Sko Hayes
@skohayes.bsky.social
Blue dot in rural west, dog mom, retired. Single, no kids. Life is good.
"In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."- George Orwell
"In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."- George Orwell
"No one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means, it is an end." - George Orwell
December 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"No one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means, it is an end." - George Orwell
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Hmm. Ghislaine Maxwell is filing a habeas petition challenging her incarceration PRO SE (no lawyers). I guess even David Markus has his limits? Incidentally, she's worried that the release of the Epstein files would be devastating to her case.
December 3, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Hmm. Ghislaine Maxwell is filing a habeas petition challenging her incarceration PRO SE (no lawyers). I guess even David Markus has his limits? Incidentally, she's worried that the release of the Epstein files would be devastating to her case.
The Defense Department is showering Don Jr. associated companies with loans: "Vulcan Elements, which currently has around 30 employees, produces rare-earth magnets, which can be used in “drones, radar systems and other military applications.”
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UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...
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December 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The Defense Department is showering Don Jr. associated companies with loans: "Vulcan Elements, which currently has around 30 employees, produces rare-earth magnets, which can be used in “drones, radar systems and other military applications.”
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December 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Hegseth, in 2016, said the US military correctly “won’t follow unlawful orders”. He is now criticizing veteran Democrats and is threatening to court-martial Senator Mark Kelly for saying the same.
December 4, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Hegseth, in 2016, said the US military correctly “won’t follow unlawful orders”. He is now criticizing veteran Democrats and is threatening to court-martial Senator Mark Kelly for saying the same.
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The Canadian Rockies. Winter photography here is just amazing 🤩
December 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The Canadian Rockies. Winter photography here is just amazing 🤩
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Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.
Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
June 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.
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Brett Kavanagh, his friends, and his family will be living with these images until their dying days. Unimaginable betrayal of the American creed.
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Brett Kavanagh, his friends, and his family will be living with these images until their dying days. Unimaginable betrayal of the American creed.
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A growing swath of Americans are showing signs of discontent and refusing to cooperate with what they see as their rights, liberties, and economic interests being compromised under the Trump administration, write civic movement experts Adam Fefer and @mariajstephan.bsky.social:
When Loyalties Shift: Americans’ Growing Noncooperation with Federal Abuses of Power
Americans' refusals to accept apparent abuses of power by the federal government indicate that the political winds may be starting to shift.
www.justsecurity.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
A growing swath of Americans are showing signs of discontent and refusing to cooperate with what they see as their rights, liberties, and economic interests being compromised under the Trump administration, write civic movement experts Adam Fefer and @mariajstephan.bsky.social:
NYT sues Pentagon for kicking out press corps and replacing them with MAGA sycophants
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NYT sues Pentagon for kicking out press corps and replacing them with MAGA sycophants
The New York Times filed a lawsuit alleging that President Donald Trump's Department of Defense violated the First Amendment by imposing new press access rules that drove out nearly the entire news co...
www.rawstory.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
NYT sues Pentagon for kicking out press corps and replacing them with MAGA sycophants
www.rawstory.com/nyt-sues-pen...
www.rawstory.com/nyt-sues-pen...
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this stupid shit is all they have, they are incapable of governing because they only care about exploiting culture war bull shit to accumulate power and wealth among their inner circle
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
this stupid shit is all they have, they are incapable of governing because they only care about exploiting culture war bull shit to accumulate power and wealth among their inner circle
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President Trump has now pardoned 12 members of Congress convicted of crimes varying from tax evasion, campaign corruption, lying to the FBI, bribery, insider trading, obstruction, etc.
If Jeff Epstein were alive today, he’d be a free man in Trump’s America.
If Jeff Epstein were alive today, he’d be a free man in Trump’s America.
December 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
President Trump has now pardoned 12 members of Congress convicted of crimes varying from tax evasion, campaign corruption, lying to the FBI, bribery, insider trading, obstruction, etc.
If Jeff Epstein were alive today, he’d be a free man in Trump’s America.
