Diane R
@dianenyc.bsky.social
Forever New Yorker and lifetime learner. 💙
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Ordering no quarter, as Hegseth effectively did, isn't a newfangled modern war crime. It was understood as a crime as far back as the Revolutionary War. Washington threatened to do reprisals over it. The bad guy in 'The Patriot' is (very loosely) based off a British officer who was notorious for it.
November 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Ordering no quarter, as Hegseth effectively did, isn't a newfangled modern war crime. It was understood as a crime as far back as the Revolutionary War. Washington threatened to do reprisals over it. The bad guy in 'The Patriot' is (very loosely) based off a British officer who was notorious for it.
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So maybe you thought the Trump administration murders at sea couldn't get any worse.
You were wrong.
They blew away survivors.
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You were wrong.
They blew away survivors.
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November 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
So maybe you thought the Trump administration murders at sea couldn't get any worse.
You were wrong.
They blew away survivors.
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You were wrong.
They blew away survivors.
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Every congressional rep has to show up Monday morning on the Capitol steps and do a press conference.
They have to state unequivocally that we are a nation of laws snd that they stand by our laws that were created by WE THE PEOPLE.
What Hegseth & this regime have done ARE WAR CRIMES FULL STOP.
They have to state unequivocally that we are a nation of laws snd that they stand by our laws that were created by WE THE PEOPLE.
What Hegseth & this regime have done ARE WAR CRIMES FULL STOP.
November 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Every congressional rep has to show up Monday morning on the Capitol steps and do a press conference.
They have to state unequivocally that we are a nation of laws snd that they stand by our laws that were created by WE THE PEOPLE.
What Hegseth & this regime have done ARE WAR CRIMES FULL STOP.
They have to state unequivocally that we are a nation of laws snd that they stand by our laws that were created by WE THE PEOPLE.
What Hegseth & this regime have done ARE WAR CRIMES FULL STOP.
Forget the autopen story. Focus on these extrajudicial killings.
The media treated Biden's pardon of Hunter for trumped-up gun possession charges as more scandalous - far more scandalous - than Trump's pardon of war criminal serial killer Eddie Gallagher. And here we are:
Exclusive: Hegseth ordered everyone killed in the first alleged drug boat strike on Sept. 2, prompting a second hit to finish off survivors in the water in a mission led by SEAL Team 6. Ordering no quarter could legally perilous www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Forget the autopen story. Focus on these extrajudicial killings.
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3/ "Even if the U.S. were at war with the traffickers, an order to kill all the boat’s occupants if they were no longer able to fight 'would in essence be an order to show no quarter, which would be a war crime,' said Huntley, now director of the national security law program at Georgetown Law."
November 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
3/ "Even if the U.S. were at war with the traffickers, an order to kill all the boat’s occupants if they were no longer able to fight 'would in essence be an order to show no quarter, which would be a war crime,' said Huntley, now director of the national security law program at Georgetown Law."
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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."
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."
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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."
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“violent fantasy became an obsession, according to former Trump administration officials…“Fucking kill them all,” Trump would say. “An eye for an eye.” Other times he’d snap at his staff: “You just got to kill these people…Other countries do it all the time.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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
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 8:01 PM
“violent fantasy became an obsession, according to former Trump administration officials…“Fucking kill them all,” Trump would say. “An eye for an eye.” Other times he’d snap at his staff: “You just got to kill these people…Other countries do it all the time.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Also, Hegseth is coming for Sen. Mark Kelly because he reminded troops that they have a duty not to commit crimes *like this one*
Making an appropriately big deal out of this blunts that attack and demonstrates the need for what Kelly and company did.
Making an appropriately big deal out of this blunts that attack and demonstrates the need for what Kelly and company did.
November 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Also, Hegseth is coming for Sen. Mark Kelly because he reminded troops that they have a duty not to commit crimes *like this one*
Making an appropriately big deal out of this blunts that attack and demonstrates the need for what Kelly and company did.
Making an appropriately big deal out of this blunts that attack and demonstrates the need for what Kelly and company did.
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Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
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 7:19 PM
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
JFC! We should be shouting about this to the rafters every GD day.
November 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
JFC! We should be shouting about this to the rafters every GD day.
