Jim Pavle
@jimpavle.bsky.social
Would be tinker, tailor, soldier, spy, doctor, diplomat.
Second Strike Scrutiny Obscures Larger Question About Trump’s Boat Attacks www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
December 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Second Strike Scrutiny Obscures Larger Question About Trump’s Boat Attacks www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
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Police Chief Brian O’Hara has delivered a blunt message to his department: If an officer witnesses ICE agents using illegal force and fails to step in, they will be fired. 👏 👏 👏
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
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December 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Police Chief Brian O’Hara has delivered a blunt message to his department: If an officer witnesses ICE agents using illegal force and fails to step in, they will be fired. 👏 👏 👏
Oligarchs, dictators and grifters globally scrambling to copy FIFA with peace prizes honoring Trump:
• Putin: Stalin Peace Prize
• Orban: Attila the Hun Prize
• OPEC: Oil Everywhere Prize
• Meta+AWS+Alphabet: Trump AI Peace Prize
• Cartel Coalition: El Chapo Peace Prize
• Putin: Stalin Peace Prize
• Orban: Attila the Hun Prize
• OPEC: Oil Everywhere Prize
• Meta+AWS+Alphabet: Trump AI Peace Prize
• Cartel Coalition: El Chapo Peace Prize
December 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Oligarchs, dictators and grifters globally scrambling to copy FIFA with peace prizes honoring Trump:
• Putin: Stalin Peace Prize
• Orban: Attila the Hun Prize
• OPEC: Oil Everywhere Prize
• Meta+AWS+Alphabet: Trump AI Peace Prize
• Cartel Coalition: El Chapo Peace Prize
• Putin: Stalin Peace Prize
• Orban: Attila the Hun Prize
• OPEC: Oil Everywhere Prize
• Meta+AWS+Alphabet: Trump AI Peace Prize
• Cartel Coalition: El Chapo Peace Prize
Fed Pick Puts Pressure on Bessent to Deliver for Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
“on Truth Social, President Trump lashed out at his first-term Treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, for advising him to select Jerome H. Powell as chair”
Mnuchin paid the Trump price. Bessent is next.
“on Truth Social, President Trump lashed out at his first-term Treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, for advising him to select Jerome H. Powell as chair”
Mnuchin paid the Trump price. Bessent is next.
Fed Pick Puts Pressure on Bessent to Deliver for Trump
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December 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Fed Pick Puts Pressure on Bessent to Deliver for Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
“on Truth Social, President Trump lashed out at his first-term Treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, for advising him to select Jerome H. Powell as chair”
Mnuchin paid the Trump price. Bessent is next.
“on Truth Social, President Trump lashed out at his first-term Treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, for advising him to select Jerome H. Powell as chair”
Mnuchin paid the Trump price. Bessent is next.
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“But he did, in just a few sentences, make it clear that he is absolutely unqualified — intellectually and morally — to be Fed chair. And the fact that nobody took notice, that his ignorance and mendacity were accepted as par for the course,”
“But he did, in just a few sentences, make it clear that he is absolutely unqualified — intellectually and morally — to be Fed chair. And the fact that nobody took notice, that his ignorance and mendacity were accepted as par for the course,”
Eggs, Lies and Gasoline
The unbearable lightweightness of being Kevin Hassett
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December 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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“But he did, in just a few sentences, make it clear that he is absolutely unqualified — intellectually and morally — to be Fed chair. And the fact that nobody took notice, that his ignorance and mendacity were accepted as par for the course,”
“But he did, in just a few sentences, make it clear that he is absolutely unqualified — intellectually and morally — to be Fed chair. And the fact that nobody took notice, that his ignorance and mendacity were accepted as par for the course,”
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A trove of 70,000 photos by Syrian military police, 2015-2024.
Meticulous recording reminiscent of Nazi era.
A trove of 70,000 photos by Syrian military police, 2015-2024.
Meticulous recording reminiscent of Nazi era.
Syria’s killing machine
A newly revealed trove of photos depicts 10,000 people who had died in Bashar al-Assad’s brutal prison system during his last decade in power.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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A trove of 70,000 photos by Syrian military police, 2015-2024.
Meticulous recording reminiscent of Nazi era.
A trove of 70,000 photos by Syrian military police, 2015-2024.
Meticulous recording reminiscent of Nazi era.
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Sleepy Don!
December 3, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Sleepy Don!
“That new-look Potemkin Pentagon press corps had come to D.C. this week for a ludicrous meet-and-greet event, where the Defense Department is letting them go through the motions of being real honest-to-God reporters—working out of the Pentagon press pen, wearing little PRESS badges”
Andrew Egger
Andrew Egger
December 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
“That new-look Potemkin Pentagon press corps had come to D.C. this week for a ludicrous meet-and-greet event, where the Defense Department is letting them go through the motions of being real honest-to-God reporters—working out of the Pentagon press pen, wearing little PRESS badges”
Andrew Egger
Andrew Egger
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Quite a lede from George Will: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | A sickening moral slum of an administration
Regarding Venezuela, Ukraine and much more, Trump and his acolytes are worse than simply incompetent.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Quite a lede from George Will: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
“He once boasted that he would “stuff the drugs up the gringos’ noses.” He accepted a $1 million bribe from El Chapo to allow cocaine shipments to pass through Honduras. A man was killed in prison to protect him.”
