Bill Conroy
@bconroy.bsky.social
Independent Investigative Journalist
https://billconroy.pressfolios.com
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Houseofdeath.org
* Comments ground rule: non sequitur ad hominem attacks are subject to deletion. Irony/humor excepted.
https://billconroy.pressfolios.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-conroy-45379652
Houseofdeath.org
* Comments ground rule: non sequitur ad hominem attacks are subject to deletion. Irony/humor excepted.
Unpacking the drug boat bloodshed.
The War on Drug Boats Is Propelled by Impunity
The first drug boat attacked on September 2 in the Caribbean near Trinidad reportedly had turned around before it was blown apart. That…
wkc6428.medium.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Unpacking the drug boat bloodshed.
Trouble in the land that locked up all the drug-traffickers and U.S. immigrants?
Reuters
Garcia Harfuch said Mexican airspace authorities had first detected the [drug] plane about 200 km (120 miles) south of San Salvador. A map he posted on X also showed the plane's flight path across the Pacific.
Reuters
Garcia Harfuch said Mexican airspace authorities had first detected the [drug] plane about 200 km (120 miles) south of San Salvador. A map he posted on X also showed the plane's flight path across the Pacific.
El Salvador recalls ambassador to Mexico after drug trafficking claims
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said on Wednesday he was recalling his country's ambassador to Mexico for consultations after its security minister claimed a drug trafficking plane had come from the...
www.reuters.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Trouble in the land that locked up all the drug-traffickers and U.S. immigrants?
Reuters
Garcia Harfuch said Mexican airspace authorities had first detected the [drug] plane about 200 km (120 miles) south of San Salvador. A map he posted on X also showed the plane's flight path across the Pacific.
Reuters
Garcia Harfuch said Mexican airspace authorities had first detected the [drug] plane about 200 km (120 miles) south of San Salvador. A map he posted on X also showed the plane's flight path across the Pacific.
He's losing. So he riles up his WEIRD [White, Entitled, Immigrant-Hating, Racist, Divided] base to soothe his wretched soul and to wallow in their replacement-theory
conspiracies. Plus, anger and impulse control erode with any number of brain curses at age 79.
Vance on deck. Replacement theory.
conspiracies. Plus, anger and impulse control erode with any number of brain curses at age 79.
Vance on deck. Replacement theory.
Trump’s Speech on Economy Veers Into an Anti-Immigrant Tirade
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:54 AM
He's losing. So he riles up his WEIRD [White, Entitled, Immigrant-Hating, Racist, Divided] base to soothe his wretched soul and to wallow in their replacement-theory
conspiracies. Plus, anger and impulse control erode with any number of brain curses at age 79.
Vance on deck. Replacement theory.
conspiracies. Plus, anger and impulse control erode with any number of brain curses at age 79.
Vance on deck. Replacement theory.
There is no declared war by Congress, which is the only branch that can declare war under the Constitution. So, charges of a war crime don’t appear to fit the context — though international piracy might work, if it weren’t for the fact that would require declaring the U.S. Navy a pirate fleet. (1
Will full video of 2nd strike on alleged drug boat be released?
YouTube video by ABC7
www.youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
There is no declared war by Congress, which is the only branch that can declare war under the Constitution. So, charges of a war crime don’t appear to fit the context — though international piracy might work, if it weren’t for the fact that would require declaring the U.S. Navy a pirate fleet. (1
Trump's new Western Hemisphere-first foreign policy is the old, failed Monroe Doctrine. The world is now far more complex than in the 1800s. Nukes and those with them wield global power. Hiding your head in the Western Hemisphere doesn't change that. A friendly neighbor is what we could be. Why not?
It's Time to Move On From the Monroe Doctrine
As we approach two centuries of the doctrine, it's time the United States leaves behind this antiquated policy in favor of something more modern and effective.
www.newsweek.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Trump's new Western Hemisphere-first foreign policy is the old, failed Monroe Doctrine. The world is now far more complex than in the 1800s. Nukes and those with them wield global power. Hiding your head in the Western Hemisphere doesn't change that. A friendly neighbor is what we could be. Why not?
