Richard Power
@wyrdsofpower.bsky.social
Author. Yoga/MeditationTeacher. Intelligence & Security Expert. Fmr Distinguished Fellow, Carnegie Mellon U. Fmr Director of Global Security Intelligence, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
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Could Pete Hegseth be charged with murder? Catch up on the latest in today's bulletin: www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...
November 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Could Pete Hegseth be charged with murder? Catch up on the latest in today's bulletin: www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...
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Trump says he’ll pardon a former Honduras leader convicted of taking millions of dollars in bribes from drug traffickers. A U.S. prosecutor said Juan Orlando Hernández “paved a cocaine superhighway to the U.S.”
More evidence that Trump’s threats against Venezuela have nothing to do with drugs.
More evidence that Trump’s threats against Venezuela have nothing to do with drugs.
Trump to pardon ex-Honduras leader serving drug trafficking sentence in US
Hernández was convicted in 2024 of accepting millions in bribes to protect cocaine shipments
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Trump says he’ll pardon a former Honduras leader convicted of taking millions of dollars in bribes from drug traffickers. A U.S. prosecutor said Juan Orlando Hernández “paved a cocaine superhighway to the U.S.”
More evidence that Trump’s threats against Venezuela have nothing to do with drugs.
More evidence that Trump’s threats against Venezuela have nothing to do with drugs.
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Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
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"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
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Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
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a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats
November 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats
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Wondering if the Trump regime has a fee schedule for pardon bribes or if each individual one requires a separate haggling session.
November 29, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Wondering if the Trump regime has a fee schedule for pardon bribes or if each individual one requires a separate haggling session.
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This is so tragic and unnecessary. My prayers go out to her family and loved ones.
Sarah Beckstrom's ex-boyfriend told NBC News she dreamed of becoming an FBI special agent.
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for 'heart of gold'
The slain soldier’s former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn’t even have to know you and she’ll do anything for you,” he said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:05 AM
This is so tragic and unnecessary. My prayers go out to her family and loved ones.
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Trump pardons a narcotics kingpin, but he blows up fishing boats in the Caribbean.
WHOA. Trump says he will pardon Juan Orlando Hernandez, who once said that he wanted to “shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos.” He had people killed as part of his narco-trafficking ring, which he at times operated directly out of his presidential office.
November 29, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Trump pardons a narcotics kingpin, but he blows up fishing boats in the Caribbean.
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What a ridiculous sentence.
How did the @nytimes.com editors let this sentence appear?
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Northwestern University Nears Deal to Resolve Its Conflict With the White House
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:07 AM
What a ridiculous sentence.
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Institutions that surrender to Trump aren’t buying relief from his extortion. Quite the opposite. They’re telling Trump he can hit them up anytime.
Northwestern Agrees to Deal With Trump Administration
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Institutions that surrender to Trump aren’t buying relief from his extortion. Quite the opposite. They’re telling Trump he can hit them up anytime.
The Republican Party is compromised and is now a functional asset of the Russian Federation. Sound harsh? It’s a simple fact based on indisputable evidence. - @stuartpstevens.bsky.social 1/
None Dare Call It Treason: The Republican Party Is Compromised
Republican Senators understand the grave threat Russia poses. Yet they refuse to uphold their oath of office due to their fealty to Trump.
www.lincolnsquare.media
November 29, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The Republican Party is compromised and is now a functional asset of the Russian Federation. Sound harsh? It’s a simple fact based on indisputable evidence. - @stuartpstevens.bsky.social 1/
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No one will stop me from defending our freedoms.
November 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
No one will stop me from defending our freedoms.
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November 29, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Because they are not friend. They are foe.
How did the @nytimes.com editors let this sentence appear?
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Northwestern University Nears Deal to Resolve Its Conflict With the White House
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Because they are not friend. They are foe.
In every authoritarian shift, every single one, the government has tested boundaries w/ lethal force, if no one stops them, they expanded it, they normalize it, & one day, the target isn't 'cartels' anymore, it's protesters, journalists, political opponents - @momocracy.bsky.social
The New York Post Just Rushed to Protect Hegseth #Trump #petehegseth #newyorkpost
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November 29, 2025 at 4:57 AM
In every authoritarian shift, every single one, the government has tested boundaries w/ lethal force, if no one stops them, they expanded it, they normalize it, & one day, the target isn't 'cartels' anymore, it's protesters, journalists, political opponents - @momocracy.bsky.social
I woke up with the energy of a thousand Dolly Partons - a new poll shows us dropped & shows us about two points behind ...- @aftynbehn.bsky.social
Trump and GOP PANIC as EASY SPECIAL ELECTION Slips AWAY!!!
