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By the way this is why I know they’re lying when they say they knew who was on the boats and they’re all on a military list. The US military had somehow built a dossier on Robert Sanchez, the boat pilot living in a cinderblock house and earning $100 a month? He was next on the kill list after Osama?
Everyone seems to have forgotten but the AP actually went to Venezuela and found some of these men. They aren’t terminator-like cartel warriors, ready to give their life to ship kilos. They’re random dudes from small towns - bus drivers, fishermen - recruited for a payday. apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced
One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet.
apnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
By the way this is why I know they’re lying when they say they knew who was on the boats and they’re all on a military list. The US military had somehow built a dossier on Robert Sanchez, the boat pilot living in a cinderblock house and earning $100 a month? He was next on the kill list after Osama?
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If you call it a “male immaturity epidemic,” a very different set of phenomena come into focus, as this thread shows
I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore
December 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
If you call it a “male immaturity epidemic,” a very different set of phenomena come into focus, as this thread shows
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don't worry, john roberts says this is a legitimate exercise of presidential power and if we did anything to curb it, we would be robbing the executive of the energy he needs to do his job
Trump rages that Henry Cuellar didn’t pay him back for a pardon by switching parties, blasting Cuellar for a “lack of LOYALTY.”
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
December 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
don't worry, john roberts says this is a legitimate exercise of presidential power and if we did anything to curb it, we would be robbing the executive of the energy he needs to do his job
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Whether these men were on a list or not is irrelevant
THERE. IS. NO. JUSTIFICATION. FOR. KILLING. SHIPWRECKED. MEN.
THERE. IS. NO. JUSTIFICATION. FOR. KILLING. SHIPWRECKED. MEN.
He says the men they murdered are on a list.
Let’s see the list.
Let’s hear their names.
Show us the evidence.
If you have any.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Let’s see the list.
Let’s hear their names.
Show us the evidence.
If you have any.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Admiral told lawmakers everyone on alleged drug boat was on a list of military targets
Adm. Frank Bradley said U.S. intelligence had identified the 11 people on the boat and determined the military was authorized to kill them as part of Trump’s campaign against alleged drug-smuggling ve...
www.nbcnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Whether these men were on a list or not is irrelevant
THERE. IS. NO. JUSTIFICATION. FOR. KILLING. SHIPWRECKED. MEN.
THERE. IS. NO. JUSTIFICATION. FOR. KILLING. SHIPWRECKED. MEN.
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zero percent chance this is true
EXCLUSIVE: Pete Hegseth ordered the U.S. military on Sept. 2 to kill all 11 people on a suspected drug-smuggling boat because they were on an internal list of military targets, the commander overseeing the operation told lawmakers, according to multiple sources.
Admiral told lawmakers everyone on alleged drug boat was on a list of military targets
Adm. Frank Bradley said U.S. intelligence had identified the 11 people on the boat and determined the military was authorized to kill them as part of Trump’s campaign against alleged drug-smuggling vessels.
nbcnews.to
December 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
zero percent chance this is true
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Both sides of a conflict are calling each other evil and corrupt, rendering me, a humble journalist, helpless to discern the truth. Best I can do is let you know that both sides are in fact saying those things. Hope this helps
October 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Both sides of a conflict are calling each other evil and corrupt, rendering me, a humble journalist, helpless to discern the truth. Best I can do is let you know that both sides are in fact saying those things. Hope this helps
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If citizenship rights are not secure, they’re not secure. Full stop. The admin has admitted it wants mass politicized denationalization. Nullification of birthright citizenship is indeed a form of that, and there will be ever new forms after it
December 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
If citizenship rights are not secure, they’re not secure. Full stop. The admin has admitted it wants mass politicized denationalization. Nullification of birthright citizenship is indeed a form of that, and there will be ever new forms after it
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Meghan McCain is as mainstream a Republican as you can imagine if we pretend it's just the MAGA extremist base, and not mainstream Republicans, who love not only the ICEstapo cruelty but vows to openly ethnically cleanse Somali-Americans, then we will never hope to get out of this mess.
"If you do a Google search for 'ICE raid this is what I voted for' you will get a quick sense of how MAGA supporters are celebrating the cruelty of Trump’s deportation regime."
Good @sykescharlie.bsky.social roundup on MAGA sadism here (includes our pod):
charliesykes.substack.com/p/the-derang...
