Sean Flaherty
@sean-flaherty.bsky.social
Interested in elections, culture, national security, civil liberties.
seanflahertyia at protonmail.com
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1/2 Some highlights of French, British, German proposal: Territorial issues/swaps deferred, current line of control rulels. More robust security guarantees for Ukraine, NATO membership an option, but highly unlikely with consensus requirement. Seems no egregious US profiteering.
www.reuters.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
1/2 Some highlights of French, British, German proposal: Territorial issues/swaps deferred, current line of control rulels. More robust security guarantees for Ukraine, NATO membership an option, but highly unlikely with consensus requirement. Seems no egregious US profiteering.
Not a fan of the Dimitriev-Witkoff plan, but on Velshi's show, @rhodesben.bsky.social just misstated the plan's provisions for return of Ukrainian children and family reuninification.
www.axios.com/2025/11/20/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/20/t...
November 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Not a fan of the Dimitriev-Witkoff plan, but on Velshi's show, @rhodesben.bsky.social just misstated the plan's provisions for return of Ukrainian children and family reuninification.
www.axios.com/2025/11/20/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/20/t...
? re plan's proposed limits on Ukraine's military (600,000 troops), is there a limit on weaponry? Item 10 implies Ukraine would retain weapons than can strike inside Russia:
"If Ukraine launches a missile at Moscow or St. Petersburg without cause, the security guarantee will be deemed invalid."
"If Ukraine launches a missile at Moscow or St. Petersburg without cause, the security guarantee will be deemed invalid."
Trump's full 28-point Ukraine-Russia peace plan
The full plan was obtained by Axios and verified by Ukrainian and U.S. officials.
www.axios.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:36 AM
? re plan's proposed limits on Ukraine's military (600,000 troops), is there a limit on weaponry? Item 10 implies Ukraine would retain weapons than can strike inside Russia:
"If Ukraine launches a missile at Moscow or St. Petersburg without cause, the security guarantee will be deemed invalid."
"If Ukraine launches a missile at Moscow or St. Petersburg without cause, the security guarantee will be deemed invalid."
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There is no debate --
“An order requiring the performance of a military duty or act may be disobeyed when such act is unlawful.”
Manual for Courts-Martial United States (2024), Part IV, ¶ 14.c.(2)(a)(i)
www.sja.marines.mil/Portals/135/...
#HOLDFAST
“An order requiring the performance of a military duty or act may be disobeyed when such act is unlawful.”
Manual for Courts-Martial United States (2024), Part IV, ¶ 14.c.(2)(a)(i)
www.sja.marines.mil/Portals/135/...
#HOLDFAST
www.sja.marines.mil
November 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
There is no debate --
“An order requiring the performance of a military duty or act may be disobeyed when such act is unlawful.”
Manual for Courts-Martial United States (2024), Part IV, ¶ 14.c.(2)(a)(i)
www.sja.marines.mil/Portals/135/...
#HOLDFAST
“An order requiring the performance of a military duty or act may be disobeyed when such act is unlawful.”
Manual for Courts-Martial United States (2024), Part IV, ¶ 14.c.(2)(a)(i)
www.sja.marines.mil/Portals/135/...
#HOLDFAST
"We are more alike, my friends,
than we are unalike."
Ripped from an MSNBC/MSNOW ad, but truth is truth.
than we are unalike."
Ripped from an MSNBC/MSNOW ad, but truth is truth.
Human Family by Maya Angelou - Famous poems, famous poets. - All Poetry
Comments & analysis: I note the obvious differences / in the human family. / Some of us are serious, / some thr
allpoetry.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:37 AM
"We are more alike, my friends,
than we are unalike."
Ripped from an MSNBC/MSNOW ad, but truth is truth.
than we are unalike."
Ripped from an MSNBC/MSNOW ad, but truth is truth.
