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Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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Annually, in the US:
Agriculture (Irrigation): ~42,000 – 47,000 Billion Gallons
Cotton (Apparel): ~900 Billion Gallons
Golf Courses: ~530 Billion Gallons
All Data Centers: ~160 – 200 Billion Gallons
AI (Specific): ~10 – 20 Billion Gallons (Est.)*
This backlash is absurd. The lies won't stop!
Agriculture (Irrigation): ~42,000 – 47,000 Billion Gallons
Cotton (Apparel): ~900 Billion Gallons
Golf Courses: ~530 Billion Gallons
All Data Centers: ~160 – 200 Billion Gallons
AI (Specific): ~10 – 20 Billion Gallons (Est.)*
This backlash is absurd. The lies won't stop!
November 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Annually, in the US:
Agriculture (Irrigation): ~42,000 – 47,000 Billion Gallons
Cotton (Apparel): ~900 Billion Gallons
Golf Courses: ~530 Billion Gallons
All Data Centers: ~160 – 200 Billion Gallons
AI (Specific): ~10 – 20 Billion Gallons (Est.)*
This backlash is absurd. The lies won't stop!
Agriculture (Irrigation): ~42,000 – 47,000 Billion Gallons
Cotton (Apparel): ~900 Billion Gallons
Golf Courses: ~530 Billion Gallons
All Data Centers: ~160 – 200 Billion Gallons
AI (Specific): ~10 – 20 Billion Gallons (Est.)*
This backlash is absurd. The lies won't stop!
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The media has for years ignored anything Trump says on-line that might be wildly unpopular, like war with Venezuela, which this administration seems to want to do, but also has put zero work into getting public support for.
This seems like the kind of declaration by a U.S. president that should be mentioned *somewhere* on the front page of CNN or the NY Times, but the fact that it isn't (as of right now) tells us so much both about how this president is covered and the credibility of the U.S. government.
Might be kicking off.
November 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The media has for years ignored anything Trump says on-line that might be wildly unpopular, like war with Venezuela, which this administration seems to want to do, but also has put zero work into getting public support for.
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It is tragic that this person was put in a position where she lost her life for no reason other than to serve the vanity of a man determined to establish dominance over a city that hates him
"In the months leading up to the D.C. deployment, Beckstrom worked for a community health center that serves people with mental illness and substance abuse disorders." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for 'heart of gold'
The slain soldier’s former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn’t even have to know you and she’ll do anything for you,” he said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
It is tragic that this person was put in a position where she lost her life for no reason other than to serve the vanity of a man determined to establish dominance over a city that hates him
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Seems like a weird thing to tweet on the day when your boss said he’d pardon someone convicted of sending 400 tons of cocaine into the US.
November 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Seems like a weird thing to tweet on the day when your boss said he’d pardon someone convicted of sending 400 tons of cocaine into the US.
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Congratulations to the Secretary of Defense for ordering a hundred murders right before the president established the precedent that pardons are invalid.
November 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Congratulations to the Secretary of Defense for ordering a hundred murders right before the president established the precedent that pardons are invalid.
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I think people often interact with a memeified version of people, their actions and politics
McBride lead an effort to protect trans access under Medicare, and got all the Democrats, even Tom Suozzi, Seth Moulton, and Henry Cuellar, to sign a statement in support of trans rights.
McBride lead an effort to protect trans access under Medicare, and got all the Democrats, even Tom Suozzi, Seth Moulton, and Henry Cuellar, to sign a statement in support of trans rights.
I disagree with much of her recent politics and consider her a deep disappointment, but yes, misgendering her is always wrong
November 29, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I think people often interact with a memeified version of people, their actions and politics
McBride lead an effort to protect trans access under Medicare, and got all the Democrats, even Tom Suozzi, Seth Moulton, and Henry Cuellar, to sign a statement in support of trans rights.
McBride lead an effort to protect trans access under Medicare, and got all the Democrats, even Tom Suozzi, Seth Moulton, and Henry Cuellar, to sign a statement in support of trans rights.
