #petehegseth #mormon #mormons #exmo #christian #christianity #mikelee #evangelicals
And otherwise
Military Expert Has Had ENOUGH Of Pete Hegseth
But from the past...
The Video Pete Hegseth Doesn’t Want You to See (w/ Andrew Kaczynski) - YouTube
President #StableGenius goes to the Knicks game.
RantWoman has picked up videos from several of the young liberal male creators. If RantWoman gets crazy for balance, there will also be videos from Fox News or Newsmax.
RantWoman's comment
Anytime now, Donald Trump could just RESIGN and make billions of people around the world happier.
Everything that Mr. #StableGenius stands for makes me sick to the stomach.
I think it is deeply unfortunate that the US has a president who is so deeply loathed. He probably gets off on causing a stir, making people wait for hours in the heat and for that alone he absolutely deserves to be LOUDLY booed.
Digging ourselves out of the wreckage of his presidency is going to take hard work across the political spectrum.
Lovely clip from Rachel Madow
Brian Tyler Cohen: When the game is over no one can argue about the result.
Astronomical prices for tickets inside MSG. Was the game televised?
I hope some of the impacted business people and commuters in the restricted zone find some way to sue about something.
And Tim Miller from The Bulwark,
And after all that
Poor Knicks owner who was sitting next to him, trying to be his friend. RantWoman wonders whether someone like that could convince the President that he does not have to do it all and could go retire. Some people would still characterize a resignation as rage quitting but the whole country needs to focus on things that have NOTHING to do with a senile President's mental health.
And in front of Trump Tower
And a reaction?
Fascinating to RantWoman that the President either does not realize people are booing and thinks the loud reaction is in his favor or on some level does realize people are booing and just continues to invert reality.
On ticket prices
Saturday, June 6, 2026
A congressional hearing for shipping nerds
A wholesome break from detailed war coverage.
This video includes:
--history of US Maritime administration.
--Discussion of aging stock in the US cargo fleet and the role of these ships as adjunct to US military capacity
--discussion of the possibility that nuclear powered ships can feed (carbon free) electricity into the grid on land.
--Discussion of DOGE including Jones Act waivers are being handled by the DoD instead of the maritime administration. The Jones Act requires vessels moving cargo between US ports to have US crews, US flag, and US-built construction. Waivers are currently sought without any kind of check whether there might be Jones Act compliant vessels available. The maritime administration does not even get notification of the waivers until 10 days after travel has been completed.
Bottom line: it would be worthwhile for someone more of a budget nerd than RantWoman to sit with this video, consider things that do actually need funding and other concerning policy points. The, don't even excuse me, Secretary of #WarCrimes keeps going off with grandiose visions of more air craft carriers and who knows what else when there are lots of not-sexy basics that probably add a lot more value for both commercial shipping and of course the military. So please, budget nerds, have at it.
Read the description of the video for a more detailed summary and additional resources.
Friday, June 5, 2026
#Russia #Ukraine #Bloomberg #Ceasefire
Thoughts about what would need to happen for Russian populace to change views
Factions: we are spending too much and must stop OR if we stop spending the economy will collapse.
Drone strike ignites major oil terminal near St.Pb just as delegates arriving to international conference.
St.Pb is Putin's home town
China and India forcing Russia to sell oil and natural gas at bargain basement prices
ATTEMPT ON PUTIN'S LIFE Was Made — Someone From His Inner Circle BETRAYED Him.
Zelenskyy to Putin: why don't you just get out?
(Putin announces nuclear deal with Iran)
A long list of things people in Russia don't like.
Whole letter read
π¨Zelensky BLASTS Trump in POWERFUL OPEN LETTER!!!
‘A tide has turned’ | Former ambassador to Ukraine on Russian gunpowder factory hit in airstrike
And in Ukraine
π¨Meidas Delivers FINAL REPORT from Ukraine Amid DRONE ATTACKS!!
Situation in Kaliningrad ESCALATED DRAMATICALLY — 97.9% Want Out of Russia.
Some comments from longtime Ukraine scholar and resident Terrell JErmain Starr.
#Russia #Ukraine #Romania #EU #sanctions
Europe has a 500-year history of colonialism? Why are they afraid of Russia?
Where is the energy to go F someone up?
the 21st sanctions package? Really?
"If Russia were run by black people, would Europe intervene more forcefully?"
Zelenskyy asking when envoys Jared Kusher and Steve Witkoff going to come to Ukraine.
"Pure white male incompetence"
Staff used Google to figure out how to repair the store's heating and plumbing system.
12-15 degrees C better than apartments here people have 5 degrees.
community hub.