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Everywhere there's lots of piggies
Living piggy lives
You can see them out for dinner
With their piggy wives
Clutching forks and knives to eat the bacon
— Piggies, The Beatles
Living piggy lives
You can see them out for dinner
With their piggy wives
Clutching forks and knives to eat the bacon
— Piggies, The Beatles
November 19, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Everywhere there's lots of piggies
Living piggy lives
You can see them out for dinner
With their piggy wives
Clutching forks and knives to eat the bacon
— Piggies, The Beatles
Living piggy lives
You can see them out for dinner
With their piggy wives
Clutching forks and knives to eat the bacon
— Piggies, The Beatles
1/2 Apple owners: CEO Tim Cook is attending tonight's White House dinner in honor of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. His company still offers an app, Absher, that enables Saudi males' control of the travel of female family members and sponsored employees.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
November 19, 2025 at 2:54 AM
1/2 Apple owners: CEO Tim Cook is attending tonight's White House dinner in honor of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. His company still offers an app, Absher, that enables Saudi males' control of the travel of female family members and sponsored employees.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
"Our guest" Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the murder of Saudi human rights advocate Jamal Khashoggi. He most certainly "knew about it," Mr. President.
November 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
"Our guest" Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the murder of Saudi human rights advocate Jamal Khashoggi. He most certainly "knew about it," Mr. President.
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Article notes that Pendleton PAO, which had previously suggested (though not explicitly) that over-I5 firing was routine, has not responded to requests for any specific examples of such fires in the past. CalTrans says they dont know of any.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/10/21/k...
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/10/21/k...
Key Camp Pendleton document has no approved artillery firing locations west of I-5
State says it has no record of any over-freeway fire prior to Saturday’s amphibious capabilities demonstration that temporarily closed the freeway.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Article notes that Pendleton PAO, which had previously suggested (though not explicitly) that over-I5 firing was routine, has not responded to requests for any specific examples of such fires in the past. CalTrans says they dont know of any.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/10/21/k...
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/10/21/k...
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substack.com/@steadystate... "we could certainly get Latin America on our side versus an entrenched dictator in Caracas, if we worked on multi-lateral law enforcement efforts and stopped carrying out extra judicial killings in international waters."
The Steady State (@steadystate1)
If the U.S. would temper comments about Canadian and Mexican sovereignty, we could retake lost ground, and improve on our mutual immigration, narcotics, and economic policies. And we could certainly g...
substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
substack.com/@steadystate... "we could certainly get Latin America on our side versus an entrenched dictator in Caracas, if we worked on multi-lateral law enforcement efforts and stopped carrying out extra judicial killings in international waters."
1/3 Excellent, powerful piece from Susan Greenhalgh on the sale of Dominion Voting to an R former election official. A few quotes:
"... the partisan ownership of an election supplier is merely one aspect of the badly broken, opaque, and corrupted election system industry...."
"... the partisan ownership of an election supplier is merely one aspect of the badly broken, opaque, and corrupted election system industry...."
Trump’s Most Reviled Voting Company Sold to a GOP Official. That’s Not the Worst of It.
Earlier this month, news broke that Dominion Voting Solutions had been sold to a former Republican election official.
slate.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
1/3 Excellent, powerful piece from Susan Greenhalgh on the sale of Dominion Voting to an R former election official. A few quotes:
"... the partisan ownership of an election supplier is merely one aspect of the badly broken, opaque, and corrupted election system industry...."
"... the partisan ownership of an election supplier is merely one aspect of the badly broken, opaque, and corrupted election system industry...."
Reposted by Sean Flaherty
Senator Merkley is on hour 20 of reading How Democracies Die, mixed w commentary, on u.s. senate floor
October 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Senator Merkley is on hour 20 of reading How Democracies Die, mixed w commentary, on u.s. senate floor
Yes, the new sole owner of the second-largest voting machine company in the US has ties to *that* Ed Martin:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Mart...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Mart...
