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We all should start saying that Trump is an illegitimate president due to the 14th Amendment’s plain text and his pardons are null and void
dems should start saying that presidential pardons dont apply to international war crimes and in fact implicate the president, no idea if thats true but they should start saying it
December 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
We all should start saying that Trump is an illegitimate president due to the 14th Amendment’s plain text and his pardons are null and void
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Has this been posted yet
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Has this been posted yet
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Like, I started paying attention in 2015, and while trust was low, and the coverage of 2016 was subject to a lot of criticism, but there was (seemingly) some really honorable journalism being done in Trump 1 and the media "mea culpas" to counterbalance the failures of 2016. Nothing like that today.
November 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Like, I started paying attention in 2015, and while trust was low, and the coverage of 2016 was subject to a lot of criticism, but there was (seemingly) some really honorable journalism being done in Trump 1 and the media "mea culpas" to counterbalance the failures of 2016. Nothing like that today.
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Thats the oldest part of the cohort. If you've only paid attention the last year or 2, you've only really known the national press as collaborators with the people who want to kill you or your friends and family.
November 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Thats the oldest part of the cohort. If you've only paid attention the last year or 2, you've only really known the national press as collaborators with the people who want to kill you or your friends and family.
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If you're 19 and started paying attention in high school, your first impressions of the national press would be the campaign to villainize CRT and manufacture a moral panic against trans people, followed by attacking the end of the war in Afghanistan, and its only gotten worse since.
I’m not sure what to make of this survey, honestly? If you’re a young person in solidarity with Gaza, or against police killings, or you’re trans or queer, would you have reason to trust the news?
A lost generation of news consumers? Survey shows how teenagers dislike the news media
You don't have to tell Cat Murphy or Lily Ogburn about the attitudes of young people toward journalists.
apnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
If you're 19 and started paying attention in high school, your first impressions of the national press would be the campaign to villainize CRT and manufacture a moral panic against trans people, followed by attacking the end of the war in Afghanistan, and its only gotten worse since.
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a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 AM
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
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Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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Van Hollen: "It's either murder from the first strike if their whole theory is wrong, and I think the weight of the legal opinion is they've concocted this ridiculous legal theory. But even if you accept it, then it is a war crime. I do believe the secretary of defense should be held accountable"
November 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Van Hollen: "It's either murder from the first strike if their whole theory is wrong, and I think the weight of the legal opinion is they've concocted this ridiculous legal theory. But even if you accept it, then it is a war crime. I do believe the secretary of defense should be held accountable"
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Left: FDR campaign speech, October 1936
Right: 1936 electoral map
Right: 1936 electoral map
November 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Left: FDR campaign speech, October 1936
Right: 1936 electoral map
Right: 1936 electoral map
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Incredibly depressing if the lesson of the US is preemptive institutional surrender
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Incredibly depressing if the lesson of the US is preemptive institutional surrender
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i cannot believe i caught him stretching out his toesies under the tree
November 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
i cannot believe i caught him stretching out his toesies under the tree
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Toad went back into the house. He got into bed and pulled the covers over his head again.
November 30, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Toad went back into the house. He got into bed and pulled the covers over his head again.
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What is this mess
November 30, 2025 at 1:15 AM
What is this mess
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Today is the anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Not only did the law literally open doors to countless students with disabilities (myself included), it also had the unintended consequence of creating the moral panic around an autism "epidemic." 🧵 1/
November 30, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Today is the anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Not only did the law literally open doors to countless students with disabilities (myself included), it also had the unintended consequence of creating the moral panic around an autism "epidemic." 🧵 1/
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Probably when they receive subpoenas from House Investigations Committee Chairwoman AOC requesting their appearance at a House hearing on, "University complicity in authoritarianism"
November 30, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Probably when they receive subpoenas from House Investigations Committee Chairwoman AOC requesting their appearance at a House hearing on, "University complicity in authoritarianism"
legacy media is happy to help in the "death of us all" project
When a news outlet puts a reckless, undocumented claim by the Trump regime in the main headline and puts medical experts’ pushback in the smaller type, it’s making a choice. And not a good one.
November 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
legacy media is happy to help in the "death of us all" project
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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/world/2025/n...
Committee highlights allegations including dog attacks and sexual violence, raising concern about impunity 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 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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/world/2025/n...
Committee highlights allegations including dog attacks and sexual violence, raising concern about impunity for war crimes
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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So apparently the administrators at Northwestern have caved to the extortionist demands of the Feds. Faculty voted 595-4 AGAINST this measure.
November 29, 2025 at 3:30 AM
So apparently the administrators at Northwestern have caved to the extortionist demands of the Feds. Faculty voted 595-4 AGAINST this measure.
when the fuck are institutions of higher education going to realize the emperor has no clothes
November 29, 2025 at 5:29 AM
when the fuck are institutions of higher education going to realize the emperor has no clothes
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Another Indiana Republican Senator makes it clear he’s still opposing the GOP push to re-gerrymander the state. dailyjournal.net/2025/11/26/s...
November 29, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Another Indiana Republican Senator makes it clear he’s still opposing the GOP push to re-gerrymander the state. dailyjournal.net/2025/11/26/s...
In countries with laws they call this a bribe
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:22 AM
In countries with laws they call this a bribe
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As part of cleaning up after all this, we should repeal the Invade the Hague Act and then join the ICC
Handing Hegseth over to The Hague is the moderate position.
Also recognize that this unambiguous use of the military to commit murder of helpless noncombatants as they fought for life is a direct reflection of the virulent white supremacy that has seized our government, where every Latino man is a gangbanger in a de facto state of war against White America
November 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
As part of cleaning up after all this, we should repeal the Invade the Hague Act and then join the ICC
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3/ "Even if the U.S. were at war with the traffickers, an order to kill all the boat’s occupants if they were no longer able to fight 'would in essence be an order to show no quarter, which would be a war crime,' said Huntley, now director of the national security law program at Georgetown Law."
November 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
3/ "Even if the U.S. were at war with the traffickers, an order to kill all the boat’s occupants if they were no longer able to fight 'would in essence be an order to show no quarter, which would be a war crime,' said Huntley, now director of the national security law program at Georgetown Law."
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2/ "Because there is no legitimate war between the two sides, killing any of the men in the boats 'amounts to murder,' said Todd Huntley, a former military lawyer who advised Special Operations forces for seven years at the height of the U.S. counterterrorism campaign."
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
2/ "Because there is no legitimate war between the two sides, killing any of the men in the boats 'amounts to murder,' said Todd Huntley, a former military lawyer who advised Special Operations forces for seven years at the height of the U.S. counterterrorism campaign."
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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."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"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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Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"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."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social