@mattstern.bsky.social
Advaita, democracy, decency. *Two books every American should read: I.F. Stone's, The Trial of Socrates and James Douglass's, JFK and the Unspeakable.
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They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
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funny thing about this is depending on the scale of the swing next year this might end being worse for republicans than striking down the maps talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme...
Supreme Court Conservatives Reinstate Texas’ Gerrymandered House Maps
The Supreme Court, in a Thursday evening order, put on hold a...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
funny thing about this is depending on the scale of the swing next year this might end being worse for republicans than striking down the maps talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme...
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i keep thinking about that scene in The American President where President Shepherd absolutely *anguishes* about ordering a strike on the libyan intelligence headquarters because he knows it'll kill a lone civilian janitor
December 5, 2025 at 2:58 AM
i keep thinking about that scene in The American President where President Shepherd absolutely *anguishes* about ordering a strike on the libyan intelligence headquarters because he knows it'll kill a lone civilian janitor
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Doing war crimes the right way
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Doing war crimes the right way
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They made a mistake from the beginning, not just morally but tactically, in gleefully releasing all their boat murder snuff films and blasting them out wall-to-wall so everyone sees them a million times. Can hardly plead now 'no, this one would be too gruesome, we don't release that kind of stuff.'
NEWS --> Tons of fresh detail on what video of the strike shows: Rep Adam Smith says two men are sitting on capsized boat, drugs aren't visible. Rationale officials gave for killing is they *may* have been able to keep trafficking.
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
Hegseth Defense Collapses as Dems Reveal Horrific Video Strike Details
The ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services committee tells TNR after watching the video: “This is a big, big problem.”
newrepublic.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
They made a mistake from the beginning, not just morally but tactically, in gleefully releasing all their boat murder snuff films and blasting them out wall-to-wall so everyone sees them a million times. Can hardly plead now 'no, this one would be too gruesome, we don't release that kind of stuff.'
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In a little over a year we’re going to get this done. But we need to be pushing nonstop for it now:
Tell Congress to Impeach Trump
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:53 AM
In a little over a year we’re going to get this done. But we need to be pushing nonstop for it now:
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The boat was split in half. 9 men were dead. 2 more clung to a floating piece of wreckage and tried desperately to flip it over for 41 minutes straight. There was no possible way they were going anywhere.
Then they were killed in cold blood by the U.S. military.
Then they were killed in cold blood by the U.S. military.
December 5, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The boat was split in half. 9 men were dead. 2 more clung to a floating piece of wreckage and tried desperately to flip it over for 41 minutes straight. There was no possible way they were going anywhere.
Then they were killed in cold blood by the U.S. military.
Then they were killed in cold blood by the U.S. military.
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This is the small open boat Team Hegseth bombed and then bombed again. It's almost 1700 miles by sea from Trinidad to Miami. There is no way this boat was headed for the US.
December 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This is the small open boat Team Hegseth bombed and then bombed again. It's almost 1700 miles by sea from Trinidad to Miami. There is no way this boat was headed for the US.
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Tomorrow, the Trump admin economic team will resume their daily ritual of insisting to the American people that the economic pain they are experiencing is either not happening or is Biden’s fault.
December 5, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Tomorrow, the Trump admin economic team will resume their daily ritual of insisting to the American people that the economic pain they are experiencing is either not happening or is Biden’s fault.
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Unbelievable.
“There was no boat. There was wreckage. There was no radio. There were two guys clinging to a tiny non-awash portion of the keel of a capsized boat,” said one lawmaker
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“There was no boat. There was wreckage. There was no radio. There were two guys clinging to a tiny non-awash portion of the keel of a capsized boat,” said one lawmaker
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Video shows second strike hit before survivors could flip boat, lawmakers say
The footage was shown on Capitol Hill, where Adm. Frank M. Bradley, who oversaw a deadly attack on alleged drug smugglers, faced a day of difficult questions about the operation.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Unbelievable.
“There was no boat. There was wreckage. There was no radio. There were two guys clinging to a tiny non-awash portion of the keel of a capsized boat,” said one lawmaker
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“There was no boat. There was wreckage. There was no radio. There were two guys clinging to a tiny non-awash portion of the keel of a capsized boat,” said one lawmaker
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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The Supreme Court sided with this dissent:
Um.... This is an actual judicial opinion (dissenting in the TX gerrymandering case)
December 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The Supreme Court sided with this dissent:
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The government has asked for the grand jury materials to be released as part of the law requiring the Epstein files to be made public.
