St. John Barned-Smith
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Reporting for the SF Chronicle. RPCV: Paraguay. Call me ‘Sinjin.'
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“This action would be nothing short of catastrophic and would destroy the credibility of the U.S. in the international community,” a high-ranking DEA said, adding the move imperiled the reputation of the United States and its international investigations into drug trafficking.
Juan Orlando Hernández was accused of receiving millions in bribes and conspiring with cocaine traffickers to import drugs into the United States. He was convicted in Manhattan in 2024 and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
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Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
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November 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“This action would be nothing short of catastrophic and would destroy the credibility of the U.S. in the international community,” a high-ranking DEA said, adding the move imperiled the reputation of the United States and its international investigations into drug trafficking.
Juan Orlando Hernández was accused of receiving millions in bribes and conspiring with cocaine traffickers to import drugs into the United States. He was convicted in Manhattan in 2024 and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Juan Orlando Hernández was accused of receiving millions in bribes and conspiring with cocaine traffickers to import drugs into the United States. He was convicted in Manhattan in 2024 and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
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In case you’re wondering why Pete Hegseth is freaking out about a congressional video reminding the military not to participate in illegal orders:
To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
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"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
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November 29, 2025 at 12:14 AM
In case you’re wondering why Pete Hegseth is freaking out about a congressional video reminding the military not to participate in illegal orders:
This is a wild thing to say
Nehls to Kash Patel: "I would say if Charlie Kirk lived in Biblical times, he'd have been the 13th disciple."
November 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This is a wild thing to say
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NEW: The New York Times got a State Dept. cable telling diplomats to destroy visas that had been approved and printed to give to Afghans. And diplomats are told to do scheduled interviews but not grant visas. US shuts all legal entry routes for Afghans. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/u...
Trump Pauses All Asylum Applications and Halts Visas for Afghans
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November 29, 2025 at 4:02 AM
NEW: The New York Times got a State Dept. cable telling diplomats to destroy visas that had been approved and printed to give to Afghans. And diplomats are told to do scheduled interviews but not grant visas. US shuts all legal entry routes for Afghans. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/u...
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New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
November 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
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The purpose of a system of is what it does.
OpenAI's Sora Is Letting Teens Generate Videos of School Shootings
OpenAI's Sora 2 easily allows teenagers to generate videos of school shootings and other harmful content, despite repeated claims of safety.
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November 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The purpose of a system of is what it does.
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This is how the New York Times euphemizes Trump’s open embrace of racist xenophobia and white supremacy. And yet it’s better than most of the legacy media. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/us/politics/trumps-response-to-shooting-shows-intensified-anti-migrant-stance.html
Trump’s Response to Shooting Shows Intensified Anti-Immigration Stance
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November 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
This is how the New York Times euphemizes Trump’s open embrace of racist xenophobia and white supremacy. And yet it’s better than most of the legacy media. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/us/politics/trumps-response-to-shooting-shows-intensified-anti-migrant-stance.html
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A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
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Journalists need new norms for verbal abuse during pressers. The standard advice is not to respond, and I can say from personal experience, that's usually a good idea. But it's different when it's the president routinely degrading the press on national TV, it degrades the whole profession.
November 28, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Journalists need new norms for verbal abuse during pressers. The standard advice is not to respond, and I can say from personal experience, that's usually a good idea. But it's different when it's the president routinely degrading the press on national TV, it degrades the whole profession.
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This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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When are reporters going to stop standing for this verbal abuse? Trump calling anyone stupid is rich. The Trump admin are the ones who granted this man assylum.
November 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
When are reporters going to stop standing for this verbal abuse? Trump calling anyone stupid is rich. The Trump admin are the ones who granted this man assylum.
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Also: This widely obscures the role that the US often has in the countries we later declare “failed.” Often, their mess is our mess.
Stephen Miller explains his view about why non-Aryans Musk not be allowed to emigrate to the United States.
November 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Also: This widely obscures the role that the US often has in the countries we later declare “failed.” Often, their mess is our mess.
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This is the result of the CIA using children to kill people and yet a whole lot of people don’t want to recognize *American* culture, and in particular the culture of the War on Terror, at work here.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This is the result of the CIA using children to kill people and yet a whole lot of people don’t want to recognize *American* culture, and in particular the culture of the War on Terror, at work here.
Gah for the love of god stand up for your colleagues.
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Gah for the love of god stand up for your colleagues.
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At what point will the press corps, as a chorus, in unison, just shout back, “THATS NOT TRUE”!
What are we doing?
What are we doing?
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 2:50 AM
At what point will the press corps, as a chorus, in unison, just shout back, “THATS NOT TRUE”!
What are we doing?
What are we doing?
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Had my hair done today. I’ve been going to the same small-town stylist for a decade. Want to know the topic of conversation in the ENTIRE salon?
Insurance premiums. Every one of us has been impacted.
Insurance premiums. Every one of us has been impacted.
November 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Had my hair done today. I’ve been going to the same small-town stylist for a decade. Want to know the topic of conversation in the ENTIRE salon?
Insurance premiums. Every one of us has been impacted.
Insurance premiums. Every one of us has been impacted.
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Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
November 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
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This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Says Noem Made Final Decision on El Salvador Removals in Breach of Court Order
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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This has been obvious for 10 days now but @nymag.com needs to announce a deep dive
Investigation into everything Nuzzi has ever written
Investigation into everything Nuzzi has ever written
November 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This has been obvious for 10 days now but @nymag.com needs to announce a deep dive
Investigation into everything Nuzzi has ever written
Investigation into everything Nuzzi has ever written
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Okay so what I’m reading here, if this account is to be believed, is that Lizza and Nuzzi are complicit in withholding major dark political actions that have had insane implications for like, everybody. Journalistic malpractice doesn’t even begin to cover it
While there are often some ethical issues with making free PDFs of paywalled content, in this case it seems entirely justifiable, given the author, the subject, and the journalistic imperative to provide the widest possible audience for the verb "Michael Wolffed"
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November 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
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The right may be inching closer to a reckoning.
November 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The right may be inching closer to a reckoning.
Nuzzi and Lizza need to be banished to an Arctic ice floe, at least journalistically.
November 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Nuzzi and Lizza need to be banished to an Arctic ice floe, at least journalistically.
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
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Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...