@sixmile.bsky.social
Ernest Hemingway's three words on how bankruptcy occurs also applies to how democracy is lost: "Gradually, then suddenly."
'There is, obviously, no “presidential immunity clause” in the Constitution. The conservative justices’ un-originalist efforts to imagine one into it cannot be supported by text or history.'
Except for John Roberts whose misinterpretations of No. 70 are legion.
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Except for John Roberts whose misinterpretations of No. 70 are legion.
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
John Roberts and the Cynical Cult of Federalist No. 70
Alexander Hamilton’s treatise on executive power is one of the conservative legal movement’s favorite texts to quote—and misquote.
newrepublic.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
'There is, obviously, no “presidential immunity clause” in the Constitution. The conservative justices’ un-originalist efforts to imagine one into it cannot be supported by text or history.'
Except for John Roberts whose misinterpretations of No. 70 are legion.
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Except for John Roberts whose misinterpretations of No. 70 are legion.
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
"The culprit has thus become a hyperobject, a miasma that encompasses everything except the actual suspect. It has implicated whole governments, of course, but also the Macrons of France and Erika Kirk’s jewelry. It’s murder on the Orient Express..."
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes: What Could Go Wrong?
The unfolding MAGA battle over Turning Point USA is chilling, disgusting—and a lot of fun to watch.
newrepublic.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"The culprit has thus become a hyperobject, a miasma that encompasses everything except the actual suspect. It has implicated whole governments, of course, but also the Macrons of France and Erika Kirk’s jewelry. It’s murder on the Orient Express..."
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
“I don’t want to file perjury charges against you, but I’m of the opinion that the Trump administration—DHS, your DHS—approved the asylum application,” [Democratic Representative Bennie] Thompson said.
newrepublic.com/post/204299/...
newrepublic.com/post/204299/...
Noem Spirals When Asked Who Let in Alleged National Guard Shooter
Kristi Noem repeatedly tried to shift blame away from the Trump administration.
newrepublic.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
“I don’t want to file perjury charges against you, but I’m of the opinion that the Trump administration—DHS, your DHS—approved the asylum application,” [Democratic Representative Bennie] Thompson said.
newrepublic.com/post/204299/...
newrepublic.com/post/204299/...
This stinks to high heaven and everyone knows it, including those advocating for and implementing it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This stinks to high heaven and everyone knows it, including those advocating for and implementing it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
After DHS tried to buy aircraft lacking engines, it turns to the aptly named Daedalus Aviation.
Daedalus is famed for creating the Labyrinth of King Minos (like the maze America's lost in), and his son Icarus "who died flying too close to the sun." A cautionary tale for our time.
rb.gy/edzw5s
Daedalus is famed for creating the Labyrinth of King Minos (like the maze America's lost in), and his son Icarus "who died flying too close to the sun." A cautionary tale for our time.
rb.gy/edzw5s
DHS Signs $140 Million Contract to Buy Six Boeing 737s for Deportation Operations | BA Stock News
The Department of Homeland Security has signed a nearly $140 million contract to acquire six Boeing
rb.gy
December 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
After DHS tried to buy aircraft lacking engines, it turns to the aptly named Daedalus Aviation.
Daedalus is famed for creating the Labyrinth of King Minos (like the maze America's lost in), and his son Icarus "who died flying too close to the sun." A cautionary tale for our time.
rb.gy/edzw5s
Daedalus is famed for creating the Labyrinth of King Minos (like the maze America's lost in), and his son Icarus "who died flying too close to the sun." A cautionary tale for our time.
rb.gy/edzw5s
“It’s done,” Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) told reporters Tuesday when asked about his next moves to probe the incident. “I’ve got all the answers I needed.” So much for his performative pledge of "rigorous oversight" we all suspected was 'cosmetic.'
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
‘It's done’ — House Armed Services chair sees no need to further probe boat strike
www.politico.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
“It’s done,” Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) told reporters Tuesday when asked about his next moves to probe the incident. “I’ve got all the answers I needed.” So much for his performative pledge of "rigorous oversight" we all suspected was 'cosmetic.'
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
"...some Republicans are abandoning Hegseth or acquiescing to legislative language that denies him funding until video is made more widely available to lawmakers, suggesting his position is weakening." 1/2
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Transcript: Hegseth Case on Strike Collapsing as Damning New Leaks Hit
As new info makes Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s illegal killings look even worse, an expert in national security law explains why his case is imploding—and what must happen now to secure accountabi...
newrepublic.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"...some Republicans are abandoning Hegseth or acquiescing to legislative language that denies him funding until video is made more widely available to lawmakers, suggesting his position is weakening." 1/2
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Trusting this DoJ and FBI to legitimately perform redactions of the 100,000 pages of the Epstein files in their possession - that is, to do it in good faith - is an act of folly which may be the only "transparency" in this process.
