I could see an argument for awarding it, but with the caveat that obviously if the peace doesn't hold they'll have to take it away again. Logic being Trump wouldn't want to lose it and therefore etc
Though obviously that is not the avowed purpose of the award.
Nominations themselves aren't very significant. But I don't know if someone can nominate him again specifically with reference to Israel/Hamas. If so, yeah, someone will probably do it, but it's the Academy that makes the decisions.
The decision is made by the five-member Norwegian Nobel Committee, which is appointed by the Norwegian Parliament (the Storting). Nominations are only received from those specified by the Nobel Foundation as eligible to make nominations. But eligible nominees include members of governments or legislatures, so yeah, someone in that category certainly will nominate him.
Trump was nominated in 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2020, 2022, 2024 and 2025.
Yes, Trump is on it, nominated by Netanyahu, the Government of Pakistan, someone from a US Law School, Buddy Carter, and the Government of Cambodia.
Nominations themselves aren't very significant. But I don't know if someone can nominate him again specifically with reference to Israel/Hamas. If so, yeah, someone will probably do it, but it's the Academy that makes the decisions.
The decision is made by the five-member Norwegian Nobel Committee, which is appointed by the Norwegian Parliament (the Storting). Nominations are only received from those specified by the Nobel Foundation as eligible to make nominations. But eligible nominees include members of governments or legislatures, so yeah, someone in that category certainly will nominate him.
Trump was nominated in 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2020, 2022, 2024 and 2025.
Yes, Trump is on it, nominated by Netanyahu, the Government of Pakistan, someone from a US Law School, Buddy Carter, and the Government of Cambodia.
I could see an argument for awarding it, but with the caveat that obviously if the peace doesn't hold they'll have to take it away again.
In order for the peace to hold it would first have to exist. Everything about this peace agreement is very vague so far. Hostages and prisoners released, but when? Trump says Monday, but Trump is not in possession of either hostages or prisoners. Will displaced Gazans be allowed to return to what's left of their homes? Reply hazy, try again. If Israel is withdrawing most of its troops from Gaza, what does "most" mean? Is there any provision to rebuild Gaza? Not in any account I've seen so far.
@Nick Tamen I had been meaning to ask you. We had discussed whether the DOJ may get sanctioned. I think you said not likely the department, but individual lawyers from the department may get sanctioned. Correct?
Going back to the temporary restraining order from the federal judge in Portland, blocking the use of federalized Oregon NG troops for the time being, the Trump administration tried to get around that by sending in California troops that had already been federalized. The judge apparently got very ticked off at the government lawyer asking him what part of no does the government not understand.
I have seen reports of that exchange, but only through secondary sources. I would like to see the full transcript of that conversation. Is there a way I can review it? I would assume it is a part of the public record.
I could see an argument for awarding it, but with the caveat that obviously if the peace doesn't hold they'll have to take it away again.
In order for the peace to hold it would first have to exist. Everything about this peace agreement is very vague so far. Hostages and prisoners released, but when? Trump says Monday, but Trump is not in possession of either hostages or prisoners. Will displaced Gazans be allowed to return to what's left of their homes? Reply hazy, try again. If Israel is withdrawing most of its troops from Gaza, what does "most" mean? Is there any provision to rebuild Gaza? Not in any account I've seen so far.
Plenty of room for interpretation here, indeed. And who's going to be funding the rebuilding? Whoever funds it is likely to call the shots. We could still be looking at that resort that was floated earlier, rather than restoring the houses, schools and hospitals that have been lost.
The fine detail will no doubt be haggled over and prove sticking points in the time to come, but hopefully the people of Gaza will have a better night than they did last night.
@Nick Tamen I had been meaning to ask you. We had discussed whether the DOJ may get sanctioned. I think you said not likely the department, but individual lawyers from the department may get sanctioned. Correct?
No, not quite correct.
I was responding to your statement that sanctions against the lawyers and/or USDOJ “will likely happen if the DOJ keeps coming up with these revenge cases [like the case against Comey] until a court will say enough. It will likely come through the Virginia Federal District Court, since most of those indictments will be entered there, IMHO.”
What I said was “I see no reason to assume that sanctioning the lawyers (or DOJ) is ‘likely’ to happen soon, much less in Virginia, where the indictment(s) came from the grand jury. It could happen, but I definitely wouldn’t bet on it.”
I was saying that I thought your prediction that sanctions were “likely” in the Comey case was an overly optimistic prediction.
Going back to the temporary restraining order from the federal judge in Portland, blocking the use of federalized Oregon NG troops for the time being, the Trump administration tried to get around that by sending in California troops that had already been federalized. The judge apparently got very ticked off at the government lawyer asking him what part of no does the government not understand.
I have seen reports of that exchange, but only through secondary sources. I would like to see the full transcript of that conversation. Is there a way I can review it? I would assume it is a part of the public record.
@Nick Tamen I had been meaning to ask you. We had discussed whether the DOJ may get sanctioned. I think you said not likely the department, but individual lawyers from the department may get sanctioned. Correct?
No, not quite correct.
I was responding to your statement that sanctions against the lawyers and/or USDOJ “will likely happen if the DOJ keeps coming up with these revenge cases [like the case against Comey] until a court will say enough. It will likely come through the Virginia Federal District Court, since most of those indictments will be entered there, IMHO.”
What I said was “I see no reason to assume that sanctioning the lawyers (or DOJ) is ‘likely’ to happen soon, much less in Virginia, where the indictment(s) came from the grand jury. It could happen, but I definitely wouldn’t bet on it.”
I was saying that I thought your prediction that sanctions were “likely” in the Comey case was an overly optimistic prediction.
