Diana B. Henriques
@dianabhenriques.bsky.social
Six books include "Taming the Street," on FDR's historic financial reforms, and NYT bestseller 'The Wizard of Lies,' on Madoff's historic fraud, now an HBO movie. A half-century of writing and reading. Loves life, really loves puppies.
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Where are all those guys who promised me that no one would ever follow an illegal order?
BRENNAN: Do you have confidence in Admiral Bradley?
HIMES: What it raises is what happens when an apparently good man like Admiral Bradley is placed in a context where he knows that if he countermands an order he's uncomfortable with it's very likely he'll be fired
HIMES: What it raises is what happens when an apparently good man like Admiral Bradley is placed in a context where he knows that if he countermands an order he's uncomfortable with it's very likely he'll be fired
December 7, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Where are all those guys who promised me that no one would ever follow an illegal order?
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The U.S. adopting or promoting a ridiculously narrow interpretation of “shipwrecked” under LOAC in order to murder people at sea could have some really ugly consequences well beyond this boat bombing scheme.
I'll note that the supposed distinction between clinging to wreckage and floating in the water is meaningless in terms of being "shipwrecked" under LOAC.
German personnel who machine gunned the survivors of the Peleus who were clinging to wreckage and in rafts were sentenced to death.
German personnel who machine gunned the survivors of the Peleus who were clinging to wreckage and in rafts were sentenced to death.
December 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The U.S. adopting or promoting a ridiculously narrow interpretation of “shipwrecked” under LOAC in order to murder people at sea could have some really ugly consequences well beyond this boat bombing scheme.
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ICE is unleashing attack dogs on human beings. This is government-branded brutality. Grateful to @SenPattyMurray for bringing Wilmer’s story forward, and to Wilmer for the courage to share it.
December 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
ICE is unleashing attack dogs on human beings. This is government-branded brutality. Grateful to @SenPattyMurray for bringing Wilmer’s story forward, and to Wilmer for the courage to share it.
The "capsized boat" had been split in half by the first strike. It was half a boat, upside down and without power, stranded beyond sight of land.
How on earth does this man live with himself?
How on earth does this man live with himself?
WELKER: Lawmakers say the 2 men appeared to raise their arms potentially to surrender. Why did Admiral Bradley interpret these actions as anything other than them trying to survive?
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
December 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The "capsized boat" had been split in half by the first strike. It was half a boat, upside down and without power, stranded beyond sight of land.
How on earth does this man live with himself?
How on earth does this man live with himself?
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Smugglers, money launderers and sanctioned people once relied on diamonds, gold and artwork. Now, criminals have a far more practical alternative: stablecoins, a cryptocurrency tied to the U.S. dollar that exists largely beyond traditional financial oversight.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
How a Cryptocurrency Helps Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Smugglers, money launderers and sanctioned people once relied on diamonds, gold and artwork. Now, criminals have a far more practical alternative: stablecoins, a cryptocurrency tied to the U.S. dollar that exists largely beyond traditional financial oversight.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
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Putin declares victory.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
December 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Putin declares victory.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Read Denise's story, in her own words, about how devastating this proposal is and why it must be stopped.
A New Labor Rule Could Push Caregivers to the Breaking Point | ACLU
Care workers warn that a new Labor Department rule would cut vital wage and hour protections, threatening millions of caregivers who support seniors and people with disabilities.
www.aclu.org
December 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Read Denise's story, in her own words, about how devastating this proposal is and why it must be stopped.
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Denise Lugo has been a home care worker supporting aging adults and people with disabilities in North Carolina for over 30 years.
Now, the Labor Department wants to strip her and millions of other caregivers of minimum wage and overtime protections that could wreak havoc on their livelihoods.
Now, the Labor Department wants to strip her and millions of other caregivers of minimum wage and overtime protections that could wreak havoc on their livelihoods.
Home Care Workers Are Losing Minimum Wage Protections — and Fighting Back
Three million care workers, many of them Black and Latina women, could be classified as “companions” instead of professionals.
capitalandmain.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Denise Lugo has been a home care worker supporting aging adults and people with disabilities in North Carolina for over 30 years.
Now, the Labor Department wants to strip her and millions of other caregivers of minimum wage and overtime protections that could wreak havoc on their livelihoods.
Now, the Labor Department wants to strip her and millions of other caregivers of minimum wage and overtime protections that could wreak havoc on their livelihoods.
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The radicalization of Silicon Valley is the subject of my forthcoming book, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and The War on Democracy."
