Nona the Cave-dweller Granny
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RFK Jr. is obviously a dangerous fraudster. But he would not have the power he currently has without being aided by the Republican Congress—in some cases, by members who should know better.
I despise RFK Jr. but I also harbor a different flavor of contempt for doctors like Cassidy and Barasso.
I despise RFK Jr. but I also harbor a different flavor of contempt for doctors like Cassidy and Barasso.
November 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
RFK Jr. is obviously a dangerous fraudster. But he would not have the power he currently has without being aided by the Republican Congress—in some cases, by members who should know better.
I despise RFK Jr. but I also harbor a different flavor of contempt for doctors like Cassidy and Barasso.
I despise RFK Jr. but I also harbor a different flavor of contempt for doctors like Cassidy and Barasso.
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In short, a president can pause or limit certain categories of entry at the border, but he cannot use this law to rewrite immigration policy, eliminate statutory protections, or impose sweeping bans that conflict with other federal laws or the Constitution.
November 30, 2025 at 12:41 AM
In short, a president can pause or limit certain categories of entry at the border, but he cannot use this law to rewrite immigration policy, eliminate statutory protections, or impose sweeping bans that conflict with other federal laws or the Constitution.
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"'History’s eyes are on the Supreme Court,' she said.
'This court will have to decide, is it going to be the court that puts an end to American democracy as we know it'..."
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
'This court will have to decide, is it going to be the court that puts an end to American democracy as we know it'..."
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
November 30, 2025 at 12:43 AM
"'History’s eyes are on the Supreme Court,' she said.
'This court will have to decide, is it going to be the court that puts an end to American democracy as we know it'..."
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
'This court will have to decide, is it going to be the court that puts an end to American democracy as we know it'..."
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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But in terms of actual war, right now we've got nothing. No articulated theater strategic objectives or effects. No centers of gravity. Just Secretary Zipper Malfunction's kill them all order. 12 & end/
November 30, 2025 at 1:07 AM
But in terms of actual war, right now we've got nothing. No articulated theater strategic objectives or effects. No centers of gravity. Just Secretary Zipper Malfunction's kill them all order. 12 & end/
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I'm also fully aware that the real objective here is to get into a shooting fight with Venezuela so the DOJ can try to argue that the Alien Enemies Act does actually apply so that Stephen Miller can fully implement his ethnic cleansing of the US. 11/
November 30, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I'm also fully aware that the real objective here is to get into a shooting fight with Venezuela so the DOJ can try to argue that the Alien Enemies Act does actually apply so that Stephen Miller can fully implement his ethnic cleansing of the US. 11/
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It's all just let's sink a bunch of boats & kill a bunch of people. I'm sure in addition to the OLC memo someone also drafted a presidential finding of fact to justify this, but you normally don't just start a war to start a war. You start a war to achieve one or more strategic objectives. 10/
November 30, 2025 at 1:03 AM
It's all just let's sink a bunch of boats & kill a bunch of people. I'm sure in addition to the OLC memo someone also drafted a presidential finding of fact to justify this, but you normally don't just start a war to start a war. You start a war to achieve one or more strategic objectives. 10/
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My oversimplification of planning aside, I don't think anyone on Trump's natsec team, & I know Trump can't, delineate whatever the objectives or effects are here. I have yet to read or hear anyone describe anything that would be a center of gravity that we have to target. 9/
November 30, 2025 at 1:01 AM
My oversimplification of planning aside, I don't think anyone on Trump's natsec team, & I know Trump can't, delineate whatever the objectives or effects are here. I have yet to read or hear anyone describe anything that would be a center of gravity that we have to target. 9/
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Playing whack-a-mole with a bunch of small speed boats isn't really removing something essential to the Maduro government. Nor does it really get anyone to even a theater strategic objective. Sure, there's a tactical effect - about 80 people are dead & 6 or 8 speedboats sunk - but that's it. 8/
November 30, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Playing whack-a-mole with a bunch of small speed boats isn't really removing something essential to the Maduro government. Nor does it really get anyone to even a theater strategic objective. Sure, there's a tactical effect - about 80 people are dead & 6 or 8 speedboats sunk - but that's it. 8/
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There is no doubt that Hegseth has ordered our troops to commit war crimes. He fired all the TJAGs his first week for a reason. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
Ordering our troops to commit murder is a crime. Period.
The Washington Post story on the 'take no prisoners' order from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is clear evidence that the Trump Administration is giving illegal orders to our troops
open.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:50 AM
There is no doubt that Hegseth has ordered our troops to commit war crimes. He fired all the TJAGs his first week for a reason. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
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When Jack Goldsmith and John Yoo both criticize your actions, you know things are really bad.
November 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
When Jack Goldsmith and John Yoo both criticize your actions, you know things are really bad.
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For those who don’t know, Jack served in the Bush administration but resigned in protest of the extra constitutional claims made by the administration. He’s no left wing radical, but he care about the Constitution.
He has forgotten more about executive power than I could ever hope to learn.
He has forgotten more about executive power than I could ever hope to learn.
Harvard Law School’s Jack Goldsmith:
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
November 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
For those who don’t know, Jack served in the Bush administration but resigned in protest of the extra constitutional claims made by the administration. He’s no left wing radical, but he care about the Constitution.
He has forgotten more about executive power than I could ever hope to learn.
He has forgotten more about executive power than I could ever hope to learn.
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A White House website with a dedicated Lügenpresse tab marks a pretty bleak moment in US history.
