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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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TBH, this article is a pretty great microcosm of conservatives in universities. They write some lazy trash and then when people say “that’s lazy trash,” they throw a temper tantrum about free speech. See also: the TERFs.
OU student says essay grade was a violation of her rights. Read the essay
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OU student says essay grade was a violation of her rights. Read the essay
In the essay, she wrote traditional gender roles should not be considered stereotypes. What do you think? Read the full essay and professor responses here.
www.yahoo.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
TBH, this article is a pretty great microcosm of conservatives in universities. They write some lazy trash and then when people say “that’s lazy trash,” they throw a temper tantrum about free speech. See also: the TERFs.
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Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
November 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
There certainly are people who see profit in a war with Venezuela. (Salazar’s comments are pretty blunt.) But Trump is also motivated by Wag the Dog nationalism and Hegseth likes to make boombooms… and those are better explanations of their motives, as hawks.
I see ppl saying that the war with Venezuela is for oil, or that it's meant to give a pretext for deportations.
I'm sure those things are in the mix, but...also fascists often think war is good in itself. 1
I'm sure those things are in the mix, but...also fascists often think war is good in itself. 1
November 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
There certainly are people who see profit in a war with Venezuela. (Salazar’s comments are pretty blunt.) But Trump is also motivated by Wag the Dog nationalism and Hegseth likes to make boombooms… and those are better explanations of their motives, as hawks.
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This is why Rep Jason Crow and Senators Mark Kelly ad Elissa Slotkin made that video.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
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 11:43 PM
This is why Rep Jason Crow and Senators Mark Kelly ad Elissa Slotkin made that video.
Hernández is absolutely a drug trafficker, and a major political fixer for cartels, including Sinaloa. Similarly, Asfura is seriously corrupt, but was able to get charges dropped when Hernández was President.
in the midst of our supposed campaign against Venezuelan drug traffickers the President of the United States has chosen to pardon the Former President of Honduras, freeing him from his long prison sentence earned for trafficking more than 400 tons of cocaine into the United States
November 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Hernández is absolutely a drug trafficker, and a major political fixer for cartels, including Sinaloa. Similarly, Asfura is seriously corrupt, but was able to get charges dropped when Hernández was President.
Even Ed "accuse a random classmate of Kavanaugh's of rape to deflect the Blasey Ford allegations" Whelan isn't optimistic about a defense for Hegseth.
Does Pete Hegseth have a "golden shield" against prosecution in the form of a DOJ OLC opinion? Ed Whelan thinks not.
November 28, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Even Ed "accuse a random classmate of Kavanaugh's of rape to deflect the Blasey Ford allegations" Whelan isn't optimistic about a defense for Hegseth.
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One of whom presented a Russian capitulation document as a US peace plan. That’s the headline. We need headlines that are true and not news jargon that washes out the basic facts.
President Donald Trump’s demand that Ukraine sign a deal by Thanksgiving appears to have softened as he leaves some of the most important details of the peace plan in the hands of his envoys, one of whom was just embroiled in a high-profile phone leak. https://wapo.st/481ZdYG
Trump steps back from Ukraine peace process, sends out envoys
Envoy Steve Witkoff, who in new phone leaks appears to have advised Russia on negotiations, heads to Moscow next week to discuss the peace plan.
wapo.st
November 28, 2025 at 10:55 PM
One of whom presented a Russian capitulation document as a US peace plan. That’s the headline. We need headlines that are true and not news jargon that washes out the basic facts.
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Week 2 of @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social letting Larry Summers and all their alumni subscribers know who should be under investigation (hint: it’s not them!)
Got heeeeeeeeem
Got heeeeeeeeem
November 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Week 2 of @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social letting Larry Summers and all their alumni subscribers know who should be under investigation (hint: it’s not them!)
Got heeeeeeeeem
Got heeeeeeeeem
Join the ICC and send Hegseth (and many others) to The Hague for the rest of his life.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
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 6:21 PM
Join the ICC and send Hegseth (and many others) to The Hague for the rest of his life.
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Trump’s threats of military action against Nigeria are not about Christian genocide, but are about rare earths, China, and the scramble to control Africa’s mineral future. africasacountry.com/2025/11/trum...
Trump’s beef with Nigeria
Trump’s threats of military action against Nigeria are not about Christian genocide, but are about rare earths, China, and the scramble to control Africa’s mineral future.
africasacountry.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Trump’s threats of military action against Nigeria are not about Christian genocide, but are about rare earths, China, and the scramble to control Africa’s mineral future. africasacountry.com/2025/11/trum...
He’s trying to catch Labour.
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 6:05 PM
He’s trying to catch Labour.
I will say, it’s probably a good thing that horniness doesn’t scale this way.
I am having fun on Bluesky now! Early Bluesky was certainly more anarchic and looser and overtly hornier; I think it's hard to scale those particular qualities. What worked as a community of 40,000 or even 400,000 won't always work at 40 million.
Do you mean early BlueSky was more fun than current BlueSky?
November 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I will say, it’s probably a good thing that horniness doesn’t scale this way.
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The Trump DOJ played down the risk of deploying the National Guard to DC, despite warnings, and now one of them is dead. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The Trump DOJ played down the risk of deploying the National Guard to DC, despite warnings, and now one of them is dead. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
I totally agree with this.
