Rich Gardner
@rlgardner190.bsky.social
Navy vet (PN3 1991-2001), Democrat, antiwar, supports Ukraine, History buff, like the "Avengers" movies and "Legends of Tomorrow" TV show..
Pictured is the USS LaSalle (AGF-3), I spent from late 1996 to late 1998 on there.
Pictured is the USS LaSalle (AGF-3), I spent from late 1996 to late 1998 on there.
Kruse is a professor of History who has published several books.
Lecturing on Watergate this morning and trying to decide how to communicate "no, Congress used to care when presidents did crimes!" without derailing the lecture and/or sobbing
December 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Kruse is a professor of History who has published several books.
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BREAKING: We won! 3rd Circuit affirms illegality of Habba appointment
We @democracydefendersfund.org are honored to work on this case with the wonderful folks at Lowell & Associates, Gerald Krovatin & many others 👇
We @democracydefendersfund.org are honored to work on this case with the wonderful folks at Lowell & Associates, Gerald Krovatin & many others 👇
December 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
BREAKING: We won! 3rd Circuit affirms illegality of Habba appointment
We @democracydefendersfund.org are honored to work on this case with the wonderful folks at Lowell & Associates, Gerald Krovatin & many others 👇
We @democracydefendersfund.org are honored to work on this case with the wonderful folks at Lowell & Associates, Gerald Krovatin & many others 👇
This summary piece on the news of the past few days documents the moral decline of America under Trump. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
‘The Order Was to Kill Everybody’: A Savage Incident at Sea
The Implications Are Vast and Serious The explosive holiday story from the...
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December 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This summary piece on the news of the past few days documents the moral decline of America under Trump. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
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Killing people who are marooned on a shipwreck is so obviously illegal it's one of the super obvious cases that the Department of Defense actually uses as a textbook example in it's on procedural manual. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuGk...
December 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Killing people who are marooned on a shipwreck is so obviously illegal it's one of the super obvious cases that the Department of Defense actually uses as a textbook example in it's on procedural manual. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuGk...
Good! I felt at the time that this was an excessively clever move by Trump and his people. A thoroughly deserved defeat! www.ms.now/deadline-whi...
Appeals court upholds Alina Habba’s disqualification as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor
The Supreme Court could have the last word on the subject that affects Trump-installed federal prosecutors around the country.
www.ms.now
December 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Good! I felt at the time that this was an excessively clever move by Trump and his people. A thoroughly deserved defeat! www.ms.now/deadline-whi...
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Read @juddlegum.bsky.social on the ties to RU and Ukrainian oligarchs Steve Witkoff is hiding.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Read @juddlegum.bsky.social on the ties to RU and Ukrainian oligarchs Steve Witkoff is hiding.
popular.info/p/top-trump-...
popular.info/p/top-trump-...
Republicans are not dead-set against a war with Venezuela, but the chance that a war there would cause them to sour on Trump is non-zero.
www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
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December 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Republicans are not dead-set against a war with Venezuela, but the chance that a war there would cause them to sour on Trump is non-zero.
www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
STING Interceptor and Shahed drones. Some Shahed drones are now jet-propelled. The Ukrainian STING interceptor drone has been taking many of them down.
Secretary of State Rubio’s goal for Ukraine is completely unreachable without...
Secretary of State Rubio’s goal for Ukraine is completely unreachable without...
December 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
STING Interceptor and Shahed drones. Some Shahed drones are now jet-propelled. The Ukrainian STING interceptor drone has been taking many of them down.
Secretary of State Rubio’s goal for Ukraine is completely unreachable without...
Secretary of State Rubio’s goal for Ukraine is completely unreachable without...
Because the GOP doesn’t have a whole lot to offer, they’re focused on culture-war issues. If Democrats keep focusing on cost-of-living issues and, more importantly, can deliver...
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GOP goes all-in on culture war—and it's not going great
In yet another sign the electorate is rejecting MAGA’s culture-war politics, Democrats swept school board elections in Texas, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.