His taxes, the economy, the Epstein files, now the Drug Boat Murders. Trump promises but never delivers on transparency that threatens his power. So, he lies to conceal his stolen treasure and the lives destroyed by his many cruelties.
But truth is an undertow that eventually drowns lies, even his.
But truth is an undertow that eventually drowns lies, even his.
Trump Backtracks on Releasing Video of Boat Strike
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:12 AM
His taxes, the economy, the Epstein files, now the Drug Boat Murders. Trump promises but never delivers on transparency that threatens his power. So, he lies to conceal his stolen treasure and the lives destroyed by his many cruelties.
But truth is an undertow that eventually drowns lies, even his.
But truth is an undertow that eventually drowns lies, even his.
It's worth remembering, as Trump ramps up his war on drugs for oil, that a large share of any US lives lost in the fray will be killed by guns sold in the US, both in recent years and left over from past US misadventures in Latin America.
The drugs go north and the guns flow south, a river of iron.
The drugs go north and the guns flow south, a river of iron.
U.S. guns cause carnage in Mexico
Clean-up crew at the House of Death in Juarez, Mexico. Twelve bodies were discovered buried in the backyard of the house in early 2004 — all murder victims. [Photo courtesy of NarcoNews.com]
houseofdeath.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:51 AM
It's worth remembering, as Trump ramps up his war on drugs for oil, that a large share of any US lives lost in the fray will be killed by guns sold in the US, both in recent years and left over from past US misadventures in Latin America.
The drugs go north and the guns flow south, a river of iron.
The drugs go north and the guns flow south, a river of iron.
The tell is in a later strike they rescued two survivors and returned them to their countries. Why kill the first two and not the next? They know it's murder. Trump's pardons and his immunity vs a career ended for disobeying an [illegal] order is the choice involved. SCOTUS made it so.
Trump Administration Live Updates: Democrats Seek Release of Video That Shows Killing of Boat Strike Survivors
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The tell is in a later strike they rescued two survivors and returned them to their countries. Why kill the first two and not the next? They know it's murder. Trump's pardons and his immunity vs a career ended for disobeying an [illegal] order is the choice involved. SCOTUS made it so.
ICE has apparently discovered my neighborhood in Seattle. A neighbor sent me these.
They were greeted with an appropriate salutation.
They were greeted with an appropriate salutation.
December 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
ICE has apparently discovered my neighborhood in Seattle. A neighbor sent me these.
They were greeted with an appropriate salutation.
They were greeted with an appropriate salutation.
"ICE is trying to deport me to a sure death— not necessarily to cover up the fact that they don’t
care about the lives lost [at the House of Death], but rather to confirm that theory. They DON’T care about the lives lost, and that is something even darker than we know within the U.S. government.”
care about the lives lost [at the House of Death], but rather to confirm that theory. They DON’T care about the lives lost, and that is something even darker than we know within the U.S. government.”
A Journey into the Dark Heart of the “War for Drugs”
A tale of crime, corruption and treachery
in the borderlands
Houseofdeath.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:08 AM
"ICE is trying to deport me to a sure death— not necessarily to cover up the fact that they don’t
care about the lives lost [at the House of Death], but rather to confirm that theory. They DON’T care about the lives lost, and that is something even darker than we know within the U.S. government.”
care about the lives lost [at the House of Death], but rather to confirm that theory. They DON’T care about the lives lost, and that is something even darker than we know within the U.S. government.”
Hegseth's F you to Congress.
A 3-week pause, then boom! on the day the admiral is drilled about crimes he'd be pardoned for.
(AP) U.S. Southern Command announced that it had conducted another strike against a..boat in the eastern Pacific..on Thursday, following a pause of almost three weeks.
A 3-week pause, then boom! on the day the admiral is drilled about crimes he'd be pardoned for.
(AP) U.S. Southern Command announced that it had conducted another strike against a..boat in the eastern Pacific..on Thursday, following a pause of almost three weeks.
US military conducts strike on another suspected drug boat as probe into the first strike begins
U.S. Southern Command says it has conducted another strike against a small boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean, following a pause of almost three weeks.
apnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Hegseth's F you to Congress.
A 3-week pause, then boom! on the day the admiral is drilled about crimes he'd be pardoned for.