It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
The Nerd Reich
A fearless and urgent chronicle of the tech-authoritarian movement from its early days in San Francisco politics to its current moment on the inter...
www.simonandschuster.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The radicalization of Silicon Valley is the subject of my forthcoming book, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and The War on Democracy."
It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
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RUSSIA GETS: Reduced economic pressure.
THE UNITES STATES GETS: The possibility Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner can make money in Russia at some point in the future.
UKRAINE AND EUROPE GET: Screwed.
THE UNITES STATES GETS: The possibility Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner can make money in Russia at some point in the future.
UKRAINE AND EUROPE GET: Screwed.
Two days after Witkoff and Kushner met Putin, the Treasury Department partially suspended sanctions on Russia announced last October
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Trump envoys press plan with Ukraine as sanctions eased on Russia
President Donald Trump's envoys were to meet Thursday with Ukrainian negotiators for the third time in two weeks to press his plan to end the war as his administration eased economic pressure on Russi...
www.france24.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
RUSSIA GETS: Reduced economic pressure.
THE UNITES STATES GETS: The possibility Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner can make money in Russia at some point in the future.
UKRAINE AND EUROPE GET: Screwed.
THE UNITES STATES GETS: The possibility Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner can make money in Russia at some point in the future.
UKRAINE AND EUROPE GET: Screwed.
Yeah, it's only needed by those babies who want to avoid being stricken with hepatitis.
Those infants that have no objections to hepatitis infection can skip the shot.
See how crazy that is?
Those infants that have no objections to hepatitis infection can skip the shot.
See how crazy that is?
Shame on Senate Republicans for allowing this to happen 🤬
December 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Yeah, it's only needed by those babies who want to avoid being stricken with hepatitis.
Those infants that have no objections to hepatitis infection can skip the shot.
See how crazy that is?
Those infants that have no objections to hepatitis infection can skip the shot.
See how crazy that is?
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My country has executed 87 individuals claiming we are at war with "narco-terrorists" yet providing no evidence. Since when do we kill first and gather facts later?
And, FYI, no person or group of people is garbage.
Advent is a season for prophetic voices and we are being called to account.
And, FYI, no person or group of people is garbage.
Advent is a season for prophetic voices and we are being called to account.
December 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
My country has executed 87 individuals claiming we are at war with "narco-terrorists" yet providing no evidence. Since when do we kill first and gather facts later?
And, FYI, no person or group of people is garbage.
Advent is a season for prophetic voices and we are being called to account.
And, FYI, no person or group of people is garbage.
Advent is a season for prophetic voices and we are being called to account.
In awful times when it seems you can no longer recognize the country you love, look for the brave, the decent, the compassionate. They are us, too. Together, we will prevail.
ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:
December 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
In awful times when it seems you can no longer recognize the country you love, look for the brave, the decent, the compassionate. They are us, too. Together, we will prevail.
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Trump recently referenced the 1950s being a good time. . .
Well, here ya go, Donnie
Well, here ya go, Donnie
December 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Trump recently referenced the 1950s being a good time. . .
Well, here ya go, Donnie
Well, here ya go, Donnie
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Most immigrants arrested in Trump’s D.C. crackdown had no criminal records.
The “crime emergency” declared by Trump resulted in 932 arrests of immigrants with no criminal conviction or pending charge, federal data shows.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
The “crime emergency” declared by Trump resulted in 932 arrests of immigrants with no criminal conviction or pending charge, federal data shows.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Most immigrants arrested in Trump’s D.C. crackdown had no criminal records
A Post analysis of federal data shows that the arrests of immigrants with no prior criminal record shot up sixfold during the Trump administration’s crackdown.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Most immigrants arrested in Trump’s D.C. crackdown had no criminal records.
The “crime emergency” declared by Trump resulted in 932 arrests of immigrants with no criminal conviction or pending charge, federal data shows.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
The “crime emergency” declared by Trump resulted in 932 arrests of immigrants with no criminal conviction or pending charge, federal data shows.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
And if it doesn't take those powers back from this lawless administration, the Constitution is a quaint artifact of a vanished era...
Congress used to have the power of the purse and the power to declare war.
December 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
And if it doesn't take those powers back from this lawless administration, the Constitution is a quaint artifact of a vanished era...
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Trump's national security strategy is out. It reads like something written by Vladimir Putin, just like the 28pt plan was. We learn that Europe is degenerate and is being racially adulterated through the in-migration of dark-skinned people, www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Trump's national security strategy is out. It reads like something written by Vladimir Putin, just like the 28pt plan was. We learn that Europe is degenerate and is being racially adulterated through the in-migration of dark-skinned people, www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
He says as to a major media figure who is echoing what he is saying...
