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cheyinka
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· Nov 6
If I outlive the person elected president in 2016 and 2024 I will have a Mass of Thanksgiving said. If my husband also does, I will have three said.
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I wonder who those almost 1,600 J6ers Trump pardoned were then. Or the 14 Oath Keepers and Proud Boys, Trump commuted their sentences were.
It wasn't just trump, garland didn't go after any of the 1/6 ring leaders. He did the stock "low hanging fruit and call it a day" crap. Garland was an embarrassment to the point where his Federaliat Society ties raises suspicions that his clear disinterest and foot dragging was intentional.
December 5, 2025 at 4:48 AM
I wonder who those almost 1,600 J6ers Trump pardoned were then. Or the 14 Oath Keepers and Proud Boys, Trump commuted their sentences were.
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there's a long understanding of certain disasters overriding immediate conflict, too. during Monte Cassino - an incredibly hard-fought and bloody battle - fighting stopped at least once when troops were buried in the collapse of a building and both sides helped dig the buried men out
And look, I say this as someone that has no problems with going after troops that are retreating—they're legitimate targets. But as quite a few people have pointed out (and it isn't an area I really know), being shipwrecked has a lengthy legal history of making you a protected class.
December 5, 2025 at 4:18 AM
there's a long understanding of certain disasters overriding immediate conflict, too. during Monte Cassino - an incredibly hard-fought and bloody battle - fighting stopped at least once when troops were buried in the collapse of a building and both sides helped dig the buried men out
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this is part of Hegseth's character. one thing he was known for before this was getting drunk and bragging about his role in war crimes which either didn't happen or he verifiably could not have participated in.
That's the part that sticks with me.
This isn't some Tom Clancy novel where they do war crimes because it's the only way they can get at the evil terrorist criminal mastermind or something.
Even if we believe them -- and, ha ha, no! -- they murdered low level drug runners. That's it!
This isn't some Tom Clancy novel where they do war crimes because it's the only way they can get at the evil terrorist criminal mastermind or something.
Even if we believe them -- and, ha ha, no! -- they murdered low level drug runners. That's it!
this is just murder, and pointless murder at that.
December 5, 2025 at 4:02 AM
this is part of Hegseth's character. one thing he was known for before this was getting drunk and bragging about his role in war crimes which either didn't happen or he verifiably could not have participated in.
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I spoke to the New York Times in this great explainer piece by Charlie Savage
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
December 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I spoke to the New York Times in this great explainer piece by Charlie Savage
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
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This clarity is so rare among the pundit class
I spoke to the New York Times in this great explainer piece by Charlie Savage
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
December 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This clarity is so rare among the pundit class
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Note that these lines quite deliberately divide Black majority precincts among the districts. This map would never have passed scrutiny under the pre-Roberts Voting Rights Act.
If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
December 3, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Note that these lines quite deliberately divide Black majority precincts among the districts. This map would never have passed scrutiny under the pre-Roberts Voting Rights Act.
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imagining a non-gacha umamusume that's just football manager with anime horse girls
December 4, 2025 at 11:32 PM
imagining a non-gacha umamusume that's just football manager with anime horse girls
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Publishing all the other boat murder videos but refusing to release the one of the two survivors being killed is an admission they know exactly how bad it looks. There's no other distinction to draw there, no reason to publish the others while withholding that one.
December 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Publishing all the other boat murder videos but refusing to release the one of the two survivors being killed is an admission they know exactly how bad it looks. There's no other distinction to draw there, no reason to publish the others while withholding that one.
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SPLIT IN HALF?
The boat was capsized and SPLIT IN HALF?
I got nothing folks.
Trials. Prison. Everyone.
If you told me this was a psy-op to make me rethink my moral opposition to the death penalty, I would at least have to think hard about you being right.
The boat was capsized and SPLIT IN HALF?
I got nothing folks.
Trials. Prison. Everyone.
If you told me this was a psy-op to make me rethink my moral opposition to the death penalty, I would at least have to think hard about you being right.
I mean, this is an execution
December 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
SPLIT IN HALF?
The boat was capsized and SPLIT IN HALF?
I got nothing folks.
Trials. Prison. Everyone.
If you told me this was a psy-op to make me rethink my moral opposition to the death penalty, I would at least have to think hard about you being right.
The boat was capsized and SPLIT IN HALF?
I got nothing folks.
Trials. Prison. Everyone.
If you told me this was a psy-op to make me rethink my moral opposition to the death penalty, I would at least have to think hard about you being right.
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jesus
Scoop: FBI aims to escalate its inquiry into 6 Democrats who made video for troops by pressing domestic terrorism squad to launch a formal seditious conspiracy investigation. Washington Field Office leaders are pushing back b/c they don't see a crime. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
FBI Seeks ‘Seditious Conspiracy’ Probe of Democratic Lawmakers
The FBI is pressuring domestic terrorism agents to open a seditious conspiracy investigation into six Democratic lawmakers who advised military service members to defy unlawful orders, according to th...
news.bloomberglaw.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
jesus
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Blue canarye yn the outlette by the lighte swicche
Who waccheth ovir thee
Make a litel dovecote yn thy soul
Who waccheth ovir thee
Make a litel dovecote yn thy soul
December 4, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Blue canarye yn the outlette by the lighte swicche
Who waccheth ovir thee
Make a litel dovecote yn thy soul
Who waccheth ovir thee
Make a litel dovecote yn thy soul
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The boat was split in half.