December 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Trusting this DoJ and FBI to legitimately perform redactions of the 100,000 pages of the Epstein files in their possession - that is, to do it in good faith - is an act of folly which may be the only "transparency" in this process.
While the subtitle offers a passing nod to the following, the article does not explicitly note or even suggest that the grand jury records are about 70 pages v. the DoJ / FBI Epstein files of more than 100K pages. The two continue to be falsely conflated.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/n...
Judge Grants Request to Unseal Grand Jury Records in Maxwell Case
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
While the subtitle offers a passing nod to the following, the article does not explicitly note or even suggest that the grand jury records are about 70 pages v. the DoJ / FBI Epstein files of more than 100K pages. The two continue to be falsely conflated.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/n...
So let's get this straight: she has resigned from a position she was unlawfully serving in. Yet the absurd subtext she'd like to keep alive is lifted from The Terminator: "I'll be back."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/n...
Alina Habba, a Trump Loyalist, Resigns as New Jersey’s Top Prosecutor
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:00 AM
So let's get this straight: she has resigned from a position she was unlawfully serving in. Yet the absurd subtext she'd like to keep alive is lifted from The Terminator: "I'll be back."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/n...
"...why I’m worried the president and his most rabid supporters have a plan in their back pockets to invalidate the results of the 2026 midterms if Democrats win the House... based on a Big Lie that will amount to a constitutional coup d’état."
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
The Simple, Legal Way Trump Could Steal the Midterms
A little-known section of the Constitution may hold the key to overturning Democratic wins in 2026.
newrepublic.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
"...why I’m worried the president and his most rabid supporters have a plan in their back pockets to invalidate the results of the 2026 midterms if Democrats win the House... based on a Big Lie that will amount to a constitutional coup d’état."
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
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Trump says he's "disappointed Zelenskyy hasn't yet read the proposal" but "Russia is fine with it"
STOOOOOOOOP.
STOOOOOOOOP.
December 8, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Trump says he's "disappointed Zelenskyy hasn't yet read the proposal" but "Russia is fine with it"
STOOOOOOOOP.
STOOOOOOOOP.
'Toledo-Martinez’s lawyer, Olia Catala, said her client was denied immediate medical care. He was only later taken to a hospital, she said, after he begged them to do so and heard one of the agents say, “I’m not losing my job over this.”'
newrepublic.com/post/204073/...
newrepublic.com/post/204073/...
ICE Agents Released an Attack Dog on a Man: Report
The latest horrific development in Trump’s war on immigrants occurred in the state of Washington.
newrepublic.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
'Toledo-Martinez’s lawyer, Olia Catala, said her client was denied immediate medical care. He was only later taken to a hospital, she said, after he begged them to do so and heard one of the agents say, “I’m not losing my job over this.”'
newrepublic.com/post/204073/...
newrepublic.com/post/204073/...
The recurring "time is not on Ukraine's side" or "Ukraine's last chance" argument. False before and false now even when pushed by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Nor is Trump being transactional, rather than Putin's puppet.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Nor is Trump being transactional, rather than Putin's puppet.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Ukraine is facing a painful choice | Christopher S Chivvis
Kyiv may be approaching its last chance to end the war with its sovereignty intact. If a peace deal includes two key elements, it should accept
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The recurring "time is not on Ukraine's side" or "Ukraine's last chance" argument. False before and false now even when pushed by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Nor is Trump being transactional, rather than Putin's puppet.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Nor is Trump being transactional, rather than Putin's puppet.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
'“We’re reviewing the process [of releasing the video of the killing of two survivors], and we’ll see,” [Hegseth] said on Saturday, adding that the Pentagon wanted to ensure sensitive information was not compromised.'
He showed no such mindset in Signalgate.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
He showed no such mindset in Signalgate.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Democrats urge Pentagon to release video of strike on alleged drug boat
Trump team faces mounting pressure as members of Congress allege that the deadly attack was unlawful
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:07 AM
'“We’re reviewing the process [of releasing the video of the killing of two survivors], and we’ll see,” [Hegseth] said on Saturday, adding that the Pentagon wanted to ensure sensitive information was not compromised.'
He showed no such mindset in Signalgate.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
He showed no such mindset in Signalgate.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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It’s important to remember there are two scandals here:
1. The Administration has likely committed war crimes.
2. But the entire operation - which now includes two dozen attacks - is illegal. In our democracy, the President CANNOT wage war without the consent of the people.
1. The Administration has likely committed war crimes.
2. But the entire operation - which now includes two dozen attacks - is illegal. In our democracy, the President CANNOT wage war without the consent of the people.
BERMAN: Did you see any evidence of them trying to use a radio in the video you saw?
TOM COTTON: Well I saw lots of evidence of them standing on the boat that had been capsized
BERMAN: That wasn't my question. Did you see any evidence?
COTTON: No, I didn't
TOM COTTON: Well I saw lots of evidence of them standing on the boat that had been capsized
BERMAN: That wasn't my question. Did you see any evidence?