“He once boasted that he would “stuff the drugs up the gringos’ noses.” He accepted a $1 million bribe from El Chapo to allow cocaine shipments to pass through Honduras. A man was killed in prison to protect him.”
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
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December 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
“He once boasted that he would “stuff the drugs up the gringos’ noses.” He accepted a $1 million bribe from El Chapo to allow cocaine shipments to pass through Honduras. A man was killed in prison to protect him.”
“He once boasted that he would “stuff the drugs up the gringos’ noses.” He accepted a $1 million bribe from El Chapo to allow cocaine shipments to pass through Honduras. A man was killed in prison to protect him.”
Despite Supreme Court Wins, Elite DOJ Unit Has Seen Mass Turnover www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/u...
“J. Michael Luttig, a retired appeals court judge whose past clerks include both Mr. Sauer and Mr. Mooppan, said he was appalled by the office’s tendency to quote the president’s rhetoric in briefs.”
“J. Michael Luttig, a retired appeals court judge whose past clerks include both Mr. Sauer and Mr. Mooppan, said he was appalled by the office’s tendency to quote the president’s rhetoric in briefs.”
December 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Despite Supreme Court Wins, Elite DOJ Unit Has Seen Mass Turnover www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/u...
“J. Michael Luttig, a retired appeals court judge whose past clerks include both Mr. Sauer and Mr. Mooppan, said he was appalled by the office’s tendency to quote the president’s rhetoric in briefs.”
“J. Michael Luttig, a retired appeals court judge whose past clerks include both Mr. Sauer and Mr. Mooppan, said he was appalled by the office’s tendency to quote the president’s rhetoric in briefs.”
The Ukrainians Stuck in Russia’s New Gulag www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/w...
“Ninety-four percent have claimed torture,” Mr. Yatsenko said. “It’s not rare cases. It’s policy.”
“Ninety-four percent have claimed torture,” Mr. Yatsenko said. “It’s not rare cases. It’s policy.”
The Ukrainians Stuck in Russia’s New Gulag
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December 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The Ukrainians Stuck in Russia’s New Gulag www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/w...
“Ninety-four percent have claimed torture,” Mr. Yatsenko said. “It’s not rare cases. It’s policy.”
“Ninety-four percent have claimed torture,” Mr. Yatsenko said. “It’s not rare cases. It’s policy.”
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Indiana Republican Sen. Mike Bohacek, who has a daughter with Down syndrome, says he’ll vote No on redistricting following Trump’s “retarded” slur at Gov. Walz.
November 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Indiana Republican Sen. Mike Bohacek, who has a daughter with Down syndrome, says he’ll vote No on redistricting following Trump’s “retarded” slur at Gov. Walz.
Trump Cut Europe Out of Ukraine Talks. Here’s How Europe Pushed Back. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/w...
They manipulated his narcissistic impulse.
They manipulated his narcissistic impulse.
Trump Cut Europe Out of Ukraine Talks. Here’s How Europe Pushed Back.
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November 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Trump Cut Europe Out of Ukraine Talks. Here’s How Europe Pushed Back. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/w...
They manipulated his narcissistic impulse.
They manipulated his narcissistic impulse.
Trump’s Neville Chamberlain Prize www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Neville Chamberlain Prize
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November 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Trump’s Neville Chamberlain Prize www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
If the Senate voted to release the Epstein papers by unanimous consent, does this imply that the Senate is capable of agreeing should there be a Third Trump Impeachment?
November 21, 2025 at 11:26 PM
If the Senate voted to release the Epstein papers by unanimous consent, does this imply that the Senate is capable of agreeing should there be a Third Trump Impeachment?
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What portion of MAGA supporters are in the orange section?
What portion of MAGA supporters are in the orange section?
November 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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What portion of MAGA supporters are in the orange section?
What portion of MAGA supporters are in the orange section?
Tom shows insight and courage - as always.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
It’s especially troubling how much the extremist behavior of individuals or groups “is now excused or normalized by adjacent members of their own political communities,” our columnist Thomas Friedman writes.
It’s especially troubling how much the extremist behavior of individuals or groups “is now excused or normalized by adjacent members of their own political communities,” our columnist Thomas Friedman writes.
Opinion | On Republican Neo-Nazism, Hamas and Israel: An Epidemic of Moral Cowardice
People with extreme ideology don’t care anymore about hiding their excesses or their agendas. It’s all out there online or on YouTube.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Tom shows insight and courage - as always.
