Russ Silva
@russellsilva.bsky.social
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i will never tire of this meme
December 1, 2025 at 7:36 AM
i will never tire of this meme
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what's a good emotion to have for a beginner
December 1, 2025 at 6:21 AM
what's a good emotion to have for a beginner
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They demonstrated pretty conclusively that they understand how to cover pardons as if they are huge scandals when they ran multiple days of banner headlines and scolding op-eds and follow ups when Biden pardoned Hunter exactly one year ago.
They just choose not to for trump because they like him
They just choose not to for trump because they like him
It’s wild how the press is ok with the president abusing the pardon power. That used to be one of the most scrutinized things about a presidency.
December 1, 2025 at 5:20 AM
They demonstrated pretty conclusively that they understand how to cover pardons as if they are huge scandals when they ran multiple days of banner headlines and scolding op-eds and follow ups when Biden pardoned Hunter exactly one year ago.
They just choose not to for trump because they like him
They just choose not to for trump because they like him
If you think "strong floor, no ceiling" is a good slogan when compared to its current rival "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN" then I do not advise switching your career to marketing
December 1, 2025 at 1:11 AM
If you think "strong floor, no ceiling" is a good slogan when compared to its current rival "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN" then I do not advise switching your career to marketing
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President Hernandez was responsible for smuggling 500 TONS of cocaine into the United States! He was the top dog; the Pablo Escobar figure! He wasn’t just “selling drugs in that country.”
Reporter: You have made so clear how you want to keep drugs out of the US—
Trump: Right
Reporter: Can you explain why you would pardon a notorious drug trafficker?
Trump: If somebody sells drugs in that country, that doesn’t mean you arrest the president
Trump: Right
Reporter: Can you explain why you would pardon a notorious drug trafficker?
Trump: If somebody sells drugs in that country, that doesn’t mean you arrest the president
December 1, 2025 at 1:02 AM
President Hernandez was responsible for smuggling 500 TONS of cocaine into the United States! He was the top dog; the Pablo Escobar figure! He wasn’t just “selling drugs in that country.”
American service members: when these people order you to commit murder and/or war crimes, they are not going to accept accountability. They're going to lie and claim you did it on your own, hanging you out to dry. Related: when Nazis murdered shipwreck survivors, we executed them by firing squad
Reporter: If there were a second strike that killed wounded people, would that be legal?
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
December 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
American service members: when these people order you to commit murder and/or war crimes, they are not going to accept accountability. They're going to lie and claim you did it on your own, hanging you out to dry. Related: when Nazis murdered shipwreck survivors, we executed them by firing squad
As Kristi Noem is in the news again a reminder that Congress asked her "pretty please respect habeas corpus" and she told them to f*** off. She is a tyrant
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
November 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
As Kristi Noem is in the news again a reminder that Congress asked her "pretty please respect habeas corpus" and she told them to f*** off. She is a tyrant
I keep thinking about how Hegseth's definition of "honor" includes "murdering helpless shipwreck victims" - a crime we literally executed Nazis for - but not "being transgender"
November 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I keep thinking about how Hegseth's definition of "honor" includes "murdering helpless shipwreck victims" - a crime we literally executed Nazis for - but not "being transgender"
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Part of the reason I'm more concerned about my parents being scammed than mugged is that they receive multiple calls per day trying to scam them and do not receive multiple mugging attempts per day. I also feel like the cops would maybe try to catch the mugger vs scammers who'd 100% get away with it
November 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Part of the reason I'm more concerned about my parents being scammed than mugged is that they receive multiple calls per day trying to scam them and do not receive multiple mugging attempts per day. I also feel like the cops would maybe try to catch the mugger vs scammers who'd 100% get away with it
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The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
November 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
They string you along a bit. They know if they just go full Fox News that their liberal readership will tune out. So they keep your hopes up with little anti-Trump tidbits from time to time while they steadily melt your brain.
Fascinating when the NYTimes decides to be a newspaper versus when they don't.
November 30, 2025 at 7:40 AM
They string you along a bit. They know if they just go full Fox News that their liberal readership will tune out. So they keep your hopes up with little anti-Trump tidbits from time to time while they steadily melt your brain.
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Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
November 30, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
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The most 1980s-coded product possible:
Casio QL-10 (1981)
You’ve heard it a million times growing up; don’t play with matches. Well folks, the Calcu-Lighter ain’t no match.
You’ve heard it a million times growing up; don’t play with matches. Well folks, the Calcu-Lighter ain’t no match.
November 29, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The most 1980s-coded product possible:
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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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A childhood favorite. Looks like the HD remaster is on sale for $3 at GOG.
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November 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
A childhood favorite. Looks like the HD remaster is on sale for $3 at GOG.
www.gog.com/en/game/mons...
www.gog.com/en/game/mons...
