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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 15h

EVERYBODY WARNED THEM!
“A 155-millimeter shell fired during a live-fire demonstration for the 250th anniversary of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton prematurely detonated, dropping fragments of the shell on a Calif. Highway Patrol vehicle & motorcycle that were part of JD Vance’s protective detail”

Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 16h

This is well-stated, and most welcome

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

Some Trump administration officials, including Marco Rubio, who is both the secretary of state and the national security adviser, have argued that designating a drug cartel as a terrorist organization brings with it the authority to use military force against it.
rhat is false as a matter of legal reality; the law that empowers the executive branch to deem foreign groups terrorists enables steps like freezing their assets and making it a crime to do business with them — not to attack them.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 19h

🚨🚨🚨Hegseth has now struck a boat belonging to the ELN guerrillas — bringing the US into a shooting war with group that has been fighting the Colombian govt since 1964! Meanwhile, Tump cut off aid to Colombia claiming President Petro was in league with traffickers.🙄
This is insanely dangerous!!!🚨🚨🚨

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth →©
@SecWar
X.com
On October 17th, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN), a Designated Terrorist Organization, that was operating in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility.
The vessel was known by our intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, was traveling along a known narco-trafficking route, and was transporting substantial amounts of narcotics. There were three male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel during the strike—which was conducted in international waters. All three terrorists were killed and no U.S. forces were harmed in this strike.
These cartels are the Al Qaeda of the Western Hemisphere, using violence, murder and terrorism to impose their will, threaten our national security and poison our people. The United States military will treat these organizations like the terrorists they are-they will be hunted, and killed, just like Al Qaeda.
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 1d

This is the best political news I’ve seen in a very long time — so please pass it on👇

Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.

Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book

Rolling Stone excerpt about Montana’s ballot initiative to combat Citizens United

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h

We all knew Trump was going to sell out Ukraine to Putin. All his false promises - to end the war in 24 hours, to sanction Russia, provide Tomahawks, on and on. All bs. Pro-Ukraine GOP Sens & Reps suddenly silent. The US abandons allies under Trump. Putin owns Trump like a dog.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 13h

You know Trump is in trouble when Rand Paul and Gustavo Petro agree on anything.

Colombia’s Leader Accuses U.S. of Murder, Prompting Trump to Halt Aid

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 14h

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Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social · 1d

new: Bari Weiss, the new editor in chief of CBS News, surprised senior staff at “60 Minutes” last week when she asked a provocative question —
Why does the country think you’re biased?

Inside Bari’s first two weeks, with Michael Grynbaum:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b...

Booking Big Guests and Irked by Leaks: Bari Weiss’s First Days at CBS

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h

The Trump Doctrine:

The US military blows up boats in the Caribbean to try and kill everyone on board claiming they are narco terrorists as the justification to dispense with interdiction and trial, but if the targets survive we let them go and fly them home.

Makes sense.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 3d

Not great that fishermen fear being randomly murdered by the U.S. government.

Or that the U.S. President jokes about it.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Venezuelan fishermen in fear after US strikes on boats in the Caribbean

At least 27 people have been killed in US strikes on alleged "narco-boats" in the Caribbean.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 3d

🚨Adm. Alvin Holsey, is leaving his job as head of the US Southern Command even as the Pentagon has rapidly built up some 10,000 forces in the region. One anonymous official said that Admiral Holsey had raised concerns about the mission and the attacks on the alleged drug boats.🚨

Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

When this story broke earlier today Republicans claimed it was probably fake news since it was reported by the NYT. Now multiple media outlets have confirmed it, including Fox. Hegseth and Vance are complete morons for pulling this dumb stunt.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 18h

[checks calendar]

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

This is why they had the Marines fire artillery rounds over I-5. For a JD Vance TikTok.

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 12h

They aren't really targeting professors in Texas, are they?

Me:

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Dan Gleason @dwg15.bsky.social · 10h

Meanwhile one of the Colombia strikes looks to be a fishing boat. There's no proof any of these vessels had illegal drugs.

Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergnyt.bsky.social · 17h

Pentagon discloses the latest strike on suspect boats in the Caribbean -- No. 7 in its current campaign -- with another video, but no evidence. In a first, this one is alleged to have ties to the Colombian insurgency group the ELN.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

U.S. Kills 3 on Boat Suspected of Smuggling Drugs for Colombian Rebels

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 13h

I'm grateful to @60minutes.bsky.social featuring our study published @justsecurity.org.

Link to the study (on the 'presumption of regularity'): www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu...

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Dan Gleason @dwg15.bsky.social · 10h

More failure by the corporate news media.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Not a single mention of this across the Sunday shows as far as I could tell

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 15h

NYT - A 155-millimeter shell fired during a live-fire demonstration at Camp Pendleton prematurely detonated, dropping fragments of the shell on a CHP vehicle and motorcycle that were part of Vice President Vance's protective detail. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/us...

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12h

Who could have imagined that firing live artillery rounds over the planet's second busiest roadway might be a bad idea

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 15h

NYT - A 155-millimeter shell fired during a live-fire demonstration at Camp Pendleton prematurely detonated, dropping fragments of the shell on a CHP vehicle and motorcycle that were part of Vice President Vance's protective detail. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/us...

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Dan Gleason @dwg15.bsky.social · 10h

And animal. A giveaway gets talking about a black or brown man every time.

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Dan Gleason @dwg15.bsky.social · 10h

Um, he's black right? He uses animal for Black men all the time, and no intelligence for all Blacks. Just blatantly racist.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump on Jay Jones: "You mean the animal that wanted to kill somebody, who should not be allowed to be running for that office? He's a third-rate intellect."

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12h

The words "indiscriminate murder" come to mind.

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Dan Gleason @dwg15.bsky.social · 10h

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

After Republicans predicted violence all week from Antifa domestic terrorists this weekend, it turns out the most dangerous place to be on Saturday was the location that JD Vance was filming his TikTok.

Dan Gleason @dwg15.bsky.social · 10h

The dumbest ever

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Q: The Columbian president says that the US killed an innocent Columbia fisherman

TRUMP: He said that when we shot down a submarine that they were just fishing. This was a submarine that was meant for one reason -- to carry massive amounts of drugs

Q: He's talking about a previous strike