(AP) U.S. Southern Command announced that it had conducted another strike against a..boat in the eastern Pacific..on Thursday, following a pause of almost three weeks.
A 3-week pause, then boom! on the day the admiral is drilled about crimes he'd be pardoned for.
(AP) U.S. Southern Command announced that it had conducted another strike against a..boat in the eastern Pacific..on Thursday, following a pause of almost three weeks.
I will say, Joy Reid owns her point of view, and she doesn't punch down. Both are critical in the journalism I respect.
Plus, it's an easy format to navigate, though it's clear a lot of work went into compiling it.
Notice, the formula for most MAGA pubs requires punching down and group think.
Plus, it's an easy format to navigate, though it's clear a lot of work went into compiling it.
Notice, the formula for most MAGA pubs requires punching down and group think.
A Daily Reid: A racist, woman-hating president, and a media that won't defend itself
The U.S. faces a perfect hate storm - a vicious president, and a media that's willing to trade abuse for access
www.joyannreid.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I will say, Joy Reid owns her point of view, and she doesn't punch down. Both are critical in the journalism I respect.
Plus, it's an easy format to navigate, though it's clear a lot of work went into compiling it.
Notice, the formula for most MAGA pubs requires punching down and group think.
Plus, it's an easy format to navigate, though it's clear a lot of work went into compiling it.
Notice, the formula for most MAGA pubs requires punching down and group think.
We saw the video of the first strike. What remained wasn't seaworthy. I'm unconvinced a radio would work after that strike. I'd need evidence of transmission to get me there. Then, if so, why not wait for the rescue boat to see if it tries to retrieve drugs? We have all the firepower. Why the rush?
Live updates: Navy admiral who ordered attack that killed boat strike survivors briefs lawmakers
Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley, who reportedly issued orders for the U.S. military to fire upon survivors of an attack, will provide a classified briefing to top congressional lawmakers.
apnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
We saw the video of the first strike. What remained wasn't seaworthy. I'm unconvinced a radio would work after that strike. I'd need evidence of transmission to get me there. Then, if so, why not wait for the rescue boat to see if it tries to retrieve drugs? We have all the firepower. Why the rush?
This presentation was this evening for a small college in South Dakota.
There 's still a thirst for knowledge out there, across the land.
Build bridges and you build trust.
There 's still a thirst for knowledge out there, across the land.
Build bridges and you build trust.
December 4, 2025 at 6:20 AM
This presentation was this evening for a small college in South Dakota.
There 's still a thirst for knowledge out there, across the land.
Build bridges and you build trust.
There 's still a thirst for knowledge out there, across the land.
Build bridges and you build trust.
So, if narco-traffickers are now terrorists, then aren't the folks selling them the guns also terrorists?
"The giant straw inhaling the drugs coming north is the United States, just like the river of iron (weapons of all calibers) raging south into Mexico and Latin America flows from the US."
"The giant straw inhaling the drugs coming north is the United States, just like the river of iron (weapons of all calibers) raging south into Mexico and Latin America flows from the US."
U.S. guns cause carnage in Mexico
Clean-up crew at the House of Death in Juarez, Mexico. Twelve bodies were discovered buried in the backyard of the house in early 2004 — all murder victims. [Photo courtesy of NarcoNews.com]
houseofdeath.org
December 3, 2025 at 8:56 AM
So, if narco-traffickers are now terrorists, then aren't the folks selling them the guns also terrorists?
"The giant straw inhaling the drugs coming north is the United States, just like the river of iron (weapons of all calibers) raging south into Mexico and Latin America flows from the US."
"The giant straw inhaling the drugs coming north is the United States, just like the river of iron (weapons of all calibers) raging south into Mexico and Latin America flows from the US."
If he has such strong beliefs in promoting homicide, why's he framing the admiral?
WSJ
It was a worldview shaped by his deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan as a soldier in the National Guard, where he told his platoon to ignore legal advice on rules of engagement he considered “nonsense.”
WSJ
It was a worldview shaped by his deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan as a soldier in the National Guard, where he told his platoon to ignore legal advice on rules of engagement he considered “nonsense.”
