dtf1947
@dtf1947.bsky.social
Mostly retired, business, musician, photographer, other stuff. History, international politics, military affairs. US Army RA 66-70. SAIS/Strat. I quickly block fools.
it is impossible to imagine any Pentagon lawyer blessing this action. The concept of hors de combat—literally, out of combat—is a fundamental aspect of the law of war that prevents harming those disabled from combat.
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War Crime...or Murder?
Killing shipwreck survivors is patently illegal and morally abhorrent
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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I am not a Hamas terrorist nor an illegal alien. So then according to MAGA, I must be a violent criminal.
December 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I am not a Hamas terrorist nor an illegal alien. So then according to MAGA, I must be a violent criminal.
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Kylie Cheung at Abortion, Every Day writes about the future anti-abortion extremists want: "One in which we’re not just stripped of our most basic rights, but also deemed crazy for fighting back—even just for pointing out what’s being done to us."
The Anti-Abortion Movement Is Projecting
And their buzzwords give it away
jessica.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Kylie Cheung at Abortion, Every Day writes about the future anti-abortion extremists want: "One in which we’re not just stripped of our most basic rights, but also deemed crazy for fighting back—even just for pointing out what’s being done to us."
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1 December 1942 | A transport of 532 Norwegian Jews deported from Bergen arrived at #Auschwitz. SS doctors sent 186 men to be registered in the camp. The remaining 346 people were murdered in a gas chamber.
Among them were Olga Wulff and her daughter Doris.
Among them were Olga Wulff and her daughter Doris.
December 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
1 December 1942 | A transport of 532 Norwegian Jews deported from Bergen arrived at #Auschwitz. SS doctors sent 186 men to be registered in the camp. The remaining 346 people were murdered in a gas chamber.
Among them were Olga Wulff and her daughter Doris.
Among them were Olga Wulff and her daughter Doris.
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Alina Habba’s parents emigrated to the US from Iraq citing persecution.
November 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Alina Habba’s parents emigrated to the US from Iraq citing persecution.
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Amazon workers go on strike world-wide. “From Germany to Bangladesh, thousands of workers walked off the job on Friday and marched against Amazon’s labor practices to push for better wages, working conditions, and union protections." www.commondreams.org/news/make-am...
Global Black Friday Strikes Against Amazon Target 'Techno-Authoritarian' Assault on Workers | Common Dreams
"We are joining Make Amazon Pay to demand the most basic rights: safety, dignity, and the chance to go home alive," said one Amazon worker from India.
www.commondreams.org
November 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Amazon workers go on strike world-wide. “From Germany to Bangladesh, thousands of workers walked off the job on Friday and marched against Amazon’s labor practices to push for better wages, working conditions, and union protections." www.commondreams.org/news/make-am...
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Both of these photos we're taken this weekend
They are not photoshopped
Joe in Nantucket fighting Cancer
The audacity of Dementia Low Energy Don in Mar-a-LARDO
Always saying Sleepy Joe
Houston
We have a problem
They are not photoshopped
Joe in Nantucket fighting Cancer
The audacity of Dementia Low Energy Don in Mar-a-LARDO
Always saying Sleepy Joe
Houston
We have a problem
November 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Both of these photos we're taken this weekend
They are not photoshopped
Joe in Nantucket fighting Cancer
The audacity of Dementia Low Energy Don in Mar-a-LARDO
Always saying Sleepy Joe
Houston
We have a problem
They are not photoshopped
Joe in Nantucket fighting Cancer
The audacity of Dementia Low Energy Don in Mar-a-LARDO
Always saying Sleepy Joe
Houston
We have a problem
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American scientists were once able to go about their work free of political interference. But since Donald Trump returned to office, government scientists with disfavored views have been fired or muzzled.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/08/the-undermining-of-the-cdc
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/08/the-undermining-of-the-cdc
The Undermining of the C.D.C.
The Department of Health and Human Services maintains that it is hewing to “gold standard, evidence-based science”—doublespeak that might unsettle Orwell.
www.newyorker.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
American scientists were once able to go about their work free of political interference. But since Donald Trump returned to office, government scientists with disfavored views have been fired or muzzled.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/08/the-undermining-of-the-cdc
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/08/the-undermining-of-the-cdc
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Photo of the Year: "Mona Lisa vs. ICE"
This woman was injured during the ICE raids in NYC yesterday.
