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"I feel sick thinking about exactly what is most likely to happen to us in the near future." -Valery Alekseyevich Legasov
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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."
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 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."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
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📌Pete Hegseth ordered our military to "kill everybody" on a damn boat carrying 11 people. The tiny vessel was repeatedly struck by our military, who have leaked Hegseth's barbaric order to the WaPo.
📌Related: Six politicians reminded our military not to follow grotesque, illegal orders like these.
📌Related: Six politicians reminded our military not to follow grotesque, illegal orders like these.
November 28, 2025 at 11:09 PM
📌Pete Hegseth ordered our military to "kill everybody" on a damn boat carrying 11 people. The tiny vessel was repeatedly struck by our military, who have leaked Hegseth's barbaric order to the WaPo.
📌Related: Six politicians reminded our military not to follow grotesque, illegal orders like these.
📌Related: Six politicians reminded our military not to follow grotesque, illegal orders like these.
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📌The National Guard should have never been in DC., and neither should have the demented Trump, whose failure to deploy the Guard Jan., 6, 2021, while law enforcement was being beaten, our Capitol battered, and lawmakers threatened with death was treason.
Trump later said he loved the attackers.
Trump later said he loved the attackers.
November 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
📌The National Guard should have never been in DC., and neither should have the demented Trump, whose failure to deploy the Guard Jan., 6, 2021, while law enforcement was being beaten, our Capitol battered, and lawmakers threatened with death was treason.
Trump later said he loved the attackers.
Trump later said he loved the attackers.
From Dec 2023-Jan 2024. Still amazing to think 70 million+ decided this was the best choice for America.
November 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
From Dec 2023-Jan 2024. Still amazing to think 70 million+ decided this was the best choice for America.
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Here's how to contact the White House Correspondents Association. Maybe they'll have something to say — or even push back -- if enough people write to them.
whca.press/contact/
whca.press/contact/
Contact | White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA)
Find the White House Correspondents' Association on Twitter @whca, or contact us using the contact form on this page.
whca.press
November 28, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Here's how to contact the White House Correspondents Association. Maybe they'll have something to say — or even push back -- if enough people write to them.
whca.press/contact/
whca.press/contact/
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I can’t believe people in the room don’t push back. It doesn’t matter if he’s the president, part of holding him accountable is standing up to his bullying— especially if he’s doing it right in front of your face
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I can’t believe people in the room don’t push back. It doesn’t matter if he’s the president, part of holding him accountable is standing up to his bullying— especially if he’s doing it right in front of your face
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I decided to look back on another regime that sent masked thugs after people based on sketchy evidence
medium.com/counterarts/...
medium.com/counterarts/...
Is it Horror? “The Act of Killing” (2012)
A remarkable collaboration between filmmakers and subjects yields a groundbreaking work of catharsis
medium.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I decided to look back on another regime that sent masked thugs after people based on sketchy evidence
medium.com/counterarts/...
medium.com/counterarts/...
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This statement is way outside of CIA’s lane and erosive of the ethical norm that intelligence should be non-partisan. If that norm vanishes, intelligence loses a very large portion of its value.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This statement is way outside of CIA’s lane and erosive of the ethical norm that intelligence should be non-partisan. If that norm vanishes, intelligence loses a very large portion of its value.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Robyn Hitchcock
Peter Tosh
PDQ Bach
The Replacements
Fairport Convention
Robyn Hitchcock
Peter Tosh
PDQ Bach
The Replacements
Fairport Convention
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Leontyne Price
The Chieftains
John Denver
The Last Poets
TV On The Radio
Leontyne Price
The Chieftains
John Denver
The Last Poets
TV On The Radio
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Tom Waits
Songs: Ohia
Diamanda Galas
Le Tigre
Los Straitjackets
Tom Waits
Songs: Ohia
Diamanda Galas
Le Tigre
Los Straitjackets
November 27, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Robyn Hitchcock
Peter Tosh
PDQ Bach
The Replacements
Fairport Convention
Robyn Hitchcock
Peter Tosh
PDQ Bach
The Replacements
Fairport Convention
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You're a high ranking government official and you shouldn't make things up.
Your 70% number is just a fabrication.
And it's TOTALLY not true that "every single" person you detained is here illegally. For instance, many were allowed in so they could apply for asylum.
Your 70% number is just a fabrication.
And it's TOTALLY not true that "every single" person you detained is here illegally. For instance, many were allowed in so they could apply for asylum.
November 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
You're a high ranking government official and you shouldn't make things up.
Your 70% number is just a fabrication.
And it's TOTALLY not true that "every single" person you detained is here illegally. For instance, many were allowed in so they could apply for asylum.
Your 70% number is just a fabrication.
And it's TOTALLY not true that "every single" person you detained is here illegally. For instance, many were allowed in so they could apply for asylum.
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
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The spirit of Thanksgiving has infused the White House press office today, bringing us together in a blessed moment of harmony and goodwill.
November 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The spirit of Thanksgiving has infused the White House press office today, bringing us together in a blessed moment of harmony and goodwill.
At what point do Spanish-speaking countries start rounding up and deporting Americans?
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
At what point do Spanish-speaking countries start rounding up and deporting Americans?
We all saw this coming.
Of course a troop surge isn’t warranted.
Of course the Afghans helped the US.
Of course Trump will blame Biden.
Because everything is political.
Of course a troop surge isn’t warranted.
Of course the Afghans helped the US.
Of course Trump will blame Biden.
Because everything is political.
November 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
We all saw this coming.
Of course a troop surge isn’t warranted.
Of course the Afghans helped the US.
Of course Trump will blame Biden.
Because everything is political.
Of course a troop surge isn’t warranted.
Of course the Afghans helped the US.
Of course Trump will blame Biden.
Because everything is political.
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In a sane country, you don't get in trouble for disobeying illegal orders. You also don't get in trouble for *telling* people it's OK to disobey illegal orders.
No matter how much hay Ka$h tries to make of this, the key word is still 'illegal.'
No matter how much hay Ka$h tries to make of this, the key word is still 'illegal.'
November 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
In a sane country, you don't get in trouble for disobeying illegal orders. You also don't get in trouble for *telling* people it's OK to disobey illegal orders.
No matter how much hay Ka$h tries to make of this, the key word is still 'illegal.'
No matter how much hay Ka$h tries to make of this, the key word is still 'illegal.'
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The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
BREAKING:
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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Great place we're in, where POTUS is psychotically spree-posting AI slop from randos about how he's going to imprison opponents, and the best-case scenario is he unwittingly included Holocaust imagery in that because he's so stupid and impulsive. And it may have been deliberate by whoever made it.
November 24, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Great place we're in, where POTUS is psychotically spree-posting AI slop from randos about how he's going to imprison opponents, and the best-case scenario is he unwittingly included Holocaust imagery in that because he's so stupid and impulsive. And it may have been deliberate by whoever made it.
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CASSIDY: I know it's titillating, but I think we need to move beyond the titillation
TAPPER: This isn't about titillation. This is about the fact that you are the chairman of the health committee and you voted to confirm somebody that by all accounts is actually making America less healthy
TAPPER: This isn't about titillation. This is about the fact that you are the chairman of the health committee and you voted to confirm somebody that by all accounts is actually making America less healthy
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
CASSIDY: I know it's titillating, but I think we need to move beyond the titillation
TAPPER: This isn't about titillation. This is about the fact that you are the chairman of the health committee and you voted to confirm somebody that by all accounts is actually making America less healthy
TAPPER: This isn't about titillation. This is about the fact that you are the chairman of the health committee and you voted to confirm somebody that by all accounts is actually making America less healthy
June 2025 > Nov 2025
November 22, 2025 at 9:23 PM
June 2025 > Nov 2025
‘Olivia almost cried when she saw the results. “Nobody has ever done anything like that for me,” she said.’
Yes, I’ll take “Things I wish i hadn’t read” for $500, Alex.
www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
Yes, I’ll take “Things I wish i hadn’t read” for $500, Alex.
www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
Part 1: How I Found Out
Olivia had just returned from a reporting trip—at least that’s what she told me it was—and her Herschel backpack, the one with the flap that never quite closed properly, was tossed beside our bed, its...
www.telos.news
November 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
‘Olivia almost cried when she saw the results. “Nobody has ever done anything like that for me,” she said.’
Yes, I’ll take “Things I wish i hadn’t read” for $500, Alex.
www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
Yes, I’ll take “Things I wish i hadn’t read” for $500, Alex.
www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
“My cold, dead airwaves…”
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
“My cold, dead airwaves…”
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So yesterday Trump was holding hands with MBS, and today he's demanding the execution of two Senators and four Representatives.
Seems like something rubbed off
Seems like something rubbed off
November 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
So yesterday Trump was holding hands with MBS, and today he's demanding the execution of two Senators and four Representatives.
Seems like something rubbed off
Seems like something rubbed off