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Fox News legal contributor Andy McCarthy knocks down Hegseth's defense:
"Neither Hegseth’s statement nor the explanation attributed to Bradley ... makes legal sense.
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It cannot be a defense to say, as Hegseth does, that one has killed because one’s objective was 'lethal, kinetic strikes.'"
"Neither Hegseth’s statement nor the explanation attributed to Bradley ... makes legal sense.
...
It cannot be a defense to say, as Hegseth does, that one has killed because one’s objective was 'lethal, kinetic strikes.'"
‘We Intended the Strike to Be Lethal’ Is Not a Defense | National Review
The laws of war, incorporated in the federal war crimes statute, prohibit the killing of people who have been rendered hors de combat.
www.nationalreview.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Fox News legal contributor Andy McCarthy knocks down Hegseth's defense:
"Neither Hegseth’s statement nor the explanation attributed to Bradley ... makes legal sense.
...
It cannot be a defense to say, as Hegseth does, that one has killed because one’s objective was 'lethal, kinetic strikes.'"
"Neither Hegseth’s statement nor the explanation attributed to Bradley ... makes legal sense.
...
It cannot be a defense to say, as Hegseth does, that one has killed because one’s objective was 'lethal, kinetic strikes.'"
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Think it’s a coincidence that current “leader” of the National Archives is normally head of Nixon Foundation or that current acting head of Office of Presidential Libraries is normally director of Nixon Presidential Library?
Justify & rehabilitate Nixon now=justify & rehabilitate Trump later.
Justify & rehabilitate Nixon now=justify & rehabilitate Trump later.
The campaign to make Richard Nixon great again
The late president, who resigned in disgrace in 1974, actually wasn’t a crook, pundits on the right argue.
www.nbcnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Think it’s a coincidence that current “leader” of the National Archives is normally head of Nixon Foundation or that current acting head of Office of Presidential Libraries is normally director of Nixon Presidential Library?
Justify & rehabilitate Nixon now=justify & rehabilitate Trump later.
Justify & rehabilitate Nixon now=justify & rehabilitate Trump later.
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A Christian battle grows over whether empathy is virtue or weakness as the U.S. diversifies www.axios.com/2025/11/30/c...
Empathy is the new Christian battleground
Some call empathy "toxic" as others says it's core to Jesus' teachings
www.axios.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
A Christian battle grows over whether empathy is virtue or weakness as the U.S. diversifies www.axios.com/2025/11/30/c...
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Everyone needs to be calling out Trump’s extreme racism all of the time.
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Everyone needs to be calling out Trump’s extreme racism all of the time.
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
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“Home and abroad.”
A notable sentiment given that the administration has labeled not just the people it is killing on these boats as “terrorists” but also domestic political opponents.
A notable sentiment given that the administration has labeled not just the people it is killing on these boats as “terrorists” but also domestic political opponents.
Markwayne Mullin: "The president and the secretary of war have been very clear. They're gonna use lethality against our enemies -- home and abroad."
November 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
“Home and abroad.”
A notable sentiment given that the administration has labeled not just the people it is killing on these boats as “terrorists” but also domestic political opponents.
A notable sentiment given that the administration has labeled not just the people it is killing on these boats as “terrorists” but also domestic political opponents.
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Seriously, the article mentions 11 people killed on or by ebikes and emotorcycles over the course of a few years. Cars kill over 40,000 people in the US each year, including people on ebikes.
Wait until they hear about cars.
But seriously - yes, agree, regulate e-bikes. But also give them space and infrastructure: protected bike lanes and designated and required parking spaces.
But seriously - yes, agree, regulate e-bikes. But also give them space and infrastructure: protected bike lanes and designated and required parking spaces.
The Shocking Crash That Led One County to Reckon With the Dangers of E-Bikes
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Seriously, the article mentions 11 people killed on or by ebikes and emotorcycles over the course of a few years. Cars kill over 40,000 people in the US each year, including people on ebikes.
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BASH: Trump is clearly very concerned about Central & South American presidents allegedly trafficking drugs to the US. So why is he planning to pardon former Honduran president who was convicted of drug trafficking?
MARKWAYNE MULLIN: Well, the particular circumstances of that I'm not quite aware of
MARKWAYNE MULLIN: Well, the particular circumstances of that I'm not quite aware of
November 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
BASH: Trump is clearly very concerned about Central & South American presidents allegedly trafficking drugs to the US. So why is he planning to pardon former Honduran president who was convicted of drug trafficking?
MARKWAYNE MULLIN: Well, the particular circumstances of that I'm not quite aware of
MARKWAYNE MULLIN: Well, the particular circumstances of that I'm not quite aware of
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Absolutely nothing indicates putin wants peace. Absolutely everything indicates he prefers continued confrontation.
