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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

So the order for the US military to launch these deadly Caribbean boat strikes was straightforwardly illegal under US and international law, immoral under long established standards, and on top of that, terrible strategy.

Not maybe. Not got to check with a lawyer. Unambiguous. Blatant. Deliberate.

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

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 1d

He himself represents one of the few data points supporting his theory: a sleeper cell, third generation importation-via-victims of the hatred and genocidal proclivities of early 20c Russia and E Europe. Doubt he has the self awareness to see this, though.

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 1d

Indeed, the 1910s and 1920s were the (previous) high water mark of US federation-wide ethnonationalism, herrenvolk authoritarianism, and racial terror. See Birth of a Nation, 1924 Immigration Act, Jim Crow, Confed statute erecting mania, Woodrow Wilson, etc.

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 1d

Or to Miller’s own family, Jews who fled pogroms in Russia and Poland led by demagogues who said they were too different to assimilate.

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 1d

Where did Miller’s people come from and, under his theory, what conditions and terrors have they imported, sleeper cell style, into this country? Here’s his uncle on the family’s history: www.politico.com/magazine/sto...

Amanda Weaver @amandaweavernovels.com · 2d

ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says

Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.

www.seattletimes.com

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 2d

Ah, thanks. (I imagine you can still draw out a natural rights argument there too, though maybe more of an aristocrat/monarch-friendly Lockean version.)

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 2d

Even the architect Trump hired to build his massive addition to the White House objects to the president's vision. The two have argued about the size of the 90,000-sq-foot project that would dwarf the mansion. @jonathanreports.bsky.social @ddiamond.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump wants a bigger White House ballroom. His architect disagrees.

The president and James McCrery had argued in recent weeks over the project’s size, with Trump pushing him to expand the ballroom.

www.washingtonpost.com

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 2d

Further: ethnonational homogeneity is contrary to the founding (universal natural rights) values in the Declaration.

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 2d

We’re already living in a hybrid regime. No longer reliably democratic or adhering to rule of law, but still holding elections where the opposition can win. For now.

Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 2d

I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.

She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.

A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe

Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.

www.bostonglobe.com

Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · 2d

Public man-made death: The dismantling of USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”

That’s 1000+ excess dead children every day. Every day.

hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...

USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...

hsph.harvard.edu

Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 2d

I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.

She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.

A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe

Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.

www.bostonglobe.com

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 2d

What explains why Haitians don’t need protective status and wealthy Afrikaner white South Africans do? Ethnonationalism. www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

Trump says Haiti no longer meets requirements for TPS. Haitians have to leave

The decision could affect more than a half million Haitians living in the U.S.

www.miamiherald.com

Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 2d

Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 2d

Hey, Ithaca, NY: get your newly signed Colin Woodard books at your hometown @barnesandnoble.com:

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 3d

Further on the Midlands and Iowa in this piece I did for @politico.com back in 2016, when dinosaurs walked the Earth. www.politico.com/magazine/sto...

Yes, Iowa Still Matters

It's the perfect thermometer for a deep current in American political culture.

www.politico.com

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 3d

Spoke to @iowapublicradio.org's River to River about Nations Apart, how we got here as a country, and what we can do about it. Also the importance of Iowa and the Midlands generally to understanding the direction of American politics via #AmericanNations: www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/rive...

Are America's divisions really about red versus blue?

Historian and bestselling author Colin Woodard argues America's divide isn’t red vs. blue at all — it’s a clash of distinct cultural nations.

www.iowapublicradio.org

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 3d

Wow. (Though, I admit, I don't fully understand UK liability laws, which operate in the absence of US-style constitutional press protections.)

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3d

In case you missed this, the BBC edited a historian's speech about Trump to remove the claim that he's "the most openly corrupt president in US history." This came after Trump had threatened a $1 billion lawsuit.

Elite capitulation continues.

Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...

Trump Angrily Threatened to Sue BBC. Then Things Took a Darker Turn.

First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?

newrepublic.com

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 3d

These seems, to me, painfully obvious, and should be the starting point hypothesis for any journalist working the trade policy beat.

paulbuse.bsky.social @paulbuse.bsky.social · 3d

You have to look at what Trump is doing in terms of tariffs, not in economic terms, but as a mobster would. He is using the tariffs to grift. He does not care who it hurts or if it makes economic sense. He is a career criminal - a convicted felon - and he will keep grifting until he is stopped.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3d

In case you missed this, the BBC edited a historian's speech about Trump to remove the claim that he's "the most openly corrupt president in US history." This came after Trump had threatened a $1 billion lawsuit.

Elite capitulation continues.

Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...

Trump Angrily Threatened to Sue BBC. Then Things Took a Darker Turn.

First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?

newrepublic.com

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 3d

It's really hard to maintain a cricket pitch there, however.

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 3d

The effects on Iceland would be massive. But watch out Ireland and the UK. Without the Gulf Stream you'd have, like, Labrador's climate.

Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 4d

Iceland has designated the potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) a national security concern and an existential threat.

Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Iceland deems possible Atlantic current collapse a security risk

Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, enabling its government to strategize for worst-case scenarios, the country's climate minister told Reuters.

www.reuters.com

paulbuse.bsky.social @paulbuse.bsky.social · 3d

You have to look at what Trump is doing in terms of tariffs, not in economic terms, but as a mobster would. He is using the tariffs to grift. He does not care who it hurts or if it makes economic sense. He is a career criminal - a convicted felon - and he will keep grifting until he is stopped.

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 4d

Total lawlessness (on the FBI’s part.)

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4d

🚨BREAKING: The FBI has requested interviews with a group of Democratic lawmakers who reminded U.S. military and intelligence service members in a video last week that they are obligated to refuse illegal orders. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

FBI Investigating Dems Who Warned Military of Unlawful Orders

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