As usual, the function of the New York Times is to normalize Trump and Trumpism for readers Fox News can't reach. They're not on our side. They're not the good guys.
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This is profoundly irresponsible by AGSulzberger’s NYT, @by-cjewett.bsky.social +eds.
The normalization, “view-from-nowhere”, “born-yesterday”, stenography, “both-sides”, irresponsible headline are disgraceful.
THE story is the CDC&FDA are being destroyed by antiscience & Americans will die.
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This is profoundly irresponsible by AGSulzberger’s NYT, @by-cjewett.bsky.social +eds.
The normalization, “view-from-nowhere”, “born-yesterday”, stenography, “both-sides”, irresponsible headline are disgraceful.
THE story is the CDC&FDA are being destroyed by antiscience & Americans will die.
1/n
November 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
As usual, the function of the New York Times is to normalize Trump and Trumpism for readers Fox News can't reach. They're not on our side. They're not the good guys.
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It would be (and has been in some of the other cases) no less murder even if they were drug smugglers, of course. But in this case it's apparent they probably weren't even. They blew up a boat full of people, and then murdered survivors in cold blood, who probably weren't even the claimed targets.
November 29, 2025 at 9:32 AM
It would be (and has been in some of the other cases) no less murder even if they were drug smugglers, of course. But in this case it's apparent they probably weren't even. They blew up a boat full of people, and then murdered survivors in cold blood, who probably weren't even the claimed targets.
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This happened to the boat with 11 people onboard, which means it was almost certainly migrants going from Venezuela to Trinidad. At most they might have also had some drugs on board (not that we'll ever know now), but you don't put 11 people in a small boat to primarily haul drugs.
November 29, 2025 at 9:32 AM
This happened to the boat with 11 people onboard, which means it was almost certainly migrants going from Venezuela to Trinidad. At most they might have also had some drugs on board (not that we'll ever know now), but you don't put 11 people in a small boat to primarily haul drugs.
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If there is ever another Democratic Administration, all levels of the chain of command must be held accountable for these crimes.
November 29, 2025 at 7:04 AM
If there is ever another Democratic Administration, all levels of the chain of command must be held accountable for these crimes.
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Heinz-Wilhelm Eck, the commander, was found guilty and executed by firing squad in November 1945.
August Hoffmann, the second-in-command, was also sentenced to death and executed.
Dr. Weisspfennig was condemned for using a weapon in contravention of the Geneva Conventions and also executed.
August Hoffmann, the second-in-command, was also sentenced to death and executed.
Dr. Weisspfennig was condemned for using a weapon in contravention of the Geneva Conventions and also executed.
November 29, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Heinz-Wilhelm Eck, the commander, was found guilty and executed by firing squad in November 1945.
August Hoffmann, the second-in-command, was also sentenced to death and executed.
Dr. Weisspfennig was condemned for using a weapon in contravention of the Geneva Conventions and also executed.
August Hoffmann, the second-in-command, was also sentenced to death and executed.
Dr. Weisspfennig was condemned for using a weapon in contravention of the Geneva Conventions and also executed.
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Killing survivors in the water is a war crime for which people have been executed. (Note: we're not at war with any of these nations, and the legal underpinnings are dubious at best.)
There's the case of U-852 in WWII.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_...
There's the case of U-852 in WWII.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_...
November 29, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Killing survivors in the water is a war crime for which people have been executed. (Note: we're not at war with any of these nations, and the legal underpinnings are dubious at best.)
There's the case of U-852 in WWII.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_...
There's the case of U-852 in WWII.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_...
Abused and tortured by Trump and his thug friends
A new report details the grim and often violent conditions endured by people the Trump administration has deported to El Salvador.
Deep Dive: The US Sent Migrants to 'Hell' in El Salvador
A new report details the harrowing and dangerous conditions migrants endure after the Trump administration deported them.
inkstickmedia.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Abused and tortured by Trump and his thug friends
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Harvard Law School’s Jack Goldsmith:
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
November 29, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Harvard Law School’s Jack Goldsmith:
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
Is anyone in the mainstream media connecting the allegations of "foreign narco-terrorists in drugrunning boats" to the LAUGHABLY FALSE allegations we saw against Kilmar Abrego Garcia and others here in the US? We know the Trump admin can't be trusted!
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Again, any discussion of Trump's mental capacities should include the fact that he appears unable to tell the difference between a tattoo and text MS Painted on top of a photo.
November 29, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Is anyone in the mainstream media connecting the allegations of "foreign narco-terrorists in drugrunning boats" to the LAUGHABLY FALSE allegations we saw against Kilmar Abrego Garcia and others here in the US? We know the Trump admin can't be trusted!
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