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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November 29, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I woke up with the energy of a thousand Dolly Partons - a new poll shows us dropped & shows us about two points behind ...- @aftynbehn.bsky.social
Anne Frank’s life is one of the clearest moral markers in modern history. A young girl who was just 13 years old when she was forced into hiding because hate became law. - @katiephang.bsky.social 1/
The Mainstreaming of Extremism
This is how the normalization of hatred works. Not with a bang, but with a shrug.
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Anne Frank’s life is one of the clearest moral markers in modern history. A young girl who was just 13 years old when she was forced into hiding because hate became law. - @katiephang.bsky.social 1/
@meiselasb.bsky.social reports on Trump threatening Republican lawmakers and others as new files and emails have dropped that Bloomberg got its hands on by a FOIA request showing the work by the FBI and their special “redaction team” regarding the Epstein files back in March.
Trump DARK PAST SURFACES at WORST TIME for HIM
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November 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
@meiselasb.bsky.social reports on Trump threatening Republican lawmakers and others as new files and emails have dropped that Bloomberg got its hands on by a FOIA request showing the work by the FBI and their special “redaction team” regarding the Epstein files back in March.
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And, of course, Stephen Miller talks about immigrants like a straight up Nazi would talk about Jews: as if they were a contaminant. As if it's vinegar spoiling milk. Instead of people just being people.
Needless to say, most of America is built on "imported societies."
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Needless to say, most of America is built on "imported societies."
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Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
And, of course, Stephen Miller talks about immigrants like a straight up Nazi would talk about Jews: as if they were a contaminant. As if it's vinegar spoiling milk. Instead of people just being people.
Needless to say, most of America is built on "imported societies."
bsky.app/profile/publ...
Needless to say, most of America is built on "imported societies."
bsky.app/profile/publ...
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I talked about this with Scaachi Koul in a recent episode. She explained how a lot of immigrants from countries Trump deems "Third World" did not think Trump was talking abou them. Because they're here legally! It's those others he's talking about, right?
Nope!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctLM...
Nope!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctLM...
Divorce him already, Usha
YouTube video by Salon
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November 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I talked about this with Scaachi Koul in a recent episode. She explained how a lot of immigrants from countries Trump deems "Third World" did not think Trump was talking abou them. Because they're here legally! It's those others he's talking about, right?
Nope!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctLM...
Nope!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctLM...
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Keep in mind that white American males shot and killed countless Americans including many children, and no one ever did a thing but protect their right to do it again.
November 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Keep in mind that white American males shot and killed countless Americans including many children, and no one ever did a thing but protect their right to do it again.
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Joe Biden was old but he wasn’t a fucking xenophobic racist dictator wannabe.
November 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Joe Biden was old but he wasn’t a fucking xenophobic racist dictator wannabe.
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This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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It is likely just as important that AFTER this first murderboat (where Whiskey Pete personally ordered two survivors be murdered), there were two strike where survivors were left alive.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
It is likely just as important that AFTER this first murderboat (where Whiskey Pete personally ordered two survivors be murdered), there were two strike where survivors were left alive.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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In four years Stalin made it all the way to Berlin. In four years Putin has made it about five miles.
Putin says it's senseless to sign documents with 'illegitimate' Ukrainian leadership - Reuters
Putin has the brass neck to call the democratically elected Ukrainian‘illegitimate”
Putin has the brass neck to call the democratically elected Ukrainian‘illegitimate”
November 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
In four years Stalin made it all the way to Berlin. In four years Putin has made it about five miles.
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It’s always either incompetence or corruption. Usually both.
New at the Post, gift version: The rapid advances in hacking attacks using artificial intelligence are catching the U.S. when it has slashed cyber defense, left leadership roles vacant, and left security decisions subject to global dealmaking, current and former officials say. wapo.st/4opI4wW
The U.S. has been cutting cyber defenses as AI boosts attacks
While artificial intelligence powers the offense, defense guidance is spotty and fewer officials are in a position to help fend off hackers and spies.
wapo.st
November 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
It’s always either incompetence or corruption. Usually both.