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This is all true but
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This is all true but
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
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This explains so much of what we are seeing.
After years of struggling to find enough workers for some of the nation’s toughest lockups, the Federal Bureau of Prisons is facing a new challenge: Corrections officers are jumping ship for more lucrative jobs at ICE.
By @keribla.bsky.social
By @keribla.bsky.social
As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Leave in Droves for ICE
Many of the problems the agency is facing now are not new, but staff and prisoners fear an exodus of officers could make life behind bars even worse.
www.propublica.org
November 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This explains so much of what we are seeing.
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If you fall for a billionaire telling you to hate your neighbors, especially if you claim to be Christian, I don't know, man. That's pretty stupid.
November 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
If you fall for a billionaire telling you to hate your neighbors, especially if you claim to be Christian, I don't know, man. That's pretty stupid.
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One reason we failed in the past is bc we didn't build up popular opposition to the crimes, whether it's torture or drone-killing or even attacking Congress.
Now is the time to do that, not after Dems retake power.
Now is the time to do that, not after Dems retake power.
If Democrats are ever in power again what’s going to happen is the idea of holding this administration accountable for breaking the law every single day is immediately going to be made out as the greater breach of the rules.
November 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
One reason we failed in the past is bc we didn't build up popular opposition to the crimes, whether it's torture or drone-killing or even attacking Congress.
Now is the time to do that, not after Dems retake power.
Now is the time to do that, not after Dems retake power.
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Here's a slogan, TAX THE RICH.
It seems old fashioned because it is. It still resonates after all these years.
It seems old fashioned because it is. It still resonates after all these years.
November 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Here's a slogan, TAX THE RICH.
It seems old fashioned because it is. It still resonates after all these years.
It seems old fashioned because it is. It still resonates after all these years.
How about housing for all?
And terrible at choosing metaphors.
November 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
How about housing for all?
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What’s wrong with “Eat The Rich”?
November 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
What’s wrong with “Eat The Rich”?
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“Strong floor, no ceiling” is absolutely the type of slogan that a focus group of swing voters will tell you they find appealing after it has been a whole hour and they just want to go home.
It’s a slogan for people convinced this country *really* wants a Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign.
It’s a slogan for people convinced this country *really* wants a Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign.
November 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“Strong floor, no ceiling” is absolutely the type of slogan that a focus group of swing voters will tell you they find appealing after it has been a whole hour and they just want to go home.
It’s a slogan for people convinced this country *really* wants a Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign.
It’s a slogan for people convinced this country *really* wants a Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign.
Free buses. Freeze the rent. Universal childcare.
Whatever one thinks of the message, it’s just a clunky slogan. Doesn’t rhyme; no good acronym. Too abstract. It sounds like a slogan for a building that is still under construction…
November 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Free buses. Freeze the rent. Universal childcare.
Its totally boring. Uninspired and uninspiring. If you have to explain what it means, it’s useless.
I think people are negatively reacting to the "no ceiling" part as shorthand for "let the rich get richer," though I don't think that's what's meant at all. It's an aspirational claim that *can* resonate with plenty of people. It's about opening up opportunity for everyone, which is good?
November 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Its totally boring. Uninspired and uninspiring. If you have to explain what it means, it’s useless.
Plus it’s stupid and uninspiring
the problem with "strong floor, no ceiling" is that we should absolutely have a ceiling
November 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Plus it’s stupid and uninspiring
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FWIW, Ken Burn's "The American Revolution" is streaming for free on PBS. With no ads.
November 30, 2025 at 5:28 AM
FWIW, Ken Burn's "The American Revolution" is streaming for free on PBS. With no ads.
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Anything worth watching is on DVD at the local public library.
November 30, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Anything worth watching is on DVD at the local public library.
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Never go for the tier with commercials, even though it's cheaper. Ads defeat what's great about streaming.
November 30, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Never go for the tier with commercials, even though it's cheaper. Ads defeat what's great about streaming.
