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"Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement. ... The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself"
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement.”
The latest from George F. Will:
The latest from George F. Will:
Opinion | This moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans
Regarding Venezuela, Ukraine and much more, Trump and his acolytes are worse than simply incompetent.
wapo.st
December 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM
"Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement. ... The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself"
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Kushner’s Moscow mission wasn’t just corrupt. It was unconstitutional.
popular.info
Kushner’s Moscow mission wasn’t just corrupt. It was unconstitutional.
twp.ai
December 3, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Kushner’s Moscow mission wasn’t just corrupt. It was unconstitutional.
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Republicans ask the Supreme Court to gut one of the last limits on money in politics
www.vox.com
Republicans ask the Supreme Court to gut one of the last limits on money in politics
twp.ai
December 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Republicans ask the Supreme Court to gut one of the last limits on money in politics
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It is completely understandable that media and influencers are focused on democracy right now. They should be. Without democracy, there is no public health, no scientific integrity, no evidence-based medicine.
December 3, 2025 at 4:28 AM
It is completely understandable that media and influencers are focused on democracy right now. They should be. Without democracy, there is no public health, no scientific integrity, no evidence-based medicine.
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credit to NYT for not sanewashing the appalling bigotry we saw today in the WH
"Even for Mr. Trump — who has a long history of insulting Black people, particularly those from African countries — his outburst was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry."
"Even for Mr. Trump — who has a long history of insulting Black people, particularly those from African countries — his outburst was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry."
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Calls Somalis ‘Garbage’ in Anti-Immigrant Tirade
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:43 AM
credit to NYT for not sanewashing the appalling bigotry we saw today in the WH
"Even for Mr. Trump — who has a long history of insulting Black people, particularly those from African countries — his outburst was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry."
"Even for Mr. Trump — who has a long history of insulting Black people, particularly those from African countries — his outburst was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry."
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"What they are doing is writing term sheets for a new power arrangement that benefits Trump, Putin, their donors, and their oligarch circles — and leaves the rest of us to live with the consequences."
They are bribing the greedy Trump to sell out Ukraine for a profit.
They are bribing the greedy Trump to sell out Ukraine for a profit.
December 3, 2025 at 4:36 AM
"What they are doing is writing term sheets for a new power arrangement that benefits Trump, Putin, their donors, and their oligarch circles — and leaves the rest of us to live with the consequences."
They are bribing the greedy Trump to sell out Ukraine for a profit.
They are bribing the greedy Trump to sell out Ukraine for a profit.
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Also, people forget than when I became a Republican, Massachusetts had a Republican Senator - and he was Black
Have people forgotten that there is an abyss between MoralMajority/TeaParty/FundyChristian/MAGA/HeritageSociety Republicans and the Republican Party Mr. Nichols started his career in? Four decades ago it was possible to find a Republican with integrity and values aligned with America. 🤦🏻♀️Geez.
December 3, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Also, people forget than when I became a Republican, Massachusetts had a Republican Senator - and he was Black
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The complaint names Pete Hegseth as the perpetrator, saying he “was responsible for ordering the bombing of boats like those of Alejandro Carranza Medina and the murder of all those on such boats.” It also claims that Hegseth’s conduct was “ratified” by Trump.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/a...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/a...
Colombian family files first known formal complaint over deadly US strike in Caribbean | CNN
The family of a Colombian man believed to have been killed in a US strike in the Caribbean has filed what’s believed to be the first complaint against such attacks with the Inter-American Commission o...
www.cnn.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:43 AM
The complaint names Pete Hegseth as the perpetrator, saying he “was responsible for ordering the bombing of boats like those of Alejandro Carranza Medina and the murder of all those on such boats.” It also claims that Hegseth’s conduct was “ratified” by Trump.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/a...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/a...
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Hundreds of millions. Wow, that's a lot. That's more than have died in every single war combined in the entire world since 1900.
December 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Hundreds of millions. Wow, that's a lot. That's more than have died in every single war combined in the entire world since 1900.
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If you look below the fold at some additional December 2 elections around the country, you see that Tennessee wasn't an outlier.
In Roswell, a city of 100,000 people in battleground-state Georgia, a Democrat just comfortably defeated the incumbent Republican mayor in a runoff.
In Roswell, a city of 100,000 people in battleground-state Georgia, a Democrat just comfortably defeated the incumbent Republican mayor in a runoff.
New mayor in Roswell: Mary Robichaux defeats Kemp-endorsed incumbent Kurt Wilson in runoff
Mary Robichaux, a former state representative, told 11Alive that her experience in health care and her ties to the community will ensure she listens to the people.
www.11alive.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:45 AM
If you look below the fold at some additional December 2 elections around the country, you see that Tennessee wasn't an outlier.
In Roswell, a city of 100,000 people in battleground-state Georgia, a Democrat just comfortably defeated the incumbent Republican mayor in a runoff.
In Roswell, a city of 100,000 people in battleground-state Georgia, a Democrat just comfortably defeated the incumbent Republican mayor in a runoff.
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Republicans suck at the maths. Speaking of war dead, here's a stat they ignore: More Americans have died by gun violence since 1968 than ALL US WARS COMBINED! More dead in 2021 that died in combat in Vietnam. Yet 31 states exempt private gun sales from background checks.
medium.com/armedwithrea...
medium.com/armedwithrea...
December 3, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Republicans suck at the maths. Speaking of war dead, here's a stat they ignore: More Americans have died by gun violence since 1968 than ALL US WARS COMBINED! More dead in 2021 that died in combat in Vietnam. Yet 31 states exempt private gun sales from background checks.
medium.com/armedwithrea...
medium.com/armedwithrea...
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Interesting that he omits the fact that the investigation into former Honduras president Juan Orlando Hernandez began during Trump’s first term
So technically today’s pardon would reverse a Trump witch hunt
But really, it's just another example of his "Biden Bad/Trump Good" fantasy
So technically today’s pardon would reverse a Trump witch hunt
But really, it's just another example of his "Biden Bad/Trump Good" fantasy
Trump on pardoning the former president of Honduras: "That was a Biden horrible witch hunt. A lot of people in Honduras asked me to do that & I did it. I feel very good about it. If you have some drug dealers in your country and you're the president, you don't necessarily put the president in jail"
December 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Interesting that he omits the fact that the investigation into former Honduras president Juan Orlando Hernandez began during Trump’s first term
So technically today’s pardon would reverse a Trump witch hunt
But really, it's just another example of his "Biden Bad/Trump Good" fantasy
So technically today’s pardon would reverse a Trump witch hunt
But really, it's just another example of his "Biden Bad/Trump Good" fantasy
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The Feds just announcing they’re racially profiling. Racism in its purest form.
December 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The Feds just announcing they’re racially profiling. Racism in its purest form.
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Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S.
bit.ly
December 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
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Barbarity
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Barbarity
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Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
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Elbows up.
December 2, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Elbows up.
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Disabled people were one of the first groups targeted by the Nazis.
They coined the term “useless eaters”.
They tested the gas chambers on us.
They knew most people wouldn’t fight to save our lives.
That’s why the President using the R slur is so dangerous.
We’re not expendable
They coined the term “useless eaters”.
They tested the gas chambers on us.
They knew most people wouldn’t fight to save our lives.
That’s why the President using the R slur is so dangerous.
We’re not expendable
December 1, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Disabled people were one of the first groups targeted by the Nazis.
They coined the term “useless eaters”.
They tested the gas chambers on us.
They knew most people wouldn’t fight to save our lives.
That’s why the President using the R slur is so dangerous.
We’re not expendable
They coined the term “useless eaters”.
They tested the gas chambers on us.
They knew most people wouldn’t fight to save our lives.
That’s why the President using the R slur is so dangerous.
We’re not expendable
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19 year old freshman just wants to go home for Thanksgiving to see her family, she gets deported to Honduras.
Former President of Honduras who’s serving 45 years in prison for drug trafficking?
He gets a full presidential pardon.
Both are Honduran. Only one is a criminal.
Former President of Honduras who’s serving 45 years in prison for drug trafficking?
He gets a full presidential pardon.
Both are Honduran. Only one is a criminal.
November 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
19 year old freshman just wants to go home for Thanksgiving to see her family, she gets deported to Honduras.
Former President of Honduras who’s serving 45 years in prison for drug trafficking?
He gets a full presidential pardon.
Both are Honduran. Only one is a criminal.
Former President of Honduras who’s serving 45 years in prison for drug trafficking?
He gets a full presidential pardon.
Both are Honduran. Only one is a criminal.
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As Trump craters — Epstein files, spiking cost of living, people losing health care — we see the emperor has no clothes. He wants a Reichstag Fire.
It’s here: A murder by a refugee so he declares 53M non-citizens criminals & announces denaturalization, “reverse migration,” whites-only immigration.🧵
It’s here: A murder by a refugee so he declares 53M non-citizens criminals & announces denaturalization, “reverse migration,” whites-only immigration.🧵
November 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
As Trump craters — Epstein files, spiking cost of living, people losing health care — we see the emperor has no clothes. He wants a Reichstag Fire.
It’s here: A murder by a refugee so he declares 53M non-citizens criminals & announces denaturalization, “reverse migration,” whites-only immigration.🧵
It’s here: A murder by a refugee so he declares 53M non-citizens criminals & announces denaturalization, “reverse migration,” whites-only immigration.🧵
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Yes indeed!
Witcoff - the Witcoff Investment Group, Jared Kushner - the KSA Wealth Fund, Dmitriev - the Ru FDI fund (& Ru SWF) & of course The Trump Organisation
Dividing up the spoils of war & course keeping their partner & benefactor Putin in power…
Witcoff - the Witcoff Investment Group, Jared Kushner - the KSA Wealth Fund, Dmitriev - the Ru FDI fund (& Ru SWF) & of course The Trump Organisation
Dividing up the spoils of war & course keeping their partner & benefactor Putin in power…
November 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Yes indeed!
Witcoff - the Witcoff Investment Group, Jared Kushner - the KSA Wealth Fund, Dmitriev - the Ru FDI fund (& Ru SWF) & of course The Trump Organisation
Dividing up the spoils of war & course keeping their partner & benefactor Putin in power…
Witcoff - the Witcoff Investment Group, Jared Kushner - the KSA Wealth Fund, Dmitriev - the Ru FDI fund (& Ru SWF) & of course The Trump Organisation
Dividing up the spoils of war & course keeping their partner & benefactor Putin in power…
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Welp. They should return the favor.
November 27, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Welp. They should return the favor.
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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 9:50 PM
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?
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"The point of this essay is that the rest of us have to anticipate this chain of events and recognize the sad probability of the attack itself and the absolute predictability of this administration’s response." (2/2)
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
"The point of this essay is that the rest of us have to anticipate this chain of events and recognize the sad probability of the attack itself and the absolute predictability of this administration’s response." (2/2)
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"We can take it for granted that Trump and his advisors would greet a terrorist attack as an obvious chance to blame their chosen enemies, advance their project of authoritarian regime change, and distract from their own perilous follies. (1/2)
Some common sense to remember in a trying time.
Originally written in April 2025
snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-t...
Originally written in April 2025
snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-t...
The Next Terrorist Attack
And What Comes After (Updated)
snyder.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
"We can take it for granted that Trump and his advisors would greet a terrorist attack as an obvious chance to blame their chosen enemies, advance their project of authoritarian regime change, and distract from their own perilous follies. (1/2)