Nona the Cave-dweller Granny
@lesleyzeelesley.bsky.social
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Not too long from now, we will look back on these strikes as we today view the torture at Abu Ghraib: heinously immoral conduct done in the name of national security & enabled by legal & constitutional arguments designed only to justify a predetermined conclusion.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
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Top military lawyer raised legal concerns about boat strikes
The lawyer at U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the operations against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela, disagreed that the strikes are legal and was overruled, according to six sources...
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November 29, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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if you're in Indiana, would highly recommend writing this person and thanking them. they're going to get a lot of people yelling at them, and it would be good for ppl to see they get support when they stand up to trump.
(I think I'm going to write even though I'm not in IN.)
(I think I'm going to write even though I'm not in IN.)
h/t @adamwren.bsky.social
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
November 29, 2025 at 12:36 AM
if you're in Indiana, would highly recommend writing this person and thanking them. they're going to get a lot of people yelling at them, and it would be good for ppl to see they get support when they stand up to trump.
(I think I'm going to write even though I'm not in IN.)
(I think I'm going to write even though I'm not in IN.)
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TL;DR: basically the same contemptible garbage as all the other schools, anti-trans, anti-protest, more restrictive on admissions than the court held in SFFA. 75 million dollar tribute payment. At least no surveillance of teaching evaluations I guess?
November 29, 2025 at 12:37 AM
TL;DR: basically the same contemptible garbage as all the other schools, anti-trans, anti-protest, more restrictive on admissions than the court held in SFFA. 75 million dollar tribute payment. At least no surveillance of teaching evaluations I guess?
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Seriously, the DOJ should look into if he laundered money through Trump's crypto scam. From Trump's first term, we already know the pardons don't come free or for "justice."
He’s going to fight drug trafficking by pardoning them?
Trump announced “a Full and Complete Pardon” for former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, who was found guilty by an American jury last year of conspiring to import cocaine into the US.
Trump announced “a Full and Complete Pardon” for former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, who was found guilty by an American jury last year of conspiring to import cocaine into the US.
November 29, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Seriously, the DOJ should look into if he laundered money through Trump's crypto scam. From Trump's first term, we already know the pardons don't come free or for "justice."
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They didn’t cave. They agree
Fuck, Northwestern just caved. Reading the deal now. ( www.northwestern.edu/president/do... )
www.northwestern.edu
November 29, 2025 at 12:35 AM
They didn’t cave. They agree
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Hegseth: "How can soldiers possibly evaluate whether a given order is illegal?!"
Also Hegseth: "No witnesses."
Also Hegseth: "No witnesses."
November 29, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Hegseth: "How can soldiers possibly evaluate whether a given order is illegal?!"
Also Hegseth: "No witnesses."
Also Hegseth: "No witnesses."
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Retired judges warn that the rule of law is unraveling
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www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Retired judges warn that the rule of law is unraveling
In interviews, former state and federal judges describe the consequences when the rule of law begins to falter, warning that democracy’s guardrails may already be weakened.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Retired judges warn that the rule of law is unraveling
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Pete Hagueseth. We should make it a thing.
Hagueseth
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.
November 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Pete Hagueseth. We should make it a thing.
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It’s really being used heavily these days as a call-and-response for shitty people; just a quick test to see if you’re dealing with someone who is equally fed up with the expectation that you treat human beings with basic courtesy.
I really think that even most people who think language policing was a huge problem over the past 5-10 years have no patience for the disgusting little freaks who have tried to bring back "retarded" as a slur. It's just so low-rent and such a tell that the person using it is not worth your time
h/t @adamwren.bsky.social
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
November 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
It’s really being used heavily these days as a call-and-response for shitty people; just a quick test to see if you’re dealing with someone who is equally fed up with the expectation that you treat human beings with basic courtesy.
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I find this sort of messaging so much better than insisting that the USA is somehow poor in aggregate.
In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
November 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I find this sort of messaging so much better than insisting that the USA is somehow poor in aggregate.
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church sign spotted in new orleans
“ICE: WHATSOEVER YOU DO TO THE LEAST. YOU DO UNTO ME.”
“ICE: WHATSOEVER YOU DO TO THE LEAST. YOU DO UNTO ME.”
November 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
church sign spotted in new orleans
“ICE: WHATSOEVER YOU DO TO THE LEAST. YOU DO UNTO ME.”
“ICE: WHATSOEVER YOU DO TO THE LEAST. YOU DO UNTO ME.”
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Yes, well … the framers thought public virtue would prevent the election of tyrants and criminals or lead to their impeachment and removal from office. That going well?
(This said, the framers never meant to immunize presidents from any consequences for ordering crimes. Roberts just made that up.)
(This said, the framers never meant to immunize presidents from any consequences for ordering crimes. Roberts just made that up.)
i think that we should charge even people who have been pardoned, because there is no conceivable way the founders intended the pardon power to permit the executive to order people to commit crimes and then pardon them for them
November 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Yes, well … the framers thought public virtue would prevent the election of tyrants and criminals or lead to their impeachment and removal from office. That going well?
