@jrriver.bsky.social
Retired English professor. UT Austin and URI. Currently living in a rural red state and trying to be loud against the fascists. I read history.
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· Apr 12
Class action law suit against this is needed.
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A Federal judge said that the deployment of national guard to DC is illegal. He paused the removal to not cause chaos until the after the expected appeal.
Technically, they are following illegal orders by being there.
Why aren't the Governors recalling their troops from our cities?
Technically, they are following illegal orders by being there.
Why aren't the Governors recalling their troops from our cities?
November 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
A Federal judge said that the deployment of national guard to DC is illegal. He paused the removal to not cause chaos until the after the expected appeal.
Technically, they are following illegal orders by being there.
Why aren't the Governors recalling their troops from our cities?
Technically, they are following illegal orders by being there.
Why aren't the Governors recalling their troops from our cities?
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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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This absurd pardon shows the murderous boat bombings were never about stopping drugs
November 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This absurd pardon shows the murderous boat bombings were never about stopping drugs
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At a time when the food-stamp system is under fire & more strict work requirements are starting to kick in, a review of companies with the most SNAP recipients in the state shows many are employed by high-profile companies in retail, health care & the gig economy. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
‘The government is subsidizing corporate profits’: Who employs the most SNAP recipients in Massachusetts? - The Boston Globe
In Massachusetts, 74 percent of working-age SNAP recipients have jobs.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
At a time when the food-stamp system is under fire & more strict work requirements are starting to kick in, a review of companies with the most SNAP recipients in the state shows many are employed by high-profile companies in retail, health care & the gig economy. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
— Hannah Arendt
philosophybreak.com/articles/han...
— Hannah Arendt
philosophybreak.com/articles/han...
Hannah Arendt On Standing Up to the Banality of Evil | Philosophy Break
For 20th-century German philosopher Hannah Arendt, most evil is committed by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
philosophybreak.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
— Hannah Arendt
philosophybreak.com/articles/han...
— Hannah Arendt
philosophybreak.com/articles/han...
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Seizing another country's airspace is an act of war.
Presidents of the United States don't have that authority. It's a Constitution thing. Have you ever read it?
If he follows through and Congress allows it, we no longer have a Constitution or a president.
Presidents of the United States don't have that authority. It's a Constitution thing. Have you ever read it?
If he follows through and Congress allows it, we no longer have a Constitution or a president.
November 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Seizing another country's airspace is an act of war.
Presidents of the United States don't have that authority. It's a Constitution thing. Have you ever read it?
If he follows through and Congress allows it, we no longer have a Constitution or a president.
Presidents of the United States don't have that authority. It's a Constitution thing. Have you ever read it?
If he follows through and Congress allows it, we no longer have a Constitution or a president.
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Over and over and over again the people who have observed RFK Jr.’s anti-vax propaganda for decades have said he will not stop until he takes away as many vaccines as he can.
And the current U.S. government is aiding and abetting him.
And the current U.S. government is aiding and abetting him.
November 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Over and over and over again the people who have observed RFK Jr.’s anti-vax propaganda for decades have said he will not stop until he takes away as many vaccines as he can.
And the current U.S. government is aiding and abetting him.
And the current U.S. government is aiding and abetting him.
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President Obama served food at soup kitchens on Thanksgiving.
The orange felon shares staged propaganda photos of himself with troops from 2019 on Thanksgiving because he’s a 5-time draft dodging traitor lying criminal.
How far we’ve fallen.
The orange felon shares staged propaganda photos of himself with troops from 2019 on Thanksgiving because he’s a 5-time draft dodging traitor lying criminal.
How far we’ve fallen.
November 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
President Obama served food at soup kitchens on Thanksgiving.
The orange felon shares staged propaganda photos of himself with troops from 2019 on Thanksgiving because he’s a 5-time draft dodging traitor lying criminal.
How far we’ve fallen.
The orange felon shares staged propaganda photos of himself with troops from 2019 on Thanksgiving because he’s a 5-time draft dodging traitor lying criminal.
How far we’ve fallen.
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Wow, Trump is openly supporting Russia now. It was always coming, I mean Russia helped put him in power. Look out world, Russia is looking to take over and the USA are about to help.
November 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Wow, Trump is openly supporting Russia now. It was always coming, I mean Russia helped put him in power. Look out world, Russia is looking to take over and the USA are about to help.
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Incredibly Rare White Auroras from last night over Reine, Norway 🇳🇴
November 29, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Incredibly Rare White Auroras from last night over Reine, Norway 🇳🇴
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The administration has withheld both the GDP and jobs reports.
November 29, 2025 at 2:35 AM
The administration has withheld both the GDP and jobs reports.