Consider renting DVDs from library. I do.
I'm gradually canceling all thr streamers. Down to HBO and Netflix. I've rediscovered books, video games and going to bed early.
November 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Consider renting DVDs from library. I do.
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Wanna hear something funny? When cable TV first started, we thought there would be no commercials.
Today, ads are over the top excessive, repetitive & poorly made. Like being punished for watching.
Today, ads are over the top excessive, repetitive & poorly made. Like being punished for watching.
November 30, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Wanna hear something funny? When cable TV first started, we thought there would be no commercials.
Today, ads are over the top excessive, repetitive & poorly made. Like being punished for watching.
Today, ads are over the top excessive, repetitive & poorly made. Like being punished for watching.
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i’m being radicalized by peacock charging $10.99 per month and having A MILLION COMMERCIALS
November 30, 2025 at 4:14 AM
i’m being radicalized by peacock charging $10.99 per month and having A MILLION COMMERCIALS
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While I’m glad Commissioner Tisch let Ricky Patel (Special Agent in Charge at HSI) know that she’s not happy with their raids, I’m disturbed by footage of NYPD officers clearing the way for ICE vehicles. It’s a violation of our sanctuary city law to facilitate deportations.
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November 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
While I’m glad Commissioner Tisch let Ricky Patel (Special Agent in Charge at HSI) know that she’s not happy with their raids, I’m disturbed by footage of NYPD officers clearing the way for ICE vehicles. It’s a violation of our sanctuary city law to facilitate deportations.
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Props to the protestors who the New York Times credits for foiling ICE’s intended raid in Chinatown earlier today.
So many people are showing they know what it means to be New Yorkers!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
So many people are showing they know what it means to be New Yorkers!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
Several Arrested as Protesters Block Federal Agents in Manhattan Garage
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Props to the protestors who the New York Times credits for foiling ICE’s intended raid in Chinatown earlier today.
So many people are showing they know what it means to be New Yorkers!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
So many people are showing they know what it means to be New Yorkers!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
Contradictions. I do not think that word means what you think it means.
Not even a hint to readers here that Trump’s whole anti drug thing is a con job. Just stenography. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/us/politics/trump-honduras-venezuela.html
In Announcing Pardon of Drug Trafficker While Threatening Venezuela, Trump Displays Contradictions
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Contradictions. I do not think that word means what you think it means.
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To clear up any confusion: There is no statute that allows the president to revoke birthright citizenship. There is no statute that authorizes racial profiling. There is no statute that permits the government to use incredible and indiscriminate force.
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
How Conservative Judges Turned a Throwaway Line Into a Free Pass For ICE Violence
For these judges, the White House not getting its way is a legal crisis that requires immediate intervention.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 AM
To clear up any confusion: There is no statute that allows the president to revoke birthright citizenship. There is no statute that authorizes racial profiling. There is no statute that permits the government to use incredible and indiscriminate force.
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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"I'm canceled," he says in the sleek profile they gave to him in the New Yorker while his latest special & his new novel is coming out. A lot of people wish they were that canceled.
Louis CK is not in a limbo of cancellation. He's straight up not cancelled & his "cancellation" became a profitable bit for him.
November 29, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Federal immigration enforcement officials called off a planned raid on Canal Street today shortly before it was slated to begin.
New Yorkers who heard about the raid showed up at the garage where the feds had gathered, and as federal agents tried to leave, the NYPD cleared the way for them.
New Yorkers who heard about the raid showed up at the garage where the feds had gathered, and as federal agents tried to leave, the NYPD cleared the way for them.
November 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Federal immigration enforcement officials called off a planned raid on Canal Street today shortly before it was slated to begin.
New Yorkers who heard about the raid showed up at the garage where the feds had gathered, and as federal agents tried to leave, the NYPD cleared the way for them.
New Yorkers who heard about the raid showed up at the garage where the feds had gathered, and as federal agents tried to leave, the NYPD cleared the way for them.