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The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
When they shut down USAID there should’ve been an international and national outcry demanding they reverse this inhumane and utterly reckless decision
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, according to Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Atul Gawande.
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
When they shut down USAID there should’ve been an international and national outcry demanding they reverse this inhumane and utterly reckless decision
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The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, according to Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Atul Gawande.
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, according to Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Atul Gawande.
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One of the National Guard troops who was shot died
It seems the man who shot her WAS vetted-and the Trump administration granted him asylum
The tragedy is she was only there because Trump was trying to prove he's tough
So the fact that he attacked a female reporter over his own failures tracks
It seems the man who shot her WAS vetted-and the Trump administration granted him asylum
The tragedy is she was only there because Trump was trying to prove he's tough
So the fact that he attacked a female reporter over his own failures tracks
November 28, 2025 at 4:02 AM
One of the National Guard troops who was shot died
It seems the man who shot her WAS vetted-and the Trump administration granted him asylum
The tragedy is she was only there because Trump was trying to prove he's tough
So the fact that he attacked a female reporter over his own failures tracks
It seems the man who shot her WAS vetted-and the Trump administration granted him asylum
The tragedy is she was only there because Trump was trying to prove he's tough
So the fact that he attacked a female reporter over his own failures tracks
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Q: Officials say the suspect in the DC shooting was vetted & it came up clean
TRUMP: He went cuckoo. He went nuts. There was no vetting
Q: Actually, your DOJ IG says there was thorough vetting of Afghans. So why blame Biden?
TRUMP: You're just asking questions because you're a stupid person
TRUMP: He went cuckoo. He went nuts. There was no vetting
Q: Actually, your DOJ IG says there was thorough vetting of Afghans. So why blame Biden?
TRUMP: You're just asking questions because you're a stupid person
November 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Q: Officials say the suspect in the DC shooting was vetted & it came up clean
TRUMP: He went cuckoo. He went nuts. There was no vetting
Q: Actually, your DOJ IG says there was thorough vetting of Afghans. So why blame Biden?
TRUMP: You're just asking questions because you're a stupid person
TRUMP: He went cuckoo. He went nuts. There was no vetting
Q: Actually, your DOJ IG says there was thorough vetting of Afghans. So why blame Biden?
TRUMP: You're just asking questions because you're a stupid person
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In less than 2 weeks, Trump has called one female reporter “piggy,” another female reporter “ugly“ and a third female reporter “stupid.”
All decent Americans are disgusted by this.
All decent Americans are disgusted by this.
Q: Officials say the suspect in the DC shooting was vetted & it came up clean
TRUMP: He went cuckoo. He went nuts. There was no vetting
Q: Actually, your DOJ IG says there was thorough vetting of Afghans. So why blame Biden?
TRUMP: You're just asking questions because you're a stupid person
TRUMP: He went cuckoo. He went nuts. There was no vetting
Q: Actually, your DOJ IG says there was thorough vetting of Afghans. So why blame Biden?
TRUMP: You're just asking questions because you're a stupid person
November 28, 2025 at 12:45 AM
In less than 2 weeks, Trump has called one female reporter “piggy,” another female reporter “ugly“ and a third female reporter “stupid.”
All decent Americans are disgusted by this.
All decent Americans are disgusted by this.
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www.reuters.com/investigates...
📰 A tally by Reuters reveals the scale: At least 470 people, organizations and institutions have been targeted for retribution since Trump took office – an average of more than one a day. Some were singled out for punishment; others swept up in broader purges.
📰 A tally by Reuters reveals the scale: At least 470 people, organizations and institutions have been targeted for retribution since Trump took office – an average of more than one a day. Some were singled out for punishment; others swept up in broader purges.
www.reuters.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
www.reuters.com/investigates...
📰 A tally by Reuters reveals the scale: At least 470 people, organizations and institutions have been targeted for retribution since Trump took office – an average of more than one a day. Some were singled out for punishment; others swept up in broader purges.
📰 A tally by Reuters reveals the scale: At least 470 people, organizations and institutions have been targeted for retribution since Trump took office – an average of more than one a day. Some were singled out for punishment; others swept up in broader purges.
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You have to wonder when it’s going to sink in with the media intelligentsia that Donald Trump has no fucking idea what he’s doing.