Dominion Voting’s new owner, Knowink founder Scott Leiendecker, was previously “hired by Ed Martin to be the Republican director of the St. Louis City Board of Election Commissioners from 2005 until 2009” (Knowink’s IT Director worked for Martin from 2011-2012.) 1/ www.wired.com/story/scott-...
October 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Yes, the new sole owner of the second-largest voting machine company in the US has ties to *that* Ed Martin:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Mart...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Mart...
1/2 Per PBS's Nick Schifrin, Senate Foreign Relations Committee just voted favorably on a bill that would designate Russia a state sponsor of terrorism if the nearly 20,000 kidnapped Ukrainian children aren't returned home.
www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index...
www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index...
October 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
1/2 Per PBS's Nick Schifrin, Senate Foreign Relations Committee just voted favorably on a bill that would designate Russia a state sponsor of terrorism if the nearly 20,000 kidnapped Ukrainian children aren't returned home.
www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index...
www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index...
Must read. Can't get the gift article thing to work so it's behind a paywall. Read if you can.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/h...
America’s Retreat From Aid Is Devastating Somalia’s Health System
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Must read. Can't get the gift article thing to work so it's behind a paywall. Read if you can.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/h...
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The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
October 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
Truly heart-rending account of family that deserved so much better. Godspeed.
Nory Doesn’t Go to School Here Anymore
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Truly heart-rending account of family that deserved so much better. Godspeed.
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All the money being spent on ICE deportation and detentions could IMO have been used to create a world-class immigrant screening system, fair and humane quotas, job placements, and a sensible path to citizenship.
October 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
All the money being spent on ICE deportation and detentions could IMO have been used to create a world-class immigrant screening system, fair and humane quotas, job placements, and a sensible path to citizenship.
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I'm old enough to remember when it was a big scandal that Hillary Clinton called some Trump supporters "a basket of deplorables."
How is this OK?
How is this OK?
Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."
October 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I'm old enough to remember when it was a big scandal that Hillary Clinton called some Trump supporters "a basket of deplorables."
How is this OK?
How is this OK?
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BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Jacob Soboroff: "Nobody's saying we shouldn't have a border. Nobody's saying we shouldn't have immigration laws. We're saying we shouldn't indiscriminately round up people in the streets and not have any idea who they actually are before we do it."
(www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKXU... - quote @ 53:45)
(www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKXU... - quote @ 53:45)
It’s Happening with Velshi & Ruhle
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Jacob Soboroff: "Nobody's saying we shouldn't have a border. Nobody's saying we shouldn't have immigration laws. We're saying we shouldn't indiscriminately round up people in the streets and not have any idea who they actually are before we do it."
(www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKXU... - quote @ 53:45)
(www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKXU... - quote @ 53:45)
October 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Respect to those who got here first.
October 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Respect to those who got here first.
I do. Biden negotiated a ceasefire in January, and got a large number of hostages home (bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-roo...). As for Harris, the political pressures within the D Party would have forced her to be at least as tough on Netanyahu as Trump has been. But credit where it's due.
October 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I do. Biden negotiated a ceasefire in January, and got a large number of hostages home (bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-roo...). As for Harris, the political pressures within the D Party would have forced her to be at least as tough on Netanyahu as Trump has been. But credit where it's due.
Wonderful and a relief that the living hostages are home.
And yes, kudos to President Trump for successfully pressuring Netanyahu and his government to sign on to a ceasefire agreement Hamas would accept.
And yes, kudos to President Trump for successfully pressuring Netanyahu and his government to sign on to a ceasefire agreement Hamas would accept.
October 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Wonderful and a relief that the living hostages are home.
And yes, kudos to President Trump for successfully pressuring Netanyahu and his government to sign on to a ceasefire agreement Hamas would accept.
And yes, kudos to President Trump for successfully pressuring Netanyahu and his government to sign on to a ceasefire agreement Hamas would accept.