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Eric Alan Isaacson
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Civil-appellate attorney. Duke Law (JD 1985); Harvard Divinity (MRPL 2022); enrolled in Harvard Extension ALM graduate-degree program. Interested in law & religion, advancing LGBTQ+ rights, curbing abuse of class actions. https://www.ericalanisaacson.com
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Meet Heater, the first of many community catstituent leaders who are officially endorsing the campaign!

More to come 👀 #catsforkat
December 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
"McCarthy—who also serves as a Fox News contributor—made clear that he believes the events, as laid out in the Washington Post report, are patently illegal."
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Andy McCarthy Torpedoes Pete Hegseth’s Response to Blockbuster WaPo Report in Scathing Column: If True, It’s ‘At Best, a War Crime’
The conservative legal analyst wrote that if it's true Pete Hegseth ordered the killing of everyone on board a suspected drug boat, it's "at best, a war crime."
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November 30, 2025 at 10:39 PM
"Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia said Sunday that a reported U.S. follow-on strike on an alleged drug boat earlier this year 'rises to the level of a war crime if it's true.'"
www.cbsnews.com/news/venezue...
Sen. Tim Kaine says reported second strike on alleged drug boat "rises to the level of a war crime if it's true"
Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia said a reported U.S. follow-on strike on an alleged drug boat earlier this year "rises to the level of a war crime if it's true."
www.cbsnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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The status quo isn't working.
Let's build something better, together.
November 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
From the (very conservative) National Review:
"The secretary of war’s alleged order that led to drug boat–strike survivors’ being killed appears to be a violation of the norms of warfare."
www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/pete...
Pete Hegseth’s ‘Kill Everybody’ Command | National Review
The secretary of war’s alleged order that led to drug boat–strike survivors’ being killed appears to be a violation of the norms of warfare.
www.nationalreview.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Donald Trump once again promotes what amounts to a White Supremacist agenda.
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This sure looks to me like an unauthorized and illegal act of war on Trump’s part.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Trump Declares Venezuelan Airspace Closed
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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It is unfathomable that the USG lawyers would sign off on a no-survivors boat strike (no get of jail free card).

There's clear precedent dating back to World War II trial of Germans for that very act, which lawyers know well.

The Peleus World War II War Crimes Trial

www.usni.org/magazines/na...
November 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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I hope you're having a happy Thanksgiving. Here's a great piece from @kaliholloway.bsky.social on how Turkey Day was long opposed by white evangelicals as a holiday for woke Yankees www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Make Thanksgiving Radical Again
The holiday’s real roots lie in abolition, liberation, and anti-racism. Let’s reconnect to that legacy.
www.thenation.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 3:55 AM
On the subject of “illegal orders” …
“The U.S. military has killed more than 80 people since … early September. … some … could have been fishermen, migrants or others who had nothing to do with the drug trade.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
Intelligence on U.S. Military’s Boat Strikes Is Limited
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
D.C. Shooting Suspect ‘Could Not Tolerate’ the Violence of His C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan, a Childhood Friend Said www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
D.C. Shooting Suspect ‘Could Not Tolerate’ the Violence of His C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan, a Childhood Friend Said
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
“Lakanwal’s ties to the Central Intelligence Agency, which worked alongside US special forces in Afghanistan, were confirmed by the CIA director, John Ratcliffe …”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Suspect in Washington DC national guard shooting had ties to CIA, agency confirms
Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, worked with agency-backed military units during US war in Afghanistan
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
A historian explains how the Pilgrims took over Thanksgiving – and who has been erased
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A historian explains how the Pilgrims took over Thanksgiving – and who has been erased
Communal rituals of giving thanks have a longer history in North America, and it was only around the turn of the 20th century that most people in the U.S. came to associate Thanksgiving with Plymouth ...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Trump and Prince Had ‘Disturbing’ Call After Khashoggi’s Murder, Lawmaker Says www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
Trump and Prince Had ‘Disturbing’ Call After Khashoggi’s Murder, Lawmaker Says
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
“SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
“A coalition of Catholic clergy and sisters filed suit Wednesday (Nov. 19) after federal officials blocked them from entering the Broadview detention center to offer pastoral care and Communion.”
www.ncronline.org/news/catholi...
Catholic coalition sues federal government after being barred from Chicago ICE facility
A coalition of Catholic clergy and sisters filed suit Nov. 19 after federal officials blocked them from entering the Broadview detention center to offer pastoral care and Communion.
www.ncronline.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Kat Abughasaleh is fighting to save our democracy.
So Trump is trying to put her in prison.
Yesterday, I pleaded not guilty to the charges that Trump’s DOJ has hit me with in federal court.

This administration is targeting me because they can see that I’ve spoken out against them and will continue to stand up to them.
November 14, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Catholic Bishops Rebuke U.S. ‘Mass Deportation’ of Immigrants www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Catholic Bishops Rebuke U.S. ‘Mass Deportation’ of Immigrants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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A Fullerton police officer intervened when he saw a man in plain clothes pointing a gun at a female driver on a busy street in Santa Ana. The man later identified himself as an immigration agent and accused the driver of "following him" during an "operation"
Fullerton police stop man pointing gun at female driver, only to learn he is ICE agent
A Fullerton police officer told the agent he couldn't help 'with someone following or recording him if no crime had occurred.' Under state law, local police cannot enforce federal immigration law.
www.latimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM