@sixmile.bsky.social
Ernest Hemingway's three words on how bankruptcy occurs also applies to how democracy is lost: "Gradually, then suddenly."
We should never forget the origins of the euphemistic concept of "remigration." It foretold of the genocide to come in the Nazi death cult regime; the word was used in proposals to send people "who don't belong in this country" to another place. That other place was the grave, arrived at variously.
December 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
We should never forget the origins of the euphemistic concept of "remigration." It foretold of the genocide to come in the Nazi death cult regime; the word was used in proposals to send people "who don't belong in this country" to another place. That other place was the grave, arrived at variously.
"There is no statute of limitations on murder."
"The regime that authorizes the war crimes never self-police. We have to wait until that regime is out of power."
"Murder most foul, as in the best it is." (Shakespeare)
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
"The regime that authorizes the war crimes never self-police. We have to wait until that regime is out of power."
"Murder most foul, as in the best it is." (Shakespeare)
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Pete Hegseth Should Be Charged With Murder
No matter how you look at the strikes on alleged “drug boats”—as acts of war or attacks on civilians—Hegseth has committed a crime and should be prosecuted.
www.thenation.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"There is no statute of limitations on murder."
"The regime that authorizes the war crimes never self-police. We have to wait until that regime is out of power."
"Murder most foul, as in the best it is." (Shakespeare)
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
"The regime that authorizes the war crimes never self-police. We have to wait until that regime is out of power."
"Murder most foul, as in the best it is." (Shakespeare)
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
"...the racist rhetoric coming from Noem and others in the [regime] resembles that of white nationalists. But it also highlights something else we have yet to fully reckon with: the mainstream racist ideas that fueled the anti-immigrant laws of the last century."
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
The Radical Honesty of Trump’s Racist New Asylum Policy
Kristi Noem is being pretty direct in her regurgitation of white nationalist talking points.
newrepublic.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
"...the racist rhetoric coming from Noem and others in the [regime] resembles that of white nationalists. But it also highlights something else we have yet to fully reckon with: the mainstream racist ideas that fueled the anti-immigrant laws of the last century."
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
"The secretary [Hegseth] is unlikely to resign, but Trump has a record of throwing people under the bus when they are no longer of use to him, and Republicans should increase the pressure on him to fire the most unqualified secretary of defense in U.S. history."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Pete Hegseth Needs to Go—Now
A man with such contempt for the military should not run the Pentagon.
www.theatlantic.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
"The secretary [Hegseth] is unlikely to resign, but Trump has a record of throwing people under the bus when they are no longer of use to him, and Republicans should increase the pressure on him to fire the most unqualified secretary of defense in U.S. history."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
"Trump and his top aides are re-creating in America the conditions and terrors of failed states. They’re erasing the distinction between the perpetrators and victims of violence."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump’s Policy of Collective Punishment
“The actions of one individual do not represent an entire nation.”
www.theatlantic.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"Trump and his top aides are re-creating in America the conditions and terrors of failed states. They’re erasing the distinction between the perpetrators and victims of violence."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
"The instinct to investigate truth-tellers rather than alleged illegality has marked some of America’s darkest constitutional moments. And it is the through line of this one."
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
Pete Hegseth Crossed a Clear, Bright Line. Will He Pay a
Price?
The rule against attacking people “out of the fight” is foundational in U.S. and international law. And there’s no doubt it was crossed. What now?
newrepublic.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
"The instinct to investigate truth-tellers rather than alleged illegality has marked some of America’s darkest constitutional moments. And it is the through line of this one."
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
Reposted
You don’t get to pick. That’s the whole damn point of the rule of law.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
You don’t get to pick. That’s the whole damn point of the rule of law.
Surely no conflicts of interest pervade the Trump regime (filed with only "the best people" focused on the greater public good not their own business interests), starting with the commander in chief who never, ever conducts personal business on the public dole.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Surely no conflicts of interest pervade the Trump regime (filed with only "the best people" focused on the greater public good not their own business interests), starting with the commander in chief who never, ever conducts personal business on the public dole.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
A wise friend passed this to me with the note that Thomas Paine couldn't have put it better. I'd add: impeachment (and conviction) not just of Trump but most of his cabinet is not subject to presidential pardon so would be irreversible.
www.techdirt.com/2025/11/26/o...
www.techdirt.com/2025/11/26/o...
Oaths Of Office, And How Everyone Not Moving To Impeach Trump Is Violating Their Own
Until very recently the only member of Congress excused from not having moved to impeach Trump was Rep. Grijalva, because until someone swore her in there was nothing she could officially do. But f…
www.techdirt.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
A wise friend passed this to me with the note that Thomas Paine couldn't have put it better. I'd add: impeachment (and conviction) not just of Trump but most of his cabinet is not subject to presidential pardon so would be irreversible.
www.techdirt.com/2025/11/26/o...
www.techdirt.com/2025/11/26/o...
“Wikipedia requires huge human governance structures, all visible and auditable,” Seiling says. “Musk[ipedia] does not have armies of people writing pages. What he does have is a shit-ton of GPUs,” the technology that underpins AI processing."
theintercept.com/2025/11/26/g...
theintercept.com/2025/11/26/g...