Good @sykescharlie.bsky.social roundup on MAGA sadism here (includes our pod):
charliesykes.substack.com/p/the-derang...
The Derangement of the Conservative Mind (Cont'd)
Plus: MAGA embraces the bloodlust
charliesykes.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Meghan McCain is as mainstream a Republican as you can imagine if we pretend it's just the MAGA extremist base, and not mainstream Republicans, who love not only the ICEstapo cruelty but vows to openly ethnically cleanse Somali-Americans, then we will never hope to get out of this mess.
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The current Supreme Court has forfeited all legitimacy.
Democrats (and everyone) need to address that reality.
John Roberts > Roger Taney.
Court needs to expand. And have fixed terms—like *every* other supreme court in developed world. And have ethics rules, like all normal organizations.
Democrats (and everyone) need to address that reality.
John Roberts > Roger Taney.
Court needs to expand. And have fixed terms—like *every* other supreme court in developed world. And have ethics rules, like all normal organizations.
Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats Need to Treat the Supreme Court Like the Villain It Is
The Court is out of control, and we'll never see reform unless we build the case for it. Starting now.
paulwaldman.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The current Supreme Court has forfeited all legitimacy.
Democrats (and everyone) need to address that reality.
John Roberts > Roger Taney.
Court needs to expand. And have fixed terms—like *every* other supreme court in developed world. And have ethics rules, like all normal organizations.
Democrats (and everyone) need to address that reality.
John Roberts > Roger Taney.
Court needs to expand. And have fixed terms—like *every* other supreme court in developed world. And have ethics rules, like all normal organizations.
There’s no objective way to look at this and conclude anything other than Trump, Hegseth and Bradley committed murder.
NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse.
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
December 5, 2025 at 11:23 PM
There’s no objective way to look at this and conclude anything other than Trump, Hegseth and Bradley committed murder.
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jfc, yeah you gotta send someone to jail for this. the thing that separates a military from a large gang is that you don't do shit like this.
NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse.
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
December 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
jfc, yeah you gotta send someone to jail for this. the thing that separates a military from a large gang is that you don't do shit like this.
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To be crystal clear about this: The plaintiffs challenged the Texas law six days *before* it was signed by the Governor and became law. That was *too late*.
We need to talk about the massive loophole that the Supreme Court just carved into election law over the shadow docket—giving states a free pass to enact patently unconstitutional voting rules within nearly *one year* of an election. A stunning new limit on judicial review. slate.com/news-and-pol...
December 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
To be crystal clear about this: The plaintiffs challenged the Texas law six days *before* it was signed by the Governor and became law. That was *too late*.
This will be 7-2 with Thomas arguing straight up repeal of the 14th amendment bc he’s an Uncle Tom and Alito saying non-whites aren’t people. Roberts will have the majority with a tepid defense of the 14th and Sotomayor or KBJ with a true defense of it.
Here is the question presented. It's a relatively clean vehicle for the Supreme Court to finally decide whether it is lawful for the president to deny birthright citizenship to the children of immigrants. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
December 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
This will be 7-2 with Thomas arguing straight up repeal of the 14th amendment bc he’s an Uncle Tom and Alito saying non-whites aren’t people. Roberts will have the majority with a tepid defense of the 14th and Sotomayor or KBJ with a true defense of it.
You know what let’s not do anything to stop climate change. We don’t really deserve survival as a species at this point.
"Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones."
CNN Partners With a Gambling App That Lets You Wager on Starvation in Gaza
The app company’s two biggest investors are also heavily invested in the Israeli military.
truthout.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
You know what let’s not do anything to stop climate change. We don’t really deserve survival as a species at this point.
The Q for Republicans is even simpler: what is the law that authorized the use of force against these targets?
There’s no law. It doesn’t matter if it was drugs, puppies or Trump Steaks on the boat, it was an illegal strike that murdered several people
There’s no law. It doesn’t matter if it was drugs, puppies or Trump Steaks on the boat, it was an illegal strike that murdered several people
It looks like Tom Cotton was being deceptive by saying video shows the men trying to flip boat "loaded with drugs." As I reported, Ds who saw video say no drugs were visible/boat was crippled.
Q for Rs is simple: Did you see drugs and was boat incapacitated, or no?
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
Q for Rs is simple: Did you see drugs and was boat incapacitated, or no?
