Jas Easterly
@jaseasterly.bsky.social
13th Gen Virginian. I bow and scrape for no one—neither should anyone else. Dietrich Bonhoeffer fan. Summum Nec Metuam Diem Nec Optem. Mon Mothma’s old man. JET's Pop. NYU MFA—still writing 1st novel. Afghan War Vet. Journeyman lawyer—no problem too small.
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Jas Easterly
@jaseasterly.bsky.social
· Nov 29
When someone keeps punching you in the mouth, you break their f . . .ing arms.
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NEW: The two shot National Guard troops never should have been in DC. More troops is no answer.
The violence is horrible and unacceptable. Trump, Pete Hegseth, and West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey never should have put the troops in this position.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
The violence is horrible and unacceptable. Trump, Pete Hegseth, and West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey never should have put the troops in this position.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
The two shot National Guard troops never should have been in DC. More troops is no answer.
The violence is horrible and unacceptable. Trump, Pete Hegseth, and West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey never should have put the troops in this position.
www.lawdork.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:45 AM
NEW: The two shot National Guard troops never should have been in DC. More troops is no answer.
The violence is horrible and unacceptable. Trump, Pete Hegseth, and West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey never should have put the troops in this position.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
The violence is horrible and unacceptable. Trump, Pete Hegseth, and West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey never should have put the troops in this position.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
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Trump is, and has been for years, the leader of a terrorist movement.
“He isn’t worried about Trump’s political wrath; he doesn’t plan to run for reelection.
His fear of speaking out is much more personal: ‘I’d rather my house not get firebombed’”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
His fear of speaking out is much more personal: ‘I’d rather my house not get firebombed’”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Fear Taking Hold Among Indiana Republicans
“I’d rather my house not get firebombed.”
www.theatlantic.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Trump is, and has been for years, the leader of a terrorist movement.
November 27, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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Yes.
And then also fired a ton of senior agents with a ton of counterterrorism experience, including the Acting Director.
And then also fired a ton of senior agents with a ton of counterterrorism experience, including the Acting Director.
Didn’t the FBi pull a lot of personnel from anti terrorism to put them on deportations?
Actually the whole security establishment pivoted
Actually the whole security establishment pivoted
November 27, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Yes.
And then also fired a ton of senior agents with a ton of counterterrorism experience, including the Acting Director.
And then also fired a ton of senior agents with a ton of counterterrorism experience, including the Acting Director.
The film Civil War line about “shooting journalists on sight” in DC doesn’t seem dystopian now so much as a vision—not a future history. Even if the hypothetical opponents seem fanciful, the scenes have power because they are so convincingly possible if only in the spirit thereof not the letter.
November 27, 2025 at 4:32 AM
The film Civil War line about “shooting journalists on sight” in DC doesn’t seem dystopian now so much as a vision—not a future history. Even if the hypothetical opponents seem fanciful, the scenes have power because they are so convincingly possible if only in the spirit thereof not the letter.
Trumps further deployment of 500 NG is an abuse of a procedural safeguard.
A stay is meant to preserve the status quo. Trump is treating it as an opportunity to escalate beyond what the court has paused.
The purpose of stay is intended to freeze the situation, not to create unilateral expansion.
A stay is meant to preserve the status quo. Trump is treating it as an opportunity to escalate beyond what the court has paused.
The purpose of stay is intended to freeze the situation, not to create unilateral expansion.
3. But, Judge Cobb's order is only stayed until Dec. 11 — see: www.lawdork.com/p/federal-ju... — so, unless she or a higher court grants a stay — or the administration calls for the new troops under a new authority than the existing ones — the new troops would need to leave by Dec. 11, too.
November 27, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Trumps further deployment of 500 NG is an abuse of a procedural safeguard.
A stay is meant to preserve the status quo. Trump is treating it as an opportunity to escalate beyond what the court has paused.
The purpose of stay is intended to freeze the situation, not to create unilateral expansion.
A stay is meant to preserve the status quo. Trump is treating it as an opportunity to escalate beyond what the court has paused.
The purpose of stay is intended to freeze the situation, not to create unilateral expansion.
I’m really looking forward to living a life where Trump is completely irrelevant and wholly absent.
November 27, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I’m really looking forward to living a life where Trump is completely irrelevant and wholly absent.
Whether the diversion of assets and budget cuts played a role in the ambush shooting of two national guardsmen is a legitimate question As is their deployment to DC in the first place my making them a target for potential terrorism. As adding 500 more NG, making them an even bigger target.
“Washington DC and Illinois see largest percentage funding cuts”
November 27, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Whether the diversion of assets and budget cuts played a role in the ambush shooting of two national guardsmen is a legitimate question As is their deployment to DC in the first place my making them a target for potential terrorism. As adding 500 more NG, making them an even bigger target.
“Washington DC and Illinois see largest percentage funding cuts”
November 27, 2025 at 3:30 AM
“Washington DC and Illinois see largest percentage funding cuts”
November 27, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Didn’t the FBi pull a lot of personnel from anti terrorism to put them on deportations?
Actually the whole security establishment pivoted
Actually the whole security establishment pivoted
November 27, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Didn’t the FBi pull a lot of personnel from anti terrorism to put them on deportations?
Actually the whole security establishment pivoted
Actually the whole security establishment pivoted
A playtriot wraps themself in the flag.
A patriot lives and breathes the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence into their actions and their lives.
A patriot lives and breathes the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence into their actions and their lives.
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 AM
A playtriot wraps themself in the flag.
A patriot lives and breathes the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence into their actions and their lives.
A patriot lives and breathes the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence into their actions and their lives.
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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
Freaking genius: dramatically increase the attack surface for the enemy.
Seriously, this isn’t funny. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Seriously, this isn’t funny. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Trump Orders 500 More National Guard Members to D.C. After Shooting
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Freaking genius: dramatically increase the attack surface for the enemy.
Seriously, this isn’t funny. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Seriously, this isn’t funny. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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Trump’s approval rating is negative with EVERY pollster for the first time.
Every Pollster in America Agrees America Hates Trump
It marks the first time that Trump’s approval rating has been negative with every pollster.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Trump’s approval rating is negative with EVERY pollster for the first time.
The emotion LTG Hertling, ret. Is displaying is what you see in a commander who cares about his troops.
November 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The emotion LTG Hertling, ret. Is displaying is what you see in a commander who cares about his troops.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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CAUTIONARY TALE: Especially for those under 55 or so, worth a look at this moment from Reagan shooting TV coverage in 1981. youtu.be/lzyZ4pvaaxY?...
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
CAUTIONARY TALE: Especially for those under 55 or so, worth a look at this moment from Reagan shooting TV coverage in 1981. youtu.be/lzyZ4pvaaxY?...
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Don’t forget that *Trump’s own lawyer’s argument* to the Supreme Court in the immunity case was that the check on the President using his immunity to order criminal acts was that those under him would not follow illegal orders. Now it’s a crime for lawmakers to remind servicemembers of that?
The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
November 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Steve Witkoff isn’t promoting peace. His interventions are helping Vladimir Putin and prolonging the war
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
What Is Steve Witkoff Trying to Do?
Trump’s envoy isn’t promoting peace. His interventions are helping Vladimir Putin and prolonging the war.
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Steve Witkoff isn’t promoting peace. His interventions are helping Vladimir Putin and prolonging the war
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Just don’t call me MAGA
Counterpoint: it's extremely funny to wind up citizens of the most powerful and culturally dominant country on earth by using a slightly-more-accurate demonym for them.
Especially as the "ignoring" seems to be taking the form of dozens and dozens of posts complaining about it.
Especially as the "ignoring" seems to be taking the form of dozens and dozens of posts complaining about it.
November 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Just don’t call me MAGA
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A conventional and straightforward legal analysis of US operations in the Caribbean and E Pacific putatively involving drug trafficking, concluding that these operations are illegal and the homicides resulting from them are extrajudicial executions for which the perpetrators can be held to account.
America Unbound in the Caribbean
The real costs of Washington’s use of force.
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
A conventional and straightforward legal analysis of US operations in the Caribbean and E Pacific putatively involving drug trafficking, concluding that these operations are illegal and the homicides resulting from them are extrajudicial executions for which the perpetrators can be held to account.
KA$H calls the National Guardsmen who were shot law enforcement officers, which is clearly erroneous.
And of course, never failing to miss an opportunity to politicize something that should not be, Hegseth steps up to the mic and announces that he’ll be deploying 500 more National Guardsmen to DC at the direction of the President.
Remember that the Guard were originally deployed to DC to avenge Big Balls, who is meanwhile rifling through all our Social Security data.
AND ALSO, on Nov 20, Jia Cobb ruled the Guard deployment was illegaly, but stayed her decision until December 11.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
AND ALSO, on Nov 20, Jia Cobb ruled the Guard deployment was illegaly, but stayed her decision until December 11.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
KA$H calls the National Guardsmen who were shot law enforcement officers, which is clearly erroneous.
And of course, never failing to miss an opportunity to politicize something that should not be, Hegseth steps up to the mic and announces that he’ll be deploying 500 more National Guardsmen to DC at the direction of the President.
Remember that the Guard were originally deployed to DC to avenge Big Balls, who is meanwhile rifling through all our Social Security data.
AND ALSO, on Nov 20, Jia Cobb ruled the Guard deployment was illegaly, but stayed her decision until December 11.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
AND ALSO, on Nov 20, Jia Cobb ruled the Guard deployment was illegaly, but stayed her decision until December 11.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
And of course, never failing to miss an opportunity to politicize something that should not be, Hegseth steps up to the mic and announces that he’ll be deploying 500 more National Guardsmen to DC at the direction of the President.