If Jeff Epstein were alive today, he’d be a free man in Trump’s America.
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Some bots are really working overtime on here, conflating clemency with a presidential pardon.
While all pardons are a form of clemency, not all clemency actions are pardons. Clemency can involve various forms of leniency, whereas a pardon specifically forgives a crime and restores rights.
While all pardons are a form of clemency, not all clemency actions are pardons. Clemency can involve various forms of leniency, whereas a pardon specifically forgives a crime and restores rights.
December 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Some bots are really working overtime on here, conflating clemency with a presidential pardon.
While all pardons are a form of clemency, not all clemency actions are pardons. Clemency can involve various forms of leniency, whereas a pardon specifically forgives a crime and restores rights.
While all pardons are a form of clemency, not all clemency actions are pardons. Clemency can involve various forms of leniency, whereas a pardon specifically forgives a crime and restores rights.
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Republican lawmakers in Missouri have advanced a constitutional amendment that would make citizen ballot measures much more difficult to pass. “If we can’t use the citizen-led initiative petition process, we’re done, we’re cooked,” says an advocate.
Under this GOP Measure, All of Missouri’s Recent Popular Initiatives Would Have Failed
Lawmakers just advanced a constitutional amendment to drastically raise the bar for approving citizen ballot measures. Voters get to weigh in on the scheme next year.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Republican lawmakers in Missouri have advanced a constitutional amendment that would make citizen ballot measures much more difficult to pass. “If we can’t use the citizen-led initiative petition process, we’re done, we’re cooked,” says an advocate.
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If only there had been signs that a group of below average men who espouse misogynist views and are led by an adjudicated rapist would treat their female colleagues poorly.
December 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
If only there had been signs that a group of below average men who espouse misogynist views and are led by an adjudicated rapist would treat their female colleagues poorly.
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At a Cabinet meeting yesterday, donald trump called his own VP JD Vance “incompetent”.
Then gramps took a well earned snooze for his trouble #USDemocracy
Then gramps took a well earned snooze for his trouble #USDemocracy
December 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
At a Cabinet meeting yesterday, donald trump called his own VP JD Vance “incompetent”.
Then gramps took a well earned snooze for his trouble #USDemocracy
Then gramps took a well earned snooze for his trouble #USDemocracy
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Or put different, he’s pardoning people at SEVENTY FIVE TIMES the annual rate of the Biden presidency
So far, in less than one year, Donald Trump has issued over TEN TIMES as many pardons as he did in his entire four-year first term. That’s a lot of criminals released onto our streets.
December 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Or put different, he’s pardoning people at SEVENTY FIVE TIMES the annual rate of the Biden presidency
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Don't do it, Jack. At least bring a recording device hidden. They will lie.
#USDemocracy
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#USDemocracy
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House Republicans subpoena Jack Smith for closed-door interview about his prosecutions of Trump
The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith for a closed-door interview later this month even though he had earlier volunteered to ...
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December 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Don't do it, Jack. At least bring a recording device hidden. They will lie.
#USDemocracy
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#USDemocracy
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Please include the fact that that boat was approx 1100 nautical miles from Miami. There were no munitions on the boat. It was a traditional Trini boat design & probably wooden not a go fast drug boat. Blowing the boat & people to smithereens isn’t a legit response. It was murder. We aren’t at war.
December 4, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Please include the fact that that boat was approx 1100 nautical miles from Miami. There were no munitions on the boat. It was a traditional Trini boat design & probably wooden not a go fast drug boat. Blowing the boat & people to smithereens isn’t a legit response. It was murder. We aren’t at war.
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Using this logic, if a combat aviator ejects from their aircraft, and while hanging in their parachute uses their emergency radio to call for help, they are now a legitimate target.
December 4, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Using this logic, if a combat aviator ejects from their aircraft, and while hanging in their parachute uses their emergency radio to call for help, they are now a legitimate target.