But I do think most of the country doesn’t understand the psychological and social effect of having constant military presence with tactical gear, periodically getting confrontational. They’re not at fault; they’ve also changed the social psychology of the city.
But I do think most of the country doesn’t understand the psychological and social effect of having constant military presence with tactical gear, periodically getting confrontational. They’re not at fault; they’ve also changed the social psychology of the city.
National Guard aren’t ICE or Border Patrol. They didn’t sign up looking to harass and repress people. They’re volunteers, part time, in case of emergency. They didn’t ask for this.
West Virginia National Guard shouldn’t have been deployed in Washington DC.
Victims of the shooter and the president.
West Virginia National Guard shouldn’t have been deployed in Washington DC.
Victims of the shooter and the president.
November 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I totally agree with this.
But I do think most of the country doesn’t understand the psychological and social effect of having constant military presence with tactical gear, periodically getting confrontational. They’re not at fault; they’ve also changed the social psychology of the city.
But I do think most of the country doesn’t understand the psychological and social effect of having constant military presence with tactical gear, periodically getting confrontational. They’re not at fault; they’ve also changed the social psychology of the city.
Beinart’s The Crisis of Zionism (and his broader critique of the Jewish diaspora in America, and especially the right) still pisses off a lot of those Jewish community leaders.
The Jewish Right sure has chosen an interesting time to fixate so heavily on Peter Beinart and the specter of the scary, inhospitable Left. How’s your coalition holding up over there, may we ask? Feeling confident about your choice of movement partners these days?
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Beinart’s The Crisis of Zionism (and his broader critique of the Jewish diaspora in America, and especially the right) still pisses off a lot of those Jewish community leaders.
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The fucking irony of this Jew to cape Third Reich white supremacist talking points BECAUSE his grandparents could assimilate into US culture when whiteness expanded just enough for them.
(One day he might find that this same conditional whiteness he was granted is more conditional+ less secure.)
(One day he might find that this same conditional whiteness he was granted is more conditional+ less secure.)
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The fucking irony of this Jew to cape Third Reich white supremacist talking points BECAUSE his grandparents could assimilate into US culture when whiteness expanded just enough for them.
(One day he might find that this same conditional whiteness he was granted is more conditional+ less secure.)
(One day he might find that this same conditional whiteness he was granted is more conditional+ less secure.)
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I wrote about Oura's security and privacy practices earlier this year for this.weekinsecurity.com, and found:
• Oura rings *don't* end-to-end encrypt users' health data;
• Oura *can* access its users' data;
• Oura told me that the company *has* received U.S. government demands for users' data.
• Oura rings *don't* end-to-end encrypt users' health data;
• Oura *can* access its users' data;
• Oura told me that the company *has* received U.S. government demands for users' data.
November 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I wrote about Oura's security and privacy practices earlier this year for this.weekinsecurity.com, and found:
• Oura rings *don't* end-to-end encrypt users' health data;
• Oura *can* access its users' data;
• Oura told me that the company *has* received U.S. government demands for users' data.
• Oura rings *don't* end-to-end encrypt users' health data;
• Oura *can* access its users' data;
• Oura told me that the company *has* received U.S. government demands for users' data.
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This is fundamentally Nazism. The idea that different peoples than the favored races carry degradation in their very genes, that they cannot strive to become better because biology compels them to be worse. It’s not just repugnant, it’s a bald faced lie.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This is fundamentally Nazism. The idea that different peoples than the favored races carry degradation in their very genes, that they cannot strive to become better because biology compels them to be worse. It’s not just repugnant, it’s a bald faced lie.
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There’s a Smithsonian museum across the mall from the White House that’s literally called “The Museum of the American Indian.”
November 28, 2025 at 12:16 AM
There’s a Smithsonian museum across the mall from the White House that’s literally called “The Museum of the American Indian.”
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NEW from me - NSF cancels grant scheme for social science research.
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Today's biggest science news: Doomed comet explodes | Comet 3I/ATLAS course alteration | Dark matter detected?
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025: Your daily feed of the biggest discoveries and breakthroughs making headlines.
www.livescience.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
NEW from me - NSF cancels grant scheme for social science research.
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Just going to put this right here in case anyone needs it.
www.americanbar.org/groups/busin...
www.americanbar.org/groups/busin...
November 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Just going to put this right here in case anyone needs it.
www.americanbar.org/groups/busin...
www.americanbar.org/groups/busin...
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NSA Contractor Groomed Teenage Girls On Reddit, DOJ Alleges
NSA Contractor Groomed Teenage Girls On Reddit, DOJ Alleges
A Booz Allen Hamilton contractor for the NSA allegedly used his work computer to coerce teenagers into sharing nude images. One of his handles was Charming_Analyst5077, per court records.
www.forbes.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
NSA Contractor Groomed Teenage Girls On Reddit, DOJ Alleges
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One deeply underappreciated aspect of MAHA is how much it's often a fig leaf for domestic abuse. I'm not surprised doctors on the ground belive men are withholding kids' vaccines as a way to control and terrorize their wives. They obviously are!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 AM
One deeply underappreciated aspect of MAHA is how much it's often a fig leaf for domestic abuse. I'm not surprised doctors on the ground belive men are withholding kids' vaccines as a way to control and terrorize their wives. They obviously are!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...