Going back to the temporary restraining order from the federal judge in Portland, blocking the use of federalized Oregon NG troops for the time being, the Trump administration tried to get around that by sending in California troops that had already been federalized. The judge apparently got very ticked off at the government lawyer asking him what part of no does the government not understand.
I have seen reports of that exchange, but only through secondary sources. I would like to see the full transcript of that conversation. Is there a way I can review it? I would assume it is a part of the public record.
Now, if the President invokes the Insurrection Act, is there any judicial recourse? I note Gov Pritzker of Illinois says all of this federalizing of the NG is a lead up to the midterm elections in which Trump will declare the election under threat so he can send the Guard in to Polling Stations and Counting Centers to seize the ballots and declare the vote null and void.
I've heard other people refer to the midterms, or the next election. Is it generally felt that these are certainties?
Not sure what you're asking -- is it certain that we'll have them? Or is the outcome certain?
We'll have midterm elections. Russia has elections; Putin won 88% of the vote last year. Our elections will be compromised to one degree or another -- people with a right to vote will be purged from electoral rolls without their knowledge, or troops will scare people in certain areas on election day, discouraging them from voting -- but we'll have them.
The outcome is anyone's guess, but this from @Crœsos's third link sounds right on the money:
The idea that the Trumpist party is going to cede power because of a detail like losing an election or two is, in my view, nearly as fantastic at this point as the idea that the Leninists or the Maoists or the Nazis, or the Italian fascists, or Vladimir Putin, or the PRC, would allow themselves to be voted out of power. More precisely in terms of circumstances in America in 2025, it’s as fantastic as the idea that a fundamentalist religious congregation would allow a vote to transform itself into a commune of vegan atheists.
Dominion Voting Systems — the voting machine behemoth that President Trump and his allies baselessly attacked after the 2020 election — has been sold to a Missouri-based company run by a former Republican election official, Axios has learned.
Dominion is one of the biggest election equipment providers and was used by 27 states during the 2024 election.
Liberty Vote purchased Canada-based Dominion for an undisclosed sum, according to a person familiar with the transaction.
Liberty is a new company owned by Scott Leiendecker, who in 2011 created a software program focused on enabling election workers to verify voters and check them in at polling locations.
According to Leiendecker’s LinkedIn page, his company KNOWiNK has more than 150 employees and $55 million in annual revenue.
The company says its systems are used by election officials in more than a third of U.S. states and describes itself as the “nation’s leading provider of electronic poll books.”
Leiendecker also has deep Republican connections.
Matt Blunt, who was then Missouri’s Republican secretary of state, appointed Leiendecker to a role investigating St. Louis’ elections administration after the 2000 election.
As governor, Blunt later appointed Leiendecker to be St. Louis’ Republican election director.
Ed Martin, a loyal Trump surrogate, was St. Louis’ Board of Elections’ chair when Leiendecker was the city’s election director.
It's hard not to paranoid about this sort of thing these days.
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Though obviously that is not the avowed purpose of the award.
Yes, Trump is on it, nominated by Netanyahu, the Government of Pakistan, someone from a US Law School, Buddy Carter, and the Government of Cambodia.
Elon Musk has also been nominated.
This isn't the full list because they keep that secret, but you can read about the nominations that are known, here.
If they really wanna flip the bird to Trump, they should give it to the January 6th Committee.
In order for the peace to hold it would first have to exist. Everything about this peace agreement is very vague so far. Hostages and prisoners released, but when? Trump says Monday, but Trump is not in possession of either hostages or prisoners. Will displaced Gazans be allowed to return to what's left of their homes? Reply hazy, try again. If Israel is withdrawing most of its troops from Gaza, what does "most" mean? Is there any provision to rebuild Gaza? Not in any account I've seen so far.
Going back to the temporary restraining order from the federal judge in Portland, blocking the use of federalized Oregon NG troops for the time being, the Trump administration tried to get around that by sending in California troops that had already been federalized. The judge apparently got very ticked off at the government lawyer asking him what part of no does the government not understand.
I have seen reports of that exchange, but only through secondary sources. I would like to see the full transcript of that conversation. Is there a way I can review it? I would assume it is a part of the public record.
Plenty of room for interpretation here, indeed. And who's going to be funding the rebuilding? Whoever funds it is likely to call the shots. We could still be looking at that resort that was floated earlier, rather than restoring the houses, schools and hospitals that have been lost.
The fine detail will no doubt be haggled over and prove sticking points in the time to come, but hopefully the people of Gaza will have a better night than they did last night.
I was responding to your statement that sanctions against the lawyers and/or USDOJ “will likely happen if the DOJ keeps coming up with these revenge cases [like the case against Comey] until a court will say enough. It will likely come through the Virginia Federal District Court, since most of those indictments will be entered there, IMHO.”
What I said was “I see no reason to assume that sanctioning the lawyers (or DOJ) is ‘likely’ to happen soon, much less in Virginia, where the indictment(s) came from the grand jury. It could happen, but I definitely wouldn’t bet on it.”
I was saying that I thought your prediction that sanctions were “likely” in the Comey case was an overly optimistic prediction.
Is this what you’re looking for?
Yes, thank you.
Now, if the President invokes the Insurrection Act, is there any judicial recourse? I note Gov Pritzker of Illinois says all of this federalizing of the NG is a lead up to the midterm elections in which Trump will declare the election under threat so he can send the Guard in to Polling Stations and Counting Centers to seize the ballots and declare the vote null and void.
We seem to have some very dark days ahead.
Speaking of future elections, there's this:
It's hard not to paranoid about this sort of thing these days.
Guess who dedicated her Peace Prize to Donald Trump.