(This said, the framers never meant to immunize presidents from any consequences for ordering crimes. Roberts just made that up.)
(This said, the framers never meant to immunize presidents from any consequences for ordering crimes. Roberts just made that up.)
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In other words, Hegseth was outed as a war criminal by a fellow Iraq vet who got the story from presumably high-level military officials inside the Pentagon. In case you were wondering how the military feels about him.
Hegseth should know that he can't trust anyone around him in that building.
Hegseth should know that he can't trust anyone around him in that building.
November 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
In other words, Hegseth was outed as a war criminal by a fellow Iraq vet who got the story from presumably high-level military officials inside the Pentagon. In case you were wondering how the military feels about him.
Hegseth should know that he can't trust anyone around him in that building.
Hegseth should know that he can't trust anyone around him in that building.
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
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Jesus Christ. JESUS Christ. Jesus CHRIST. Yes, this person is correct, remigration is a white supremacy term for ethnic cleansing, basically. And the Department of Homeland Security, WHICH SHOULDN'T EVEN EXIST, just used the term. An official government account. That is...that is beyond fucked.
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Jesus Christ. JESUS Christ. Jesus CHRIST. Yes, this person is correct, remigration is a white supremacy term for ethnic cleansing, basically. And the Department of Homeland Security, WHICH SHOULDN'T EVEN EXIST, just used the term. An official government account. That is...that is beyond fucked.
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Wild to see Whelan say this, but to be clear the OLC's immunity powers are fake anyway. The "golden shield" idea was made up to justify rampant criminality in the GWBush years, then adopted by Holder to excuse Obama's inaction. It's not in the Constitution, statute, or precedent. It's not the law.
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 11:38 PM
Wild to see Whelan say this, but to be clear the OLC's immunity powers are fake anyway. The "golden shield" idea was made up to justify rampant criminality in the GWBush years, then adopted by Holder to excuse Obama's inaction. It's not in the Constitution, statute, or precedent. It's not the law.
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"Victor" sent us this pic from Stanislaus County where they work 5-6 days/week, 8 hrs/day. "There was some light rain, but we were lucky to get done before the heavy rain hit. Rain makes a tough job much tougher, both for us workers and for the machinery we operate." #WeFeedYou
November 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Victor" sent us this pic from Stanislaus County where they work 5-6 days/week, 8 hrs/day. "There was some light rain, but we were lucky to get done before the heavy rain hit. Rain makes a tough job much tougher, both for us workers and for the machinery we operate." #WeFeedYou
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East Timor's declaration of independence in November 1975 was swiftly followed by invasion and decades of occupation.
East Timor still searches for justice, 50 years after Indonesian invasion
East Timor's declaration of independence in November 1975 was swiftly followed by invasion and decades of occupation.
bit.ly
November 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
East Timor's declaration of independence in November 1975 was swiftly followed by invasion and decades of occupation.
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White Evangelical Christianity in America cannot peaceably coexist with the Jesus of the scriptures; with the truth of the poor, non-white, non-American reality of Christmas, which is why it is choosing to remove him.
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johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-war-on...
The War on Christmas is Finally Here, America. Conservative Christians are Waging it.
Well, it turns out, the Evangelicals were right.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:02 AM
White Evangelical Christianity in America cannot peaceably coexist with the Jesus of the scriptures; with the truth of the poor, non-white, non-American reality of Christmas, which is why it is choosing to remove him.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-war-on...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-war-on...
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Okay
"If you don't take my abuse, I'll make sure you get abused harder" is a terrifying threat, while also simultaneously being a pathetically flimsy and unsustainable attitude to use as a society's foundation.
November 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Okay
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It is tragic that this person was put in a position where she lost her life for no reason other than to serve the vanity of a man determined to establish dominance over a city that hates him
"In the months leading up to the D.C. deployment, Beckstrom worked for a community health center that serves people with mental illness and substance abuse disorders." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for 'heart of gold'
The slain soldier’s former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn’t even have to know you and she’ll do anything for you,” he said.
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November 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
It is tragic that this person was put in a position where she lost her life for no reason other than to serve the vanity of a man determined to establish dominance over a city that hates him
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Solar power made up 9.7% of US electricity this September, up from 7.6% last year
Over the last twelve months, solar has made up 8.3% of US electricity, a record high!
Over the last twelve months, solar has made up 8.3% of US electricity, a record high!
November 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Solar power made up 9.7% of US electricity this September, up from 7.6% last year
Over the last twelve months, solar has made up 8.3% of US electricity, a record high!
Over the last twelve months, solar has made up 8.3% of US electricity, a record high!
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Defectors are key to preventing authoritarian consolidation, and the ways they choose to defect and the excuses they offer for doing so will rarely make sense, which is fine.
It’s so rare for elected Republicans to speak out against Trump in any form, but when was the last time we saw one leverage an issue in an unrelated vote?
h/t @adamwren.bsky.social
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
November 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Defectors are key to preventing authoritarian consolidation, and the ways they choose to defect and the excuses they offer for doing so will rarely make sense, which is fine.