Elon Musk's Anti-Woke Wikipedia Is Calling Hitler “The Führer”
Grokipedia, the anti-woke Wikipedia alternative, aims to create a parallel version of the truth for the right wing.
theintercept.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
“Wikipedia requires huge human governance structures, all visible and auditable,” Seiling says. “Musk[ipedia] does not have armies of people writing pages. What he does have is a shit-ton of GPUs,” the technology that underpins AI processing."
theintercept.com/2025/11/26/g...
theintercept.com/2025/11/26/g...
When Trump routinely declares a false "emergency," he then proceeds to create a real one. It is standard operating procedure for this lawless grift storm regime.
As of August 2025, Trump had declared 11 emergencies under the National Emergencies Act of 1976.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
As of August 2025, Trump had declared 11 emergencies under the National Emergencies Act of 1976.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Trump’s Fake Emergencies are Straight Out of the Authoritarian Playbook
Five (other) instances when President Trump used baseless "emergencies" to seize unwarranted power
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
When Trump routinely declares a false "emergency," he then proceeds to create a real one. It is standard operating procedure for this lawless grift storm regime.
As of August 2025, Trump had declared 11 emergencies under the National Emergencies Act of 1976.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
As of August 2025, Trump had declared 11 emergencies under the National Emergencies Act of 1976.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
"20 years ago, John Roberts promised that as chief justice of the Supreme Court, he would be like an umpire, calling balls and strikes." What he didn't say (but we should have known) was that he intended to radically change the strike zone and rules of the game.
www.alternet.org/trump/trump-...
www.alternet.org/trump/trump-...
Inside the 'corrupt bargain' between Trump and Chief Justice John Roberts
Mother Jones writers Pema Levy and Ari Berman say that President Donald Trump "owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man" — Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts."Twenty years ago, John Roberts...
www.alternet.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"20 years ago, John Roberts promised that as chief justice of the Supreme Court, he would be like an umpire, calling balls and strikes." What he didn't say (but we should have known) was that he intended to radically change the strike zone and rules of the game.
www.alternet.org/trump/trump-...
www.alternet.org/trump/trump-...
"[SCOTUS]... stepped in not just to decide questions of legal importance, but to [corruptly] resolve heated partisan disputes." Not that heated for dark money Trump/Federalist Society lickspittle John "Roger Taney" Roberts.
Prescient piece from a year ago.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Prescient piece from a year ago.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How John Roberts brought back Donald Trump
The Supreme Court empowered billionaires, blocked voters, and ran interference.
www.motherjones.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"[SCOTUS]... stepped in not just to decide questions of legal importance, but to [corruptly] resolve heated partisan disputes." Not that heated for dark money Trump/Federalist Society lickspittle John "Roger Taney" Roberts.
Prescient piece from a year ago.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Prescient piece from a year ago.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"In fact, these plants can pull so much metal out of the ground that some of them are about five percent metal by weight."
China is the vanguard of this R & D these days. No surprise.
www.popularmechanics.com/science/envi...
China is the vanguard of this R & D these days. No surprise.
www.popularmechanics.com/science/envi...
Humanity Is Desperate for Rare Earth Elements. This Plant Is Growing Them Right Under Our Feet.
A new study analyzed the nanoscale chemistry of the Blechnum orientale fern, which can form tiny crystals of monazite within the cell walls and spaces between cells.
www.popularmechanics.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"In fact, these plants can pull so much metal out of the ground that some of them are about five percent metal by weight."
China is the vanguard of this R & D these days. No surprise.
www.popularmechanics.com/science/envi...
China is the vanguard of this R & D these days. No surprise.
www.popularmechanics.com/science/envi...
"Since January, the Trump [regime] has sharply increased immigration detentions of children, people with no criminal history and people who have already entered the legal asylum-seeking process. These two students check every box."
outliermedia.org/newsletter/d...
outliermedia.org/newsletter/d...
📣 Detroit youth to ICE: Release our classmates
Students seek justice for classmates in ICE detention. Plus, giving thanks by giving back this week.
outliermedia.org
November 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"Since January, the Trump [regime] has sharply increased immigration detentions of children, people with no criminal history and people who have already entered the legal asylum-seeking process. These two students check every box."
outliermedia.org/newsletter/d...
outliermedia.org/newsletter/d...
"Commanders, in a memo that was included in litigation challenging the high-visibility mission in D.C., argued that this could put them in danger... There are costs to performatively deploying members of the military—one of which is the risk of endangering them."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
A Terrible and Avoidable Tragedy in D.C.
Trump was warned that members of the military could be attacked.
www.theatlantic.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"Commanders, in a memo that was included in litigation challenging the high-visibility mission in D.C., argued that this could put them in danger... There are costs to performatively deploying members of the military—one of which is the risk of endangering them."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
"...to say a case like this, where Donald Trump is on an audio recording saying just find me 11,780 votes, is too costly, too burdensome, or would take too long [to prosecute], is a perversion of justice." Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner
www.rawstory.com/trump-267434...
www.rawstory.com/trump-267434...