Thursday, June 4, 2026
Ivanka and Jared try to steal an Albanian Island with some billionaire buddies
#Albania #Jared #Ivanka #Qatar #corruption Lack of Transparancy
"The Flamingo Revolution"
Why Ivanka’s Albanian Dream is a Protestors Nightmare • FRANCE 24 English
Can Trump's family do business abroad without controversy? | DW News
And even coverage from TVP World
Albania erupts over Kushner-backed mega resort | Debora Kolgegaj
Albanian Prime Minister breaks silence on €1.4B resort protests | World News Tonight
This video correctly identifies the current prime minister and presents clear outline of suss circumstances and who is taking what actions.
Why Albanians don't might not want Ivanka and Jared anywhere near!
Pod Save America on several stories
EU accession, the PM's model of development. THe PM promises to hold firm againss population
RantWoman would not have picked up that one of the promo videos harkens back to Enver Hoxha, LONGtime prime minister. RantWoman appreciates the clarification because her first thought was "Enver Hoxha? Shouldn't he be dead by now?"
And the video apparently is something else getting firebombed, not the prime minister's house
Anyone allergic to Ivanka's voice, beware....
Oh, dear, and Jared too.
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Today in extremely volatile situations
#Iran #Lebanon #Israel #Hezbollah #CeaseFire #PersianGulf
War is widening again. Details are confusing. Various perspectives presented RantWoman has not watched every second of all these videos.
RantWoman is not sure what is more troubling, matter of fact reports or RANTING.
Black Man Spy
EMERGENCY US-IRAN COMBAT CAST -DAY 97
37 American Soldiers Were Killed Instantly. Iranian Missiles Struck The Shelter. | Doug Macgregor
An Evacuation Order Was Issued, And Millions Of Israelis Rushed To Leave Tel Aviv. | Jeffrey Sachs
13 minutes #Ukraine content about Europe, #NATO enlargement
"The US should just leave"
Government lies. US keeps bombing in spite of #CeaseFire
Next a bunch of segments from TYT
Cenk: I am worried that Iran is NOT bluffing
Ana "There is no military option to reopen the Strait of Hormuz"
BREAKING NEWS: Iran STRIKES US Bases. Cenk Explains WHY
And
OR Congresswoman reverses position on Israel: interview with Mehdi Hasan
#ORpol #AIPAC #Israel #Iran #NuclearWeapons
Sponsor of the 8th War Powers resolution
Michael Fanone on the protests at Delaney Hall. STAND UP EVERYONE
#NJ #DelaneyHall #ICE #CivilRights
THIS.
ALL of it!
A plea because even Democratic politicians MUST grow a spine
Monday, June 1, 2026
Sunday, May 31, 2026
Cenk Uygur visa to UK unexpectedly revoked ahead of SXSW London
#UK #SXSWLondon #SXSW
Cenk goes off about an obvious propaganda campaign against him.
Who knows whether enough public outcry can get his visa reinstated in time for SXSW London
Concert for Sadako Statue Project Friday June 12, 7 pm
Join Peace and Social concerns for a live concert Friday June 12th at UNiversity Friends Meeting, 4001 9th Ave NE starting at 7pm!
Please help us welcome singer-songwriter Mike Stern and his friends as they sing out for Peace.
All proceeds will go to the Sadako Statue replacement project.
Friday, May 29, 2026
Speaking of AI and algorithms and ....
RantWoman notes complaints in multiple info streams she greatly esteems complaints that content is being suppressed. One really important way to fight back against algorithmic nonsense is just to protest loudly and concisely whenever one notices.
Many people value content and insights contributed by Trita Parsi of the Quincy Institute so the following post on Twitter / X got RantWoman's attention.
META sent me an AI message flagging my Facebook profile, saying it will no longer be promoted because of "lack of original content." This was part of my response to them:
— Trita Parsi (@tparsi) May 29, 2026
"You are flagging my profile, claiming I put up unoriginal content. Clearly, your AI leaves much to be…
As an aside, one reason RantWoman persists on X is that replies and sometimes Quotes are depressingly useful as windows into divergent lines of thinking, peculiar reasoning, and sometimes just who is pushing what views.
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
The "vegan" menace: Talarico vs Paxton and ....
#TXpol
Talarico: "I have been eating BBQ since before Ken Paxton's first indictment."
It's just DELICIOUS that the Grand Old Pedophiles party is terrified about they vegan menace. Definitely keep us laughing. Not looking for a job on the campaign staff. RantWoman would just go all pinko on the whole thing, promise broccoli for everyone who wants it and demand full human rights for everyone who picks broccoli. Is Paxton anti-salad on top of all his other outrages?
James Carville weighs in.
