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Cade Mosley

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I'm an international human rights lawyer at Human Rights Now, a Tokyo-based NGO. I'm into int'l law, jazz piano, cognitive science & philosophy of mind, continental philosophy, modern art, indie games, movies and music, and lately quantum physics.

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Cade Mosley @cade76.bsky.social · Feb 6

I'm being invited to express my cinematic noir mood right now. This is it.

Cade Mosley @cade76.bsky.social · 13h

That's a fair take put that way. My main point was just that the committee was in part aiming at Trump (award worthy = work to take down a dictator) & the fact she's not anti-Trump (at least nominally pro) gives them cover to do it. It's fair to tweak what I said to make that point better.

Cade Mosley @cade76.bsky.social · 14h

As for sharing the award with Trump, my first theory is that she's pandering to his ego to dissuade him from pushing some retribution against herself or Venezuela over it (tariff increases, more "cartel" strikes, etc.). I'm open to hearing other theories though.

Cade Mosley @cade76.bsky.social · 16h

You mean she's not actually a Trump supporter?
The committee didn't know her statements?
The committee isn't picking her in part to troll Trump?
You don't think MAGA or Trump will accuse her/committee of being Trump hating?
Trump won't likely respond with "who?"
Which part do you mean is the reach?

Cade Mosley @cade76.bsky.social · 1d

And she actually supports Trump, which kind of ironically maybe makes the choice even more anti-Trump in spirit, b/c he can't say it's just a lib conspiracy to reward a Trump-hater. It's what she does. (That'll be lost on him, but it doesn't matter what he says anyway. He's only going to say "who?")

Cade Mosley @cade76.bsky.social · 1d

That said I agree that media play an important role, and Americans need to recognize what's actually happening on the ground for politics to function properly.

Cade Mosley @cade76.bsky.social · 1d

The majority of Russians are highly depoliticized & take corruption for granted, nothing to be done about it as long as it doesn't disrupt them.

That's what we should try to avoid in the US. Most MAGA are still highly charged, which can be a good thing when Trump inevitably betrays them too.

Cade Mosley @cade76.bsky.social · 1d

That's some Touhou energy right there. 💥💥

Cade Mosley @cade76.bsky.social · 1d

We're still calling Trump just a "pedo-protector"?
If we know only one thing about Trump, he's a Trump-protector. When Trump said of Ghislaine "I wish her well", I think the last thing he cared about is her or her well being. It's himself. It'll be nice when we can talk about that openly already.

Cade Mosley @cade76.bsky.social · 2d

Good lord... 😒

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

Cade Mosley @cade76.bsky.social · 3d

Human Rights Now and Taiwan Ass'n for the Promotion of Human Rights are releasing the report "Silenced Voices: Human rights risks hidden in the opaque tuna supply chain from Taiwanese fishing vessels to the Japanese market." It includes interviews with crew members & surveys of Japanese companies.

[Report] Silenced voices: Human rights risks hidden in the opaque tuna supply chain from Taiwanese fishing vessels to the Japanese market - Human Rights Now Global Site

Human Rights Now (HRN), a Tokyo-based international human rights NGO, in collaboration with the Taiwan-based NGO Taiwan Association for the Promotion of Human Rights (TAHR), conducted a fact-finding i...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks, New Yorker

Cade Mosley @cade76.bsky.social · 4d

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 5d

It really is staggering to see so many people willing to abandon our 249 year experiment in democracy for an increasingly unstable criminally convicted reality show charlatan.

Cade Mosley @cade76.bsky.social · 7d

While we're on the topic of Hegseth shamelessly channeling Patton...

Cade Mosley @cade76.bsky.social · 7d

a blue alien is sitting at a table with the word but visible

ALT: a blue alien is sitting at a table with the word but visible

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Cade Mosley @cade76.bsky.social · 7d

Here's the best theory I've seen about it. It's basically exactly that. x.com/soychicka/st...

random facts girl 🇺🇸🚜🇺🇦🌻🔪 on X: "The first mentions of Pizzagate started 11/4, within 8 hours of my first call to report I had identified an open missing person's case matching the abduction of Trump's 12 year old victim known as "Maria" It exploded after I contacted LE. Check the numbers. Check the timing. https://t.co/epRGfEeP1n" / X

The first mentions of Pizzagate started 11/4, within 8 hours of my first call to report I had identified an open missing person's case matching the abduction of Trump's 12 year old victim known as "Maria" It exploded after I contacted LE. Check the numbers. Check the timing. https://t.co/epRGfEeP1n

Cade Mosley @cade76.bsky.social · 7d

While we're talking about Pizzagate, there's a viable case it's not unrelated to Trump's abuse of a child. Here's the story & supporting data points; you can decide for yourselves. x.com/soychicka/st...

random facts girl 🇺🇸🚜🇺🇦🌻🔪 on X: "The first mentions of Pizzagate started 11/4, within 8 hours of my first call to report I had identified an open missing person's case matching the abduction of Trump's 12 year old victim known as "Maria" It exploded after I contacted LE. Check the numbers. Check the timing. https://t.co/epRGfEeP1n" / X

The first mentions of Pizzagate started 11/4, within 8 hours of my first call to report I had identified an open missing person's case matching the abduction of Trump's 12 year old victim known as "Maria" It exploded after I contacted LE. Check the numbers. Check the timing. https://t.co/epRGfEeP1n

Cade Mosley @cade76.bsky.social · 8d

Inappropriate AI Prompt: Jerry in folding chair leaning back with arms stretched out and shrugging in Will Smith pose with the caption "I ain't even mad".

Cade Mosley @cade76.bsky.social · 8d

Back in December I made a checklist of Project 2025 objectives, and basically all of them are checked by now. I thought even then it's not worth trying to convince people that are delusional; just strategize to defeat them at the polls. But if anyone wants to feel vindicated, to each their own.

Cade Mosley @cade76.bsky.social · 9d

Influence.

It's about the only lever of influence Congressional Democrats have over anything happening by the administration & Congressional GOP. It remains to be seen what if anything comes of it.

Cade Mosley @cade76.bsky.social · 9d

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Official Film Trailer: JANE | National Geographic

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Cade Mosley @cade76.bsky.social · 9d

Good point here by Michael Wolff that the Dems lost an easy win because they didn't think to condition the gov't shut down on releasing the Epstein Files. It's the one thing we know that Trump is weak on, and they should keep hammering it. The script writes itself. "It's the Epstein Files, stupid."

Paranoid Trump Haunted by Epstein's Ghost: Michael Wolff | Inside Trump's Head

YouTube video by The Daily Beast

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Cade Mosley @cade76.bsky.social · 10d

I just saw the first "Trump 2028" signs out in people's front yards today. Fuck's sake.

Cade Mosley @cade76.bsky.social · 10d

It's said all the time, but my grandfather didn't fight against Nazis for this to happen without so much as a fuss.

Cade Mosley @cade76.bsky.social · 10d

Fantastic, our president literally put 14-88 into his speech to our military today: "You know, we had 11,488 murders by [foreigners that Biden let in]". (Source in link.) I mean, his campaign number from 2015 to 2024 was 88022, "Heil Hitler, Victory", so it's nothing new. It's just sad as sad gets.