BARTIROMO: How is it possible that the Democrats have been able to rally around 'affordability' and make people think that's what they're focused on and not what Republicans are focused on?
HASSETT: It's just what happens sometimes when one political party has the media echoing what they're saying
HASSETT: It's just what happens sometimes when one political party has the media echoing what they're saying
December 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
He says as to a major media figure who is echoing what he is saying...
Remember when we were debating whether the Trump administration would openly defy the courts? Perhaps by insisting an illegally appointed prosecutor is still the official prosecutor despite an UNAPPEALED court ruling that she's not?
www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
Judges lash out at Justice Department for still listing Lindsey Halligan on court documents | CNN Politics
Federal judges in Alexandria, Virginia, have lashed out at the Justice Department as they continue to list Lindsey Halligan on court documents — some going as far as striking her name from paperwork f...
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Remember when we were debating whether the Trump administration would openly defy the courts? Perhaps by insisting an illegally appointed prosecutor is still the official prosecutor despite an UNAPPEALED court ruling that she's not?
www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
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What did minimum wage get you each decade? In 2025, it buys you nothing but exhaustion.
There’s not a single place in America where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford even a modest 2-bedroom. Not one. That’s the economy we’re living in. #TrumpAffordabilityCrisis
There’s not a single place in America where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford even a modest 2-bedroom. Not one. That’s the economy we’re living in. #TrumpAffordabilityCrisis
December 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
What did minimum wage get you each decade? In 2025, it buys you nothing but exhaustion.
There’s not a single place in America where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford even a modest 2-bedroom. Not one. That’s the economy we’re living in. #TrumpAffordabilityCrisis
There’s not a single place in America where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford even a modest 2-bedroom. Not one. That’s the economy we’re living in. #TrumpAffordabilityCrisis
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I posted this here about a year ago. Seems like a good time to re-up it. cc: @macfarlanenews.bsky.social
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1/ In 2022, one year after Trump incited the seditious attack on the US Capitol, I posted a long thread of images on Twitter, because revisionist attempts to create a false narrative about that day were already well underway.
Today, in 2025, I’m re-creating/re-posting that same thread here.👇
Today, in 2025, I’m re-creating/re-posting that same thread here.👇
December 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I posted this here about a year ago. Seems like a good time to re-up it. cc: @macfarlanenews.bsky.social
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U.S. Boat Strike Campaign: Questions Congress Should Ask Executive Branch Officials
By @tessbridgeman.bsky.social, Margaret Donovan, @rgoodlaw.bsky.social
www.justsecurity.org/126322/boat-...
By @tessbridgeman.bsky.social, Margaret Donovan, @rgoodlaw.bsky.social
www.justsecurity.org/126322/boat-...
U.S. Boat Strike Campaign: Questions Congress Should Ask
A list of questions that should be answered by U.S. government officials regarding the lethal campaign against suspected drug traffickers.
www.justsecurity.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
U.S. Boat Strike Campaign: Questions Congress Should Ask Executive Branch Officials
By @tessbridgeman.bsky.social, Margaret Donovan, @rgoodlaw.bsky.social
www.justsecurity.org/126322/boat-...
By @tessbridgeman.bsky.social, Margaret Donovan, @rgoodlaw.bsky.social
www.justsecurity.org/126322/boat-...
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Gentile's entire business model is based on laundering money for Russian mobsters. His principal customers are well known for techniques that include murder and bombings. And of course, he's totally loyal to Trump and willing to share a slice of his take.
Trump commuted the prison sentence for a financial fraudster with ties to Russian tycoon allegedly linked to organized crime
David Gentile has long been in business with the family of Michael Cherney, accused of hiding the exiled Russian's assets in US companies
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Gentile's entire business model is based on laundering money for Russian mobsters. His principal customers are well known for techniques that include murder and bombings. And of course, he's totally loyal to Trump and willing to share a slice of his take.
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Tonight, we did something everyone counted out. We proved to a nation that states like Tennessee are still worth fighting for. The margin was close, and that can only be attributed to the thousands of volunteers who showed out. This is just the beginning.
December 3, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Tonight, we did something everyone counted out. We proved to a nation that states like Tennessee are still worth fighting for. The margin was close, and that can only be attributed to the thousands of volunteers who showed out. This is just the beginning.