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Admiral Frank M Bradley gave those illegal orders.
Update his Wikipedia page to include murder.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_M...
Update his Wikipedia page to include murder.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_M...
Frank M. Bradley - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Admiral Frank M Bradley gave those illegal orders.
Update his Wikipedia page to include murder.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_M...
Update his Wikipedia page to include murder.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_M...
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this isn't how it works, president dementia is having a crashout day because he's losing control of both the republican party and his own presidency and he knows it
It should go without saying, but the president has no authority to do this, and anyone reporting the story needs to say as such.
November 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
this isn't how it works, president dementia is having a crashout day because he's losing control of both the republican party and his own presidency and he knows it
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just a reminder that the current best explanation for why this was necessarily or desirable is that the President wanted to see some video of it
It is unfathomable that the USG lawyers would sign off on a no-survivors boat strike (no get of jail free card).
There's clear precedent dating back to World War II trial of Germans for that very act, which lawyers know well.
The Peleus World War II War Crimes Trial
www.usni.org/magazines/na...
There's clear precedent dating back to World War II trial of Germans for that very act, which lawyers know well.
The Peleus World War II War Crimes Trial
www.usni.org/magazines/na...
November 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
just a reminder that the current best explanation for why this was necessarily or desirable is that the President wanted to see some video of it
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Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
I've long held there's 35% of Americans who will never, ever abandon this twisted little creature.
He's testing whether or not that's true.
He's testing whether or not that's true.
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I've long held there's 35% of Americans who will never, ever abandon this twisted little creature.
He's testing whether or not that's true.
He's testing whether or not that's true.
I have no legally permissible comment to make on Donald Trump's Thanksgiving statement.
November 28, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I have no legally permissible comment to make on Donald Trump's Thanksgiving statement.
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I miss having a president who didn't call people the r-word.
I miss when the r-word was too gross and cringe to unironically say.
I miss when the r-word was too gross and cringe to unironically say.
November 28, 2025 at 6:49 AM
I miss having a president who didn't call people the r-word.
I miss when the r-word was too gross and cringe to unironically say.
I miss when the r-word was too gross and cringe to unironically say.
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1. A woman reporter. Pres Piggy once again insulted a woman reporter.
2. Kudos to the woman reporter for pressing him.
3. Watch her face as he rants defensively like the lunatic he is.
2. Kudos to the woman reporter for pressing him.
3. Watch her face as he rants defensively like the lunatic he is.
Asked if he’ll attend the funeral of the slain National Guard member from West Virginia, Trump immediately pivots to talking about how popular he is in that state
November 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
1. A woman reporter. Pres Piggy once again insulted a woman reporter.
2. Kudos to the woman reporter for pressing him.
3. Watch her face as he rants defensively like the lunatic he is.
2. Kudos to the woman reporter for pressing him.
3. Watch her face as he rants defensively like the lunatic he is.
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There is no line where major media outlets will start talking about his racism as a matter of fact, not opinion.
TRUMP: If you look at Somalia, they are taking over Minnesota.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
November 28, 2025 at 12:53 AM
There is no line where major media outlets will start talking about his racism as a matter of fact, not opinion.
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they'd back off for a little bit and then drip drip drip and every lead up to a big speech it was like "old man Biden will show how dementia rattled he is and the plot will be exposed!" and then he'd do well
but no one can hit it out of the park every single time, and when he didn't...
but no one can hit it out of the park every single time, and when he didn't...
November 27, 2025 at 11:50 PM
they'd back off for a little bit and then drip drip drip and every lead up to a big speech it was like "old man Biden will show how dementia rattled he is and the plot will be exposed!" and then he'd do well
but no one can hit it out of the park every single time, and when he didn't...
but no one can hit it out of the park every single time, and when he didn't...