Ghislaine Maxwell Claims She’d Suffer ‘Severe’ Harm If Grand Jury Records Are Released In Epstein Files
The government has asked for the grand jury materials to be released as part of the law requiring the Epstein files to be made public.
www.forbes.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The government has asked for the grand jury materials to be released as part of the law requiring the Epstein files to be made public.
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If it takes 1000 FBI agents or just 1000 people to redact his name from the files, then the dumbass is in deep trouble, because 1000 more people know he is in the Epstein files an insane number of times. 😏
It will only take a few of them to leak it to the media. 👍👍
MAY THE LEAKING BEGIN NOW. 👍👍
It will only take a few of them to leak it to the media. 👍👍
MAY THE LEAKING BEGIN NOW. 👍👍
December 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
If it takes 1000 FBI agents or just 1000 people to redact his name from the files, then the dumbass is in deep trouble, because 1000 more people know he is in the Epstein files an insane number of times. 😏
It will only take a few of them to leak it to the media. 👍👍
MAY THE LEAKING BEGIN NOW. 👍👍
It will only take a few of them to leak it to the media. 👍👍
MAY THE LEAKING BEGIN NOW. 👍👍
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Ritual humiliation is a MAGA fetish.
December 5, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Ritual humiliation is a MAGA fetish.
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Yep, the Supreme Court really is just a House of Lords—a purely political branch with bizarre veto power, wielded capriciously and without accountability. Time for massive reform.
December 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Yep, the Supreme Court really is just a House of Lords—a purely political branch with bizarre veto power, wielded capriciously and without accountability. Time for massive reform.
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Trump/Hegseth/Bradley's actions make every American less safe, until these men are held accountable *by a court of law* for their murders in our name.
I mean, this is an execution
December 5, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Trump/Hegseth/Bradley's actions make every American less safe, until these men are held accountable *by a court of law* for their murders in our name.
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Social cohesion can’t endure without some sort of penalty — opprobrium, shame, what have you — attaching to baldfaced, unrepentant lying.
December 5, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Social cohesion can’t endure without some sort of penalty — opprobrium, shame, what have you — attaching to baldfaced, unrepentant lying.
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VA must redistrict after the Supreme Court’s decision in the Texas case. The last excuse not to is gone.
December 5, 2025 at 1:21 AM
VA must redistrict after the Supreme Court’s decision in the Texas case. The last excuse not to is gone.
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The U.S. Supreme Court: "ICE can racially profile people it arrests."
Also, the U.S. Supreme Court: "Texas can disenfranchise voters based on race."
Can we all agree that we currently have a white supremacist Supreme Court?
Also, the U.S. Supreme Court: "Texas can disenfranchise voters based on race."
Can we all agree that we currently have a white supremacist Supreme Court?
December 5, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The U.S. Supreme Court: "ICE can racially profile people it arrests."
Also, the U.S. Supreme Court: "Texas can disenfranchise voters based on race."
Can we all agree that we currently have a white supremacist Supreme Court?
Also, the U.S. Supreme Court: "Texas can disenfranchise voters based on race."
Can we all agree that we currently have a white supremacist Supreme Court?
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The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
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The bottom 90% lost a collective $79 trillion in wages over the past 50 years.
Why? Because the top 1% ate up an increasingly larger share of the national income — so that $79 trillion flowed to them instead of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
Why? Because the top 1% ate up an increasingly larger share of the national income — so that $79 trillion flowed to them instead of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
December 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The bottom 90% lost a collective $79 trillion in wages over the past 50 years.
Why? Because the top 1% ate up an increasingly larger share of the national income — so that $79 trillion flowed to them instead of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
Why? Because the top 1% ate up an increasingly larger share of the national income — so that $79 trillion flowed to them instead of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
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Murdering random fishermen IRL for clout on Xitter.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Murdering random fishermen IRL for clout on Xitter.
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National Review says some things which shouldn't have to be said. www.nationalreview.com/corner/no-hu...
No Human Being Is Garbage | National Review
Just stop.
www.nationalreview.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
National Review says some things which shouldn't have to be said. www.nationalreview.com/corner/no-hu...
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Seriously, this is the equivalent of sending weird letters to the local police, subconsciously hoping someone will stop you.
December 5, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Seriously, this is the equivalent of sending weird letters to the local police, subconsciously hoping someone will stop you.
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A startup backed by Donald Trump Jr.'s venture capital firm just got a $620M loan from the DoD, months after the Pentagon gave a major drone contract to ANOTHER Trump Jr.-backed company.
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone comp
popular.info
December 5, 2025 at 12:22 AM
A startup backed by Donald Trump Jr.'s venture capital firm just got a $620M loan from the DoD, months after the Pentagon gave a major drone contract to ANOTHER Trump Jr.-backed company.
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives