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Reps. Jim Himes & Adam Smith, ranking Dems on House Intel & Armed Services: “We saw or heard nothing today to convince us that the decision to strike the vessel a second time was justified. The video showed two shipwrecked individuals who had no means to move, much less pose an immediate threat..."
December 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Reps. Jim Himes & Adam Smith, ranking Dems on House Intel & Armed Services: “We saw or heard nothing today to convince us that the decision to strike the vessel a second time was justified. The video showed two shipwrecked individuals who had no means to move, much less pose an immediate threat..."
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“It looks like two classically shipwrecked people,” Rep Adam Smith told me, calling it “highly questionable decision that these two people on that obviously incapacitated vessel were still in any kind of fight.”
More details on what the video revealed here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
More details on what the video revealed here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
December 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
“It looks like two classically shipwrecked people,” Rep Adam Smith told me, calling it “highly questionable decision that these two people on that obviously incapacitated vessel were still in any kind of fight.”
More details on what the video revealed here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
More details on what the video revealed here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
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This is absolutely ridiculous. Reporters should *ask* these Republicans if any drugs were visible, and whether it would be at all plausible to "flip the boat," as Tom Cotton claims.
Rep Adam Smith says drugs weren't visible and that the boat was incapacitated. Are Rs saying otherwise?
Rep Adam Smith says drugs weren't visible and that the boat was incapacitated. Are Rs saying otherwise?
December 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This is absolutely ridiculous. Reporters should *ask* these Republicans if any drugs were visible, and whether it would be at all plausible to "flip the boat," as Tom Cotton claims.
Rep Adam Smith says drugs weren't visible and that the boat was incapacitated. Are Rs saying otherwise?
Rep Adam Smith says drugs weren't visible and that the boat was incapacitated. Are Rs saying otherwise?
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Also, Dems are calling for the video's release. Do Republicans want that? Will they subpoena it? Will they seek release of the legal memo? Stop letting them get away with this kind of nonsense.
This is absolutely ridiculous. Reporters should *ask* these Republicans if any drugs were visible, and whether it would be at all plausible to "flip the boat," as Tom Cotton claims.
Rep Adam Smith says drugs weren't visible and that the boat was incapacitated. Are Rs saying otherwise?
Rep Adam Smith says drugs weren't visible and that the boat was incapacitated. Are Rs saying otherwise?
December 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Also, Dems are calling for the video's release. Do Republicans want that? Will they subpoena it? Will they seek release of the legal memo? Stop letting them get away with this kind of nonsense.
The perfect capture of 2025.
December 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The perfect capture of 2025.
“And thanks to you, sir, that shitstorm outside our windows is actually sunbeams, making tulips grow in December.”
December 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
“And thanks to you, sir, that shitstorm outside our windows is actually sunbeams, making tulips grow in December.”
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This is now the signature rhetoric of the United States of America. A nation heretofore known for the Statue of Liberty in NY harbor.
Anyone who doesn't believe such toxicity has far-reaching, long-lasting consequences on the world stage is an ostrich. And has been one for a long, long time.
Anyone who doesn't believe such toxicity has far-reaching, long-lasting consequences on the world stage is an ostrich. And has been one for a long, long time.
here's Trump's full racist rant about MN's Somali community: "Somalians ripped off that state for billions. And they contribute nothing... Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage. These aren't people that work... They come from hell & do nothing but bitch. We don't want them"
December 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This is now the signature rhetoric of the United States of America. A nation heretofore known for the Statue of Liberty in NY harbor.
Anyone who doesn't believe such toxicity has far-reaching, long-lasting consequences on the world stage is an ostrich. And has been one for a long, long time.
Anyone who doesn't believe such toxicity has far-reaching, long-lasting consequences on the world stage is an ostrich. And has been one for a long, long time.
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I wish there was a precedent for what happens when a demagogue picks out a vulnerable minority group and labels them as subhuman. I wonder what the next step is and whether any innocent people get hurt. And I wonder whether the demagogue's followers go on trial when the whole thing is over.
here's Trump's full racist rant about MN's Somali community: "Somalians ripped off that state for billions. And they contribute nothing... Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage. These aren't people that work... They come from hell & do nothing but bitch. We don't want them"
December 2, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I wish there was a precedent for what happens when a demagogue picks out a vulnerable minority group and labels them as subhuman. I wonder what the next step is and whether any innocent people get hurt. And I wonder whether the demagogue's followers go on trial when the whole thing is over.
"Our health care plan, OnlyDonaldCanFixYou, will finally be revealed, Zelensky will kneel before Putin and offer his rare minerals, eggs will be $.039 a dozen, and The Ballroom will open with a fabulous party--though I won't be invited 'cause I have a husband but that's okay 'cause I'm filthy rich."
December 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"Our health care plan, OnlyDonaldCanFixYou, will finally be revealed, Zelensky will kneel before Putin and offer his rare minerals, eggs will be $.039 a dozen, and The Ballroom will open with a fabulous party--though I won't be invited 'cause I have a husband but that's okay 'cause I'm filthy rich."
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“Elon Musk’s charitable foundation grew larger than ever in 2024. But, for the fourth year in a row, the huge charity failed to give away the minimum amount required by law — and the donations it did make went largely to charities closely tied to Mr. Musk himself.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Elon Musk’s Foundation Grows to $14 Billion, but Gives Little to Outsiders
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:39 AM
“Elon Musk’s charitable foundation grew larger than ever in 2024. But, for the fourth year in a row, the huge charity failed to give away the minimum amount required by law — and the donations it did make went largely to charities closely tied to Mr. Musk himself.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
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WSJ Editorial Board Condemns Trump Pardoning Drug Trafficking Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández #TrumpPardons
www.wsj.com/opinion/juan...
www.wsj.com/opinion/juan...
Opinion | Trump’s Pardon for Cocaine Juan
A jury found Honduras’s former President guilty. Why set him free?
www.wsj.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
WSJ Editorial Board Condemns Trump Pardoning Drug Trafficking Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández #TrumpPardons
www.wsj.com/opinion/juan...
www.wsj.com/opinion/juan...
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Trump pardoned the ex-president of Honduras who shoveled hundreds of tons of cocaine into the U.S.
He pardoned the founder of a black market who imported fentanyl from China.
These men poisoned America.
Whatever Trump’s illegal boat strikes are about, it sure isn’t drugs.
He pardoned the founder of a black market who imported fentanyl from China.
These men poisoned America.
Whatever Trump’s illegal boat strikes are about, it sure isn’t drugs.
December 3, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Trump pardoned the ex-president of Honduras who shoveled hundreds of tons of cocaine into the U.S.
He pardoned the founder of a black market who imported fentanyl from China.
These men poisoned America.
Whatever Trump’s illegal boat strikes are about, it sure isn’t drugs.
He pardoned the founder of a black market who imported fentanyl from China.
These men poisoned America.
Whatever Trump’s illegal boat strikes are about, it sure isn’t drugs.
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This is just the beginning.
December 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This is just the beginning.
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America First = America alone
And anyone who thinks America is better off alone is profoundly ignorant.
And anyone who thinks America is better off alone is profoundly ignorant.
December 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM
America First = America alone
And anyone who thinks America is better off alone is profoundly ignorant.
And anyone who thinks America is better off alone is profoundly ignorant.
Maybe this is news? Just a hunch.
Family of victim in alleged Trump ‘drug boat’ killings files first formal complaint
Exclusive: Petition says Colombia citizen Alejandro Carranza Medina was illegally killed in US airstrike on 15 September
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Maybe this is news? Just a hunch.
Reporting the Venezuelan bombings, media seems to have learned little. In 1968, the My Lai Massacre in South Vietnam was covered up for a year. It took soldier Ronald Ridenhour, journalist Seymour Hersh, and photographer Ron Haeberle to shed needed light. Parallels abound. Do we dare to see them?
December 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Reporting the Venezuelan bombings, media seems to have learned little. In 1968, the My Lai Massacre in South Vietnam was covered up for a year. It took soldier Ronald Ridenhour, journalist Seymour Hersh, and photographer Ron Haeberle to shed needed light. Parallels abound. Do we dare to see them?
"If all such violence goes with honor now
Why join the sacred dance.”
Sophocles
Why join the sacred dance.”
Sophocles
December 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"If all such violence goes with honor now
Why join the sacred dance.”
Sophocles
Why join the sacred dance.”
Sophocles
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The NY Times said Trump labeling Somalis as “garbage” was “shocking in its unapologetic bigotry.” Then NYT put the story on Page 13. When Trump called for “termination” of the Constitution in 2022, NYT put it on Page 13, too. In case you wonder if NYT has learned anything in the last 3 years. 1/🧵
Trump Calls Somalis ‘Garbage’ He Doesn’t Want in the Country
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The NY Times said Trump labeling Somalis as “garbage” was “shocking in its unapologetic bigotry.” Then NYT put the story on Page 13. When Trump called for “termination” of the Constitution in 2022, NYT put it on Page 13, too. In case you wonder if NYT has learned anything in the last 3 years. 1/🧵
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Trump pardoned former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez, who got 45 years in prison last year for conspiring to import cocaine to the US. Prosecutors said he ran Honduras like a "narco-state" and accepted millions of dollars in bribes from drug traffickers. He walked out of prison today.
Noem: You have saved hundreds of millions of lives with the Cocaine you’ve blown up in the Caribbean
December 3, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Trump pardoned former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez, who got 45 years in prison last year for conspiring to import cocaine to the US. Prosecutors said he ran Honduras like a "narco-state" and accepted millions of dollars in bribes from drug traffickers. He walked out of prison today.
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Trump's corrupt pardon of a convicted cocaine kingpin, reportedly after a flattering letter, exposes his sham 'war on drugs.' This is how justice dies: traded for vanity by a man who values praise over law.
Murdoch Paper Shreds Trump’s Pardon for Cocaine Kingpin Who Flattered Him
Trump’s announcement that he was freeing former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández reportedly came hours after receiving a fawning letter.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Trump's corrupt pardon of a convicted cocaine kingpin, reportedly after a flattering letter, exposes his sham 'war on drugs.' This is how justice dies: traded for vanity by a man who values praise over law.
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This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Sues Six More States in Sweeping Push to Obtain Unredacted Voter Rolls
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...