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The NYT and the Washington Post are simply ignoring the rapidly growing constitutional crisis in the White House. Almost nothing in their news coverage or opinion sections. They are as culpable as anyone in this.
November 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The NYT and the Washington Post are simply ignoring the rapidly growing constitutional crisis in the White House. Almost nothing in their news coverage or opinion sections. They are as culpable as anyone in this.
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I am often asked what laws I would recommend blue states adopt. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, there are seven changes every state could adopt right now, for virtually no cost or administrative burden. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/seve...
Seven Voting Laws Every Blue State Should Enact Right Now
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I am often asked what laws I would recommend blue states adopt. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, there are seven changes every state could adopt right now, for virtually no cost or administrative burden. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/seve...
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The deranged madman now threatens to blow up commercial airliners flying in and out of Venezuela.
November 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The deranged madman now threatens to blow up commercial airliners flying in and out of Venezuela.
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David Lobell, the professor of Earth system science at SU. The results show clearly that adaptation efforts must look at the whole supply chain, including labor and livestock. That even as agriculture becomes more mechanized and sophisticated the sensitivity to weather doesn’t go away. 7 yrs gone
Seven Years of Agricultural Productivity Growth Lost Due to Climate Change
Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
woods.stanford.edu
November 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
David Lobell, the professor of Earth system science at SU. The results show clearly that adaptation efforts must look at the whole supply chain, including labor and livestock. That even as agriculture becomes more mechanized and sophisticated the sensitivity to weather doesn’t go away. 7 yrs gone
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Why do Republicans despise women so much? 🤷♀️
November 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Why do Republicans despise women so much? 🤷♀️
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A DOD "Memo" saying no prosecution will happen isn't going to save you from life in a military prison for murdering civilian fisherman. Taking orders from a Fox News host who ordered you to do it isn't going to look real good to a jury.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Pete Hegseth’s order to ‘kill everybody’ included alleged drug boat survivors: report
More than 80 people killed in campaign that law-of-war experts have labeled extrajudicial murder
www.independent.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
A DOD "Memo" saying no prosecution will happen isn't going to save you from life in a military prison for murdering civilian fisherman. Taking orders from a Fox News host who ordered you to do it isn't going to look real good to a jury.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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"We blow up ‘alleged’ drug boats in the Caribbean but pardon actually convicted drug traffickers in the U.S. Someone help me make sense of this.”
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 3:24 AM
"We blow up ‘alleged’ drug boats in the Caribbean but pardon actually convicted drug traffickers in the U.S. Someone help me make sense of this.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
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We have to explain to these people in charge why having no just pretext to bomb a bunch of folks is wrong or against the law? NO! I refuse. We’re not litigating this! There’s a certain universal morality. And they ain’t it. They should just outright say they kill whoever they want because they want.
November 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We have to explain to these people in charge why having no just pretext to bomb a bunch of folks is wrong or against the law? NO! I refuse. We’re not litigating this! There’s a certain universal morality. And they ain’t it. They should just outright say they kill whoever they want because they want.
I DO NOT consent to a war with Venezuela. No patriotic American should.
November 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I DO NOT consent to a war with Venezuela. No patriotic American should.
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The attorneys representing victims stated they believe the DOJ either "does not know the identities of all the victims of Jeffrey Epstein and thus cannot apply proper redactions," or "is intentionally failing to protect victims from public exposure".
November 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The attorneys representing victims stated they believe the DOJ either "does not know the identities of all the victims of Jeffrey Epstein and thus cannot apply proper redactions," or "is intentionally failing to protect victims from public exposure".
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"The DOD Manual is clear because the law here is clear: 'Persons who have been incapacitated by . . . shipwreck are in a helpless state, and it would be dishonorable and inhumane to make them the object of attack.'"
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 4:43 AM
"The DOD Manual is clear because the law here is clear: 'Persons who have been incapacitated by . . . shipwreck are in a helpless state, and it would be dishonorable and inhumane to make them the object of attack.'"
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Could it not violate the laws of armed conflict?
The US military carried out a followup strike on a suspected drug vessel in the Caribbean on Sept 2, killing survivors of the initial strike, sources said.
People briefed on the “double-tap” strike said they were concerned that it could violate the law of armed conflict. www.cnn.com/2025/11/28/p...
People briefed on the “double-tap” strike said they were concerned that it could violate the law of armed conflict. www.cnn.com/2025/11/28/p...
US military carried out second strike killing survivors on a suspected drug boat that had already been attacked, sources say | CNN Politics
The US military carried out a follow-up strike on a suspected drug vessel operating in the Caribbean on September 2 after an initial attack did not kill everyone on board, sources familiar with the ma...
www.cnn.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Could it not violate the laws of armed conflict?