The visual juxtaposition of her calm face bloodied amongst the dark chaos around her.
Photo: Michael Nigro
This woman was injured during the ICE raids in NYC yesterday.
The visual juxtaposition of her calm face bloodied amongst the dark chaos around her.
Photo: Michael Nigro
November 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Photo of the Year: "Mona Lisa vs. ICE"
This woman was injured during the ICE raids in NYC yesterday.
The visual juxtaposition of her calm face bloodied amongst the dark chaos around her.
Photo: Michael Nigro
This woman was injured during the ICE raids in NYC yesterday.
The visual juxtaposition of her calm face bloodied amongst the dark chaos around her.
Photo: Michael Nigro
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Kaine: "We had to pry with a crowbar after weeks and weeks out of the administration the supposed rationale for the strikes in international waters. It was very shoddy. It was not at all persuasive that these are legal actions ... It's time for Congress to rein in the president."
November 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Kaine: "We had to pry with a crowbar after weeks and weeks out of the administration the supposed rationale for the strikes in international waters. It was very shoddy. It was not at all persuasive that these are legal actions ... It's time for Congress to rein in the president."
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"The US does not have legal authority to close another country's airspace and the Venezuelan statement accused Trump of making a "colonialist threat"."
He's posturing. It's one of his idiosyncrasies. HE'S AN EGOMANIAC...what do we expect?
#Pinks
www.bbc.com/news/article...
He's posturing. It's one of his idiosyncrasies. HE'S AN EGOMANIAC...what do we expect?
#Pinks
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Venezuela calls Trump airspace closure warning 'colonialist threat'
The US says it is fighting drugs smuggling, but Venezuela says Donald Trump's aim is to topple President Nicolás Maduro.
www.bbc.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
"The US does not have legal authority to close another country's airspace and the Venezuelan statement accused Trump of making a "colonialist threat"."
He's posturing. It's one of his idiosyncrasies. HE'S AN EGOMANIAC...what do we expect?
#Pinks
www.bbc.com/news/article...
He's posturing. It's one of his idiosyncrasies. HE'S AN EGOMANIAC...what do we expect?
#Pinks
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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“A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder” By Harvard Law Professor Jack Goldsmith (a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute & former head of the Office of Legal Counsel) 1/
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder” By Harvard Law Professor Jack Goldsmith (a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute & former head of the Office of Legal Counsel) 1/
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org
November 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
“A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder” By Harvard Law Professor Jack Goldsmith (a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute & former head of the Office of Legal Counsel) 1/
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder” By Harvard Law Professor Jack Goldsmith (a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute & former head of the Office of Legal Counsel) 1/
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People should turn off the Amazon sidewalk setting in mass. It’ll really hurt amazons coverage and surely they won’t be too happy about that
November 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
People should turn off the Amazon sidewalk setting in mass. It’ll really hurt amazons coverage and surely they won’t be too happy about that
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He scammed over 1,000 people, most of whom were not wealthy - veterans, farmers, teachers, nurses, small businesses owners. Some lost everything. But he’s a rich Republican, so Trump let him get away with it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
He scammed over 1,000 people, most of whom were not wealthy - veterans, farmers, teachers, nurses, small businesses owners. Some lost everything. But he’s a rich Republican, so Trump let him get away with it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
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Protesters in NYC literally blocked an ICE convoy from leaving their staging garage. People are learning from other cities. They’re finding ICE staging areas. They’re patrolling neighborhoods. They’re building rapid response networks. ICE is on the defense now.
ICE garage blockaded in lower Manhattan with dozens of agents stuck inside as more and more New Yorkers gather.
NYPD observed staging on Canal & Broadway, expected come over for crowd control.
NYPD observed staging on Canal & Broadway, expected come over for crowd control.
November 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Protesters in NYC literally blocked an ICE convoy from leaving their staging garage. People are learning from other cities. They’re finding ICE staging areas. They’re patrolling neighborhoods. They’re building rapid response networks. ICE is on the defense now.
