Evan S. 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇬🇪
@winstonsmith2024.bsky.social
Instructor of psychology and law. Advocate for mental health, anti-death penalty, pro Ukraine, pro democracy--if we can keep it. Rescue cat owner. Tired, but not quite retired. No DM's, please.
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What's done is done. Trump, without consulting anyone, has demolished the East Wing of the WH. But now he plans to build a ballroom that will almost double the size of the White House residence. Ideally, construction of this monstrosity must be stopped immediately.
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Reminder: the systematic removal of children from one national, ethnic, or religious group to another is defined as genocide by the United Nations. Russia, a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, is committing the crime of genocide.
Republican Rep.Michael McCaul of Texas:
The Russia has abducted at least 20,000 [Ukrainian]children.That is the number we can verify.But every expert I’ve spoken with believes the true figure is far,far higher…
As a father of five,I can’t imagine any of my children being kidnapped
The Russia has abducted at least 20,000 [Ukrainian]children.That is the number we can verify.But every expert I’ve spoken with believes the true figure is far,far higher…
As a father of five,I can’t imagine any of my children being kidnapped
December 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Reminder: the systematic removal of children from one national, ethnic, or religious group to another is defined as genocide by the United Nations. Russia, a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, is committing the crime of genocide.
Goodbye independent federal agencies! Hello unitary executive/dictatorship!
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The Supreme Court Is About to Hand Trump Insidious New Powers
Why are the Republican-appointed justices so eager to give the president dictatorial control over the government?
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December 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Goodbye independent federal agencies! Hello unitary executive/dictatorship!
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America does not have capital punishment for selling or smuggling drugs and none of these people were arrested or tried. There could have been mountains of cocaine in open view on the deck of the boats and it still would have been murder of unarmed civilians.
Rand Paul just posted this letter from the Coast Guard confirming that 1/4 of the boats they stop carry no contraband. The likelihood that Hegseth & Bradley ordered the murder of innocent civilians is very high.
December 3, 2025 at 5:48 AM
America does not have capital punishment for selling or smuggling drugs and none of these people were arrested or tried. There could have been mountains of cocaine in open view on the deck of the boats and it still would have been murder of unarmed civilians.
I no longer believe that Witkoff is stupid. Instead, he follows the Russian and Trumpian worldview, where personal relationships and loyalty are more important than the rule of law. Rules and regulations get in your way, while powerful people in the right places help you to get things done.
December 3, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I no longer believe that Witkoff is stupid. Instead, he follows the Russian and Trumpian worldview, where personal relationships and loyalty are more important than the rule of law. Rules and regulations get in your way, while powerful people in the right places help you to get things done.
Some people, including experts, believe that Trump is being blackmailed by Putin. I think it is much simpler than that: Trump continues to believe he can make a lot of money in Russia.
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Only Trump is desperate for peace in Ukraine, because Putin has convinced him that war is the only thing standing in the way of him making a lot of Russian money. Furthermore, Trump is unwilling to give Ukraine the weapons it needs to win the war because if Russia loses, all that money disappears.
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Some people, including experts, believe that Trump is being blackmailed by Putin. I think it is much simpler than that: Trump continues to believe he can make a lot of money in Russia.
bsky.app/profile/wins...
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Only Trump is desperate for peace in Ukraine, because Putin has convinced him that war is the only thing standing in the way of him making a lot of Russian money. Furthermore, Trump is unwilling to give Ukraine the weapons it needs to win the war because if Russia loses, all that money disappears.
December 3, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Only Trump is desperate for peace in Ukraine, because Putin has convinced him that war is the only thing standing in the way of him making a lot of Russian money. Furthermore, Trump is unwilling to give Ukraine the weapons it needs to win the war because if Russia loses, all that money disappears.
ON AMERICAN TAXPAYER FUNDED JETS, YOU MORAL BLACK HOLE!
Kash Patel: "Yes, I'm entitled to a personal life just like my other agency counterparts with their partners. So do I support my girlfriend? Absolutely. And do I take trips with her? Absolutely."
December 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
ON AMERICAN TAXPAYER FUNDED JETS, YOU MORAL BLACK HOLE!
I would say pigsty, but that's unfair to pigs.
He’s lost George Will.
“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:
December 3, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I would say pigsty, but that's unfair to pigs.
Witkoff in Miami vs. Witkoff in Moscow. Anyone notice a difference?
December 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Witkoff in Miami vs. Witkoff in Moscow. Anyone notice a difference?
Evolution of the police state, where neighbors are encouraged to rat on other neighbors for "criminal" activity. If this is implemented, it won't be long before children are encouraged to snitch on their parents for expressing "unauthorized" political views.
Scott Turner announces a "crime hotline" people can use to snitch on immigrants
December 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Evolution of the police state, where neighbors are encouraged to rat on other neighbors for "criminal" activity. If this is implemented, it won't be long before children are encouraged to snitch on their parents for expressing "unauthorized" political views.
WTF is he talking about?
Fiber-optic doesn't work because you can't mix it with copper? Wut?
Fiber-optic doesn't work because you can't mix it with copper? Wut?
haha that's great, grandpa.
*continues wheeling him back into a home*
*continues wheeling him back into a home*
Trump: "Under Boot Edge Edge - another grossly incompetent. Get on his bicycle, ride to work. What they do is they take the fiber optics & they take fiber, try to hook it into copper. And fiber and copper don't mix. You can't do it...you saw that by the helicopter crash. You saw that into the plane"
December 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
WTF is he talking about?
Fiber-optic doesn't work because you can't mix it with copper? Wut?
Fiber-optic doesn't work because you can't mix it with copper? Wut?
"Kill them all" has never been a legal order under the USMC, even in a declared war, much less than under these circumstances.
On committing war crimes "I was just following orders" will not save them. Remember the Nuremberg trials? But they can't seem to get their stories straight on who gave the order. Trump? Hegseth? Some rando officer? The international community is bearing down on Trump for this.
December 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"Kill them all" has never been a legal order under the USMC, even in a declared war, much less than under these circumstances.
It's a longshot, but if Dems can win in TN-7, then Trump 2.0 is officially OVER!
I sometimes think of the multiverse in which Al Gore won in 2000. I wonder what is happening over there
🔥 AL GORE: “We already have way too many subservient cowards in Congress, the last thing we need is to send another one (Van Epps 🤖) — you can make tomorrow the turning point for our country by getting out and voting for Rep. @aftynbehn.bsky.social .” #TN7
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December 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
It's a longshot, but if Dems can win in TN-7, then Trump 2.0 is officially OVER!
We intended to kill innocents or those "hors de combat" is not a legal defense to murder.
Fox News legal contributor Andy McCarthy knocks down Hegseth's defense:
"Neither Hegseth’s statement nor the explanation attributed to Bradley ... makes legal sense.
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It cannot be a defense to say, as Hegseth does, that one has killed because one’s objective was 'lethal, kinetic strikes.'"
"Neither Hegseth’s statement nor the explanation attributed to Bradley ... makes legal sense.
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It cannot be a defense to say, as Hegseth does, that one has killed because one’s objective was 'lethal, kinetic strikes.'"
‘We Intended the Strike to Be Lethal’ Is Not a Defense | National Review
The laws of war, incorporated in the federal war crimes statute, prohibit the killing of people who have been rendered hors de combat.
www.nationalreview.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:16 AM
We intended to kill innocents or those "hors de combat" is not a legal defense to murder.
Noem does not have the right to decide which court rulings she is going to follow or not.
My authority? The Constitution, the separation of powers, Marbury v. Madison, etc.
Her brain is as thick as her lips.
My authority? The Constitution, the separation of powers, Marbury v. Madison, etc.
Her brain is as thick as her lips.
So I guess no one is actually going to hold her accountable for sending innocent people to a concentration camp?
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.
December 1, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Noem does not have the right to decide which court rulings she is going to follow or not.
My authority? The Constitution, the separation of powers, Marbury v. Madison, etc.
Her brain is as thick as her lips.
My authority? The Constitution, the separation of powers, Marbury v. Madison, etc.
Her brain is as thick as her lips.
"Cofeffee."