December 3, 2025 at 7:46 AM
If he has such strong beliefs in promoting homicide, why's he framing the admiral?
WSJ
It was a worldview shaped by his deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan as a soldier in the National Guard, where he told his platoon to ignore legal advice on rules of engagement he considered “nonsense.”
WSJ
It was a worldview shaped by his deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan as a soldier in the National Guard, where he told his platoon to ignore legal advice on rules of engagement he considered “nonsense.”
Under the Trump/Hegseth rules of war, every nation on the planet could start blowing up boats with no quarter on the theory they are preventing drug deaths.
That would be the definition of a world war, as this UN global map shows.
That would be the definition of a world war, as this UN global map shows.
December 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Under the Trump/Hegseth rules of war, every nation on the planet could start blowing up boats with no quarter on the theory they are preventing drug deaths.
That would be the definition of a world war, as this UN global map shows.
That would be the definition of a world war, as this UN global map shows.
We created a ticking time bomb, and it exploded on us.
RS
Lakanwal..inability to work due to missing immigration paperwork meant his family couldn’t afford rent or food..Lakanwal sought help..from a CIA program designed to aid Zero Unit veterans with immigration issues..His pleas..went unanswered.
RS
Lakanwal..inability to work due to missing immigration paperwork meant his family couldn’t afford rent or food..Lakanwal sought help..from a CIA program designed to aid Zero Unit veterans with immigration issues..His pleas..went unanswered.
Fellow Unit Member Says Alleged D.C. Shooter Felt Abandoned by CIA
Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the Afghan who allegedly shot two National Guard members, felt abandoned by the CIA, according to a former Zero Unit member.
www.rollingstone.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:36 PM
We created a ticking time bomb, and it exploded on us.
RS
Lakanwal..inability to work due to missing immigration paperwork meant his family couldn’t afford rent or food..Lakanwal sought help..from a CIA program designed to aid Zero Unit veterans with immigration issues..His pleas..went unanswered.
RS
Lakanwal..inability to work due to missing immigration paperwork meant his family couldn’t afford rent or food..Lakanwal sought help..from a CIA program designed to aid Zero Unit veterans with immigration issues..His pleas..went unanswered.
Trump's pardon of this narco exposes his duplicity on drug trafficking and immigration.
"After the coup, Honduras became the most violent country in the world.. Political assassinations spiked and..the country became one of the main sources of undocumented migrants fleeing to the United States."
"After the coup, Honduras became the most violent country in the world.. Political assassinations spiked and..the country became one of the main sources of undocumented migrants fleeing to the United States."
The Spectacular Fall of Honduras’s Juan Orlando Hernandez
www.thenation.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Trump's pardon of this narco exposes his duplicity on drug trafficking and immigration.
"After the coup, Honduras became the most violent country in the world.. Political assassinations spiked and..the country became one of the main sources of undocumented migrants fleeing to the United States."
"After the coup, Honduras became the most violent country in the world.. Political assassinations spiked and..the country became one of the main sources of undocumented migrants fleeing to the United States."
Hegseth's toast if Congress does its job.
[Liars lie]
Trump said Hegseth told him “he did not say that, and I believe him, 100 percent.”
[Just in case, throw him under the the bus]
Trump said..“I wouldn’t have wanted that. Not a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine."
[Liars lie]
Trump said Hegseth told him “he did not say that, and I believe him, 100 percent.”
[Just in case, throw him under the the bus]
Trump said..“I wouldn’t have wanted that. Not a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine."
Trump says Hegseth denied issuing order to kill boat crew
The president also said he would not have wanted a second strike on a boat allegedly carrying drugs, which occurred after U.S. forces realized the initial attack left two survivors, as The Post report...
wapo.st
December 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Hegseth's toast if Congress does its job.
[Liars lie]
Trump said Hegseth told him “he did not say that, and I believe him, 100 percent.”
[Just in case, throw him under the the bus]
Trump said..“I wouldn’t have wanted that. Not a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine."
[Liars lie]
Trump said Hegseth told him “he did not say that, and I believe him, 100 percent.”
[Just in case, throw him under the the bus]
Trump said..“I wouldn’t have wanted that. Not a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine."