'Perversion of justice': Legal expert slams prosecutor for handing Trump an easy court win
A legal expert slammed prosecutors in Georgia on Wednesday after they moved to dismiss a long-standing case against President Donald Trump because it would take too long to prosecute. Prosecutors in G...
www.rawstory.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"...to say a case like this, where Donald Trump is on an audio recording saying just find me 11,780 votes, is too costly, too burdensome, or would take too long [to prosecute], is a perversion of justice." Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner
www.rawstory.com/trump-267434...
www.rawstory.com/trump-267434...
"...opinions [that] are based on false factual premises... typically carry no weight in court. The OLC memo may be just such an opinion, as it seems to be based on fraudulent claims about the nature of drug trafficking from Venezuela."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The DOJ’s Cartels Memo Is Legal Quicksand
Factually bankrupt analysis doesn’t make unlawful orders lawful.
www.theatlantic.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:27 AM
"...opinions [that] are based on false factual premises... typically carry no weight in court. The OLC memo may be just such an opinion, as it seems to be based on fraudulent claims about the nature of drug trafficking from Venezuela."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
How can "telling troops to follow the law...constitute any kind of offense?" It can't in a lawful regime.
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
‘An Example MUST BE SET’
The pursuit of Mark Kelly in the military-justice system sends a clear message to service members and veterans.
www.theatlantic.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:18 AM
How can "telling troops to follow the law...constitute any kind of offense?" It can't in a lawful regime.
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
"We changed lives. We have transformed the lives of thousands, in the sense that we have made those lives needlessly and unforgivably shorter. Thanks to the shutdown of USAID, hundreds of thousands of people are now dead."
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
So, DOGE, What Would You Say You Did Here?
An exit interview
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:53 AM
"We changed lives. We have transformed the lives of thousands, in the sense that we have made those lives needlessly and unforgivably shorter. Thanks to the shutdown of USAID, hundreds of thousands of people are now dead."
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
“I understand that art is now the only language, at least in Russia, through which u can express your thoughts. I’ve chosen it and don’t want to speak any other,” she told St. Petersburg news outlet Bumaga.
Others have taken up that language in Loginova’s absence.
www.nbcnews.com/world/russia...
Others have taken up that language in Loginova’s absence.
www.nbcnews.com/world/russia...
How a teen street musician became the face of the Kremlin's crackdown
Diana Loginova, the 18-year-old student and street musician, has emerged as an unlikely — and perhaps unwilling — voice of defiance in wartime Russia.
www.nbcnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
“I understand that art is now the only language, at least in Russia, through which u can express your thoughts. I’ve chosen it and don’t want to speak any other,” she told St. Petersburg news outlet Bumaga.
Others have taken up that language in Loginova’s absence.
www.nbcnews.com/world/russia...
Others have taken up that language in Loginova’s absence.
www.nbcnews.com/world/russia...
"Trump and his kin are all over the Middle East all the time, immersed in high-ticket real-estate projects and not so much ignorant of the conflicts of interest as intent on them. Only chumps let such niceties impede them."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Opinion | The Outrageous False Equivalences That Prop Up President Trump
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"Trump and his kin are all over the Middle East all the time, immersed in high-ticket real-estate projects and not so much ignorant of the conflicts of interest as intent on them. Only chumps let such niceties impede them."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
The corrupt Supreme Court gave the president immunity, placing him above the law. If that isn't seditious, I don't know what is. There used to be a clear line everyone could discern; today it is a serrated edge one approaches at one's own risk.
November 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The corrupt Supreme Court gave the president immunity, placing him above the law. If that isn't seditious, I don't know what is. There used to be a clear line everyone could discern; today it is a serrated edge one approaches at one's own risk.
"What will it take? Where is the line that Trump must cross for these people to say to themselves, 'OK. That’s enough... and we are going to cover this like it’s the crisis it is.' If calling for six legislators to be hanged doesn’t clear that bar, what will?"
newrepublic.com/post/203507/...
newrepublic.com/post/203507/...
President Wants Legislators Hanged, and It’s Not Even the Lead Story
Donald Trump says he’d like to see lawmakers tried and executed, and The New York Times and The Washington Post just don’t seem to think it’s that big a deal. Why?
newrepublic.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:58 PM
"What will it take? Where is the line that Trump must cross for these people to say to themselves, 'OK. That’s enough... and we are going to cover this like it’s the crisis it is.' If calling for six legislators to be hanged doesn’t clear that bar, what will?"
newrepublic.com/post/203507/...
newrepublic.com/post/203507/...
"...not only has Trump forgiven the Saudis but he seems to have concluded, in his own warped, likely senescent mind, that Khashoggi kinda, sorta, when push came to shove, brought his dismemberment upon himself."
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
In Defending Mohammed bin Salman, Trump Sinks to a New Low
Trump was incandescent with anger that journalists would have the temerity to question his wealthy “guest” with the bottomless wallet.
www.thenation.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"...not only has Trump forgiven the Saudis but he seems to have concluded, in his own warped, likely senescent mind, that Khashoggi kinda, sorta, when push came to shove, brought his dismemberment upon himself."
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
www.thenation.com/article/worl...