Really good post, Mike! I'm not sure Journalists will be drawn to read this from the title, which is disappointing, because you have something sooo important to say in the article. Especially your last couple of paragraphs as to 'all you need to do..' I read that and it spoke a marketing message to Journalists loudly: 'A secret to delivering break-news that's unique, engaging, and edgy to set yourself apart: Add a Constitutionally aligned word/ special phrase/ sentence that will additionally be noted as your being on the right side of history at a pivotal point for USA. Your grandchildren will likely ask "did you write to save ... (truth, Constitution, Democracy)? If it's no... why you didn't write the Truth that could have saved Democracy for me... ' Kids don't lie or play games like 'Adults'.
Thanks for your really thoughtful post. You hit on a pet peeve of mine (hence my rant...)
After the Treaty has been in force for twenty years, any Party may cease to be a Party one year after its notice of denunciation has been given to the Government of the United States of America, which will inform the Governments of the other Parties of the deposit of each notice of denunciation.
It is not an unreasonable reading of the North Atlantic Treaty that the US cannot withdraw at all, or at least cannot withdraw without the assent of all parties to the treaty to amend Article 13 to specify some other method of withdrawal.
Thank you for this. I don't know whether it would diminish the piece or add to it, but I'm confident you could find at least a half dozen other examples of the President doing something manifestly and blatantly illegal while the press frame it as just another policy option under consideration.
Thank you, thank you, thank you a thousand times over for this!
My blood boils when I hear about OLC memos, as it did way back in 2016 when I kept hearing it about the Mueller investigation, and how Mueller said he could not even state that Trump WOULD be indicted if he weren’t the president-elect.
It amazes me that journalists whose entire job is to cover the Executive branch can’t be bothered to learn these things.
Really good post, Mike! I'm not sure Journalists will be drawn to read this from the title, which is disappointing, because you have something sooo important to say in the article. Especially your last couple of paragraphs as to 'all you need to do..' I read that and it spoke a marketing message to Journalists loudly: 'A secret to delivering break-news that's unique, engaging, and edgy to set yourself apart: Add a Constitutionally aligned word/ special phrase/ sentence that will additionally be noted as your being on the right side of history at a pivotal point for USA. Your grandchildren will likely ask "did you write to save ... (truth, Constitution, Democracy)? If it's no... why you didn't write the Truth that could have saved Democracy for me... ' Kids don't lie or play games like 'Adults'.
Thanks for your really thoughtful post. You hit on a pet peeve of mine (hence my rant...)
Article 13
After the Treaty has been in force for twenty years, any Party may cease to be a Party one year after its notice of denunciation has been given to the Government of the United States of America, which will inform the Governments of the other Parties of the deposit of each notice of denunciation.
It is not an unreasonable reading of the North Atlantic Treaty that the US cannot withdraw at all, or at least cannot withdraw without the assent of all parties to the treaty to amend Article 13 to specify some other method of withdrawal.
Thank you for this. I don't know whether it would diminish the piece or add to it, but I'm confident you could find at least a half dozen other examples of the President doing something manifestly and blatantly illegal while the press frame it as just another policy option under consideration.
Thank you, thank you, thank you a thousand times over for this!
My blood boils when I hear about OLC memos, as it did way back in 2016 when I kept hearing it about the Mueller investigation, and how Mueller said he could not even state that Trump WOULD be indicted if he weren’t the president-elect.
It amazes me that journalists whose entire job is to cover the Executive branch can’t be bothered to learn these things.
Excellent points and it should be inserted into all the publications! Wouldn’t that be something.
A campaign to go after these publications would be welcome in our copious free and spare time!
But that’s just it: money. Billionaires own media and much is coercion. The Paul Krugmans take their football and come to substack.
BRAVO, Mike! Excellent post!
I feel dizzy. It isn't my fault. It is just this, what is happening. PTSD. again, for this.