The Stinkfoot
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Reporting LIVE from Seattle, WA
It sure seems like "well those people may have later trafficked drugs again" would also justify executing prisoners and wounded men *in general.*
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 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
It sure seems like "well those people may have later trafficked drugs again" would also justify executing prisoners and wounded men *in general.*
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: The Somali community is almost universally American citizens. They're part of our family here in Minneapolis. To just go after a whole community indiscriminately, it's unconstitutional. It's flat out un-American. I guess that's what we've become accustomed to with Trump
December 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: The Somali community is almost universally American citizens. They're part of our family here in Minneapolis. To just go after a whole community indiscriminately, it's unconstitutional. It's flat out un-American. I guess that's what we've become accustomed to with Trump
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There is a temptation is to describe what happened yesterday as somehow a “new low.”
But it’s not a new low. It’s the same old low. A scene we’ve seen repeated so often there is a kind of numbness to it.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
But it’s not a new low. It’s the same old low. A scene we’ve seen repeated so often there is a kind of numbness to it.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
"A sickening moral slum of an administration"
George Will's verdict.
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
There is a temptation is to describe what happened yesterday as somehow a “new low.”
But it’s not a new low. It’s the same old low. A scene we’ve seen repeated so often there is a kind of numbness to it.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
But it’s not a new low. It’s the same old low. A scene we’ve seen repeated so often there is a kind of numbness to it.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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December 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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‘We now have confirmation, with the OECD saying in a new report that, without AI capex, U.S. economic growth declined in the first half of 2025. People keep wondering why the employment market is weak, but the economy somehow chugs along. This is why.’ paulkedrosky.com/ex-ai-capex-...
December 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
‘We now have confirmation, with the OECD saying in a new report that, without AI capex, U.S. economic growth declined in the first half of 2025. People keep wondering why the employment market is weak, but the economy somehow chugs along. This is why.’ paulkedrosky.com/ex-ai-capex-...
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As an R strategist, you'd probably feel better about a 16-point D shift in a special election with 60% of midterm turnout than a 12-point shift with 100% of midterm turnout.
December 3, 2025 at 2:58 AM
As an R strategist, you'd probably feel better about a 16-point D shift in a special election with 60% of midterm turnout than a 12-point shift with 100% of midterm turnout.
Democrats need to gerrymander California 52D-0R. The rules cannot just apply to one side.
December 3, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Democrats need to gerrymander California 52D-0R. The rules cannot just apply to one side.
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The official policy of the Trump Administration is ignorant bigotry. We’re asked, under principles including charity, to assume that people support the administration despite that policy, not specifically because of it. I am increasingly unwilling to extend that charity.
December 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The official policy of the Trump Administration is ignorant bigotry. We’re asked, under principles including charity, to assume that people support the administration despite that policy, not specifically because of it. I am increasingly unwilling to extend that charity.
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Why is it that every time someone posts an example to back up their "OMG AI can do everything!" mentality it looks like obviously ridiculous garbage?
December 2, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Why is it that every time someone posts an example to back up their "OMG AI can do everything!" mentality it looks like obviously ridiculous garbage?
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Mark Kelly says Pete Hegseth's reported double tap strike on a boat "seems to" be a war crime, and adds, "if what has been reported is accurate, I've got serious concerns about anybody in that chain of command stepping over a line that they should never step over. We are not Russia. We are not Iraq"
November 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Mark Kelly says Pete Hegseth's reported double tap strike on a boat "seems to" be a war crime, and adds, "if what has been reported is accurate, I've got serious concerns about anybody in that chain of command stepping over a line that they should never step over. We are not Russia. We are not Iraq"
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There are specific reasons Trumpists want war on Venezuela, but there‘s a generic one: they crave power to make war on anyone, any time, for completely fabricated reasons, and then to use the guise of war to increase violence and repression everywhere, including home.
They are lawless bestial scum.
They are lawless bestial scum.
November 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
There are specific reasons Trumpists want war on Venezuela, but there‘s a generic one: they crave power to make war on anyone, any time, for completely fabricated reasons, and then to use the guise of war to increase violence and repression everywhere, including home.
They are lawless bestial scum.
They are lawless bestial scum.
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Also recognize that this unambiguous use of the military to commit murder of helpless noncombatants as they fought for life is a direct reflection of the virulent white supremacy that has seized our government, where every Latino man is a gangbanger in a de facto state of war against White America
November 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Also recognize that this unambiguous use of the military to commit murder of helpless noncombatants as they fought for life is a direct reflection of the virulent white supremacy that has seized our government, where every Latino man is a gangbanger in a de facto state of war against White America
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They plunged headlong into My Lai/Abu Ghraib territory from the very start of this operation.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
They plunged headlong into My Lai/Abu Ghraib territory from the very start of this operation.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
It turns out a sucky job market, skyrocketing insurance premiums, masked goons disappearing anybody who "looks like an immigrant," and nonstop blatant corruption aren't very popular among the American electorate.
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 11:30 PM
It turns out a sucky job market, skyrocketing insurance premiums, masked goons disappearing anybody who "looks like an immigrant," and nonstop blatant corruption aren't very popular among the American electorate.
My parents (broadly liberal but not especially tuned in) brought up Trump murdering South American fishermen completely unprompted yesterday. That's how they framed it, too. Maybe things are breaking through?
November 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
My parents (broadly liberal but not especially tuned in) brought up Trump murdering South American fishermen completely unprompted yesterday. That's how they framed it, too. Maybe things are breaking through?
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you should support liberal currents!
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
you should support liberal currents!
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1. The Dems wanted renewed Obamacare subsidies.
2. Trump said no.
3. Then he said actually yes, I want them. I *need* them.
4. *His* party said no.
5. Trump said he never wanted them in the first place.
Some 24M Americans are in a jam because of this fool.
www.editorialboard.com/trump-now-wa...
2. Trump said no.
3. Then he said actually yes, I want them. I *need* them.
4. *His* party said no.
5. Trump said he never wanted them in the first place.
Some 24M Americans are in a jam because of this fool.
www.editorialboard.com/trump-now-wa...
Trump now wants what the Democrats wanted on health care. Just one problem: his party.
Some 24 million Americans are in a jam thanks to his carelessness.
www.editorialboard.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
1. The Dems wanted renewed Obamacare subsidies.
2. Trump said no.
3. Then he said actually yes, I want them. I *need* them.
4. *His* party said no.
5. Trump said he never wanted them in the first place.
Some 24M Americans are in a jam because of this fool.
www.editorialboard.com/trump-now-wa...
2. Trump said no.
3. Then he said actually yes, I want them. I *need* them.
4. *His* party said no.
5. Trump said he never wanted them in the first place.
Some 24M Americans are in a jam because of this fool.
www.editorialboard.com/trump-now-wa...
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President Economy, folks.
November 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
President Economy, folks.
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A powerful message from six Democrats reminded the military of a fundamental truth: illegal orders must be refused. Trump’s over-the-top reaction only highlighted the danger he poses, while the response from the 'Seditious Six' hints at a more strategic approach to Democratic communications.
Democrats’ ‘Unlawful Order’ Video Strikes A Nerve
A new breed of unapologetic, mercilessly on-message Democrats rise to the moment
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
A powerful message from six Democrats reminded the military of a fundamental truth: illegal orders must be refused. Trump’s over-the-top reaction only highlighted the danger he poses, while the response from the 'Seditious Six' hints at a more strategic approach to Democratic communications.
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Before he took office I was pissed at Ruben Gallego, @gallego.senate.gov, for making some gratuitously disparaging comments against Pete Buttigieg.
But I have to say, Gallego is doing a great job as senator.
www.huffpost.com/entry/ruben-...
But I have to say, Gallego is doing a great job as senator.
www.huffpost.com/entry/ruben-...
'You, Sir, Are A Coward': Senate Dem Torches Hegseth Over Newly Announced Investigation
Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) stood up for his colleague Monday during a bold appearance on CNN.
www.huffpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Before he took office I was pissed at Ruben Gallego, @gallego.senate.gov, for making some gratuitously disparaging comments against Pete Buttigieg.
But I have to say, Gallego is doing a great job as senator.
www.huffpost.com/entry/ruben-...
But I have to say, Gallego is doing a great job as senator.
www.huffpost.com/entry/ruben-...