November 28, 2025 at 1:39 AM
You have to wonder when it’s going to sink in with the media intelligentsia that Donald Trump has no fucking idea what he’s doing.
Dems just cannot get out of their own way. 🤯 We’ll have a gridlocked government.
We have thru December to influence this vote. Call your council member and keep calling. Tell them to vote for Crystal Hudson for speaker.
We have thru December to influence this vote. Call your council member and keep calling. Tell them to vote for Crystal Hudson for speaker.
see if this turns out but if Julie Menin is right that she's secured a supermajority on the Council for Speaker, it looks like nearly everyone outside the Progressive Caucus / everyone outside the "Commie Corridor" unified behind Menin www.crainsnewyork.com/politics-pol...
November 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Dems just cannot get out of their own way. 🤯 We’ll have a gridlocked government.
We have thru December to influence this vote. Call your council member and keep calling. Tell them to vote for Crystal Hudson for speaker.
We have thru December to influence this vote. Call your council member and keep calling. Tell them to vote for Crystal Hudson for speaker.
Great piece about recent exposure of unethical practices by journalists. And reasons for hope.
Margaret Sullivan discusses the abysmal ethics of NYT's Epstein coverage, including the paper's radio silence following disclosure of the fact that its lead Epstein correspondent was seeking money from Epstein. The corruption goes far in explaining NYT's editorially deranged Epstein coverage.
Three lessons in unethical media behavior
Plus: Some moments that made me proud to be a journalist
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Great piece about recent exposure of unethical practices by journalists. And reasons for hope.
Amidst bad news regarding the GA case, here’s some good news.
A judge’s ruling restores bond hearings nationwide, striking at the core of Trump’s expanded immigration detention strategy.
Thousands of Migrants Could Be Released in Major Blow to Trump
www.newsweek.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Amidst bad news regarding the GA case, here’s some good news.
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In 2022, Donald Trump sued me and others associated with the Clinton campaign for RICO. We did not cave. We fought. First, we won in a Florida trial court. Today, we won in the 11th Circuit.
To the law firms, media corps and billionaires who bow down: Learn a lesson. Have some dignity and fight.
To the law firms, media corps and billionaires who bow down: Learn a lesson. Have some dignity and fight.
November 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
In 2022, Donald Trump sued me and others associated with the Clinton campaign for RICO. We did not cave. We fought. First, we won in a Florida trial court. Today, we won in the 11th Circuit.
To the law firms, media corps and billionaires who bow down: Learn a lesson. Have some dignity and fight.
To the law firms, media corps and billionaires who bow down: Learn a lesson. Have some dignity and fight.
NYC! Julie Menin wants to be speaker of city council, but is poised to block much of Mamdani’s agenda.
We can’t have NYC stuck in gridlock for 4 yrs. We need a bold progressive agenda, adopted quickly.
Ask your city council member to support Crystal Hudson.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/25/n...
We can’t have NYC stuck in gridlock for 4 yrs. We need a bold progressive agenda, adopted quickly.
Ask your city council member to support Crystal Hudson.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/25/n...
NYC Council speaker hopeful Julie Menin floats using subpoena power, a potential check on Mamdani: sources
It’s not unusual for city agencies to refrain from providing all the information and documents requested by the Council — an issue that has become especially pitched under Mayor Adams, whose …
www.nydailynews.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
NYC! Julie Menin wants to be speaker of city council, but is poised to block much of Mamdani’s agenda.
We can’t have NYC stuck in gridlock for 4 yrs. We need a bold progressive agenda, adopted quickly.
Ask your city council member to support Crystal Hudson.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/25/n...
We can’t have NYC stuck in gridlock for 4 yrs. We need a bold progressive agenda, adopted quickly.
Ask your city council member to support Crystal Hudson.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/25/n...
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Indiana Republicans reversed course and said they would vote on the new congressional map that President Trump has sought.
Indiana Lawmakers Are Poised to Vote on Redistricting After All
Republican leaders in the legislature backtracked and said they would vote on a new congressional map that President Trump wants, though support remained uncertain.
nyti.ms
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Indiana Republicans reversed course and said they would vote on the new congressional map that President Trump has sought.