Gregory P. Wilson
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Former U.S. Treasury Department official (Presidents Reagan and Bush41). Democracy. Freedom. Rule of law. National security. 🇺🇸🇺🇦p
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OPINION: Europe must act now to seize Russia’s frozen assets
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US House of Representatives Financial Services Committee Chair French Hill is right on the money. Help Ukraine by using frozen Russian state assets before US taxpayers. Right thing to do morally, legally, and economically. President Trump should act now! hill.house.gov/news/documen...
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Legality vs Lethality: Pete Hegseth is still reeling from fallout over the Venezuelan boat strikes. As scrutiny mounts over Hegseth’s shifting stance on military law and unlawful orders. Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling addresses why the defense secretary’s actions are “leaning more toward lethality.”
December 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Legality vs Lethality: Pete Hegseth is still reeling from fallout over the Venezuelan boat strikes. As scrutiny mounts over Hegseth’s shifting stance on military law and unlawful orders. Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling addresses why the defense secretary’s actions are “leaning more toward lethality.”
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"Does this feel like or look like a well-run competent administration? It took them 10 months to discover that the United States doesn't grow bananas and that therefore if we tariff bananas that that's not going to bring banana factories on shore."
December 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
"Does this feel like or look like a well-run competent administration? It took them 10 months to discover that the United States doesn't grow bananas and that therefore if we tariff bananas that that's not going to bring banana factories on shore."
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We are so far off the playing field here we can't even see the stadium.
December 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
We are so far off the playing field here we can't even see the stadium.
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Holding ourselves to account over the boat strike isn’t about the traffickers or the boat… it’s about us
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December 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Holding ourselves to account over the boat strike isn’t about the traffickers or the boat… it’s about us
youtu.be/yMH3NcZEeNA?...
youtu.be/yMH3NcZEeNA?...
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The Trump Administration's latest rationale for killing striken seamen was that they knew that two men had survived the initial strike but that they "needed to sink the vessel" so they fired again.
That is the EXACT same defense Heinz-Wilhelm Eck used after WWII. He was found guilty and executed.
That is the EXACT same defense Heinz-Wilhelm Eck used after WWII. He was found guilty and executed.
Pentagon knew boat attack left survivors but still launched a follow-on strike, AP sources say
The Pentagon knew there were survivors after a September attack on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea and the U.S. military still carried out a follow-up strike.
www.seattletimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The Trump Administration's latest rationale for killing striken seamen was that they knew that two men had survived the initial strike but that they "needed to sink the vessel" so they fired again.
That is the EXACT same defense Heinz-Wilhelm Eck used after WWII. He was found guilty and executed.
That is the EXACT same defense Heinz-Wilhelm Eck used after WWII. He was found guilty and executed.
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GEORGE WILL: “.. The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself.”
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December 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
GEORGE WILL: “.. The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself.”
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It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
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Delusional Don was delusioning on all cylinders this afternoon.
Fact check: Trump delivers long list of false claims at Cabinet meeting | CNN Politics
As usual, President Donald Trump made numerous false claims in his televised Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. And, as usual, most of them had previously been debunked.
www.cnn.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Delusional Don was delusioning on all cylinders this afternoon.
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Wonder how folks involved in the boat strikes feel about a successor administration declaring presidential pardons invalid.
BREAKING: President Trump declared that all of former President Biden’s pardons are now “invalid.” There is no legal mechanism for presidents to revoke their predecessors’ pardons but if Trump is taken seriously, thousands could be thrown into legal chaos.
Trump Claims Former President Joe Biden’s Pardons Are Invalid
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Wonder how folks involved in the boat strikes feel about a successor administration declaring presidential pardons invalid.
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George Will: "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement."
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 3, 2025 at 12:14 AM
George Will: "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement."
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I just find it hilarious that his whole cabinet is sloberring praise all over him with ridiculous hyperbole and he is falling asleep while they're doing it.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I just find it hilarious that his whole cabinet is sloberring praise all over him with ridiculous hyperbole and he is falling asleep while they're doing it.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
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Trump’s mental decline is getting worse. He is not well. Please pray for him.
Trump: "Under Boot Edge Edge - another grossly incompetent. Get on his bicycle, ride to work. What they do is they take the fiber optics & they take fiber, try to hook it into copper. And fiber and copper don't mix. You can't do it...you saw that by the helicopter crash. You saw that into the plane"
December 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Trump’s mental decline is getting worse. He is not well. Please pray for him.
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Trump announces a “full and unconditional” pardon for Juan Orlando Hernandez, a former president of Honduras sentenced to 45 years for drug trafficking and weapons offenses.
My latest on Trump’s continued abuse of the presidential pardon power:
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My latest on Trump’s continued abuse of the presidential pardon power:
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Yikes! Trump’s SHOCKING Pardon IGNITES Global OUTRAGE
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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December 2, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Trump announces a “full and unconditional” pardon for Juan Orlando Hernandez, a former president of Honduras sentenced to 45 years for drug trafficking and weapons offenses.
My latest on Trump’s continued abuse of the presidential pardon power:
youtu.be/M3VzVlHhQM8?...
My latest on Trump’s continued abuse of the presidential pardon power:
youtu.be/M3VzVlHhQM8?...
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Damn, messing up on day one.
Pentagon spox confirmed that all strikes in Caribbean are "directed by the President". Congrats.