Which is why russia must be decisively deterred, its economy choked, its leaders held accountable.
Land grabs, aggression and war crimes must never pay off.
#StandWithUkraine
Which is why russia must be decisively deterred, its economy choked, its leaders held accountable.
Land grabs, aggression and war crimes must never pay off.
#StandWithUkraine
November 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Absolutely nothing indicates putin wants peace. Absolutely everything indicates he prefers continued confrontation.
Which is why russia must be decisively deterred, its economy choked, its leaders held accountable.
Land grabs, aggression and war crimes must never pay off.
#StandWithUkraine
Which is why russia must be decisively deterred, its economy choked, its leaders held accountable.
Land grabs, aggression and war crimes must never pay off.
#StandWithUkraine
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"Israel has “a de facto state policy of organised and widespread torture”, according to a UN report covering the past two years, which also raised concerns about the impunity of Israeli security forces for war crimes." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report
Committee highlights allegations including dog attacks and sexual violence, raising concern about impunity for war crimes
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
"Israel has “a de facto state policy of organised and widespread torture”, according to a UN report covering the past two years, which also raised concerns about the impunity of Israeli security forces for war crimes." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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“That’s the first time I ever voted Democrat,” Mr. Payton, 58, said."
Turns out folks don't want to fund the tech oligarchs data centers. Energy affordability is the new 'egg prices are too high' but this time it's republicans who will pay the price. Oof.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
Turns out folks don't want to fund the tech oligarchs data centers. Energy affordability is the new 'egg prices are too high' but this time it's republicans who will pay the price. Oof.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
‘The New Price of Eggs.’ The Political Shocks of Data Centers and Electric Bills
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
“That’s the first time I ever voted Democrat,” Mr. Payton, 58, said."
Turns out folks don't want to fund the tech oligarchs data centers. Energy affordability is the new 'egg prices are too high' but this time it's republicans who will pay the price. Oof.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
Turns out folks don't want to fund the tech oligarchs data centers. Energy affordability is the new 'egg prices are too high' but this time it's republicans who will pay the price. Oof.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
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And of course Trump is gutting the watchdogs designed to provide a check on this sort of atrocious behavior. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
November 30, 2025 at 12:27 PM
And of course Trump is gutting the watchdogs designed to provide a check on this sort of atrocious behavior. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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If you are a right-winger committing fraud, you are guaranteed a pardon from Trump.
He scammed over 1,000 people, most of whom were not wealthy - veterans, farmers, teachers, nurses, small businesses owners. Some lost everything. But he’s a rich Republican, so Trump let him get away with it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
If you are a right-winger committing fraud, you are guaranteed a pardon from Trump.
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“For Ukrainians under occupation, the document formalizes what human rights groups have documented as systematic identity erasure—"In fact, it is now illegal to be Ukrainian in the occupied territories,"
Everything you need to know about the NATO expansion threat that made Putin invade
Putin signs decree formalizing Russification of occupied Ukraine through 2036 - Euromaidan Press
Putin signs decree formalizing Russification of occupied Ukraine through 2036, setting 95% "Russian identity" targets for four oblasts.
euromaidanpress.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:24 AM
“For Ukrainians under occupation, the document formalizes what human rights groups have documented as systematic identity erasure—"In fact, it is now illegal to be Ukrainian in the occupied territories,"
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Pressure is mounting on Hegseth over his order to murder victims at sea.
Congressional committees to scrutinize U.S. killing of boat strike survivors — The Washington Post
The Senate and House armed services committees’ pledge followed a Washington Post report revealing that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered that a U.S. strike leave no survivors.
apple.news
November 30, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Pressure is mounting on Hegseth over his order to murder victims at sea.
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China is bearing down on Taiwan – enabled by Trump’s weakness and vacillation | Simon Tisdall
China is bearing down on Taiwan – enabled by Trump’s weakness and vacillation | Simon Tisdall
The US hasn’t just left Ukraine vulnerable; it is also provoking Xi’s intensifying attitude towards what he considers a renegade province, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:17 AM
China is bearing down on Taiwan – enabled by Trump’s weakness and vacillation | Simon Tisdall
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Yttrium plays a critical role in everything from aircraft engines to semiconductors. China controls the vast majority of the market—and that’s not changing any time soon. www.wired.com/story/yttriu...
The Rare Earth Metal Driving Tensions Between the US and China
Yttrium plays a critical role in everything from aircraft engines to semiconductors. China controls the vast majority of the market—and that’s not changing any time soon.
www.wired.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Yttrium plays a critical role in everything from aircraft engines to semiconductors. China controls the vast majority of the market—and that’s not changing any time soon. www.wired.com/story/yttriu...