And speaking of people who have already gotten bounced or quit, what if Jasmine Crockett went on a Texas civics tour to argue about Congressional dysfunction???
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Hunger Strike and protests against ICE at Delaney Hall in NJ
#ImmigrantRights #ICE
Delaney Hall in NJ is the ICE facility where Sen. Andy Kim was just pepper sprayed.
It is operated by the Geo Group that operates the Tacoma detention facility. RantWoman enthusiastically whatever success Gov. Ferguson has had with oversight efforts aimed atenforcing state health and safety standards at the Tacoma facility
Here is further rant / reaction to the video.
The almost 50 dead number is total in ICE custody this year.
The spin machine has BS set on maximum.
NOT amusing to hear that ICE is trying to get people to self-deport to CONTO where there is now an ebola outbreak.
Monday, May 25, 2026
Why is it "complex" to investigate how 150+ Iranian school girls got bombed.
#WarCrimes The Secretary of #WarCrimes #AdamSmith
The Center on minimizing civilian casualties got DOGE'd. Add AI? What could possibly go wrong?
If you're confused...In search of an off-ramp.
#Israel #Iran #PeaceTalks #NuclearPower #GulfStates
Before anything else, GETTING OUT OF THE WAR ON IRAN IS NOT A FAILURE, no matter what a certain alleged ally or anyone in the media says.
So is peace breaking out?
Or will more bombs soon fall?
Will there be a timeline that AT LEAST lasts past the hajj, and even better longer???
Can everyone just ignore what President #StableGenius posts on Truth Social?
How about we point out to anyone who says the President barely sleeps because he is up all night "working" that actually he falls asleep over and over all day because 1. He is OLD and old people are allowed to do that and 2. He stays up all night sh*tposting?
Should we all just KNOCK IT OFF about #TACO and exude effusive praise every time the PResident backs away from something REALLY STUPID?
Note: the speakers are not fuzzy headed liberal peaceniks.
RantWoman is seeing YouTube all over the map about is there a peace agreement? Or not?
This chatter contains one set of theories. Entertaining banter with a lot of insight / realism as well as chess and movie references.
"Trump has no cards, except the bombing card, and that does not work."
Iran threat to cut all the cables in the Persian Gulf?
Trump should TAKE THE OFFRAMP
"There is no existential threat to Israel"
And because these items popped up while RantWoman was editing.
Infuriating quotes from Ted Cruz, et al.
Besides the President, RantWoman can't stand cabinet level liars.
Sunday, May 24, 2026
Gunfire? Ballroom? Jesus? Mental Health????
What is President #StableGenius ballroom ballpark up to now? Something like $1 billion? How many delusional people could $1 billion cover mental health treatment for over a year? 5 years?
RantWoman asks because 1. there is too much gunfire around the President and 2. there is a wicked nexus between civilians waving guns somewhere in the President's vicinity and mental health issues. 3. Every time gunfire happens around the President, the chorus of people talking up a White House ballroom takes off. Guess where RantWoman would prefer to spend money.
Gunfire is serious.
And RantWoman is having a Bad Friend moment, a moment of both snark and gratitude.
President #Stablegenius talks about how he hires the best people. This is news to everyone observing the staggering ineptness of many cabinet members. The President is lucky though: all of his would-be assassins appear to enjoy the same level of incompetence. Note, RantWoman does NOT want more competent assassins. More mental health options might help ward off the gunfire. Maybe.
As for prayers: RantWoman is still trying to come up with a line a la Fiddler on the Roof about the tsar, er King, er...
May the Lord Bless and Keep...
Speaking of prayer: the shooter was known to the Secret Service for, among other things, claiming he was Jesus. Apparently he did not realize that at the White House the Jesus mem is already taken.
Note:
Virtually all the video reporting about the Saturday night shooting at the #WhiteHouse contain sounds of gunfire.
Readers who need to hear more gunfire, click to your hearts' content below
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A couple of the videos mention signs of someone, the shooter, in a mental health crisis. Curiously the speakers do not seem to be able to apply the same standards to...
Former prosecutor discusses White House gunman
White House shooting: CNN reporter describes moment shots rang out
Gunman killed by Secret Service after opening fire outside of White House, officials say
White House shooting: Gunman dead after opening fire near the White House
What we know about the gunman killed by Secret Service near White House on Memorial Day weekend
Suspect shot by Secret Service was known to law enforcement, officials say | NBC4 Washington
‘CLEAR MESSAGE’: Former FBI special agent urges vigilance after WH shooting
shooting attempts on Saturday or Sunday
New video shows chaotic White House shooting, latest details emerge
π¨MAJOR Red Flags SURFACE over WHITE HOUSE SHOOTING!!!
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