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
December 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The Q for Republicans is even simpler: what is the law that authorized the use of force against these targets?
There’s no law. It doesn’t matter if it was drugs, puppies or Trump Steaks on the boat, it was an illegal strike that murdered several people
There’s no law. It doesn’t matter if it was drugs, puppies or Trump Steaks on the boat, it was an illegal strike that murdered several people
Shapiro is probably the least unique candidate in the 2028 field. What are we talking about?
Josh Shapiro believes he is uniquely suited to win over Trump voters—but he’ll need to overcome distrust among some in his own party first, Tim Alberta reports: theatln.tc/mR9AHSG4
December 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Shapiro is probably the least unique candidate in the 2028 field. What are we talking about?
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Couldn't even convince Kamala Harris that he wasn't a careerist hack
Josh Shapiro believes he is uniquely suited to win over Trump voters—but he’ll need to overcome distrust among some in his own party first, Tim Alberta reports: theatln.tc/mR9AHSG4
December 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Couldn't even convince Kamala Harris that he wasn't a careerist hack
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and judge pan gets at what i was gesturing towards earlier today: that this idea that the purpose of the executive branch is to effectuate the political agenda of the president is extra-constitutional. it has no basis in the text or the history for that matter!
December 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
and judge pan gets at what i was gesturing towards earlier today: that this idea that the purpose of the executive branch is to effectuate the political agenda of the president is extra-constitutional. it has no basis in the text or the history for that matter!
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government by Fox News addicts for Fox News addicts, which acknowledges no reality beyond that which exists in the Fox News Cinematic Universe and which serves no function other than generating new content for Fox News
The most disgusting thing about the likes of Hegseth is that they don’t even seem to care that their violence is inflicted on real people. Their victims are completely abstracted to them. Numbers on a screen to own the libs.
December 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
government by Fox News addicts for Fox News addicts, which acknowledges no reality beyond that which exists in the Fox News Cinematic Universe and which serves no function other than generating new content for Fox News
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Yup. (I went into this in a lot more words in my item today, plus even more about democracy, but this is the long and short of it as far as the GOP is concerned. goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/democracy-...)
government by Fox News addicts for Fox News addicts, which acknowledges no reality beyond that which exists in the Fox News Cinematic Universe and which serves no function other than generating new content for Fox News
The most disgusting thing about the likes of Hegseth is that they don’t even seem to care that their violence is inflicted on real people. Their victims are completely abstracted to them. Numbers on a screen to own the libs.
December 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Yup. (I went into this in a lot more words in my item today, plus even more about democracy, but this is the long and short of it as far as the GOP is concerned. goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/democracy-...)
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cool that the official position of the administration appears to be that black people don’t really count as americans
"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
cool that the official position of the administration appears to be that black people don’t really count as americans
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“We didn’t see them and were just shooting the wreckage”/“We were worried they’d keep fighting” were the exact excuses offered in the Peleus case, as it happens.
December 5, 2025 at 12:20 AM
“We didn’t see them and were just shooting the wreckage”/“We were worried they’d keep fighting” were the exact excuses offered in the Peleus case, as it happens.
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We should execute him at the first opportunity. Not even kidding. Peleus precedent
December 5, 2025 at 12:15 AM
We should execute him at the first opportunity. Not even kidding. Peleus precedent
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helps to think about the details like any regular crime you'd see on one of the 800 cop shows that run on TV constantly: these guys committed one set of murders, thought it over, and then decided to kill the witnesses as part of the coverup. mention of drugs is just jingling keys at this point
December 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
helps to think about the details like any regular crime you'd see on one of the 800 cop shows that run on TV constantly: these guys committed one set of murders, thought it over, and then decided to kill the witnesses as part of the coverup. mention of drugs is just jingling keys at this point
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the thing is that blowing up drug boats is just murder. no law licenses it. it is just war crimes. but to say out loud what the penalty for committing them is puts us in the position of accusing high government officials of capital crimes.
it is critically important to be able to say the obvious.
it is critically important to be able to say the obvious.
December 5, 2025 at 7:21 AM
the thing is that blowing up drug boats is just murder. no law licenses it. it is just war crimes. but to say out loud what the penalty for committing them is puts us in the position of accusing high government officials of capital crimes.
it is critically important to be able to say the obvious.
it is critically important to be able to say the obvious.