COTTON: No, I didn't
December 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
It’s important to remember there are two scandals here:
1. The Administration has likely committed war crimes.
2. But the entire operation - which now includes two dozen attacks - is illegal. In our democracy, the President CANNOT wage war without the consent of the people.
1. The Administration has likely committed war crimes.
2. But the entire operation - which now includes two dozen attacks - is illegal. In our democracy, the President CANNOT wage war without the consent of the people.
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Trainwreck? In October 2024, The Economist called Biden's economy "the envy of the world."
BARTIROMO: What are you expecting the president's economic message to be?
SEN. McCORMICK: I think the message is that we inherited a trainwreck from the Biden administration and we made a lot of progress
SEN. McCORMICK: I think the message is that we inherited a trainwreck from the Biden administration and we made a lot of progress
December 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Trainwreck? In October 2024, The Economist called Biden's economy "the envy of the world."
A scan of Musk's recent activity on X reads like it was cultured in a petri dish.
www.theverge.com/news/837423/...
www.theverge.com/news/837423/...
Elon Musk is on a racist posting spree again
And he wants you to know Donald Trump likes him again.
www.theverge.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A scan of Musk's recent activity on X reads like it was cultured in a petri dish.
www.theverge.com/news/837423/...
www.theverge.com/news/837423/...
"Despite the best efforts of the [patently corrupt] Roberts court, what once appeared to be a decisive win for Trump’s party is now looking much more like a stalemate." NOTE: a Trump-appointed judge initially blocked Trump's racist Texas gerrymander.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The Roberts court just helped Trump rig the midterms
The Supreme Court reinstated the Trump-inspired congressional map in Texas.
www.motherjones.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
"Despite the best efforts of the [patently corrupt] Roberts court, what once appeared to be a decisive win for Trump’s party is now looking much more like a stalemate." NOTE: a Trump-appointed judge initially blocked Trump's racist Texas gerrymander.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“The real evils in war are love of violence, revengeful cruelty, fierce and implacable enmity, wild resistance, and the lust of power.” St. Augustine in his Confessions
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
Opinion | What Trump Is Really Doing With His Boat Strikes
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“The real evils in war are love of violence, revengeful cruelty, fierce and implacable enmity, wild resistance, and the lust of power.” St. Augustine in his Confessions
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
"The entire boat-strike operation is a murder conspiracy being carried out by the US government. Each one of these deaths is an execution without trial. You don’t need to go to the International Court of Justice in The Hague to hold Hegseth accountable."
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Pete Hegseth Should Be Charged With Murder
No matter how you look at the strikes on alleged “drug boats”—as acts of war or attacks on civilians—Hegseth has committed a crime and should be prosecuted.
www.thenation.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
"The entire boat-strike operation is a murder conspiracy being carried out by the US government. Each one of these deaths is an execution without trial. You don’t need to go to the International Court of Justice in The Hague to hold Hegseth accountable."
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
We should never forget the origins of the euphemistic concept of "remigration." It foretold of the genocide to come in the Nazi death cult regime; the word was used in proposals to send people "who don't belong in this country" to another place. That other place was the grave, arrived at variously.
December 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
We should never forget the origins of the euphemistic concept of "remigration." It foretold of the genocide to come in the Nazi death cult regime; the word was used in proposals to send people "who don't belong in this country" to another place. That other place was the grave, arrived at variously.
"There is no statute of limitations on murder."
"The regime that authorizes the war crimes never self-police. We have to wait until that regime is out of power."
"Murder most foul, as in the best it is." (Shakespeare)
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
"The regime that authorizes the war crimes never self-police. We have to wait until that regime is out of power."
"Murder most foul, as in the best it is." (Shakespeare)
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Pete Hegseth Should Be Charged With Murder
No matter how you look at the strikes on alleged “drug boats”—as acts of war or attacks on civilians—Hegseth has committed a crime and should be prosecuted.
www.thenation.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"There is no statute of limitations on murder."
"The regime that authorizes the war crimes never self-police. We have to wait until that regime is out of power."
"Murder most foul, as in the best it is." (Shakespeare)
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
"The regime that authorizes the war crimes never self-police. We have to wait until that regime is out of power."
"Murder most foul, as in the best it is." (Shakespeare)
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
"...the racist rhetoric coming from Noem and others in the [regime] resembles that of white nationalists. But it also highlights something else we have yet to fully reckon with: the mainstream racist ideas that fueled the anti-immigrant laws of the last century."
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
The Radical Honesty of Trump’s Racist New Asylum Policy
Kristi Noem is being pretty direct in her regurgitation of white nationalist talking points.
newrepublic.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
"...the racist rhetoric coming from Noem and others in the [regime] resembles that of white nationalists. But it also highlights something else we have yet to fully reckon with: the mainstream racist ideas that fueled the anti-immigrant laws of the last century."
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
newrepublic.com/article/2038...