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Whoever leaked this information served Hegseth up in a platter. Good.
November 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Whoever leaked this information served Hegseth up in a platter. Good.
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www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Federal judge is pressing Justice Department to explain how it will protect identities of Epstein’s victims after lawyers said that dozens of their names appeared unredacted in documents released by Congress, prompting what they described as “widespread panic.”
Federal judge is pressing Justice Department to explain how it will protect identities of Epstein’s victims after lawyers said that dozens of their names appeared unredacted in documents released by Congress, prompting what they described as “widespread panic.”
Judge seeks to shield Epstein victims after dozens of names exposed in documents release
Lawyers representing hundreds of victims said dozens of their names appeared unredacted in documents and emails released by Congress this month.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Federal judge is pressing Justice Department to explain how it will protect identities of Epstein’s victims after lawyers said that dozens of their names appeared unredacted in documents released by Congress, prompting what they described as “widespread panic.”
Federal judge is pressing Justice Department to explain how it will protect identities of Epstein’s victims after lawyers said that dozens of their names appeared unredacted in documents released by Congress, prompting what they described as “widespread panic.”
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After Marty Makary claimed with no evidence that COVID19 vaccines had killed children, Defend Public Health published this report on the topic.
Now Prasad is making the same claims. He and Hoeg owe their careers to undermining COVID vaccines. These are not “unbiased” people. I don’t trust them.
Now Prasad is making the same claims. He and Hoeg owe their careers to undermining COVID vaccines. These are not “unbiased” people. I don’t trust them.
Scientific evidence shows no link between COVID19 vaccines and child deaths | Defend Public Health
In response to claims by the Trump administration that COVID19 vaccines caused 25 pediatric deaths, Defend Public Health reviewed the scientific evidence from rigorous vaccine safety surveillance syst...
www.defendpublichealth.org
November 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
After Marty Makary claimed with no evidence that COVID19 vaccines had killed children, Defend Public Health published this report on the topic.
Now Prasad is making the same claims. He and Hoeg owe their careers to undermining COVID vaccines. These are not “unbiased” people. I don’t trust them.
Now Prasad is making the same claims. He and Hoeg owe their careers to undermining COVID vaccines. These are not “unbiased” people. I don’t trust them.
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America’s climate catastrophe will thin out and impoverish entire regions of the country, making them economic “no-go zones.” Vann R. Newkirk II reports on what climate change could do to America by mid-century: theatln.tc/CD8bgA0X
November 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
America’s climate catastrophe will thin out and impoverish entire regions of the country, making them economic “no-go zones.” Vann R. Newkirk II reports on what climate change could do to America by mid-century: theatln.tc/CD8bgA0X
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Surprise! The “peace plan” is really just a plan for Trump, Witkoff, Don Junior and their friends to get rich.
Everything is a grift. (And the Hunter hunters are silent)
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Everything is a grift. (And the Hunter hunters are silent)
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Surprise! The “peace plan” is really just a plan for Trump, Witkoff, Don Junior and their friends to get rich.
Everything is a grift. (And the Hunter hunters are silent)
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Everything is a grift. (And the Hunter hunters are silent)
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments.
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments.
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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Time to ask: In whose interests is American foreign policy being conducted?
"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies"
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Time to ask: In whose interests is American foreign policy being conducted?
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#NATO intercepts russian bombers armed with cruise missiles
#Sweden scrambled Gripen fighters to identify and shadow a group of russian long-range aircraft flying over the Baltic Sea on Thursday, after radar picked up multiple Tu-22M3 bombers travelling with escorting Su-35 fighters.
#Sweden scrambled Gripen fighters to identify and shadow a group of russian long-range aircraft flying over the Baltic Sea on Thursday, after radar picked up multiple Tu-22M3 bombers travelling with escorting Su-35 fighters.
NATO intercepts Russian bombers armed with cruise missiles
Sweden scrambled Gripen fighters on Thursday to shadow a group of Russian Tu-22M3 bombers and Su-35 escorts flying over the Baltic Sea after the formation was detected on radar.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
November 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM