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For context: Jack served as head of the Office of Legal Counsel during the Bush administration. He’s widely regarded—especially in conservative legal circles—as a leading authority on executive power. The fact that he’s expressing this view in such stark terms is significant.
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.’”
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November 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
For context: Jack served as head of the Office of Legal Counsel during the Bush administration. He’s widely regarded—especially in conservative legal circles—as a leading authority on executive power. The fact that he’s expressing this view in such stark terms is significant.
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Let’s be clear: these are extrajudicial killings. “Kill them all” Hegseth needs to be held accountable.
What’s more, Trump promised the American people no new wars but is now manufacturing this conflict & lying about his motives.
This warmongering has got to stop.
What’s more, Trump promised the American people no new wars but is now manufacturing this conflict & lying about his motives.
This warmongering has got to stop.
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 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Let’s be clear: these are extrajudicial killings. “Kill them all” Hegseth needs to be held accountable.
What’s more, Trump promised the American people no new wars but is now manufacturing this conflict & lying about his motives.
This warmongering has got to stop.
What’s more, Trump promised the American people no new wars but is now manufacturing this conflict & lying about his motives.
This warmongering has got to stop.
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"Homelessness today isn't just the person sleeping outside a Walmart. It's often the cashier or worker stocking the shelves inside."
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
November 29, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"Homelessness today isn't just the person sleeping outside a Walmart. It's often the cashier or worker stocking the shelves inside."
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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On major questions of university governance, a 99.3% majority vote of the faculty means nothing to the people who are actually in charge. This is a fact all of us need to take much more seriously.
November 29, 2025 at 1:18 AM
On major questions of university governance, a 99.3% majority vote of the faculty means nothing to the people who are actually in charge. This is a fact all of us need to take much more seriously.
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The president and the speaker are scrambling to promote a candidate in a gerrymandered Tennessee district Trump won by 22 points last year.
That’s the smell of panic in the air.
That’s the smell of panic in the air.
Trump and Mike Johnson plan to hold a Monday evening tele-rally to boost Matt Van Epps in the #TN07 special election. www.axios.com/2025/11/28/t...
November 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The president and the speaker are scrambling to promote a candidate in a gerrymandered Tennessee district Trump won by 22 points last year.
That’s the smell of panic in the air.
That’s the smell of panic in the air.
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The Trump Admin's assault on working people continues.
They are now trying to restrict student loan assistance for many in critical professions, including nurses.
These Americans provide essential functions for all of us. This attack will make staffing shortages worse & harm everyone.
They are now trying to restrict student loan assistance for many in critical professions, including nurses.
These Americans provide essential functions for all of us. This attack will make staffing shortages worse & harm everyone.
Full list of degrees not classed as ‘professional’ by Trump admin
Certain students may no longer receive the same loan for their studies as what counts as "professional" will determine how much they get.
www.newsweek.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The Trump Admin's assault on working people continues.
They are now trying to restrict student loan assistance for many in critical professions, including nurses.
These Americans provide essential functions for all of us. This attack will make staffing shortages worse & harm everyone.
They are now trying to restrict student loan assistance for many in critical professions, including nurses.
These Americans provide essential functions for all of us. This attack will make staffing shortages worse & harm everyone.
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After I called out the big banks for adding ANOTHER $20 billion to Trump’s Argentina bailout, their plan is on ice.
But they are still exploring a $5 billion loan – potentially guaranteed by U.S. taxpayers.
No bailout for Argentina’s rich hedge fund investors.
But they are still exploring a $5 billion loan – potentially guaranteed by U.S. taxpayers.
No bailout for Argentina’s rich hedge fund investors.
November 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
After I called out the big banks for adding ANOTHER $20 billion to Trump’s Argentina bailout, their plan is on ice.
But they are still exploring a $5 billion loan – potentially guaranteed by U.S. taxpayers.
No bailout for Argentina’s rich hedge fund investors.
But they are still exploring a $5 billion loan – potentially guaranteed by U.S. taxpayers.
No bailout for Argentina’s rich hedge fund investors.
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The Trump Admin will fire you for having a Pride flag on your desk but downplays & normalizes swastikas & nooses?
Over 400,000 Americans died fighting Nazism. Hundreds of thousands died fighting slavery & Jim Crow.
This is a slap in the face to every American who died to defeat bigoted ideologies.
Over 400,000 Americans died fighting Nazism. Hundreds of thousands died fighting slavery & Jim Crow.
This is a slap in the face to every American who died to defeat bigoted ideologies.
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The Trump Admin will fire you for having a Pride flag on your desk but downplays & normalizes swastikas & nooses?
Over 400,000 Americans died fighting Nazism. Hundreds of thousands died fighting slavery & Jim Crow.
This is a slap in the face to every American who died to defeat bigoted ideologies.
Over 400,000 Americans died fighting Nazism. Hundreds of thousands died fighting slavery & Jim Crow.
This is a slap in the face to every American who died to defeat bigoted ideologies.
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I imagine everyone of dreaded Boomer era has similar story:
-My uncle fought in Battle of Bulge, vs Nazis
-My future father-in-law was in submarine, vs Nazis
-My dad was in training as Navy doctor, to fight Nazis
Now MAGA/Trump/Hegseth: "Who are we to judge?"
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
-My uncle fought in Battle of Bulge, vs Nazis
-My future father-in-law was in submarine, vs Nazis
-My dad was in training as Navy doctor, to fight Nazis
Now MAGA/Trump/Hegseth: "Who are we to judge?"
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I imagine everyone of dreaded Boomer era has similar story:
-My uncle fought in Battle of Bulge, vs Nazis
-My future father-in-law was in submarine, vs Nazis
-My dad was in training as Navy doctor, to fight Nazis
Now MAGA/Trump/Hegseth: "Who are we to judge?"
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
-My uncle fought in Battle of Bulge, vs Nazis
-My future father-in-law was in submarine, vs Nazis
-My dad was in training as Navy doctor, to fight Nazis
Now MAGA/Trump/Hegseth: "Who are we to judge?"
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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First Trump allowed your premiums to skyrocket & now he wants medical bills to haunt you everywhere you go. Letting sickness crush people’s credit scores is exploitative & cruel.
This is what it looks like when you put corporate debt collectors, not working people, first.
This is what it looks like when you put corporate debt collectors, not working people, first.
Feds tell Maryland not to remove medical debt from credit scores
A Maryland law aimed at keeping medical debt from ruining people’s creditworthiness went into effect Oct. 1, and 27 days later the Trump administration said the state and 14 others were violating fede...
www.thebanner.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
First Trump allowed your premiums to skyrocket & now he wants medical bills to haunt you everywhere you go. Letting sickness crush people’s credit scores is exploitative & cruel.
This is what it looks like when you put corporate debt collectors, not working people, first.
This is what it looks like when you put corporate debt collectors, not working people, first.
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This line in the NYT:
“.. the near-complete breakdown of the Justice Department’s traditional independence to prosecute cases based on facts and the law, as opposed to presidential fiat.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
“.. the near-complete breakdown of the Justice Department’s traditional independence to prosecute cases based on facts and the law, as opposed to presidential fiat.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Justice Department to Investigate Epstein Ties, but Not to Trump
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
This line in the NYT:
“.. the near-complete breakdown of the Justice Department’s traditional independence to prosecute cases based on facts and the law, as opposed to presidential fiat.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
“.. the near-complete breakdown of the Justice Department’s traditional independence to prosecute cases based on facts and the law, as opposed to presidential fiat.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
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But CAN he protect them in red districts any longer? The recent elections suggested he's already terribly weak, and there are no signs that that weakness is going to turn around, even IF his mental acuity doesn't completely break down... which it seems daily to be doing.
November 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
But CAN he protect them in red districts any longer? The recent elections suggested he's already terribly weak, and there are no signs that that weakness is going to turn around, even IF his mental acuity doesn't completely break down... which it seems daily to be doing.
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The Supreme Court interfered with Obama’s signature policy, the one that opponents literally dubbed “Obamacare”
Bessent on tariffs: "This is one of President Trump's signature policies, and traditionally the Supreme Court does not interfere with a president's signature policy."
November 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The Supreme Court interfered with Obama’s signature policy, the one that opponents literally dubbed “Obamacare”
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After weaponizing the shutdown to block SNAP benefits for hungry people, the Trump Admin is using the oldest trick in the book to do more of the same.