They were clinging to a capsized PORTION
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight"
They were clinging to a capsized PORTION
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight"
December 5, 2025 at 1:10 AM
The boat was split in half.
They were clinging to a capsized PORTION
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight"
They were clinging to a capsized PORTION
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight"
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The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
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the reason why those "the left made me do ___" things ring so hollow is that Trump has been, since 2015, the primary actor in US politics. everything, in some shape or form, has been a reaction to his assault on the sanctity of the US constitutional order
2020-2021 was a particularly bad time but as long as Trump kept upping the ante the polarization was going to happen anyway
December 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
the reason why those "the left made me do ___" things ring so hollow is that Trump has been, since 2015, the primary actor in US politics. everything, in some shape or form, has been a reaction to his assault on the sanctity of the US constitutional order
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It’s not like they can ever do this on a good night but some nights are worse than others.
December 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
It’s not like they can ever do this on a good night but some nights are worse than others.
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It’s so awful it feels crass to be posting about it, just what can one even say.
Trump’s favorite military misadventures are always deadly airstrikes on parties that can’t strike back against us
And, as for the Navy, these are career sailors. So it’s not just Trump and Hegseth, it’s MAGA exploiting existing cultures that actively celebrate violence & killing and devalue life
And, as for the Navy, these are career sailors. So it’s not just Trump and Hegseth, it’s MAGA exploiting existing cultures that actively celebrate violence & killing and devalue life
December 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
It’s so awful it feels crass to be posting about it, just what can one even say.
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🚨🚨🚨This collapses the one 'argument' Hegseth had against it being a war crime:
"The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat .. DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE RADIO OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers."
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"The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat .. DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE RADIO OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers."
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Exclusive: Survivors clinging to capsized boat didn’t radio for backup, admiral overseeing double-tap strike tells lawmakers | CNN Politics
The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat in a secondary strike against a suspected drug vessel in early September did not appear to have radio or other communications device...
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
🚨🚨🚨This collapses the one 'argument' Hegseth had against it being a war crime:
"The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat .. DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE RADIO OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers."
1/
"The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat .. DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE RADIO OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers."
1/
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I don't think the Justices understand the extent to which they are playing with fire. The more they do this, the more District Courts will engage in open disrespect of the Supreme Court, because what other response is there to open disrespect directed at them? That's bad for the Judiciary, period.
December 4, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I don't think the Justices understand the extent to which they are playing with fire. The more they do this, the more District Courts will engage in open disrespect of the Supreme Court, because what other response is there to open disrespect directed at them? That's bad for the Judiciary, period.
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If your wage leads to a "tight" budget that still allows you to live in a "well-off Boston suburb" it is not poverty.
1/ I may write something about this, but I've noticed some folks, notably Noah Smith, but others as well, deriding the $140,000=poverty in today's US guy.
So I thought I'd work out what a family of 4 budget would look like in my well-off Boston suburb (Brookline).
TL:DR--pretty damn tight...
So I thought I'd work out what a family of 4 budget would look like in my well-off Boston suburb (Brookline).
TL:DR--pretty damn tight...
December 4, 2025 at 10:35 PM
If your wage leads to a "tight" budget that still allows you to live in a "well-off Boston suburb" it is not poverty.
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They also deliberated about what to do for *41 minutes* so Hegseth's claims about how the "fog of war" makes these decisions hard is also bullshit
December 5, 2025 at 1:08 AM
They also deliberated about what to do for *41 minutes* so Hegseth's claims about how the "fog of war" makes these decisions hard is also bullshit
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As Justice Kagan begins her dissent by pointing out, what is even the point of trial, of fact-finding, of clear error, of standards of review, when the Supreme Court simply ignores every single part of that and decides everything purely on the papers without any real consideration of the facts?
December 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
As Justice Kagan begins her dissent by pointing out, what is even the point of trial, of fact-finding, of clear error, of standards of review, when the Supreme Court simply ignores every single part of that and decides everything purely on the papers without any real consideration of the facts?
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Yeah, this is a pretty unambiguous war crime.
I mean, this is an execution
December 5, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Yeah, this is a pretty unambiguous war crime.
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yeah, this is because he called for the trump administration to machine-gun protesters
Asked about Himes' comments about this video, Cotton says, "I didn't see anything disturbing about it."
December 5, 2025 at 1:50 AM
yeah, this is because he called for the trump administration to machine-gun protesters
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You know when you (or at least army infantry) get taught to clear the X, the usual rule is that as soon as you walk past a wounded or surrending enemy they are now in your care and harming/killing them is a war crime.
Sitting around for 41 minutes debating what to do is like something from satire.
Sitting around for 41 minutes debating what to do is like something from satire.
I mean, this is an execution
December 5, 2025 at 1:38 AM
You know when you (or at least army infantry) get taught to clear the X, the usual rule is that as soon as you walk past a wounded or surrending enemy they are now in your care and harming/killing them is a war crime.
Sitting around for 41 minutes debating what to do is like something from satire.
Sitting around for 41 minutes debating what to do is like something from satire.
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