December 1, 2025 at 2:42 AM
"Cofeffee."
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Authorities in Kyiv reveal that for the attack on Vyshhorod, Russia used cluster munitions in the heavily populated area.
All 3 attack drones contained the explosives, which are not illegal but forbidden to use near civilians.
All 3 attack drones contained the explosives, which are not illegal but forbidden to use near civilians.
November 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Authorities in Kyiv reveal that for the attack on Vyshhorod, Russia used cluster munitions in the heavily populated area.
All 3 attack drones contained the explosives, which are not illegal but forbidden to use near civilians.
All 3 attack drones contained the explosives, which are not illegal but forbidden to use near civilians.
Interesting. This will be a vital resource for keeping track of all of Russia's hybrid war activities inside the EU.
I want to praise @amaragraps.bsky.social for her ambitious Hybrid War tracker.
She's been inputting all data herself. But you can help, by logging things yourself, and just having a look around.
bsky.app/profile/amar...
She's been inputting all data herself. But you can help, by logging things yourself, and just having a look around.
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The Hybrid War Tracking project took a mega-leap forward!
1. Live BETA --> hwt.lv/admin/events
2. Front End/Backend of database
3 Processing of data. 1142 records now.
4. A Brief History of the project.
5. Status of the project.
6. OSINT: Please join us.
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1. Live BETA --> hwt.lv/admin/events
2. Front End/Backend of database
3 Processing of data. 1142 records now.
4. A Brief History of the project.
5. Status of the project.
6. OSINT: Please join us.
fundrazr.com/stories/aMohpa
December 1, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Interesting. This will be a vital resource for keeping track of all of Russia's hybrid war activities inside the EU.
I'm not a military lawyer here, but the example of shipwrecked survivors seems to depend on the context. IF (a big if) they are still considered to be "lawful combatants," do they meet the definition of "shipwrecked?"
My guess is they still are, particularly if they no longer present any threat.
My guess is they still are, particularly if they no longer present any threat.
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I'm not a military lawyer here, but the example of shipwrecked survivors seems to depend on the context. IF (a big if) they are still considered to be "lawful combatants," do they meet the definition of "shipwrecked?"
My guess is they still are, particularly if they no longer present any threat.
My guess is they still are, particularly if they no longer present any threat.
Ironic and suspicious that an email that espouses the FBI's commitment to "delivery and transparency" contains a large redacted section on what should be redacted from the files!
NEW: Here's a rare look behind the scenes at the FBI's review of the Epstein files in March, based on emails I obtained via #FOIA. Dan Bongino was copied on an email related to "guidance on the types of redactions to apply."
November 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Ironic and suspicious that an email that espouses the FBI's commitment to "delivery and transparency" contains a large redacted section on what should be redacted from the files!
Let me get this straight: Trump has imposed a no-flight zone over Venezuela, but nothing over Ukraine?
Priorities.
“To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY,”
Donald J. Trump
Priorities.
“To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY,”
Donald J. Trump
November 30, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Let me get this straight: Trump has imposed a no-flight zone over Venezuela, but nothing over Ukraine?
Priorities.
“To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY,”
Donald J. Trump
Priorities.
“To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY,”
Donald J. Trump
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Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report
Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report
Committee highlights allegations including dog attacks and sexual violence, raising concern about impunity for war crimes
Israel has “a de facto state policy of organised and widespread torture”, according to a new UN report covering the past two years, which also raised concerns about the impunity of Israeli security forces for war crimes.
The UN committee on torture expressed “deep concern over allegations of repeated severe beatings, dog attacks, electrocution, waterboarding, use of prolonged stress positions [and] sexual violence”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report
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Support for capital punishment is at a fifty-year low. Why then are states pressing ahead with executions?
More Americans are being put to death
How the Supreme Court ushered in a surge in executions
econ.st
November 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Support for capital punishment is at a fifty-year low. Why then are states pressing ahead with executions?
NATO has always been a bluff. Putin finally called that bluff and instead of putting their chips in, NATO has folded.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
NATO has always been a bluff. Putin finally called that bluff and instead of putting their chips in, NATO has folded.
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