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indeed while the media was clearly waiting (and wanting) a big moment to go absolutely apeshit about Biden's age, even without it the last year? of Biden's Presidency was an endless drip drip drip of the media "raising questions" and then Biden would break through with a speech or event
a lot of people see the debate (and the reaction to it) as some kind of singularity, but really I see it more as a starting gun on an event already set up, the media had been aggressively dripping poison about Biden's age and ability for months (years)
November 27, 2025 at 11:50 PM
indeed while the media was clearly waiting (and wanting) a big moment to go absolutely apeshit about Biden's age, even without it the last year? of Biden's Presidency was an endless drip drip drip of the media "raising questions" and then Biden would break through with a speech or event
I believe that universal healthcare is a good idea, and also that the Democratic administration that institutes it will be the last one for 12-16 years.
Worse if they're stupid enough to try Medicare for All but I think it's more likely to be something closer to the Bismarck model.
Worse if they're stupid enough to try Medicare for All but I think it's more likely to be something closer to the Bismarck model.
people sincerely have no idea what they’re asking for on this and it’s been a decade of collectively lying to ourselves about it and it’s really bad
A lot of people making the above complaints have decent but annoying healthcare and honestly I’m scared expanding coverage to all Americans will have apocalyptic electoral consequences because it might make that middle class experience equally annoying and also more expensive
November 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I believe that universal healthcare is a good idea, and also that the Democratic administration that institutes it will be the last one for 12-16 years.
Worse if they're stupid enough to try Medicare for All but I think it's more likely to be something closer to the Bismarck model.
Worse if they're stupid enough to try Medicare for All but I think it's more likely to be something closer to the Bismarck model.
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"keep digging! we can go lower!"
November 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
"keep digging! we can go lower!"
my body is at least 20% pumpkin pie by weight
send help
send help
November 27, 2025 at 9:16 PM
my body is at least 20% pumpkin pie by weight
send help
send help
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yeah it’s bad that Lizza has been sitting on this for so long but also how cursory and inept was that Vox investigation that not only managed to miss the biggest scandal in the history of American political journalism but affirmatively exonerated her bsky.app/profile/bkel...
So the editor of New York Magazine said there was no bias or ethical problems with Olivia's articles?
Does he still think that?
They should retract all of her stories
Does he still think that?
They should retract all of her stories
November 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
yeah it’s bad that Lizza has been sitting on this for so long but also how cursory and inept was that Vox investigation that not only managed to miss the biggest scandal in the history of American political journalism but affirmatively exonerated her bsky.app/profile/bkel...
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The pumpkin is the symbol of the free New England yeoman farmer, a hard laborer of upright morals and father of the revolution. The pecan is the symbol of the slovenly Southron slavemaster and betrayer of the American spirit of liberty.
Therefore the pumpkin pie is clearly the superior pie.
Therefore the pumpkin pie is clearly the superior pie.
one of the many reasons that Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday is that it is a rare instance of Yankee culture being imposed upon perfidious Dixie, instead of the lamentable and much more common other way around
For Decades, Southern States Considered Thanksgiving an Act of Northern Aggression
In the 19th century, pumpkin pie ignited a culture war.
www.atlasobscura.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:31 AM
The pumpkin is the symbol of the free New England yeoman farmer, a hard laborer of upright morals and father of the revolution. The pecan is the symbol of the slovenly Southron slavemaster and betrayer of the American spirit of liberty.
Therefore the pumpkin pie is clearly the superior pie.
Therefore the pumpkin pie is clearly the superior pie.
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and again i really can't stress enough that Nuzzi was MASSIVELY influential within the media, we were all there, it was not THAT long ago, her article Bravely and Boldly talking about Biden Old was the thing that got everyone talking about Biden Old
The behaviour of both of these people also raises questions about the outlets that raised them up and continue to give them opportunities. That just seems obvious to me.
Their personalities may be worthy of lab study, yes, but it doesn't change the big picture.
Their personalities may be worthy of lab study, yes, but it doesn't change the big picture.
November 27, 2025 at 5:43 AM
and again i really can't stress enough that Nuzzi was MASSIVELY influential within the media, we were all there, it was not THAT long ago, her article Bravely and Boldly talking about Biden Old was the thing that got everyone talking about Biden Old