“From Texas to Pennsylvania to Ohio, ...
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December 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Because the GOP doesn’t have a whole lot to offer, they’re focused on culture-war issues. If Democrats keep focusing on cost-of-living issues and, more importantly, can deliver...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
All-woman group of Ukrainian drone operators.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
All-woman group of Ukrainian drone operators.
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This is pretty infuriating. As Republicans have no accomplishments to run on, they’re taking credit for bills that they actually voted AGAINST!
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'Fu*king Doorknob': Mace Blasted For Taking Credit For Bill She Voted Against
This isn't her first rodeo. She keeps doing this.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:12 PM
This is pretty infuriating. As Republicans have no accomplishments to run on, they’re taking credit for bills that they actually voted AGAINST!
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Republican state Attorney General Catherine Hanaway charged a Democratic group with submitting signatures by undocumented aliens. She provided no proof to back up her accusation.
Assessing Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s tenure as she prepares to leave.
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Assessing Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s tenure as she prepares to leave.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Republican state Attorney General Catherine Hanaway charged a Democratic group with submitting signatures by undocumented aliens. She provided no proof to back up her accusation.
Assessing Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s tenure as she prepares to leave.
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Assessing Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s tenure as she prepares to leave.
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Russian blogger Subo being beaten up by a guest on his show.
How was “Trump’s peace plan” written? A few people who were very concerned with how much money they’d make were given a complete blank check to write what they pleased. “We know this is not about peace. It’s about business.”
How was “Trump’s peace plan” written? A few people who were very concerned with how much money they’d make were given a complete blank check to write what they pleased. “We know this is not about peace. It’s about business.”
December 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Russian blogger Subo being beaten up by a guest on his show.
How was “Trump’s peace plan” written? A few people who were very concerned with how much money they’d make were given a complete blank check to write what they pleased. “We know this is not about peace. It’s about business.”
How was “Trump’s peace plan” written? A few people who were very concerned with how much money they’d make were given a complete blank check to write what they pleased. “We know this is not about peace. It’s about business.”
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This is all true but
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This is all true but
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
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Meanwhile in Russia: head of RT Margarita Simonyan said that in light of what is happening right now, she was right to rejoice about Trump's election. She also claimed that Russia is the best country in the world and all other countries are jealous of it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQT5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQT5...
Margarita Simonyan says all countries are jealous of Russia
YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor
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November 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Meanwhile in Russia: head of RT Margarita Simonyan said that in light of what is happening right now, she was right to rejoice about Trump's election. She also claimed that Russia is the best country in the world and all other countries are jealous of it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQT5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQT5...
This is incredibly sad. Even if trump is replaced by a much better president, a great deal of our science can't be rebuilt here.
PBS: “A poll from the journal "Nature" found 75% of researchers are considering leaving 🇺🇸— including a man dubbed the Mozart of Math… a scientific brain drain.”
The Trump Effect. The opposite of Making America Great Again. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
The Trump Effect. The opposite of Making America Great Again. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
November 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This is incredibly sad. Even if trump is replaced by a much better president, a great deal of our science can't be rebuilt here.
Russian shadow fleet oil tanker ablaze in the Black Sea.
The Head of the Presidential Office was found by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau to be corrupt. He was fired immediately.
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The Head of the Presidential Office was found by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau to be corrupt. He was fired immediately.
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Day 1373 Wae in Ukraine
Russian shadow fleet oil tanker ablaze in the Black sea. The Head of the Presidential Office was found by the National Anti-Corrupt...
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November 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Russian shadow fleet oil tanker ablaze in the Black Sea.
The Head of the Presidential Office was found by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau to be corrupt. He was fired immediately.
prawn-agenda.blogspot.com/2025/11/day-...
The Head of the Presidential Office was found by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau to be corrupt. He was fired immediately.
prawn-agenda.blogspot.com/2025/11/day-...