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After unprecedented autism-vaccine messaging change, scientists, CDC no longer trustworthy www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
@pauloffit.bsky.social: CDC has devolved into “a propaganda machine for RFK Jr.'s fixed, immutable, science-resistant theories."
"...a tragic day for public health."
@pauloffit.bsky.social: CDC has devolved into “a propaganda machine for RFK Jr.'s fixed, immutable, science-resistant theories."
"...a tragic day for public health."
After unprecedented autism-vaccine messaging change, scientists, advocates say CDC no longer trustworthy
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November 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
After unprecedented autism-vaccine messaging change, scientists, CDC no longer trustworthy www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
@pauloffit.bsky.social: CDC has devolved into “a propaganda machine for RFK Jr.'s fixed, immutable, science-resistant theories."
"...a tragic day for public health."
@pauloffit.bsky.social: CDC has devolved into “a propaganda machine for RFK Jr.'s fixed, immutable, science-resistant theories."
"...a tragic day for public health."
The 20-Somethings Who Raised $121 Million to Build Military Drones www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/b...
“Their inspiration to build a drone company grew out of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which turned their high school hobby into a world-changing technology.”
Impressive dudes.
“Their inspiration to build a drone company grew out of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which turned their high school hobby into a world-changing technology.”
Impressive dudes.
The 20-Somethings Who Raised $121 Million to Build Military Drones
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November 19, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The 20-Somethings Who Raised $121 Million to Build Military Drones www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/b...
“Their inspiration to build a drone company grew out of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which turned their high school hobby into a world-changing technology.”
Impressive dudes.
“Their inspiration to build a drone company grew out of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which turned their high school hobby into a world-changing technology.”
Impressive dudes.
Maurene Comey’s Case Is More Consequential Than Her Father’s www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/o...
“Ms. Loomer called for Ms. Comey to be fired as a “national security risk” because of her “proximity to a criminal,” that is, her father.”
Loomer’s action is laughable, if it wasn’t so dangerous.
“Ms. Loomer called for Ms. Comey to be fired as a “national security risk” because of her “proximity to a criminal,” that is, her father.”
Loomer’s action is laughable, if it wasn’t so dangerous.
Opinion | Maurene Comey’s Case Is More Consequential Than Her Father’s
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November 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Maurene Comey’s Case Is More Consequential Than Her Father’s www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/o...
“Ms. Loomer called for Ms. Comey to be fired as a “national security risk” because of her “proximity to a criminal,” that is, her father.”
Loomer’s action is laughable, if it wasn’t so dangerous.
“Ms. Loomer called for Ms. Comey to be fired as a “national security risk” because of her “proximity to a criminal,” that is, her father.”
Loomer’s action is laughable, if it wasn’t so dangerous.
What Is Going On Inside the Department of Justice? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/b...
“The disturbing takeaway of “Injustice” is that, at the Justice Department, political independence has been replaced by abject servility to Trump”
“The disturbing takeaway of “Injustice” is that, at the Justice Department, political independence has been replaced by abject servility to Trump”
What Is Going On Inside the Department of Justice?
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November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
What Is Going On Inside the Department of Justice? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/b...
“The disturbing takeaway of “Injustice” is that, at the Justice Department, political independence has been replaced by abject servility to Trump”
“The disturbing takeaway of “Injustice” is that, at the Justice Department, political independence has been replaced by abject servility to Trump”
A Harrowing Escape From the Drone-Infested Hellscape of Ukraine’s Front Lines www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/m...
A compelling story of one man’s survival and the role of new kinds of drones.
A compelling story of one man’s survival and the role of new kinds of drones.
A Harrowing Escape From the Drone-Infested Hellscape of Ukraine’s Front Lines
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November 17, 2025 at 12:30 AM
A Harrowing Escape From the Drone-Infested Hellscape of Ukraine’s Front Lines www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/m...
A compelling story of one man’s survival and the role of new kinds of drones.
A compelling story of one man’s survival and the role of new kinds of drones.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...
“Russia, as it has elsewhere in Ukraine, struck evacuees with drones. This indiscriminate killing of civilians in cars and on bicycles has come to be known in Ukraine as “human safaris.” Systematic attacks on humanitarian convoys have made aid delivery impossible.”
“Russia, as it has elsewhere in Ukraine, struck evacuees with drones. This indiscriminate killing of civilians in cars and on bicycles has come to be known in Ukraine as “human safaris.” Systematic attacks on humanitarian convoys have made aid delivery impossible.”
What Our Photographer Saw as a Safe City Became a Blood Bath
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November 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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“Russia, as it has elsewhere in Ukraine, struck evacuees with drones. This indiscriminate killing of civilians in cars and on bicycles has come to be known in Ukraine as “human safaris.” Systematic attacks on humanitarian convoys have made aid delivery impossible.”
“Russia, as it has elsewhere in Ukraine, struck evacuees with drones. This indiscriminate killing of civilians in cars and on bicycles has come to be known in Ukraine as “human safaris.” Systematic attacks on humanitarian convoys have made aid delivery impossible.”