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Bill Gates favors hypothetical new energy tech, including modular #nuclear reactors that Mann says “couldn’t possibly be scaled up over the time frame in which the world must transition off fossil fuels.”
cleantechnica.com/2025/11/29/m...
cleantechnica.com/2025/11/29/m...
Michael Mann To Bill Gates: What World Are You Living In? - CleanTechnica
Mann offers a roadmap against an "ecocidal agenda" driven by plutocrats, polluters, petrostates, propagandists, and much of the press.
cleantechnica.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Bill Gates favors hypothetical new energy tech, including modular #nuclear reactors that Mann says “couldn’t possibly be scaled up over the time frame in which the world must transition off fossil fuels.”
cleantechnica.com/2025/11/29/m...
cleantechnica.com/2025/11/29/m...
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Sitting in plain sight.
Scientists Intrigued by Old Drug That Reverses Signs of Alzheimer's in Mice
Administering an amino acid used to treat high blood pressure also appears to reverse signs of dementia in mice.
trib.al
November 30, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Sitting in plain sight.
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The institution to stop the lawless killing spree at sea is not individual service members, US courts, or the ICC.
It is Congress.
The Article I branch needs to do its job.
It is Congress.
The Article I branch needs to do its job.
Now Senate Armed Services Committee and House Armed Services Committee - vow "vigorous oversight" and "full accounting" of Secretary Hegseth's alleged "kill them all" order and double-strike operation.
Rare joint statements by GOP Chairman and Ranking Member on both committees
Rare joint statements by GOP Chairman and Ranking Member on both committees
November 30, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The institution to stop the lawless killing spree at sea is not individual service members, US courts, or the ICC.
It is Congress.
The Article I branch needs to do its job.
It is Congress.
The Article I branch needs to do its job.
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Now Senate Armed Services Committee and House Armed Services Committee - vow "vigorous oversight" and "full accounting" of Secretary Hegseth's alleged "kill them all" order and double-strike operation.
Rare joint statements by GOP Chairman and Ranking Member on both committees
Rare joint statements by GOP Chairman and Ranking Member on both committees
November 30, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Now Senate Armed Services Committee and House Armed Services Committee - vow "vigorous oversight" and "full accounting" of Secretary Hegseth's alleged "kill them all" order and double-strike operation.
Rare joint statements by GOP Chairman and Ranking Member on both committees
Rare joint statements by GOP Chairman and Ranking Member on both committees
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What are they cooking?
Republicans Complain That Cars Have Become Too Safe, Say It Must Be Reversed
An inquiry led by Republican senator Ted Cruz is blaming life-saving car safety regulations for the rising cost of cars.
trib.al
November 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
What are they cooking?
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Wrap your head around this: US gave Israel GBU-39B precision-guided bombs, used in attack assassinating a Hezbollah leader. One of these advanced bombs failed to explode. Now, US is demanding that bomb be handed back for fear of falling into wrong hands!
www.msn.com/en-in/news/w...
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MSN
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November 30, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Wrap your head around this: US gave Israel GBU-39B precision-guided bombs, used in attack assassinating a Hezbollah leader. One of these advanced bombs failed to explode. Now, US is demanding that bomb be handed back for fear of falling into wrong hands!
www.msn.com/en-in/news/w...
www.msn.com/en-in/news/w...
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Finally got around to reading Prasad's actual memo about the purported deaths in children from COVID-19 vaccines, and it's kind of amazing in the worst ways possible.
At one point, he says (regarding rare adverse events):
"Causality is easy to assess in a randomized trial..."
At one point, he says (regarding rare adverse events):
"Causality is easy to assess in a randomized trial..."
November 30, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Finally got around to reading Prasad's actual memo about the purported deaths in children from COVID-19 vaccines, and it's kind of amazing in the worst ways possible.
At one point, he says (regarding rare adverse events):
"Causality is easy to assess in a randomized trial..."
At one point, he says (regarding rare adverse events):
"Causality is easy to assess in a randomized trial..."
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France’s far-right leader hit by egg, days after flour attack
French far-right leader hit on the head with an egg
Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, was hit on the head with an egg Saturday, just days after another incident in which a protester threw flour at him.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 29, 2025 at 11:31 PM
France’s far-right leader hit by egg, days after flour attack
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“.. At the center of President Trump’s contentious plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war isn’t peace: it’s profit.”
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November 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
“.. At the center of President Trump’s contentious plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war isn’t peace: it’s profit.”
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