With Venezuela, the smart money is on war. Shock and awe, then a grueling, bloody quagmire that will haunt us as a nation for years and cost us both blood and treasure.
Nixon bombed Cambodia to cut Vietcong supply lines. That resulted in napalm hell and mass murder.Trump is on the same path.
Nixon bombed Cambodia to cut Vietcong supply lines. That resulted in napalm hell and mass murder.Trump is on the same path.
Trump Declares Venezuelan Airspace Closed
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
With Venezuela, the smart money is on war. Shock and awe, then a grueling, bloody quagmire that will haunt us as a nation for years and cost us both blood and treasure.
Nixon bombed Cambodia to cut Vietcong supply lines. That resulted in napalm hell and mass murder.Trump is on the same path.
Nixon bombed Cambodia to cut Vietcong supply lines. That resulted in napalm hell and mass murder.Trump is on the same path.
Mass murder with no quarter..
WaPO
As the smoke cleared, they got a jolt: 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..The two men were blown apart in the water.
WaPO
As the smoke cleared, they got a jolt: 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..The two men were blown apart in the water.
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.
wapo.st
November 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Mass murder with no quarter..
WaPO
As the smoke cleared, they got a jolt: 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..The two men were blown apart in the water.
WaPO
As the smoke cleared, they got a jolt: 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..The two men were blown apart in the water.
The definition of blowback.
WaPo
The alleged gunman..came to the United States in..2021 after working for a CIA-organized counterterrorism squad.
The Zero Units..were involved in dangerous and often deadly night raids and other missions to kill or capture members of the Taliban.
wapo.st/3KmlQxP
WaPo
The alleged gunman..came to the United States in..2021 after working for a CIA-organized counterterrorism squad.
The Zero Units..were involved in dangerous and often deadly night raids and other missions to kill or capture members of the Taliban.
wapo.st/3KmlQxP
Afghan national who once worked with the CIA faces charges in D.C. ambush
The shooting has sparked an intense, international investigation. One National Guard member had died and another remains in critical condition, officials said.
wapo.st
November 28, 2025 at 4:28 AM
The definition of blowback.
WaPo
The alleged gunman..came to the United States in..2021 after working for a CIA-organized counterterrorism squad.
The Zero Units..were involved in dangerous and often deadly night raids and other missions to kill or capture members of the Taliban.
wapo.st/3KmlQxP
WaPo
The alleged gunman..came to the United States in..2021 after working for a CIA-organized counterterrorism squad.
The Zero Units..were involved in dangerous and often deadly night raids and other missions to kill or capture members of the Taliban.
wapo.st/3KmlQxP
Tacky is the artistic term used to describe the tastes of the current White House majordomo.
The MAGA movement itself is awash in tackiness and unoriginality. Creative cheats who steal the worse ideas from even worse people.
The White House will be remade again, with taste, once Trump is gone.
The MAGA movement itself is awash in tackiness and unoriginality. Creative cheats who steal the worse ideas from even worse people.
The White House will be remade again, with taste, once Trump is gone.
What’s going on with Trump’s gold ‘Oval Office’ sign?
We asked design experts to read the writing on the White House wall and tell us what they see.
wapo.st
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Tacky is the artistic term used to describe the tastes of the current White House majordomo.
The MAGA movement itself is awash in tackiness and unoriginality. Creative cheats who steal the worse ideas from even worse people.
The White House will be remade again, with taste, once Trump is gone.
The MAGA movement itself is awash in tackiness and unoriginality. Creative cheats who steal the worse ideas from even worse people.
The White House will be remade again, with taste, once Trump is gone.
This article could have been just as easily written about addictions to potato chips or soda and it would be equally banal. The cases mentioned in the story, it seems to me, have far more to do with other underlying problems than weed. Reefer madness. The problem's not in us but in the evil weed.
They relied on marijuana to get through the day. But then days felt impossible without it
As daily cannabis use rises to historic levels in the U.S., some longtime users are finding it harder to quit.
apnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This article could have been just as easily written about addictions to potato chips or soda and it would be equally banal. The cases mentioned in the story, it seems to me, have far more to do with other underlying problems than weed. Reefer madness. The problem's not in us but in the evil weed.