Pentagon spox confirmed that all strikes in Caribbean are "directed by the President". Congrats.
December 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Damn, messing up on day one.
Pentagon spox confirmed that all strikes in Caribbean are "directed by the President". Congrats.
Pentagon spox confirmed that all strikes in Caribbean are "directed by the President". Congrats.
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Watch it here: lnk.thebulwark.com/4iyxjXX
Trump's Honduras Pardon Looks Worse and Worse
Sam Stein and Will Saletan take on Trump’s bizarre pardon of the former President of Honduras—how he was nudged into it by friends and fixers, why the story he repeated falls apart, and what this deci...
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December 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Watch it here: lnk.thebulwark.com/4iyxjXX
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Trump’s bizarre pardon of the former President of Honduras is looking worse and worse.
@samsteindc.bsky.social and @saletan.bsky.social break it down.
@samsteindc.bsky.social and @saletan.bsky.social break it down.
December 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Trump’s bizarre pardon of the former President of Honduras is looking worse and worse.
@samsteindc.bsky.social and @saletan.bsky.social break it down.
@samsteindc.bsky.social and @saletan.bsky.social break it down.
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Trump on Tim Walz: "I think the man is a grossly incompetent man. I thought that from the day I watched JD destroy him in the debate. I was saying, 'Who's more incompetent, that man or my man?' I had a man and he had a man. They were both incompetent."
December 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Trump on Tim Walz: "I think the man is a grossly incompetent man. I thought that from the day I watched JD destroy him in the debate. I was saying, 'Who's more incompetent, that man or my man?' I had a man and he had a man. They were both incompetent."
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Okay for once I totally and completely empathize with President Trump.
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Okay for once I totally and completely empathize with President Trump.
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"Pete Hegseth loves the cosplay and the cartoon memes. The responsibility, not so much." Republicans may not like what Charlie Sykes (@sykescharlie.bsky.social) says. But can they deny it? charliesykes.substack.com/p/this-is-pr...
“This is ‘protect Pete’ bulls---"
Memo to the military:
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December 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"Pete Hegseth loves the cosplay and the cartoon memes. The responsibility, not so much." Republicans may not like what Charlie Sykes (@sykescharlie.bsky.social) says. But can they deny it? charliesykes.substack.com/p/this-is-pr...
Calling Mr. Vice President!
December 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Calling Mr. Vice President!
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NEW: Trump just called JD Vance incompetent.
December 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
NEW: Trump just called JD Vance incompetent.
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A most important question on the Sept. 2 double-tap strike is who had "target engagement authority" (TEA).
Wall Street Journal:
"A Defense Department official ... said Hegseth was the 'target engagement authority,' the key figure who authorized the strike."
www.wsj.com/politics/whi...
Wall Street Journal:
"A Defense Department official ... said Hegseth was the 'target engagement authority,' the key figure who authorized the strike."
www.wsj.com/politics/whi...
December 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A most important question on the Sept. 2 double-tap strike is who had "target engagement authority" (TEA).
Wall Street Journal:
"A Defense Department official ... said Hegseth was the 'target engagement authority,' the key figure who authorized the strike."
www.wsj.com/politics/whi...
Wall Street Journal:
"A Defense Department official ... said Hegseth was the 'target engagement authority,' the key figure who authorized the strike."
www.wsj.com/politics/whi...
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The other day, House Republicans passed a resolution condemning socialism. It was simply a smear that conflated socialism with communism. Well two can play at that game. I compiled a list of the crimes of capitalism. It's just as bad if not worse. brucebartlett.substack.com/p/which-is-w...
Which Is Worse: The Crimes of “Socialism” or the Crimes of “Capitalism”?
A Brief Comparison
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December 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The other day, House Republicans passed a resolution condemning socialism. It was simply a smear that conflated socialism with communism. Well two can play at that game. I compiled a list of the crimes of capitalism. It's just as bad if not worse. brucebartlett.substack.com/p/which-is-w...
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"the combat decisions he has made"
Hegseth is setting up Admiral Bradley to take the blame for killing the survivors--which is just the tip of an immense iceberg of illegal acts.
U.S. military officials beware: Following orders is not a defense to murder or war crimes.
Hegseth is setting up Admiral Bradley to take the blame for killing the survivors--which is just the tip of an immense iceberg of illegal acts.
U.S. military officials beware: Following orders is not a defense to murder or war crimes.
December 2, 2025 at 11:07 AM
"the combat decisions he has made"
Hegseth is setting up Admiral Bradley to take the blame for killing the survivors--which is just the tip of an immense iceberg of illegal acts.
U.S. military officials beware: Following orders is not a defense to murder or war crimes.
Hegseth is setting up Admiral Bradley to take the blame for killing the survivors--which is just the tip of an immense iceberg of illegal acts.
U.S. military officials beware: Following orders is not a defense to murder or war crimes.
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@markhertling.bsky.social: “When you're talking about striking against someone who's wounded and clinging to debris…Deliberately targeting such a person isn't a tactical decision, it's a war crime by the Geneva Convention, the laws of land warfare, and the U.N. Charter.”
December 2, 2025 at 12:50 AM
@markhertling.bsky.social: “When you're talking about striking against someone who's wounded and clinging to debris…Deliberately targeting such a person isn't a tactical decision, it's a war crime by the Geneva Convention, the laws of land warfare, and the U.N. Charter.”