This kind of red tape does nothing to prevent fraud — it just makes it harder for working people to get the benefits they need.
This kind of red tape does nothing to prevent fraud — it just makes it harder for working people to get the benefits they need.
Trump administration will require SNAP participants to reapply for benefits
Food aid recipients are already required to recertify their information regularly. But the move is part of USDA chief Brooke Rollins’ effort to overhaul the program.
www.politico.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
After weaponizing the shutdown to block SNAP benefits for hungry people, the Trump Admin is using the oldest trick in the book to do more of the same.
This kind of red tape does nothing to prevent fraud — it just makes it harder for working people to get the benefits they need.
This kind of red tape does nothing to prevent fraud — it just makes it harder for working people to get the benefits they need.
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🚨A federal judge just ordered Trump to release FULL November SNAP payments. Once again: it should not take a judge's order to compel Trump to feed hungry Americans, but this news is a relief to families in need.
Trump must follow the law and join us to reopen the government NOW.
Trump must follow the law and join us to reopen the government NOW.
SNAP benefits must be fully paid by Trump administration by Friday, judge orders
The Trump administration recently said it would not pay any SNAP benefits, but then offered partial funding of the food stamp program after a judge's ruling.
www.cnbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
🚨A federal judge just ordered Trump to release FULL November SNAP payments. Once again: it should not take a judge's order to compel Trump to feed hungry Americans, but this news is a relief to families in need.
Trump must follow the law and join us to reopen the government NOW.
Trump must follow the law and join us to reopen the government NOW.
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99.8%!! 😮😮😮🥰🥰🥰🦋
Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...
November 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
99.8%!! 😮😮😮🥰🥰🥰🦋
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ICYMI: “.. at least two companies with projects in development had decided against investing in the U.S. and at least four companies have extended pauses on projects put in place after the Hyundai raid ..”
@washingtonpost.com @crampell.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
@washingtonpost.com @crampell.bsky.social
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November 6, 2025 at 12:20 AM
ICYMI: “.. at least two companies with projects in development had decided against investing in the U.S. and at least four companies have extended pauses on projects put in place after the Hyundai raid ..”
@washingtonpost.com @crampell.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
@washingtonpost.com @crampell.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Republicans who think your seat is safe: no it's not
Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.
November 5, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Republicans who think your seat is safe: no it's not
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California – this Election Day, vote yes on Prop 50.
California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections.
Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.
California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections.
Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.
October 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
California – this Election Day, vote yes on Prop 50.
California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections.
Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.
California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections.
Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.
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We're three days from Open Enrollment, but millions are already seeing just how much their health care costs will soar if we don't act NOW.
It is an absolute scandal that Republicans would rather keep the government shut down than lower health care prices.
It is an absolute scandal that Republicans would rather keep the government shut down than lower health care prices.
Obamacare Prices Become Public, Highlighting Big Increases
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
We're three days from Open Enrollment, but millions are already seeing just how much their health care costs will soar if we don't act NOW.
It is an absolute scandal that Republicans would rather keep the government shut down than lower health care prices.
It is an absolute scandal that Republicans would rather keep the government shut down than lower health care prices.
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🚨BREAKING: The State of Arizona filed a lawsuit accusing House Speaker Mike Johnson of violating the Constitution by refusing to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. The plaintiffs argue that Johnson’s delay has deprived hundreds of thousands of Arizonans of representation.
News Alerts
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
🚨BREAKING: The State of Arizona filed a lawsuit accusing House Speaker Mike Johnson of violating the Constitution by refusing to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. The plaintiffs argue that Johnson’s delay has deprived hundreds of thousands of Arizonans of representation.
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Take the good news seriously too
An incredibly important election in a tiny country just went the right way. Moldova has resisted a huge Russian disinformation campaign and will not become a Russian puppet state.
Moldova 🇲🇩 👍
October 1, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Take the good news seriously too
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The president has one core job under the Constitution: to “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.” Not thwarted, diverted, blunted, revised or ignored. Faithfully executed.
October 18, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The president has one core job under the Constitution: to “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.” Not thwarted, diverted, blunted, revised or ignored. Faithfully executed.
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Powerful sign at No Kings in Cleveland
October 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Powerful sign at No Kings in Cleveland