Don't know whether this is new or has been up for awhile. Either way, when the White House creates a hit list of journalists it doesn't like, the free press is in danger. www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/
Media Offenders
Explore the Media Bias Tracker that fact checks and holds Fake News accountable. False claims debunked, Hall of Shame for serial offenders, Leaderboard of networks ranked by Repeated Lies. Stay inform...
www.whitehouse.gov
November 30, 2025 at 12:16 AM
A White House website with a dedicated Lügenpresse tab marks a pretty bleak moment in US history.
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Jamie Dimon, unlikely voice of reason
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Jamie Dimon, unlikely voice of reason
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They will not stop til they tell you that their whole goal is fascism and folks will still be okay with it
In 1938, a New York Times reporter warned:
“When and if fascism comes to America it will not be labeled ‘made in Germany’; it will not be marked with a swastika; it will not even be called fascism; it will be called, of course, ‘Americanism’.”
87 years later.....
“When and if fascism comes to America it will not be labeled ‘made in Germany’; it will not be marked with a swastika; it will not even be called fascism; it will be called, of course, ‘Americanism’.”
87 years later.....
November 30, 2025 at 12:57 AM
They will not stop til they tell you that their whole goal is fascism and folks will still be okay with it
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When an ICE agent fired the tear gas canister, it hit 55-year-old nurse Vincent Hawkins in the face, shattering his glasses and concussing him.
As he was rushed to the emergency room, he wondered if he'd ever see through his left eye again.
As he was rushed to the emergency room, he wondered if he'd ever see through his left eye again.
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...
www.propublica.org
November 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
When an ICE agent fired the tear gas canister, it hit 55-year-old nurse Vincent Hawkins in the face, shattering his glasses and concussing him.
As he was rushed to the emergency room, he wondered if he'd ever see through his left eye again.
As he was rushed to the emergency room, he wondered if he'd ever see through his left eye again.
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There should be consequences for the whole Fed Soc legal conspiracy.
November 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
There should be consequences for the whole Fed Soc legal conspiracy.
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It is good that Jack Goldsmith, conservative lawye, is saying this.
Howeve, let’s remember that Jack Goldsmith helped empower Trump to take this action.
Goldsmith blew up Biden’s court reform commission. Goldsmith liked Roberts and Alito and Thomas, who made Trump a king.
Howeve, let’s remember that Jack Goldsmith helped empower Trump to take this action.
Goldsmith blew up Biden’s court reform commission. Goldsmith liked Roberts and Alito and Thomas, who made Trump a king.
“A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder” By Harvard Law Professor Jack Goldsmith (a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute & former head of the Office of Legal Counsel) 1/
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder” By Harvard Law Professor Jack Goldsmith (a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute & former head of the Office of Legal Counsel) 1/
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org
November 30, 2025 at 12:57 AM
It is good that Jack Goldsmith, conservative lawye, is saying this.
Howeve, let’s remember that Jack Goldsmith helped empower Trump to take this action.
Goldsmith blew up Biden’s court reform commission. Goldsmith liked Roberts and Alito and Thomas, who made Trump a king.
Howeve, let’s remember that Jack Goldsmith helped empower Trump to take this action.
Goldsmith blew up Biden’s court reform commission. Goldsmith liked Roberts and Alito and Thomas, who made Trump a king.
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When a news outlet puts a reckless, undocumented claim by the Trump regime in the main headline and puts medical experts’ pushback in the smaller type, it’s making a choice. And not a good one.
November 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
When a news outlet puts a reckless, undocumented claim by the Trump regime in the main headline and puts medical experts’ pushback in the smaller type, it’s making a choice. And not a good one.
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November 30, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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This should worry everyone.
“US officials contacted by Reuters were surprised by Trump's announcement and unaware of any ongoing military operations to enforce a closure of Venezuelan airspace.”
Trump’s failing faculties could walk the US into war.
“US officials contacted by Reuters were surprised by Trump's announcement and unaware of any ongoing military operations to enforce a closure of Venezuelan airspace.”
Trump’s failing faculties could walk the US into war.
November 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This should worry everyone.
“US officials contacted by Reuters were surprised by Trump's announcement and unaware of any ongoing military operations to enforce a closure of Venezuelan airspace.”
Trump’s failing faculties could walk the US into war.
“US officials contacted by Reuters were surprised by Trump's announcement and unaware of any ongoing military operations to enforce a closure of Venezuelan airspace.”
Trump’s failing faculties could walk the US into war.
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Will haunt the world. Viruses don't stop at borders.
Eventually Olivia Nuzzi's ex and his brainworm will be long gone but the damage RFK Jr and Trump have done to public health, and our trust in government agency, will haunt America for decades. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
FDA claims Covid shots killed 10 children and vows new vaccine rules
Vaccine experts said the memo was irresponsible and omits key details about how officials arrived at the conclusion.
www.nbcnews.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Will haunt the world. Viruses don't stop at borders.
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Gonna need democrats to not fall for fake, dumb, ops, and/or republican candidates posing as democrats during the next presidential cycle
November 30, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Gonna need democrats to not fall for fake, dumb, ops, and/or republican candidates posing as democrats during the next presidential cycle
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Sounds like we need smarter executives who aren't so lazy.
The numbers in here are hilarious.
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
November 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Sounds like we need smarter executives who aren't so lazy.
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BREAKING: Republican Congressman Troy Nehls (R-TX) announces he will NOT seek re-election
November 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
BREAKING: Republican Congressman Troy Nehls (R-TX) announces he will NOT seek re-election