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This really lays bare how absurd the manufactured war theory is:
A shipwrecked survivor of a Hellfire missile strike on his small burning vessel is supposed to do... what, exactly, to show he is not "in the fight"?
When there is no war, applying the law of war is an exercise in absurdity.
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A shipwrecked survivor of a Hellfire missile strike on his small burning vessel is supposed to do... what, exactly, to show he is not "in the fight"?
When there is no war, applying the law of war is an exercise in absurdity.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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9/ For the last point about international human rights being the correct body of law:
See section entitled, "Applying International Human Rights Law to the Alleged Facts" in this article written by @mikeschmitt.bsky.social @tessbridgeman.bsky.social and me
See section entitled, "Applying International Human Rights Law to the Alleged Facts" in this article written by @mikeschmitt.bsky.social @tessbridgeman.bsky.social and me
Unlawful Orders and Killing Shipwrecked Boat Strike Survivors: An Expert Backgrounder
An expert backgrounder on the reported Hegseth "no quarter" order to kill everyone aboard a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean on Sept. 2.
www.justsecurity.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
9/ For the last point about international human rights being the correct body of law:
See section entitled, "Applying International Human Rights Law to the Alleged Facts" in this article written by @mikeschmitt.bsky.social @tessbridgeman.bsky.social and me
See section entitled, "Applying International Human Rights Law to the Alleged Facts" in this article written by @mikeschmitt.bsky.social @tessbridgeman.bsky.social and me
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8/ A public service reminder:
This entire exercise is an absurd, imaginary world for legal experts.
That's because the truth is:
It's not an armed conflict.
The laws of war thus don't apply.
The more restrictive rules of human rights apply.
It's extrajudicial killing under that law.
This entire exercise is an absurd, imaginary world for legal experts.
That's because the truth is:
It's not an armed conflict.
The laws of war thus don't apply.
The more restrictive rules of human rights apply.
It's extrajudicial killing under that law.
December 4, 2025 at 2:34 AM
8/ A public service reminder:
This entire exercise is an absurd, imaginary world for legal experts.
That's because the truth is:
It's not an armed conflict.
The laws of war thus don't apply.
The more restrictive rules of human rights apply.
It's extrajudicial killing under that law.
This entire exercise is an absurd, imaginary world for legal experts.
That's because the truth is:
It's not an armed conflict.
The laws of war thus don't apply.
The more restrictive rules of human rights apply.
It's extrajudicial killing under that law.
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7/ After serving in the Dept of Defense, I wrote the law review article SUPPORTING war-sustaining targeting.⬇️
But transporting/working on war-sustaining objects does not equal "active combat activities."
The 11 were civilians, and retrieving cocaine would not make the 2 less than shipwrecked.
But transporting/working on war-sustaining objects does not equal "active combat activities."
The 11 were civilians, and retrieving cocaine would not make the 2 less than shipwrecked.
December 4, 2025 at 2:33 AM
7/ After serving in the Dept of Defense, I wrote the law review article SUPPORTING war-sustaining targeting.⬇️
But transporting/working on war-sustaining objects does not equal "active combat activities."
The 11 were civilians, and retrieving cocaine would not make the 2 less than shipwrecked.
But transporting/working on war-sustaining objects does not equal "active combat activities."
The 11 were civilians, and retrieving cocaine would not make the 2 less than shipwrecked.
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6/ This next point gets deeper into some legal weeds, but law of war experts will know exactly what I mean.
The fact that the DOJ/USG wants to call these cocaine boats legitimate "war-sustaining" military targets, makes this new explanation fall apart.
The fact that the DOJ/USG wants to call these cocaine boats legitimate "war-sustaining" military targets, makes this new explanation fall apart.
December 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
6/ This next point gets deeper into some legal weeds, but law of war experts will know exactly what I mean.
The fact that the DOJ/USG wants to call these cocaine boats legitimate "war-sustaining" military targets, makes this new explanation fall apart.
The fact that the DOJ/USG wants to call these cocaine boats legitimate "war-sustaining" military targets, makes this new explanation fall apart.