Trump’s declaration that he has closed Venezuela’s airspace is likely to be effective in shutting down Venezuela’s air traffic. Is it legal in international or US domestic law? No. There is absolutely zero legitimacy to it.
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Trump says Venezuelan airspace is closed
The U.S. president has no authority to close another country's airspace, but the move will ratchet up tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela.
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November 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Trump’s declaration that he has closed Venezuela’s airspace is likely to be effective in shutting down Venezuela’s air traffic. Is it legal in international or US domestic law? No. There is absolutely zero legitimacy to it.
www.ms.now/news/trump-s...
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But security guarantees are absolutely necessary as no one trusts Russia to keep a deal. Russia breaks deals continuously!
Ukraine launches thick swarm of drones into Russia.
Continuous protests in Georgia are now a year old. It was when the government broke off...
Ukraine launches thick swarm of drones into Russia.
Continuous protests in Georgia are now a year old. It was when the government broke off...
November 30, 2025 at 11:54 AM
But security guarantees are absolutely necessary as no one trusts Russia to keep a deal. Russia breaks deals continuously!
Ukraine launches thick swarm of drones into Russia.
Continuous protests in Georgia are now a year old. It was when the government broke off...
Ukraine launches thick swarm of drones into Russia.
Continuous protests in Georgia are now a year old. It was when the government broke off...
People of all demographics, save a very small minority are really, REALLY hostile to AI! Our writer explores why that is.
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AI, ‘Populism’ and the Centibillionaire Shangri-La
A few days ago, I was looking at one of the many...
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November 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
People of all demographics, save a very small minority are really, REALLY hostile to AI! Our writer explores why that is.
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A strike on a fishing vessel in the Caribbean in early September looks to be entirely and completely illegal. The Trump Administration hasn’t released any exculpatory evidence, likely because there isn’t any.
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WaPo: Hegseth Ordered Civilians To Be Murdered, A War Crime
Hegseth’s new title should be ‘Secretary of War Crimes’
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November 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
A strike on a fishing vessel in the Caribbean in early September looks to be entirely and completely illegal. The Trump Administration hasn’t released any exculpatory evidence, likely because there isn’t any.
crooksandliars.com/2025/11/wapo...
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The White House launched a “media bias” “fact checking” site after more than three years of labeling efforts to understand and counter disinformation “censorship.”
It’s just another enemies list in disguise ⤵️
It’s just another enemies list in disguise ⤵️
November 30, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The White House launched a “media bias” “fact checking” site after more than three years of labeling efforts to understand and counter disinformation “censorship.”
It’s just another enemies list in disguise ⤵️
It’s just another enemies list in disguise ⤵️
One of the features about fascism is that if the Leader picks people who would never have qualified for their positions on their own, they‘ll be loyal! After him, they’ll never again get as...
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Trump’s clown car Cabinet keeps humiliating him
The president said he assembled the “most talented and impressive Administration in history.” But a series of recent embarrassments from Trump officials suggests otherwise.
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November 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
One of the features about fascism is that if the Leader picks people who would never have qualified for their positions on their own, they‘ll be loyal! After him, they’ll never again get as...
www.ms.now/inside-with-...
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Ghislaine Maxwell proves herself to be pretty sharp and will battle smartly for her interests. Trump is clearly depending on her.
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Ghislaine Maxwell Trumps Trump On Pardon
The sex trafficker is taking the 5th unless pardoned by Trump
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November 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Ghislaine Maxwell proves herself to be pretty sharp and will battle smartly for her interests. Trump is clearly depending on her.
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The NLRB, yet another institution that was founded with a very clear purpose in mind and that served that purpose well right up until this year. It’s now been subverted into being ANTI-labor!
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The NLRB Is Suing to Keep States From Protecting Workers’ Rights
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and...
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November 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The NLRB, yet another institution that was founded with a very clear purpose in mind and that served that purpose well right up until this year. It’s now been subverted into being ANTI-labor!
talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/the-nlr...
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